Update: The Command Line Tools for Xcode 5 include SVN 1.7.10.
Finally, a good Subversion client for Mac OS X. If you don’t have a Mac, or don’t know what SVN is, please accept my apologies for this very directed post. To the one guy remaining, rejoice: For the longest time, there has been no good SVN interface available on the Mac. Windows folks had TortoiseSVN, and Linux folks wouldn’t. SmartSVN is a platform-independent Subversion (SVN) client. Although it contains very powerful features, it is very easy to use, especially for users of. SmartSVN for Mac. OS X Mountain Lion.
I downloaded the latest version of Eclipse and Subclipse for my new work Macbook Pro. When I ran svn commands in Terminal I received some odd messages. After some confusion, I realized Subclipse checked out the repository using SVN version 1.7. Unfortunately Mac OS X Mountain Lion runs SVN version 1.6.
I could have downgraded Subclipse. However, I had already checked out several repositories. Furthermore, I liked the smaller footprint of SVN 1.7. In typical lazy developer fashion, I went with updating SVN to version 1.7 for Mac OS X.
To give due credit, the foundations of this post came from a post on Building SVN 1.7. Although I expanded on it, I encourage you to read the original post. For completeness, I outlined the full process below.
Note: To compile and install SVN 1.7 you need Xcode with the Command Line Tools installed.
Svn Install Mac Os X
Download the SVN Source
Note: You may need to update the curl command to download the latest SVN 1.7 source.
Build and Install SVN
Svn For Mac Os X 10.8
The default SVN install on Mac OS X uses neon. neon allows you to connect to remote SVN repositories via HTTP and HTTPS. Lines 2-7 installs neon. Line 8 builds SVN using the --with-neon configuration flag.
Using the New SVN
Your environment will still use SVN version installed with Mac OS X:
To use the SVN version you just installed, you can update your PATH. Assuming you are using the bash shell, add or edit the following line in your ~/.bash_profile:
You should now see the SVN version you installed:
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