Subversion Command Line Primer

# Show version installed
svn --version

# ------------ Local Admin ------------

# Create a repository
sudo mkdir /var/repos
sudo svnadmin create /var/repos

# Export a repository
svnadmin dump /var/repos_old > backup.svn

# Remove a folder/file from dump file (permanently delete from repos)
svndumpfilter exclude myproject1 < backup.svn > backup_filtered.svn

# Import a repository (needs to be new blank repos)
svnadmin load /var/repos < backup.svn

# List all projects in the local repository.
svn list file:///var/repos

# ------------ Basic Remote Client ------------

# List all projects in the remote repository by svn+ssh or HTTP URI.
svn list svn+ssh://myuser@mydomain.com/var/repos
svn --username <myuser> --password <mypassword> list http://mydomain.com/var/repos

# Import a project into the repository
svn import ./myproject svn+ssh://myuser@mydomain.com/var/repos/myproject -m "Initial Import"

# Check out a local, working copy of a project from the repository
svn co svn+ssh://myuser@mydomain.com/var/repos/myproject ./myproject

# View the working copy's info (no need to input the URI once inside the project)
cd ./myproject
svn info

# Update the project to the latest version
svn update

# Add a new file
svn add newfile.cpp

# Remove a file
svn rm oldfile.cpp

# Move and/or rename a file
svn mv oldfile.cpp subdir/newoldfile.cpp

# Set file to be binary type
svn propset svn:mime-type 'application/octet-stream' myfile.bin

# List the modified files/directories (aka status) made to working copy
svn status
svn st

# Show differences between local files and current revision (usually HEAD)
svn diff

# Commit (aka check in) all local working changes to the repository
svn commit -m "first commit"
svn ci -m "first commit"

# Show check in logs (revision number, user, time, check in comment)
svn log

# List files modified by a particular revision
svn log -v -r <revision_number>

# Show line-by-line differences in a particular revision's changeset
svn diff -c <revision_number>

# ------------ Ignore Files and Subdirs ------------

# Have Subversion ignore file(s) and subdir in a directory
cd dir_name
svn propset svn:ignore file.cpp .
svn propset svn:ignore *.class .
svn propset svn:ignore subdir_name .

# Edit svn:ignore settings
# Have to set environment variables SVN_EDITOR to your editor
svn propedit svn:ignore .

# Have Subversion ignore certain subdirectories or files
svn propedit svn:ignore .
svn propedit svn:ignore dir_name

# Show all properties set under a directory
svn proplist .
svn proplist dir_name

# Recursively show all properties set under a directory
svn proplist -v -R .
svn proplist -v -R dir_name

# Do a status that includes even svn:ignore files and dirs
svn status --no-ignore

# ------------ Selective Commit ------------

# Create changelist for selective commit
svn changelist <changelist-name> file1 file2 file3

# Add or remove files from the selective changelist
svn changelist <changelist-name> --add file4
svn changelist <changelist-name> --remove file2

# Show differences in selective changelist
svn diff --changelist <changelist-name>

# Check in only files listed in selective changelist
svn ci -m "comment" --changelist <changelist-name>

# ------------ Undelete a File ------------

# Find version when deletion took place
svn log verbose

# Undelete by copying back from revision (one prior to deletion revision) to current
svn copy --revision 835 http://mydomain.com/myproject/myfile.cpp .

# If get "Path not found", then add a revision suffix to the URI
svn copy ‐‐revision 835 http://mydomain.com/myproject/myfile.cpp@835 .

# ------------ Switch to Previous Revision ------------

# Revert a file to HEAD revision (discard local changes)
svn revert file.cpp

# Revert to previous revision
svn up -r [revision_number]

# Show files that have changed
svn st --show-updates

# diff against latest revision (diff by itself won't show any differences)
svn diff -r HEAD
   
# ------------ Branching and Merging ------------

# Branch using copy command
svn copy svn+ssh://mydomain.com/myproject/trunk svn+ssh://mydomain.com/myproject/branches/mybranch

# Find revision when branched from trunk
svn log -v --stop-on-copy

# Revert back to an earlier revision
svn merge -r 10340:10335 <file or dir>

# Merge just one file
svn merge -r10343:10739 https://mydomain.com/myproject/myfile.cpp ./myfile.cpp

# Merge from trunk to branch
svn merge --dry-run -r10810:HEAD https://mydomain.com/myproject/trunk/ .
svn merge -r10810:HEAD --accept mine-conflict https://mydomain.com/myproject/trunk/ .

# Merge from branch to trunk (automatically accept theirs-full if conflict)
svn merge --reintegrate --accept theirs-full https://mydomain.com/myproject/branches/mybranch .

# Update working copy to use a different branch
svn switch http://mydomain/myproject/branches/mybranch .