Note: some sub-commands can be invoked with alternate names. For example, fcm help is the same as fcm ?. In this annex, some favourite alternate names are listed, separated by a pipe, i.e. the above example will be given as fcm help|?.

Getting help

fcm help|?
get list of subcommands
fcm help|? SUBCOMMAND
get help on SUBCOMMAND

Maintaining the working copy

fcm checkout|co [OPTIONS] URL [DEST]
Checkout URL (and create a working copy at DEST)
fcm checkout|co -r N URL [DEST]
Checkout revision N of URL (and create a working copy at DEST)
fcm info
Print working copy information
fcm status|st [OPTIONS]
Print status of working copy
fcm status|st -u
Show update information
fcm status|st -v
Show verbose information
fcm update|up
Update working copy with repository changes
fcm switch|sw URL
Switch your working copy to point to a branch specified by URL
fcm commit|ci
Commit local changes back into the repository

Preparing changes

fcm diff|di [OPTIONS]
Display working copy changes in unified diff format
fcm branch-diff|bdiff|bdi [OPTIONS]
Show differences relative to the base of the branch
fcm diff|di -g
Display working copy changes with a graphical diff tool
fcm diff|di -r N
Display working copy changes against revision N
fcm diff|di -t
Display differences in Trac, (with -b only)
fcm revert [OPTIONS] PATH
Restore the file PATH to the pristine copy
fcm revert -R PATH
Descend PATH recursively, restoring any modified files to the pristine copy
fcm mkdir [PATH]
Add a directory PATH under revision control
fcm add [OPTIONS] PATH ...
Add PATH under revision control
fcm add -c [PATH]
Check for items not under revision control and add them
fcm delete|del|rm [OPTIONS] PATH ...
Remove PATH from revision control
fcm delete|del|rm -c [PATH]
Check for missing items and remove them
fcm copy|cp SRC DST
Duplicate SRC to DST, remembering history
fcm move|mv SRC DST
Move or rename SRC to DST, remembering history
fcm propset|ps svn:executable ON FILE
Indicate that FILE will have executable permission when checked out to a Unix file system.
fcm propdel|pd svn:executable FILE
Reverse of the above.
fcm propset|ps svn:special ON FILE
Indicate that FILE is a symbolic link rather than a regular file.
fcm propdel|pd svn:special FILE
Reverse of the above.

Browsing

fcm log [OPTIONS] [TARGET]
Show the log message of a TARGET that can either be working copy or URL
fcm log -r N[:M] [TARGET]
Show the log message of a range of reivsions
fcm propedit|pe --revprop svn:log -r N [TARGET]
Edit the commit log message of revision N.
fcm list|ls [OPTIONS] [TARGET]
List directory entries in TARGET
fcm list|ls -r N [TARGET]
List directory entries of revision N
fcm list|ls -v [TARGET]
List directory entries in verbose mode
fcm list|ls -R [TARGET]
List directory entries recursively down the directories
fcm browse [TARGET]
Open a WWW browser to browse TARGET with Trac

Branching

fcm branch-info|binfo [OPTIONS] [URL]
Show branch information of URL or local working copy
fcm branch-delete|bdel [URL]
Show branch information and delete the branch
fcm branch-create|bcreate NAME [URL]
Create a branch
fcm branch-list|blist|bls [--show-all|-a] [URL]
Lists branches
fcm merge [SOURCE]
Merge changes from SOURCE to your working copy
fcm conflicts|cf
Use xxdiff to resolve conflicts in your working copy

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