• 1 Overview
• 2 What to Install
• 3 Setup
• 4 Basic Instructions
• 4.1 Copying Files down to your system
• 4.2 Adding, Editing and Updating Files

Overview

SVN a.k.a Subversion is a file repository.  Developers use svn to store, check-out, and keep track of every change made to source code.  You can also use it as a document repository.  TortoiseSVN is a Subversion client for Windows.

What to Install

Setup

1. Install Tortoise.
2. From Windows Explorer, right click anywhere, and you will see TortoiseSVN in the menu.
3. Select Repo-browser ("repository browser).
4. Enter your login information. Currently, you can use guest and no password. Get Additional Mifos information here.
5. Select the repository you want.  Example:

Provided your login is successful, you can view files in the repository.

Basic Instructions

Copying Files down to your system

This process will copy files from the server to your system.  You may then edit those files.

• Open the Repo-browser.
• Right click a folder.
• Select Checkout
• "completed at revision" will show when all files have been copied to your machine

Adding, Editing and Updating Files

• A directory that is  connected to the svn repsoitory has a .svn folder in it
• A green check = file is identical to svn repository
• A Red "!" = file is different from svn repository
• no mark at all = file is not in repository in this directory
• A blue "+" means the file has been added to the repository, but it must still be committed.

• You will not necessarily receive those emails.  
• You can highlight multiple files and commit them all.
• You can commit whole folders.