Subversion for SourceSafe users

Question

I have to do some migration training for developers tomorrow who have only ever used VSS. It's been a long time since I used VSS in any capacity and I'm concerned I'll miss a lot of obvious stuff. What I want is a list of things you would want to know if you were going to move to VSS. What would you mention if you were tasked with training someone as a new user of SVN?

Answer 1

Subversion for VSS Users is a good comparison what differs in SVN over VSS

Answer 2

One of the biggest differences is that between the copy-modify-merge model used by Subversion and the lock-modify-unlock model used in Visual SourceSafe.

The Subverson book has a pretty decent overview of the comparison, with some appraisal of each.