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merge
Apply the differences between two sources to a work-
--ignore-ancestry
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ing copy path.
Ignore ancestry when calculating differences (rely on path
$Rev:
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mkdir
Create a new directory under version control.
contents alone).
move
(mv, rename, ren) Move a file or directory.
--incremental
Prints output in a format suitable for concatenation.
Subversion is a version control system that is a replacement
propdel
(pdel, pd) Remove a property from an item.
for CVS. It has most of CVS’s features. Generally, Subversion’s
propedit
(pedit, pe) Edit the property of one or more items
--message (-m) MSG
interface to a particular feature is similar to CVS’s, except where
under version control.
Specify a commit message MSG.
there’s a compelling reason to do otherwise.
propget
(pget, pg) Prints the value of a property.
--no-auth-cache
Prevents caching of authentication information.
proplist
(plist, pl) Lists all properties.
Quick start
--no-auto-props
propset
(pset, ps) Sets a property on files, directories, or
revisions.
Disable auto-props, overriding the enable-auto-props
svnadmin create /var/svnroot
directive in the config file.
svn import LocalDir file:///var/svnroot/ProjectName
resolved
Remove conflicted state on working copy files or
--no-diff-deleted
svn checkout file:///var/svnroot/ProjectName
directories.
Prevents Subversion from printing differences for deleted
cd ProjectName
revert
Undo all local edits.
files.
svn help [command]
status
(stat, st) Print the status of working copy files
--no-ignore
and directories.
Shows files in the status listing that would normally be
Subversion URLs
switch
(sw) Update working copy to a different URL.
omitted since they match a pattern in the svn:ignore
file://
Direct repository access (on local disk).
update
(up) Updates your working copy.
property.
http://
Access via WebDAV protocol to Subversion-aware
--non-interactive
Apache server.
svn switches
Prevents prompting for authentication information.
https://
Same as http://, but with SSL encryption.
--non-recursive (-N)
--config-dir DIR
svn://
Access via custom protocol to an svnserve server.
Stops a subcommand from recursing into subdirectories.
Read configuration from DIR instead of ~/.subversion.
svn+ssh:// Same as svn://, but through an SSH tunnel.
--notice-ancestry
--diff-cmd CMD
Pay attention to ancestry when calculating differences.
Use external program CMD for generating diff output in-
svn subcommands
stead of internal diff engine.
--old ARG
Uses ARG as the older target.
add
Adds files and directories.
--diff3-cmd CMD
--password PASS
blame
(praise, annotate, ann) Shows author and re-
Use external program CMD for merging files.
Password for authentication.
vision information in-line for the specified files or
--dry-run
--quiet (-q)
URLs.
Run the command without changing anything.
Print only essential information while performing an op-
cat
Outputs the contents of the specified files or URLs.
--editor-cmd CMD
eration.
checkout
(co) Checks out a working copy from a repository.
Use external program CMD for editing files.
--recursive (-R)
cleanup
Recursively clean up the working copy.
--encoding ENC
Makes a subcommand recurse into subdirectories.
Instructs Subversion to use encoding ENC to store log mes-
commit
(ci) Send changes from your working copy to the
--relocate FROM TO [PATH ...]
sages.
repository.
Used with the svn switch subcommand, changes the lo-
--extensions ARG (-x)
cation of the repository that your working copy references.
copy
(cp) Copy a file or directory in a working copy or
Additional arguments for external diff, eg.: svn --diff-cmd
in the repository.
--revision REV (-r)
diff -x --normal diff main.c.
Supply a revision REV (or range of revisions) for a partic-
delete
(del, remove, rm) Delete an item from a working
--file FILE (-F)
ular operation.
copy or the repository.
Use the contents of file FILE as an argument for a given
--revprop
diff
(di) Display the differences between two paths.
subcommand.
Operates on a revision property instead of a Subversion
export
Exports a clean directory tree.
--force
property specific to a file or directory (requires --revision
help
Prints help text.
Forces a particular subcommand to run.
switch).
import
Recursively commit a copy of local dir into a repos-
--force-log
--show-updates (-u)
itory.
Forces a suspicious parameter passed to the --message
Causes the client to display information about which files
info
Print information about PATHs.
options to be accepted as valid.
in your working copy are out-of-date.
list
(ls) List directory entries in the repository.
--help (-h or -?)
log
Displays commit log messages.
Prints help for a given command or general help text.
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--stop-on-copy
svnlook subcommands
svn:mime-type
MIME type of a file.
Stop harvesting historical information when a copy is en-
author
Prints the author.
svn:ignore
List of file patterns which certain Subver-
countered.
sion operations will ignore. Full list may be
cat
Print the contents of a file.
--strict
obtained by svn status --no-ignore.
Causes Subversion to use strict semantics.
changed
Print the paths that were changed.
svn:eol-style
Possible values are: native, CRLF, LF, CR.
--targets FILE
date
Print the date stamp.
svn:externals
Instructions for Subversion to populate a ver-
Get the list of files that you wish to operate on from the
diff
Prints differences of changed files and properties.
sioned directory with one or more other checked-
file FILE.
dirs-changed
out Subversion working copies.
--username NAME
Print the directories that were themselves changed.
Username for authentication.
svn:keywords
List of keywords that will be substituted dur-
help
Help.
--verbose (-v)
ing commit:
history
Print information about the history of a path in the
Verbose mode.
repository.
$Date$
date of the last modification
--version
$Rev$
revision number
Prints the client version info.
info
Print the author, date stamp, log message size, and
$Author$ the last user who changed the file
--xml
log message.
Prints output in XML format.
log
Print the log message.
$URL$
full URL to the latest version of
proplist
Print the names and values of versioned file and
the file in the repository
$Id$
compressed combination of key-
svnadmin subcommands
directory properties.
tree
Print the tree.
words above
list-unused-dblogs
youngest
Print the youngest revision number.
Ask Berkeley DB which log files can be safely deleted.
Client configuration
create
Create a new, empty repository.
svnlook switches
File ~/.subversion/config:
dump
Dump the contents of filesystem to stdout.
[helpers]
help
Help.
--no-diff-deleted
Prevents svnlook from printing differences for deleted files.
editor-cmd = vim
hotcopy
Makes a hot copy of a repository.
load
Read a dumpfile-formatted stream from stdin.
--revision REV (-r)
Specify a particular revision number that you wish to ex-
[miscellany]
lstxns
Print the names of all uncommitted transactions.
amine.
log-encoding = iso-8859-2
recover
Recovers any lost state in a repository.
--transaction TID (-t)
enable-auto-props = yes
rmtxns
Deletes transactions from a repository.
Specify a particular transaction id TID that you wish to
setlog
Set the log-message on a revision.
examine.
[auto-props]
--show-ids
*.sh = svn:executable
svnadmin switches
Show the filesystem node revision IDs for each path in the
*.bat = svn:eol-style=CRLF
filesystem tree.
*.c = svn:eol-style=native;svn:keywords=Id
--bypass-hooks
Autocompletion in bash:
Bypass the repository hook system.
File status
shopt -s extglob progcomp
--copies
.
/usr/share/subversion/.../bash_completion
Follow copy history when examining a path.
U
File was updated.
--in-repos-template ARG
A
File was added.
Other sources of information
Specify a template for the repository structure when cre-
D
File was deleted.
ating a new repository.
R
File was replaced.
http://subversion.tigris.org
Home page of the Subversion project.
--incremental
G
File was merged.
Dump a revision only as a diff against the previous revi-
http://svnbook.red-bean.com
C
Conflicting changes.
sion, instead of the usual fulltext.
Version Control with Subversion — a book on Subversion.
?
Resource is not under version control.
http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/
--on-disk-template ARG
!
Resource is missing or incomplete (removed by another tool
TortoiseSVN is a Windows client for Subversion imple-
Specify a template to use for the on-disk structure of the
than Subversion).
mented as a windows shell extension.
repository you want to create.
--revision ARG (-r)
Special properties
Specify a particular revision to operate on.
svn:executable
Executable file permission.
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