Subversion Workbench for Visual Studio Code

Independent maintained fork of JohnstonCode/svn-scm. Subversion Workbench is not affiliated with or endorsed by the original publisher.

Modern Subversion integration for everyday development in VS Code, including large working copies and multi-root workspaces.

Highlights

Git-like file and folder staging with Stage, Unstage, Commit Staged, and their all-files variants.
One Source Control provider for opened folders that belong to the same physical SVN working copy.
Three-way text-conflict resolution in VS Code's Merge Editor, with a normal editor fallback when the merge editor is unavailable.
Fast incremental status refresh backed by authoritative SVN reconciliation.
Repository, file, and branch history, including cancellable text-log search.
Incoming-change inspection, selective update, changelists, externals, and nested working-copy support.
Quick diffs, gutter decorations, status bar actions, patches, branching, switching, cleanup, revert, and commit workflows.

Requirements

The extension uses your local SVN command-line client and supports SVN 1.6 or newer.

On Windows, TortoiseSVN users must install Command Line Tools and make C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin available in PATH.

Installation

The distinct Marketplace identity for this maintained fork is antonm030481.subversion-workbench. When Marketplace installation is unavailable, install the latest GitHub Release manually.

For manual or offline installation, see Installing from a VSIX.

Disable another SVN SCM extension if it registers the same working copies, to avoid duplicate Source Control providers.

Everyday workflows

Checkout

Run SVN: Checkout from the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P), enter the repository URL, and choose the parent directory for the new working copy.

Stage and commit

The Source Control view separates Changes from Staged Changes. Stage individual files or folders, use Stage All Changes, and commit the selected set with Commit Staged. Only files in Staged Changes are committed.

When multiple opened workspace folders belong to one physical working copy, their visible changes are combined in one Source Control provider and staged paths can be committed together.

Resolve conflicts

Select a text-conflicted file in Source Control to open VS Code's three-way Merge Editor. The file remains conflicted in SVN until the result is saved without conflict markers and explicitly or automatically marked resolved.

Tree, property, or incomplete text conflicts open in the normal editor and retain the explicit SVN resolution commands.

Inspect history and incoming changes

The former Repositories pane is no longer shown in the Subversion activity area. Repository history is now available as SVN History directly in the standard Source Control view. File History and Branch Changes remain in the Subversion activity area and related context-menu workflows. Text-log search streams results into a document and can be cancelled from its progress notification or by closing that document.

Remote status checks may contact the server and run only when requested or when remote polling is enabled. Incoming changes can be inspected and updated from the repository tree.

Work with large working copies

On startup, the extension can restore the previous changes list while SVN validates the working copy in the background. Small known edits are checked early, while a full status scan remains the correctness fallback. Normal file events and local SVN operations use targeted refreshes when safe.

Settings

Change settings in the VS Code Settings UI or in settings.json. See settings behavior and application timing for interactions, validation, and settings that require a refresh or reload.

