Using Subversion from Cygwin with TortoiseSVN ============================================= Author: Momchil Ivanov Date : 2017.10.29 Introduction ------------ This article describes how to use a subversion client from Cygwin together with TortoiseSVN. Method ------ The paths in Cygwin have the form /cygdrive/c/path/to/file whereas TortoiseSVN uses native Windows paths of the form C:/path/to/file. In order to be able to use both programs with the same working directories one needs to create a symlink in Cygwin for the desired drives. $ ln -s /cygdrive/c /C: $ ln -s /cygdrive/z /Z: