How to delete an SVN project from SVN repository

this answer can be confusing do read the comments attached to this post and make sure this is what you are after ‘svn delete’ works against repository content, not against the repository itself. for doing repository maintenance (like completely deleting one) you should use svnadmin. However, there’s a reason why svnadmin doesn’t have a ‘delete’ … Read more

How do I ignore files in Subversion?

(This answer has been updated to match SVN 1.8 and 1.9’s behaviour) You have 2 questions: Marking files as ignored: By “ignored file” I mean the file won’t appear in lists even as “unversioned”: your SVN client will pretend the file doesn’t exist at all in the filesystem. Ignored files are specified by a “file … Read more

What ports need to be open for TortoiseSVN to authenticate (clear text) and commit?

What’s the first part of your Subversion repository URL? If your URL looks like: http://subversion/repos/, then you’re probably going over Port 80. If your URL looks like: https://subversion/repos/, then you’re probably going over Port 443. If your URL looks like: svn://subversion/, then you’re probably going over Port 3690. If your URL looks like: svn+ssh://subversion/repos/, then you’re probably going over Port 22. If your … Read more

TortoiseSVN svnadmin

TortoiseSVN now includes those in their install file (or atleast it did when I installed it 5/23/2012) During the options of what to choose to install i had to click on the command line tools. Now it is in (tortoisesvnInstallfolder)\bin\svnadmin.exe just thought i’d share