Config	Description	Default
`svn.autorefresh`	Whether auto refreshing is enabled	`true`
`svn.commit.checkEmptyMessage`	Check empty message before commit	`true`
`svn.conflicts.autoResolve`	Automatically mark a conflicted file as resolved after saving it without conflict markers. When disabled, ask for confirmation.	`false`
`svn.default.encoding`	Encoding of svn output if the output is not utf-8. When this parameter is null, the encoding is automatically detected. Example: 'windows-1252'.	`null`
`svn.defaultCheckoutDirectory`	The default location to checkout a svn repository.	`null`
`svn.delete.actionForDeletedFiles`	When a file is deleted, what SVN should do? `none` - Do nothing, `prompt` - Ask the action, `remove` - automatically remove from SVN Allowed values: `"none"`, `"prompt"`, `"remove"`.	`"prompt"`
`svn.delete.ignoredRulesForDeletedFiles`	Ignored files/rules for `svn.delete.actionForDeletedFiles`(Ex.: file.txt or */.txt)	`[]`
`svn.detectExternals`	Controls whether to automatically detect svn externals.	`true`
`svn.detectIgnored`	Controls whether to automatically detect svn on ignored folders.	`true`
`svn.diff.withHead`	Show diff changes using latest revision in the repository. Set false to use latest revision in local folder	`true`
`svn.enabled`	Whether svn is enabled	`true`
`svn.experimental.detect_encoding`	Try the experimental encoding detection	`false`
`svn.experimental.encoding_priority`	Priority of encoding	`[]`
`svn.gravatar.icon_url`	Url for the gravitar icon using the <AUTHOR>, <AUTHOR_MD5> and <SIZE> placeholders	`"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/<AUTHOR_MD5>.jpg?s=<SIZE>&d=robohash"`
`svn.gravatars.enabled`	Use garavatar icons in log viewers	`true`
`svn.ignoreMissingSvnWarning`	Ignores the warning when SVN is missing	`false`
`svn.ignoreRepositories`	List of SVN repositories to ignore.	`null`
`svn.ignoreWorkingCopyIsTooOld`	Ignores the warning when working copy is too old	`false`
`svn.layout.branchesRegex`	Regex to detect path for 'branches' in SVN URL, 'null' to disable. Subpath use 'branches/[^/]+/([^/]+)(/.*)?' (Ex.: 'branches/...', 'versions/...')	`"branches/([^/]+)(/.*)?"`
`svn.layout.branchesRegexName`	Regex group position for name of branch	`1`
`svn.layout.showFullName`	Set true to show 'branches/<name>' and false to show only '<name>'	`true`
`svn.layout.tagRegexName`	Regex group position for name of tag	`1`
`svn.layout.tagsRegex`	Regex to detect path for 'tags' in SVN URL, 'null' to disable. Subpath use 'tags/[^/]+/([^/]+)(/.*)?'. (Ex.: 'tags/...', 'stamps/...')	`"tags/([^/]+)(/.*)?"`
`svn.layout.trunkRegex`	Regex to detect path for 'trunk' in SVN URL, 'null' to disable. (Ex.: '(trunk)', '(main)')	`"(trunk)(/.*)?"`
`svn.layout.trunkRegexName`	Regex group position for name of trunk	`1`
`svn.log.length`	Maximum log entries per history page and previous-message list (1-1000; invalid values use 50)	`50`
`svn.multipleFolders.depth`	Maximum depth to find subfolders using SVN	`4`
`svn.multipleFolders.enabled`	Allow to find subfolders using SVN	`false`
`svn.multipleFolders.ignore`	Folders to ignore using SVN	`["/.git","/.hg","/vendor","/node_modules"]`
`svn.path`	Path to the svn executable	`null`
`svn.previousCommitsUser`	Exact, case-sensitive author for previous commit messages, searched within the latest 1000 log entries; returns at most svn.log.length messages. Requires svn >= 1.8	`null`
`svn.refresh.remoteChanges`	Refresh remote changes on refresh command	`false`
`svn.remoteChanges.checkFrequency`	Background remote-check interval in seconds. 0 disables polling, not manual remote refresh. Invalid values disable polling	`300`
`svn.showOutput`	Show the output window when the extension starts	`false`
`svn.showUpdateMessage`	Show the update message when update is run	`true`
`svn.sourceControl.changesLeftClick`	Set left click functionality on changes resource state Allowed values: `"open"`, `"open diff"`.	`"open diff"`
`svn.sourceControl.combineExternalIfSameServer`	Combine the svn external in the main if is from the same server.	`false`
`svn.sourceControl.countUnversioned`	Allow to count unversioned files in status count	`true`
`svn.sourceControl.hideUnversioned`	Hide unversioned files in Source Control UI	`false`
`svn.sourceControl.ignore`	Minimatch patterns hiding unversioned files in SCM; does not set SVN ignore properties or implement .gitignore files	`[]`
`svn.sourceControl.ignoreOnCommit`	Changelists to ignore on commit	`["ignore-on-commit"]`
`svn.sourceControl.ignoreOnStatusCount`	Changelists to ignore on status count	`["ignore-on-commit"]`
`svn.update.ignoreExternals`	Set to ignore externals definitions on update (add --ignore-externals)	`true`
`svn.blame.auto`	Automatically show SVN blame when opening a versioned file	`false`
`svn.blame.gutter`	Show revision indicators in the editor gutter while SVN blame is active	`true`

Limitations

The extension requires an existing local SVN installation; it does not bundle an SVN client.
Blame annotations are not included. Use a dedicated extension such as blamer-vs.
GitHub-installed VSIX files do not update automatically through Marketplace.

Feedback and contributing

Report bugs, suggestions, and documentation requests in Issues.
Contributions are welcome through pull requests.
See the maintainer documentation for architecture, development, testing, and release details.

Project history

Subversion Workbench is an independent maintained fork of JohnstonCode/svn-scm, with its own Marketplace identity and branding. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the original publisher. See the original contributors.

The existing svn.* command and configuration namespace is intentionally kept for compatibility with current users and settings. Prebuilt VSIX packages remain available from GitHub Releases.