Subversion is a versioning system that was created to modernize versioning needs and address some of the shortcomings of CVS. There are several key differences with Subversion and CVS. Some of the advantages Subversion has over CVS include:
- Better speed: Subversion is a newer code base designed with the newer techniques.
- Better features and flexibility: The repository is a database. This gives us more features and flexibility such as transactions.
- Better handling of binary files: CVS was originally built for storing text files.
- Better handling of directories: In CVS, keeping track of directories is not easy. Subversion addressed directory versions.
- Better security: Subversion has better safeguards against corruption on large projects. CVS can be prone to problems on projects over 100 files in size.
- Better integration: Subversion offers out-of-the-box integration with WebDAV to serve your repository over a web browser.
- Reduced learning curve: Subversion works very similarly to CVS, thereby...