In the spirit of Graeme Mathieson’s git techniques, here are a few of my favorites, with their svn equivalents for reference.
Restore a file to repository version svn: rm file; svn up file git: rm file; git checkout file See what commits would be pulled on an update svn: svn stat -u git: git fetch; git log HEAD..origin/master See what code changes would be pulled on an update svn: svn diff -rHEAD git: git fetch; git diff HEAD..origin/master Grab one commit without any of the commits around it: svn: svn diff -rN1:N2 > my.patch; scp my.patch other.server; ssh other.server "patch < my.patch" git: git fetch; git cherry-pick [commit-hash] Revert a commit svn: svn merge -rN2:N1; svn commit -m "reverted commit N2" git: git revert [commit-hash] Set some changes aside to work on something else svn: cd ..; mv myproj myproj_stash; svn co svn+ssh://server/myproj git: git stash Discard local changes svn: svn revert -R . git: git reset --hard HEAD Edit recent commits svn: echo "Oops." git: git rebase -i HEAD~5