Subversion (SVN)

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Check out a repository

svn co https://repo/url/trunk local_destination_folder

svn co file:///opt/svnroot/my_repo .

Import an unversioned folder into svn

svn import folder_name https://repo/url/trunk -m "initial import"

Choose to not add a file/folder to the svn repository:

export SVN_EDITOR=vim && svn propedit svn:ignore .

Add the names/paths to the files (one per line), save, exit (:wq!)

Set Id keyword

svn propset svn:keywords "Id" ./path/to/file

Merge

svn merge -r OLD_REVISION:REVISION_YOU_WANT_TO_GO_TO SOURCE DESTINATION

Ex:

svn merge -r 1428:1521 ../../trunk/wp-includes/ wp-includes

or:

svn merge HTTP_SOURCE_1 HTTP_SOURCE_2 DESTINATION

Ex:

svn merge https://svn.example.com/myproject/trunk/ https://svn.example.com/myproject/test myproject/prod

or:

svn merge -r OLD_REVISION:REVISION_YOU_WANT_TO_GO_TO DESTINATION

Ex:

svn merge -r 1428:1521 wp-includes

View details about a specific commit

svn log -r REVISION

Include affected paths:

svn log -v -r REVISION

Restore a deleted file/folder

Use svn log to get the revision where the file/folder was deleted

$ svn log -r 3881
------------------------------------------------------------------------
r3881 | user | 2015-03-27 11:59:04 -0400 (Fri, 27 Mar 2015) | 1 line

Delete myfolder

Use svn cp to copy the file from the last known good revision to the current working copy
```
svn cp ^/trunk/myfolder@3880 trunk
```
Verify everything and then commit

Get a different revision of a file

svn update -r REVISION PATH

Ex:

svn update -r 4186 attribute-filter.xml

Creating repos

Create a repository

svnadmin create /opt/svnroot/MYPROJECT

Create trunk

svn mkdir file:///opt/svnroot/MYPROJECT/trunk -m "created trunk"

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