We've covered a number of fundamental Subversion concepts in this chapter:
We've introduced the notions of the central repository, the client working copy, and the array of repository revision trees.
We've seen some simple examples of how two collaborators can use Subversion to publish and receive changes from one another, using the 'copy-modify-merge' model.
We've talked a bit about the way Subversion tracks and manages information in a working copy.