How to checkout a specific Subversion revision from the command line?

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I want to checkout a specific revision of a folder in Subversion using the command line.

I don't see an option for specifying the revision number in TortoiseProc.exe,

TortoiseProc.exe /command:checkout <url>

How do I get the revision I want? Is TortoiseProc.exe the right tool for what I want to do?

score 494 · Answer 1 · edited May 24 '23 at 17:27

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If you already have it checked out locally then you can cd to where it is checked out, then use this syntax:

$ svn up -rXXXX

ref: Checkout a specific revision from subversion from command line

edited May 24 '23 at 17:27

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answered Jan 20 '12 at 15:14

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For some reason this does nothing for me. Still at the old revision. – IgorGanapolsky Aug 25 '16 at 13:10
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@IgorGanapolsky Have you locally modified the file you're trying to update? – Oct 14 '16 at 08:29
How do you do hard reset? (Ignoring conflicts?) – Dilip Raj Baral Dec 13 '18 at 07:44
@DilipRajBaral `svn revert` on a specific file, or `svn revert --depth infinity` to reset recursively – Gavin S. Yancey Oct 17 '20 at 07:26
How do I confirm that this command was successful? `svn info --show-item revision` shows a different number than the one I entered. – Brent Jun 04 '21 at 19:47

score 340 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 15 '09 at 19:04

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Either

svn checkout url://repository/path@1234

or

svn checkout -r 1234 url://repository/path

answered Sep 15 '09 at 19:04

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I had to remove space after -r so "-r1234" worked for me. – Elijah Lofgren Oct 10 '17 at 19:06

score 262 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 15 '09 at 19:00

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Any reason for using TortoiseProc instead of just the normal svn command line?

I'd use:

svn checkout svn://somepath@1234 working-directory

(to get revision 1234)

answered Sep 15 '09 at 19:00

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Reason: Windows – May 12 '22 at 13:05

bahrep · Answer 4 · 2019-02-15T09:38:05.990

You should never use TortoiseProc.exe as a command-line Subversion client! TortoiseProc should be utilized only for automating TortoiseSVN's GUI. See the note in TortoiseSVN's Manual:

Remember that TortoiseSVN is a GUI client, and this automation guide shows you how to make the TortoiseSVN dialogs appear to collect user input. If you want to write a script which requires no input, you should use the official Subversion command line client instead.

Use the Subversion command-line svn.exe client. With the command-line client, you can

checkout a working copy in REV revision:
1. svn checkout --revision REV https://svn.example.com/svn/MyRepo/trunk/
2. svn checkout https://svn.example.com/svn/MyRepo/trunk/@REV
update your local working copy to REV revision:

svn update --revision REV
export (i.e. download) a file or a development branch in REV revision:
1. svn export --revision REV https://svn.example.com/svn/MyRepo/trunk/
2. svn export https://svn.example.com/MyRepo/trunk/@REV

You may notice that with svn checkout and svn export you can enter REV number as --revision REV argument and as trailing @REV after URL. The first one is called operative revision, and the second one is called peg revision. Read SVNBook for more information about peg and operative revisions concept.

Eric Leschinski · Answer 5 · 2013-11-21T19:39:11.040

svn checkout to revision where your repository is on another server

Use svn log command to find out which revisions are available:

svn log

Which prints:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
r762 | machines | 2012-12-02 13:00:16 -0500 (Sun, 02 Dec 2012) | 2 lines

------------------------------------------------------------------------
r761 | machines | 2012-12-02 12:59:40 -0500 (Sun, 02 Dec 2012) | 2 lines

Note the number r761. Here is the command description:

svn export http://url-to-your-file@761 /tmp/filename

I used this command specifically:

svn export svn+ssh://machines@mywebsite.com/home1/oct/calc/calcFeatures.m@761 calcFeatures.m

Which causes calcFeatures.m revision 761 to be checked out to the current directory.

score 6 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 15 '09 at 19:00

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I believe the syntax for this is /rev:<revisionNumber>

Documentation for this can be found here

answered Sep 15 '09 at 19:00

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score 3 · Answer 7 · answered Sep 15 '09 at 19:02

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You could try

TortoiseProc.exe /command:checkout /rev:1234

to get revision 1234.

I'm not 100% sure the /rev option is compatible with checkout, but I got the idea from some TortoiseProc documentation.

answered Sep 15 '09 at 19:02

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score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Sep 15 '09 at 19:00

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You'll have to use svn directly:

svn checkout URL[@REV]... [PATH]

and

svn help co

gives you a little more help.

answered Sep 15 '09 at 19:00

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as far as what I see, i think an example can help. do you include or not include the brackets? what about 3 periods? what about the space after the 3 periods? Which characters are literal, and which are placeholders, and which are added characters for the placeholders? – ahnbizcad May 28 '15 at 20:36

score 2 · Answer 9 · answered Mar 12 '12 at 12:05

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It seems that you can use the repository browser. Click the revision button at top-right and change it to the revision you want. Then right-click your file in the browser and use 'Copy to working copy...' but change the filename it will check out, to avoid a clash.

answered Mar 12 '12 at 12:05

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What repository browser? – osullic Nov 08 '21 at 15:22

score 0 · Answer 10 · edited Nov 21 '13 at 19:35

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Go to folder and use the command:

svn co {url}

edited Nov 21 '13 at 19:35

Eric Leschinski

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answered Oct 03 '12 at 06:51

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What is `co`? I feel like this answer needs some expansion/explanation – osullic Nov 08 '21 at 15:23
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it's short for "checkout". You can use `svn checkout...` also – vpp Jul 08 '22 at 19:58

How to checkout a specific Subversion revision from the command line?

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svn checkout to revision where your repository is on another server

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