The best Mac SVN client just asked for Mac SVN client recommendations on Twitter and I realized that I hadn't blogged about. It's the only SVN client I've found that is actually usable on OS X. Singles Happy End Rarest. PC users are spoiled with the excellent but the few clients that exist on the Mac, well, how should I put it, umm, suck.

Except for Syncro. Personally, though, I still prefer the command line!:) Comments • There is a TortoiseSVN-a-like client for OSX named SCPlugin. It works great if you don't have to access secured repositories. By Patrick Pietens on 2007-05-15 11:40:38 • I use the SubClipse within Eclipse, and it works perfectly. By gabes on 2007-05-15 11:52:26 • Another vote for SCPlugin for Finder integration, but will definitely give this Syncro a try thanks Aral!

By Richard Leggett on 2007-05-15 12:16:46 • I like also SvnX by amnesic on 2007-05-15 13:54:40 • I was also going to mention svnX - works pretty good, and it's open-source, so the price is just right as well. By Josh Buhler on 2007-05-15 13:58:52 • We're looking into this very issue right now, as we're trying to get the design team into the practice of using version control. Syncro SVN looks impressive, but I think it may be too much for our non-technical designers. We're trying to go from a 'what's wrong with saving to my desktop' mentality here. We're only looking at binary files (PSD, FLA, Illustrator, etc) so we're not too worried about code merging functionality. The simpler the better: Lock it, Change it, Check it in. SCPlugin for Finder looks good, but not being able to connect to a secure repository would be a deal breaker.

We've been looking at ZigVersion (which looks pretty simple. We've also been looking into the feasibility of bridging Adobe Version Cue to run off the Subversion server.

If anyone has prior experience in this, let me know:) by Miles on 2007-05-15 15:29:13 • I've been using the free Foundation version of SmartSVN Works pretty well. And of course command line svn binaries from come in handy from time to time. By Erki Esken on 2007-05-15 17:25:03 • Last time I needed to use SVN on Mac, I looked and tested a lot of tools tryingto find something close to TortoiseSVN, and found nothing.

Ended using the command-line, duh I would have loved to know about SCPlugin at this time. @Miles: when I had to make designer on Mac communicate with programmers on Windows/Mac/whatever and both using SVN, I ended using autoversioning DAV svn SVNPath /path/to/repository SVNAutoversioning on that way you just give network folder path to the designers and they use it as any other filesystem, but in the background the server keep all the versioning. By zwetan on 2007-05-15 21:48:47 • You can connect to a secure respository with SCPlugin.

You must checkout the project with the command line version once. After that, SCPlugin will be able to update and commit without problems. By Josh Tynjala on 2007-05-15 23:24:18 • Sorry Aral, I forgot to close my em tag. By Josh Tynjala on 2007-05-15 23:25:01 • Yeesh! I took one look at that awful screenshot on the Syncro SVN homepage, and it scared me away.

I think I will try SCPlugin first.:) by adampasz on 2007-05-16 00:41:18 • close em tag.:) Thanks for the heads up. Dell Latitude C Family Model Ppx Drivers. I've been using SmartSVN which is pretty lame in comparison.

Thanks by Bjorn on 2007-05-16 03:45:20 • Can't beat the command line;) by Rob on 2007-05-16 08:32:13 • @Josh: I read about it but unfortunately it didn't work for me! By Patrick Pietens on 2007-05-16 08:58:00 • I think its worth taking the effort to learn the command line interface, once you get up and running its perfect and not only that so many tutorials/screencasts use it in their demos if you arent set up to use it, it becomes a pain. In a perfect world All mac users would become1 with their terminal.:-) by keith on 2007-05-16 12:53:13 • Does anyone know a way to create a keyboard shortcut to bring up a terminal window in osx? By keith on 2007-05-16 14:13:43 • @keith: you can use Quicksilver to invoke commands in terminal/iterm.

I've been using SmartSVN which is pretty lame in comparison. Type ssh-keygen). Aral Balkan – The best Mac SVN client The best Mac SVN client (tags. Powerful, cross-platform Subversion client. All required tools (File Compare, Conflict Solver, Subversion- and SSH-client) are included. Free Foundation version.

1.enable the terminal/iterm plugins in Quicksilver preferences. Invoke Quicksilver, then type a '.' (depending on your config) to enter text mode 3. Type the command, press tab 4. Choose the 'Run a text command in Terminal/iTerm' option and press enter a new window or tab of Terminal/iTerm should appear by richard on 2007-05-16 18:53:55 • I wish there was something like TortoiseSVN available for Macs =( by Dallas Freeman on 2007-05-22 13:15:54 • SCPlugin is on its way to being as good as TortoiseSVN but still a long way to go, any recommendations on places to read about command line i've hardly used it, and when i did, i was on a linux box by Dallas Freeman on 2007-05-23 07:28:07 • Hi, I'm having problems uploading to the svn repo large files. These are.sql files and anything >80KB makes the svn process hang (either radrail hangs or command line tool hangs). Is this a known/obvious problem i'm running into?

Any help appreciated. Svn --version svn, version 1.4.3 (r23084) compiled Apr 23 2007, 20:20:07 by sanjay suri on 2007-05-31 10:21:40 • [.] There is a discussion in comments to Aral Balkan’s Blog about Subversion clients for Mac OS X.