Friday, August 15, 2008

Subversion add-ins for Delphi

Part 4 of a n part series on Subversion and delphi

Subversion add-ins
As we have already established, TortoiseSvn adds version control functionality to windows explorer. This is all good, and the result is quite functional. Many people need nothing more. However for the rest of us, there are a number of ways to integrate subversion into delphi.

File Browser
If you have a recent version of delphi, and have TortoiseSvn installed then you get integration for free. The File Browser window (View menu -> File Browser) uses the Windows Explorer context menu so all TortoiseSvn commands also work with the File Browser



JCL Version
The jedi control library (jcl) includes a Tortoise (Svn and CVS) add-in that adds a JCL Version menu. Most functionality is available, although I have never managed to get Diff working. It requires Tortoise to be installed. If you are already using Tortoise and the JCL, it's a bit of a no-brainer.




Others


There are a few others that I haven't used.
  • Delphi Svn is available from SourceForge. It looks like it doesn't need Tortoise to be installed.
  • The gloriously named delphiaddinfortortoisesvn is available from tigris.org, home of TortoiseSvn. As you might expect, it requires Tortoise to be installed.

Links
Tortoise
Jedi Control Library
Delphi Svn
Delphi Addin (Tigris)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

U should try delphisvn. It has diff-working ability (which uses delphi's built-in diff history view)
It doesn't need tortoise. it uses directly subversion's client dlls.

Anonymous said...

There is also the poor man's solution: Add some entries to the tools menu:

http://delphi.wikia.com/wiki/Adding_TortoiseSVN_to_the_Tools_menu