Using TortoiseSVN via command line

Question

Hello I want to use commandline svn options.

I use TortoiseSVN and I run several commands and I get the following error:

'svn' is not recognized as an internal or external command

I used the command

svn checkout [-N] [--ignore-externals] [-r rev] URL PATH

I think I should add some environment variable or something else.

Any idea what I should do or can't TortoiseSVN be used from the command line?

Answer 1

TortoiseSVN has a command-line interface, but it's different from the normal Subversion one.

You can find information about the command-line options of TortoiseSVN in the documentation: Appendix D. Automating TortoiseSVN. The main program to work with here is TortoiseProc.exe. But a note pretty much at the top theer already says:

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.

Another option would be that you install the Subversion binaries. Slik SVN is a nice build (and doesn't require a registration like Collabnet).

Answer 2

I'd suggest slik subversion. And after installing just add its bin directory to your path.

-bhups

Answer 3

I usually have the standard SVN installed as well as TSvn - just add the binary location of SVN to your PATH environment variable.

Using the standard SVN command line tool will be better for getting help and documentation than using any other svn pseudo client.