VisualSVN
| Initial release | June 3, 2006[1] |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 8.4.0[2]
/ April 1, 2025 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | version control, Subversion client |
| License | Proprietary software Community license: Freeware Corporate, Site, Personal: Trialware[3] |
| Website | www.visualsvn.com |
VisualSVN for Visual Studio (also known as VisualSVN) is an extension for Microsoft Visual Studio that integrates the Apache Subversion version control system into the Visual Studio IDE. It allows developers to perform SVN version control operations directly within Visual Studio.[4][5]
The tool has been recommended in Microsoft's MSDN Magazine and earned multiple Visual Studio Magazine Choice Awares in the Collaboration, Project Management and Agile Solutions category.[6][7][8]
The extension supports Visual Studio 2003 and all later versions (including Visual Studio 2022 for ARM-based processors).
Overview
[edit]VisualSVN provides in-IDE access to version-control featuers of Subversion. It adds context menus with Subversion commands, adds Subversion status markers to Visual Studio's Solution Explorer: each file and folder has an icon indicating its SVN status (e.g., green for umodified, yellow for modified, red for conflicted), adds a dedicated Pending Changes window, adds line-by-line markes to the Code Editor, conflict resolution and several other features.[9][10]
A key feature of VisualSVN is its handling of Visual Studio-specific file operations. The plugin automatically tracks when files are added, renamed, or removed in a Visual Studio project and reflects those changes in the Subversion working copy.
See also
[edit]- VisualSVN Server - a Subversion server for Windows
- TortoiseSVN - a popular Subversion client for Windows Explorer, which VisualSVN users for some of its operations
- Apache Subversion - the version control system which VisualSVN integrates into Visual Studio.
References
[edit]- ^ "VisualSVN Version History"
- ^ "VisualSVN Download page"
- ^ "VisualSVN Pricing"
- ^ Avery, James (2008). "Toolbox - SQL Code Completion, Subversion Tools, Agile Development, and more". MSDN Magazine. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
- ^ Strahl, Rick (2008). "Setting Up and Running Subversion and Tortoise SVN with Visual Studio and .NET". CODE Magazine. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
- ^ Avery, James (2008). "Toolbox - SQL Code Completion, Subversion Tools, Agile Development, and more". MSDN Magazine. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
- ^ "Visual Studio Magazine 2024 Reader's Choice Awards". Visual Studio Magazine. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
- ^ "Visual Studio Magazine 2023 Reader's Choice Awards". Visual Studio Magazine. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
- ^ Avery, James (2008). "Toolbox - SQL Code Completion, Subversion Tools, Agile Development, and more". MSDN Magazine. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
- ^ Johnson, Richard (2025). Comprehensive Guide to SVN: Definitive Reference for Developers and Engineers. HiTeX Press.