How to checkout a specific Subversion revision from the command line?

Question

I want to checkout a specific revision of a folder in Subversion using the command line.

I don\'t see an option for specifying the revision number in TortoiseP

Answer 1

You should never use TortoiseProc.exe as a command-line Subversion client! TortoiseProc should be utilized only for automating TortoiseSVN's GUI. See the note in TortoiseSVN's Manual:

Remember that TortoiseSVN is a GUI client, and this automation guide shows you how to make the TortoiseSVN dialogs appear to collect user input. If you want to write a script which requires no input, you should use the official Subversion command line client instead.

Use the Subversion command-line svn.exe client. With the command-line client, you can

• checkout a working copy in REV revision:

  1. svn checkout --revision REV https://svn.example.com/svn/MyRepo/trunk/

  2. svn checkout https://svn.example.com/svn/MyRepo/trunk/@REV

• update your local working copy to REV revision:

  svn update --revision REV

• export (i.e. download) a file or a development branch in REV revision:

  1. svn export --revision REV https://svn.example.com/svn/MyRepo/trunk/

  2. svn export https://svn.example.com/MyRepo/trunk/@REV

You may notice that with svn checkout and svn export you can enter REV number as --revision REV argument and as trailing @REV after URL. The first one is called operative revision, and the second one is called peg revision. Read SVNBook for more information about peg and operative revisions concept.