Apache Subversion is a software versioning and revision control system distributed as open source under the Apache License. Software developers use Subversion to maintain current and historical versions of files such as source code, web pages, and documentation.
Is Git better than SVN?
Git has the advantage that it’s MUCH better suited if some developers are not always connected to the master repository. Also, it’s much faster than SVN. And from what I hear, branching and merging support is a lot better (which is to be expected, as these are the core reasons it was written).