SVN usage notes

29/Jul/2026

Re-clonning trunk to an existing branch

svn checkout --depth empty svn://server/repo/branches wc
cd wc
svn update --depth empty oldbranch     # brings just this one node into the WC
svn rm oldbranch
svn cp ^/trunk oldbranch
svn commit -m "Re-branch oldbranch from trunk@HEAD"

SVN Credentials

When automating SVN commands always include the flags --no-auth-cache --non-interactive --trust-server-cert If user and pass are defined in env vars add also: --username "%SVN_U%" --password "%SVN_P%"