Sunday, March 12, 2006
Setting up Subversion Source Control
Posted on Sunday, March 12, 2006 5:32:08 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)  Comments [0] | 
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Just a quick note to anyone looking to get Subversion (open-source version control system) up and running quickly.
 


The simplest, get-it-running-now guide is actually in the TortiseSVN help. There is lots of info in the actual Subversion manual, but it's more oriented to a subversion administrator and describes installing subversion as...
The easiest way to get Subversion is to download a binary package built for your operating system. Subversion's website (http://subversion.tigris.org) often has these packages available for download, posted by volunteers.
That's it. While factually correct, it's not particularly helpful if you have never set it up before. Once I found the description in the TortiseSVN help, it's really quite simple:

Step 1: Install Apache Webserver (msi windows installer)

Step 2: Install Subversion (windows installer)

Step 3: Open beer.

Step 4: Minor config file meddling (help doc shows you what to do line by line)

Step 5: Connect to the repository with your client of choice (TortiseSVN is a good start)

Step 6: Toast yourself for a job well done.

Really, quite easy - and thus there is no excuse for not using a source control system!
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