How to Open an Existing SVN Project in Eclipse

Question

I just started a new project which has previously been developed in Eclipse. I have not used Eclipse since 2006 and it was for a short non-SVN-controlled project at that time. I have extensive experience with NetBeans and Visual Studio.

The code base is in an SVN repository. I have installed Eclipse (Helios) and TortiseSVN and downloaded the source. I see that there is a .project file and that it contains some eclipse references.

I would like to import the project so that I can edit the files under SVN control. I would then like to either commit the files via the Tortoise client, or more ideally, directly in Eclipse.

I have already reviewed a couple of web sites and questions on this forum, but have not been able to find a how to for this particular use case.

Answer 1

• You'll first need to install an SVN plugin for Eclipse - check out Subclipse.

• The answers to this question document the steps for checking out from an SVN repository.

Note

• You'll find the commands for SVN under the Team sub-menu when you right click on your project.

• I've had trouble in the past when connecting to SVN repositories using the svn+ssh:// protocol - a quick fix is to change the SVN interface (under Window > Preferences > Team > SVN) to the pure Java option (SVNKit IIRC).