So I decided to write this guide to using XCode with SVN. The SVN provider I’m using for this is CVSDude, they’re cheap and very reliable. But any service provider should work with this guide.

First of all, log into CVSDude, goto the “Settings” menu at the top, then “Modules” on the menu to the right, and then click “Add“. Give a name to your new module, I chose ‘CocoaGL’, which is the name of the project used in the other guides, and click “Add new“.

You now will have a new repository, the address of which will be something like “https://<username>-svn.cvsdude.com/<module>”. If you are unsure or you are having problems, see the “Welcome” page when logged into your CVSDude account.

Now open up a copy of XCode. Before opening a project, goto the “SCM” menu and select “Configure SCM Repositories…“.

Click the “+” button to add a new repository to the list, now give it a name, yet again I chose ‘CocoaGL’, and instead of “CVS” chose “Subversion” from the dropdown list. Now click “OK“.

The repository locally now needs to be configured, within the “URL” box, enter the url to your source, in my case it was “https://kaluriel-svn.cvsdude.com/CocoaGL“.

This will automagically fill out most of the other text boxes, apart from username and password. If the path is okay, you should get a red circle with an error something like “Error: 170001 (Authorization failed) Description:”.

Within the username field box enter your account username, and within the password field box, your password. After a second the red circle should change to green with the text “Authenticated” to let you know it has successfully logged in. Click “OK” to close the window and return the main XCode environment.