Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Connecting to CVS/SVN thru JDeveloper

Here is how simple it is to set up your CVS repository to work in JDeveloper 11g. The first step is to select your Versioning system. SVN and CVS are shipped with JDeveloper 11g. Other supported version control system can be downloaded via Check for Updates.
Now you can view the SVN or CVS Navigator from the View menu. Use the context menu of the parent node in the open navigator to create a new repository connection.
For CVS enter the details of your CVS repository in the wizard; including your access method and authentication style and user id (set by your CVS repository administrator). Test the connection and Finish the wizard. You are now able to browse the repository and Check Out a module using the context menu to begin work. To add a new application to the repository select Import Module from the Versioning menu.



For SVN enter the URL to the repository, user name and password, again Test the connection and click OK to complete the connection. As well as being able to browse the repository you can do other things such as create new remote directories from the context menu of the connection in the navigator.

To add a new application to the repository using either CVS or SVN, select Import Module from the Versioning menu.
By returning to the Versoning menu and selecting another version control system you can invoke the navigator for that system - without losing any of the connections you have to other systems.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

SVN Branching in JDeveloper 11g

The latest Technology Preview of JDeveloper 11g is now available and contains some great new functionality to support Subversion 1.4.3.


We've added the Incoming Changes tab to the Pending Changes window - so valuable if you want a sneak preview of what changes others are making to files you have in Working Copies in JDeveloper.
Also, you can now filter Pending Changes at the application or project level.

But best of all, we've added support for Branch/Tag, Switch and Merge. I've created an online demo that you can play from OTN. If you haven't already, download the 11g preview and try it out - I'd love to have your feedback