Subcommander Features

5th April 2008

Subcommander 2.0.0 will have and already has a lot of new features on top of the 1.2.x feature list. You can try most of them by downloading the latest beta version.

• new simultaneous flat and tree view for working copies (tabs)
• new automatic working copy refresh (configurable) after most wc operations like add, revert, rename etc.
• new a working copy or a repository reload will (recursively) refresh only the selected folder and not the whole working copy.
• new deep status info in the tree view display. A folders has a '*' in the deep status column if anything below it is changed.
• new web browser like back and forward navigation for entering and leaving folders. This works in all views: working copy (flat/tree) and repository view (flat/tree).
• new switch view all and view ignored options without reload.
• new toolbar icon buttons for common operations like diff, commit etc.
• new icons for most menu items.
• new project setup wizard with documentation and explanations for easier project setup.
• new unified tool bar on MacOSX, it looks a lot more Mac like now :)
• new correct (platform specific) ordering of typical dialog buttons like "Ok" and "Cancel".

subcommander features

• tight integration of repository browser and working copy status view, you can quickly switch between a working copy view or the repository view. It just a matter of selecting another bookmark in the project view.
• colored working copy status view to quickly see which files and folder have changed. The colors are configurable if you like to change them.
• easy branch and tag handling. By telling subcommander the project urls for trunk, branches and tags and a working copy path it takes only a few mouse clicks to create a branch/tag or switch your working copy to a branch/tag.
• drag and drop support to move or copy files and folders.
• easy handling of multiple working copies (e.g. different branches) from the same project. You can create a bookmark for each working copy and easily switch between the working copies by selecting the corresponding bookmark in project the bookmark view
• easy merging of single revisions or revision ranges. Viewing the history on a repository url you can easily merge changes to your working copy. Just select a revision and tell subcommander to merge it into your (configured) working copy. That is especially useful to merge bug fixes from trunk to a release branch.
• visual diff and merge for text files (the diff tool is configurable, it defaults to submerge).
• cross platform (Win32, MacOSX, Unix/Linux)
• responsive gui, actions on the repository (like getting history information) are spawned on a separate thread and will not freeze the gui. So you can start the next action without waiting for the first to finish. For example you may update any number of working copies simultaneously.
• here is a list of the supported subversion commands (based on subversion1.2.x api).
  • support for http(s)://..., svn(+ssh)://... file://... schemes.
  • browse a repository, (svn ls)
  • view the status of a working copy, (svn status)
  • checkout a working copy from a repository, (svn checkout)
  • add files to a working copy (svn add)
  • revert files in a working copy (svn revert)
  • create folders in a working copy or the repository (svn mkdir)
  • commit changes to a repository (svn commit)
  • diff a file in a working copy against its base version (spawns submerge) (svn diff)
  • view diffs between two repository versions or between the working copy and a repository version (from the log dialog, spawns submerge) (svn diff)
  • update a working copy (svn update)
  • switch a working copy (svn switch)
  • merge (svn merge)
  • edit conflicts (runs submerge)
  • tell subversion that you resolved a conflict (svn resolved)
  • view log messages on repository (svn log)
  • deleting files in a working copy (svn delete)
  • creating branches/tags of repository folders (svn copy)
  • view files from the repository or working copy (from the log dialog) (svn cat)
  • add, modify and delete properties in a working copy (svn prop...)
  • move items in a working copy (svn move)
  • view blame info of a working copy file (svn blame)
  • import files (svn import)
  • export (svn export)
  • cleanup (svn cleanup)
  • locking (svn lock, svn unlock)

submerge features

• line based difference of text files.
• two way or three way merge.
• an easy to understand display of differences with just one color (three colors in merge case).
• mousewheel support to quickly scroll to the next or previous difference.
• shows whitespaces and linefeeds in a lighter color to keep the focus on the text.
• option to ignore whitespace differences.
• supports a wide range of different file encodings (like utf8, latin1 or cp932 and shift_jis (japanese encodings)).
• supports copy & paste, copy from the source files, copy from & paste to the merged file.
• editing the merged file.
• drag & drop of files into submerge