Installation and Files

SmartSVN stores its configuration files per-user. By default, these files are located in the ~/.smartsvn directory. On Microsoft Windows, this is %USERPROFILE%. On Unix/Apple Mac OS this is simply ~. Every major SmartSVN versions stores its settings in a corresponding subdirectory so multiple versions of SmartSVN can be run at the same time.

Tip

You can change the directory where the configuration files are stored by the system property smartsvn.home.

Following configuration files of SmartSVN are notable:

Company-wide installation

For company-wide installations, the administrator can install SmartSVN on a network share. To make deployment and initial configuration for the users easier, certain configuration files can be prepared and put into the subdirectory default (within SmartSVN's installation directory).

When a user starts SmartSVN for the first time, following files will be copied from the default directory to his private configuration area:

The license file (only for Enterprise licenses) can also be placed into the default directory. In this case, SmartSVN will prefill the License field in the Set Up wizard when a user starts SmartSVN for the first time.

Note

Typically, you will receive license files from us wrapped into a ZIP archive. In this case you have to unzip the contained license file into the default directory.