(This is a shared personal note, suggestions are welcome.)

Create a Subversion repository for a project, say The SVG Blog Icons:

1. Create the repository on the hosting panel with a project name (e.g. Blog Icons) and project ID (e.g. blogicons).
2. Import the files:

   bash$ cd src/
   bash$ ls
   blogicons
   bash$ export EDITOR=vi
   bash$ svn -m "First import" import blogicons http://svn.alkalay.net/blogicons/trunk

3. Start over with a fresh copy:

   bash$ mv blogicons blogicons.old
   bash$ svn co http://svn.alkalay.net/blogicons/trunk blogicons

4. Create a repository for pointers to official releases and register the official release the files imported represent:

   bash$ svn -m "Links of official releases" mkdir http://svn.alkalay.net/blogicons/tags
   bash$ svn -m "Official 20070518 version" cp http://svn.alkalay.net/blogicons/trunk http://svn.alkalay.net/blogicons/tags/20070518

5. Check how it looks pointing the browser to http://svn.alkalay.net/blogicons/

Manage project files:

• Add files

  bash$ cd blogicons
  bash$ svn add newfile.svg
  bash$ svn add newfiles.*

• Remove files

  bash$ cd blogicons
  bash$ svn rm oldfile.svg
  bash$ svn rm oldfiles.*

• To embed the file’s meta information in itself as a comment

  bash$ cd blogicons
  bash$ echo "<!-- $Id$ -->" >> file.xml
  bash$ echo "/* $Id$ */" >> file.c
  bash$ echo "// $Id$" >> file.cpp
  bash$ echo "# $Id$" >> file.sh
  bash$ echo "# $Id$" >> Makefile
  bash$ svn propset svn:keywords Id file.xml file.c file.cpp file.sh Makefile

  Every time changes and commits happen, the $Id$ tag will be replaced as this examples:

  <!-- $Id: file.xml 148 2007-07-28 21:30:43Z username $ -->
  /* $Id: file.c 148 2007-07-28 21:30:43Z username $ */
  // $Id: file.cpp 148 2007-07-28 21:30:43Z username $
  # $Id: file.sh 148 2007-07-28 21:30:43Z username $
  # $Id: Makefile 148 2007-07-28 21:30:43Z username $

  People use to put the $Id$ tag in the beginning of source files. The example show how to put in the end, but that’s because it is easy to represent it here in the documentation. You should put $Id$ tags in the beginning of the file.

• Commit changes to repository

  bash$ cd blogicons
  bash$ svn -m "Changed color to red on icon A, moved the circle shape to left on icon C" commit

  Use descriptive comments favoring WHAT changed on files and not which files changed.