If you're familiar with Git's powerful features and prefer using it for your development process, but your company uses SVN (specifically ) for version control, you might wonder if you can use both. Good news: you can. They can work independently without conflict. We'll guide you on how to use Git alongside SVN. TortoiseSVN The 4 Steps to Follow Step 1: : Checkout Project with SVN Start by checking out the project from SVN. Once you've done this, you will notice a hidden folder in your project directory. This is where SVN keeps track of its version control information. .svn Step 2: : Initialize Git Navigate to the root of your project directory using your terminal, and initiate a Git repository by running the command. This creates a hidden folder, where Git stores its version control information. git init .git Step 3: : Configure Git to Ignore SVN Create a file in your project root directory to instruct Git to ignore certain files. To do this, use the command, and open it for editing. Add to the file. This line tells Git to ignore the SVN version control files. You can check for success with the command . .gitignore touch .gitignore /.svn/ .gitignore git status --ignored Step 4: : Configure SVN to Ignore Git Similarly, you need to tell SVN to ignore Git's version control files. To do this, add the folder and the file to SVN's ignore list. This can be done through the TortoiseSVN context menu. Refer to Figures 1 and 2 for detailed steps. .git .gitignore Now, you have successfully set up your project to use both Git and SVN simultaneously, each ignoring the version control files of the other. You can now enjoy the features of Git during development while still adhering to your company's version control regulations. Also published here

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