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<!-- $Id: running-trunk.xml 18524 2013-06-09 19:51:20Z dizzzz $ --><book><bookinfo><productname>eXist-db – Open Source Native XML Database</productname><title>Running Trunk</title><date>September 2012</date></bookinfo><chapter><title>Running Trunk</title><section id="what-is-trunk"><title>What is Trunk?</title><para>"Trunk" refers to the latest, "bleeding-edge" development version of eXist-db. In
                contrast to the latest "stable" release that has been thoroughly tested and
                documented, trunk contains features in development. Running trunk requires
                advanced software development skills—most notably, the ability to use
                Subversion.</para></section><section id="getting-trunk"><title>Getting Trunk</title><para>Trunk resides in eXist-db's subversion repository, so downloading a local copy of
                the source code, or "checking out" the source code, requires that you have a
                subversion client.</para><para>The URL for the subversion repository is:</para><synopsis>http://svn.code.sf.net/p/exist/code/trunk/eXist</synopsis><para>The subversion command for checking out this repository is:</para><synopsis>svn checkout http://svn.code.sf.net/p/exist/code/trunk/eXist exist-code</synopsis></section><section id="building-trunk"><title>Building Trunk</title><para>See our detailed article for <ulink url="building.xml">Building
                eXist-db</ulink>.</para></section></chapter></book>