Unix in a Nutshell, 4th Edition

svn Options

While Subversion has different options for its subcommands, all options are global—that is, each option is guaranteed to mean the same thing regardless of the subcommand that you use it with. For example, --verbose (-v) always means “verbose output,” no matter which subcommand you use it with.

--auto-props

Enable auto-props, overriding the enable-auto-props directive in the config file.

--config-dir dir

Read configuration information from the specified directory instead of the default location (.subversion in the user’s home directory).

--diff-cmd cmd

Use cmd as the external program to show differences between files. Normally, svn diff uses Subversion’s internal diff engine, which provides unified diffs by default. To use an external diff program, use --diff-cmd. You can pass options to the diff program with the --extensions option (discussed later in this list).

--diff3-cmd cmd

Use cmd as the external program to merge files.

--dry-run

Pretend to run a command, but make no actual changes—either in the sandbox or in the repository.

--editor-cmd cmd

Use cmd as the program for editing a log message or a property value. If not set, Subversion checks the environment variables SVN_EDITOR, VISUAL, and EDITOR, in that order, for the name of the editor to use.

--encoding enc

Use enc as the encoding for the commit message. The default encoding is your operating system’s native locale, and you should specify the encoding if your commit message is in any other encoding.

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