Question

I can’t see on the wiki where checking out is documented. Ideally, I would like to check out a file “example/folder/file.xml”, if not just the folder… and then when the application closes down or otherwise, be able to commit back in changes to this file. How do I do this?

Answer 1

You cannot check out a file in Subversion. You have to check out a folder.

To check out a folder with one or more files:

SVNClientManager ourClientManager = SVNClientManager.newInstance(null, 
            repository.getAuthenticationManager());
SVNUpdateClient updateClient = ourClientManager.getUpdateClient();
updateClient.setIgnoreExternals(false);
updateClient.doCheckout(url, destPath, revision, revision,
            isRecursive);

To commit a previously checked out folder:

SVNClientManager ourClientManager = SVNClientManager.newInstance(null, 
            repository.getAuthenticationManager());
ourClientManager.getWCClient().doInfo(wcPath, SVNRevision.HEAD);
ourClientManager.getCommitClient().doCommit
        (new File[] { wcPath }, keepLocks, commitMessage, false, true);