VISUAL SVN installation and client use

1. Why use VISUALSVN Server instead of subversion?

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Because if subversion is used directly, then on a Windows system, if you want it to boot with the system, you need to encapsulate the SVN server as the WINDWS service, and modify the configuration file to control the user rights, in addition to the Web-based "HTTP protocol" Access, general also install the configuration Apache, if is novice, is not very headache? and VISUALSVN serve integrates subversion and Apache, eliminating all of the hassle. Installation of SVN server has been encapsulated as WINDWS Service,apache server configuration is only in the image interface, specifying authentication methods, access ports and other simple operations, in addition, the management of user rights is also configured through the image interface.

2. Why not TFS?

Reply:

Because we started with subversion and TORTIOSESVN, we didn't replace other software. As for TFS has not been used, in fact, I just read some of the article, I do not understand it.

is 3.VisualSVN server free?

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Yes, VISUALSVN server is free, and VISUALSVN is charged. VISUALSVN is a client of SVN, integrated with Visual Studio, and VISUALSVN server is the servers of SVN, including subversion, Apache, and user and rights management, the advantages of which have been mentioned above.

Well, to get down to the beginning, formally start our tutorial today.

I. Configuration and usage of VISUALSVN server "server Side"

After installing VISUALSVN server "install process here", run VisualSVN server Manger, the following is the startup interface:

OK, let me add a code base "Repository" such as:

Create a new code base, as shown in, and enter the code base name in the text box shown:

Note: If the checkbox is checked, the trunk, branches, tags Three subdirectories are created below the code base Startkit, and if unchecked, only empty code library Startkit is created.

Click the OK button and the code base is created successfully.

After creating the code base, nothing is inside. I'll show you how to move into the source code in the second part of this tutorial.

Below, we start the security settings and right-click on the users on the left:

Enter the information above, click OK, we will create a user. According to the above procedure, add the user Developer1, Tester1, manager1 Separately, OK, we start to add these users to the project we just created:

Click on the "Add ..." button in the Select the user we just added, click the OK button:

Note: You may have noticed the groups, yes, you can also create a group, add users to the groups, and then authorize the group, the operation is relatively simple, this is skipped.

As shown, the user "or group" is authorized separately:

Click on the "OK" button, the above users have access to the Startkit code library different permissions.

Because user starter is a newcomer to the team and does not want him to submit new code to the codebase, he can only read the code in the code base and cannot commit the code. Tester1 is a tester and is not responsible for code writing, so it is also read-only permission. Developer1 and Manager1 are developers and project managers who naturally have read and write permissions.

In the actual project development process, developer and tester often cannot have only one person, this time uses the group to authorize more convenient, this everybody can practice for oneself.

Second, the basic use method of TOTOISESVN

In the project management Practice Tutorial One, 工欲善其事, its prerequisite "Basic Tools", I have explained how to install TORTOISESVN. In the above explained how to use VISUALSVN server, today I would like to talk about, TortoiseSVN simple way to use.

First, check in the source code to the SVN server

If we create a project in the folder Startkit using Visual Studio, we need to check the source code of the project into the codebase on the SVN server, first right click on the Startkit folder, and the context menu is as follows:

Figure 2-2-1

Click Import, pop up the form below, where http://zt.net.henu.edu.cn is the server name, SVN is the root of the code warehouse, and Startkit is a code base we added in the previous tutorial:

Note: The checkbox in the lower left corner is not useful when you check in the source code for the first time, but it is helpful when you commit the code later.

Figure 2-2-2

Click the OK button and the following form will pop up asking for your credentials:

Figure 2-2-3

Enter your username and password in the form above and click the OK button:

Figure 2-2-4

As shown, well, the source code has been successfully checked into the SVN server. This is when team members can move out of the source code on the SVN server to their machines.

Second, check out the source code to the machine

To create a folder on this machine Startkit, right click on Checkout, pop up the form like:

Figure 2-2-5

Enter the address of the codebase in SVN server in the text box under URL of Repository: Other default, click the OK button to start checking out the source code.

