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Subversion & TortoiseSVN usage

Hi Experts ; i am using Apache 2.2.9 on Windows Xp Sp2 machine and installed Subversion & TortoiseSVN after 3 hours :) .(Found 1 click setup and installed from there ) , i know whats SVN for ,but dont have any idea about how to use it with TortoiseSVN.
 
    Also i wonder which one is better ; using SVN with an GUi such as Tortoise or from command line ?

    If some one inform me about the usage of them i ll really appriciate it .

P.S : Please dont post any external webpage from google , as far as i have been reading them for 3 hours...
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Did you download the subversion package that is compatible with Apache 2.2.x ? The filenames are the same, but they are built against different versions of Apache.

http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=8100&expandFolder=8100&folderID=8100
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Hi big_daddy0690 ,thanks for your answer , but have no issue during setup , just dont know how to use..
Are you to the point to where you are ready to create a repository?
Yes
I made a small tutorial video that should help with the basics.

http://www.quadryders.com/videos/tutorial/SVN_Tutorial.htm
 Really thanks a lot Robert , but as i said i setup tortoise with 1 click setup and it 's used to manage SVN . Sure i refer to do it all from command line , but when i type localhost /svn i get page not found ,  and there is a svnrepos folder under my c: drive , that i cant also reach by typing localhost/svnrepos
 
  If you assist me i can uninstall and re-install as you wish , and than keep watching the video to take rest.
 

 
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Honestly, starting out with SVN on your own can be somewhat daunting :) To be honest, I wouldn't want to start using a tool like SVN using windows since most of the documentation to be found seems tailored to unix users.

As with CVS before SVN was out, I've found that quite often the best way to start understanding and using repositories is by starting out on the commandline, unless somebody has done the groundwork for you and can help you setup your tortoise for you. When starting from scratch, going from command-line seems like more work, but at the same time teaches you a lot more about the how the whole system is setup.

After getting a good grasp of things and having your first succesfull commits/checkouts and such working, then is a good time to move towards a nice graphical tool such as tortoise, which then, with the power of knowledge provides for an easy way to manage your repo's.

This: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.0/ has always been my 'bible' as far as svn goes, if that's one of those 'googled' links you've already spent your time with, I'm curious where it's gotten you... Also, to be fair, I happily develop on a mac and all the servers I ever work with are *nix based, so I may well be missing some important pointers on how to get your windows box set up :)

Hope I can help,

 Martin
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Not sure what happened to the end of my last post.

12. Point your browser to http://localhost/svn
  • You should see a blank "Collection of Repositories" page.
13. Download and install the latest version of TortoiseSVN.
14. Restart your computer.
15. From this point you should be able to follow the tutorial video I posted previously.

   mreuring: Thanks for your recommendation, but i need absolute solution instead of reading more articles , as you said there are lots of *nix based tutorials that seems really easy , but i am a windows user and need to learn how to do it in win32 systems.I know that its daunting , and thats why i insist :).
   
     big_daddy0690: i ll try the directions that you 've written above ,and let you know the result soon, thanks again for your great support...
 
No worries, I'll leave it in big_daddy's hands, I don't quite understand why this was brought to my attention as he seems to still be actively (and thoroughly) trying to get you through it!

Good luck,

 Martin
   big_daddy0690 ; "Worked like a charm" ,"Great..!","Can not be better" ,"you're  the best" or phrases like them are not enough to describe my praise against your consistent uber help , may be i might order  a dinner if you were here :).
   
   Really thanks a lot..
I cant imagine a better solution for such a that hard question , this shows how wise you are , thanks again for million times :)
When I installed Subversion I choose NOT to install the Apache modules (oops). Is there anyway I can obtain them now?