svn repository creation

Question

Hi

I have installed SVN Tortoise and want to create a repository. I followed the manual and typed "svnadmin ........" on the correct directory on command prompt. It doesnt recognize the word svnadmin: 'svnadmin' is not recognized as an internal or external command.........

Answer 1

You should set up your %PATH% variable accordingly. Although, I wonder why the installer didn't do this for you. Make sure that TortoiseSVN has actually installed the svn tools, also.

Answer 2

Tortoise does not install the command line tools. To create a new repository:

• create a directory using Explorer
• change into the directory
• right click on the empty directory pane
• choose "Create Repository Here" from the Tortoise menu

If you want the command line tools you can get them here.

Answer 3

You can create the repository by just creating an empty folder, then open it and right-click and select TortoiseSVN->Create repository here.

Answer 4

If you want to use TortoiseSVN from the command line, have a look at this tutorial. The bash script should be easily portable to Windows, too. You basically call "Program Files/TortoiseSVN/bin/TortoiseProc.exe" with some parameters.

Though it seems you can't create a repository this way and only do basic tasks like commit/update.