Subversion (SVN) Client

<oXygen/> XML Editor makes easier the document sharing between content authors by including a Subversion (SVN) client. The SVN client allows you to browse repositories, check for changes, commit changes, update your working copy and examine the revision history.

Now the SVN Client is also available as a separate product!

• While <oXygen/> continues to include SVN Client in its standard distribution, we decided to make it also available as a separate product. So if you are just looking for an application dedicated to SVN operations, you should check the Syncro SVN Client website.

When started from <oXygen/>, the SVN Client is shown as a separate window. This window can also be launched separately as a standalone application.

Why Subversion?

Subversion is a relatively new versioning system, designed as replacement of CVS. Its features include:

• Atomic commits
• File rename/move/copy preserve the revision history
• The directories are versioned
• Native support for binary files
• Optimized repository access
• File properties and MIME types
• Multiple repository access protocols including HTTP and HTTPS.

Subversion is a good choice for sharing/storing large collections of XML files that change frequently. Subversion retains the differences between revisions in an efficient database, and keeps low the network load - only the differences are sent between the SVN client and the server.

Customizable Layout

The <oXygen/> SVN Client is composed of several views allowing you to browse the Subversion repositories and your local working copies, compare and merge modifications, check the revision history. All the views are dockable. This means you can move them to create the optimal layout for your use case.

Subversion (SVN) Client

Subversion Repository Browsing

You can add multiple SVN repositories to the list and browse them in parallel. In this way you can identify the resources you need to checkout, or even create branches or tags directly in the repository.

Synchronizing with a Subversion Repository

In the synchronize view you can see the overall status of your working copy resources when compared to the repository resources. The view focuses on incoming and outgoing changes, where incoming changes are the changes that other users have committed since you last updated your working copy. The outgoing changes are the modifications you made to your working copy as a result of editing, removing or adding resources.

View Differences

One of the most common requirements in project development is to see what changes have been made to the files from your working copy or to the files from the repository. You can examine these changes after a synchronize operation with the repository, by using the Open in compare editor action from the contextual menu.

View Resource History

In Subversion, both files and directories are versioned and have a history. If you want to examine the history for a selected resource and find out what happened at a certain revision you can use the History view.

In order to see the entire list of actions and working scenarios, please consult the User Manual.