Dear Pietro, I think you should start your learning Subversion from learning what a "command line" is. Subversion manual is no substitute for knowing the OS.
Or alternatively, have someone install a repostory for you and go with a GUI client, such as TortoiseSVN. Regards, Alexey. On Friday, October 28, 2011 03:52:31 pm Pietro Moras wrote: > more specific questions > > > > My pleasure, dear > Geoff, Here you have some > very Specific Questions. > > SQ1] How to get what I > presume is a nice Subversion prompt: > > $ > on one of my > standard Windows machines, so to test the wonderful Subversion > commands so eloquently described by the mentioned self-declared > Official Guide and Reference Manual, so practically useless at the > very beginning of a learning process; that is, exactly when you need > most practical and effective information and support? > > > SQ2] Why should I go > scrabbling and begging via Google for practical, operative info, I'd > reasonably expected to find right away at page 1 on the mentioned > book, or at the page 1 on the Subversion web site? > > > SQ3] Am I the first > Subversion potential user starting from scratch? > Everybody else > knowing how to set-up a Subversion environment even before beginning > to use it? > > Of course thank you for > pointing me to the right direction. Of course. > > All the best. Yours, - P.M. > > Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:20:54 -0700 > Subject: Re: First Hands-on Subversion—Where/How? > From: ghoff...@cardinalpath.com > To: studio...@hotmail.com > CC: users@subversion.apache.org > > > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Pietro Moras <studio...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Subversion > cognoscenti, > > Seriously > intentioned to explore what Subversion is all about, armed with good > will and a good reference book (“Version Control with Subversion”, > by Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W. Fitzpatrick, C. > Michael Pilato), > I got immediately lost & stuck at the very first command: > > $ > svn help > > > > ?] That said, where/how on earth > could I get such Subversion grass-roots commands working? Is there any > practical way, any practical tool, any practical good soul/good > organisation where to find a test client-server setup where to > (seriously) “play” with Subversion VCS? I'd be happy to begin > even with a tiny a client-server set-up onto a machine of mine, would > such a tool available; even no idea whether such a naïve idea of > mine is feasible or not. > > Gratefully yours, > > - > P.M. > ____________ > > Ref.: > dr. Pietro Moras > Email > studio...@hotmail.com > > > > Greetings Pietro, > Start here http://svnbook.red-bean.com/ > Then I would recommend a Google search like install subversion > {platform_or_distro_you_use} -- for example here's a good quick overview > at Ubuntu https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Subversion > > Remember, `Subversion` is both a client software and a server software, so > it doesn't do you much good to learn `svn ___` (client) unless you have > already used svnadmin to create a repository... (server). You can do this > all locally, or on a VM (I would recommend go this route, eg virtualbox, > if you're on Windows). > > Post back here with more specific questions as you go.
