SVN Tutorial using Command Prompt

Update Trunk from Branch

1)     Create a working folder for trunk.

2)     Checkout trunk from the server.

svn checkout <Server URL> <Working Path>

3)     Merge branch to trunk in trunk’s working folder.

svn merge <Branch URL> <Working Path>

4)     Commit changes.

svn commit <Working Path> -m “<log>”

Note : If there is any conflicts while merging do a resolve

          svn resolve –R - -accept working <Working Path>

Create a New Tag & Branch from Trunk

1)     Now create a new branch (To work on next release. Create two branch, one for next version & one for a patch release on same version) and tags.

a.     Copy head trunk revision to new branch.

svn copy <Trunk URL> <Branch URL> -m “<log>”

b.    Copy head trunk revision to new tag.

svn copy <Trunk URL> <Tag URL> -m “<log>”

Delete files/folder from SVN Repository

1)     Delete command will be commited to the repository automatically.

svn delete <URL> -m “<log>”

2)     Multiple files/folders can be deleted simultaneously.

svn delete <URL1> <URL2> <URL3> ……. –m “<log>”

Using Local Repository for Training

1)     Create a new folder for SVN Repository.

2)     Create SVN Repository on the new folder created.

svnadmin create –fs-type fsfs <Repository Path>

3)     Export desired revision from the server repository for practice.

svn export –r <rev#> <ServerURL>

4)     Local repository is now ready for training.

Note: Examples for Path & URL format.

Path/URL	Examples
Path	C:\folder1\folder2……
URL - Server Repository	http://serverIP/path1/path2/path3/.....
URL - Local Repository	File:///C:/folder1/folder2/folder3/.....