I have a compiled a How-To guide for using Subversion. As a developer using subversion was a day in and day out task for me which made me to present it here. Use my slide as a reference for using SVN features.

1. Subversion
Control
System

2. Subversion
What we are going to see !..
Commit
Changes
Fix
MistakesReview
Changes
Checkout
& Update
• Problem with file sharing
• Repository
• SVN Methodologies
• Import

3. Subversion manages any collection of files,
directories and changes made to them over time.
Subversion can operate across network
It is an open source version control system (VCS)
What is Subversion?...

4. Problems With File Sharing…

5. SVN Methodologies1
Lock Modify Unlock Copy Modify Merge
• User can read a file
• User acquires lock for the file making it
inaccessible to others
• User begins his modification
• User can write the file
• User releases the lock on the file
• Many users can access the server and
copy files to their private machine
• Users work on their modification
• Users should update their file to mirror
others changes
• Users can save their file to the server

6. Default
Method for SVN

7. 2 Repository…
What?
How?
Location where all the project contents are stored
Right Click TortoiseSVN Select “Create Repository
Here”
1 2

8. 3
Cont…
Repository Created!..
4

9. 3 Import…
What?
How?
Adding your project into the repository
1
Right Click
TortoiseSVN
Import

10. Cont…
4
Enter Log Messages in Import
Dialog Box
Click “Ok”
3

11. 4 Checkout…
What?
How?
Extracting data from the repository
Right Click SVN Checkout
1
Private Copy in your machine
Checkout
Working Copy

12. 2
Cont…
Select
From
To
Checkout Depth
&
Revision
Click “Ok”

13. 5 Update…
What?
How?
Incorporating others changes in your WC
1
2
Right Click SVN
Update
Working Copy
Updated!..

14. Sparse Update…
“Only this item”
Checkout depth other than Fully Recursive
Cont…

15. “Update to Revision”
To bring your WC from inconsistent state
use Update to Revision
Cont…

16. 6 Perform Changes (Locking)…
What?
How?
Seen in Lock-Modify-Unlock
Right Click Tortoise SVN  Get Lock
1

17. Cont…
3
Enter Log Messages for getting
locks for files
Click “Ok”
2

18. 4
5
Check for
Modification displaying
lock status
Cont…

19. 7 Review Changes…
What?
SVN offers tools to work with
Helps users to view changes happening in the repository
Tools
Repo Browser Review Log Tortoise Merge

20. Repo-Browser…
SVN File Explorer
Cont…

21. Revision-Log…
Most used tool in SVN
View all the change
history
Show Log
Cont…

22. Tortoise-Merge…
(Default)
Application
for viewing
file
Differences
Cont…

23. 8 Fix Mistakes…
What? Conflicts in SVN
File Conflict
Tree Conflict
Two or more person modified the same file
Change in tree structure by
Renaming/moving/deleting a folder

24. To Resolve…
File Conflict
Folder Conflict
Check for
Modification
Developers should communicate with each other and
resolve the conflict
Cont…

25. To Resolve…
Blame Differences Used to find out who changed which
content in a file
Cont…

26. 9 Commit Changes…
What? Publishing your changes to the repository
How?
1
Right Click SVN Commit
Before Committing
Update your WC to incorporate other’s changes
Use Change for modification to check for any conflicts

27. 2
3
Enter Commit
Message
Click “Ok”
Cont…

28. Thanks
Sriee Gowthem Raaj