N00b Question

[SpawnHyuuga]

So, I found something on using TortoiseSVN:

I want to make a folder, and I guess from what I've read I can make a "repository" folder, and just get the files that way. I don't want to install some client program, and stuff to browse the repository. All I want is an easy way to copy the source files and modify them to my own content. I tried using TortoiseSVN like this:

I created a folder, named it Rockbox just to simplify it.
I right click the folder, select SVN Checkout.
I tried this URL in the box for the location of the SVN: http://svn.rockbox.org/viewvc.cgi
Then I can modify the Checkout Depth, the revision - don't think that matters...click okay...

ERROR: Repository moved permanently to '/viewvc.cgi/'; please relocate

Do I really have to complicate this and install a client or is there a different link I can use? I would love to just see a .rar of the source files for each build put somewhere. I have no intentions of just wanting to enter the repository and take files, modify them and resubmit - I just want the source, to modify it - and then patch it into flyspray.

[saratoga]

Do I really have to complicate this and install a client or is there a different link I can use? I would love to just see a .rar of the source files for each build put somewhere. I have no intentions of just wanting to enter the repository and take files, modify them and resubmit - I just want the source, to modify it - and then patch it into flyspray.

The dev tools come with SVN.  Its just a single line to check out the entire source:

http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/UsingSVN

Don't bother with TortoiseSVN.  Its complicated and unnecessary. 

[SpawnHyuuga]

I have Notepad++ to code and stuff, but all I want to do is download the source code once, look at it, whatever I'm going to do with it. I don't really want to have to install some BS SVN Client or anything.

I only installed TortoiseSVN because it was small... >.<
But right now it's all a pain.

[funman]

You need svn to download the source

[SpawnHyuuga]

So is there just some easy-to-use, small client that I can use? I thought TortoiseSVN would work - but it's nothing but a....

[saratoga]

So is there just some easy-to-use, small client that I can use? I thought TortoiseSVN would work - but it's nothing but a....

For the third time, svn. 

However, if you're going to make patches, you will need the devtools installed, which means you will already have svn installed.

Edit:  Have you looked at this:  http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/DevelopmentGuide

It explains how to do what you want (checkout and modify the source code).

[SpawnHyuuga]

What you haven't noticed is your talking to a ruh-tard. I'm not the most tech savvy person. Google doesn't have anything but a bunch of links to 100's of clients when you google SVN.

[saratoga]

Not sure why this is locked, but IMO if you don't consider yourself an expert at these things, maybe trying to invent your own devkit is a bad idea and you should just use the ones provided by the wiki. 

[SpawnHyuuga]

Well, I think Cygwin was installed successfully... >.>

Is there any way to get the Daily Source Build back? That would be so much easier, just a rockbox.zip for the targets with all the .c, .h files -

[torne]

That wastes a huge amount of bandwidth, since you are redownloading files which haven't changed over and over. With svn you only use bandwidth proportional to how much has changed since your last update.

[Chronon]

What you haven't noticed is your talking to a ruh-tard. I'm not the most tech savvy person. Google doesn't have anything but a bunch of links to 100's of clients when you google SVN.

You shouldn't really need to consult Google.  I have always found the documentation here easy to follow.  The UsingSVN page, for example, should show you how to download and update your local source tree using the svn client.