Looking for a SVN solution for 3 users

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Looking for a SVN solution for 3 users

Hello,

I'm looking for an simple SVN solution for my company.

Currently we're not using any version control. We would like to install a server app on one of the computers in the office and use it over the LAN for 3 users.

We develop websites using Visual Studio.

Any suggestions?

+9 A:

I assume you are talking about a Windows-only setup. For that, I am very happy with VisualSVN as a server (brain-dead easy to set up!) and TortoiseSVN as the client.

Pekka 2010-07-01 12:09:06

Seconded. VisualSVN works like a champ in any small-to-medium environment in which I've worked. And it's easy to back up the data. The installation creates a place to store repositories (C:\SVNRepositories by default, I think) and you can just back up the files from there to whatever your backup solution is. Restore is generally as easy as copying them back into place, all the history of the repositories is kept in those files.

David 2010-07-01 12:27:56

VisualSVN and TortoiseSVN take all the guess work out of setting up and using an SVN directory. Definitely go with this.

Overhed 2010-07-01 20:41:02

@David it's better to do an SVNDump than to backup the Repositories directory directly.

Nate Bross 2010-07-01 20:56:09

Use some hosted solutions. It costs very less and keeps you away from the maintenance hassle. If you are not bothered about code ownership, you can go for free providers like google code. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/59791/free-online-private-svn-repositories

If you are bothered there are many commercial providers at a very cheap cost like svnrepository.com

So, all you will need is a client at your desktop. If you are using windows, you can use tortoisesvn, its free, stable and full of features.

shikhar 2010-07-01 12:19:46

Remote servers are a bad option for as due to bad response times to/from Israel as most of those services are in the states

IgalSt 2010-07-01 12:33:13

yes, you are correct. I am from India, and my svn was hosted on svnrepository.com after using it for 3 years finally i decided to host it in a india based server. I bought a vps and installed trac and svn on fedora 12, everything works great now !! let me know if you need any help regarding the same.

shikhar 2010-07-01 12:51:19

As all of our current 3 users located in the same office, I think that for now the best solution would be just installing a server service on one of the development computers and allow the others to use it as a server over the LAN. From the answers on this page it seems lite setting up a SVN server is pretty easy.Thank you for you updates and I'll be sure to contact you if we decide to use a remote solution like you suggested.

IgalSt 2010-07-04 07:52:10

+2 A:

AnkhSVN is a great Visual Studio plugin which also happens to be free.

Brian Gideon 2010-07-01 20:37:52

This of course is just the client, though it will work with any server

the_mandrill 2010-07-01 20:50:05

Others have already pointed some good solutions -- sounds like VisualSVN may be best for your needs as a server, with AnkSVN or TortoiseSVN as clients (or both -- multiple clients can be used at the same time quite easily).

The only caveat to be aware of is that while SVN has great forward and backward compatibility, for the best experience ensure that the minor version numbers are the same, eg 1.6.x server with 1.6.y client. It's a great productivity boost though over using no version control and very easy to get set up with.

the_mandrill 2010-07-01 20:54:25

Thanks for the reply. I'm sorry, but I couldn't understand what you mean but the minor versions..

IgalSt 2010-07-04 07:49:24

Sorry, I wasn't that clear, plus the nomenclature is slightly ambiguous with SVN. Basically as long as all your clients and server have the same minor version number (by which I mean all are 1.4 or 1.5 or 1.6) then everything will be fine. Given the release cycles of Subversion though you could argue that these are actually major versions. Concrete example: server is 1.6.6, TortoiseSVN is 1.6.9 and AnkhSVN is 1.6.7 -- all 3 will work together quite happily. It even means that the same developer can use TortoiseSVN and AnkhSVN interchangeably in the same session.

the_mandrill 2010-07-04 09:25:12

I have used VsTortoise for a nice plugin to visual studio. It is built on top of TortoiseSVN.

dionysus55 2010-07-01 21:13:15

You can install Subversion on your Windows server and setup Svn Manager for Windows to manage your repositories, users, subversion instances through a web browser. Btw, Svn Manager for Windows is free for single repository management.

Harun Akar 2010-09-07 21:46:43

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