Repository Layout
&TCAR; is supported by Subversion, 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.
&TCAR; is made of one source repository
and
many working copies
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.
The first level of directories in the repository provides
organization through a convenctional trunk
,
branches
and tags
layout. In
this configuration the trunk directory is where main
changes take place, the tags directory is where frozen
copies of trunk changes
are placed in for releasing, and the branches directory is an
intermediate place between trunk and tags states where changes take
place before being merged into trunk and finally released into
tags.
The second level of directories in the repository provides
organization for repository work lines, as described in .
All other subsequent levels of directories in the repository,
from third level on, are created to organize specific concepts
related to the work line they are in.