Branko Čibej wrote on Thu, 15 Mar 2018 21:37 +0100: > On 15.03.2018 20:18, Bo Berglund wrote: > > On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 13:45:13 -0400, Kris Deugau <kdeu...@vianet.ca> > > wrote: > > > >> Unless I misread your original post, the very first option in that link > >> looks like a better fit. To rephrase it somewhat for your case: > >> > >> 1) Create a repository or a directory in the repository > >> 2) Create your local files > >> 3) Check out the empty repository path to your workspace - this won't > >> overwrite any of your files > >> 4) svn add [files] > >> 5) svn ci > >> 6) Continue working as usual > >> > >> This avoids a round trip to the server to push the current files, then > >> pull them back down to create the formal SVN working copy with things > >> already in it - instead you "check out" an empty directory which should > >> be quite fast. > >> > > I readthat page as best I could but it looked so much Linuxish > > What on earth is Linuxish about it?
You don't have to use the 'svn' client; you can use any Subversion client (a GUI client, TortoiseSVN, IDE integrations...). The docs always use the 'svn' client because (1) it's the only non-third- party client, (2) it's a command-line client so it's easier to give instructions for it.