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# Subversion
- URL: https://blogs.remobjects.com/2005/04/12/subversion/
- Published: 2005-04-12T16:08:56.000Z
- Updated: 2018-08-22T06:17:36.000Z
- Author: jimmy
- Tags: #Import 2026-08-17 20:17

We just finished switching from [Microsoft Visual Source Safe](http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/previous/ssafe/?ref=blogs.remobjects.com) to [Subversion](http://subversion.tigris.org/?ref=blogs.remobjects.com) and wow! what a difference! The [TortoiseSVN ](http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/?ref=blogs.remobjects.com)interface for Subversion integrates right into Windows Explorer. There is also [AnkhSVN](http://ankhsvn.tigris.org/?ref=blogs.remobjects.com) for [Visual Studio](http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/?ref=blogs.remobjects.com) integration. My favorite thing about Subversion vs. Visual Source Safe so far is the ability for multiple people to edit files **simultaneously** using the copy-modify-merge solution (more on this at [http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.0/ch02s02.html#svn-ch-2-sect-2.3](http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.0/ch02s02.html?ref=blogs.remobjects.com#svn-ch-2-sect-2.3)). Another great feature is that branching and tagging are extremely fast, no matter what the size (see “Cheap Copies” at [http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.0/ch04s02.html#svn-ch-4-dia-3](http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.0/ch04s02.html?ref=blogs.remobjects.com#svn-ch-4-dia-3)).

Finally, having an easy-to-parse command line interface makes automating Subversion very easy. I use [FinalBuilder 3](http://www.finalbuilder.com/finalbuilder/?ref=blogs.remobjects.com) to do a lot of automation and creating a new action in the [ActionStudio](http://www.finalbuilder.com/finalbuilder/pluginarchitecture.html?ref=blogs.remobjects.com) to get the HEAD revision number from Subversion was easy (FinalBuilder 3 has excellent [support for Subversion](http://www.finalbuilder.com/finalbuilder/newactions.html?ref=blogs.remobjects.com) out-of-the-box, but it was missing this one thing).

If you are looking for a version control system, be sure check out Subversion.