Make an existing folder into a repository

Question

I\'ve decided that modifying files directly in notepad is probably dangerous and it was about time to have some proper source control (I am quite new to source control). I have

Answer 1

There is a simple solution for checking in an existing directory structure:

1. Open the repository browser of TortoiseSVN and create a new directory for the project you want to check-in.
2. Check-out this newly created empty directory from SVN somewhere
3. Open the checked-out directory and move the contained hidden .svn directory into the root directory of your project. This enables the context menues from TortoiseSVN for all files and sub-folders.
4. Add every file and folder you want to check-in (context menu command Add...)
5. Execute SVN Commit... on the project root folder