Bryan Kail

Sublime: Subversion Server with Web Based Access for Developers

I have worked with  many that may still be using the Tortoise Client for SVN and this post may turn out to be tip for you.  Even though it seemed to be the best at the time, I was never a big fan of the set up and configuration process of SVN with Tortoise Client; with all of the XML that needed to be manually edited, there was a lot of room for typos that were nearly impossible to find.  Also, managing multiple solutions/projects on different versions of the .NET framework with different MSBUILD versions and parameters complicated matters even further.  Add in different versions of FxCop and other third party tools and trying to trace through those XML instruction files to make changes or troubleshoot failing builds became a trick that only our most senior people could handle.

I just saw a Sublime advertisment on Scott Hanselman’s Podcast This Developer’s Life.  Even though I am now using VS TFS for my projects, with my near disdain for the way I’ve used SVN in the past, I was curious enough to at least give Sublime a cursory look. After checking out their site and skimming the install and configuration documentation, I am convinced that if I ever need to use SVN in the future, I will definitely give Sublime a try.

Having used SVN extensively in the near past, maybe some of my former colleagues and partners that are currently using SVN would find it worth checking out Sublime…