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Bex
Bex

Reputation: 4918

Adding an existing folder to SVN outside of visual studio

I have created a repository online and I want to add an existing folder to it and make it version controlled. I am using TortoiseSVN.

When using Visual Studio I can just click "Add to Subversion" and it automatically adds the versioning to my project. When I click into the physical folder everything has icons next to it implying it's now versioned. I can then just commit it all either in or out of visual studio.

My problem is, I now have a folder that isn't part of a Visual Studio project that I want versioned. But I can't work out how to do it. If I click import I can import all the files but it doesn't add the versioning to the folder. I can then export it else where, but still I don't have the versioning.

What do I have to do to make my existing folder versioned without Visual Studio doing it?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1113

Answers (3)

Bex
Bex

Reputation: 4918

I have just worked out how to do this, so am answering my own question in case someone else is trying to do this:

  1. Create the repository on the server,

  2. svn import everything into it,

  3. svn checkout what you just imported over the top of your existing folder.

Everything now will have ticks by it ready to commit!

Upvotes: 0

bahrep
bahrep

Reputation: 30662

You should read the SVNBook and TortoiseSVN manual. At least they'll help you to understand the concept behind Subversion and version-control in general.

When you svn import some folder to Subversion you can later get the working copy of this folder by doing a svn checkout operation in TortoiseSVN or a command-line client.

Upvotes: 2

Oded
Oded

Reputation: 499002

Whatever tool you are using in Visual Studio is using a subversion client under the hood - you can normally invoke this tool directly from the command line if wanted.

If you are not comfortable with that, you can download and install the free TortoiseSVN tool that integrates with the windows shell. Once installed, you can right click on the files/folders to add them to your repository outside of Visual Studio.

Upvotes: 1

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