I recently started using Tortoise SVN (Subversion) to get a handle on version control in a multi-programmer project. Subversion is a Good Thing—you know, subvert the dominant paradigm, just like we learned in college.
However, I was having trouble getting Subversion and Dreamweaver to play nice. You see, Subversion places a “.svn” directory inside each of the directories that you commit to the repository. This contains the files that keep track of your versions. But if you publish to the web straight from Dreamweaver, the .svn folders go too. The only way I could think of to prevent this was to manually cloak each .svn directory, which needless to say is a huge pain.
Blog search to the rescue! Josh Buhler.com pointed me to a Dreamweaver extension that automatically cloaks all .svn folders in your website. After you download the extension and install it with Extension Manager, there will be a new choice under the Commands menu: Cloak SCM Directories. Easy!
For a good way to integrate SVN commands into the dreamweaver IDE, check out http://code.google.com/p/subweaver/