Lotus Notes

I was trying to find if we could do version controlling in Domino without using any paid software (something like Teamstudio). I had a curiosity if Eclipse having tight integration with the Concurrent Versions System (CVS) and Subversion (SVN), so can domino 8.5.1 provides the same? To keep this in mind I've started my R&D and found some possibilities. Here they are,

My first task was to find the way to enable Subclipse ( Subclipse is a project to add Subversion support to the Eclipse IDE )in domino designer. In Eclipse it can be achieved easily using Help->Software Updates menu option but it's not available in designer 8.5.1



However designer 8.5.1 has this feature hidden ( not completely the same as Eclipse ). To enable this feature you need to add following line in plugin_customization.ini file which is located at \Notes\framework\rcp path.

com.ibm.notes.branding/enable.update.ui=true

You must need to start designer after modification. Now here is your Install option,



Next task to enable Subclipse. Steps are,



Use Subclipse update site "http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.0.x"













Once done you will be asked to restart Notes



Now go to designer and change your perspective to SVN Repository



Add new SVN repository ( For demo I'm connecting to Subclipse site where SVN is setup),



Login id is : guest and password is space.



Once connected you can see existing repositories from SVN server,



To create version on SVN server use Team->Share Project option,









Stay tune for more..