macOS: Subversion How-to

A brief manual for the command-line-based subversion client on Apple macOS…

Usage

Repository checkout:

$ svn checkout --username USERNAME REPOSITORY_URL OPTIONAL_FOLDER_NAME

Update local working copy:

$ cd SELECTED_DIRECTORY && svn update

Add and commit file(s):

$ svn add FILENAME0 FILENAME1
$ svn commit - m "COMMENT TO ADDRESS COMMITTED CHANGE" FILENAME0 FILENAME1

Add and commit directory(ies):

$ cd PATH_TO_DIRECTORY && svn add * --force
$ svn commit - m "COMMENT TO ADDRESS COMMITTED CHANGE" PATH_TO_DIRECTORY

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Troubleshooting

In order to prevent the following error message:

svn: E205007: Commit failed (details follow):
svn: E205007: Could not use external editor to fetch log message; consider setting the $SVN_EDITOR environment variable or using the --message (-m) or --file (-F) options
svn: E205007: None of the environment variables SVN_EDITOR, VISUAL or EDITOR are set, and no 'editor-cmd' run-time configuration option was found

the EDITOR shell variable needs to be specified (e.g. vi, vim, nano etc.):

export EDITOR=vi

For more info, this source can be used.