Which SVN client do you like best?
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needs to integrate with visual studio
VisualSVN (the latest version) is by far, in my opinion, the best thing to use for subversion if you develop in Visual Studio. We use both Blend and Visual Studio, and after using VisualSVN and its seamless integration with Visual Studio, working "manually" with Blend and TortoiseSVN is bloody painful as hell. I've had exactly 0 problems with VisualSVN. I can add, remove, drag, rename, etc in the IDE and not worry about whether what I'm doing is going to break TortoiseSVN or not - VisualSVN takes care of everything. On the other hand, you really have to be quite careful with using TortoiseSVN directly. Delete or rename a file the "normal" way by habit and you have problems. Rename a folder ("properly") and then modify its contents, and rename some child folder ("properly") wihtout committing first, and you have problems. I avoid working directly with TortoiseSVN whenever possible. VisualSVN lets me do things the way I'm already used to without second guessing..."should I use the "normal" command or the "special" command?" Just try VisualSVN for the 30 day trial...you won't look back.
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needs to integrate with visual studio
If you want integration use VisualSVN - it's seamless and works just fine for us. Personally I tend to use Tortoise outside of VS much of the time - but the integration is nice to have. We've had no problems with it (and use their free server product too, for convenience).
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needs to integrate with visual studio
Tortoise
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needs to integrate with visual studio
OMG are you all people serious??? there is no better svn in the world than Source Control in VSTS! stop using that crap of SVNs omg :S no offence
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needs to integrate with visual studio
Why would you not want Visual Studio integration? Who wants to have extra windows open and not have everything in one IDE? We use Sourcegear running from our webserver and everytime we check files in, it writes to shadow folders which essentially becomes our staging environment. Clients can see projects being developed in real time and our staging server is always up to date. This set up works for us with no issues. What are the issues that people have experienced that have put them off VS integration? Sasha http://www.webcoda.com.au
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needs to integrate with visual studio
tortoise
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needs to integrate with visual studio
Tortoise. We don't use it with Visual Studio, but it integrates very well with Windows Explorer. Very easy and intuitive to check in / out.
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needs to integrate with visual studio
SourceGear Vault[^] has top notch Visual Studio integration, and it is free for a single developer license. If you need to add multiple developers there is a license fee, but it is very reasonable. I looked at Subversion, but I was immediately put off by the hassle of loading separate pieces of software to have Visual Studio integration. SourceGear, on the other hand, is made to interact with Visual Studio, and is extremely easy to install and configure. If you are used to working with VSS, this will feel very familiar (only better). I'm currently using it with Visual Studio 2005 and 2008. I have a repository setup locally on my machine for my own pet projects, and one on my client's machine that I connect to remotely for their development. Remote connection works seemlessly via IIS and webservices. In addition to a full featured client software, there is also a web admin tool that allows you to maintain user accounts, setup repositories, view code and check-ins, and run reports. It's nice to be able to print a report that shows how much work has been done in the last week of development. I also find the "differences" comparison tool to be very useful in showing the current version of a document side by side with the previous version, with changes highlighted. http://www.sourcegear.com/vault/[^] Jordan
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needs to integrate with visual studio
SourceGear Vault Can be run either as a standalone client, web-interface or integrated. The standalone client is also a bit schizophrenic and can be run either in VSS mode (check out/edit/check in) or CVS mode (edit/merge/commit).
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...Is any client that stays well away from Visual Studio. (I have yet to see a source control system integrated with VS that actually does what i want: stay completely out of my way 'till i'm done working. For SVN, i use Tortoise... )
Nothing can beat TortoiseSVN. All Linux guys - who've been on Windows before - are crying when they find our that Tortoise is Windows only
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...Is any client that stays well away from Visual Studio. (I have yet to see a source control system integrated with VS that actually does what i want: stay completely out of my way 'till i'm done working. For SVN, i use Tortoise... )
I had the same sentiments before I tried Visual SVN (plugin for VS). It really does stay out of your way, as well as give you a good overview of what has changed, etc. For a measly $49, it's well worth its price.
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
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Why is visual studio integration required? Although not their latest versions, I have used both ankh and VisualSVN, and could not match the consistency, reliability or feature set that TortoiseSVN offers. Unfortunately I am now in Ubuntu land, and have to go back to the stone ages and use a command line... honestly though, command line isn't bad either.
Levi Rosol Blog By Levi[^]
There is "SVN Workbench" (based on Python) in Ubuntu - look for pysvn-workbench. Not as good as TortoiseSVN, since no integration is provided, and some bits are missing like recursive add... But in my view, better than command line
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needs to integrate with visual studio
Visual SVN is the best plugin I've seen so far. http://www.visualsvn.com/[^] It's not free, but it's cheap ($49 for single lincense, $465.5 for 10 licenses).
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
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OMG are you all people serious??? there is no better svn in the world than Source Control in VSTS! stop using that crap of SVNs omg :S no offence
You mean Microsoft's VSTS? You're kidding right? :~
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
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...Is any client that stays well away from Visual Studio. (I have yet to see a source control system integrated with VS that actually does what i want: stay completely out of my way 'till i'm done working. For SVN, i use Tortoise... )
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I had the same sentiments before I tried Visual SVN (plugin for VS). It really does stay out of your way, as well as give you a good overview of what has changed, etc. For a measly $49, it's well worth its price.
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
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If you have something to say, then say it. Otherwise, keep your drooling to yourself.
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
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I had the same sentiments before I tried Visual SVN (plugin for VS). It really does stay out of your way, as well as give you a good overview of what has changed, etc. For a measly $49, it's well worth its price.
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
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If you have something to say, then say it. Otherwise, keep your drooling to yourself.
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
Well said. :)
It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
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Well said. :)
It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
Well said for a mouth-breather, I suppose. His comment made me laugh first because he can't tell the difference between "stays out of the IDE" and "gets right up in that mother". Next it made me laugh because he thinks $49 is "well worth" what better options do for free. At the time, I chose not to elaborate so clearly because that would be cruel to dumb animals, but since he chose to hypocritically insult me while also saying nothing useful (and you enthusiastically supported that), what the hell? You're both idiots. He he he. Keep the laughs coming. :-)
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