Setting Up and Running Subversion and Tortoise SVN with Visual Studio and .NET
Find out how to set up and configure the free, open source Subversion source control system quickly and easily.
by Rick Strahl
August 25, 2008
ource control is an important aspect in software development even if you are not doing team development. It can help you manage your application more efficiently and make sure that your project is backed up and can be rolled back to any state on the file or project level. I recently got acquainted with the open source Subversion and Tortoise SVN tools, and—for the first time—feel that this is source control that I can live with comfortably. This article describes all you need to know to get started with Subversion and Tortoise SVN for Visual Studio projects.
You'll see how to install and configure the Subversion source control tool and a walkthrough of the basic steps required to set up local Visual Studio projects using Tortoise SVN. Note that this article isn't meant to be a comprehensive tutorial on Subversion; it's a quick, what-you-need-to-know, step-by-step installation guide.
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ource control is an important aspect in software development even if you are not doing team development. It can help you manage your application more efficiently and make sure that your project is backed up and can be rolled back to any state on the file or project level. I recently got acquainted with the open source Subversion and Tortoise SVN tools, and—for the first time—feel that this is source control that I can live with comfortably. This article describes all you need to know to get started with Subversion and Tortoise SVN for Visual Studio projects.
