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  29 <ul>
  30 <li><p><a name="why">Why does this project exist?</a><br/>
  31     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#why">faq.html#why</a>.</p>
  32 </li>
  33 <li><p><a name="collab">Is Subversion proprietary?  I heard that it
  34 belongs to CollabNet.</a><br/>
  35     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#collab">faq.html#collab</a>.</p>
  36 </li>
  37 <li><p><a name="stable">Is Subversion stable enough for me to use for my
  38 own projects?</a><br/>
  39     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#stable">faq.html#stable</a>.</p>
  40 </li>
  41 <li><p><a name="interop">What is Subversion's client/server
  42     interoperability policy?</a><br/>
  43     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#interop">faq.html#interop</a>.</p>
  44 </li>
  45 <li><p><a name="portability">What operating systems does Subversion run
  46     on?</a><br/>
  47     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#portability">faq.html#portability</a>.</p>
  48 </li>
  49 <li><p><a name="filesystem">What's all this about a new filesystem?  Is
  50 it like ext2?</a><br/>
  51     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#filesystem">faq.html#filesystem</a>.</p>
  52 </li>
  53 <li><p><a name="apache-extension">I heard that Subversion is an Apache
  54 extension?  What does it use for servers?</a><br/>
  55     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#apache-extension">faq.html#apache-extension</a>.</p>
  56 </li>
  57 <li><p><a name="need-apache">Does this mean I have to set up Apache to
  58 use Subversion?</a><br/>
  59     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#need-apache">faq.html#need-apache</a>.</p>
  60 </li>
  61 <li><p><a name="multiple-apachim">I run Apache 1.x right now, and can't
  62 switch to Apache 2.0 just to serve Subversion repositories.
  63 Does that mean I can't run a Subversion server?</a><br/>
  64     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#multiple-apachim">faq.html#multiple-apachim</a>.</p>
  65 </li>
  66 <li><p><a name="feature-x">Why don't you do X, just like SCM system Y?</a><br/>
  67     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#feature-x">faq.html#feature-x</a>.</p>
  68 </li>
  69 <li><p><a name="globalrev">Why does the entire repository share the
  70     same revision number? I want each of my projects to have their
  71     own revision numbers.</a><br/>
  72     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#globalrev">faq.html#globalrev</a>.</p>
  73 </li>
  74 <li><p><a name="changesets">Does Subversion have Changesets?</a><br/>
  75     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#changesets">faq.html#changesets</a>.</p>
  76 </li>
  77 <li><p><a name="release">When's the next release?</a><br/>
  78     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#release">faq.html#release</a>.</p>
  79 </li>
  80 <li><p><a name="symlinks">Does Subversion support symlinks?</a><br/>
  81     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#symlinks">faq.html#symlinks</a>.</p>
  82 </li>
  83 <li><p><a name="logo">I need a high resolution version of the Subversion logo,
  84     where can I get it?</a><br/>
  85     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#logo">faq.html#logo</a>.</p>
  86 </li>
  87 <li><p>I have other questions.  Where can I get more<a
  88 name="more-information"> information?</a><br/>
  89     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#xxxxx">faq.html#xxxxx</a>.</p>
  90 </li>
  91 <li><p><a name="co-svn">How do I check out the Subversion code?</a><br/>
  92     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#co-svn">faq.html#co-svn</a>.</p>
  93 </li>
  94 <li><p><a name="repository">How do I create a repository?  How do I
  95 import data into it?</a><br/>
  96     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#repository">faq.html#repository</a>.</p>
  97 </li>
  98 <li><p><a name="cvs2svn">How do I convert an existing CVS repository
  99     into a Subversion repository?</a><br/>
 100     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#cvs2svn">faq.html#cvs2svn</a>.</p>
 101 </li>
 102 <li><p><a name="proxy">What if I'm behind a proxy?</a><br/>
 103     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#proxy">faq.html#proxy</a>.</p>
 104 </li>
 105 <li><p><a name="paranoid">My admins don't want me to have a HTTP server for
 106     Subversion.  What can I do if I still want remote usage?</a><br/>
 107     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#paranoid">faq.html#paranoid</a>.</p>
 108 </li>
 109 <li><p><a name="multi-proj">How do I manage several different projects under Subversion?</a><br/>
 110     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#multi-proj">faq.html#multi-proj</a>.</p>
 111 </li>
 112 <li><p><a name="multi-merge">How do I merge two completely separate repositories?</a><br/>
 113     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#multi-merge">faq.html#multi-merge</a>.</p>
 114 </li>
 115 <li><p><a name="nfs">Should I store my repository / working copy on a NFS
 116 server?</a><br/>
 117     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#nfs">faq.html#nfs</a>.</p>
 118 </li>
 119 <li><p><a name="bdblogs">Why is my repository taking up so much disk space?</a><br/>
 120     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#bdblogs">faq.html#bdblogs</a>.</p>
 121 </li>
 122 <li><p><a name="reposperms">How do I set repository
 123 permissions correctly?</a><br/>
 124     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#reposperms">faq.html#reposperms</a>.</p>
 125 </li>
 126 <li><p><a name="readonly">Why do read-only operations still need repository
 127 write access?</a><br/>
 128     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#readonly">faq.html#readonly</a>.</p>
