It is very easy to change the way you sort your files with SmartSVN.Typically I only use the Subversive plug-in for ColdFusion Builder or Eclipse.
However some clients of ours at CFWebtools are using Versions, so I had to install and learn Versions to help them out. However, I find the way Versions works is a bit more confusing than it should be. Also, unless I am not seeing them, Versions only has a subset of the SVN commands. I dont know how youre supposed to merge branches and tag using Versions. Repository Bookmarks What are those Ive never heard bookmarks used in terms of SVN with exception to how tags are sometimes explained. When you look at the top level in the Bookmarks pane you get the view of the server. In other SVN clients this is called the Repository Browser mode. In the subfolder level of the Bookmarks pane you see the code checkouts. I can see how is it very easy to get the two views, which are blended together into the same window, confused. Smartsvn Update And ViewAs far as functionality goes, I can checkout, commit, update and view differences etc. However I cannot merge two branches or merge a branch back into the trunk. I can checkout the trunk and a branch for the same repository at the same time and see them both but I cant do a merge. If this was a freeware product I suppose it would be acceptable that wasnt full-featured but this is commercial-ware and as I see it, its missing critical features. First I tried RapidSVN and it required Rosetta to install so I said the heck with it, and deleted it. SmartSVN did install and what struck me was it had a more intuitive interface than Versions. The first thing it did was to ask if I wanted to connect to an existing check out of code. Of course I did, I have code for about a dozen projects checked out. I also found that SmartSVN has a more complete set of version control commands, including merging and branching and tagging. Also the UI does not try to blend or hide the difference between the repository browser and your local check out. If I need to browse the repository it does so in a new window just like every other SVN client Ive used on Windows and Mac. SmartSVN clearly, without any customization, identifies changed files. And I believe the default sort order was by changed files on top but dont remember if I change that right away or not.
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