What tools do you use when integrating with Subversion on Windows? [closed]

Answer 1

Subversive is another Eclipse plugin that is now part of Eclipse incubation.

Answer 2

Tortoise is the classic interface to SVN on windows. It integrates into the Windows shell, so it's just a right-click away to add or checkin a file, or group of files.

It does include some visualisation (showing the structure of the branches and merges). For IDE integration and issue tracking integration, there are other tools, such as add-ins for Eclipse. The repository can also have various 'hooks' setup to perform work beforee/after checkins, such as passing the message you write when you check-in files (you do, don't you?) to a bug-tracker (like Trac) which takes some very simple markup (literally 'ticket:999' or r1234 for a ticket/bug number or revision number) and make them into links and the like.

Answer 3

Subversion Clients

• Tortoise is the best subversion client in my opinion. The fact that it integrates with Windows Explorer make it a very intuitive tool, and it has the best out of box user experience that I've seen in a subversion client. The built in diff and history tools don't often have me reaching for other clients.

• RapidSVN is pretty good as well if you are looking for something cross platform.

IDE Integration

• Ankhsvn is a pretty nice for Visual Studio

Bug Tracking Systems

• FogBugz offers some nice integration with subversion and gives you a post-commit script you can add to your subversion install. I've used this for awhile and really like it.

• Trac has the tightest Subversion integration and work really nicely for both bug tracking and project management.

Branch Visualization

• SVNMapper is a pretty nice tool for visualizing your branches, but I've only used it on occasion. If you project makes extensive use of branches then a tool like this is invaluable.

Answer 4

There is an interesting Java repository browsing application called Sventon. I have played with this a bit on a test server and like where this is going. There are also some tools available from PushOK for integrating SVN into Delphi and other development environments. I used their SVN proxy in Delphi 7 back in 2006 and it worked reasonably well.

On the file comparison front, BeyondCompare is a good low-cost commercial alternative to built-in Tortoise compare/merge. I have also used WinMerge and give both high marks.

Answer 5

I'm using Subversive integrated in Eclipse.

Answer 6

As others have mentioned, Tortoise is great.

Also, for Eclipse integration, I use Subclipse.