Going somewhat on a tangent: I have come to prefer SCPlugin (http://scplugin.tigris.org) over standalone programs such as svnX. SCPlugin integrates with the Finder, so you can right-click to Update, Commit, Add, Delete, etc. Another very nice feature is “icon badging”, which shows nice little green checkmarks for files that are up-to-date, red exclamation marks for modified files, and others — so you can tell at a glance right from the Finder what the status of various files is.

It’s still under development; has a few bugs, and is undergoing some changes, but even with its warts I find it pretty handy. It’s roughly akin to the excellent TortoiseSVN system for Windows (though SCPlugin has quite a ways to go to match Tortoise’s capabilities).

The subversion side just knows about files – it doesn’t know their significance to REALbasic or any other program.

With regards to using VCF with external items, provided you don’t try to save the externals themselves as VCF (http://www.realsoftware.com/feedback/viewreport.php?reportid=qvkxdebf) they are OK. ie: make them normal .rbo or XML format externals BEFORE saving your entire project as VCF.

WARNING encrypted external items are broken by the save but can be fixed manually (take a backup before converting project to VCF).
http://www.realsoftware.com/feedback/viewreport.php?reportid=rggsvwyj

I have been using svn similarly to the article and am very happy with it, especially seeing the small number of files touched each time. I was using VOODOO Personal previously but that didn’t give me the ability to diff things.

Does this work with external items? If I am working a bunch of external items in my project and save the project as VCF, will the external item be added to the SVN repository and saved back to the original external item so it can be included with other projects? What happens if I go back to an earlier version with an external item that has been changed in another project?