Subversion Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Timeline: no-regret version control for Photoshop

by Brett Terpstra (Oct 28th, 2009)

If you work in Photoshop, you've probably had designs which branched off from the original look, based on your own ideas or client feedback. This has, more than likely, resulted in multiple files with names like mockup1.psd, mockup1b.psd, mockup2.psd, etc. The solution would be what coders know ...

Changes moves to 1.5, adds new features, gives TUAW readers a discount

by Cory Bohon (Apr 2nd, 2009)

Changes.app, the ultimate Mac application used to track changes in folders and text files, was recently updated to version 1.5. This new version easily integrates with Coda, Espresso, BBEdit, TextWrangler, and TextMate. When you launch Changes, you will be able to install plug-ins directly into ...

Versions out of beta

by Brett Terpstra (Nov 18th, 2008)

Since getting schooled in the comments on my last mention of Versions (a favorite of Robert's), I've reacquainted myself with Subversion ... and come to really enjoy using this polished and highly usable SVN client. Git may have its benefits, but for a lot of what I do (especially solo web design), ...

Coda updated to 1.5.1

by Robert Palmer (Sep 10th, 2008)

Lost in the din of yesterday's Apple announcements, Panic has updated Coda, its all-in-one website editing tool, to 1.5.1. The update largely fixes possible crashes, issues with source control, and squashes several bugs. CFML syntax coloring has been improved, and the release notes promise more ...

Panic releases Coda 1.5

by Robert Palmer (Aug 26th, 2008)

Panic has released Coda 1.5, a free update to my favorite all-in-one web development application. Coda 1.5 adds several major new features, including find-and-replace across multiple files and a fully-integrated Subversion client. Also included in the update is a user-customizable bookshelf, which ...

Cornerstone passes Versions on the way to yesterday's finish line

by Brett Terpstra (Jul 2nd, 2008)

Cornerstone made a dashing premier as a full release recently, outpacing the much-anticipated Versions in its development cycle and leaving many of us wondering: why couldn't we have had such polished Subversion clients back when Subversion really mattered? With friendlier and more flexible version ...

Versions goes beta

by Christina Warren (Jun 4th, 2008)

Almost a year ago, we wrote about Versions, a program designed to bring an intuitive and attractive interface to the Subversion version control system. Now, Made by Sofa has finally released the first beta. Although Versions isn't the only game in town for accessing Subversion repositories through ...

Version control for writers

by Scott McNulty (Apr 18th, 2008)

Rachel Greenham has written a very good tutorial called 'Subversion for Writers.' If you aren't a coder, you probably aren't familiar with the popular version control system, Subversion. It allows you to work collaboratively with folks on the same files (in most cases code) without fear of ...

Beta Beat: Simple sync with Changes

by Brett Terpstra (Dec 31st, 2007)

This one is ostensibly for developers, but if you ever rock a revision control system or get excited about a little late-night diff-and-merge for whatever reason, your life may have just gotten easier. Changes is an app designed to simplify project synchronization and differencing for groups or ...

SCPlugin: Subversion client plugin for the Finder

by Mat Lu (Aug 29th, 2007)

Most developers these days use a version control system to keep track of changes in their code, and Subversion is probably the most popular. While there are some slick Mac clients available, some folks have wanted a solution that integrates with the Finder like the Windows client TortoiseSVN ...

Versions: a delicious Subversion client

by Scott McNulty (Jun 17th, 2007)

Source code versioning isn't something that usually gets attention here on TUAW. Subversion, the versioning tool of choice, is largely accessed via the command line to check in and out source, however, the people behind Made by Sofa decided that Subversion needed a nice looking client, so they built ...

BuildFactory - automation for developers

by David Chartier (Jul 7th, 2006)

I'm no developer, but I can call a good dev tool when I see one. BuildFactory from Bleep Software sounds like 'Automator for developers', with features like automated builds, building refreshed sources from Subversion, using your own external editor for errors and warnings, and building multiple ...

Subversion screencast

by Scott McNulty (Apr 26th, 2006)

Mike Zornek, fellow Mac geek and Philadelphian, has created a very good screencast that covers installing, and using, Subversion on OS X. What's Subversion? A versioning system that allows a large group of people to work on the same files without worrying about overwriting each other's work. It is ...