Committing changes to an SVN repository

Let's now modify a file and check in the changes. Switch back to the Java perspective and open SVNTestApplication.java from Package Explorer or Navigator. Modify the file and save the changes. To compare the files or the folders in your working directory with those in the repository, right-click on file/folder/project in Navigator and select Compare With | Latest from Repository.

Now that we have modified SVNTestApplication.java, let's see how it differs from the one in the repository:

Figure 3.11: Comparing SVN files

Let's add a new file now, say readme.txt, in the root of the project. To add the file to the repository, right-click on the file and select Team | Add to Version Control...:

Figure 3.12: Adding files to an SVN repository