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Assembla: Online project, with free svn,file upload,tickets and everything !!

I was looking for an online space where I can securely host my project.Google took me to Assembla after knocking a number of doors. Its an one stop solution for projecthosting.
You can create teams, have scrum meeting,chat, manage your money(!),have wikis, different pages for a project…. etc etc.
Above all, it will allow you to [...]

Subversion with Visual studio 2008: free open source svn client AnkhSVN

Recently I have installed Microsoft Visual Studio team system, 2008. This studio simply rocks. Enhanced speed is giving me a joyful experience!
Anyway, version controlling is a major issue for any development and I never liked VSS nor used it, rather I am used to with using subversion. For windows, I like TortoiseSVN. Its simply superb [...]

svn failed to commit, file or resource is locked !

Some times while committing a file or folder using svn it says the resource is locked ! It happens if we forcefully cancel  an ongoing update or commit, say by using Ctr+C.
To unlock the resource use:
$svn cleanup
This will unlock the content. Now do commit

RapidSVN + Meld = Painless versioning

My last post was how to ease up with svn on GNU/Linux using a nautilus script similar to TortoiseSVN on windows. However, the script could not serve me up to my expectation when it comes to view the diff.
I have started using RapidSVN recently. I like its features and user friendliness.  Unfortunately, it has no [...]