IntroductionSvnX is a Free, open source, Subversion client for Mac OS X.  | SvnX 1.0 runs on Mac OS X 10.4.x & 10.5.x.
SvnX 1.0 is compatible with Subversion 1.4.6, 1.5.6 & 1.6.1.
SvnX 1.0 is provided as a universal binary packaged in a disc image. |
DetailsHere is the list of new features and changes in svnX 1.0. Repositories & Working Copies windows:- Hide/Show edit fields. [When hidden - editing is disabled. Toggling is via a disclosure button or Cmd-E. The state is saved/restored to/from the preferences.]
- Pressing return or enter when the list is focused opens the highlighted item.
- Pressing an alpha-numeric key when the list is focused jumps to the next name beginning with that character.
- Double-click in list activates existing window if possible.
- Alt-double-click always opens new window. [Old double-click behaviour.]
- Optionally abbreviate Working Copy paths.
Working Copy window:- Updated layout, toolbar, Commit Message sheet & Update alert. [Users of older versions may be need to reset the toolbar.]
- Pressing return or enter when the file list is focused & a single file is highlighted opens that file.
- Pressing an alpha-numeric key when the file list is focused highlights the next name beginning with that character.
- Added keyboard support for toolbar items: cmd-shift-F ⇨ Reveal in Finder, cmd-R ⇨ Refresh, cmd-alt-R ⇨ Refresh with updates, cmd-U ⇨ Update, cmd-D ⇨ Diff, cmd-shift-D ⇨ Diff with sheet, cmd-S ⇨ Repository.
- Extended the Filter pop-up with Conflict & Changed (modified, added, deleted, replaced, conflict, missing or wrong kind) items & added command keys.
- Replaced Flat Mode & Smart Mode toolbar check-boxes with new View segmented toolbar control. Maps cmd-ctrl-T ⇨ Tree View, cmd-ctrl-F ⇨ Flat View & cmd-ctrl-S ⇨ Smart View.
- Improved the look of the tree list and fixed the keyboard focus when it's hidden (also hides the splitter bar).
- Save & restore each window's frame, view & filter modes.
- Improvements, corrections & optimisations to file list's help tags.
- Refresh is up to 5-10 times as fast. Uses less memory.
- Fixed commit failure due to mixed end-of-line characters in commit message. [Maps all EoLs to \n.]
- Fixed dragging of non-selected items in Flat & Smart modes.
- Maintain file selection after refresh or view mode change. Also maintain tree state.
- New recent items menu in search field.
- Added auto-refresh option (with preference checkbox). Refreshes Working Copy window each time it’s focused.
- Added new svn update options sheet. [Alt-click Update action button or toolbar icon to see options for updating selection or entire WC. Supports updating to any file to any revision & most svn update options.]
Repository window:- Updated layout & toolbar.
- Added new Report toolbar item. Displays an HTML formatted, printable, log report of any item in the browser. [Alt-click excludes path lists from report. Report window has toolbar with buttons for smaller/bigger text & printing. Long reports span multiple HTML pages.]
- For all commands normalise end-of-line characters & strip control-characters in commit messages.
- Faster & better caching of log & repository browser lists.
- Improved drag feedback (transparent icons).
- Improved help tags (folders don't have size info).
- New recent items menu in search field.
- Correctly browse files with names that start or end with white-space.
- Replace Advanced/Simple tabbed view with an ‘Advanced’ toggle button.
- Added new Blame toolbar item. [Supports multiple files & alt-click ⇨ verbose.]
- Search messages and/or paths in Advanced mode.
- Added initial support for peg revisions (currently Diff & Blame only). Allows use of commands on deleted files.
- Replaced 'Browse as a sub-repository' directory items' contextual pop-up menu with double-clicking any item in the browser switches to its log view.
- Added key equivalents for toolbar items: cmd-D ⇨ Diff, cmd-B & cmd-alt-B ⇨ Blame, cmd-R & cmd-alt-R ⇨ Report, cmd-K ⇨ Checkout, cmd-S ⇨ Export & cmd-O ⇨ Output.
Review and Commit window: NEW- Opened by clicking ‘Review…’ button in a Working Copy window.
- Initially adds all committable items to the Available Items list and marks them as ‘will commit’ (checked).
- Refreshing the Available Items list adds new items as ‘don’t commit’ (unchecked).
- The Available Items list responds to cmd-shift-A ⇨ check all, cmd-shift-N ⇨ check none, cmd-R ⇨ refresh.
- The selected item responds to cmd-D ⇨ Diff, cmd-O or double click ⇨ Open, cmd-T ⇨ toggle commit status & cmd-shift-F ⇨ reveal file in Finder.
- Drag items to Finder to copy them or to an application’s icon to open them.
- Items display same help tags as in WC.
- Displays formatted or raw diff of selected file. User switchable by clicking ‘Tabular’ or ‘Unified’.
- Saves & restores window size & splits.
- Lists, and allows reuse of, the 50 most recent commit messages.
- Custom commit message templates with keyword substitution & embed-able shell scripts.
Keywords are: <MACHINE>, <USER>, <DATE>, <FILES>…</FILES>, <FILES> & <SCRIPT>…</SCRIPT>.
Other:- Replace Advanced/Simple tabbed view in Diff sheets with an ‘Advanced’ toggle button.
- Added support for finding in messages & paths in log views.
- New look Preferences dialog with new 'Abbreviate Working Copy path' option.
- Improved diff feedback by better preserving file extensions & including revision numbers in temporary file names.
- Leopard compatible icons.
- Many bug fixes & optimisations.
- Updated for compatibility with Subversion 1.5/1.6.
- Updated help documentation & added commit message template examples.
- Prompt the user to accept or reject un-trusted SSL server certificates. [Requires ‘Use old parsing method’ preference to be off.]
- Faster caching (no PHP script & only 1 folder) and cache files are ~50% smaller. [User may safely delete any folders in ~/Library/Caches/com.lachoseinteractive.svnX/.]
- Source & project now builds in Xcode 2.3 through 3.1, contains Debug & Release targets, and builds with NO warnings. [It also automatically downloads necessary SVN & APR headers & builds stub libraries.]
Screen ShotsRepository Window:
Working Copy Window:
Update Working Copy Sheet:
Review and Commit Window:
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