Subversion Reviews & Product Details

Diffing changes against the repository and being able to run blame to see who changed what lines. We don't use it for rolling back revisions very much, but that possibility is very nice as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes the folder permissions get messed up and the icons don't show correctly. Also the SVN web server we're using is called uberSVN and it sometimes gets hung up and I have to restart things before we can commit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is much simpler than Git. It offers you greater freedom to use its tool. There are many plugins to perform synchronization. If there is a conflict with other users, they are easily resolved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

High disk space consumption. Sometimes, when you make a commit, it tells you that you are not up to date even though you are working alone on that project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tortoise svn is the best source code repository tool. Download and upload speed of data and Ability to customise svn is excellent. The most important is its ability to integrate with any platform. Committing code, Logs and Conflict resolving is great in svn. This tool allows many user works on the same filer at same time. Tool is also very configurable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Clean up command takes time and needs some imrovement. Svn native compare tool also needs to be better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It was launched so many years ago. What does that mean? Usually old projects use this version control and if they are still using it it is because it is so usefull. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes it is difficult to do some easy actions. It think some competitors are easier to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the incorporation into visual studio. That makes code generation seamless Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We work with very large projects, with very large repositories of code, and it sometimes runs slowly, but that can be our own implementation issue Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use and learn with support for tags/branches, reverting, history, merging and more Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can be easy to mess up a commit or accidentally delete a versioned file/folder, especially when creating a tag/branch Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Subversion has been around for 17 years. It remains very popular despite social code being all the rage with the kids today. SVN and GIT are nearly on par with GIT slightly edging SVN out. I use hosted svn as a service. I've had zero down time, zero server problems and only good experiences with SVN. SVN also, to my brain, is a more obvious, pragmatic technology. Simple terminology, simple tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I do like the idea of giving people access to a codebase they can change without overwriting my code (like GIT). SVN does not allow for "pull requests" like GIT. I also dislike the stigma that surrounds using SVN instead of GIT. It's like I'm a leper. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This system is a must when you write a shared document. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes the conflict resolution is a bit suboptimal. And conflicts are very hard to resolve. Lots of manual work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Version control is necessary with any team, 2 or more. This is simple. Easy enough for any level. And the clear visualization of diffs with TortoiseSVN is fantastic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I suppose most people prefer git. But I still like good ol SVN Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Download and upload speed of data. Ability to customize is excellent. The most important is its ability to integrate with any plateform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Default comparison of subversion. Clean up is not always good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.