Editing Apache Subversion (section)

{{Short description|Free and open-source software versioning and revision control system}}
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{{Infobox software
| name                 = Subversion
| title                = Apache Subversion
| logo                 = Apache Subversion logo.svg
| author               = [[CollabNet]]
| developer            = [[Apache Software Foundation]]
| released             = {{Start date and age|2000|10|20|df=yes}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date    = {{Start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}|df=yes}}
| ver layout           = stacked
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| operating system     = {{hlist|[[Linux]]|[[FreeBSD]]|[[HP-UX]]|[[NetBSD]]|[[OpenBSD]]|[[OpenVMS]]|[[macOS]]|[[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]]|[[Windows]]}}
| genre                = [[Revision control]]
| license              = [[Apache License|Apache-2.0]]{{efn|Apache-2.0 since 2009-07-07.}}
}}

'''Apache Subversion''' (often abbreviated '''SVN''', after its command name ''svn'') is a [[version control]] system distributed as [[Open-source software|open source]] under the [[Apache License]].<ref>{{cite web |year=2020 |title=Subversion |url=https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Subversion#tab=Details |access-date=3 October 2023 |website=directory.fsf.org |publisher=[[Free Software Directory]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Software developers use Subversion to maintain current and historical versions of files such as [[source code]], web pages, and documentation. Its goal is to be a mostly compatible successor to the widely used [[Concurrent Versions System]] (CVS).

The [[Open-source software|open source]] community has used Subversion widely: for example, in projects such as [[Apache Software Foundation]], [[FreeBSD]], [[SourceForge]], and from 2006 to 2019, [[GNU Compiler Collection|GCC]]. [[CodePlex]] was previously a common host for Subversion repositories.

Subversion was created by [[CollabNet]] Inc. in 2000, and is now a top-level Apache project being built and used by a global community of contributors.<ref>{{Cite press release |date=2020-02-27 |title=The Apache Software Foundation Announces 20th Anniversary of Apache Subversion |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/02/27/1991695/17401/en/The-Apache-Software-Foundation-Announces-20th-Anniversary-of-Apache-Subversion.html |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |language=en}}</ref>