Command-line svn for Windows?

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Is there a command-line based version of svn for Windows? I know I can get TortoiseSVN, but that just doesn't work for me.

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What's your actual problem you want to solve with the native client? Why not use the bundled native client of TortoiseSVN? Describing your actual problem (ie WHY it dos not work) would be a better way to start a question instead of asking for available options ... – user57508

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TortoiseSVN contains a console svn client, but by default the corresponding option is not enabled during installation.

The svn.exe executable is not standalone and it depends on some other files1 in the distribution but this should not be a problem in most cases.

Once installed you might need to add the folder containing svn.exe to the system PATH as described here so that it is available in your console. To check if it was already added by the installer open a new console and type echo %PATH%. Use set on its own to see all environmental variables.

TortoiseSVN install wizard

1 for the svn* executables in TortoiseSVN 1.14.1, the following files are required on the PATH:

intl3_tsvn.dll
libaprutil_tsvn.dll
libapr_tsvn.dll
libsasl.dll
libsvn_tsvn.dll
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The subversion client itself is available on Windows. See here for certified binaries from CollabNet.

CollabNet Subversion Command-Line Client v1.6.9 (for Windows)

This installer only includes the command-line client and an auto-update component.

Even though I can't understand it's possible not to love Tortoise! :)

Note:
The above link is for newer products - you can find version 1.11.1 through 1.7.19 at Older Subversion Releases

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I've used sliksvn and it works great for me

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cygwin is another option. It has a port of svn.

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You can get SVN command-line tools with TortoiseSVN 1.7 or later or get a 6.5mb standalone package from VisualSVN.

Starting with TortoiseSVN 1.7, its installer provides you with an option to install the command-line tools.

It also makes sense to check the Apache Subversion "Binary Packages" page. xD

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As Damian noted here Command line subversion client for Windows Vista 64bits TortoiseSVN has command line tools that are unchecked by default during installation.

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You can use Apache Subversion. It is owner of subversion . You can download from here . After install it, you have to restart pc to use svn from command line.

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If you have Windows 10 you can use Bash on Ubuntu on Windows to install subversion.

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VisualSVN for Windows has a command-line-only executable (as well Visual Studio plugins). See https://www.visualsvn.com/downloads/

It is completely portable, so no installation is necessary.

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Install MSYS2, it has svn in its repository (besides lots of other Unix goodies). MSYS2 installs without Windows Admin rights.

$ pacman -S svn

The tools can be used from cmd, too:

C:\>C:\msys64\usr\bin\svn.exe co http://somehost/somerepo/