8.2. Inside the Working Copy Administration Area

As we mentioned earlier, each directory of a Subversion working copy contains a special subdirectory called .svn that houses administrative data about that working copy directory. Subversion uses the information in .svn to keep track of things such as:

• Which repository location(s) are represented by the files and subdirectories in the working copy directory

• Which revision of each of those files and directories is currently present in the working copy

• Any user-defined properties that might be attached to those files and directories

• Pristine (unedited) copies of the working copy files