Temporarily put away uncommitted changes in Subversion (a la “git-stash”)

While programming software stored in a Subversion repo, I often modify some files, then notice that I’d like to do some preparatory change for my main work. E.g. while implementing new functionality, I notice some refactoring which might help me. In order not to mix two unrelated changes, in these cases I’d like to “stow … Read more

How do I revert an SVN commit?

I have found various examples of how to revert an SVN commit like svn merge -r [current_version]:[previous_version] [repository_url] or svn merge -c -[R] . But neither of them seems to work. I tried those commands and checked the files that were changed by hand. How do I revert a commit with revision number 1944? How … Read more

Why is Git better than Subversion?

Locked. This question and its answers are locked because the question is off-topic but has historical significance. It is not currently accepting new answers or interactions. I’ve been using Subversion for a few years and after using SourceSafe, I just love Subversion. Combined with TortoiseSVN, I can’t really imagine how it could be any better. … Read more