Does svn have a `revert-all` command?

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If I want to throw away all of my changes, and return to the code that is on the repository, I do the following:

$ rm -fr *
$ svn up

This is easy enough, but I'm wondering if there is a single command that will accomplish this, something like:

$ svn revert-all

Who uses -fr instead of -rf? There's a reason it's pronounced rimraf, not rimfer. — Jimmy Hoffa, Sep 30 '16 at 22:26
convention's Wilson! Conventions, sir! Without our discipline and cultural traditions, we are but savages! I say, good day sir! — Jimmy Hoffa, Oct 07 '16 at 15:44
See also: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/239340/automatically-remove-subversion-unversioned-files | http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6204572/is-there-a-subversion-command-to-reset-the-working-copy — Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com, Dec 12 '16 at 14:16

score 322 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 15 '11 at 16:34

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You could do:

svn revert -R .

This will not delete any new file not under version control. But you can easily write a shell script to do that like:

for file in `svn status|grep "^ *?"|sed -e 's/^ *? *//'`; do rm $file ; done

answered Nov 15 '11 at 16:34

Juan Carlos Muñoz

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Welcome to SO, and thanks for a thorough answer, as `svn revert -R` isn't equivalent to the two commands I gave. – Eric Wilson Nov 15 '11 at 16:41
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For removing all files not under version control in Windows command line, the answer is here: http://stackoverflow.com/a/1502365/1385429 – Christiaan Westerbeek Sep 19 '14 at 10:20
User [mashzo](http://stackoverflow.com/users/3745505/mashzo) pointed out (in a now-deleted answer) that the `-R` flag may be necessary to ensure that unversioned directories are also deleted, as part of throwing away *all* changes. Consider incorporating this into your answer, if that seems appropriate to you. – Jeremy Apr 25 '15 at 17:34

bilash.saha · Answer 2 · 2016-12-21T06:00:27.580

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There is a command

svn revert -R .

OR
you can use the --depth=infinity, which is actually same as above:

svn revert --depth=infinity

svn revert is inherently dangerous, since its entire purpose is to throw away data—namely, your uncommitted changes. Once you've reverted, Subversion provides no way to get back those uncommitted changes

edited Dec 21 '16 at 06:00

answered Nov 15 '11 at 16:27

bilash.saha

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`-R` is equivalent to `--depth=infinity` – Michael Burr Nov 18 '13 at 21:07
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Your cmd "svn revert -R" is missing the current directory in the syntax.. it should be "svn revert -R ." – boddhisattva Mar 20 '14 at 16:41
Currently, the post sounds like `-R` is mutually exclusive to `--depth-infinity` when it's not. – ahnbizcad Jul 02 '15 at 06:44
@ahnbizcad Aren't those two exact synonyms anyway? – Nyerguds Dec 02 '16 at 10:41
That's my point. This answer makes the two sound different when it's not. "mutually exclusive" = opposite of synonym – ahnbizcad Dec 02 '16 at 16:46

score 19 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 15 '11 at 16:28

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Use the recursive switch --recursive (-R)

svn revert -R .

answered Nov 15 '11 at 16:28

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Aug 04 '15 at 15:36

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To revert modified files:

sudo svn revert
svn status|grep "^ *M" | sed -e 's/^ *M *//'

edited Aug 04 '15 at 15:36

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answered Aug 04 '15 at 15:00

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I think my formatting change represents what you want. Rollback if you don't like it. And thanks, it's good to remember the bad old days of SVN ... :) – Eric Wilson Aug 04 '15 at 15:37

score -1 · Answer 5 · edited Jan 28 '22 at 05:17

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To revert modified files:

svn revert -R <path_to_directory>

edited Jan 28 '22 at 05:17

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answered Jan 27 '22 at 07:26

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This has been mentioned by several other posters. How does your answer defer from their? – Peter Csala Jan 28 '22 at 05:18

Does svn have a `revert-all` command?

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