Getting first set of files into SVN, help!

Hi

Firstly, i’m really sorry but this is a complete newbies question!

This is my first shot at using subversion. I have got the SVN client address form this site and i’ve entered it into the login details for svnX. So raf, so good. It sees the repository.

Now what?

I have all my files from a project that I want to start using subversion with. They are simply in a directory on my mac. Could someone tell me how I get them into the repository?

I can see the import function but that talks about an svn dump but i don’t have anything in an existing repository to dump from. I just have the files to go in.

Easy steps for a thicko would be much appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

Chris

Hi, you can do this from command line,

svn checkout your.svn_url local_folder_name
copy your project to local_folder_name
# check twice: remove local log files and any unnecessary file that do not need to be under version control
svn add *
svn commit -m "Project import" 

Thanks Vitalie, I will give it a go!

Is it always necessary to do the first import from the command line or is there a GUI interface for it?

Is it only this first import that needs to be done via the command line? Can everything from here on be done using the svnX GUI?

Thanks again.

Chris