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Most OpenMRS developers are comfortable with subversion and haven't had as much experience with Git. While there are a number of good tutorials on Git, we wanted to provide a quick reference for our developers.

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Help

Git	SVN
`git help`______________	`svn help`{{______________

View content of remote repository (svn list)

Git	SVN
`Browse on github`______________	`svn list` `http://svn.openmrs.org/openmrs/trunk/`______________

You can browse files in your local repository with git show or git ls-files.

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Git	SVN
`git clone git@github.com:username/openmrs-module-mymodule.git`_____	`svn checkout` `http://svn.openmrs.org/openmrs-modules/mymodule` `mymodule`_______

Get updates

Git	SVN
`git pull`______________	`svn update`______________

Compare working copy to head (what have I changed?)

Git	SVN
`git xxx`______________	`svn diff`______________

Add new file(s)/folder(s) to version control

Git	SVN
`git add myfile.txt`______________	`svn add myfile.txt`______________

Delete file(s)/folder(s)

Git	SVN
`git xxx`______________	`svn rm myfile.txt`______________

Ignore certain file(s)/folder(s)

Git	SVN
`.gitignore`______________	`svn propset svn:ignore -F .svnignore .`______________

Commit changes with comment (all or some of changes in working copy)

Git	SVN
`git commit -m "comment"`______________ `git push`	`svn commit -m "comment"`______________

Get basic information about working copy (svn info)

Git	SVN
`git xxx`______________	`svn xxx`______________

Revert changes (all or some changes in working copy)

Git	SVN
`git xxx`______________	`svn xxx`______________

Create a patch (diff of working copy from head)

Git	SVN
`git xxx`______________	`svn xxx`______________

Apply a patch

Git	SVN
`git xxx`______________	`svn xxx`______________

Resolve conflicts

Git	SVN
`git xxx`______________	`svn xxx`______________

Create a branch (e.g., space for new module)

Git	SVN
`git xxx`______________	`svn xxx`______________

Close a branch

Git	SVN
`git xxx`______________	`svn xxx`______________

Tag a release

Git	SVN
`git xxx`______________	`svn xxx`______________

Switch working copy to new SVN location

Git	SVN
`git xxx`______________	`svn xxx`______________

Detach working copy

Git	SVN
`git xxx`______________	`svn xxx`______________

Blame (show annotations / show who changed what line in what commit)

Git	SVN
`git xxx`______________	`svn xxx`______________

Show history

Git	SVN
`git xxx`______________	`svn xxx`______________

Switch to earlier revision

Git	SVN
`git xxx`______________	`svn xxx`______________

Correct/change old commit message

Git	SVN
`git xxx`______________	`svn xxx`______________

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