Here are some helper scripts I've created for subversion.  If you add these scripts to your path, and run the command svn help, you will notice the menu has changed.

scott@optimusprime:~/code/leapfrog/inmon> svn help
usage: svn <subcommand> [options] [args]

... *snip* ...

Helper commands:
    tags            - List all tags relevant to this trunk
    branches        - List all branches relevant to this trunk
    tag             - Tag a trunk or branch copy.
    branch          - Branch a trunk or tag working copy.
    mergebranch, mb - Merge a branch into this trunk
    mergetrunk, mt  - Merge the trunk into this branch
    gettrunk, trunk - Switch to the trunk
    gettag, gt      - Switch to a given tag
    getbranch, gb   - Switch to a given branch

These commands, as describe above, help simplify branching, tagging and merging in a subversion repository. It also helps you switch between trunk, tags, and branches of a given project. To use it, simply start by checking out your project trunk:

scott@optimusprime:~/code/leapfrog> svn co http://<company-svn>/inmon/trunk inmon
scott@optimusprime:~/code/leapfrog> cd inmon
scott@optimusprime:~/code/leapfrog/inmon>

Now you can peruse the available tags using the svn tags command:

scott@optimusprime:~/code/leapfrog/inmon> svn tags
0.0-SNAPSHOT.4.953 1.10               1.15.8             1.17.10            
0.0.1-prototype    1.11               1.15.9             1.17.11            
1.0                1.12               1.15.10            1.17.13            
1.0P1              1.13.2             1.16.1             1.17.16            
1.1                1.13.4             1.16.2             1.17.17            
1.2                1.13.5             1.16.2.1           1.17.18            
1.3                1.14.2             1.16.2.2           1.17.19            
1.4p2              1.14.3             1.16.2.3           1.18.0             
1.4p3              1.14.4             1.16.2.4           1.18.1             
1.5                1.15.1             1.17.1             1.18.2             
1.5p1              1.15.1.1           1.17.2             1.18.3             
1.6                1.15.1.2           1.17.3             1.18.4             
1.6p1              1.15.2             1.17.4             1.18.5             
1.7                1.15.3             1.17.5             1.18.6             
1.8                1.15.4             1.17.6             1.18.7             
1.8.1              1.15.5             1.17.7             1.18.8             
1.9                1.15.6             1.17.8             1.18.9             
1.9.1              1.15.7             1.17.9             

Similarly, svn branches will list the available branches:

scott@optimusprime:~/code/leapfrog/leapfrog-util> svn branches
1003-file-copying java-1.5

To fetch a branch, simply run svn getbranch <branch name>.

scott@optimusprime:~/code/leapfrog/leapfrog-util> svn getbranch java-1.5
Switching working copy to branch java-1.5
D    src/test/java/com/leapfrog/util/ChainedIteratorTest.java
U    src/test/java/com/leapfrog/util/FilesTest.java
U    src/test/java/com/leapfrog/util/StringsTest.java
D    src/test/resources/data/1269759740713.log
U    src/test/resources/unit-tests.xml
D    src/main/java/com/leapfrog/util/UnsafeByteArrayOutputStream.java
D    src/main/java/com/leapfrog/util/ChainedIterator.java
D    src/main/java/com/leapfrog/util/ByteBufferOutputStream.java
U    src/main/java/com/leapfrog/util/Files.java
D    src/main/java/com/leapfrog/util/concurrent/CallerRunsExecutor.java
U    src/main/java/com/leapfrog/util/concurrent/AtomicInitializer.java
U    src/main/java/com/leapfrog/util/Strings.java
U    src/main/java/com/leapfrog/util/Streams.java
U    pom.xml
Updated to revision 200.

