Subversion Client for Windows Vista

Can someone recommend me, free if possible, subversion client for Vista?

From serverfault Sergio del Amo

• tortoiseSVN is very good.

  GreenKiwi : If you find you are having performance problems, you can disable caching in TortoiseSVN and that can improve machine performance.

  squillman : Aye, is the way to go! +1

  Brian Knoblauch : Only downside is that they release updates frequently, and they require machine reboots (it's exceptionally rare for me to reboot my Vista dev box, other than windows updates, tortoise updates, and the occasional BSoD).

  GreenKiwi : Actually, I find that the reboots aren't really needed. Particularly on the updates.

  Ryan Bolger : Just because there are frequent updates doesn't mean you have to apply them. If there's nothing changed that you need, just skip it. I much prefer frequent updates to glacial updates though. Active projects are good.
  From Garry Harthill

• SubClipse is great if you are using Eclipse.

  CoverosGene : update site: http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.6.x Subversive (http://www.eclipse.org/subversive/) is another Eclipse option.

  Jon St. John : Thanks - guess since I'm new I can't post links yet.
  From Jon St. John

• There is always the trusty command line version of svn. I use this in addition to GUI versions, I have run into too many instances where the GUI version has a problem and I have to resort to the command line to fix it.

  I have also used SmartSVN and been very happy with it. It is more of a full fledged client, rather than an extension to the explorer. This has some benefits, in that it will monitor and show you all your current changes and those pending changes.

  From GreenKiwi

• I really like VisualSVN if you're using Visual Studio. It's free for a 30 day trial, then $49. Well worth the 50 bucks, in my opinion.

  If you have to have free, and using Visual Studio, try AnkhSVN. I've used it before, and it works fine.

  Redbeard 0x0A : +1 for the VisualSVN client for Visual Studio. Excellent product, even their *FREE* server product is awesome.

  Brian Knoblauch : I've heard good things about AnkhSVN, but I couldn't get it working on my system.

  Bert Huijben : @Brian: At the AnkhSVN support mailing list we don't have any open installation Issues. Can you tell us about your problem? (Not much we can do if we don't hear of our (possible) users :))
  From Nathan DeWitt

• Subcommander has been very helpful for me; it too is a full-on client as opposed to an Explorer extension. The GUI is a little non-inutitive at first, but it works great otherwise.

  From yalestar

• Probably not the answer you look for, but the Subversion does include a client when you install it: the svn command. It is an excellent client when you get used to it. Combined with a merge tool for handling conflicts you have all the power from your keyboard.

  From tronda

• Tortoise is great. Having both is not a problem, and many environments, such as Netbeans, will take full advantage of the command line interface if you have it.

  From Philip

• I use SlikSVN on Windows 7 (So I imagine it'd work fine on Vista). It's a command line client, and does exactly the same as the unix SVN. I also use TortoiseSVN for gui goodness - there's no reason you can't use both.

  From Ian Rolfe