svn update is not updating!

Question

I want svn update to overwrite my local file with the files from the server, even if my local files have modifications, I want to throw them away and use the version that's on the remote repository.

How do I do that? I tried svn update --force but it doesn't work.

Update:

Thanks for the answers, so I'm using revert like this:

svn revert . -R 

Is this how I'm supposed to use it? is it safe? I have a git repository in the same pace and I don't want svn to corrupt my .git for me!

Answer 1

You should use SVN revert. This would revert the files in your working copy to their original state. For more information and examples check the svn book here: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/re25.html

Answer 2

I just wanted to add a little to what diyism posted.

I didn't see the . next to the ; in the line

svn revert -R .; svn up 

and it confused me. I don't know why you need to explicitly use . for all files when using revert and you don't using update but that seems to be the way it is.

So, in case it helps anyone, I thought it would be more clear to see the answer as two lines

svn revert -R . svn update