IntelliJ and SVN: "no changes detected" upon commit

Question

I'm trying to share a project between my desktop and laptop using Subversion. The project has 3 modules. I've imported the project folder into a repository in a shared folder that my laptop can access over the network.

I checked the project out on my laptop and then tried to open the project. None of the modules are visible, only the project's .iml file, as in the screenshot below.

I notice that the .iml file has a line for "content url", which refers to a location on my desktop. Maybe this is the problem. What can I do about it? Do I have to create a new project on the laptop and import the modules - so there would be 2 different top level .iml files, one for the desktop and one for the laptop? Am I going about this the wrong way?

UPDATE: The problem seems to be with committing. When I make a change in a file, save, and hit Commit Changes, I get a popup saying "No changes detected". This is the same on both laptop and desktop, and meant that I downloaded the wrong version onto my laptop before. I deleted the repository and created a new one, and my project works on my laptop now, but I can't commit changes from within IntelliJ (only with TortoiseSVN via file manager). Also, when I imported my project into version control from my desktop computer, the working copy wasn't put under version control. So I can't update from my desktop unless I check it out to a different folder.

I think there is something wrong with the SVN plugin with this version of IntelliJ (10.5.1). Does anyone else have problems with committing changes?

RESOLUTION I needed to 1) Update Settings | Version Control to map Subversion to the working directory 2) Import into Version Control 3) Check it out again

It may possibly have been caused by the fact that the modules were originally standalone projects which were in separate repositories. Whatever the cause, IntelliJ's "No changes detected" dialog isn't the most helpful.

Answer 1

VCS -> Refresh File Status solved this for me, when Intellij suddenly stopped noticing changes.

Answer 2

Please refer to the FAQ.

As for the content root, make sure that it's located under the project root or module root, in this case the path will be stored relatively to the project/modile root inside the iml file. If the fixed system specific path is used in the iml, such module will not work on other systems.

UPDATE: Make an explicit mapping between the actual working directory and Subversion in Settings | Version Control dialog. If you are using the default placeholder and your project files are not under the checkout root, it could be the case.

After performing the initial import you need to do a checkout in order to use version control in IDEA.