General Information

Subversion (svn) is a “free/open-source version control system”.

Checklist

• Distro(s): Any
• Package: svn installed

Checkout creates a local copy of the repo.

Checkout command

svn checkout URL

Shortcut

svn co URL

Update changes from the repo to your local copy.

svn update

A commit saves changes to the repo.

Commit command

svn commit -m "my changes description"

Add a new file/directory to the repo. New file only gets pushed to the repo copy upon commit.

1. Create a new file/directory locally
2. Add the file with svn

   svn add mynewfile

3. Commit the added file to the repo

   svn commit -m "Adding a new file to the project." mynewfile

Delete a file from the working copy. The file will be removed from the repo upon commit.

1. Delete file via svn

   svn delete mynewfile

2. Commit the deletion to remove from the repo

   svn commit -m "removing mynewfile." mynewfile

Move or rename a file. File is changed in the repo upon commit.

1. Move/rename a file

   svn move oldfilename newfilename

2. Commit move/rename

   svn commit -m "Renaming my file" newfilename

Show the differences between your working copy and the repo copy.

svn diff myfilename

Show the status of the file(s) in the working copy.

svn status PATH

Show the specifiers for various statuses

svn help status

View logged commits.

svn log PATH