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@settitle Subversion Design
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* Subversion Design: (svn-design).  Design of Subversion.
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@titlepage
@title @titlefont{Subversion}
@subtitle{A New Version Control System}
@author Jim Blandy <@email{jimb@@redhat.com}>
@author Karl Fogel <@email{kfogel@@collab.net}>
@author Ben Collins-Sussman <@email{sussman@@collab.net}>

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Copyright @copyright{} 2000 Collab.Net, Inc. @*
See @xref{License} for details. @*
First version: June 2000.  @*
Last updated:  $Date: 2001/06/04 22:00:52 $

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This manual describes the design of the Subversion version control
system.

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@menu
* Goals::                        The goals of the Subversion project.
* Model::                        The versioning model used by Subversion.
* Architecture::                 How Subversion's components work together.
* Deltas::                       How to describe changes.
* Client::                       How the client works.
* Protocol::                     How the client and server communicate.
* Server::                       How the server works.
* Future::                       Future plans.
* License::                      Copyright.
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@include goals.texi
@include model.texi
@include architecture.texi
@include deltas.texi
@include client.texi
@include protocol.texi
@include server.texi
@include future.texi
@include license.texi

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