 129 </li>
 130 <li><p><a name="removal">
 131 How do I completely remove a file from the repository's history?
 132 </a><br/>
 133     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#removal">faq.html#removal</a>.</p>
 134 </li>
 135 <li><p><a name="change-log-msg">
 136 How do I change the log message for a revision after it's been committed?
 137 </a><br/>
 138     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#change-log-msg">faq.html#change-log-msg</a>.</p>
 139 </li>
 140 <li><p><a name="patch">How do I submit a patch for Subversion?</a><br/>
 141     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#patch">faq.html#patch</a>.</p>
 142 </li>
 143 <li><p><a name="in-place-import">How can I do an in-place 'import'
 144     (i.e. add a tree of unversioned files to subversion, and convert the
 145     original tree into a working copy)?</a><br/>
 146     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#in-place-import">faq.html#in-place-import</a>.</p>
 147 </li>
 148 <li><p><a name="dumpload">What is this "dump/load cycle" people
 149     sometimes talk about when upgrading a Subversion server?</a><br/>
 150     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#dumpload">faq.html#dumpload</a>.</p>
 151 </li>
 152 <li><p><a name="sspi">How do I allow clients to authenticate against a
 153     Windows domain controller using SSPI authentication?</a><br/>
 154     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#sspi">faq.html#sspi</a>.</p>
 155 </li>
 156 <li><p><a name="adm-dir">I don't like the ".svn" directory name, and
 157     prefer "SVN" or something else.  How do I change it?</a><br/>
 158     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#adm-dir">faq.html#adm-dir</a>.</p>
 159 </li>
 160 <li><p><a name="case-change">How do I change the case of a filename?</a><br/>
 161     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#case-change">faq.html#case-change</a>.</p>
 162 </li>
 163 <li><p><a name="merge-using-tags">I can't use tags to merge changes from a
 164     branch into the trunk like I used to with CVS, can I?</a><br/>
 165     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#merge-using-tags">faq.html#merge-using-tags</a>.</p>
 166 </li>
 167 <li><p><a name="version-value-in-source">Why doesn't the $Revision$
 168 keyword do what I want?  It expands to the file's last-changed revision,
 169 but I want something that will expand to the file's current revision.</a><br/>
 170     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#version-value-in-source">faq.html#version-value-in-source</a>.</p>
 171 </li>
 172 <li><p><a name="log-in-source">Does Subversion have a keyword which
 173 behaves like $Log$ in CVS?</a><br/>
 174     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#log-in-source">faq.html#log-in-source</a>.</p>
 175 </li>
 176 <li><p><a name="ignore-commit">I have a file in my project that every
 177 developer must change, but I don't want those local mods to ever be
 178 committed.  How can I make 'svn commit' ignore the file?</a><br/>
 179     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#ignore-commit">faq.html#ignore-commit</a>.</p>
 180 </li>
 181 <li><p><a name="ssh-auth-cache">When I access a repository using
 182 svn+ssh, my password is not cached in ~/.subversion/auth/.  How do
 183 I avoid having to type it so often?</a><br/>
 184     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#ssh-auth-cache">faq.html#ssh-auth-cache</a>.</p>
 185 </li>
 186 <li><p><a name="auto-props">How can I set certain properties on
 187 everything in the repository?  Also, how can I make sure that every
 188 new file coming into the repository has these properties?</a><br/>
 189     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#auto-props">faq.html#auto-props</a>.</p>
 190 </li>
 191 <li><p><a name="divining-bdb-version">How do I determine which version of
 192 Berkeley DB a repository is using?</a><br/>
 193     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#divining-bdb-version">faq.html#divining-bdb-version</a>.</p>
 194 </li>
 195 <li><p><a name="permissions"></a>
 196     <a name="stuck-bdb-repos">My repository seems to get stuck all the
 197 time, giving me errors about needing recovery (DB_RUNRECOVERY).  What
 198 could be the cause?</a><br/>
 199     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#permissions">faq.html#permissions</a>.</p>
 200 </li>
 201 <li><p><a name="wedged-repos"></a>
 202     <a name="bdb-recovery">Every time I try to access my repository, the
 203 process just hangs. Is my repository corrupt?</a><br/>
 204     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#wedged-repos">faq.html#wedged-repos</a>.</p>
 205 </li>
 206 <li><p><a name="wedged-wc">Every time I try to run a svn command, it says my
 207 working copy is locked. Is my working copy corrupt?</a><br/>
 208     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#wedged-wc">faq.html#wedged-wc</a>.</p>
