Chapter 6. Command Reference

Table of Contents

The main kdesvn window
The File Menu
The Bookmark Menu
The Subversion Menu
The Help Menu
The subversion toolbar

The main kdesvn window

The File Menu

File->Open (Ctrl+O)

Open a local working copy or a repository previously checked out

File->Close (Ctrl+W)

Close current opened repository or working copy

File->Quit (Ctrl+Q)

Quits kdesvn

The Bookmark Menu

see konqueror help

The Subversion Menu

Subversion->Refresh view (Ctrl+U)

Refresh the current status of all displayed items. This will list each item asked for to be displayed at current status.

General subversion actions

Subversion->General->Full log (Ctrl+L)

Display lifetime log of the the currently selected item. Be careful, this list may be really big!

Subversion->General->Log... (Ctrl+Shift+L)

Displays a log where a revision/date range may selected before.

Subversion->General->Details (I)

Displays detailed information about selected item(s)

Subversion->General->Blame

Makes an annotated list over all checkins. That may consume time!

Subversion->General->Blame range

Annotate a range of commits for a file.

Subversion->General->Cat head

Shows the content of the last commited version of that entry. (May be different to working copy version if working on a WC!)

Subversion->General->Move (F2)

Move or rename item inside working copy or in repository

Subversion->General->Copy (F5)

Copy item inside working copy or in repository

Subversion->General->Delete selected files/dirs (Del)

Delete selected entries. If working in a working copy you must commit your deletions afterwards.

Subversion->General->Make (sub-)directory

Create a new directory

Subversion->General->Import directories into current

Select directories you want to import into the current selected directory

Subversion->General->Checkout a repository

Creates a new working copy of a repository

Subversion->General->Export a repository

Exports a repository to filesystem, eg. creates a clean directory tree without subversion information.

Subversion->General->Lock current items

Mark current items as locked. Read the subversion handbook before using this!

Subversion->General->Unlock current items

Remove locks on current items. Read the subversion handbook before using this!

Working copy

Subversion->Working copy->Update to head (Ctrl+u)

Update working copy to HEAD of repository

Subversion->Working copy->Update to revision...

Update working copy to a specific revision of repository

Subversion->Working copy->Commit (#)

Commit changes inside working copy for selected items to repository.

Subversion->Working copy->Diff local changes (Ctrl+D)

Display local changes as diff-output (without network access). This is the difference only to last state the working copy was updated to, not against the version in repository.

Subversion->Working copy->Diff against head (Ctrl+H)

Diff's current working copy against head of repository.

Subversion->Working copy->Properties (P)

View/Edit properties assigned with current entry.

Subversion->Working copy->Add selected files/dirs (Insert)

Add selected files and/or directories to version control.

Subversion->Working copy->Revert current changes

Revert changes made in working copy and updates to last updated state.

Subversion->Working copy->Resolve recursive

Mark conflicted items as not conflicted and removes associated files.

Subversion->Working copy->Merge two revisions

Merge two revisions of entries into working copy.

Subversion->Working copy->Ignore/Unignore current item

Edit property of parent directory of current item so that selected item will marked as ignored if not set, otherwise remove it from ignorelist.

Subversion->Working copy->Cleanup

Clean up the working copy and removes (commit-)locks if any

Subversion->Working copy->Switch repository

Switch the root of the current working copy. "relocate" This is not supported at this moment.

Subversion->Working copy->Switch to repository

Opens the repository tree of another working copy.

Repository

Subversion->Repository->Checkout current repository path

Create a working copy from the current selected entry if a directory.

Subversion->Repository->Export current repository path

Create a clean copy on local filesystem from the current selected entry if a directory.

The Help Menu

Help->kdesvn Handbook (F1)

Invokes the KDE Help system starting at the kdesvn help pages. (this document).

Help->What's This? (Shift+F1)

Changes the mouse cursor to a combination arrow and question mark. Clicking on items within kdesvn will open a help window (if one exists for the particular item) explaining the item's function.

Help->Report Bug...

Opens the Bug report dialog where you can report a bug or request a “wishlist” feature.

Help->About kdesvn

This will display version and author information.

Help->About KDE

This displays the KDE version and other basic information.

The subversion toolbar

Open

Open a working copy