Basic SVN Commands

Here I'm gonna show you some basic SVN commands with some examples.

Checking out

svn co http://[hostname]/trunk

Checking in

svn ci

Viewing SVN information
This will display information, such SVN URL, revision number, etc.

svn info

Viewing SVN status
This will display information, such as files modified, added, deleted, etc.

svn status

Updating the local SVN repository

svn up

Viewing the diff

svn diff

Viewing SVN logs

svn log

Adding a file into SVN

svn add new_file.txt

Moving/Renaming a file from one place to another place

svn move old_file.txt new_file.txt

Deleting a file from SVN

svn del junk_file.txt

Reverting local changes in a file

svn revert whatever_file.txt

Reverting local changes recursively

svn revert -R *

Creating a branch/tag

svn copy http://[hostname]/trunk http://[hostname]/branches/1.0
svn copy http://[hostname]/trunk http://[hostname]/tags/1.0

De-commiting changes in the trunk
This will first do a diff between HEAD and rev 123 in the trunk and then do a dry-run before performing an actual merge.

svn diff -r HEAD:1234 http:/[hostname]/trunk
svn merge -r --dry-run HEAD:1234 http:/[hostname]/trunk
svn merge -r HEAD:1234 http:/[hostname]/trunk
svn ci

Merging changes from the branch to the trunk
Assume that the current directory is where the trunk code was checked out.

svn diff -r 1234:HEAD http://[hostname]branches/1.0
svn merge -r 1234:HEAD --dry-run http://[hostname]/branches/1.0
svn merge -r 1234:HEAD http://[hostname]/branches/1.0
svn ci

Merging changes from the trunk to the branch
Assume that the current directory is where the branch code was checked out.

svn diff -r 1234:HEAD http://[hostname]/trunk
svn merge -r 1234:HEAD --dry-run http://[hostname]/trunk
svn merge -r 1234:HEAD http://[hostname]/trunk
svn ci

Viewing SVN externals

svn propset svn:externals .

Editing SVN externals

svn propedit svn:externals .

Viewing who modified the file

svn blame whosefault.txt