Summary

The following table summarizes all 18 commands for Subversion. See Table A.1, “Commands” in Appendix A, Comparison Table for a comparison of Subversion’s commands with other tools.

OperationSubversion Command
Createsvnadmin create
Checkoutsvn checkout
Commitsvn commit
Updatesvn update
Addsvn add
Edit[a]
Deletesvn delete
Renamesvn move
Movesvn move
Statussvn status
Diffsvn diff
Revertsvn revert
Logsvn log
Tagsvn copy[b]
Branchsvn copy[c]
Mergesvn merge
Resolvesvn resolve
Locksvn lock

[a] Automatic: Subversion will notice that the file has changed.

[b] Built on Subversion’s “cheap copy” mechanism. Appears as a directory in the tree. Equivalent to a branch that never gets modified.

[c] Built on Subversion’s “cheap copy” mechanism. Appears as a directory in the tree.