Which svn client to install on Windows 7 machine?

svn version-control command-line windows-7-x64
user246114 picture user246114 · Feb 13, 2010 · Viewed 39.7k times · Source

I just got a new PC running Windows 7 (64-bit). I'd like to install an SVN client (command line only, I don't want TortoiseSVN). I'm not sure which of these to install:

http://subversion.apache.org/packages.html#windows

does anyone have any opinions on this?

I tried going for the ones hosted by Tigris, but the downloaded zip says to read an install file hosted at their site, but the link is broken. Do we simply download, then call svn.exe as needed, no need for a real 'install'?

Answer

Joey picture Joey · Feb 13, 2010

EDIT: By now TortoiseSVN includes the command-line client as well, if you choose to install it:

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I've been using SlikSVN for some time now because the “official” CollabNet-branded command-line client is behind registration and stuff. It's still built from exactly the same sources and shares the same features, bugs, etc. so for all intents and purposes it's the same.

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