Jeff Brewer wrote:
> I thank you for your patience in advance. I'm a new user with a very
> spotty IT background and I need some help getting started. I'm trying
> to find/install/use a version control system on my desktop to help me
> as I build/maintain websites. I'm going to be the only one using it,
> and I'm going to use it only on my desktop. Subversion/subclipse seems
> to be just what I need. I have a very simple working knowledge of
> Microsoft Visual Source Save and Rational Clear Case (I can check in
> and out files and do simple version control) at work, but I have
> nothing like that at home. I have a windows xp machine and I use Eclipse.
>
> I found an instruction on your site for installing the subclipse
> plugin into my eclipse IDE. I think I did that part OK as it seems to
> show me the right perspective options. I tried it out and figured the
> first thing to do was create a new repository, but when I tried to do
> this it asked me for a URL, and I have no idea what URL to use.
You have to create the repository outside of Eclipse, using svnadmin.
This will be installed with subversion-1.3.0.
You will need to determine how you want to serve it up. You will either
use svnserve or an Apache 2.x webserver on your machine. If you choose a
webserver, install it first.
Which server you choose will determine what url to use. This really is
in the realm of a Subversion question. And the Subversion documentation
is excellent. When you installed Subclipse, it added the documentation
into Eclipse's Help -> Help Contents -> Version Control with Subversion.
You can also read it online here: http://svnbook.red-bean.com
Hope this points you in the right direction.
>
> I think that I also need to install subversion. I downloaded
> subversion-1.3.0.zip and extracted it to my hard drive, but I don't
> know what else to do with it. I don't know how to install it or run
> it. I spent some time reading "the book" where it describes several
> command-line activities in the quick start section, but none of it
> makes much sense to me.
>
> Pathetic, eh?
>
> I'm sure there must be something embarrassingly obvious that I'm
> completely missing or overlooking. I'm very much hoping someone can
> point me to a document or resource where I can find some answers or
> help get me unstuck.
>
> Thanks very much,
>
> Jeff
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Received on Tue Jan 24 05:00:33 2006