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We use Subversion (SVN) at the Creative Department to keep track of all changes made to client files and efficiently log a developer's intent when making a change. Because some on our team are not specifically predisposed to command line syntax and others actually fear it or harbor great disdain for anything lacking buttons, I put together this list of common SVN commands to help alleviate the pain.

Checkout new project

svn checkout http://svn.tcmacdonald.com/somesite.com/trunk/

Checkout new project to current directory

svn checkout http://svn.tcmacdonald.com/somesite.com/trunk/ .

Update project files to latest revision

svn update

Add new files to version control

svn add [file1 file2 ...]

Commit changes with a message

svn commit [file1 file2 ...] -m "commit message"

See the what's changed in a file since your last update

svn diff filename

+    line added
-    line removed

Check file status

svn status

A - Marked for addition
M - Modified
D - Marked for deletion
? - File unknown
! - File missing
G - File merged
U - File updated
L - File locked

Fix locked files...

svn cleanup

Hide certain unversioned files from SVN

svn propedit svn:ignore .

See previous log messages for a specific file or diretory

svn log -v filename

See differences in a specific file between revisions

svn diff -rHEAD:PREV filename

Rollback file or directory to a specific revision

svn merge -r HEAD:99 filename
svn commit -m "Rollback to revision 99"
Committed revision 101.

Show files in remote repository

svn list http://svn.tcmacdonald.com

Create directory in remote repository

svn mkdir http://svn.tcmacdonald.com/newDirectory -m "Creating new directory"

Get information on remote repository

svn info http://svn.tcmacdonald.com

Lots more on Subversion at http://svnbook.red-bean.com/