To use my Random Wok project I have to check it out. While the files are in the database they are inaccessible to normal file operations. I will do the check out in svnX.

I'm going to check out all the files in the trunk virtual folder to a new folder called Random Wok in my Documents/Progging/Working folder. First I create that new folder. Then in svnX I select the trunk virtual folder in the browser at the bottom click on the svn checkout button and select Working/Random Wok as the folder to check out to. svnX creates the folder for me and fills it with the files:

svnX has a browser built in for looking at working copies. Opening that shows me the working version I just checked out and lets me give it a more descriptive name:

Double-clikcing on the line shows me a browser that I can use to see the file status:

Now I can get back into XCode. I double click to open the XCode project that was checked out and set it up to use subversion. From the SCM menu I select Configure SCM... and set it up like this:

I change the build location and the location for intermediate files, and enable and select the SCM. I also found it necessary to clicked on Rebuild Code Sense Index for XCode to have the data it needs about my source files. To fully set up the build destination I select the target and change the Build Products Path for all configurations to be that Random Wok Folder:

Now the SCM tab for my project looks like this, showing the initial check-in:

Now I can enable the SCM status display by selecting the Random Wok project icon at the top of the XCode project list and control-clicking on the column header:

Now if I edit a file and save it I get a status change, M, showing modified:

Also shows up in the SCM smart folder on left:

Another thing I need to do is to tell snv that the pbxuser files are binary. This will prevent svn trying to merge them. To do that I go back into the terminal:

How does svn know where the repository is? There is a hidden folder called .svn in the checked out folder. In fact there are hidden .svn folders in all the folders.

Lastly I commit my updated version to the repository. I select all the files to update and from the menu use CMS > Commit Changes, and fill in the commit message:

With the files checked out I can compile and use my project just as I did before I used subversion. Each time I get to a good stopping point, I check in the files.

Eventually I will have a version that I want to release. And that means using svnX again.

The other parts of this series can be found via the Cocoa page.

Tags: Subversion, Xcode, Random Wok, Checking Out