Basic usage commands

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Basic Usage

The Basic Usage section of the Subversion guide provides further information on the following commands:

Update your working copy:	
	svn update 		 - svn update

Make changes:
	svn add			 - svn add fileA
	svn delete		 - svn delete fileA
	svn copy		 - svn copy fileA fileB

	svn move		 - svn move fileA fileB
	svn mkdir		 - svn mkdir NewDir

Examine changes:
	svn status		 - switches: -v (verbose) -u (show updates)
	svn diff		 - svn diff > fileA
				(shows the differences between two versions of the same document)

Undo changes:
	svn revert		 - svn revert fileA

				(reverts to previous version of file or restores deleted file.

Resolve conflicts: 

(merge other authors changes)


	svn update		 - svn update
					U fileA
					G fileB
					C fileC
				 (U= updated from repository; G= merged; C=conflict - merge manually)
	svn resolved

Commit changes:
	svn commit