How To Access Google Code SubVersion(SVN) Server

By Eddy Tlessh 2008.05.12

This is a brief tutorial to access Google Code SVN Server. Google Code is very fast and reliable for SVN Repository.

Subversion (SVN) is a version control system initiated in 2000 by CollabNet Inc. It is used to maintain current and historical versions of files such as source code, web pages, and documentation.

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Like other services from Google , Google Code required Google User name and password, with some notes:

• username = gmail username without @gmail.com
• password of Session = Login to Google services (e.g gmail) firstly to keep session in browser and next goto App. SVN url e.g http://code.google.com/p/arsnet
• SVN password = SVN Client will use this password to authorize user to access SVN Server.

SVN password can be found under Settings link , see picture below:

One of powerful and fast SVN Client is TortoiseSVN which can be downloaded on http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads.

Below is step by step to use SVN Server of Google Code. The End target is we can do a check out and check it of SVN.

1. Create Workspace Folder and Checkout SVN

Create a folder using Windows Explorer, right click and choose SVN Checkout…

TortoiseSVN will ask an url, type an Application Project svn from googlecode, e.g https://arsnet.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/. On checkout directory enter workspace location which created on Step 1 e.q: D:\workspaces\VisualStudio.Net\ARS.Net

2. Setting up Firewall Proxy (optional)

This step is optional, if there are any firewall existed, it is needed to define a proxy and port for TortoiseSVN to access internet

3. Checkout SVN and User Authentication

If TortoiseSVN is succeeded to connect to google code, It will required to key in user (w/o @gmail.com) and SVN password (see Step1 to retrieved a SVN password). Tick Save authentication checkbox so it will not keep asking user/password for every Checkout.

4. Add File or Folder to SVN

To add file or folder to SVN , on folder/file right click press TortoiseSVN – Add…

Select folder or file to be added

If it is success on add, it will show the result. but the concrete file is still not in SVN Server.

5. Commit Changes

Every operation on SVN Client such as Add or modify, SVN requires to commit to send a file to repository server.

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Commit is succesfully done.

With these few steps, you have done a basic use of SVN repository (standar operation that frequently done).

Accessing Google SVN from behind Proxy

For accessing SVN from behind firewall proxy, you need to know what is your proxy addess, port , user id and password. Usually this information can be found in your browser setting like IE is in menu Tools – Internet Options – Connections Tab – LAN Setting .

The way to add proxy setting, is right click on SVN folder and from context choose Tortoise SVN – Settings as seen below:

And from Tortoise SVN setting choose Network [1] and check the Enable Proxy Server[2], write down the information which you have in Browser proxy recently[3]. Some times a proxy is without user id or /password, then in this case just left it blank.

Clearing Authentication Cache.

This TortoiseSVN – Setting is to clear SVN user id/password after you authenticate it. It is very useful if one computer is used by more than 1 SVN user id. In Settings , choose Saved Data, click button Clear on Authentication data.

I welcome any comments and questions.

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