Defining Version Control Preferences for Altium Designer

The Data Management - Version Control page of the Preferences dialog.

Summary

As its name suggests, the Data Management – Version Control page of the Preferences dialog allows you to set up version control options such as Providers and SVN Executables.

Access

The Data Management –  Version Control page is part of the main Preferences dialog (DXP » Preferences) and is accessed by clicking the Version Control entry under the Data Management folder, in the left hand pane of the dialog.

Options/Controls

Providers

Enable one or more Version Control Providers - applications or libraries which maintain acess to version control repository and provider services to operate this repository.

• Provider
  • CVS - Concurrent Versions System option if you are using the Concurrent Versions System version control system.
  • SVN - Subversion option if you are using the Subversion version control system.
• Enable - Check to enable selected version control applications.

SVN Executables 

You can use the Subversion that is built-in(recommended) or an external Subversion installation.

• Use built-in Subversion - Check this option to use built-in Subversion.
• Use external Subversion- Check this option to use external Subversion.
  • Path to main executable - Specify the path to the main executable, usually svn.exe. This will then allow software to perform most of Subversions repository actions, such as commit and update.
  • Path to admin executable - Specify the path to the admin executable, usually svnadmin.exe.This will then allow software to create a repository. If you already have a repository you may skip this option. Restart Altium Designer to confirm your choice of version control system.
  • Show a warning if installed version of Subversion is unsupported - Check this option to show a warning if installed Subversion is not supported.

• Write debug information into Output Panel - Check this option to allow writing debug info to the Output panel.