 209 </li>
 210 <li><p><a name="wc-out-of-date">I'm trying to commit, but Subversion says my
 211 working copy is out of date?</a><br/>
 212     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#wc-out-of-date">faq.html#wc-out-of-date</a>.</p>
 213 </li>
 214 <li><p><a name="unrecognized-url-error">I just built the distribution binary,
 215 and when I try to check out Subversion, I get an error about an
 216 "Unrecognized URL scheme."  What's up with that?</a><br/>
 217     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#unrecognized-url-error">faq.html#unrecognized-url-error</a>.</p>
 218 </li>
 219 <li><p><a name="db-recover">I'm getting errors finding or opening a repository,
 220     but I know my repository URL is correct.  What's wrong?</a><br/>
 221     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#db-recover">faq.html#db-recover</a>.</p>
 222 </li>
 223 <li><p><a name="configure-sed-error">When I run `<tt>configure</tt>', I get errors about
 224 <tt>subs-1.sed&nbsp;line&nbsp;38:&nbsp;Unterminated&nbsp;`s'&nbsp;command</tt>.
 225 What's wrong?</a><br/>
 226     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#configure-sed-error">faq.html#configure-sed-error</a>.</p>
 227 </li>
 228 <li><p><a name="linux-bdb42-build">I'm having trouble building
 229     Subversion under *NIX with BerkeleyDB 4.2.x What should I do?</a><br/>
 230     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#linux-bdb42-build">faq.html#linux-bdb42-build</a>.</p>
 231 </li>
 232 <li><p><a name="windows-msvc-build">I'm having trouble building Subversion
 233 under Windows with MSVC++ 6.0.  What should I do?</a><br/>
 234     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#windows-msvc-build">faq.html#windows-msvc-build</a>.</p>
 235 </li>
 236 <li><p><a name="windows-drive-letter">How can I specify a Windows drive letter in
 237 a <tt>file:</tt> URL?</a><br/>
 238     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#windows-drive-letter">faq.html#windows-drive-letter</a>.</p>
 239 </li>
 240 <li><p><a name="vs-asp-net">VS.NET/ASP.NET seems to have a problem with
 241     the ".svn" directory name.  What should I do?</a><br/>
 242     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#vs-asp-net">faq.html#vs-asp-net</a>.</p>
 243 </li>
 244 <li><p><a name="write-over-dav">I'm having trouble doing write
 245     operations to a Subversion repository over a network.</a><br/>
 246     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#write-over-dav">faq.html#write-over-dav</a>.</p>
 247 </li>
 248 <li><p><a name="windows-xp-server">Under Windows XP, the Subversion server
 249     sometimes seems to send out corrupted data.  Can this really
 250     be happening?</a><br/>
 251     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#windows-xp-server">faq.html#windows-xp-server</a>.</p>
 252 </li>
 253 <li><p><a name="ethereal">What is the best method of doing a network
 254     trace of the conversation between a Subversion client and
 255     server?</a><br/>
 256     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#ethereal">faq.html#ethereal</a>.</p>
 257 </li>
 258 <li><p><a name="revert">Why does the <tt>svn revert</tt> require an
 259     explicit target?  Why is it not recursive by default?  These
 260     behaviors differ from almost all the other subcommands.</a><br/>
 261     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#revert">faq.html#revert</a>.</p>
 262 </li>
 263 <li><p><a name="db3db4">When I start Apache, mod_dav_svn complains about
 264     a "bad database version", that it found db-3.X, rather than
 265     db-4.X.</a><br/>
 266     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#db3db4">faq.html#db3db4</a>.</p>
 267 </li>
 268 <li><p><a name="redhat-db">I'm getting "Function not implemented" errors on RedHat
 269 9, and nothing works.  How do I fix this?</a><br/>
 270     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#redhat-db">faq.html#redhat-db</a>.</p>
 271 </li>
 272 <li><p><a name="no-author">Why does SVN log say "(no author)" for files
 273     committed or imported via Apache (ra_dav)?</a><br/>
 274     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#no-author">faq.html#no-author</a>.</p>
 275 </li>
 276 <li><p><a name="windows-access-denied">I'm getting occasional "Access Denied"
 277 errors on Windows.  They seem to happen at random.  Why?</a><br/>
 278     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#windows-access-denied">faq.html#windows-access-denied</a>.</p>
 279 </li>
 280 <li><p><a name="freebsd-hang">On FreeBSD, certain operations (especially
 281     svnadmin create) sometimes hang.  Why?</a><br/>
 282     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#freebsd-hang">faq.html#freebsd-hang</a>.</p>
 283 </li>
 284 <li><p><a name="301-error">I can see my repository in a web browser, but
 285     'svn checkout' gives me an error about "301 Moved Permanently".
