Monday, March 2, 2015

How to Use SVN in Windows

1. First of all search the svn software for windows.
    You can directly go to http://tortoisesvn.net/ and then downloads directory.

2. Install TortoiseSVN-(....).msi software on your PC

3.  Create the folder where you want to have your project files. Then right click on it and select TortoiseSVN → Checkout
For example: Goto  → My Documents
                       → then right-click with the mouse on an empty spot
                       → then click on SVN Checkout



4. Then give the url of the repository.
    For example: svn://amon.cs.nmsu.edu/cs581sp2015/yourCSUsername

5. Then new login screen will appear.
     Enter you cs username and password (note: password is the first two characters in your CS username, and then your Banner ID)

 6. Then the new folder will created and the files from svn repository will be downloaded.

7. create your folder, copy your files, edit/delete files... just do your stuffs whatever you want.

8. When you finish your task, just right click on an empty spot and perform SVN Commit to save your files in SVN repository. Also, there is an option to add commit message, please make use of it.

Note:
9. Before you start working, first don't forget to SVN Update (just right click on an empty spot and click SVN update) in order to make sure your computer directory is up to date with svn repository.

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