It seems that you're having a problem with the " Checking out a Working Copy " sub-section of the "Go for a Test Drive" <https://tortoisesvn.net/docs/release/TortoiseSVN_en/tsvn-qs-guide.html> section, rather than the separate "Checking Out A Working Copy" <https://tortoisesvn.net/docs/release/TortoiseSVN_en/tsvn-dug-checkout.html> section.
Here's what I did. - Create a new folder named *C:\Projects* - Create a new sub-folder named *C:\Projects\Widget1* - Create 2 files in the *C:\Projects\Widget1* folder named *test1.txt* and *test2.txt* - Open *C:\Projects\Widget1\test1.txt* and add the text "Hello" (and a CR/LF) [The content isn't important.] - Open *C:\Projects\Widget1\test2.txt* and add the text "World" (and a CR/LF) [The content isn't important.] - Create a new folder named *C:\svn_repos* - Open the *C:\svn_repos* folder in Windows Explorer - In the right pane, initiate the context menu with a right mouse click - Select the context menu item *TortoiseSVN | Create repository here* - In the *Repository created* dialog, click the *Create folder structure* button - Click *OK* to close the dialog that confirms that the default directory structure has been created - Click *OK* to close the *Repository created* dialog - In Windows Explorer, navigate to the *C:\Projects\Widget1* folder - In the right pane, initiate the context menu with a right mouse click - Select the context menu item *TortoiseSVN | Import...* - In the *Import* dialog, set the *URL of repository* to *file:///c:/svn_repos/trunk* - In the *Import* dialog, set the *Import message* to *Initial import of Widget1* - Click the *OK* button to start the import - An *Import Finished!* dialog reports the success - Use Windows Explorer to delete the *C:\Projects\Widget1* sub-folder - Use Windows Explorer to create a new sub-folder named *C:\Projects\Widget1-Dev* - In Windows Explorer, navigate to the *C:\Projects* folder - In the right pane, right click on the *Widget1-Dev* folder - Select the context menu item *SVN Checkout* - In the *Checkout* dialog, set the *URL of repository* to "file:///c:/svn_repos/trunk" - Confirm that the *Checkout directory* is set to "C:\Projects\Widget1-Dev" - Set the *Checkout Depth* to *Fully recursive* - Set the *Revision* to *HEAD revision* - Click *OK* to start the checkout - Use Windows Explorer to select the *C:\Projects\Widget1-Dev* folder At this point the right pane of Windows Explorer should show the test1.txt and test2.txt files. Each will have an icon with a green tick. If your system is configured to show hidden files, the folder will also include a folder named ".svn". [That need never be touched.] This isn't relevant to your query but one of the stumbling points that I've seen with users that have transferred from git is that they tend to checkout the full repository (i.e. including trunk, branches, and tags sub-folders). In Subversion, it's more typical to checkout an element of the repository (e.g. only trunk, or only a single branch, or only a single tag). You might not be thinking that way but it's something I've observed in a few, unrelated developers that were more familiar with git than Subversion. Hope this helps. On Tuesday, 18 January 2022 at 16:57:54 UTC David Lowe wrote: > I'm new to using a centralized version control system (used git for years) > so this might be my misunderstanding. > > Going through the docs I think there is a bug in the 'Checking out a > Working Copy' section. > > It tells you to *Checkout '*file:///c:/svn_repos/trunk/Widget1' but for > me at least that didn't work and it needed to be > 'file:///c:/svn_repos/trunk/' > > Thanks, > Dave > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TortoiseSVN" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tortoisesvn/f5e87bf0-c415-4522-8e5c-31d7bf50026cn%40googlegroups.com.
