Visual Studio 2008 Source Control Explorer with Subversion

Question

I usually use Visual Studio Team System 2008 Source Control Explorer with TFS, but I'm considering using Subversion for some small projects, can I make use of the already installed Source Control Explorer without installing a new Subversion client/plugin in my IDE?

Answer 1

I don't think you can use the Source Control Explorer (I guess this is something related to TFS?).

But you have several options to integrate subversion into Visual Studio:

• AnkhSVN plugin (free)
• Mindscape File Explorer + TortoiseSVN (free)
• VisualSVN (commercial)

I'm using mostly TortoiseSVN (as a stand-alone subversion client).

I have also installed AnkhSVN, because it allows me to see which files are modified inside visual studio, but other than that, I really don't need any integrated Visual Studio solution for source control.

Answer 2

You will need to install a new Subversion client/plugin to the IDE.

Have a look at VisualSVN. It's not free but it is reasonably priced and very good.