Re: First Hands-on Subversion—Where/How?

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Pietro Moras <studio-pm_at_hotmail.com> wrote:

> > more specific questions
>
> My pleasure, dear Geoff,
> Here you have some very Specific Questions.
>
> SQ1] How to get what I presume is a nice Subversion prompt:
>
> $
>
>

There is no prompt, other than terminal. Read the redbook please... or

#> svn --help

CollabNet ( http://www.collab.net/downloads/subversion/ ) makes the most
well known Windows ports of the software, with regular Windows installers
for the software. Look for Subversion Edge: A certified software stack
containing the latest versions of Subversion, Apache, and ViewVC:

That's the fastest way to get started on Windows, IMO. Used to be free,
don't know if it is anymore.

OR -- The other thing you might want to do is sign up for a free trial at
SpringLoops.com or Beanstalkapp.com -- there you can have the "Subversion
Server" part all figured out for you, so you can play with the client only.
Configuring the server is somewhat non-trivial for a beginner especially.

on one of my standard Windows machines, so to test the wonderful Subversion
> commands so eloquently described by the mentioned self-declared Official
> Guide and Reference Manual, so practically useless at the very beginning of
> a learning process; that is, exactly when you need most practical and
> effective information and support?
>
> SQ2] Why should I go scrabbling and begging via Google for practical,
> operative info, I'd reasonably expected to find right away at page 1 on the
> mentioned book, or at the page 1 on the Subversion web site?
>
>

Because lots of people have posted lots of info and tutorials on the topic.

> SQ3] Am I the first Subversion potential user starting from scratch?
> Everybody else knowing how to set-up a Subversion environment even
> before beginning to use it?
>

Nope, they all went to Google and the Redbean book.

> Of course thank you for pointing me to the right direction. Of course.
> All the best. Yours,
> - P.M.
>
>

You're welcome -
Received on 2011-10-29 01:00:03 CEST