 <p>You need to ask your fellow developers or repository administrator what your repository location is. You should already have the project checked out, in which case you are already using a working copy that is linked to it and you don't need to do any more to point at the right location.</p> <p>As for how to add an item, that will depend on what client you're using. In Subclipse, it's Team -> Add. In TortoiseSVN, it's TortoiseSVN -> Add. On the command line, it's <code>svn add &lt;filename&gt;</code></p> <p>It sounds like you have no experience with Subversion. You would do well to <a href="http://svnbook.org/" rel="nofollow">read the fine manual</a> before you get yourself into trouble.</p>