Question

I used to use subversion, but it’s been a few years. I’ve been using (and now love) Git.

But I have a client now that uses subversion so I need to brush up on my svn chops.

What are the 3-4 most critical things I need to know to:

• Get a working copy
• Edit files
• Pull down updates
• Push up changes and additions

Answer 1

Since you already know GIT, you might be interested in :

• https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitSvnComparison

And the following also provides an information that relates to git knowledge

• http://git.or.cz/course/svn.html

In short, most basic version control approach are similar.

Creating a repository. : svnadmin create /path/to/repos
Checking out a repository or folder: svn co http://hostname/path/to/repos
Adding, deleting, moving files
    svn add filename/directory-name
    svn rm filename/directory-name
Committing changes : svn commit –m “Message Goes Here”
Checking the status of files:
    svn status
    svn diff file ... > patch
Getting information about a repository: svn info
Applying and trying your patch: patch -p0 --dry-run -i <patch or diff file>
Updating repo: svn update or svn update -r revision

Some other useful details:

Reverting a commit : svn --revision (version to revert):(version below it) .
Creating a branch
    1. svn co url/to/trunk trunk
    2. svn cp url/to/branch -m "Branching from trunk"
    3. svn switch url/to/branch .