Sometimes we need to control the version of the files we’re working with. It could be because of work, but there are times we just need to because of a personal project. In any case, there’s a need for a system that would help us for that kind of task. For this entry let’s take a look at Subversion.
Jerome Gotangco’s guide to installing Subversion on the Ubuntu Philippines loco page is something that’s quite easy to follow.
Even before you start following that guide, here are some concepts and terms you need to understand first:

repository - a place where you put all of your files; this is also where you’d be “committing” your revisions and where you’d be “checking out” your revisions and latest copy from
working copy - the copy of your files that you will work with and it’s on your localhost
commit - the act […]

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