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Version Control with Subversion, 2nd Edition
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Version Control with Subversion, 2nd Edition

by C. Michael Pilato, Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W. Fitzpatrick
September 2008
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
432 pages
13h 57m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

svn propget — Print the value of a property.

Synopsis

svn propget PROPNAME [TARGET[@REV]...]
svn propget PROPNAME --revprop -r REV [URL]

Description

Print the value of a property on files, directories, or revisions. The first form prints the versioned property of an item or items in your working copy, and the second prints unversioned remote properties on a repository revision. See Properties for more information on properties.

Alternate names

pget, pg.

Changes

Working copy; repository only if operating on a URL.

Accesses repository

Only if operating on a URL.

Options

--changelist ARG
--depth ARG
--recursive (-R)
--revision (-r) REV
--revprop
--strict
--xml

Examples

Examine a property of a file in your working copy:

$ svn propget svn:keywords foo.c
Author
Date
Rev

The same goes for a revision property:

$ svn propget svn:log --revprop -r 20 
Began journal.

Lastly, you can get svn propget output in XML format with the --xml option:

$ svn propget --xml svn:ignore .
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<properties>
<target
   path="">
<property
   name="svn:ignore">*.o
</property>
</target>
</properties>
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