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Revision Control Systems

Warning: This is only a memo, don't use this table if you don't know what these commands will do. These RCS don't have the same philosophy and don't behave the same way, these equivalences are approximations.

Common tasks:

Task	GIT	SVN	CVS
Get Repository	`git clone <url> [<rep-name>]`	`svn co <url> [<rep-name>]`	`export CVSROOT=<url>;<br/>mkdir <rep-name>; cd <rep-name>;<br/>cvs checkout .`
Update	`git pull`	`svn up`	`cvs update`
Commit	`git commit -a; git push`	`svn commit`	`cvs commit`
Add files	`git add <file>`	`svn add <file>`	`cvs add <file>`
Diff	`git diff [a7a57d0390 b7d15a91c7]`	`svn diff [-r r4042:r4043] \| less`	`cvs diff [-r 1.42 -r 1.43] \| less`
Diff -w	`git diff -w`	`svn diff -x -w \| less`	`cvs diff -w \| less`
Log	`git log`	`svn log \| less`	`cvs log \| less`
Status	`git status`	`svn status`	`cvs -q status \| grep '^[?F]' \| grep -v 'to-date'`

Less common tasks:

Task	GIT	SVN	CVS