Checking Out Files From a Subversion Repository

In order to work on shared files located in a remote repository, you need to copy the necessary files and directories to your local working directory. This is done by checking out the files from the repository.

To check out files from a Subversion repository:

Choose Subversion > Checkout from the main menu.
On the Subversion Checkout page of the wizard, fill in a URL that contains the connection protocol and the location of the repository.
If you enter a protocol such as https:// or svn+ssh://, User and Password fields appear in the wizard. Fill in those fields as necessary.

If you are using a proxy, click the Proxy Configuration button and enter the required information.
On the Folders to Checkout page of the wizard, specify the folder that you want to check out in the Repository Folder(s) field or click the Browse button to choose from a list of all folders in the repository.
If you need to specify a revision number, enter the information in the Repository Revision field or click the Browse button to choose from a list of all revisions in the repository.
Specify the local folder into which you want to check out the selected folders. Alternately, you can click the Browse button to navigate to the desired directory on your system.
Click Finish to check out the files.

The IDE initiates the checkout command and the IDE's status bar indicates the progress of the files downloading from the repository to your local working directory.

If the checked-out sources contain a project, a dialog will appear prompting you to open them in the IDE. If the sources do not contain a project, the dialog will appear prompting you to create a new project from the sources and then open them in the IDE. When you create a new project for such sources, select the project category and then use the "With Existing Sources" template in that category.

See Also: Committing Local Changes to a Subversion Repository; Comparing File Revisions in Subversion; Setting Up Subversion

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