SVN Documentation

SVN Commands

• Checkout : create/import a svn project from a repository on a server to a local computer.
• Update : update your local svn project snapshot. Apply other user modifications on your local snapshot.
• Commit : apply your svn project modification (update the repository).

The SVN lifecycle is the following :

0. Check out a svn project from a repository :

svn checkout svn+ssh://user@server/svn_project_directory

1. In that project, create or edit files and subdirectories. If a file or a directory is created, it must be added with the following command : svn add name.
2. Update your local copy from the repository, picking up changes your team members may have made since your last update : svn update.
3. Go to step 1. If you're ready to commit your changes, go to step 4.
4. Commit your changes to the repository : svn commit. Go to step 2.

Ellidiss SVN Configuration

There are different ways of connecting to the repository :

• The recommended way (a password is asked for each operation). The user must have an account on the server and be in the svn group.

svn+ssh://user@server/svn_project_directory

• The samba mounting way (easier to use with windows) or on the local server (in that case, it is not necessary to put the server's name, file:///). The svn repository must be shared on the local network.

file://server/svn_project_directory

For example, with cheddar project :

svn+ssh://jerome@linux2/home/projets/svn/cheddar/trunk.

If the repository directory has changed (i. e. from /home/projets/svn/cheddar to cheddarSrc) or if one want to change the repository connecting way or ..., the following command can be used :

svn switch --relocate source destination

For example,

svn switch -relocate svn+ssh://jerome@linux2/home/projets/svn/cheddar/trunk svn+ssh://jerome@linux2/home/projets/svn/cheddarSrc/trunk

User Interface Tools

Tortoise SVN (windows)

In windows, one can use tortoise svn : ​http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/.

This tool is directly integrated in the windows contextual menu.

Rapid SVN (linux)

In linux, on can use rapid svn : ​http://rapidsvn.tigris.org/.