Check out trunk into a local directory; alias svn co
svn checkout https://svn.example.com/repo/trunk myprojSVN Common Commands - CodeSwordsman
Subversion 1.14 essentials: checkout and update, add/delete/commit, logs and diffs, conflict resolution, revert and rollback, branches, tags and merges, plus svn cleanup and svnadmin backup and restore.
Subversion 1.14+Updated 2026-10-3036 commands
Checkout & Update
Update the working copy to the latest revision; alias svn up
svn updateUpdate to a specific revision to reproduce an old issue
svn update -r 1234Show local changes; -u also reports incoming updates
svn status
svn status -uShow the working copy URL and revision to confirm the branch
svn info
svn info --show-item revisionList repository contents without checking out; alias svn ls
svn list https://svn.example.com/repo/trunkChanges & Commit
Put a new file under version control; use --force for whole trees
svn add src/new-file.tsSchedule a tracked file for deletion; plain rm will not reach the repo
svn delete src/old-file.tsCommit local changes with a clear message; alias svn ci
svn commit -m "feat: add export api"Commit only the given path to avoid unrelated changes
svn commit -m "fix: typo" src/app.tsShow uncommitted changes or the diff between two revisions
svn diff
svn diff -r 100:110Discard uncommitted changes in one file
svn revert src/app.tsHistory & Blame
Show the latest 10 commit messages
svn log -l 10Show commits in a revision range with changed paths
svn log -v -r 100:120Show the last revision and author of each line
svn blame src/app.tsPrint a file at a given revision without touching the working copy
svn cat -r 120 src/app.tsShow the change introduced by a single commit
svn diff -c 120Conflicts
A C status on update means a conflict; the file gets conflict markers
svn updateList every conflicted path so none are missed
svn status | grep "^C"Mark resolved after merging manually and removing conflict markers
svn resolved src/app.tsRisky
Accept the repository side during merge; other values include mine-full and postpone
svn merge --accept theirs-full ^/trunkRevert & Rollback
Risky
Recursively discard all uncommitted changes with no undo
svn revert -R .Risky
Back out a commit by reverse merging, then commit the result
svn merge -c -120 .Roll the working copy back for verification and return with svn update
svn update -r 119Export a revision to a clean directory without .svn metadata
svn export -r 119 https://svn.example.com/repo/trunk ./release-119Branches & Tags
Branches are server-side copies; prefer ^/trunk and ^/branches/feat-export
svn copy https://svn.example.com/repo/trunk https://svn.example.com/repo/branches/feat-export -m "branch: export"Switch the working copy to another branch without re-checkout
svn switch ^/branches/feat-exportMerge trunk changes into the current branch, then commit after resolving
svn merge ^/trunkLegacy reintegrate for feature branches; 1.8+ uses plain svn merge on an up-to-date copy
svn merge --reintegrate ^/branches/feat-exportTags are copies too; treat them as immutable by convention
svn copy ^/trunk ^/tags/v1.2.0 -m "release: v1.2.0"Cleanup & Repository Ops
Clear locks left by interrupted operations
svn cleanupUpgrade working copies created by clients older than 1.7
svn upgradeSet ignore patterns for the current directory and commit the property change
svn propset svn:ignore "node_modules
dist" .Create a repository on the server, exposed via svnserve or Apache
svnadmin create /data/svn/repoFull repository backup and restore, the safest way to migrate servers
svnadmin dump /data/svn/repo > repo.dump
svnadmin load /data/svn/repo-new < repo.dumpExport a compact history as XML for scripting
svn log -q --xml > history.xml