Subversion Cheat Sheet

Subversion is one of the best version control systems available. Here is a short list of commands that will get you up and running on your own server. Remember to back up any important data before experimenting.

Create a repository

svnadmin create /path/to/repository

Check out an existing repository

svn co https://url/svn

Review changes

svn status

Add/Delete files & directories

svn add|delete file

Commit changes

svn commit -m “List of changes”

Update your local repository

svn update

This article was written on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007 at 3:22 pm.