Christian H.
CH
Christian H.
Product Engineer 2 - New Product Introductions, High-Speed Optical Modems
Telecommunications
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Subversion is better than no version control, but there are better options"
1.5/5
What do you like best about Subversion?

Good, basic version control, simple and easy to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Subversion?

Lacks many of the features of newer version control software such as Git and Mercurial. In particular, subversion's branching & merging isn't up to par with Git. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aaron T.
AT
Aaron T.
Business Process Analyst 3
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"SVN use to check in/out documentation "
3/5
What do you like best about Subversion?

I really like the versioning and history SVN provides. I like the capabilities of the repo browser as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Subversion?

SVN is difficult to search in. i wish their was a way to search via search bar. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
IF
Verified User in Financial Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"subersion"
5/5
What do you like best about Subversion?

Subversion integrates really nicely with MadCap Flare, the authoring tool that I use to write product documentation. I can count on Subversion to keep track of all of my changes and am confident in versioning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Subversion?

It can be difficult to go to it through tortoise to get everything checked in when there are issues doing thing via flare integration. Branching functionality is hard to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Gregory K.
GK
Gregory K.
Professional Services Engineer
Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"It gets the job done"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Subversion?

Sub version gets the job done. It has great versioning control and document storage. The right click functionality from the desktop is a very handy feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Subversion?

Sub version can be a little hard to navigate. There isn't a great searching feature unfortunately. The web based feature is also a little lacking Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Aviation & Aerospace
GA
Verified User in Aviation & Aerospace
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Subversion is a great tool, simple and easy to use. "
5/5
What do you like best about Subversion?

makes it easy to know what went into a build

creating a branch is now a version-controlled operation, meaning you get to track who did it, when and why

"svn ls" can easily show you what branches exist and are active, which was always hard to keep track of Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Subversion?

there is no way to bring together all the various branched versions of a single source file, if (for example) you're trying to remember which branch a particular change was made on.

it's also rather heavyweight if you only wanted to branch one single file for some unofficial or private purpose. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet
GI
Verified User in Internet
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Good tool, but showing it's age"
3/5
What do you like best about Subversion?

It's easy to set up and use. It's doesn't have as high a learning curve like Git does. It works well for small local teams.

It also works well with all OS's, build tools (Jenkins, Maven etc) and has been very reliable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Subversion?

It doesn't work as well for a big distributed team such as Git. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Brinsley D.
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"The best versioning and revision control system out there"
5/5
What do you like best about Subversion?

For me personally I like the fact that the full revision history is maintained for files that have been changed in any way. Working on various projects for various years, it's very beneficial to know who has made what change. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Subversion?

There are certain features like, SVN update to head vs synchronize with repository which sound almost the same. Maybe different wordings could help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Michael P.
MP
Michael P.
Senior Software Engineer
Computer Software
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Adequate for most users"
2.5/5
What do you like best about Subversion?

Tracking and reverting changes is easy. For most use cases, it is adequate and easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Subversion?

Does not operate without access to a centralized repository, which might be a problem if you are without internet access. Working copies can get pretty big if you have several branches with a lot of changes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Eric M.
EM
Eric M.
Principal Software Engineer
Computer Software
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Simple, centralized version control"
2/5
What do you like best about Subversion?

Subversion is remarkably easy to install, configure, and even self-host. The directory structure is scalable and the ability to check out individual directories of a project tree makes it very easy to separate out modular components of a project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Subversion?

The centralized nature of Subversion, however, makes collaborating on features remarkably difficult. The branching feature of Subversion also makes otherwise lightweight repositories very bulky as the project grows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Joseph H.
JH
Joseph H.
Software Engineer
Defense & Space
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"It does what you need it to do"
4/5
What do you like best about Subversion?

Snapshots of where you are with code is awesome, as well as intentional tags. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Subversion?

I don't have much experience yet with merging code, especially when I and a coworker have modified the same file. Still a pain to figure that out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.