SVN not working in Eclipse
eclipse, subclipse, subversive, svn
Solution
Subversive is my favorite SVN implementation in Eclipse because it works better than the others and it integrates neatly into the UI.
I suggest you follow these steps:
- Download the most recent version of Eclipse (currently Galileo) and extract it to your desired installation location
- Prior to running Eclipse, make sure you delete (or rename/relocate) your default workspace (under Windows this is `workspace` in your user directory)
- Install the Subversive SVN Team Provider (as instructed by the Eclipse incubation website) using Eclipse's software installer:
- Choose `Help`, then `Install New Software...`
- Create a new download location and specify the following download URL: `http://download.eclipse.org/releases/galileo`
- Locate Collaboration, expand it, then check Subversive SVN Team Provider (Incubation)
- Proceed through the installation and accept the TOS
- Restart Eclipse and Subversive should prompt you to select a SVN Connector. Reading the symptoms you describe, it sounds like you don't have a connector installed, or it isn't communicating with your team provider. The Polarion website has a guide for choosing the connector best suited for you.
If you aren't prompted to install a connector, you can always do so from the preferences screen:
If the above doesn't work for you, it seems that your workspace isn't cleaned out. Locate your default workspace and try getting things working without any projects before you continue.
You could then also try deleting the `.eclipse` directory in your user directory. And starting over from step 3.
Problem
One day I pressed in Eclipse `Help` -> `Check for Updates` (and I learnt that I should Never Ever update a software which works fine.) Then in a project that I used with SVN the whole submenu of "Team" and the little icons that showed that some files weren't commited, they all dissapeared. I tried everything: - revert from `Instalation History` tab - uninstall from `Installed Software` tab - replaced the folder `eclipse` in `Program Files` with a new one downloaded from eclipse website and tried to install again - searched how to install it on the net But in none of the cases above if I press Ctrl+N There is no SVN group; If i right click on a project and select `Team` -> `Share project`, a window with CVS appears, but no SVN. If I choose `File` -> `Import` I can't find SVN anywhere. If I go to `Help` -> `About Eclipse` -> `Instalation details` I see at `Instalation History` in 25.06.2009, 09:59:08 GMT+03:00 (when SVN worked) ``` Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers 1.2.0.20090621-0820 Subclipse (Required) 1.6.2 Subversion JavaHL Native Library Adapter (Required) 1.6.3 SVNKit Library 1.3.0.5847 ``` In the `Installed Software` tab I have now installed ``` Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers 1.2.0.20090621-0820 epp.package.jee Subclipse (Required) 1.6.5 org.tigris.subversion.subclipse.feature.group Subversion JavaHL Native Library Adapter (Required) 1.6.6 org.tigris.subversion.clientadapter.javahl.feature.feature.group SVNKit Library 1.3.1.6109 org.tmatesoft.svnkit.feature.group ``` How can I make SVN to work? Where does eclipse store its files, because when I changed the eclipse directory with a new one all my stuff was there (the ones that I installed with no success: SVN, Subversive, Subclipse, SVNKit, ...)