What do the result codes in SVN mean

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What do the result codes in SVN mean  I need a quick reference

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I usually use svn through a gui  either my IDE or a client  Because of that  I can never remember the codes when I do have to resort to the command line   I find this cheat sheet a great help  Subversion Cheat Sheet

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SVN status columns    svn status L index html   The output of the command is split into six columns  but that is not obvious because sometimes the columns are empty  Perhaps it would have made more sense to indicate the empty columns with dashes  the way ls -l does  instead of nothing  Then  for example  L index html would look like --L--- index html  which makes it obvious the only information we have is in the third column the one about locking  Anyway  once you know that it begins to make more sense   SVN Status first column  A  D  M  R  C  X  I           The first column indicates that an item was added  deleted  or otherwise changed             No modifications     A      Item is scheduled for Addition     D      Item is scheduled for Deletion     M      Item has been modified     R      Item has been replaced in your working copy  This means the file was scheduled for deletion  and then a new file with the same name was scheduled for addition in its place     C      The contents  as opposed to the properties  of the item conflict with updates received from the repository     X      Item is related to an externals definition     I      Item is being ignored  e g  with the svn ignore property             Item is not under version control            Item is missing  e g  you moved or deleted it without using svn   This also indicates that a directory is incomplete  a checkout or update was interrupted             Item is versioned as one kind of object  file  directory  link   but has been replaced by different kind of object    SVN Status second column  M  C  The second column tells the status of a file   s or directory   s properties             No modifications     M      Properties for this item have been modified     C      Properties for this item are in conflict with property updates received from the repository   SVN Status third column  L  The third column is populated only if the working copy directory is locked  an svn cleanup should normally be enough to clear it out             Item is not locked     L      Item is locked   SVN Status fourth column     The fourth column is populated only if the item is scheduled for addition-with-history             No history scheduled with commit            History scheduled with commit   SVN Status fifth column  S  The fifth column is populated only if the item   s working copy is switched relative to its parent            Item is a child of its parent directory     S      Item is switched   SVN Status sixth column  K  O  T  B  The sixth column is populated with lock information             When    show-updates is used  the file is not locked  If    show-updates is not used  this merely means that the file is not locked in this working copy     K      File is locked in this working copy     O      File is locked either by another user or in another working copy  This only appears when    show-updates is used     T      File was locked in this working copy  but the lock has been stolen and is invalid  The file is currently locked in the repository  This only appears when    show-updates is used -    B      File was locked in this working copy  but the lock has been broken and is invalid  The file is no longer locked This only appears when    show-updates is used   SVN Status seventh column     The out-of-date information appears in the seventh column  only if you pass the    show-updates switch   This is something people who are new to SVN expect the command to do  not realizing it only compare the current state of the file with what information it fetched from the server on the last update             The item in your working copy is up-to-date            A newer revision of the item exists on the server

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You can always get a list by running   svn status --help

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Also note that a result code in the second column refers to the properties of the file  For example   U   filename 1  U  filename 2   UU  filename 3   filename 1  the file was updated filename 2  a property or properties on the file  such as svn keywords  was updated filename 3  both the file and its properties were updated

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Take a look in the Subversion Book reference   Status of working copy files and directories   Highly recommended for anyone doing pretty much anything with SVN

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There is also an  E  status  E   File existed before update  This can happen if you have manually created a folder that would have been created by performing an update

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I want to say something about the  G  status   G  Changes on the repo were automatically merged into the working copy  I think the above definition is not cleary  it can generate a little confusion  because all files are automatically merged in to working copy  the correct one should be   U    item  U pdated to repository version  G    item   s local changes mer G ed with repository  C    item   s local changes  C onflicted with repository  D    item  D eleted from working copy  A    item  A dded to working copy

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For additional details see the SVNBook   Status of working copy files and directories    The common statuses      U  Working file was updated      G  Changes on the repo were automatically merged into the working copy      M  Working copy is modified      C  This file conflicts with the version in the repo          This file is not under version control         This file is under version control but is missing or incomplete      A  This file will be added to version control  after commit       A   This file will be moved  after commit       D  This file will be deleted  after commit       S  This signifies that the file or directory has been switched from the path of the rest of the working copy  using svn switch  to a   branch      I  Ignored      X  External definition         Type changed      R  Item has been replaced in your working copy  This means the file was scheduled for deletion  and then a new file with the same name was scheduled for addition in its place       L      Item is locked      E  Item existed  as it would have been created  by an svn update

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Whenever you don t have access to documentation  SVNBook   type  Linux    svn help status   grep        svn help status   grep        svn help status   grep    YOUR SYMBOL HERE     or insert the following function in your    bashrc file  like so   svncode       symbol  1      symbol    amp  amp   svn help status   grep     echo  symbol           echo  usage  svncode  lt symbol gt

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