Which svn client to install on Windows 7 machine?

Question

I just got a new PC running Windows 7 (64-bit). I'd like to install an SVN client (command line only, I don't want TortoiseSVN). I'm not sure which of these to install:

http://subversion.apache.org/packages.html#windows

does anyone have any opinions on this?

I tried going for the ones hosted by Tigris, but the downloaded zip says to read an install file hosted at their site, but the link is broken. Do we simply download, then call svn.exe as needed, no need for a real 'install'?

Answer 1

I use CollabNet's command line client for windows.

http://www.collab.net/downloads/subversion/

It even has update notifications.

Answer 2

EDIT: By now TortoiseSVN includes the command-line client as well, if you choose to install it:

I've been using SlikSVN for some time now because the “official” CollabNet-branded command-line client is behind registration and stuff. It's still built from exactly the same sources and shares the same features, bugs, etc. so for all intents and purposes it's the same.

Answer 3

Any of the following choices are equally valid.

CollabNet (requires registration)

SlikSVN

TortoiseSVN (optionally installs 32- and 64-bit command line tools and svnserve)

VisualSVN

WANdisco (requires registration)

(Source: Apache Subversion Binary Packages)

Alternatively, you can install svn with Chocolatey: choco install svn, but this is outdated at version 1.8.