Command Line

Install - Windows

Download CollabNetSubversion-client-1.6.6-4.win32.exe, CollabNet Subversion Command-Line Client v1.6.6 (for Windows) from:

http://subversion.tigris.org/getting.html.

Run the installer. Accept the defaults. Restart your command prompt and the svn command should run from the prompt (The installer automatically creates the path to svn).

Sample

svn

svn update

svn log copyconfig.py

svn checkout https://212.106.106.29/svn/python/trunk/ python

svn add CopyLinuxConfig/

svn commit

Commands

commit

To change the default editor on Windows, edit the Subversion config file:

C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application Data\Subversion\config

…and set the editor-cmd property:

editor-cmd = vim

Note:

To specify the user name, use the --username switch.
To use the contents of a file for the commit message:
```
svn commit -F msg foo.c
```

copy

To make a branch or tag:

svn copy \
    http://myserver/svn/projects/gateway/trunk/ \
    http://myserver/svn/projects/gateway/tags/Before-Config/ \
    -m "Before... updating code to allow configuration using http"

…or to copy from the current working copy to a URL:

svn cp . http://myserver/svn/projects/lucene-stuff/branches/PJK-2007-08-08-Temp -m "Test Copy (Please delete)."

create

See Repository.

del

To delete an add…

I did an add which included a temporary file. When it was time to commit the file no longer existed so the commit failed! To resolve:

svn del csharphelp/.FormTestAnchorDock.cs.swp

diff

Show the last change committed to foo.c:

svn diff -r PREV:COMMITTED foo.c

svn diff -r 2721:3291

To display the differences between two revisions of a file:

svn diff AddSimpleToDo.dlg -r 2721:3291

To ignore white-space:

svn diff -x -w roadshow.html

folder

To create a directory in the repository:

svn mkdir https://myserver/svn/documents/my-memory

ignore

Setting the ignore property on individual files or folders is a bit complicated. The command line starts something like this: svn propset svn:ignore

Probably better to use the global ignore pattern (global-ignores). This can be set by editing:

C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application Data\Subversion\config

or for Vista:

C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Subversion\config

e.g. to ignore .classpath files and target folders:

[miscellany]
global-ignores = *.checkstyle *.classpath *.project *.settings Thumbs.db \target

Note: This setting will affect TortoiseSVN and the command line client.

This can also be set in Tortoise (TortoiseSVN, Settings, General, Global ignore pattern) but in this case the settings are saved in the registry at:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Tigris.org\Subversion\Config\miscellany

For more information see:

Advanced Topics - Configuration and the Windows Registry
How to Make Subversion ignore files and folders
Subversion settings Configuration : file locations.

import

To import a new tree…

I created the following folder structure:

config/trunk
config/branches
config/tags

…and imported using the following command:

svn import config https://198.1.1.2/svn/config

Note: You must add the config onto the end of the import command

log

To see the last 5 log entries:

svn log -l 5
svn log -l 5 -v --diff

merge (undo/update/checkout)

See Command Line - Merge

move

To rename a file:

svn move oldfile.cpp newfile.cpp

properties

List

svn proplist "sample.sql"

Delete

svn propdel "svn:mime-type" "sample.sql"

Relocate

When you are using the same folder in the same repository but the name or url has changed:

svn switch --relocate https://192.1.1.9/svn/documents/my-memory https://weezy/svn/documents/my-memory

revert

To revert all changes in the current folder and sub-folders:

svn revert -R .

rm

To remove a file from version control without removing from your filesystem:

svn rm --keep-local my_important_file

stat

To show which files will be updated (when we run the update command):

svn stat -u

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/re26.html

The first six columns in the output are each one character wide, and each column gives you information about different aspects of each working copy item.

The first column indicates that an item was added, deleted, or otherwise changed.

A	Item is scheduled for Addition.
D	Item is scheduled for Deletion.
M	Item has been modified.
R	Item has been replaced in your working copy.
C	The contents (as opposed to the properties) of the item conflict with updates received from the repository.
X	Item is related to an externals definition.
I	Item is being ignored (e.g. with the svn:ignore property).
?	Item is not under version control.
!	Item is missing (e.g. you moved or deleted it without using svn). This also indicates that a directory is incomplete (a checkout or update was interrupted).
~	Item is versioned as one kind of object (file, directory, link), but has been replaced by different kind of object.

The second column tells the status of a file’s or directory’s properties.

M	Properties for this item have been modified.
C	Properties for this item are in conflict with property updates received from the repository.

The third column is populated only if the working copy directory is locked.

L	Item is locked.

The fourth column is populated only if the item is scheduled for addition-with-history.

History scheduled with commit.

The fifth column is populated only if the item is switched relative to its parent (see the section called Switching a Working Copy).

S	Item is switched.

The sixth column is populated with lock information.

K	File is locked in this working copy.
O	File is locked either by another user or in another working copy. This only appears when `--show-updates` is used.
T	File was locked in this working copy, but the lock has been stolen and is invalid. The file is currently locked in the repository. This only appears when `--show-updates is used`.
B	File was locked in this working copy, but the lock has been broken and is invalid. The file is no longer locked This only appears when –show-updates is used.

The out-of-date information appears in the seventh column (only if you pass the --show-updates switch).

A newer revision of the item exists on the server.

switch

If you’re currently inside the directory vendors which was branched to vendors-with-fix and you’d like to switch your working copy to that branch:

svn switch http://svn.red-bean.com/repos/branches/vendors-with-fix .

And to switch back, just provide the URL to the location in the repository from which you originally checked out your working copy:

svn switch http://svn.red-bean.com/repos/trunk/vendors

Note: Because svn switch is essentially a variant of svn update, it shares the same behaviors; any local modifications in your working copy are preserved when new data arrives from the repository.

update

Revision

To update to a revision number:

svn update -r 4202

Editor

To set the default editor in bash to vim:

export SVN_EDITOR=vim