Subversion update commad non recursively and overwriting the files

Question

Hi All, Please let me know which commands should be used for updating the repository non recursively and over writing the changed files using command line

Over writing means if some changes are there to local AssemmblyInfo.vb/cs files in the build machine.It should not update that to the repository while doing svn update

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You can checkout svn revert for eliminating checkout changes:

revert: Restore pristine working copy file (undo most local edits).
usage: revert PATH...

  Note:  this subcommand does not require network access, and resolves
  any conflicted states.  However, it does not restore removed directories.

Valid options:
  --targets ARG            : pass contents of file ARG as additional args
  -R [--recursive]         : descend recursively, same as --depth=infinity
  --depth ARG              : limit operation by depth ARG ('empty', 'files',
                            'immediates', or 'infinity')
  -q [--quiet]             : print nothing, or only summary information
  --changelist ARG         : operate only on members of changelist ARG
                             [aliases: --cl]

Answer 2

The following command will run SVN update non-recursively:

svn update --depth=files

In general, you can learn all the options for a given command using:

svn help command

In the above, replace command with the actual command (e.g. "update").

The update command will not modify or overwrite any files with local modifications. If there is a file with local modifications, and you would like to discard these local modifications in favor of the updated version, you can run the command "svn revert" to revert the local modifications and to mark the file as clean.

EDIT: In my initial post, I used "svn update --non-recursive"; however, as has been pointed out, this option is currently listed as obsolete.

Answer 3

Use svn update with option --depth.

See http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.ref.svn.html#svn.ref.svn.sw

Edit:

Over writing means if some changes are there to local AssemmblyInfo.vb/cs files in the build machine.It should not update that to the repository while doing svn update

That is no problem. svn update will never send changed files back to the repository (that's what commit does), it will only fetch new data from the server.

Note: Your question indicates a fundamental misunderstanding about how Subversion (or any version control system) work. Might I suggest reading some Subversion tutorial (or the excellent Version Control with Subversion), that will save you a lot of headache.