Downloading Alfresco's source code

Now that we have installed Subversion client application, we can connect with the Alfresco source repository and download the source code.

How to do it...

1. 1. Create a new folder on your machine. In this recipe, let's create a folder named Alfresco Source in the E:\.

2. 2. Open the folder in Windows Explorer, right-click on it. Select the SVN Checkout menu option.

3. 3. The TortoiseSVN checkout window will be displayed. Put the URL of repository as svn://svn.alfresco.com/alfresco/HEAD/root. Leave the rest of the options as it is, Click OK.

   

   Note

   svn://svn.alfresco.com/alfresco/HEAD/root is the Alfresco Subversion repository source code URL. This will check out the current revision from the SVN code repository.

4. 4. TortoiseSVN will now check out Alfresco source code on your machine. Be patient, this may take some time depending on the internet speed you have, over 500 MB of data will be downloaded.

5. 5. Click OK after the full source code checkout is complete.

6. 6. The following...