Subversion

Subversion (SVN) is a version control system. It allows users to keep track of changes made over time to any type of electronic data. Typical uses are versioning source code, web pages or design documents.

The article will cover the Subversion command-line client (or just 'svn) for version >= 1.4.3.

Syntax

usage: svn <subcommand> [options] [args]

Type 'svn help <subcommand>' for help on a specific subcommand. Type 'svn --version' to see the program version and RA modules

 or 'svn --version --quiet' to see just the version number.

Most subcommands take file and/or directory arguments, recursing on the directories. If no arguments are supplied to such a command, it recurses on the current directory (inclusive) by default.

Available subcommands

  add
  blame (praise, annotate, ann)
  cat
  checkout (co)
  cleanup
  commit (ci)
  copy (cp)
  delete (del, remove, rm)
  diff (di)
  export
  help (?, h)
  import
  info
  list (ls)
  lock
  log
  merge
  mkdir
  move (mv, rename, ren)
  propdel (pdel, pd)
  propedit (pedit, pe)
  propget (pget, pg)
  proplist (plist, pl)
  propset (pset, ps)
  resolved
  revert
  status (stat, st)
  switch (sw)
  unlock
  update (up)

Examples

• Typical "download" command:

 svn co https://pymmlib.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/pymmlib/trunk pymmlib

External links

• official website
• wikipedia:Subversion (software)