[OSM-dev] Newbie question

[Raphael Studer]

> So, at the risk I'm going to be told I smell, can anyone point a newbie to SVN to a beginner's guide on how
> to either amend and commit changes, or apply patch files? I did a quick Google search and the first few results
> I read were less then helpful.

Just edit the files you've checked out and at the end do an svn commit.

Maybe this book will help you doing your first steps with svn:
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/

Raphael