Friday 20 September 2013

SVN (Subversive) for Android Eclipse

In order to use SVN in Eclipse(Juno)  you need to follow the following steps
Step 1: Update/Install Juno 
  • Go to Help
  • Install New Software
  • Select  http://download.eclipse.org/releases/juno in work with 
  • Select Collaboration
    • Select the childs Subversive SVN Team Provider &     Subversive Revision Graph (Optional)
  • Next Next & install 
Step 2: Incorporating SVN 
  • Open perspective
  • Select SVN Repository Exploring & Team Synchronizing 


Step 3: Adding repository to your locatoin 
  • Click on SVN Repository Exploring
  • Click on New Repository Locatoin
  •  Add SVN URL 
  • Give your credential 

Step 4 : Adding project to SVN server. 
  • Right click on repository
  • New -> Folder 
  • Name the folder
  • Right click on created folder then chose Import
  • Import the project you want to work on. 
Note : the project has been imported to your SVN server. 
Step 5 : Check out (Download) your project to local drive
  • Right click on the folder created by you. 
  • Chose Find/Check out as
  • Chose check out as a project with the name specified. 
  • Once finished. Go back to Java Perspective now you can see project imported to your workspace (local) with version mentioned at the end. 
Step 6: Committing a project
  • Right click on project
  • Chose Team
  • Chose Commit
Note : Short cut Ctrl + Alt + C
Step 7: Compare
If you want to compare the changes made in different instances you can go to Team Synchronizing Perspective 
  • Click on Project 
  • Chose Team
  • Chose Synchornize with Repository
Note : Here you will get the changes made to the files, you can compare & merge the changes made by other instances.

3 comments:

  1. According to the post, how can i merge changes from branch to the trunk ?

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    1. Dear Nemco,

      Thanks, All the best to you as well

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