Eclipse Indigo and SVN (Subversive + JavaHL)

Over the past few years I’ve tried many combination: console svn + eclipse, subeclipse, subversive, etc…

With eclipse indigo I think I’ve found the perfect combination: subversive 2.2.2 + subversive java HL connector + java hl 1.6 + svn 1.6.

Installation procedure:

1. Install svn (apt-get install svn)
2. Install the java svn bridge (apt-get install libsvn-java)
3. Install eclipse helios (from www.eclipse.org)
4. Install the subversive plug-in for eclipse (Help->Install New Software->Indigo Repository->Collaboration->Subversive SVN)

Tweaks:
1. Add libjavasvn to the JVM library path: add ‘-Djava.library.path=/usr/lib/jni’ to the ‘-vmargs’ section of eclipse.ini
2. Fix the gnome keyring access violation: add ‘password-stores =’ to the ‘[auth]‘ section of ~.subversion/config

Enjoy!