How Do you get AnkhSVN to work with VisualSVN Server?

Question

I'm looking for the easiest free SVN implementation I can find.

I downloaded and installed VisualSVN Server - pretty easy. Installed TortioseSVN - pretty easy - both work together. Installed AnkhSVN, I can't get it to connect to the repository on the VisualSVN Server.

Is there anything special I need to do to get AnkhSVN to talk to the VisualSVN Server?

Answer 1

To add a solution to SVN with Ankh, first setup the repo in VisualSVN. Then go to Visual Studio and open the solution. In the solution explorer, right click on the solution name and click "Add Solution to Subversion." You'll then be able to specifiy the repository to which it should be added, e.g., "https://1.2.3.4:8443/svn/myproject/".

If your solution is already in Subversion, Ankh should be able to pick up on it and provide you with status icons and right-click menu options in Visual Studio.

If want to browse your SVN repo in Visual Studio, go to View->Repository Explorer. Then you should be provided a nonintuitive-looking little icon that will say "Add Repository" when you hover it. Put in the address of your SVN repository, e.g., "https://1.2.3.4:8443/svn/myproject/". You can then browse the repo and open the solution file from there.

Answer 2

I have a repository in visualSVN. I can see that repository with Tortoise. However I can't connect to it with the 'repository explorer' feature of anhkSVN.

I thought I had read that there were some issues with anhkSVN using http/s - the repository on the server is at an https://server:8443/svn/reponame

I have been able to get anhkSVN to work with a different server using the svn:// protocol, but not with the VisualSVN-Server using the https: protocol.