Version Control with Subversion

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Chapter 9

CHAPTER 9

Subversion Complete Reference

This chapter is intended to be a complete reference to using Subversion. This

includes the command line client (

svn) and all its subcommands, as well as the repos-

itory administration programs (

svnadmin and svnlook) and their respective subcom-

mands.

The Subversion Command Line Client: svn

To use the command line client, you type svn, the subcommand you wish to use,

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and any switches or targets that you wish to operate on—there is no specific order

that the subcommand and the switches must appear in. For example, all of the fol-

lowing are valid ways to use

svn status:

$ svn -v status

$ svn status -v

$ svn status -v myfile

You can find many more examples of how to use most client commands in Chapter 3

and commands for managing properties in “Properties” in Chapter 7.

svn Switches

While Subversion has different switches for its subcommands, all switches are glo-

bal—that is, each switch is guaranteed to mean the same thing regardless of the sub-

command you use it with. For example,

--verbose (-v) always means verbose output,

regardless of the subcommand with which you use it.

--auto-props

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

* Yes, yes, you don’t need a subcommand to use the --version switch, but ...