Whats the easiest way to setup a local subversion server?

Question

I\'m really not well versed in these things, I just want to setup an svn server locally on my computer. Also I\'d like to set it up and integrate it directly into Visual Studio

Answer 1

Rick Strahl, FTW!

Another great walk-through on setting up SVN with Windows comes from Jeff Atwood of Coding Horror:

Setting up Subversion on Windows

In a nutshell:

1. Download/Install SVN, configure as windows service
2. Install TortoiseSVN (or your SVN GUI of choice). I recommend sticking with Tortoise, since there have been anecdotal horror stories of using SVN clients integrated with VS
3. Create a repository (either through CLI or GUI client

Answer 2

I would second Visual SVN server which is free and will have you up and running in a few minutes. It hooks up SVN over HTTP however and for a local Subversion installation that might not be necesary.

If you'd rather run just setup Subversion 'manualy' the following is a walk through of the process with focus on Visual Studio usage: http://www.west-wind.com/presentations/subversion/