Notes on setting up and using subversion First you should get a copy of the subversion .pdf book and read the first four chapters. It is available at subversion.tigris.org. Redhat client ---- Each person using subversion must install the subversion client on his/her computer. I did this for redhat linux by importing and installing the following five rpms. apr-0.9.5-0.4.i386.rpm neon-0.24.7-4.i386.rpm apr-util-0.9.5-0.4.i386.rpm subversion-1.0.9-1.fc1.i386.rpm db42-4.2.52-0.1.i386.rpm I have created a .tar.gz file containing all of these and put it into LIRE'. Admittedly it is dated, but it could help some of you to get a quick start now. Once installed, a typical command will be svn import ~/tmp/dirToBeImported \ https://tweety.ices.cmu.edu/svn/ascend \ -m "your comment" Note, it is the second line in this command that is the important one. Your access to the server is via https (you can also access via http but that is not secure and would expose your password). Windows client ---- This is likely an easier option to install and use. I have not done it, but go to subversion.tigris.org to find the client. Note, unless the package has the name server in it, it is the client software.