SVN Cheat Sheet

This article contains a list of cheat sheets, common problems, and solutions that I encountered while working with the SVN version control system.

Although I don’t use SVN regularly anymore, there are still some projects that rely on it, such as older versions of Open Dental Software.

Hopefully, this cheat sheet will be helpful to some of you.

Get Current SVN Revision

Problem: I want to see the current revision for a specific SVN repository.

Solution: Use the svn info --show-item revision command.

$ svn info --show-item revision
15402

Remove Untracked Files in SVN Repository

Problem: I want to clean the current SVN repository, removing untracked files.

Solution: Use the svn cleanup . --remove-unversioned command.

$ svn cleanup . --remove-unversioned
D         demo.log
D         whatfile.txt

Reset a Working Copy to Current Revision in SVN Repository

Problem: I have many modified files in the current SVN repository. How can I reset them all to the original files of the current revision?

Solution: Use the svn revert --recursive . command.

$ svn revert --recursive .
Reverted 'opendental16.2/MobileWeb/MobileWeb.csproj.user'
Reverted 'opendental16.2/OpenDentalServer/OpenDentalServer.csproj.user'
Reverted 'opendental16.2/WebHostSynch/WebHostSynch.csproj.user'
Reverted 'opendental16.2/CentralManager/FormCentralPatientSearch.cs'
Reverted 'opendental16.2/CentralManager/FormCentralManager.cs'
Reverted 'opendental16.2/WebForms/WebForms.csproj.user'
Reverted 'opendental16.2/OpenDentBusiness/Data Interface/Userods.cs'

Checkout to a Specific Revision of an SVN Repository

Problem: I want to check out an SVN repository at a specific revision, for example, revision 1234, instead of the latest revision.

Solution: Use svn checkout -r1234 https://opendentalsoft.com:23793/svn/opendental to check out that revision.