show changes in a certain period

$ svn log -r {yyyy-MM-dd}:{yyyy-MM-dd}

tree conflicts

One should use the following command to resolve the tree conflict committing working dir with svn client 1.6.x

$ svn resolve --accept working -R .

where . is the directory in conflict.

SSL is not supported

$ svn --version

will show the repository access (RA) modules which are available. Find out which one supports https access, neon, surf or dav. Change the option in the command line

$ svn up --config-option servers:global:http-library=serf

or change the option permanently in ~/.subversion/servers

[global]
http-library=serf

delete locally deleted files from repository

$ svn st | grep '^!' | awk '{print $2}' | xargs svn delete --force

svn+ssh

$ svn ls svn+ssh://usr@host/path/to/svn/repository

svn:ignore

$ svn pe svn:ignore .
$ svn up
$ svn ci -m "added something to ignore list" .

Change executable permissions

$ svn proplist file
$ svn propset svn:executable on file # make it executable
$ svn propdel svn:executable file # make it not executable
$ svn ci -m "changed executable property" file

Set keyword property

$ svn ps svn:keywords "Id" file

Create repository

$ svnadmin create /path/to/your/repository # create repository

$ mkdir tmpdir
$ cd tmpdir
$ mkdir projectA
$ mkdir projectA/trunk
$ mkdir projectA/branches
$ mkdir projectA/tags
$ mkdir projectB
$ mkdir projectB/trunk
$ mkdir projectB/branches
$ mkdir projectB/tags
...
$ svn import . file:///path/to/repository --message 'Initial repository layout'
Adding         projectA
Adding         projectA/trunk
Adding         projectA/branches
Adding         projectA/tags
Adding         projectB
Adding         projectB/trunk
Adding         projectB/branches
Adding         projectB/tags
...
Committed revision 1.
$ cd ..
$ rm -rf tmpdir
   
$ svn ls -v file:///path/to/repository
      1 harry               May 08 21:48 projectA/
      1 harry               May 08 21:48 projectB/
...
$ svn co file:///path/to/repository/projectA
 
$ svn info projectA
Path: /linux/path/to/projectA/in/some/other/computer
URL: svn+ssh://username@former.computer/path/torepository/projectA
Repository Root: svn+ssh://username@former.computer/path/torepository/
...
$ svn --force rm something  # removes the copy and the thing in repository

Security

Passwords are saved as plain text on both the server and the client. This is because CRAM-MD5 as used in the svn:// protocol requires the plain text password on both sides. But on the other hand, it gives you secure password transport on the wire, without the need of SSL/TLS.

svn+ssh does not suffer from this.

Set properties on new files automatically

Subversion keeps for each file and directory a hidden file with property information. Using properties Subversion keeps track, for example, of the mime type of a file (.jpg, .png) or if a file is an executable (.sh) or which keywords should be expanded (e.g. $Id$), etc. To make sure that new files get a correct set of default properties, you have to set in your ~/.subversion/config file:

enable-auto-props = yes
[auto-props]
*.c = svn:eol-style=LF;svn:keywords=Id
*.C = svn:eol-style=LF;svn:keywords=Id
*.cxx = svn:eol-style=LF;svn:keywords=Id
*.cpp = svn:eol-style=LF;svn:keywords=Id
*.cc = svn:eol-style=LF;svn:keywords=Id
*.h = svn:eol-style=LF;svn:keywords=Id
*.hh = svn:eol-style=LF;svn:keywords=Id
*.m = svn:eol-style=LF;svn:keywords=Id
*.mm = svn:eol-style=LF;svn:keywords=Id
*.f = svn:eol-style=LF;svn:keywords=Id
*.F = svn:eol-style=LF;svn:keywords=Id
*.inc = svn:eol-style=LF;svn:keywords=Id
*.dsp = svn:eol-style=CRLF
*.dsw = svn:eol-style=CRLF
*.sh = svn:eol-style=LF;svn:executable;svn:keywords=Id
*.py = svn:eol-style=LF;svn:executable;svn:keywords=Id
*.pl = svn:eol-style=LF;svn:executable;svn:keywords=Id
*.txt = svn:eol-style=LF;svn:keywords=Id
*.png = svn:mime-type=image/png
*.jpg = svn:mime-type=image/jpeg
Makefile = svn:eol-style=LF;svn:keywords=Id
Makefile.* = svn:eol-style=LF;svn:keywords=Id
*.mk = svn:eol-style=LF;svn:keywords=Id
*.cmake = svn:eol-style=LF;svn:keywords=Id

For more on properties and how to change, list and delete them see http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.4/svn.advanced.props.html.

Acknowledgement

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