Augsburg College Space Physics
Installation
  1. Go to jsvn.alternatecomputing.com and download the jar file (4th link under the screenshot)
  2. Place this file somewhere (it doesn't matter where)
Starting JSVN
Linux
  1. Open a command prompt and navigate to the folder where JSVN is located.
  2. In the command prompt, type: java -jar jsvn-0.8.jar
Mac
  1. Double click on jsvn-0.8.jar
Setting up/checkout
  1. In JSVN, in the "Working Copy" menu, select "Checkout".
  2. In the URL field, type the URL of the repository you want to check out.
        ex: http://space.augsburg.edu/svn/test
  3. Enter your username and password (enter the password twice).
  4. In the "Local Path" field, type or browse to (using the button to the right), the location you want your sandbox to be placed.
  5. Click "OK".
  6. The files in the repository will be copied to the sandbox location.
Commiting
  1. Save your changes, then, in JSVN, right click on the file you want to commit and click "Commit".
  2. Type a log message describing what you have changed in the window.
  3. Click "OK".
Updating
  1. In JSVN, right click on the top level folder (or individual files) and click "Update".
  2. Click "OK".
Adding files
  1. After the file has been added to the sandbox, update the sandbox in JSVN.
  2. The new file(s) should not appear grayed out in the file list with "[not versioned]" after their name.
  3. Right click on the files to add and click "Add".
  4. Commit the sandbox (or just the individual file(s)) as above.
Deleting files
  1. In JSVN, right click on the file(s) to be deleted and click "Delete".
  2. Commit the sandbox (or just the individual file(s)) as above.
About

Subversion is a version control system that allows many people to work on a project and easily keep track of changes that each person makes.

Links
  • Subversion – Web based subversion interface allowing for repositories to be viewed. Also used to determine URLs for repository location.
  • WebSVN – Web based interface allowing for the comparison of different versions and the viewing of change logs.


Send questions or concerns to:
loveb@augsburg.edu.