merge Apply the differences between two sources to a work- --ignore-ancestry

Subversion Quick Reference Card ing copy path. Ignore ancestry when calculating differences (rely on path
$Rev: 28 $ mkdir Create a new directory under version control. contents alone).
move (mv, rename, ren) Move a file or directory. --incremental
propdel (pdel, pd) Remove a property from an item. Prints output in a format suitable for concatenation.
Subversion is a version control system that is a replacement
propedit (pedit, pe) Edit the property of one or more items --message (-m) MSG
for CVS. It has most of CVS’s features. Generally, Subversion’s
interface to a particular feature is similar to CVS’s, except where under version control. Specify a commit message MSG .
there’s a compelling reason to do otherwise. propget (pget, pg) Prints the value of a property. --no-auth-cache
proplist (plist, pl) Lists all properties. Prevents caching of authentication information.
--no-auto-props
Quick start propset (pset, ps) Sets a property on files, directories, or
revisions. Disable auto-props, overriding the enable-auto-props
svnadmin create /var/svnroot directive in the config file.
svn import LocalDir file:///var/svnroot/ProjectName resolved Remove conflicted state on working copy files or
--no-diff-deleted
svn checkout file:///var/svnroot/ProjectName directories.
Prevents Subversion from printing differences for deleted
cd ProjectName revert Undo all local edits.
files.
svn help [command] status (stat, st) Print the status of working copy files --no-ignore
and directories. Shows files in the status listing that would normally be
Subversion URLs switch (sw) Update working copy to a different URL. omitted since they match a pattern in the svn:ignore
file:// Direct repository access (on local disk). update (up) Updates your working copy. property.
http:// Access via WebDAV protocol to Subversion-aware --non-interactive
Apache server. svn switches Prevents prompting for authentication information.
https:// Same as http://, but with SSL encryption. --non-recursive (-N)
--config-dir DIR
svn:// Access via custom protocol to an svnserve server. Stops a subcommand from recursing into subdirectories.
Read configuration from DIR instead of ~/.subversion.
svn+ssh:// Same as svn://, but through an SSH tunnel. --notice-ancestry
--diff-cmd CMD
Pay attention to ancestry when calculating differences.
Use external program CMD for generating diff output in-
--old ARG
svn subcommands stead of internal diff engine.
Uses ARG as the older target.
add Adds files and directories. --diff3-cmd CMD
--password PASS
blame (praise, annotate, ann) Shows author and re- Use external program CMD for merging files.
Password for authentication.
vision information in-line for the specified files or --dry-run
--quiet (-q)
URLs. Run the command without changing anything.
Print only essential information while performing an op-
cat Outputs the contents of the specified files or URLs. --editor-cmd CMD eration.
checkout (co) Checks out a working copy from a repository. Use external program CMD for editing files. --recursive (-R)
cleanup Recursively clean up the working copy. --encoding ENC Makes a subcommand recurse into subdirectories.
Instructs Subversion to use encoding ENC to store log mes- --relocate FROM TO [PATH ...]
commit (ci) Send changes from your working copy to the
sages. Used with the svn switch subcommand, changes the lo-
repository.
--extensions ARG (-x) cation of the repository that your working copy references.
copy (cp) Copy a file or directory in a working copy or
Additional arguments for external diff, eg.: svn --diff-cmd --revision REV (-r)
in the repository.
diff -x --normal diff main.c. Supply a revision REV (or range of revisions) for a partic-
delete (del, remove, rm) Delete an item from a working
--file FILE (-F) ular operation.
copy or the repository.
Use the contents of file FILE as an argument for a given --revprop
diff (di) Display the differences between two paths. subcommand. Operates on a revision property instead of a Subversion
export Exports a clean directory tree. --force property specific to a file or directory (requires --revision
help Prints help text. Forces a particular subcommand to run. switch).
import Recursively commit a copy of local dir into a repos- --force-log --show-updates (-u)
itory. Forces a suspicious parameter passed to the --message Causes the client to display information about which files
info Print information about PATHs. options to be accepted as valid. in your working copy are out-of-date.
list (ls) List directory entries in the repository. --help (-h or -?)
log Displays commit log messages. Prints help for a given command or general help text.

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--stop-on-copy svnlook subcommands svn:mime-type MIME type of a file.
Stop harvesting historical information when a copy is en- svn:ignore List of file patterns which certain Subver-
author Prints the author.
countered. sion operations will ignore. Full list may be
--strict
cat Print the contents of a file.
obtained by svn status --no-ignore.
Causes Subversion to use strict semantics. changed Print the paths that were changed.
svn:eol-style Possible values are: native, CRLF, LF, CR.
--targets FILE date Print the date stamp.
svn:externals Instructions for Subversion to populate a ver-
Get the list of files that you wish to operate on from the diff Prints differences of changed files and properties.
sioned directory with one or more other checked-
file FILE . dirs-changed out Subversion working copies.
--username NAME Print the directories that were themselves changed.
Username for authentication. svn:keywords List of keywords that will be substituted dur-
help Help. ing commit:
--verbose (-v)
history Print information about the history of a path in the
Verbose mode. $Date$ date of the last modification
repository.
--version
info Print the author, date stamp, log message size, and $Rev$ revision number
Prints the client version info.
log message. $Author$ the last user who changed the file
--xml
Prints output in XML format. log Print the log message. $URL$ full URL to the latest version of
proplist Print the names and values of versioned file and the file in the repository
directory properties. $Id$ compressed combination of key-
svnadmin subcommands
tree Print the tree. words above
list-unused-dblogs youngest Print the youngest revision number.
Ask Berkeley DB which log files can be safely deleted. Client configuration
create Create a new, empty repository.
svnlook switches File ~/.subversion/config:
dump Dump the contents of filesystem to stdout.
--no-diff-deleted [helpers]
help Help.
Prevents svnlook from printing differences for deleted files. editor-cmd = vim
hotcopy Makes a hot copy of a repository.
load Read a dumpfile-formatted stream from stdin. --revision REV (-r)
Specify a particular revision number that you wish to ex- [miscellany]
lstxns Print the names of all uncommitted transactions. log-encoding = iso-8859-2
amine.
recover Recovers any lost state in a repository. --transaction TID (-t) enable-auto-props = yes
rmtxns Deletes transactions from a repository. Specify a particular transaction id TID that you wish to
setlog Set the log-message on a revision. examine. [auto-props]
--show-ids *.sh = svn:executable
Show the filesystem node revision IDs for each path in the *.bat = svn:eol-style=CRLF
svnadmin switches
filesystem tree. *.c = svn:eol-style=native;svn:keywords=Id
--bypass-hooks Autocompletion in bash:
Bypass the repository hook system.
File status shopt -s extglob progcomp
--copies
U File was updated. . /usr/share/subversion/.../bash_completion
Follow copy history when examining a path.
A File was added.
--in-repos-template ARG Other sources of information
Specify a template for the repository structure when cre- D File was deleted.
ating a new repository. R File was replaced. http://subversion.tigris.org
G File was merged. Home page of the Subversion project.
--incremental
Dump a revision only as a diff against the previous revi- http://svnbook.red-bean.com
C Conflicting changes.
sion, instead of the usual fulltext. Version Control with Subversion — a book on Subversion.
? Resource is not under version control.
http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/
--on-disk-template ARG ! Resource is missing or incomplete (removed by another tool TortoiseSVN is a Windows client for Subversion imple-
Specify a template to use for the on-disk structure of the than Subversion). mented as a windows shell extension.
repository you want to create.
--revision ARG (-r)
Special properties
Specify a particular revision to operate on.
svn:executable Executable file permission.

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