How to update a SVN file without performing a checkout?

Question

I am writing some scripts to update the Linux box\'s SVN repo with newer versions of xml files. The repo is huge, and there is no checkout version on the same box. The idea

Answer 1

There is a way to "update" a file without a working directory, but this is going to depend on what you want to do. I many cases where I do some automated checkins like this, I have found this solution good enough:

You can use svn import to update the files

Something like:

svn import -m "updating the xml" local.xml http://server/path/to/repo/server.xml

Catch is that you cannot import an already existing file, so you will have to issue a delete and then import:

svn delete -m "deleting for update" http://server/path/to/repo/server.xml

You lose the history, but is a very simple and lightweight way to update file and is completely dependent on what you are doing. If you are not comfortable with the deletion and loss of history, you have to use the methods suggested by other answers.