12-14-2011 08:04 AM
In the past few months, a new version of Subversion and Tortoise SVN came out, v. 1.7 (followed rapidly by, 1.7.1 and 1.7.2 fixing various bugs). There are a fair number of new features in this version, including a new Working Copy structure. I was wondering if people have started using this new version, and if anybody has had problems using v. 1.7.x with LabVIEW?
12-14-2011 09:11 AM
I'm using Tortoise SVN1.7.2 with LV2011 and having very good luck. I like the new working copy single .svn /_svn directory structure a lot more than before. I am not using the integrated source code management with LabVIEW -- I do all my lock/ commit from windows explorer. Not having any problems with 1.7.2 interfacing with older SVN servers, or mixing client versions of 1.7.2 and 1.6.x both working on the same repository.
12-14-2011 09:40 AM
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not having done the upgrade (yet), I found this blog entry. Seems quite interesting to update...
Greetings from Germany!
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12-14-2011 10:19 AM
We are using TortoiseSVN 1.7.2 here, too. We haven't encountered any major issues. (There is no longer an option to use _svn folders, but that is not really a problem.) The performance improvement on the execution of update or clean-up operations on top-level folders is quite noticeable.
12-14-2011 12:28 PM
Yep, 1.7.x is a good upgrade - there are a handful of neat features, and the localization of each project's repository is a good move.
12-14-2011 12:46 PM
In order to use 1.7.x with < 1.7.x repositories, your local copy must be upgraded to the new SQLite format. The new format is awesome - it's faster and has a smaller footprint (no more .svn directories everywhere, woo!). Be wary, however, as a fair number (4 out of 12, or so) either didn't convert properly or developed erractic symptoms of non-existant changes in the working copy that would corrupt the entire checkout when I tried to revert or cleanup.
I converted using 1.7.0, though, and I'm running 1.7.1 now so maybe they've worked out the kinks.