<chapter id="intro-repoconvs">
<title>Repository Convenctions</title>
<para>
&TCAR; is supported by <ulink
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>
When using Subversion there is 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>
&intro-repoconvs-policy;
&intro-repoconvs-worklines;
&intro-repoconvs-relbdirs;
&intro-repoconvs-syncpaths;
&intro-repoconvs-extending;
&intro-repoconvs-filenames;
&intro-repoconvs-layout;
</chapter>