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

Answer 1

If you have other contributors, SVN-Monitor is worth its weight in gold. However, for a single developer, it won't be very useful.

Answer 2

Like many others, I use Ankh and TortoiseSVN. However, once I upgraded TortoiseSVN to 1.6.x from 1.5.y, all my files in Visual Studio were marked as "New".

The solution, as I mention in this StackOverflow posting, is to update to a later "daily" build of Ankh. This is because the working copy versions were updated to 1.6, but the latest stable version of Ankh was still compiled for version 1.5. The daily build "recognized" the newer version, and thus the files were marked appropriately.

I have had no problems with the daily build of Ankh that I installed (specific version is AnkhSvn-Daily-2.1.6649.29.msi).

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

We use Ankh and Tortoise.

Answer 4

I use both Tortoise and Subclipse concurrently. I tend to grab alot of open source libraries from code.google.com and Tortoise makes it a snap to checkout, and even make copies using SVN Checkout. While working with large team projects Subclipse is the way to go if you're working on projects within Eclipse, once your code is checked out you can still use tortoise to run all sorts commands on the SVN, as well as Subclipse commands, without any major issues.

Answer 5

Beyond Compare is an excellent diff program. It's not that expensive and in my opinion it's the best one out there.

Shameless Plug

Sublime is another windows-based SVN server. It's free for personal use but has a license fee for additional users. It's a web-based subversion server that handles repository management, permissions, email notifications, and automated subversion backup.

End Shameless Plug

Answer 6

On a sidenote: the diff tool in Tortoise is cool, but a tool I ended up using 3 times a week is BeyondCompare. I use it to see differences between checked out files, great merging flexibility, use it to compare directories, keep a copy of MyDocs on a external hdd up to date, compare text pasted from clipboard etc. I am not affiliated with the company btw, its just the most productive $30 I've ever spent.