Setting up Subversion Server on Windows

At my previous job, we switched to using subversion (hosted on Linux) from an existing proprietary, old fashioned and quite clunky version control system. I remember the techy guy there telling me it took a little bit of setting up on their Linux server farm. that always put me off but I eventually decided to install a Subversion server on Windows.

I used the VisualSVN Server which was downloaded from http://www.visualsvn.com/server/. The server is free but if you want to use their Visual Studio client then that costs extra. I've added this link into the Windows Tools and Utilities page. I use the (paid service) Carbonite.com for backing up my Windows box so there was an extra gain in that my subversion repositories are now backed up off-site automatically.

The last part was configuring Xcode (on my Mac mini) to use my subversion repository. I knew it could see the windows box through a shared drive. I eventually got Xcode setup but it was more than a bit fiddly and for ages kept coming back with PROPFIND errors which is a Subversion error message. I think it was getting the wrong path to the project in Subversion but I fixed it eventually. Anyway my iPhone project is now both versioned and backed up. Even if there is just one of you developing, running your own version control system is a very good idea when you make mistakes and need to undo a change or revert to an earlier version.

• Link to Windows Tools and Utilities
• Link to What is a Version Control System article