Description: In the checkout Depth, there are 4 options, namely to move out all, check out only the next level of subdirectories and files, check out only the files, check out only empty items, the default is the first item. In the above example, we can also use the Web to access the code base, in the browser input (note to check the SVN server address, if the use of secure connection is https:) http://zt.net.henu.edu.cn/svn/StartKit/

A dialog box will also pop up asking for a user name and password that can be verified to explore the contents of the code base.

Get! The source code has been successfully checked out to the Startkit directory you just created.

Open the Startkit directory and you can see the folder structure as follows:

Figure 2-2-5

Once you have made any changes to the file or folder, the opportunity to display the picture in the file or folder changes. I have modified two of these files:

Figure 2-2-7

Let's look at the pictures of the different states:

Figure 2-2-8

We already know how to check in the source code to the SVN server, how to check out the code from the server to the machine, but also a simple understanding of the different states of the corresponding pattern.

Third, submit the modified files to the SVN server

In Figure 2-2-7 above, I modified the two files in the model file ImageInfo.cs and NewsInfo.cs, and the following shows how to commit to the SVN server.

Note: When submitting the source code to the server, be sure to ensure that the native code is the latest version, otherwise the submission may fail or cause a version conflict.

Right-click on the Model folder or in the blank space under Model file and click on SVN Commit ... The following form pops up:

Figure 2-2-9

Click the OK button to eject the form as follows:

Figure 2-2-10

Iv. adding new files to SVN server

We add a new class file under the model file UserInfo.cs, right click on the blank in the model file, click on the SVN commit ..., and the above-mentioned commit the modified file to the SVN server, it is OK.

Alternatively, you can right-click on the file UserInfo.cs and click Tortoisesvn=>>add to eject the form as follows:

Figure 2-2-11

Select the UserInfo.cs file and click the OK button so that the file is not submitted to the SVN server, just mark the file as a file in the source library and set its status to the modified state. After that, we'll have to commit the file again, so that it can actually be submitted to the code base on the SVN server.

The above is to add a file, in fact, the steps to add a folder is the same, this is not said.

Update the native code consistent with the latest version on the SVN server

This is also very simple, as long as the need to update the folder right-click or in the blank space under the file right click, click on SVN update, you can.

Note: The update operation may fail due to a version conflict, which can be resolved by using merge "merge" or other methods, or it may fail because of locking "Get lock", which requires unlocking "release lock" first.

Rename a file or folder and commit the changes to the SVN server

Just right-click on the file or folder that needs to be renamed, click Tortisesvn=>>rename ..., enter the new name in the popup form, and click the OK button. This method is not renamed directly, but instead marks the name of the file or folder as a renamed name, and it requires that we use SVN commit to commit to the SVN server before actually renaming it.

Vii. Delete files or folders and submit changes to the SVN server

The simplest is that you delete the file or folder directly and then use SVN commit to commit the update to the SVN server. Another way is to click on the file or folder you want to delete the right button =>>tortoisesvn=>>delete Delete, this method is not directly deleted, but the status of the file or folder is deleted, we also need to use SVN Commit to the SVN server before it is actually deleted.

Description: In fact, since you moved the source code into the SVN server, each version of the data and files, even if you have deleted, you can always move out.

The above is just tortoisesvn the simplest of several functions, in fact, his function far more than these, other functions we can use in the process of slowly experience, some features I will be used in the following tutorial, then will and everyone to explain the usage.

Note: When submitting the source code to the SVN server, be sure not to submit folders such as Bin, obj, or it will be cumbersome. However, except for the bin directory of the Web project, DLLs that are generated by referencing other projects in the Bin directory of the Web project do not need to be committed.

A good habit: if the project references other third-party assemblies, such as Enterpriselibrary, FCKeditor, etc., do not simply reference them from their installation location, but in your solution, add a library directory, Copy the required assemblies here, and then refer to them from the library directory, so what are the benefits, think about it yourself!

VISUAL SVN installation and client use