#Subversion users install
#Subversion users software
#Subversion users download
#Subversion users free

Using TortoiseSVN to do the initial checkout or “download” of the THL website files from the repository When finished installing, right click on any folder and make sure that the TortoiseSVN choices appear in the popup.

Double click the installer exe and follow the presumably familiar process of installing the application.

#Subversion users install

The TortoiseSVN application NOTE: As of 10-17-2016, you need to install an older version of TortoiseSVN from here:

#Subversion users download

Here are the steps to download and configure your TortoiseSVN client: TortoiseSVN is very easy to use - once you have it installed, all you'll need to do is go to your folders/files using Windows Explorer and use the right click to choose whichever of the offered TortoiseSVN commands you want to use for said folders/files.

#Subversion users software

The recommended Subversion client software for Windows is TortoiseSVN. But this section is about using a client gui application, similar to an FTP program, to access the Subversion repository. If you are able to use command line for all your natural svn needs (or would like to learn: see the book url listed above), more power to you. Obtaining, installing and configuring a client application Of course using this safety net requires a little work up front, so please follow the directions here and within an hour you should be back to doing your real work. Uncomfortable, no? But with Subversion you can quickly ‘go back in time’ to retrieve lost data. This is risky - you or somebody else might inadvertently destroy valuable work, and our only recourse would be to beg the Library admins to go diving into the tape backups, which is a significant hassle for them and not liable to happen as quickly as you would like, and in the meantime the hole you’ve made in the THL dangles in the wind for all to see. If you are new to the whole concept of version control, it goes something like this: the THL website contains a large number of files and directories that several people have the power to edit or otherwise change. Many people think of a version control system as a sort of “time machine.” You to recover older versions of your data, or examine the history of how your data changed. The repository is much like an ordinaryįile server, except that it remembers every change ever made to your files and directories.

A tree of files is placed into a central repository. That is, Subversion manages files and directories Subversion is a free/open-source version control system.

#Subversion users free

What does Subversion do? Here’s a good summary, from the Subversion book (very useful and available free online): If you are familiar with cvs, the switch to Subversion will be pretty straightforward, altho a few seemingly familiar cvs commands do very different things in svn, so watch it. It’s worth the hassle, which is pretty minimal given the significant improvements that Subversion (or svn) has made over its antecedent (and still industry standard) cvs.

Recovering older versions, conflict resolution, and other details.

Deploying to the www/live/production server.

Normal use of TortoiseSVN to do work and commit changes to the repository.

Using TortoiseSVN to do the initial checkout or “download” of the THL website files from the Subversion repository.

Obtaining, installing and configuring the 'TortoiseSVN' gui client application for Subversion.

If you have any questions, please contact the THL Server & Account Issues Contact. Unix users will no doubt figure it out for themselves from the following. Mac users should obtain the respective Mac document. As indicated, these are the specifics for Windows users. This document is an introduction and user guide for Subversion (svn), the version control system that developers working on the Tibetan and Himalayan Library website are required to use. Subversion Guide for THL Users: Windows VersionĬontributor(s): Dan Haig, Steve Weinberger. THL Toolbox > Developers’ Zone > Server Issues > Subversion User Guide > Subversion Guide (Windows)