Combating Sudden Slowdowns in Subversion
Martin Tomes writes about a 20x performance slow-down in checkouts after installing a new anti-virus program. There have been a lot of reports over the years of various anti-virus programs causing...
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Shelves in Subversion
There is a popular feature called "shelves" that was included in Microsoft's Visual Studio Team System. I am fairly certain that VSTS is not the first or only tool to have this feature and in this...
View ArticleSubversion 1.5: Tolerate obstructions during checkout/update/switch
This is my second article about new features in Subversion's trunk, features that will be included in Subversion 1.5. My previous article discussed enhancements in Subversion's move/copy commands. This...
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Integrating Subversion with your Issue Tracking System
This article will explore a technique for integrating Subversion development with your issue tracking system. This technique was cooperatively developed by the TortoiseSVN and Subclipse development...
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Features of the Subclipse Commit Dialog
This is a post I have been wanting to write since I started my blog. In this post, I am going to cover some features that exist in the Commit dialog within Subclipse. It is very likely that you will...
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Enhanced Support for Branches and Tags in Subclipse
This post largely draws on content I previously wrote and posted on the Subclipse web site back in December 2005 when this feature was added to Subclipse. I have attempted to freshen the content a bit...
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How to Undo a Commit in Subversion
A frequent question that is asked on the Subversion and Subclipse mailing lists is how to undo a change once it has been committed. A variant of the same request is how to get back a file that has been...
View ArticleopenCollabNet
Just a quick post to point you to a site that you might not know about: openCollabNet. This is a site being hosted and supported by CollabNet to provide an online community for Subversion and CollabNet...
View ArticleSubclipse 1.1.10 Released
Subclipse 1.1.10 was released today. Details can be found in the changelog.There are several changes in this release that should address the most common problems reported of late. Most of those are...
View ArticleSubclipse 1.2.0 Released
Subclipse 1.2.0 was released today. This is the official stable release for Eclipse 3.2 and higher. The official release includes two last minute fixes to improve support for 3.3 M5.This release has...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Subversion
A belated Happy 3rd Birthday to Subversion and those that made it possible. One of the developer's, Mike Pilato, summarizes the history best in this blog entry.I knew about the birthday from some...
View ArticleWhat makes an Open Source Company?
One of the core Subversion developers, Garrett Rooney, posted an interesting piece entitled What makes an Open Source Company?I agree with what he wrote, so I do not have a lot of commentary to add. My...
View ArticleIncorrect Article about me at EclipseZone
There was an article posted today at EclipseZone (which I am not going to link to) announcing that Subversive has been approved as an Eclipse project. Congratulations to them, although this actually...
View ArticleFirst blog post and article on openCollabNet
I have agreed to participate in the Submerged blog on openCollabNet and made my first post recently. I guess they did not read this blog too closely and notice my penchant for really long posts....
View ArticleSubversion blog posts to read
I have been real busy with the new job and have not had time to blog. When I have had some time, it went into blogging over on the Submerged blog. Anyway, here are some links to some good blog posts I...
View ArticleSubversion binaries for OS X
I am pleased to report that we are now providing OS X binaries (including JavaHL) on openCollabNet. This is an issue I raised before and soon after beginning employment at CollabNet, so I am glad to...
View ArticleUnstoppable Subversion
Lots of Subversion news this week as the popularity and adoption continues to soar. First, Forrester Research released their latest Forrester Wave where they analyzed the Software Configuration...
View ArticleIntroducing the CollabNet Merge Client
I have not posted to this blog in quite a while. I have been thinking about using it to blog some personal thoughts (like on the Red Sox) but I know it is syndicated in a few places for its...
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New Subclipse Build Posted -- Dialog Improvements
I just posted a new development build of Subclipse - 1.3.3. You can currently only get these builds as part of the CollabNet Merge Tracking Early Adopter program. The reason being that these builds...
View ArticleSubclipse and Eclipse 3.5/Galileo
With the Eclipse 3.5 final release now available, I thought it would be good to get a post up for Subversion users that are looking to install this release. Subclipse works great in Eclipse 3.5 and is...
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