   Questions about Turtoise SVN
  Ok so I've installed the program, and made a folder with the repository. I am using Visual Studio 2008 so how do I commit files to the SVN? It also looks like I need a URL to submit files to it. Is there a way I can use the folder with my SVN directory as a URL or do the files have to be somewhere on the web?   
  You first have to start up an SVN server on your machine, and give it a directory to store everything in. The URL would then be pointed at localhost, and your repository will be stored in the server directory.Random Google to point you in the right directionPerforce is easy to setup too, and I find it a bit easier to use than SVN. (and way faster for large projects.Sofar I think GIT really nice, and doesn't require any explicit servers for you to get up and running.  But I haven't used it on any large projects, so i can't say if it is faster than perforce.Unless you are running a non-express version of VS. You can't use any of the fancy plugins for source control, so (unless i'm totally mistaken) you are going to have to do all your checkin/checkouts from the tortoise program, or the command line.   ;Quote:Original post by FlopidOk so I've installed the program, and made a folder with the repository. I am using Visual Studio 2008 so how do I commit files to the SVN?You don't have to go through the IDE to do it, you know. The point of Tortoise SVN is that it gives you a shell extension so you can just use context menus in Explorer.You have actually done a check-out of the repository, yes?Quote:It also looks like I need a URL to submit files to it. Is there a way I can use the folder with my SVN directory as a URL"URLs" do not only refer to things on the web. It's the 'http://' part of the URL - the protocol - which indicates things being on the WWW. For local files, use 'file://'. Your path might look like 'file:///C:/repos/project_name/', for example. (Yes, with *three* slashes before the drive letter; the first is the start of the local, absolute path name.)   ;  Ok thanks I think I got it I used the the 3 slash and name of the folder and it looks like it's keeping the old files now.   ;AnkhSVN is a nice integration of SVN into Visual Studio. Works together with TortoiseSVN pretty well.   ;  Actually the current version of tortoisesvn runs on SVN1.6, while ankhsvn only works with SVN1.5 so you can't use both together, unless you use an old version of tortoise.   ;  And you don't need to install an SVN server if you use TortoiseSVN to host your repositories.   ;  Well I do not really need THE BEST SVN, I just thought it would be nice to have one since I'll be doing a few programming projects, and usually I end up saving and renaming the same file for back up lol. Turtois is ok for now and maybe later I'll switch to something better. Thanks for your links.   