 286     What's wrong?</a><br/>
 287     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#301-error">faq.html#301-error</a>.</p>
 288 </li>
 289 <li><p><a name="no-copy-history">I'm trying to look at an old version of my
 290     file, but svn says something about "path not found".  What's going
 291     on?</a><br/>
 292     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#no-copy-history">faq.html#no-copy-history</a>.</p>
 293 </li>
 294 <li><p><a name="digest-auth">Why doesn't HTTP Digest auth work?</a><br/>
 295     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#digest-auth">faq.html#digest-auth</a>.</p>
 296 </li>
 297 <li><p><a name="xlc-compile">Compiling with xlc on AIX, I get compilation
 298     errors.  What's wrong?</a><br/>
 299     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#xlc-compile">faq.html#xlc-compile</a>.</p>
 300 </li>
 301 <li><p><a name="nonrecursive-checkout">I checked out a directory non-recursively
 302     (with -N), and now I want to make certain subdirectories
 303     "appear".  But <tt>svn up subdir</tt> doesn't work.</a><br/>
 304     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#nonrecursive-checkout">faq.html#nonrecursive-checkout</a>.</p>
 305 </li>
 306 <li><p><a name="mod_dav_svn-win32">I am trying to use mod_dav_svn
 307     with Apache on Win32 and I'm getting an error saying that the
 308     module cannot be found, yet the mod_dav_svn.so file is right
 309     there in <tt>\Apache\modules.</tt></a><br/>
 310     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#mod_dav_svn-win32">faq.html#mod_dav_svn-win32</a>.</p>
 311 </li>
 312 <li><p><a name="hook-environment">Why aren't my repository hooks working?
 313     They're supposed to invoke external programs, but the invocations
 314     never seem to happen.</a><br/>
 315     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#hook-environment">faq.html#hook-environment</a>.</p>
 316 </li>
 317 <li><p><a name="diff-cmd">Why does my --diff-cmd complain about '-u'?
 318     I tried to override it with --extensions, but it's not working.</a><br/>
 319     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#diff-cmd">faq.html#diff-cmd</a>.</p>
 320 </li>
 321 <li><p><a name="plaintext-passwords">Ahhh!  I just discovered that my
 322     Subversion client is caching passwords in plain-text on disk!
 323     AHHH!</a><br/>
 324     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#plaintext-passwords">faq.html#plaintext-passwords</a>.</p>
 325 </li>
 326 <li><p><a name="bdb41-tabletype-bug">I'm getting the error "svn: bdb: call
 327     implies an access method which is inconsistent with previous
 328     calls". How do I fix this?</a><br/>
 329     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#bdb41-tabletype-bug">faq.html#bdb41-tabletype-bug</a>.</p>
 330 </li>
 331 <li><p><a name="hotcopy-large-repos">I can't hotbackup my repository,
 332     svnadmin fails on files larger than 2Gb!</a><br/>
 333     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#hotcopy-large-repos">faq.html#hotcopy-large-repos</a>.</p>
 334 </li>
 335 <li><p><a name="hidden-log">I cannot see the log entry for the file
 336     I just committed.  Why?</a><br/>
 337     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#hidden-log">faq.html#hidden-log</a>.</p>
 338 </li>
 339 <li><p><a name="ramdisk-tests">How do I run the regression tests in a
 340     ram disk?</a><br/>
 341     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#ramdisk-tests">faq.html#ramdisk-tests</a>.</p>
 342 </li>
 343 <li><p><a name="http-methods">What are all the HTTP methods Subversion
 344     uses?</a><br/>
 345     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#http-methods">faq.html#http-methods</a>.</p>
 346 </li>
 347 <li><p><a name="bikeshed">What's a 'bikeshed'?</a><br/>
 348     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#bikeshed">faq.html#bikeshed</a>.</p>
 349 </li>
 350 <li><p><a name="baton">What's a 'baton'?</a><br/>
 351     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#baton">faq.html#baton</a>.</p>
 352 </li>
 353 <li><p><a name="def-wedged-repository">What do you mean when you say that
 354     repository is 'wedged'?</a><br/>
 355     The FAQ has moved, please see <a href="faq.html#def-wedged-repository">faq.html#def-wedged-repository</a>.</p>
 356 </li>
 357 </ul>
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