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Editor Rating 4.5

Version: 1.6.3	Size: 18.90 MB
License [?]: Freeware	Price: Not available
Last Updated: Jul 19, 2009	Category: IDEs and Coding Utilities Software
Developer: The TortoiseSVN Team
Operating System: Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows ME Windows XP Windows Server 2003 Windows Vista
Additional Requirements: Internet Explorer 5.5 or later, Windows Installer 3.1 or later
Limitations Not available

It's intuitive and easy to use, since it doesn't require the Subversion command line client to run. Simply the coolest Interface to (Sub)Version Control!

TortoiseSVN is a really easy to use Revision control / version control / source control software for Windows. It is based on Subversion. TortoiseSVN provides a nice and easy user interface for Subversion.

All Subversion protocols are supported:
* http://
* https://
* svn://
* svn+ssh://
* file:///
* svn+XXX://

It is developed under the GPL. Which means it is completely free, including the source code. But just in case you don't know the GPL too well: you can use TortoiseSVN to develop commercial applications or just use it in your company without any restrictions.

It is implemented as a Windows shell extension, which makes it integrate seamlessly into the Windows explorer. Since it's not an integration for a specific IDE like Visual Studio, Eclipse or others, you can use it with whatever development tools you like.

It's not only web and software developers who can benefit. Another advantage of this shell integration is that it can be used by people who don't have all the development tools installed, for example translators, doc writers, ...

As a Subversion client, TortoiseSVN has all the features of Subversion itself, including:

* Most current CVS features.
* Directories, renames, and file meta-data are versioned.
* Commits are truly atomic.
* Branching and tagging are cheap (constant time) operations.
* Efficient handling of binary files.