Introduction

GCC has switched to SVN (see the plan). This document is meant for GCC developers and maintainers as a simple way to getting started with Subversion. Anything not covered by this document can be found in the Official SVN Book.

Index of pages

  1. Set up and optimize SVN to access the GCC repository.

  2. A conceptual introduction to SVN for CVS users. (Make sure to read and digest this!)

  3. Basic commands.

  4. Moving patches around: merging and backporting.

  5. How to maintain a branch.

  6. Various tricks and recipes.

  7. Troubleshooting.

Top 5 SVN suggestions (for CVS users)

  1. Use svn status . It'll display what's up in your working copy, in milliseconds! Find out about --show-updates and --verbose

  2. Use svn log . It's nothing like cvs log It's a dynamically-generated ChangeLog, granular to the directory you want, and with the full set of filenames (no evil globs that destroy your grep).

  3. Use svn merge . Don't svn diff | patch Use svn merge to backport patches, it's faster and more correct!

  4. Use svn revert . Don't delete and update: just revert! It's faster, and will also revert adds, removals and whatnot.

  5. Use svn switch . If you have just another working copy around, don't throw it away, switch it to the branch you want and use it!

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