Why Do People Hate Subversion? 73% People Do (427 opinions)

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VSS was bad but at least I know how to
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VSS was bad but at least I know how to work around it. It shouldn't be this hard to have basic source control and shouldn't require hours of work to ... read all

by Guest-hds42 on 06 Apr - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
can't cleanup or unlock or add new subfolder
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It's not pleasant to setup or fight with. It's supposed to be a versioned repository, but it eats time up with confusing messages when there should be no issue. Telling ... read all

by Devvyn M on 10 Jun - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
Piece of shit doesn't update properly, Bill
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Piece of shit doesn't update properly, Bill Portelli can suck my balls read all

by User-ptd07 on 18 Jul - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
Cumbersome
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One of the most counter intuitive utility. What does it mean? It means that 1. svn cannot be used without reading a lot of documentation 2. any new situation requires ... read all

by Metabolix on 16 Sep - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
Because I've just finished a Perforce project, and
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Because I've just finished a Perforce project, and using Subversion is like moving from Beverly Hills to the slums of Mumbai. I feel dirty read all

by User-9805vg on 19 Sep - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
Piss-poor error condition recovery...
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Because it can't friggin' cope with a partial, failed check out from a drop-out due to Internet connectivity failing you. Sure, you can do a svn cleanup, but as often ... read all

by Frank E on 26 Apr - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
Tree conflicts
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Tree conflicts where they are not warranted. This thing wastes a lot of time and money. I've used it for a decade and I hate it's guts. read all

by Lindsay K on 18 Oct - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
So much time lost. Trivial error messages. 3-hours
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So much time lost. Trivial error messages. 3-hours business to delete a single directory. read all

by biguenique on 07 Jun - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
SVN has to be the most counter-intuitive source
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SVN has to be the most counter-intuitive source control system I have ever used. Really difficult to do simple things. Breaks all the time ("please execute the cleanup command..."). Absolute ... read all

by User-269mfi on 13 Feb - 1 reply - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
Stupid branching
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Stupid branching read all

by Igor M on 30 Mar - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
f____ mergeinfo
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the f____ merge info recorded in the property of elements .... what a poor software design for a merging tool... read all

by vince on 23 Feb - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
hate it, hate it, hate it! I could go on
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hate it, hate it, hate it! I could go on about it for hours, but I'll just say: worst. version control. ever. read all

by Florian-e2fb40 on 19 Apr - 1 reply - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
I hate subversion because you cannot rely upon
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I hate subversion because you cannot rely upon information that is displayed. It is as simple as that. read all

by Mike on 13 May - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
shit
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svn is shit. use git read all

by User-288682 on 24 Apr - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
SUBversion = Subpar version control
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"But it's free guys! It'll save us tons of money!" So's the shit that comes out my dog's ass. Eating it may appear cheaper up front than say eating out ... read all

by Hobo S on 23 Aug - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
It is fucking insane. I was passed on SVN because
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It is fucking insane. I was passed on SVN because I hate buggy TFS, and ending up hating even more SVN. Meanwhile TFS goes up with usability. read all

by Djenad R on 15 Dec - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
It doesn't have a client install from source
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It doesn't have a client install from source option. I have to install fucking apache and mysql and neon. Seriously, what the fuck is neon! read all

by Erik S on 21 Oct - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
Subversion is God-awful poky old shit. For
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Subversion is God-awful poky old shit. For Windows, they don't even provide working binaries. Compiling it was horrible, took hours, assimilated my computer and I've no idea if it worked ... read all

by User-647b0u on 17 Aug - 1 reply - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
.svn everywhere, breaks sometimes without a reason
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.svn everywhere, breaks sometimes without a reason usable merging? lol not with svn read all

by User-2452fa on 04 May - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A UNIVERSITY DEGREE TO MAKE A ROL
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Because it's a pain in the ass, fucking command line shit, with stupid ui clients, and because it's anti-windows people who propagate it, and because YOU HAVE TO HAVE A ... read all

by zaietzef on 08 Feb - reply - Helpful? Thank You! - Flag