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RE: Retrieve last revision of a project

From: Bob Archer <Bob.Archer_at_amsi.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 11:15:28 -0400

> You were right: this document is a good document
> and I found the answer to my specific problem browsing it.
> So I'll just post it here (I hope I won't write too many stupid things).
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> First step
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 1) Create a directory "<path>/svn".
> 2) Create a (second) directory "<path>/svn/repository".
> 3) Special settings if you have a proxy:
> - Right-click on "svn/repository".
> - "TortoiseSVN -> Settings"
> - "Network":
> -- Server address (in my case: "proxy.ign.fr")
> -- Port (in my case: "3128")
> 4) Right-click on "svn/repository".
> Choose "SVN Checkout..."
> Enter:
> - the "URL of repository" (in my case:
> "https://wikapidia.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/wikapidia"),
> - the "Checkout directory" (in my case: "<path>/svn/repository"),
> - the "Checkout depth" (in my case: "Fully recursive"),
> - the "Revision" (in my case: "Head revision").
> 5) Ok
> It's done.

Just one comment so you get your terminology correct which is important in this forum. When you do a "Checkout..." you are creating a WORKING COPY not a repository. The repository resides on the server (in your case, it is also possible to have a local one).

> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> If I may do so, I wish I could ask you another question or make a remark.
> Here is something I read in the document:
> "To obtain a working copy you need to do a checkout from a repository."
> I was wondering why it is called a "checkout"... ?
> Is it because when updating we are only downloading files that have
> changed
> (modulo the "copy-modify-merge" system)...
> If this is the first time can't we call that a "download"?
> Even if it is not a common download...
> Well, maybe "checkout" is a good word after all... ;-)
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------

You CHECKOUT to create a working copy of the, or part of the, reposistory. You UPDATE to get any changes in the repository since you checked-out or last updated. You COMMIT to send changes in your working copy to the repository.

You really should read the first two chapters of the documentation which explains all this.

BOb

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