Questions tagged [visualsvn-server]

VisualSVN Server is a commercial and proprietary Subversion server package for Windows operating system.

VisualSVN Server is a stand-alone product and works out of the box. The paid version of VisualSVN Server provides additional integration into Active Directory environment.

Official website: www.visualsvn.com

The VisualSVN Server is available in two editions: Standard and Enterprise. Standard edition doesn't have any limitations, but the Enterprise edition provides additional features.

VisualSVN Server Standard Edition is free of charge and is available for commercial use. It is a fully functional Subversion server.

VisualSVN Server Enterprise Edition is a trialware with 30-days evaluation period. It enables additional features that are not available in Standard Edition:

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Change SVN commit message retroactively?

I would like to re-write a big number of SVN commit messages to a different structure, e.g. prefix a category. From: "foo" now accepts "bar" format for connection string. I want core - database - "foo" now accepts "bar" format for connection…
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Working Copy Locked

I'm developing a web using subversion as version control, but got "working directory locked" error message Here's the story: I have PC-A: Windows XP Pro VisualSVN 2.5.2 Tortoise SVN 1.7.3 PC-B: Windows XP Home Tortoise SVN 1.7.3 I have create…
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Change repository on your folder with TortoiseSVN

I accidentally created a repository without the default folders in TortoiseSVN then did a checkout locally. Realized hey, I forgot to create that repository with the defaults so I deleted the repository using VisualSVN Server and then recreated the…
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How to require commit messages in VisualSVN server?

We've got VisualSVN Server set up as our Subversion server on Windows, and we use Ankhsvn + TortoiseSVN as clients on our workstations. How can you configure the server to require commit messages to be non-empty?
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Will TortoiseSVN 1.7 work properly against a SVN 1.6 repository?

I would like to upgrade my TortoiseSVN installation to version 1.7. We have a VisualSVN server running with a SVN 1.6 repository. Do I need to upgrade the repository to 1.7 before I can update my client, or is TortoiseSVN backwards compatible? I…
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Migrating VisualSVN Server from one Windows install to another

I have VisualSVN Server on my Vista laptop. The repository resides on the second hard drive. I am doing a clean install of Windows 7 in the next few days. How do I configure or install VisualSVN Server again and keep the users, repositories, and…
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Getting specific revision via http with VisualSVN Server

I'm using VisualSVN Server to host an SVN repo, and for some automation work, I'd like to be able to get specific versions via the http[s] layer. I can get the HEAD version simply via an http[s] request to the server (httpd?) - but is there any…
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Commit failed: already locked

I just tried to add & commit about 25,000 files to VisualSVN using TortoiseSVN. The commit dialog locked up (to be expected I guess), but after a while of the thread being blocked, I killed Tortoise, hoping to commit smaller chunks of files at a…
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SVN Commit failed, access forbidden

Recently I am facing problem of commit to SVN. The SVN server I am using is VisualSVN Server 2.5.9 and the client is TortoiseSVN 1.7.12. At first, one user is having problem to commit files to SVN. But that user still can access to the repository…
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Best practice for creating subversion repositories?

Our team (5-10 developers) plans to adopt Subversion for our .NET (Visual Studio) projects/solutions (VisualSVN Server, TortoiseSVN / VisualSVN). What is the best way to organize a new repository tree? Is it okay to use one big repository or is it…
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How do I create a SVN Commit Message Template and Hook to Verify

I'm using Visual SVN Server and Tortoise SVN (client) for source control. I would like all developers to standardize on a consistent format for checkin notes. For Example I want their Commit Message to default to... Synopsis: Developer Name:…
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Resolve postponed conflicts with SVN

I'm fairly new to SVN command line in a team environment. I accidentally postponed merging revisions. After doing: svn status I get: ? Trivial/Trivial.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj.mine ? Trivial/Trivial.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj.r280 ? …
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How do you manage multiple versions of the same software for each customer?

I have source code that is 95% the same for all customers. Some customers ask for something specific, however. How can I manage this, is it possible with VisualSVN/Subversion? Update: Some details about the application, it's a web ASP.NET MVC with…
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SVN X remains in tree-conflict

I am using VisualSVN (which uses Tortoise). I accidentally move a folder to a different location. When tries to move it back, SVN pukes with this error. It happened once before and I managed to do some random updates/commits, not knowing what I was…
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Make an existing folder into a repository

I've decided that modifying files directly in notepad is probably dangerous and it was about time to have some proper source control (I am quite new to source control). I have installed VisualSVN server on my server and TortoiseSVN on my client…
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