From http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/Subversion.htmlLobster wrote:Is there a simple explanation for the simple cructacean mind?
It's almost like a wiki, except that you play with the codes in your work area and test that it works before "checking [it] into" the server. Perhaps the new terms are "check out" instead of download and "check into" instead of upload.Subversion is a software source code "Change Management" (CM) system for collaborative development. It maintains a history of file and directory versions. The files and directories are checked out of the repository and into your local project work area. This [is] called your "working directory". Changes are made to files in your "working directory". After changes are made to create the next working version, the files are checked into the Subversion CM repository.
(Am still feeling the ropes, so please correct me if am wrong. )