Version Control With Subversion: Managing Versions in a Team Environment

Version control system with subversion helps in managing versions in a team environment. Oracle JDeveloper 11g with a Subversion repository can work with various developers and several branches of development. This solution can check out a copy of the application from repository and put it a local copy of the application on the local machine. Oracle JDeveloper keeps a check on the latest version of the application code from the repository and then opens it to start working on the application. It helps in creating and adding Java code sources and Java files as directory structure to a project. Subversion is designed to version directories as well as files. Oracle JDeveloper discussed in this paper is also used to update the application from the repository. Subversion provides a mechanism for dealing with conflicts in team work. It can unite the changes made by two team developers at the same time with the use of a simple textual comparison algorithm. The Oracle JDeveloper 11g includes a spiffy visual conflict resolution mechanism, which relies on manual mode to resolve conflicts that arises when two developers edit same line in the same line. The Subversion command-line program has two commands that are called praise and blame, which are used to identify the person who made a change to the line of a file. All features, benefits, and uses of Oracle JDeveloper and Subversion have been discussed in detail in this paper.