Posts belonging to Category Subversion

Why you should be using an Artifact Repository- Part 1

An artifact repository is akin to what Subversion is to source code, i.e. it is a way of versioning code binary artifacts. In the Java world these artifacts could be jars, wars, ears, fully fledged applications, libraries or a collections of libraries that are packaged.

20 Questions with Bill Portelli interview

MGI Research just published a detailed interview with CollabNet’s president, Bill Portelli. In this interview, Bill discusses his views on industry mega-trends like Agile and the Cloud, and how CollabNet is responding. The interview is available at http://www.mgiresearch.com/20-Questions/20-questions-with-collabnet-ceo-bill-portelli.html David ParkerDavid Parker, Vice President and General Manager, Scrum Business Line David leads CollabNet’s Scrum Business Line [...]

Usage of SVN Externals

How do people typically create dependencies using Subversion? Here are some guidelines: Avoid copying common code; for example, you don’t want JBoss in every java project Be able to easily reference a “pegged” revision of the code.  For example, your project may specifically require version 3_2_6 of JBoss Be able to track the “bleeding edge” [...]

Subversion community still #1

Clearly there’s something or other pretty powerful, pretty effective, pretty cool, and pretty popular about Subversion!

Subversion Edge is Rocking – 77% User Adoption!

Recently, I’ve been asked by more than a few analysts, press, and business partners about the adoption of Subversion Edge, which we released earlier this year. The simple answer is terrific! One great thing about Subversion Edge is that users can still opt for the lightweight certified Subversion binaries across a variety of platforms – or instead can also install the certified Edge software stack containing the latest versions of Subversion®, Apache, and ViewVC combined with i) a single installer, ii) already configured to work together, and iii) fronted by a powerful and secure Web-based console. The benefits of this full installation is that is provides simple installation, administration, security, and governance of a user’s Subversion environment.

10 Years of a Thriving Tigris Community

CollabNet has a thriving community that started a little over 10 years ago called Tigris.org. Many of you have probably downloaded software from this community, such as Subversion, Tortoise SVN, and ArgoUML. In the last decade, Tigris.org has grown from a handful of projects to a whopping 1,396, and has roughly 180,000 users. A few [...]

Enough of this “open core” confusion!

I think what we’re missing here is an exploration of the delicate line between “crippleware” and “added value.”

AnkhSVN and Visual Studio Interactions

This blog describes differences between Microsoft Visual Studio (VS) and Subversion (SVN) project structures and usage of AnkhSVN ( A Subversion plug-in to VS) with Visual Studio. It further explains branch/merge scenarios with some examples. At first, let’s distinguish between a Visual Studio (VS) project and a Subversion (SVN ) project. A SVN project is a [...]

What’s behind Subversion’s dominance?

Failure within an enterprise is never “cheap.”

The World Economic Forum, Tech Pioneers, and CollabNet

By Bill Portelli, CollabNet CEO & President I am proud to be sitting here in Frankfurt making my way to Davos, Switzerland, where I will accept a Technology Pioneer Award. While there, I will also participate in a number of working sessions and breakout groups along with hundreds of technical, business, and social leaders from [...]