*Notes dervied from http://www.abbeyworkshop.com/howto/misc/svn01/

*Make a backup location of the directory you are using for your project.


1)create a repository
svnadmin create <directory path to store repository>

e.g.
svnadmin create /shared/projects/apseyed/svn


2)add a new project
svn import <directory with file contents to add> \
file:///<directory path of repository from #1>/<directory to store this project>

e.g.
svn import robots.backup file:///shared/projects/apseyed/svn/robots -m "First Import"

3)checking out a project
svn checkout file:///< directory path to repository and project directory from #2> \
<directory path to import project into>

e.g.
svn checkout file:///shared/projects/apseyed/svn/robots robots

4)committing any updated files
svn commit -m " Comment "

5)listing projects
svn list --verbose file:///shared/projects/apseyed/svn

6)removing file or directory from the project
svn rm <directory path or path to filename>
svn commit -m "removal"

e.g.
svn rm robots/temp
svn commit -m "removal of temp directory"