Thanks Ryan.
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.
> It would have been helpful if we had a detailed man page.
>
>
> 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 out of date.Is there any other way to do it other than "svn status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?
> As I said "svn status --show-updates" works for me. I was just curious if
> there is option equivalent to "-n".
>
> 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?
>
> I agree that "svn revert -R" is the better way of doing it.
>
-Vinay
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