A Subversion Cheat Sheet

SVN can use a GUI interface such as TortoiseSVN, or a command line version such as slik SVN.

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A short usage note for Subversion.

Often used svn commands are:

Create a Repository

UNIX: svnadmin create /path/to/repository
Windows: svnadmin create d:/path_to_repository

Checking Out a Project - svn checkout

UNIX: svn checkout file:///repository_name/project/trunk project
Windows: svn checkout file:///d:/repository_name/project/trunk project
Network: svn checkout http://host_name/svn_dir/repository_name/project/trunk project

Getting a List of Projects - svn list

UNIX: svn list --verbose file:///repository_name/project
Network: svn list --verbose http://host_name/svn_dir/repository_name/project

Reviewing Changes - svn status

UNIX: svn status

Adding New Files and Directories - svn add

UNIX: svn add file_or_dir_name

Deleting Files and Directories - svn delete

UNIX: svn delete file_or_dir_name
Network: svn delete -m "Deleting project dir" http://localhost/svn_dir/repository/project_dir

Committing Changes - svn commit

Network: svn commit -m "Saving recent changes" http://localhost/svn_dir/repository/project_dir

Updating Your Local Files - svn update

Network: svn update

Get revision number - svn info

svn info | grep Rev

Check log for the 10 most recent entries:

svn log --limit 10
or
svn log -l 10