Software Update: TortoiseSVN 1.6.9

Version 1.6.9 of TortoiseSVN was released on Monday. This program is a user interface for Subversion, which is used by developers for version control. This is almost indispensable when several people are working on a project. TortoiseSVN integrates itself as a shell extension into Windows and can be used on its own or in combination with an ide. Version 1.6.9 of TortoiseSVN ships with Subversion 1.6.12. This release fixes the following four issues:

Bugs fixed in version 1.6.9:

• the menu icons on XP were not shown correctly.
• the overlay icons could dissapear after upgrading from a previous version, a ‘repair install’ however would fix this issue.
• Ignoring directories with a dot and extension in the name didn’t work.
• Comparing an updated item in the update-progress dialog didn’t work properly for items in an external directory.