Common svn Options

While Subversion subcommands have different valid options, all options mean the same thing regardless of the subcommand you use it with. For example, --verbose (-v) always means verbose output, regardless of the subcommand you use it with.

--accept arg

Specify action for automatic conflict resolution. Possible actions are postpone, base, mine-full, theirs-full, edit, and launch.

--auto-props

Automatically set properties an newly added or imported files, overriding the enable-auto-props directive in the config file. By default this is disabled.

--change arg, -c arg

Apply subcommand to specified change (a.k.a. revision.) This can be used as shorthand for “-r arg−1:arg“.

--changelist name, -cl name

Limit subcommand to files belonging to changelist name. You use the changelist subcommand to name the set of files to which you are making changes. A file can only belong to one changelist at a time. Changelists are local and are not saved in the repository. The name is usually discarded after committing. This option can be repeated to include more than one set of files.

--config-dir dir

Read configuration information from the specified directory instead of the default location (.subversion in the user’s home directory).

--depth arg

Control the tree-depth to which the subcommand should be recursively applied. When used with the checkout command this will set the depth property of the checked out files as well, affecting what you receive and what future commands will affect in the ...

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