It allows the storage, retrieval, archival, logging, identification and merging of multiple revisions for each file.
RCS consists of many small tools that work together.
It lacks some of the features found in more modern revision control systems, like Git, but it is very simple to install, configure, and start using for a small set of files.
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-See <<svn-glossary,Subversion>>.
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-[[svn-glossary]]
-Subversion::
-Subversion is a version control system currently used by the FreeBSD project.
-As of December 2020, FreeBSD uses git as the primary version control system for storing all of FreeBSD's source code and documentation.
-Changes from the git repo on the `stable/11`, `stable/12` and related releng branches are exported to the subversion repository.
-This export will continue through the life of these branches.
-From July 2012 to March 2021, FreeBSD used Subversion as the only version control system for storing all of FreeBSD's Ports Collection.
-As of April 2021, FreeBSD uses git as the only version control system for storing all of FreeBSD's Ports Collection.
-
-[NOTE]
-====
-Subversion is generally a developer tool.
-Users may prefer to use `freebsd-update` (crossref:cutting-edge[updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate,“FreeBSD Update”]) to update the FreeBSD base system, and `git` (crossref:ports[ports-using,“Using the Ports Collection”]) to update the FreeBSD Ports Collection.
-After March 2021, subversion use is only for legacy branches (`stable/11` and `stable/12`).
-====
-
-This section demonstrates how to install Subversion on a FreeBSD system and use it to create a local copy of a FreeBSD repository. Additional information on the use of Subversion is included.
-
-[[svn-svnlite]]
-=== Svnlite
-
-A lightweight version of Subversion is already installed on FreeBSD as `svnlite`.
-The port or package version of Subversion is only needed if the Python or Perl API is needed, or if a later version of Subversion is desired.
-
-The only difference from normal Subversion use is that the command name is `svnlite`.
-
-[[svn-install]]
-=== Installation
-
-If `svnlite` is unavailable or the full version of Subversion is needed, then it must be installed.
-
-Subversion can be installed from the Ports Collection:
-
-[source,shell]
-....
-# cd /usr/ports/devel/subversion
-# make install clean
-....
-
-Subversion can also be installed as a package:
-
-[source,shell]
-....
-# pkg install subversion
-....
-
-[[svn-usage]]
-=== Running Subversion
-
-To fetch a clean copy of the sources into a local directory, use `svn`.
-The files in this directory are called a _local working copy_.
-
-[WARNING]
-====
-Move or delete an existing destination directory before using `checkout` for the first time.
-Checkout over an existing non-`svn` directory can cause conflicts between the existing files and those brought in from the repository.
-====
-
-Subversion uses URLs to designate a repository, taking the form of _protocol://hostname/path_.
-The first component of the path is the FreeBSD repository to access.
-There are three different repositories, `base` for the FreeBSD base system source code, `ports` for the Ports Collection, and `doc` for documentation.
-For example, the URL `https://svn.FreeBSD.org/base/head/` specifies the main branch of the src repository, using the `https` protocol.
-
-A checkout from a given repository is performed with a command like this:
-* _repository_ is one of the Project repositories: `base`, `ports`, or `doc`.
-* _branch_ depends on the repository used. `ports` and `doc` are mostly updated in the `head` branch, while `base` maintains the latest version of -CURRENT under `head` and the respective latest versions of the -STABLE branches under `stable/11` (11._x_) and `stable/12` (12._x_).
-* _lwcdir_ is the target directory where the contents of the specified branch should be placed. This is usually [.filename]#/usr/ports# for `ports`, [.filename]#/usr/src# for `base`, and [.filename]#/usr/doc# for `doc`.
-
-This example checks out the Source Tree from the FreeBSD repository using the HTTPS protocol, placing the local working copy in [.filename]#/usr/src#.
-If [.filename]#/usr/src# is already present but was not created by `svn`, remember to rename or delete it before the checkout.
-Because the initial checkout must download the full branch of the remote repository, it can take a while.
-Please be patient.
-
-After the initial checkout, the local working copy can be updated by running:
-
-[source,shell]
-....
-# svn update lwcdir
-....
-
-To update [.filename]#/usr/src# created in the example above, use:
-
-[source,shell]
-....
-# svn update /usr/src
-....
-
-The update is much quicker than a checkout, only transferring files that have changed.
-
-An alternate way of updating the local working copy after checkout is provided by the [.filename]#Makefile# in the [.filename]#/usr/ports#, [.filename]#/usr/src#, and [.filename]#/usr/doc# directories.
-Set `SVN_UPDATE` and use the `update` target.
-For example, to update [.filename]#/usr/src#:
-
-[source,shell]
-....
-# cd /usr/src
-# make update SVN_UPDATE=yes
-....
-
-[[svn-mirrors]]
-=== Subversion Mirror Sites
-
-The FreeBSD Subversion repository is:
-
-[.programlisting]
-....
-svn.FreeBSD.org
-....
-
-This is a publicly accessible mirror network that uses GeoDNS to select an appropriate back end server.
-To view the FreeBSD Subversion repositories through a browser, use https://svnweb.FreeBSD.org/[https://svnweb.FreeBSD.org/].
-
-HTTPS is the preferred protocol, but the [.filename]#security/ca_root_nss# package will need to be installed in order to automatically validate certificates.
-
-=== For More Information
-
-For other information about using Subversion, please see the "Subversion Book", titled http://svnbook.red-bean.com/[Version Control with Subversion], or the http://subversion.apache.org/docs/[Subversion Documentation].