SVN is short for "Subversion" and is an open source version control system
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Possible solutions for sharing working copy of project between multiple computers?
So there are 3 computers that I use to work on this project with, my home PC, work PC, and work Mac (for building to devices). The project has an SVN repository that two other programmers use so I ...
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Manage version control with a central development server (LAMP)
I'm working in a small team with up to 5 (web)developers. Because our team is growing frequently and we ran into problems with multiple people working on the same code we decided to set up a VCS.
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Is it possible to integrate MS Project Server with SVN
We have been using Hosted SVN + Fogbugz for our source control and task/issue tracking. Our developers are very comfortable with SVN and we are hesitant to switch source control (e.g. TFS) providers ...
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SVN Repository as evidence of Intellectual property? [closed]
An interesting thought I have had about documenting my ideas for products that could potentially be copied.
You hear of people with ideas mailing themselves an envelope with their idea written down ...
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Managing an undercover SVN repository
The project I am working on is version controlled by SVN, and the unspoken rule at work is to commit only when a new stable feature is added (in order to have a "clean" revision history with no ...
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Best approach to including JBoss's standalone.xml in SVN structure?
Our application server is JBoss 7 as.
We use SVN as our code repository.
I need to ship our custom security domain in standalone.xml which is a jboss file (not packaged in my application's war file). ...
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Shouldn't SVN warn me if I'm about to commit files which have newer versions in the repository?
We use SVN and PhpStorm at work. Recently our team has grown a bit so there are several people working on the same project at a time, sometimes on the same file. We've run into the problem where ...
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CMS updates into subversion -> review process
We manage a range of client sites built in Wordpress and Joomla and these require regular updates to the core CMS and extensions. We keep these sites in subversion and place updates in subversion. We ...
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What plugin should I use to integrate TortoiseSVN into Visual Studio 2012 on Windows 8? [closed]
I have TortoiseSVN installed on my local machine just to improve my knowledge of subversion on some small personal projects. I downloaded and attempted to install VisualSVN to integrate TortoiseSVN ...
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Perforce workflow
So, we have just migrated from SVN to Perforce.
I'm having a little trouble trying to figure out the best workflow.
For Subversion, I did the following (via TortoiseSVN):
Check out repo
Do work
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hginit - #ifdefs ridiculous
I was reading Joel Spolsky's mercurial introduction when it struck me:
"And now what they do is this: each new feature is in a big #ifdef block. So they can work in one single trunk, while ...
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How can I clone an svn repository that changed layouts with git maintaining full history?
Problem
I want to clone an svn repo with git-svn.
The problem is the subversion repository changed layouts at r1235.
Specifics
From revision 1 to 1234, foo used the standard svn folder layout with:
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Using Subversion as an artifact repository vs a specific artifact management tool
TL;DR: Why use something like Apache Archiva or Sonatype Nexus as an artifact repository instead of Subversion?
The build system I use currently has a lot of binary blobs (images, sound files, ...
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Workflow: Using binary document formats in Git without locks (moving from subversion)
We're a software consultancy with a multitude of projects for different customers. We traditionally use Subversion, but are currently considering moving to Git.
A significant portion of the documents ...
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Why does git allow you to “change history”? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
When should the VCS history of a project be deleted?
I am experienced using svn and recently started learning git. I was quite shocked to learn that git has features ...
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In Subversion, how should I set up a new major version of my application?
I'm about to start work on a new version (version 4) of my commercial application. I use Subversion.
Based on your experiences, mistakes, and successes, how would you recommend I set up the new ...
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How do professional application developers use version control systems, like GIT and Subversion?
I am a beginner developer and I have been wondering from the start, how do professional use tools like GIT and Subversion (I don't have a very good understanding about these tools), to fulfill their ...
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Good practices to write Tags at SVN [closed]
Tags are a vital part at Version Controlling for example SVN.
When should i write Tags at SVN?
What information should have a Tags?
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What's so difficult about SVN merges? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
I’m a Subversion geek, why should I consider or not consider Mercurial or Git or any other DVCS?
Every once in a while, you hear someone saying that distributed version ...
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Is there a better approach in migrating SIT SVN to UAT SVN? [closed]
In web development, given a same piece of source code, and being deploy to SIT (system integration testing) SVN/WAS and UAT (user acceptance testing) SVN/WAS. Please take note that I am using Jenkins ...
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Why do Git users say that Subversion does not have all the source code locally?
I'm only going on what I've read on SO, so forgive me, but all I read says that one major advantage of Git over Subversion is that Git gives all the source code to the developer locally, not having to ...
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svn vs git for the sole developer? [closed]
If I am sole developer (I do not work in a team) working from my laptop (Windows OS and Linux VM) and backing up data to the cloud (Dropbox etc), then is git still better than svn for my version ...
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CI - How long is continous?
We currently are using CCNet as our continous integration server. Most projects check for changes every 30 seconds (the default) and if needed perform a build (unit tests, stylecop, fxcop, etc).
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External file (images, sounds) naming convention at Xcode
What is better naming conventions at Xcode regardng External File
(images, sounds) etc?
Is there any guideline from vendor Apple?
As we store our projects at SVN, is there any complicity from Hosted
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How do Tortoise svn handle concurrent file updation
I don't know much about Tortoise SVN, but have been using it for a while.
I understand that it is capable of managing concurrent users on same file, but how does it do that?
I am working on a file ...
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How can I add the version of a file to the file name with Tortoise-SVN?
I would like to start giving unique names to "cache-able" files - i.e. *.css and *.js - in order to prevent caching, without requiring changes to the web-server settings (as is currently done in IIS).
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Linking application build number to svn revision
I am looking for a strategy to version an application with the following requirements.
My requirements are given an exe with version number (major.minor.build-number)
1) I want to map the version to ...
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What does cheap copying/branching mean for a versioning system like SVN?
One of the advantages of SVN over CVS as given here is cheap copying and branching. What does "cheap copying and branching" mean in SVN parlance? How is it different from CVS copying and branching?
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What does it mean by atomic commit for a versioning system?
One of the reasons why programmers prefer SVN over CVS is the former allows atomic commits ? What does this mean ?
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In centralized version control, is it always good to update often?
Assuming that:
You are in a team developing some software.
Your team is using centralized version control in the development process.
You are working on a new feature which will surely take several ...
