According to Wikipedia, Subversion, or SVN, is “a version-control system to maintain current and historical versions of files such as source code, web pages, and documentation.” Macs come with the back end of SVN installed, so you won’t need to worry about that. However, you will need to find a GUI to use with SVN if you aren’t a command line junkie, and that’s where SvnX comes in.

In a previous post, I wrote a little bit about the activities involved in the management of collaborative work using Subversion. That post was completely server-side oriented.

Now, I’d like to address the other side of the coin, the client side of Subversion. I’ll be describing the most common activities related to SVN Clients for the Mac and the best way to use them, and will provide a few more useful tips from the perspective of, let’s say, a programmer.

Read on for info and tips.