TextMate + PathFinder = Subversion heaven
Those of you who are into that sort of thing probably already knew about (and love) the Subversion bundle for TextMate[1]. I've been using it for ages and its truly wonderful in terms of productivity and seamless integration. However, the one thing that always bothered me is that there are some times when I just want to check the Subversion status of a particular directory or perhaps check in a single file without opening up the whole thing in TextMate. Usually, I switch to iTerm, and "svn stat PATH" (or whatever) right from there.
But no more...
I just now found out that PathFinder (which is also one of those "change the way you work" apps that I use and love) has SVN integration built right in! All you have to do is navigate to a directory that is under svn control, hit Control-Command-S and voilá!
Holy CRAP that's awesome... One less reason to go to Terminal and, it seems, to develop a Subversion GUI client for the Mac...
[1] - If you do development on Mac OS X and aren't already using either TextMate or Subversion or both, get thee to Google now. It will change the way you work permanently and for the better.
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PathFinder looks interesting, I'll check that out. Thanks.
The "dumb" completion feature (Escape key) that is completely language agnostic is something I wish every IDE would implement. That and the standardized bundle keystroke shortcuts. I want to investigate if there is an easy way to auto-convert those from textmate bundles to Idea "Live Templates".
And the fact that you can svn diff | mate and it comes up all prettified (if not interactive) was a nice recent discovery for me.
I just found this post from the PathFinder site – I have a TextMate plug-in which show the SVN status of files right in the project drawer – see http://ciaranwal.sh/2007/11/29/svnmate-update