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My coworker has a problem with the way that svn update works, but I'm not sure why, so this question has two sides. First, how to solve his problem the way he wants, and second, should I try to convince him that the way TortoiseSVN does things now is the best way (and if so, how)? His Ideal Use Case Right click->SVN Update SVN pulls in changes from repository as long as the file hasn't changed in the working copy If both the working copy and HEAD have changed, he wants to be prompted before anything happens, and to do the merge himself (even if it's a scenario where svn would easily figure it

What is the easiest way to revert my working copy to a previous revision using Windows TortoiseSVN ? I did not find any "findable" command to do that quickly. Stefan There are several ways to do that. But do not just update to the earlier revision as suggested here . The easiest way to revert the changes from a single revision, or from a range of revisions, is to use the revision log dialog. This is also the method to use of you want to discard recent changes and make an earlier revision the new HEAD. Select the file or folder in which you need to revert the changes. If you want to revert all

Related question: Moving repository trunk to another’s branch (with history) I know that one can dump a complete SVN repository with history and load it into a user-defined (sub)directory of the target repository using: // in source repo > svnadmin dump . > mydumpfilename // in destination repo (backslashes because I'm using Windows) > svnadmin load . < mydumpfilename --parent-dir some\sub\directory But this will import the full repository into the target repository's sub-directory. What I want is to define a sub-directory in the source repository that should be exported. Something like

Is it possible to setup SVN repo/server on google drive or dropbox etc? I want to put my PhD project under version control. The data has to stay private and only accessible to me and my supervisors. I can't afford to pay so I want free service. I have experience with Tortoise SVN . If setting up a SVN Server is impossible/very difficult then are there other reliable alternatives which offer Free Prtivate SVN repository . For free private SVN hosting try the following: http://riouxsvn.com/ http://beanstalkapp.com/ (not free anymore) Or use BitBucket for free private git/mercurial repositories I

I'm testing SVN. After the configuration, I can add/commit the files successfully. However, I can't see the status icons on the files and folders. Can anybody tell me why? Avada Kedavra This is, unfortunately a quite common problem on Windows where the icons are either not updated or rather disappearing. I find it quite annoying. It usually is fixed by either refreshing the Windows folder (F5) or, by doing a SVN Clean up, Right click on the folder -> TortoiseSVN -> Clean up... Select Clean up working copy status I have never been able to solve this permanently, this is only a work-around.

TortoiseSVN is not saving my authentication details even when I check the save authentication checkbox, and asking me to enter username and password every time I access it. How can I fix this? Jocelyn I had the same issue and I simply deleted this folder: %APPDATA%\subversion\auth\ Next time I logged in it was created anew and my password was properly saved. Souvik If you access your repo over ssh , then you can use the following solution to save your ssh credentials: The easiest way to do this is to right click in Windows Explorer, select Tortoise > Settings. Then in the Settings window

I seem to be getting nowhere with this. Either searching the web for a script, etc. Anyone got a script that you can just edit the out-of-box pre-commit.tmpl in a Windows environment that requires x chars to be entered in for a comment on commit in Tortoise Subversion globally so that all members on the team are required whereas this requirement is pushed down to the clients from SVN server? I don't know the scripting language and this should be something pretty damn simple without me taking the time to figure out scripting for the next 3 hours. This is a .bat file to require there is a

How do I remove a folder from being source controlled with TortoiseSVN ? There is a dedicated item in the extended context menu: Hold the Shift key down and right click on the folder. Under the TortoiseSVN menu click on "Delete (keep local)" Image cropped from TortoiseSVN's extended context menu page. Delete (keep local) documentation blurb. The easiest way is described here: http://tortoisesvn.net/unversion.html That article is a bit wordy and some of the methods didn't work for me (like dragging the folder onto itself - Windows 7 wouldn't allow it)). Here's what, in the article worked for me