Nautilus subversion integration tool. Execute SVN commands with Gnome scripts

Thu, Oct 25, 2007

I have been using subversion (svn) for years from the command line... But some months ago I changed my job and I started using windows environments. And I must admit TortoiseSVN is the best GUI SVN client i've seen ever before. While my needs are satisfied in Windows with TortoiseSVN and in Mac OS X with SCPlugin and SvnX, I was lacking a subversion tool to manage my files while exploring files in my Ubuntu (nautilus file explorer). That's why i decided to create my own set of scripts to integrate them on Nautilus contextual menu for a quick access without opening SVN programs or shell. I took the icons from the SVN Workbench since that is the client that I mostly use in Ubuntu and my eye finds the actions faster.

I created these scripts  in 2007. You'd rather  read this article about TortoiseSVN for Linux before setting any of the following scripts if you want a poslished package without manual tuning.

 

This is how it looks like

The following actions are supported by now:

• svn status
• svn update
• svn add
• svn commit

It takes no more than 5 minutes to implement, for example, the svn checkout. I leave it to you. I post this quickly because there is people around willing to test it. This is not tested anywhere other than in my own machine, but these are easy scripts, I don't think you cope any problems with them.

Installation

Requeriments, not much, really:

• nautilus-actions sudo apt-get install nautilus-actions
• Zenity (already shipped with your Ubuntu)
• Subversion of course, sudo apt-get install subversion

Steps:

• Uncompress the TarGz in your home folder
• Execute nautilus-actions-config (or go to System -> Preferences -> Nautilus Actions Configuration )
  
• Import every file inside the schemas directory. I deleted the Schemas, since users were having trouble.
• Press "Add" in the Nautilus Actions, and fill the information as follows:
  Label: Commit (Name you'll see in the menu)
  Icon: ~/nautilus-actions/blah/blah/commit.png (Select the ICON you want to show in the menu)
  Path: ~/nautilus-actions/blah/blah/commit.sh (Path to the commits.sh script)
  Parameters: %M
  
• Go to Conditions tab and select Both in the "Appears if selection contains" section.
  
• Press OK and repeat for the rest of scripts.
• Logout your gnome session and log in again.

Download nautilus subversion integration tool (free)

UPDATE, 02 March 2009: Scripts and instructions modified for Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex

Get the files in Github

Possible problems and solutions

• The script doesn't launch: Check the scripts are executable (chmod 755), and launch them from the terminal to see errors.