Disabling automatic checkout in AnkhSVN

Question

I'm using Visual Studio 2k8 with AnkhSVN.

When I start to modify file, it's automatically checkouted. How can I disable it? I don't want to accidentally modify my files.

Answer 1

What you call "check-out" just means the file has been marked as modified locally on your machine (without the SVN server knowing anything about it). This is different than say, ClearCase, where the file is actually checked out on the server. So as Michael suggests, you don't really have to worry about it, you can always revert it locally. And if you just use Undo in VisualStudio, the file will again be marked as not modified.

Answer 2

What some of the other answers have hinted at: You don't "checkout" files with SVN. It sounds like you're coming from a ClearCase/SourceSafe mentality. SVN works on a different versioning model. When you "checkout" a working copy, you're pulling down the latest version of the files from the repository. You are free to modify any of them. Once you are done with your edits, you push, "commit" them back to the server.

I could ramble on and on, but instead of botching it, I'll just point you to the de-facto-standard SVN Manual - here's the first chapter which explains the versioning model that SVN uses.

Answer 3

Your files will not be modified in your Subversion repository until you check them back in. And even when they are checked back in, you can still roll them back to any previous point.

So, no need to worry about doing something accidentally...that's the whole point of version control!

Answer 4

Open the AnkhSVN Conviguration dialog (Tools->AnkhSVN->Configuration…) and set DisableSolutionReload to True.

There is also an option to do the opposite—to prevent it from automatically adding new files to SVN—that you can disable (setting AutoAddNewFiles to False).