SVN is short for "Subversion" and is an open source version control system
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Good place to upload files [closed]
I'm working on several projects and I prepare to provide them as opensource projects. I do this because I deeply respect freedom and think people should not have any say about others. As I work mostly ...
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How to automatically have Tortoise svn copy last log to clipboard on commit?
After each commit I bring up the Log Messages dialog and copy the log entry to the clipboard so I can include it in the issue tracking system. Eventually I hope to get SVN integrated with the system ...
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How can I avoid editing conflicts repeatedly when merging from one to branch to another?
I have an SVN repository set up like so:
trunk
branches
UAT
QA
DevelopmentTeam
programmer1
projectA
projectB
programmer2
projectC
projectD
programmer3
projectE
projectF
projectG
projectH
Each ...
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External repository moved from Sourceforge (SVN) to GitHub, now what?
We've been getting the head revision of the JEDI Code library for a while, we only use it a tiny bit so never have bothered to manage which version we're getting. The problem is they appear to be ...
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svndumpfilter Multiple Versions
I have a few questions about the Subversion open source project. I know that there are multiple versions of svndumpfilter (2,3). What are the tradeoffs and benefits of each version? In other words, ...
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How can I mirror an SVN trunk repository into a regular network folder?
Me and a small team of engineers are considering using SVN to store our electrical schematics and parts libraries; currently we just have a network folder where we put all of our files. Our company ...
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Distributed SVN?
I work for a large bureaucratic (and security paranoid) organisation that provides SVN for its development teams to use.
I am working with a 3rd party vendor (at their site) and we currently share ...
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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 ...
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Specific reasons for still using Subversion? [closed]
I want to choose a version control system for my company. So far I know I have Git, Subversion and Mercurial.
These days I see that Git is the most used, so I'm left wondering: would there be any ...
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SVN command line client: checkout refused when LDAP password changed “svn: OPTIONS of” (repo) “authorization failed” (but works in TortoiseSVN)
When using the command line/terminal svn client, a colleague is getting "svn: OPTIONS of " [repo] "...authorization failed" error message when they attempt to checkout the repo to be their local ...
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What is the most basic and simple platform for collaborative development (PHP project)?
I need to work with 4-5 programmers on a fairly average PHP application using codeigniter. We're in 5 different locations in one city, and all of the programmers are all not too well educated and I'm ...
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What does it mean for SVN “to pollute the local source tree”?
I'm reading "Professional Team Foundation Server 2010" by Wrox, and in an advantages/disadvantages list, the said:
"Like CVS, SVN makes use of .svn directories inside the source folders to store ...
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svn usage advice
I need an advice about SVN usage.
I use Tortoise SVN on my client to deal with a project I am working on.
The probjem is that I have two set of bugs top fix on the project. One to deploy till 5 ...
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What is the canonical approach to using a VCS right from a project's infancy?
Background
I've used VCS (mainly git) in the past to manage many existing projects and it works great. Typically with an existing project, I would check in each change I make to the code that either ...
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using source control to create release notes?
Lets say i have an off the shelf eccomerce cart. I put all the code inside subversion. I start to make changes and check the code changes back in.
is it possible to then display each "check in" with ...
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Tame a mess — backup & revisions across several systems? [closed]
I am a freelance mobile & back-end developer, and have many projects spread out over 4 systems - 2 Win7, Mac OSX and Ubuntu. Some of the projects need to be checked into the client's source ...
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Do DVCSes discourage continuous integration?
Say there is a team of ten agile developers. Every day they each pick a task from the board, commits several changes against it, until (by the end of the day) they have completed the task. All ...
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When should I backup files? [closed]
At our company we are not using a source control so we do backup manually.
My habit is like this: I backup only scripts where I removed code snippets, and those scripts where I only added code ...
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Why do Git/Mercurial repositories use less space?
I've read on several discussions here and on SO that DVCS repositories use about the same or less space than their centralised counter-parts. I may have missed it, but I haven't found a good ...
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Will the customer benefit from a DVCS in any way?
Some of us can say a Distributed Version Control System (e.g. Mercurial, git) will have a positive impact on developers only out of the experience of using one (under the right conditions: higher ...
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How do programs like subversion detect when a file has been edited as opposed to created/deleted?
This is my first question here so I hope it is not off topic. Although I am using the Linux inotify library to listen for changes to files, and I compare use of that against the Subversion program, I ...
