Below are the steps to using SVN if you are the developer of projects hosted on sourceforge. This example uses onlinepasswords opensource application that I created and is hosted on sourceforge.

To get an Overview of SVN

Open Issue

Onlinepasswords SVN Admin page

SVN web repository

SVN Web repository - using ViewVC

My development box is a Linux server and I do most work on command line. So everything is done via command line. You can mimic/tweak this with GUI on either Linux or Windows

1. Assume all of the source files are in a given folder (on your local server) from where you want to do the import to sourceforge svn.

This folder name is /home/userhomedir/onlinepasswords. Run this:

  cd /home/userhomedir/onlinepasswords
  ls -la

Output:

total 152
drwxr-xr-x   5 myusername  myusername      512 Nov 22 21:07 .
drwxr-xr-x  55 myusername  myusername     2048 Nov 23 08:09 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername     4348 Nov 22 21:07 add.php
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername     6667 Nov 22 21:07 class.hash_crypt.php
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername      889 Nov 22 21:07 delete.gif
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername      808 Nov 22 21:07 delete.php
drwxr-xr-x   2 myusername  myusername      512 Nov 22 21:07 docs
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername      622 Nov 22 21:07 edit.gif
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername     3251 Nov 22 21:07 edit.php
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername     1596 Nov 22 21:07 edit1.php
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername      286 Nov 22 21:07 fclear.js
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername    25079 Nov 22 21:07 flatfile.php
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername     3108 Nov 22 21:07 flatfile_utils.php
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername      481 Nov 22 21:07 index.php
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername      218 Nov 22 21:07 log.php
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername     2125 Nov 22 21:07 login.php
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername      123 Nov 22 21:07 logout.php
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername      455 Nov 22 21:07 menu.php
drwxr-xr-x   2 myusername  myusername      512 Nov 22 21:07 protected
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername     3448 Nov 22 21:07 register.php
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername     3876 Nov 22 21:07 search.php
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername     2433 Nov 22 21:07 styles.css
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername      497 Nov 22 21:07 wprop.php

2. Do the import

cd /home/userhomedir
myusername@mylocalserver: /home/userhomedir >
svn import onlinepasswords https://onlinepasswords.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/onlinepasswords -m initial --username mysfusername

Output:

Error validating server certificate for 'https://onlinepasswords.svn.sourceforge.net:443':
 - The certificate is not issued by a trusted authority. Use the
   fingerprint to validate the certificate manually!
Certificate information:
 - Hostname: *.svn.sourceforge.net
 - Valid: from Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:15:07 GMT until Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:15:07 GMT
 - Issuer: Equifax Secure Certificate Authority, Equifax, US
 - Fingerprint: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
(R)eject, accept (t)emporarily or accept (p)ermanently? p
Authentication realm: <https://onlinepasswords.svn.sourceforge.net:443> SourceForge Subversion area
Password for 'mysfusername': <entered sourceforge password>
Adding         onlinepasswords/delete.php
Adding         onlinepasswords/docs
Adding         onlinepasswords/docs/index.txt
Adding         onlinepasswords/docs/index.html
Adding  (bin)  onlinepasswords/edit.gif
Adding         onlinepasswords/protected
Adding         onlinepasswords/protected/readme.txt
Adding         onlinepasswords/menu.php
Adding         onlinepasswords/search.php
Adding         onlinepasswords/flatfile_utils.php
Adding         onlinepasswords/edit1.php
Adding         onlinepasswords/index.php
Adding         onlinepasswords/wprop.php
Adding         onlinepasswords/login.php
Adding         onlinepasswords/class.hash_crypt.php
Adding         onlinepasswords/logout.php
Adding  (bin)  onlinepasswords/delete.gif
Adding         onlinepasswords/fclear.js
Adding         onlinepasswords/log.php
Adding         onlinepasswords/register.php
Adding         onlinepasswords/styles.css
Adding         onlinepasswords/edit.php
Adding         onlinepasswords/flatfile.php
Adding         onlinepasswords/add.php

Committed revision 1.

