FAQ

What is Versionshelf?

Versionshelf gives you hosted Subversion and Mercurial repositories with an easy to use admin frontend.

What is version control?

Version control allows you to manage changes to your files in a collaborative manner.
Versionshelf supplies with Mercurial and Subversion the necessary tools as a central service with a smart interface.
You can find more information on these topics under the following links:

• Wikipedia entry about revision control
• Wikipedia entry about distributed revision control

What is Subversion?

Subversion is an open source application used for revision control.
You can find more information on these topics under the following links:

• Official Subversion page
• Wikipedia entry about Subversion

What is Mercurial?

Mercurial is an open source, cross-platform, distributed revision control.
You can find more information on these topics under the following links:

• Official Mercurial page
• Wikipedia entry about Mercurial

Can I install custom post-commit hooks?

No, you can't. However, we provide support for rss feeds, twitter and Campfire out of the box. And for more customisation we provide the URL notification hook (often called a web hook), that hook requests one or more URLs after a commit has happened, with the post arguments: repository, revision, author and log so you can do whatever you like with it.

What are the system requirements to use Versionshelf?

The Versionshelf administration interface is web-based, so there's nothing to install and no server/platform requirements to worry about. On the client side you need a Subversion client - more on this topic below.

What Subversion clients do you use?

We are happy with the Subversion commandline client svn in combination with our favorite text editor SubEthaEdit on Mac OS X.
Following some links to Subversion commandline client distributions:

• Subversion for Mac OS X
• Windows commandline client installer
• on Linux use your favourite package manager to install the Subversion client.

Of course there are also several graphical Subversion clients:

• Cornerstone (Mac OS X)
• svnX (Mac OS X)
• SmartSVN (multi plattform - Java based)
• TortoiseSVN - a really nice client, tightly integrated into windows explorer

What Mercurial clients do you use?

Following some links to Mercurial commandline client distributions:

• Official Mercurial client
• on Linux use your favourite package manager to install the Mercurial client.

Of course there are also several graphical Mercurial clients:

• Murky (Mac OS X)
• TortoiseHG - a really nice client, tightly integrated into windows explorer

What about privacy?

See privacy policy.

What about security?

We do nightly offsite backups of our servers, keep the os and servers at the latest patch levels and only use premium hardware with RAID1 mirrored disk arrays. All repositories and admin interfaces are securely accessible via encrypted SSL connections.

Howto unsubscribe?

See next topic.

Do you offer a free trial period for new accounts? What about cancellation?

Yes. If you cancel a paying plan within 30 days of signing up you won't be charged a thing. You can cancel at any time, but refunds can not be issued after your initial 30 day trial and we don't refund for partial months. Note that only new accounts are eligible for 30 day free trials — upgrades do not qualify.

Can I change my subscription at any time?

Yes. Click on the Plan button once you are logged in and make the change there. A new billing cycle will begin immediately.

What types of payment do you accept?

We accept subscriptions with PayPal.

The given plans do not fit for us, do you offer bigger ones?

If the given number of repositories and user accounts or the quota for repositories is too small for you, please and tell us your needs.