I don't see any difference. In some forums, users said "in checkout command, all files in repository are reviewed; in update, only search for the differences"[1]
Well, it's a forum, but IMHO "svn up" is the best option to put in the crontab. Regards Refs [1] http://lavag.org/topic/10124-subversion-svn-checkout-vs-update/page__view__findpost__p__60853 2012/4/10 محمد الجداوي <[email protected]>: > So, Is there a difference between "svn update" and "svn checkout"? > > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:39 PM, Platonides <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 10/04/12 21:39, Christopher David Howie wrote: >> > On 04/10/2012 03:23 PM, محمد الجداوي wrote: >> >> Hi all. Every day i update my pywikipedia folder on toolserver by >> >> typing: svn checkout >> >> http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/pywikipedia/trunk/pywikipedia >> >> How can i make a cron for updating every day at 10:03 p.m? Thanks >> >> in advance. >> > >> > I'm not sure why you would be issuing "svn checkout" daily -- is >> > there a reason you cannot "svn update"? >> >> In svn a checkout of its remote location to an existing checkout is >> equivalente to svn up it. In most other vcs he wouldn't have been able >> to do that. >> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > >> > >> IMPORTANT INFORMATION/DISCLAIMER >> >> I like it, although a bit large IMHO. I guess it can be freely adapted >> and reused? >> >> >> Regards >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Toolserver-l mailing list ([email protected]) >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l >> Posting guidelines for this list: >> https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Mailing_list_etiquette > > > > _______________________________________________ > Toolserver-l mailing list ([email protected]) > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l > Posting guidelines for this list: > https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Mailing_list_etiquette -- Dennis Tobar Calderón Ingeniero en Informática UTEM Licenciado en Ciencias de la Ingeniería UTEM _______________________________________________ Toolserver-l mailing list ([email protected]) https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l Posting guidelines for this list: https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Mailing_list_etiquette
