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How should I branch and tag before and after a release?

I've been thinking about the deployment process I am currently using, and I am wondering if there is a good way to handle branching/tagging the code which is going to be/has been released to production. At some point I want to make a branch as the release branch and make any last minute changes to the branch and release it. Then after ...

How can I use Beyond Compare 3 as the diff3-cmd for svn?

I saw this posting which explained how to get BC3 working as the diff tool for Subversion... but what about using Beyond Compare 3 to do 3-way merge/compares? ...

How can svn co give a "directory already exists error"?

svn co svn+ssh://myhost/path/projectname/trunk projectname [...] svn: Failed to add directory 'projectname/test/.svn': an unversioned directory of the same name already exists How is that possible?? I'm checking out into an empty dir. Same error checking out to Windows and OS X. ...

CruiseControlException when connecting to source control

I'm getting an exception from Cruise Control about not being able to connect to the server. However, if I force a build it works just fine. I've also tried using the repo-browser to connect to the server without any problems so I know that the server is up and running. I'm running CCNET 1.4.4 and SlikSVN 1.5.3. Below is the exception fro...

Moving from SVN to ClearCase

So, it's the opposite way round this time - I need to migrate a SVN-based project into ClearCase. Is there any tools out there that'd make the process a bit easier (rather than putting together a custom script) and are there any gotchas from anyone who has had experience doing this? Thanks! ...

How to get rid of missing directories in SVN commit?

When I try to commit SVN reports about 10 old directories as missing. I've deleted these directories quite a while ago. I've tried to create the same directory again but then SVN reports them as "obstructed" and I can't delete them. These directories are not in the repository either. They are not affecting my commits directly but Tort...

svn: MKACTIVITY 403 Forbidden

Hi folks, I´m getting this error while trying to commit to a svn repository: svn: MKACTIVITY of '/svn/Demo/!svn/act/e2e65cfa-...4165f': 403 Forbidden (http://svn....com:8088) Any idee why? I googled a lot but cannot find a solution for me... ...

Can SmartSVN be used as a command-line tool?

I would like to write a script that checks out stuff from a repository every couple of hours, and I'd like to know if I could use SmartSVN from the command line to do it. If SmartSVN can't be used from the command line, what subversion client could I use? Please recommend one that supports authentication as well ( I'm hoping all of them ...

How can I create patches between revisions per file?

I have a subversion repository, and it has 8 revisions in it with many, many changes between 7 and 8. How can I create patch files, per file, for the changes between 7 and 8? I.E., not one massive patch file, but if x.php changed and y.php changed, I'd want a patch file for x.php and y.php Is this possible? How can I do it? ...

Image diff viewer SVN

We use Tortoise SVN for accessing our SVN server. I was wondering if anyone knew of a image diff viewer that would show two revisions of the image side by side to see any any changes. Similar to the TortoiseMerge that's included with it by default, only for image files. ...

Python package install using pip or easy_install from repos

The simplest way to deal with python package installations, so far, to me, has been to check out the source from the source control system and then add a symbolic link in the python dist-packages folder. Clearly since source control provides the complete control to downgrade, upgrade to any branch, tag, it works very well. Is there a w...

Set up svn repository from my Linux desktop with apache

I want to set up an svn repository on my Ubuntu desktop that may be accessed from the outside (over the internet). Any recommended tutorials? I have looked around but get stuck with most of them... ...

command line to update svn folders

I have tried several things so far but haven't had much luck yet, what I'm attempting to do is to have a command line or powershell script that I can run once a day to make sure my numerous checked out projects are up to date. I know I would be looping through the directory folders inside my workspace, but when setting the variables I ha...

Saving to a subversion repository from Java

I want to save to a subversion repository. I am using the command - svn commit -m \"\" ./cms_test/www My class is: public int doBackup(){ int exitVal=-99; try { Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime(); Process proc = rt.exec("svn commit -m \"\" ./cms_test/www"); exitVal = proc.exitValue(); System.ou...

IYO: worst subversion misfeatures?

hi everyone, what are in your opinion the worst subversion (and subversion/cvs style tools) misfeatures and what feature you would expect/wish to use and are not there? thanks :) edit, i forgot to mention them, for me the major lacking features are: - cannot erase what have been done previously; monotonicity helps a lot the implementa...

Subversion for iSeries

Hi, We need info about Subversion for iSeries (OpenSource version). Has anyone used it for production systems? Thanks, Sam ...

SVN Website Development and Deployment Solution

Here is the situation: we have multiple developers with varying degrees of commandline experience and we are putting together a deployment solution for our websites. The production environment is 2 SUSE Linux boxes. The development environment is a SUSE Linux box as well. Each developer has/will have a copy of the SVN tree in their h...

Is it possible to checkout files from subversion without those .svn folders?

Is it possible to checkout files from subversion without those .svn folders? (for publishing .NET apps to release server). ...

how to change the subversion directory using eclipse

I would like the move several directories in subversion under a new, parent directory. There is code out there that is in the process of being changed. Should I get the checkins done first, then try it? What's the best way to accomplish this? ...

Synchronizing code with two subversion repositories

Searching here I found that this question was already asked, but I think my situation is worse!-( I'm a total novice with Internet repositories development. A book I'm reading contains an interesting sample project - a social network in ASP.Net. The author put the code as a CodePlex project. I tried to "get" the version through VisualSV...