Install and use Tortoise SVN

• Install and manage Visual SVN Server

• Use SVN Repository for free XP-Dev

Download the latest Windows Installer at:
(See appendix guide to download/install at the end of the document).

• http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8483

Or looking for an older version of Tortoise SVN at:
(See more in appendix)

• http://sourceforge.net/projects/tortoisesvn/files/

See more:

• Install and manage Visual SVN Server

Copy URL:

Copy the URL, it can contain the name of the SVN server.

• https://TRAN-VMWARE/svn/WorkingDatas/

You can change the name of server by IP address.

Right-click the Documents folder, select:

• TortoiseSVN/Import...

Enter the URL of the SVN Repository.

• https://TRAN-VMWARE/svn/WorkingDatas/

The data has been imported to the SVN Repository.

See in Visual SVN:

Checkout

All of team members will check out data from SVN Repository to their own computers. The person who imported the initial data to SVN Repository is not an exception.

On the computers of members, create new empty folder, and checkout data from SVN Repository to there. This folder will be working folder of each member on their own computer.

Data was checkout.

Commit and Update

Checkout is to extract the whole of data from one or more Projects shared in Repository to the local computer (When the local computer does not have that Project). Then the data are modified in the local computer. Use the Commit function to bring the modified data to Repository. And use the Update function to update the modified data.

Now we will change files (or add new files) on the folder. And use Commit function.

For example, when I change TeamNote.txt file and save, the SVN icon of this file will be changed, notifying that this file has been changed.

Next, I create a new TeamTodo.txt file. The symbol of the new file contains a question mark (?), notifying that this file is new and has not been managed by SVN.

SVN folder that contains file whose data are editted also change its icon.

To commit data to the SVN Repository, right-click the file or folder, select SVN Commit ...

Choose the files you want to commit on the list.

• Default Tortoise SVN automatically check on the modified file.

Update:

Other members of the team can Update the latest data from the SVN Repository.

In Tortoise SVN, 2 most popular functions are Commit and Update. Besides, there are many other functions.

Add to Ignore list

In case you have a folder or files you want to SVN ignore, do not bring up the SVN Repository. You can use the function:

• Add to Ignore list

Right-click the file or folder that you want SVN will ignore. Select:

Then commit the parent directory:

Sometimes you get the error message "Out of date", In this case you need to Update before Commit.

Tortoise SVN suggest you use the Update function before.

Then you can continue to Commit.

Revert

Revert function is used to return the initial data. For example, when you modify data of some files, revert helps return the file to its initial state.

Get Lock & Release Lock

You are modifying some files in local. During the modification, if you don't want anyone in the group to Commit data of these files to Repository, you can use the "Get Lock" function to lock it. After the modification is finished, you can Commit and use the Release Lock" function to unlock the file.

Get Lock:

Release Lock:

In some cases you install Tortoise SVN on Windows XP and fails. You can install Windows Installer Latest (Follow the instructions in the appendix above), or find an older version of Tortoise SVN at:

• http://sourceforge.net/projects/tortoisesvn/files/

For XP Service Pack 2:

• TortoiseSVN-1.6.12