Basic Commands
Table explanation
- Commands in green rectangles that are not surrounded by are at an interactive command-line prompt. Text in is an explanation of where to find equivalent functionality.
- repository init: Create a new empty repository (i.e., version control database)
- clone: Create an identical instance of a repository (in a safe transaction)
- pull: Download revisions from a remote repository to a local repository
- push: Upload revisions from a local repository to a remote repository
- local branches: Create a local branch that does not exist in the original remote repository
- checkout: Create a local working copy from a (remote) repository
- update: Update the files in a working copy with the latest version from a repository
- lock: Lock files in a repository from being changed by other users
- add: Mark specified files to be added to repository at next commit
- remove: Mark specified files to be removed at next commit (note: keeps cohesive revision history of before and at the remove.)
- move: Mark specified files to be moved to a new location at next commit
- copy: Mark specified files to be copied at next commit
- merge: Apply the differences between two sources to a working copy path
- commit: Record changes in the repository
- revert: Restore working copy file from repository
- generate bundle file: Create a file that contains a compressed set of changes to a given repository
- rebase: Forward-port local commits to the updated upstream head
| software | repository init | clone | pull | push | local branches | checkout | update | lock | add | remove | move | copy | merge | commit | revert | generate bundle file | rebase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AccuRev SCM | mkdepot | N/A | N/A | N/A | mkstream | mkws | update | anchor | add | defunct | move | cp add / incl -s / ln | merge | keep / promote | purge / revert | N/A | chstream |
| Bazaar | init | branch | pull | push | create-local-branch | checkout | update | Unknown | add | rm | mv | N/A | merge | commit | revert | send | rebase |
| ClearCase | init | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | checkout | update | lock / unlock | mkelem | rmname | mv | N/A | merge | checkin | uncheckout / rmver | N/A | findmerge |
| CVS | init | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | checkout | update | Unknown | add | rm | N/A | N/A | update -j | commit | remove update | N/A | N/A |
| CVSNT | init | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | checkout | update | edit | add | rm | rename | N/A | update -j | commit | update -C | N/A | N/A |
| darcs | init | get / put | pull | push | N/A | get | pull | Unknown | add | remove | move | N/A | pull / push | record | revert | send -o | Coming soon |
| Fossil | new / open | clone | pull | push | branch / commit --branch | clone/open | update | N/A | add | rm/del | mv/rename | N/A | merge | commit | revert | N/A | N/A |
| Git | init / init --bare | clone | fetch | push | branch | clone | pull | N/A | add | rm | mv | cp git add | merge | commit | checkout | bundle | rebase |
| Mercurial | init | clone | pull | push | bookmark | clone | pull -u | N/A | add | rm | mv | copy | merge | commit | revert | bundle | rebase |
| Monotone | init | clone | pull | push | N/A | checkout | update | Unknown | add | drop | rename | N/A | merge | commit | revert | N/A | N/A |
| Perforce | p4d | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | N/A | edit | sync | lock / unlock | add | delete | move | integrate | resolve | submit | revert | Unknown | Unknown |
| SVK | svk depotmap svnadmin create) | mirror | pull | push | copy | checkout | update | Unknown | add | rm | mv | cp | merge | commit | revert | N/A | smerge -I |
| Subversion | svnadmin create | svnadmin hotcopy | : svnadmin load | : svnadmin dump | N/A | checkout | update | lock | add | rm | mv | cp | merge | commit | revert | N/A | N/A |
| Surround SCM | mkmainline | N/A | N/A | N/A | mkbranch | checkout | get | checkout | add | rm | move | N/A | merge | checkin | voidcheckout | N/A | rebase |
| Veracity | repo init | clone | pull | push | branch | checkout | pull -u | lock | add | rm | mv | N/A | merge | commit | revert | N/A | N/A |
| Vesta | vcreate | vrepl | vrepl | vrepl | N/A | vcheckout | vadvance | vcheckout | vcheckin | vrm | mv vcheckin | cp vcheckin | vdiff | vcheckin | vcheckin -c 0 | vmake vesta | vadvance |
| Visual SourceSafe | ? | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | N/A | Get Latest | Get Latest | Check Out | Add Files | Delete | ? | Unknown | ? | Check In | Undo Check Out | Unknown | Unknown |
| software | repository init | clone | pull | push | local branches | checkout | update | lock | add | remove | move | copy | merge | commit | revert | generate bundle file | rebase |
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