[svn.haxx.se] · SVN Dev · SVN Users · SVN Org · TSVN Dev · TSVN Users · Subclipse Dev · Subclipse Users · this month's index

Re: Single-User Setup

From: Philip Garofalo <philgarofalo_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:01:25 -0600

Sorry about the newbieness, but I managed to find a very nice site that does
describe how to setup TortoiseSVN on a single machine:
http://www.fredshack.com/docs/tortoisesvn.html.

Thanks,

Phil

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Phil <philgarofalo_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello there, I'm a solo developer and I simply want to use TortoiseSVN
> for version control on my single, non-LAN PC. That is, I'd like to
> create a repository on my drive C:. Is there a simple, step-by-step,
> tutorial anywhere that will explain how to do this? I can't seem to
> find one.
>
> Creating a local repository is easy enough, but the problem is that
> the "Add" command doesn't appear in the TortoiseSVN pop-up context
> menu when I right click on the directory containing source files I'd
> like version control. Apparently, I presume I need to run a server,
> but this isn't clear from the doc. Questions:
>
> 1. Do I need to download and install Subversion? Or Apache? Or the
> FSFS or Berkeley database? This isn't necessary with TortoiseCVS as it
> includes CVS, but TortoiseSVN doesn't appear to include Subversion.
> There's no svnadmin.exe anywhere on my drive after installing it.
>
> 2. Section 3 in the TortoiseSVN help states that if you work alone a
> server isn't necessary or maybe it is, but you don't have to configure
> it. You only need to create a local repository. Did that, still no Add
> command.
>
> 3. I am able to use TortoiseSVN with remote servers like the Boost
> Sandbox. So there doesn't appear to be anything wrong with the
> installation.
>
> 4. The local repository I created is visible in the Repo-Browser, but
> only it's name appears (probably because I haven't been able to add
> anything to it).
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Phil
Received on 2008-11-17 07:04:09 CET

This is an archived mail posted to the TortoiseSVN Users mailing list.

This site is subject to the Apache Privacy Policy and the Apache Public Forum Archive Policy.