Setting Up Subversion

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Before you can take advantage of the IDE's Subversion support, you need to have Subversion client software installed on your system. The IDE supports Subversion client versions 1.3.x and higher. The IDE's Subversion support works by interacting with the Subversion client to carry out the commands.

You can download Subversion as a binary package from the following link:

Though the Subversion site does not guarantee the quality of the binary downloads, you might find them easier to work with. For example, the executable binary for Microsoft Windows systems sets up the environment variable that enables your system and the IDE to recognize the Subversion installation. If you do not use an installer, follow the Subversion installation instructions closely to make sure that you set up everything correctly on your system.

If you are using a Mac, you may need to manually register the Subversion executable home folder in the IDE. See Specifying the Path to the Subversion Executable in the Guided Tour of Subversion for more details:

After the Subversion client is set up, you can run Subversion commands from the IDE's Team > Subversion menu. To check out files from a Subversion repository, choose Team > (Subversion >) Checkout. In the process of checking out, the IDE automatically registers the working directory where your local copies of version-controlled files and their status information will be stored.

If you have already checked out files from a Subversion repository (using Subversion client 1.3.x or higher), the IDE automatically recognizes the files as versioned files if those files are part of an open IDE project or if they are added to the Favorites window. You can call Subversion commands on such files from the Subversion menu or by right-clicking a file or folder and choosing from the Subversion submenu.

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Working with Subversion
Subversion Tasks: Quick Reference

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