The Top Ten Subversion Tips for CVS Users
ONLamp.com: The Top Ten Subversion Tips for CVS Users
Some great tips for anyone looking to move from cvs to subversion.
By default, CVS translates line endings (from CR [Unix] to CRLF [Windows] and back) and expands keywords (like $Id$) in your files. This is very handy until you commit a binary file to your CVS repository and CVS, in a fit of helpfulness, turns your file into tapioca pudding.
Subversion will never ever ever do anything to your data unless you ask it to.