Your working copy is now in this branch, to switch back to the trunk simply run svn trunk.

scott@optimusprime:~/code/leapfrog/leapfrog-util> svn trunk 
Switching working copy to trunk
U    src/test/java/com/leapfrog/util/FilesTest.java
A    src/test/java/com/leapfrog/util/ChainedIteratorTest.java
U    src/test/java/com/leapfrog/util/StringsTest.java
A    src/test/resources/data/1269759740713.log
U    src/test/resources/unit-tests.xml
A    src/main/java/com/leapfrog/util/UnsafeByteArrayOutputStream.java
U    src/main/java/com/leapfrog/util/Files.java
U    src/main/java/com/leapfrog/util/concurrent/AtomicInitializer.java
A    src/main/java/com/leapfrog/util/concurrent/CallerRunsExecutor.java
A    src/main/java/com/leapfrog/util/ChainedIterator.java
U    src/main/java/com/leapfrog/util/Strings.java
A    src/main/java/com/leapfrog/util/ByteBufferOutputStream.java
U    src/main/java/com/leapfrog/util/Streams.java
U    pom.xml
Updated to revision 200.

Your working copy changes will typically survive these actions, unless there are conflicts. To create a branch from the trunk, a tag, or another branch simply call svn branch <branchname>.

scott@optimusprime:~/code/leapfrog/leapfrog-util> svn branch persistent-queue-fixes 
Creating branch persistent-queue-fixes from http://source.leapfrog.com/Web/Utils/util/trunk

Committed revision 201.
http://source.leapfrog.com/Web/Utils/util/branches/persistent-queue-fixes

You can then switch to it:

scott@optimusprime:~/code/leapfrog/leapfrog-util> svn getbranch persistent-queue-fixes
Switching working copy to branch persistent-queue-fixes
At revision 201.

svn tag works similarly. This script depends on an awk script I've written called tabulate. Simply add them both to your $PATH and mark them +x.

This script contains some helper functions I use for enhancing compiler integration with gvim and maven. The command MvnAutoCompile toggles a mode which writing a java file starts offline re-compilation in maven for the current module. It works rather properly in multi-module projects, compiling only the current module. It then invokes copen, cancelling if there are no compilation errors, giving you a "quick-fix" list quite similar to that provided by IDEs such as eclipse. Projects which use the  maven-aspectj-plugin to compile can turn on aspect-j weaving first calling the command MvnEnableAspectj.

For imports, it searches the classpath using an index created by a script which is included called mvn-classpath-index. This script, when invoked from the working directory of a project module, creates a file called target/classpath-index.txt which is a list of all fully qualified class names in the current classpath of the maven project. Using the macro \im when the cursor is hovered over a class name searches this classpath for that name, and imports the match. If multiple matches are discovered, a choice-list is provided and a selection can be made. If the class appears to have already been imported, the macro is a no-op.

The command MvnListErrors searches the surefire test reports for unit test failures, and opens the corresponding text reports if they are available.

Also included in the attached package is the  maven compiler integration script, slightly modified so it will also work with aspect-j. To use this, simply call:

:compiler mvn
:make <goal>

Lastly, the other script included in the package is one called mvn-debug, which simply runs apache maven 2 using  jdb. I've found this handy for both debugging unit tests and debugging web applications using the  Maven Jetty Plugin. To use it, first get familiar with the java debugger, and then simply run

mvn-debug <goal>

You can use this as you would otherwise execute "mvn <goal>", set your breakpoints, and fire it up with the run command in jdb. It properly configures your source path, assuming it's executed from the project root. I often use this for stepping through unit tests.

All of the vim plugin behavior assumes your current process is running chdir'd to the project root. In gvim, I frequently just call

:chdir ~/code/<organization>/project

— where I keep my code, before I open any files.

Another feature I find incredibly important, is to simply set your path to "**". Do this by running the following:

:set path=**

I've added this to my ~/.vimrc, so that features such as  CTRL-W_f will properly search the source path for the class name under the cursor. Other things which help are proper ordering of method declarations (i.e. define before use) in source files so that commands such as  gD work properly.

Update to the keyboard navigation plugin: 0.1.2.

This minor update simply fixes all the warnings and cleaned up some cruft in the code.
Source code is available from my web dav folder.

git clone  http://svn.blisted.org/scott/keynav.git

The package is available for download here.