---
name: "svn"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "subversion"
version: "1.14.5-6"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/svn"
---

# svn(1)

Subversion command line client tool

## NAME

svn - Subversion command line client tool

## SYNOPSIS

- **svn** *command* \[*options*\] \[*args*\]

  ## OVERVIEW

Subversion is a version control system, which allows you to keep old versions of files and directories (usually source code), keep a log of who, when, and why changes occurred, etc., like CVS, RCS or SCCS. **Subversion** keeps a single copy of the master sources.  This copy is called the source \`\`repository''; it contains all the information to permit extracting previous versions of those files at any time.

For more information about the Subversion project, visit  http://subversion.apache.org.

Documentation for Subversion and its tools, including detailed usage explanations of the **svn**, **svnadmin**, **svnserve** and **svnlook** programs, historical background, philosophical  approaches and reasonings, etc., can be found at  http://svnbook.red-bean.com/.

Run \`svn help' to access the built-in tool documentation.