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Configuring VisualSVN Server to use _svn instead of .svn

We were having a problem with our build server not checking out modifications from source control despite recognizing that there had been changes. It was traced to the control folder (not sure what it's real name is), the existing working builds were using _svn. Clearing the working folder forced a new complete checkout and I noticed th...

SVN Revision Version in .NET Assembly w/ out CC.NET

Is there any way to include the SVN repository revision number in the version string of a .NET assembly? Something like Major.Minor.SVNRev I've seen mention of doing this with something like CC.NET (although on ASP.NET actually), but is there any way to do it without any extra software? I've done similar things in C/C++ before using b...

Setting up Subversion on Windows as a service

When installing subversion as a service, I used this command: c:\>svnservice -install --daemon --root "c:\documents and settings\my_repository" And then I got this error: Could not create service in service control manager. After looking at some MSDN docs on the service control manager, I tried granting full control to everyone in ...

Attaching VisualSVN Server to an existing repository

All the recent VisualSVN Server posts made me want to check it out. I have SVN running right now through Apache, but I'd like to try out VisualSVN Server, mostly for the active directory integration. Their docs don't describe whether you can easily migrate an existing repository. Anyone done this before? ...

Is there a tool that can display a SVN repository visually ( i.e. pretty charts )?

Real strange. I cannot find a tool that enables one to display a SVN repository in graphical form. I would like the ability to see changes in revision / time , branch / time graphs. Does anyone know of one. Ideally it would be platform neutral or even better web based. Solutions offered so far in brief: svn-graph Fisheye ( you want...

Is it safe to install SVN on a production win2008 web server?

I have a web server and I am currently paying for SVN hosting at a company that specializes in hosting svn. I am thinking of just installing SVN on my dedicated server, are there any security implications of this? ...

Is there a good GUI SVN app for Mac (better than XCode)

Hey everybody, I'm looking for a more robust and fully featured GUI SVN manager for Mac than what is built into XCode (which works, but only as long as you don't need anything beyond the bare basics and doesn't work for versioning scripts and such created in other editors). I can use the terminal commands, but I'd really like the opti...

Resharper and TortoiseSVN

Is there any good way to deal with the class renaming refactor from Resharper when the file is under source control and TortoiseSVN is the client. I have am trying VisualSVN right now but I haven't had the need to rename anything recently. I don't want to change our repository just to try this out. Also not sure if this feature alone ...

Subversion and web development

I'm introducing Subversion into our web shop. I want to want the checked in files to be uploaded into the server via FTP (and as they get use to Subversion, via SFTP). The files are sent to a release candidate page for testing purposes. A script can be called to move the files into production. My question is this: How do you transfer th...

CVS to SVN conversion and reorganizing branches

I am converting from existing CVS repository to SVN repository. CVS repository has few brances and I'd like to rename branches while converting. Wanted conversion is like this: CVS branch SVN branch HEAD -> branches/branchX branchA -> trunk branchB -> branches/branchB branchC -> branches/branc...

Managed Source Control Hosting and Continuous Integration with CVSDude and CruiseControl.net

For my own project at home, I'm using the rather excellent managed subversion hosting from CVSDude. As it's only me working on the code right now, I'm not using CruiseControl.net, however I expect this will change in the next couple of months and will want a full build process to kick off upon check-in. Has anyone managed to get Cruise...

When should a multi-module project to split into separate repository trees?

Currently we have a project with a standard subversion repository layout of: ./trunk ./branches ./tags However, as we're moving down the road of OSGi and a modular project, we've ended up with: ./trunk/bundle/main ./trunk/bundle/modulea ./trunk/bundle/moduleb ./tags/bundle/main-1.0.0 ./tags/bundle/main-1.0.1 ./tags/bundle/modulea-1.0....

Can I make Subversion + TortoiseSVN case-insensitive for Windows?

I've been using Subversion for code control with TortoiseSVN to interface with the server for the past few months, and in general it's been going great! However, occasionally my FoxPro IDE will change the case of a file extension without warning where "program.prg" becomes "program.PRG") TortoiseSVN apparently takes this to mean the fi...

Do you use version control other than for source code?

I've found SVN to be extremely useful for documentation, personal files, among other non-source code uses. What other practical uses have you found to version control systems in general? ...

Is it possible to automatically make check-outs from any VCS?

Let's take a web development environment, where developers checkout a project onto their local machines, work on it, and check in changes to development. These changes are further tested on development and moved live on a regular schedule (eg weekly, monthly, etc.). Is it possible to have an auto-moveup of the latest tagged version (and ...

Best way to deploy subversion (SVN) in a multisite windows environment

We are planning on moving for MS Source Safe (ouch) to SVN. We are working mostly in a Microsoft environment (windows, Visual Studio, .NET) and we have developers in multiple sites. I heard about VisualSVN and integration with visual studio. On the other hand I can get someone to host SVN for me and use TortoiseSVN. Any recommendations? ...

Subversion Management Tools

Hi, we have a lot of users running in different shared and solo-owned repositories in Subversion. As part of our work, we do project-shared code and individual work, and we need to control access, ideally on a group basis. Currenly, we use SVNManager to allow users to manage access and create repositories. However, in order to get tha...

Use SVN instead of CVS on SourceForge

I've just setup a new project on SourceForge and the admins set it up with CVS as the SCM, however, I want to use SVN. There is NO code in this project yet - empty directory. How do I change this project from using CVS to SVN? ...

Subversion question

What is the best way to structure a repository in Subversion for Visual Studio projects? I have a few C# .dll projects which are common to many applications. Currently, I have one big repository. I have each dll stored as a separate project within the repository and every application project stored as a project within the same reposito...

Migrating to GIT

What are some good resources and tips for migrating from SVN to GIT? ...