Revision Control: Subversion

Subversion references

Clients

• win32

HOWTO: Subversion

• How to checkout a subversion sandbox.
  • mkdir -p $HOME/sandbox
  • cd $HOME/sandbox
  • svn co https://svn3.cs.rpi.edu/xyz
    • This command will check files out of the xyz repository into a directory named sandbox/xyz in your home directory.
  • svn co https://svn3.cs.rpi.edu/xyz foobar
    • This command will check files out of the xyz repository into a directory named sandbox/foobar in your home directory.
  • (see the Problems section at the bottom of the page if you have difficulty)

• How to checkout a subversion sandbox from a remote network
  • svn co https://svn3.cs.rpi.edu/xyz ${full_path_to_local_sandbox}'

• How to check modified files into subversion ( file xyz/README modified )
  • cd sandbox/xyz
  • svn status # determine what files were modified
  • svn ci README # Check edits into subversion and enter a meaningful description of the changes made.
  • svn ci # 'svn ci' can also be run w/o arguments to recursively commit any changes made in the sandbox.

• How to place a new file under revision control
  • cd sandbox
  • date >> README
  • svn add README
  • svn status # will display 'M README' for a modified file
  • svn ci README # Checkin the edits

• How to create a new directory in subversion
  • cd sandbox
  • svn mkdir foo
  • svn ci foo

• How to determine what files have been modified
  • cd sandbox
  • svn status # recursively check for modified files. 'M'-modified, '?'-file is not under revision control.

• How to delete a subversion file
  • cd sandbox
  • svn delete README
  • svn status # 'D README' will be displayed
  • svn ci README # record the deletion

• How to remove executable attribute from files
  • svn propdel 'svn:executable' file1[, file2 .. fileN ]

• HOWTO: Ignore generated or unversioned files (directory attribute)
  • cd ${sandbox_directory_containing_elements_to_ignore}
  • svn propset svn:ignore ${list_of_elements} ${dot_directory}

Request creation of a subversion repository

• Have the repository owner contact labstaff@cs.rpi.edu to change list of users with r/w or to allow anonymous r access to the repository

Problems

403 Forbidden

• If you receive the following message while trying to checkout code from a repository
  • svn: Server sent unexpected return value (403 Forbidden) in response to OPTIONS request for 'https://svn3.cs.rpi.edu/${repository}'
• It means that the account you are trying to interact with the repository has not been granted access
• Resolution
  • Contact the repository maintainer and request to be added
  • Contact labstaff if you are unsure who to contact or require additional help.