svn status (stat, st)
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## Name

svn status (stat, st) — Print the status of working copy files and directories.

## Synopsis

`svn status [PATH...]`

## Description

Print the status of working copy files and directories. With no arguments, it prints only locally modified items (no repository access). With `--show-updates` (`-u`), it adds working revision and server out-of-date information. With `--verbose` (`-v`), it prints full revision information on every item. With `--quiet` (`-q`), it prints only summary information about locally modified items.

The first seven columns in the output are each one character wide, and each column gives you information about a different aspect of each working copy item.

The first column indicates that an item was added, deleted, or otherwise changed:

`' '`

  No modifications.

`'A'`

  Item is scheduled for addition.

`'D'`

  Item is scheduled for deletion.

`'M'`

  Item has been modified.

`'R'`

  Item has been replaced in your working copy. This means the file was scheduled for deletion, and then a new file with the same name was scheduled for addition in its place.

`'C'`

  The contents (as opposed to the properties) of the item conflict with updates received from the repository.

`'X'`

  Item is present because of an externals definition.

`'I'`

  Item is being ignored (e.g., with the `svn:ignore` property).

`'?'`

  Item is not under version control.

`'!'`

  Item is missing (e.g., you moved or deleted it without using svn). This also indicates that a directory is incomplete (a checkout or update was interrupted).

`'~'`

  Item is versioned as one kind of object (file, directory, link), but has been replaced by a different kind of object.

The second column tells the status of a file's or directory's properties:

`' '`

  No modifications.

`'M'`

  Properties for this item have been modified.

`'C'`

  Properties for this item are in conflict with property updates received from the repository.

The third column is populated only if the working copy directory is locked (see the section called “Sometimes You Just Need to Clean Up”):

`' '`

  Item is not locked.

`'L'`

  Item is locked.

The fourth column is populated only if the item is scheduled for addition-with-history:

`' '`

  No history scheduled with commit.

`'+'`

  History scheduled with commit.

The fifth column is populated only if the item is switched relative to its parent (see the section called “Traversing Branches”):

`' '`

  Item is a child of its parent directory.

`'S'`

  Item is switched.

The sixth column is populated with lock information:

`' '`

  When `--show-updates` (`-u`) is used, the file is not locked. If `--show-updates` (`-u`) is not used, this merely means that the file is not locked in this working copy.

K

  File is locked in this working copy.

O

  File is locked either by another user or in another working copy. This appears only when `--show-updates` (`-u`) is used.

T

  File was locked in this working copy, but the lock has been “stolen” and is invalid. The file is currently locked in the repository. This appears only when `--show-updates` (`-u`) is used.

B

  File was locked in this working copy, but the lock has been “broken” and is invalid. The file is no longer locked. This appears only when `--show-updates` (`-u`) is used.

The seventh column is populated only if the item is the victim of a tree conflict:

`' '`

  Item is not the victim of a tree conflict.

`'C'`

  Item is the victim of a tree conflict.

The eighth column is always blank.

The out-of-date information appears in the ninth column (only if you pass the `--show-updates` (`-u`) option):

`' '`

  The item in your working copy is up to date.

`'*'`

  A newer revision of the item exists on the server.

The remaining fields are variable width and delimited by spaces. The working revision is the next field if the `--show-updates` (`-u`) or `--verbose` (`-v`) option is passed.

If the `--verbose` (`-v`) option is passed, the last committed revision and last committed author are displayed next.

The working copy path is always the final field, so it can include spaces.

## Options

    --changelist (--cl) ARG
    --depth ARG
    --ignore-externals
    --incremental
    --no-ignore
    --quiet (-q)
    --show-updates (-u)
    --verbose (-v)
    --xml

## Examples

This is the easiest way to find out what changes you have made to your working copy:

    $ svn status wc
     M      wc/bar.c
    A  +    wc/qax.c

If you want to find out what files in your working copy are out of date, pass the `--show-updates` (`-u`) option (this will not make any changes to your working copy). Here you can see that `wc/foo.c` has changed in the repository since we last updated our working copy:

    $ svn status -u wc
     M            965    wc/bar.c
            *     965    wc/foo.c
    A  +          965    wc/qax.c
    Status against revision:    981

| Note
`--show-updates` (`-u`) only places an asterisk next to items that are out of date (i.e., items that will be updated from the repository if you later use svn update). `--show-updates` (`-u`) does not cause the status listing to reflect the repository's version of the item (although you can see the revision number in the repository by passing the `--verbose` (`-v`) option).

The most information you can get out of the status subcommand is as follows:

    $ svn status -u -v wc
     M            965       938 sally        wc/bar.c
            *     965       922 harry        wc/foo.c
    A  +          965       687 harry        wc/qax.c
                  965       687 harry        wc/zig.c
    Status against revision:   981

Lastly, you can get svn status output in XML format with the `--xml` option:

    $ svn status --xml wc
    <?xml version="1.0"?>
    <status>
    <target
       path="wc">
    <entry
       path="qax.c">
    <wc-status
       props="none"
       item="added"
       revision="0">
    </wc-status>
    </entry>
    <entry
       path="bar.c">
    <wc-status
       props="normal"
       item="modified"
       revision="965">
    <commit
       revision="965">
    <author>sally</author>
    <date>2008-05-28T06:35:53.048870Z</date>
    </commit>
    </wc-status>
    </entry>
    </target>
    </status>

For many more examples of svn status, see the section called “See an overview of your changes”.

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