3. Verify

myusername@mylocalserver: /home/userhomedir >
svn list https://onlinepasswords.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/onlinepasswords

Output:

Error validating server certificate for 'https://onlinepasswords.svn.sourceforge.net:443':
 - The certificate is not issued by a trusted authority. Use the
   fingerprint to validate the certificate manually!
Certificate information:
 - Hostname: *.svn.sourceforge.net
 - Valid: from Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:15:07 GMT until Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:15:07 GMT
 - Issuer: Equifax Secure Certificate Authority, Equifax, US
 - Fingerprint: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
(R)eject, accept (t)emporarily or accept (p)ermanently? p
add.php
class.hash_crypt.php
delete.gif
delete.php
docs/
edit.gif
edit.php
edit1.php
fclear.js
flatfile.php
flatfile_utils.php
index.php
log.php
login.php
logout.php
menu.php
protected/
register.php
search.php
styles.css
wprop.php
myusername@mylocalserver: /home/userhomedir >

4. Delete the directory from which the import was done. This is where we are going to create the working copy. You can just choose a difference location if required. Why are we doing this? Because I am moving sourceforge to be my main repository and make my local as the client which will have the files from svn. So sourceforge will maintain my project files going forward and I don't have to trust my backups!

cd /home/userhomedir
myusername@mylocalserver: /home/userhomedir >
rm -Rf onlinepasswords

5. Create a working copy directory and downloading the files that were just uploaded

cd /home/userhomedir
svn checkout https://onlinepasswords.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/onlinepasswords onlinepasswords

Output:

Error validating server certificate for 'https://onlinepasswords.svn.sourceforge.net:443':
 - The certificate is not issued by a trusted authority. Use the
   fingerprint to validate the certificate manually!
Certificate information:
 - Hostname: *.svn.sourceforge.net
 - Valid: from Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:15:07 GMT until Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:15:07 GMT
 - Issuer: Equifax Secure Certificate Authority, Equifax, US
 - Fingerprint: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
(R)eject, accept (t)emporarily or accept (p)ermanently? p
A    onlinepasswords/delete.php
A    onlinepasswords/docs
A    onlinepasswords/docs/index.txt
A    onlinepasswords/docs/index.html
A    onlinepasswords/protected
A    onlinepasswords/protected/readme.txt
A    onlinepasswords/edit.gif
A    onlinepasswords/menu.php
A    onlinepasswords/search.php
A    onlinepasswords/edit1.php
A    onlinepasswords/flatfile_utils.php
A    onlinepasswords/wprop.php
A    onlinepasswords/index.php
A    onlinepasswords/class.hash_crypt.php
A    onlinepasswords/login.php
A    onlinepasswords/logout.php
A    onlinepasswords/delete.gif
A    onlinepasswords/fclear.js
A    onlinepasswords/log.php
A    onlinepasswords/register.php
A    onlinepasswords/styles.css
A    onlinepasswords/edit.php
A    onlinepasswords/flatfile.php
A    onlinepasswords/add.php
Checked out revision 1.

cd onlinepasswords
myusername@mylocalserver: /home/userhomedir/onlinepasswords >
ls -la

Output:

total 152
drwxr-xr-x   5 myusername  myusername      512 Nov 23 08:21 .
drwxr-xr-x  55 myusername  myusername     2048 Nov 23 08:21 ..
drwxr-xr-x   6 myusername  myusername      512 Nov 23 08:21 .svn
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername     4348 Nov 23 08:21 add.php
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername     6667 Nov 23 08:21 class.hash_crypt.php
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername      889 Nov 23 08:21 delete.gif
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername      808 Nov 23 08:21 delete.php
drwxr-xr-x   3 myusername  myusername      512 Nov 23 08:21 docs
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername      622 Nov 23 08:21 edit.gif
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername     3251 Nov 23 08:21 edit.php
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername     1596 Nov 23 08:21 edit1.php
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername      286 Nov 23 08:21 fclear.js
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername    25079 Nov 23 08:21 flatfile.php
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername     3108 Nov 23 08:21 flatfile_utils.php
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername      481 Nov 23 08:21 index.php
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername      218 Nov 23 08:21 log.php
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername     2125 Nov 23 08:21 login.php
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername      123 Nov 23 08:21 logout.php
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername      455 Nov 23 08:21 menu.php
drwxr-xr-x   3 myusername  myusername      512 Nov 23 08:21 protected
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername     3448 Nov 23 08:21 register.php
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername     3876 Nov 23 08:21 search.php
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername     2433 Nov 23 08:21 styles.css
-rw-r--r--   1 myusername  myusername      497 Nov 23 08:21 wprop.php

5. Check for updates (there will be none!)

myusername@mylocalserver: /home/userhomedir/onlinepasswords >
svn update

Output:

At revision 1.

6. Undoing Working Changes

myusername@mylocalserver: /home/userhomedir/onlinepasswords >
<edit add.php and make some changes>
svn revert add.php

Output:

Reverted 'add.php'

7. Other operations

The typical work cycle looks like this:

Update your working copy.

  svn update

Make changes.

  svn add
  svn delete
  svn copy
  svn move

Examine your changes.

  svn status
  svn diff

Possibly undo some changes.

  svn revert

Resolve conflicts (merge others' changes).

  svn update
  svn resolve

Commit your changes.

  svn commit