So I just downloaded TortoiseSVN, VisualSVN and VisualSVN Server. I created a new repository and through VS2010, added my solution to said repository. I then realized that I had some naming issues with my repository so I deleted it using the VisualSVN Server Manager thinking that I could go back to VS2010 and somehow drop the solutions connection to SVN, but I cannot figure out any way to do this? I essentially want to start from scratch with this solution/connecting to SVN but I cannot seem to find a way for it to offer me the initial "Add this Solution to SVN" option. I don't know if this is a TortiseSVN issue or VisualSVN but any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Close Visual Studio then remove the subversion info by deleting all .svn folders recursively below the project folder. They are hidden so you will need to enable viewing of hidden files and folders. Open Visual Studio and VisualSVN should offer to add the solution to subversion again.
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I have been using the Webstorm trial version for a month and it has expired, so now I am considering using Visual Studio.
However, I have come across a stumbling block using ankhsvn, which is that I cannot figure out how to "import" files from existing files in subversion and add them to a project. Add to Subversion simply adds a new folder to the repo and I cannot see the existing files in the project explorer.
Is there a newbie friendly tutorial on how to import files from an existing svn repo to a solution in local space?
D'oh! Turns out I just needed to use Tortoise to check out the files, then create a blank solution in the same folder as the check out (this is important or ankhsvn won't play nice), and then add existing website to the project.
I have an existing Visual Studio 2013 solution, and I want to put it under source control using VisualSVN Server. I installed VisualSVN Server and created a new blank repository. Their Getting Started page doesn't explain how to add a folder structure and files to the repository. I am expecting an import or add files option when right clicking on the repository node in the UI.
How do I add an exiting root folder and all its files and folders of a Visual Studio solution to a repository and make it ready so any SVN client can check out files from it? I am planning to use TortoiseSVN as the client.
You need to install TortoiseSVN and check out a working copy of the repository. Copy from solution into the working copy, select all files, and make a rightclick and select TortoiseSVN -> Add.
Commit the changes and now you have the data added to the repository.
I'm trying to merge changes from a Trunk into a Branch. Previously when I've tried this everything has worked perfectly however in this instance the merge wizard has a cross next to "No uncommitted changes" and will not let me proceed. I've done everything I can think of to resolve this but as I have no entries in my "Pending changes" window I'm at a loss as to what could be the problem!
Any help or guidance on what to try next would be very much appreciated! I'm using Visual Studio 2012 with the latest stable 2.4 AnkhSVN release.
TL:DR - Downloaded TortoiseSVN and used it and VisualSVN server console to see exactly what was going on.
This was impossible to resolve with AnkhSVN alone. I downloaded TortoiseSVN and inspected the solution - turns out I had a tree conflict with one of my folders that had been renamed - logged into the VisualSVN Management server and deleted the "old" (original named) folder directly and pulled an update.
The next issue I discovered was the "obj" folder had somehow crept into the mix which was causing problems as visual studio loves updating files in here and so there were ALWAYS files to commit. Used TortoiseSVN to "Unversion and add to ignore list" on all the obj folders (Have about five projects in the solution that this had happened to!) and committed.
Once these steps had been taken I was able to update within Visual Studio using AnkhSVN and then use the AnkhSVN merge wizard to pull the changes from Trunk to Branch.
I have created a repository online and I want to add an existing folder to it and make it version controlled. I am using TortoiseSVN.
When using Visual Studio I can just click "Add to Subversion" and it automatically adds the versioning to my project. When I click into the physical folder everything has icons next to it implying it's now versioned. I can then just commit it all either in or out of visual studio.
My problem is, I now have a folder that isn't part of a Visual Studio project that I want versioned. But I can't work out how to do it. If I click import I can import all the files but it doesn't add the versioning to the folder. I can then export it else where, but still I don't have the versioning.
What do I have to do to make my existing folder versioned without Visual Studio doing it?
You should read the SVNBook and TortoiseSVN manual. At least they'll help you to understand the concept behind Subversion and version-control in general.
When you svn import some folder to Subversion you can later get the working copy of this folder by doing a svn checkout operation in TortoiseSVN or a command-line client.
Whatever tool you are using in Visual Studio is using a subversion client under the hood - you can normally invoke this tool directly from the command line if wanted.
If you are not comfortable with that, you can download and install the free TortoiseSVN tool that integrates with the windows shell. Once installed, you can right click on the files/folders to add them to your repository outside of Visual Studio.
I have just worked out how to do this, so am answering my own question in case someone else is trying to do this:
Create the repository on the server,
svn import everything into it,
svn checkout what you just imported over the top of your existing folder.
Everything now will have ticks by it ready to commit!
Is anyone here familiar with ankhsvn?
I have a solution with several projects (3 C# and 2 C++), but when right-clicking on a project, I only get the option to add the solution to subversion. The option to add just the project is grayed out. Anyone know how to do this? What can be the problem?
You must first create a Subversion repository from outside
the Visual Studio environment.
You can do this using a Subversion client such as TortoiseSVN, or the command "svnadmin create
<repository_path> at the Subversion command line.
from ankhsvn get start page