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Version Control

  • September 18, 2008
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I assume this is the best forum to post this in but I am looking to establish a subversion system in which I have a local network with a Workstation and DevServer.

I ran http://svn1clicksetup.tigris.org/ using all default settings and seem to have SVN running on devServer

I want to have SVN monitor my website development folder (either wwwroot or preferably wwwroot/myproject) and have check in/out from both my Workstation and by another collaborator via the web.

From reading blogs and documentation I understand that both the Workstation and the internet based user will need to install the Tortoise client (though I am using Dreamweaver and he Eclipse -- for Flex -- and I understand there are plugins for each which may preclude the need to install Tortoise).

However, upon doing so I am still at a loss as to how to designate the DevServer folder for monitoring and what settings to enter on the URL of repository area.

More accurately though I am at a loss how to use this system in general and/or would be interested in learning alternative solutions (I know DW has check in features but . . .).

Any and all help would be appreciated (I've googled an extra 0 yet still can't seem to understand much, especially once they go "all command line")
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    Kronin555
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    September 18, 2008
    SVN doesn't monitor anything. You need to first import a clean source tree into a new repository. Then check out that repository to both your workstation and dev server. You'll also need to have your internet collaborator check the repository out. Do your development in those checked-out directories, checking in and updating as necessary.

    svn1clicksetup should have walked you through the process of setting up a repository and project. I've never used that install method, but that's what it says it does on the website.

    Start here. Read through it until you understand the concepts:
    http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.basic.html

    Now read this. It walks you through importing code into a repository, checking that tree out, and working on it:
    http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.tour.html

    And yes, it's all command line in this walkthrough. Trust me, you're gonna want to be able to do this on the command-line, if for no other reason than if your nice whiz-bang GUI tool craps out on you, you can still get work done.

    Tortoise will let you do subversion commands in Windows Explorer.

    For Eclipse, I'd recommend Subclipse: http://subclipse.tigris.org/

    I'm not sure about Dreamweaver.
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