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Open Source AJAX Browser Tracks Code Versions via SVN

bsSvnBrowser Relies Heavily on AJAX to Allow User-Friendly Browsing of Subversion Archives

May. 22, 2006 08:15 AM

BountySource.com have released the first version of their web-based SVN browser, written in Ruby on Rails, under the GNU GPL license. The project website is available at https://bssvnbrowser.bountysource.com.

The bsSvnBrowser relies heavily on AJAX to allow user-friendly browsing of Subversion archives "with all the trendiness of a Web 2.0 application." Subversion is an open source system for revision control, sometimes known as SVN from the name of its command line interface.

The bsSvnBrowser is available as either a stand-alone application, or as a component that can be included in existing Ruby on Ruby projects. Creators Bounty Source "provide the Open Source Software Community with the hosting and tools required to organize and control any project, large or small."

Features of bsSvnBrowser:
Current
• Revision Tree View
• Source View
• “Blame”
• Revision History
• File Diff

Planned
• Code highlighting
• Directory Diff
• Detect MIME Types

Published May. 22, 2006 — Reads 8,320
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SYS-CON Italy News Desk wrote: BountySource.com have released the first version of their web-based SVN browser, written in Ruby on Rails, under the GNU GPL license. The bsSvnBrowser relies heavily on AJAX to allow user-friendly browsing of Subversion archives 'with all the trendiness of a Web 2.0 application.'

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AJAX News Desk wrote: BountySource.com have released the first version of their web-based SVN browser, written in Ruby on Rails, under the GNU GPL license. The bsSvnBrowser relies heavily on AJAX to allow user-friendly browsing of Subversion archives 'with all the trendiness of a Web 2.0 application.'

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