How To Setup Tortoise Svn Server On Windows

i- What is Tortoise SVN?

Tortoise SVN is aSVN Client program. It is installed on computers of team members. It helps easily sharing information on SVN Server and extract data fromSVN Server.

This is a working model between Tortoise SVN and SVN Repository:

2- The installation requires

To have SVN Repository, you demand to install SVN Server. For example, Visual SVN on some calculator will be a SVN Server. Y'all can see the instruction of installing and configuring Visual SVNat:

In case you do non have SVN Server. Yous can annals an XP-DEV business relationship for a free SVN Repository up to i.5G for your Squad. See instructions for registering and using XP-DEV at:

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3- Download Tortoise SVN

Note: When new Tortoise versions are installed on old versions of operating organisation (Win XP,..) the mistake of uninstallment happens. Commencement, you need to install"Windows Installer", or install an older version of Tortoise SVN.

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

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

iii.i- Download the latest Tortoise SVN

Depending on your operating arrangement is 64 or 32 bit to download appropriate

4- Install Tortoise SVN

The successful installation, you must restart the computer.

five- Start with Tortoise SVN

5.1- Import data to Repository

Kickoff, we need a squad fellow member to share the initial data toSVN Repository. If at that place is no data, this stride tin can be skipped.

Suppose I import the data files in the Documents folder into SVN Repository:

You need to create a Repository on Visual SVN, named WorkingDatas.

Come across more:

Copy URL:

Copy the URL, it can contain the proper noun of the SVN server.

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

You can change the proper 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:

5.ii- Checkout

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

On the computers of members, create new empty folder, and checkout data fromSVN Repository to there. This folder will exist working binder of each member on their ain reckoner.

Data was checkout.

5.3- 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 estimator does non take that Projection). Then the information are modified in the local reckoner. Use the Commit function to bring the modified information to Repository. And use the Update function to update the modified information.

At present we will change files (or add new files) on the binder. And employ Commit function.

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

Adjacent, 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 information are editted also change its icon.

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

Choose the files you desire to commit on the list.

Default Tortoise SVN automatically check on the modified file.

Update:

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

half dozen- Other functions of Tortoise SVN

InTortoise SVN, two most popular functions are Commit and Update. Too, there are many other functions.

6.1- Add to Ignore list

In case you have a folder or files you desire to SVN ignore, do non bring up the SVN Repository. You tin can use the function:

Add to Ignore list

Correct-click the file or folder that you desire SVN will ignore. Select:

Then commit the parent directory:

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

Tortoise SVN propose you use the Update function before.

Then y'all tin continue to Commit .

6.2- Revert

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

6.3- Become 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 utilize the "Get Lock" function to lock it. After the modification is finished, yous tin can Commit and use the Release Lock" function to unlock the file.

Get Lock:

Release Lock:

7- Appendix: Download Windows Intaller

If you utilise Windows XP, to install Tortoise SVN recent versions y'all demand to install the latest version of Windows Installer earlier.

In that location is the "installer" corresponds to a different window. You lot can search for and download accurate.

8- Appendix: Download old version of Tortoise SVN

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