Chapter 3. Using eSvn

Table of Contents

Opening a Working Directory
Managing Workspaces
Checking Out a Working Copy
Browsing Remote Repositories
Importing a File System
Exporting a Folder System
Configuring Options
Refresh Operations
Updating Local Copy
Updating the Revision
Committing to the Repository
Adding to the Repository
Recursive Addition
Deleting
Copying Local Files
Copying Remote Files
Moving Items
Merging
Switching a Working Copy
Reverting
Cleaning up
Resolving Conflicts
Editing
Log
Info
Status
Properties
Diff
Quick Diff
Diff-3 (conflict)
Blame
Show changed items
View (cat)

This chapter provides explanation to the various options available in eSvn. The operations are sorted in accordance with the eSvn menu structure.

Opening a Working Directory

If you already have a local copy of a subversion repository on your machine, it can be opened with eSvn. It is also possible to open other file systems not under subversion control as a prelude to importing to the server (the section called “Importing a File System”).

Procedure 3.1. Opening a working directory

  1. From the main menu select File->Open working directory ... (Ctrl+O) . The Open dialog is displayed.

  2. Change path to the root folder of the workspace directory, then click OK. The workspace is opened in eSvn