svn update is not updating!

Question

I want svn update to overwrite my local file with the files from the server, even if my local files have modifications, I want to throw them away and use the version that\'s on

Answer 1

You should use SVN revert. This would revert the files in your working copy to their original state. For more information and examples check the svn book here: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/re25.html

Answer 2

I just wanted to add a little to what diyism posted.

I didn't see the . next to the ; in the line

svn revert -R .; svn up

and it confused me. I don't know why you need to explicitly use . for all files when using revert and you don't using update but that seems to be the way it is.

So, in case it helps anyone, I thought it would be more clear to see the answer as two lines

svn revert -R .
svn update

Answer 3

Worst case, delete the contents of your working copy (excluding the .svn folder) and do an update.

Answer 4

Use this line:

svn revert -R .;svn up

Answer 5

I have this problem occasionally on OSX (10.6, currently using svn 1.6.16). A workaround is to do this:

 svn update `svn ls -R`

It can be slow though.

Ref: http://code.google.com/p/support/issues/detail?id=3192

Answer 6

use svn revert