SVN basics

In this tutorial, you will learn SVN basics.

You may signup one of the free SVN server, for example, https://www.assembla.com/.

You can install a SVN client from https://sliksvn.com/download/.

1. Duplicate a working copy of repository on your local machine by checkout (similar to clone in Git):

   $ svn checkout https://subversion.assembla.com/svn/YOUR_REPOSITORY/ YOUR_DIRECTORY
   Authentication realm: <https://subversion.assembla.com:443> Assembla Restricted Area
   Password for 'YOUR_LOCAL_USERNAME': ******
   Authentication realm: <https://subversion.assembla.com:443> Assembla Restricted Area
   Username: YOUR_USERNAME
   Password for 'YOUR_USERNAME': **************
   A    YOUR_REPOSITORY\tags
   A    YOUR_REPOSITORY\trunk
   A    YOUR_REPOSITORY\branches
   A    YOUR_REPOSITORY\readme.textile
   Checked out revision 1.

2. Create a new file:

   $ cd YOUR_DIRECTORY
   $ echo first line > test.txt

3. Add and commit (similar to Git, however when you do the commit, the remote repository is updated):

   $ cd YOUR_DIRECTORY
   $ echo first line > test.txt
    
   $ svn add test.txt
   $ svn commit https://subversion.assembla.com/svn/YOUR_REPOSITORY/ YOUR_DIRECTORY
   Adding         test.txt
   Transmitting file data .
   Committed revision 2.

4. Branching is very simple. You make a copy of your project tree in the repository using the svn copy command:

   $ svn copy https://subversion.assembla.com/svn/YOUR_REPOSITORY/YOUR_PROJECT/trunk \ 
                https://subversion.assembla.com/svn/YOUR_REPOSITORY/branches/bug123 \
                  -m "Creating a bug123 branch of /YOUR_PROJECT/trunk."

5. Merging example:

   $ cd bug123
   $ svn merge ^/YOUR_PROJECT/trunk