Re: subversion man page available?

On Dec 4, 2008, at 01:58, vinay i wrote:

> Is there a subversion man page available?

The svn man page doesn't seem to have a lot of info in it; it just
advises you to type "svn help <command>" to learn more about the
commands.

> What is the equivalent to the global CVS option "-n" in subversion?
> Do not change any files. Attempt to execute the `cvs_command',
> but only to issue reports; do not remove, update, or merge any
> existing files, or create any new files.

I don't think there is a direct equivalent, not a global option
anyway that applies to all subcommands. What specifically do you need
it for?

> Say I don't want to update the files. Just want to know which files
> are out of date.Is there any other way to do it other than "svn
> status --show-updates".

"svn status --show-updates" appears to be the intended equivalent for
"cvs -n update", according to the SVN's appendix for CVS users:

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.forcvs.status-vs-update.html

Does it not work for you?

> And what about for other commands. If I just want to see output and
> not change files?

Well, for example, "svn merge" has a "--dry-run" option. However it
doesn't always work perfectly, so most of us prefer to just do the
merge, and if it ends up not being what we wanted, we revert it using
"svn revert -R ."

For what other commands would you like to do a dry run?

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