For additional information, see the subversion website and the subversion book.
You can checkout a repository over the local filesystem or via SSH.
svn co file:///var/svn/repos/kattare/trunk kattare svn co svn+ssh://me@hostname/var/svn/repos/kattare/trunk kattare
Within a repository, you can:
- Update the repository to the latest version:
svn update
See a summary of any local changes:svn status
Put files (or directories) under revision control:svn add
Commit any changes you have made:svn commit
If, for some reason, you want to throw away changes you have made:svn revert
For additional command-line help:svn help svn help checkin svn help status svn help ...