Version Control with Subversion, 2nd Edition
by C. Michael Pilato, Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W. Fitzpatrick
Name
svn export — Export a clean directory tree.
Synopsis
svn export [-rREV]URL[@PEGREV] [PATH]
svn export [-rREV]PATH1[@PEGREV] [PATH2]
Description
The first form exports a clean directory tree from the
repository specified by URL—at revision
REV if it is given; otherwise, at
HEAD, into
PATH. If PATH
is omitted, the last component of the URL
is used for the local directory name.
The second form exports a clean directory tree from the
working copy specified by PATH1 into
PATH2. All local changes will be
preserved, but files not under version control will not be
copied.
Alternate names
None.
Changes
Local disk.
Accesses repository
Only if exporting from a URL.
Options
--depthARG--force --ignore-externals --native-eolEOL--quiet (-q) --revision (-r)REV
Examples
Export from your working copy (doesn’t print every file and directory):
$ svn export a-wc my-export Export complete.
Export directly from the repository (prints every file and directory):
$ svn export file:///var/svn/repos my-export A my-export/test A my-export/quiz ... Exported revision 15.
When rolling operating-system-specific release packages, it
can be useful to export a tree that uses a specific EOL character
for line endings. The --native-eol option will do
this, but it affects only files that have svn:eol-style = native properties attached
to them. For example, to export a tree with all CRLF line endings
(possibly for a Windows .zip
file distribution):
$ svn export file:///var/svn/repos my-export --native-eol CRLF A my-export/test ...