Download single file

Question

How can I download single file from an SVN repository?

For example:

svn co http://server.com/svn/trunk/test.file test.file
svn: URL 'http://server.com/svn/trunk/test.file test.file' refers to a file, not a directory

But I can download directories in this way.

score 41 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 07 '10 at 15:11

41

svn export <URL> <PATH>

Path is optional

And for uploading a single file
svn import

answered Jul 07 '10 at 15:11

Dan McClain

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 07 '10 at 15:17

2

I don't think you can check out a single file.

If you just want the file and don't care about svn, you can use wget:

wget http://server.com/svn/trunk/test.file`

If you already checked out the trunk directory, and you are in your local copy, you can update a single file:

svn up test.file

answered Jul 07 '10 at 15:17

Dagg Nabbit

We can do this using svn export – Maneesh Kumar Jun 21 '13 at 12:00
You *can* check out a single file from Subversion. [It is done in two steps. First checkout an empty directory and then update a single file](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/122107/checkout-one-file-from-subversion/122291#122291). – Peter Mortensen Dec 09 '13 at 13:30
Good to know, I'll keep it in mind in case svn ever somehow becomes relevant again ;) – Dagg Nabbit Dec 09 '13 at 21:35

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 07 '10 at 15:11

1

svn checkout <url_of_big_dir> <target> --depth empty
cd <target>
svn up <file_you_want>

answered Jul 07 '10 at 15:11

mcandre

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