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Re: newbie question: Do i have to specify the svn location all the time?

From: Gavin 'Beau' Baumanis <gavin_at_thespidernet.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:06:28 +1000

Hi,

That document is ancient!
It has 1.2.3 listed as the latest version.

SVN is currently at 1.5.something 2 I think)
And it is definitely easier to find now than when the author
originally wrote that info up too!

I am really not a big fan of being told to RTFM: when I ask a question
on a mailing list...
but to be honest - in this case you'll be glad you did.

The subversion documentation is almost a thing of beauty.
For a technical document it is written in a non-technical tone and has
plenty of examples to solidify the learning process.

You could probably read it from start to end in about 2 hours. 3 if
you have a play as you go through it...

Also if you plan to use a SVN client and not the command line for
"speaking with" you repo, then TortoiseSVN is a really good place to
start and also has fabulous built-in help!

Good luck.

Beau.

On 15/09/2008, at 4:40 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

>
> On Sep 15, 2008, at 00:54, baz themail wrote:
>
>> I was reading http://www.jaredrichardson.net/articles/svn-cheat-sheet.html
>> .
>
> I can't respond to that particular tutorial; official Subversion
> documentation is at http://svnbook.org/
>
>> Here is my question: When doing update, or checkout, do i need to
>> specify the svn location all the time like the following statement?
>>
>> svn checkout --username jared --password shipit svn://opteron1/svn-
>> repo
>>
>> How can i simplify the command?
>
> "svn checkout" needs to know what URL you want to check out, so you
> must specify the URL for that command.
>
> "svn update" and other commands that operate on existing working
> copies already know what URL your repository has, thanks to
> information stored inside the .svn directories inside your working
> copy, so you do not need to (and cannot) specify the URL for those
> commands.
>
> You do not need to use the --username and --password switches; you
> will be prompted for your username and password if necessary. It's
> only necessary the first time you connect to any particular
> repository; after that, it's cached in the .subversion directory in
> your home directory.
>
>
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