<sect1 id="repo-convs-layout">

    <title>Repository Layout</title>

    <para>

        &TCAR; is supported by 

        url="http://subversion.tigris.org/">Subversion</ulink>, a

        version control system which allows you to keep old versions

        of files and directories (usually source code), keep a log of

        who, when, and why changes occurred, etc., like CVS, RCS or

        SCCS.

    </para>

    <para>

        &TCAR; is made of one <quote>source repository</quote> and

        many <quote>working copies</quote> of that source repository.

        The working copies are independent one another, can be

        distributed all around the world and provide a local place for

        designers, documentors, translators and programmers to perform

        their work in a descentralized way.  The source repository, on

        the other hand, provides a central place for all independent

        working copies to interchange data and provides the

        information required to permit extracting previous versions of

        files at any time.

    </para>

    <para>

        The first level of directories inside &TCAR; provides

        organization through a convenctional 

        class="directory">trunk/</filename>, 

        class="directory">branches/</filename> and 

        class="directory">tags/</filename> layout. As proposition we

        are assuming that:

    </para>

    <itemizedlist>

        <listitem>

        <para>

            The <filename class="directory">trunk/</filename>

            directory is where development changes take place.

        </para>

        </listitem>

        <listitem>

        <para>

            The <filename class="directory">branches/</filename>

            directory is where maintainance changes take place.

        </para>

        </listitem>

        <listitem>

        <para>

            The <filename class="directory">tags/</filename> directory

            is where final releases take place.

        </para>

        </listitem>

    </itemizedlist>

    <para>

        The second level of directories inside &TCAR; provides

        organization for different work lines, as described in 

        linkend="repo-convs-worklines" />.  All other subsequent

        directory levels from third level on exist to organize

        specific concepts related to the work line they belong to.

    </para>

</sect1>