SVN Tutorial

SVN (Subversion) is a tool used by software developers to manage changes of software source code. SVN stores the current version of source code as well record all previous changes. The use of SVN is important and common on projects with multiple developers. SVN ensures that changes made by one developer are not accidentally removed by another developer when new changes are committed.

To access a Subversion repository, a Subversion client needs to be installed. For Windows operating system, we use the TortoiseSVN client from http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads. Here is a tutorial of the general use of TortiseSVN.

How to set TortiseSVN for sourceforge projects.

NOTE: For new projects generated in Sourceforge, a new approach is needed:

In the updated version of sourceforge, the sourceforge system seems to have changed the way accessing the SVN repository. To do a R+W check out, please use:

svn+ssh://your_sourcefoge_account@svn.code.sf.net/p/project_name(e.g.,idobru)/code/trunk.

1. Find the project in sourceforge. Go to Develop page.

2. Copy the URL as highlighted.

3. Right click in a folder from windows explorer and click "SVN Checkout..."

4. Paste the URL found in step 2 and click OK. That's it!

How to set TortiseSVN for google projects.

To be continued...

More useful web links:

OBI SVN instruction: http://obi-ontology.org/page/General_introduction#How_to_Use_SVN