In Eclipse you can enable the SVN commit dialog to show a field for an issue number. You just have to set some SVN properties.

bugtraq:message

This property activates the bug tracking system in Input field mode. If this property is set, then TortoiseSVN will prompt you to enter an issue number when you commit your changes. It’s used to add a line at the end of the log message. It must contain %BUGID%, which is replaced with the issue number on commit. This ensures that your commit log contains a reference to the issue number which is always in a consistent format and can be parsed by your bug tracking tool to associate the issue number with a particular commit. As an example you might use Issue :
%BUGID%, but this depends on your Tool.

bugtraq:number

If set to true only numbers are allowed in the issue-number text field. An exception is the comma, so you can comma separate several numbers. Valid values are true/false. If not defined, true is assumed.

bugtraq:append

true/false. Append or prepend.

bugtraq:url

A URL to the bug in the bugtracking system, e.g. an installation of Bugzilla or Trac, plus the %BUGID%.

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