

When trying to perform a “svn diff” on a bash shell script file, svn errors out stating that file is marked as binary. Q: Does SnailSVN work for file managers other than Finder?Ī: SnailSVN is primarily a Finder extension, so it is likely that it will not work for other file managers.

Q: Does SnailSVN work well with other SVN clients?Ī: In theory, SnailSVN works with any kinds of SVN clients that is compatible with Subversion 1.7, 1.8 or 1.9, from the command line clients to the GUI apps. The last resort is to relaunch Finder or restart your computer. If the problem persists, please disable “SnailSVN Extension” in “System Preferences » Extensions” and then enable it again. If your SVN working copy is monitored by multiple Finder extensions, please make sure that SnailSVN Extension comes first in “System Preferences » Extensions » Finder”, you can drag and drop the extensions to adjust the order. Q: There is no icon overlays / context menu for the files?Ī: Please make sure that you’ve enabled “SnailSVN Extension” in “System Preferences » Extensions”, and also make sure that you’ve added the working copy to SnailSVN Preferences. Navigate to your working copy in Finder and right click to access SnailSVN functionalities. Enable “SnailSVN Extension” in “System Preferences » Extensions”.Ģ. Checkout a SVN working copy with SnailSVN (File » SVN Checkout…) or add a SVN working copy to SnailSVN.ģ. In a few steps, you can start using SnailSVN easily:ġ. It tracks your SVN working copies and updates the icon overlays automatically, giving you visual feedback of the current state of your working copies. SnailSVN also adds icon overlays to your SVN working copies in Finder. SnailSVN allows you to access the most frequently used SVN features, from the Finder context menu directly.

SnailSVN is a TortoiseSVN-like Apache Subversion (SVN) client for Mac OS X, implemented as a Finder extension.
