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

On Oct 28, 2011, at 5:52 PM, Pietro Moras wrote:

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

I think the idea of the book is that it's a guide on how to *use* Subversion, not a guide on how to *get* it. As a parallel, books on how to use MS Word don't tell you on page 1 that the first step is to visit your favorite software retailer and purchase a copy of Word--they assume that you already have Word installed.

> 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?

It is one the figurative page 1 of the Subversion web site. The navigation menu on the left side of http://subversion.apache.org/ has a "Getting Subversion" section. Click the Binary Packages link, then the Windows link, then choose any of the packages that are listed.

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> 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?

The documentation has instructions on how to set up a Subversion environment.
Received on 2011-10-29 01:06:26 CEST