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How to delete a folder from the Subversion database in the TortoiseSVN client

Posted on March 23, 2013April 10, 2013 by Laszlo Pinter

If you don’t need a folder in the Subversion database anymore follow the the steps below.

If you are using the TortoiseSVN Subversion client

Start Windows Explorer,
Right click any folder,
Select “TortoiseSVN”, “Repo-browser” to open the repository browser.

TortoiseSVN repo browser select

In the repository browser:

Right click the folder you want to remove,
Select “Delete…”

TortoiseSVN repo browser folder delete

Enter a message and click the “OK” button.

TortoiseSVN repo browser folder delete message

How to exclude a project folder from the Subversion database

Posted on March 23, 2013July 18, 2017 by Laszlo Pinter

If you added the AnkhSVN – Subversion Support for Visual Studio from http://ankhsvn.open.collab.net/ you can easily version your files as you develop them.

In your application there could be projects or folders that you don’t want to include in source control.

To ignore the changes in a project open the Solution Explorer in Visual Studio 2010,

Right click the project that you want to exclude from source control
Select “Project File”, ‘”Ignore”, “Ignore Folder”

visual studio subversion project ignore

How to clear the saved authentication data in TortoiseSVN

Posted on February 23, 2013February 23, 2013 by Laszlo Pinter

If your TortoiseSVN client stores an incorrect username or password it will try to access the Subversion server with that stored data. To force TortoiseSVN to ask for a new username and password clear the stored data. TortoiseSVN is a shell extension, so you have to start Windows Explorer to access the TortoiseSVN menu.

Start Windows Explorer,
Right click on any folder and select “TortoiseSVN”, “Settings”,

TortoiseSVN Settings Select

On the left side of the TortoiseSVN Settings window select “Saved Data”.

TortoiseSVN Settings Clear Authentication data

On the right side click the Authentication data “Clear” button.

Next time you try to access the Subversion server TortoiseSVN will ask for your user name and password.

How to set up VisualSVN Windows authentication

Posted on February 22, 2013February 23, 2013 by Laszlo Pinter

If you get the access to ‘…’ forbidden error message in an svn client most likely the Subversion server authentication is not set up correctly.

Users can access the VisualSVN repository using the Windows user accounts of the server. To set up the Windows user account authentication:

Install VisualSVN on the Windows server,
In the start menu select VisualSVN, VisualSVN Server Manager,
On the left side right click Repositories and select “Create New Repository…”,
Enter a repository name, and check “Create default structure…”,

VisualSVN New Repository

Create user accounts for the VisualSVN users,
- In the Start menu Right click the “Computer”,
- Select “Manage”,
- In the Configuration, Local Users and Groups section right click “Users” and select “New User…”,

Windows New User

Enter the user information and click “Create”,

Create a security group for the VisualSVN users,
- In the Local Users and Groups section right click “Groups” and select “New Group…”,

Windows_NewGroup

Create a Security Group for the VisualSVN users, name it “VisualSVN Users”,

Add the users to the Security Group,
- On the left side in the Local Users and Groups section left click “Groups”,
- In the list of groups double click the “VisualSVN Users” Security Group,

Windows Group Add Users

Click the “Add…” button,
Enter the user name into the field on the popup window and click “OK”,
Click “OK” on the Security Grpoup property window to save the user list,

Set up VisualSVN to use the server’s Windows users and groups
- In the start menu select VisualSVN, VisualSVN Server Manager,
- On the left side right click “VisualSVN Server (Local)” and select “Properties”

VisualSVN Properties Select

On the Authentication tab select “Use Windows Authentication”and “Basic authentication”

VisualSVN_PropertiesAuthentication

Add the Windows Security Group to the VisualSVN
- In the start menu select VisualSVN, VisualSVN Server Manager,
- On the left side right click the repository and select “Properties”

VisualSVN Repository Properties Select

On the Properties window click “Add…” and enter “VisualSVN Users” to enable the Security Group members to access the repository and click “OK”,

VisualSVN Repository Properties

To allow the members to read and write the repository leave “Read /Write” checked at the bottom of the window,
Click “OK” to save the changes.