Your svn ~/.subversion/config should contain these entries: *.sh = svn:eol-style=native;svn:mime-type=text/plain;svn:executable *.lfm = svn:eol-style=native;svn:mime-type=text/plain *.lrs = svn:eol-style=native;svn:mime-type=text/pascal *.lpk = svn:eol-style=native;svn:mime-type=text/plain *.lpi = svn:eol-style=native;svn:mime-type=text/plain *.lpr = svn:eol-style=native;svn:mime-type=text/pascal *.lpl = svn:eol-style=native;svn:mime-type=text/plain *.po = svn:eol-style=native;svn:mime-type=text/plain *.p = svn:eol-style=native;svn:mime-type=text/pascal *.pp = svn:eol-style=native;svn:mime-type=text/pascal *.pas = svn:eol-style=native;svn:mime-type=text/pascal *.txt = svn:eol-style=native;svn:mime-type=text/plain *.inc = svn:eol-style=native;svn:mime-type=text/plain *.xml = svn:eol-style=native;svn:mime-type=text/plain Makefile = svn:eol-style=native;svn:mime-type=text/plain Makefile.fpc = svn:eol-style=native;svn:mime-type=text/plain Makefile.compiled = svn:eol-style=native;svn:mime-type=text/plain List all branches: svn ls http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/lazarus/branches List all tags: svn ls http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/lazarus/tags Checkout a fixes branch: svn co http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/lazarus/branches/fixes_0_9_30 lazarus Switch an existing to another branch: svn switch http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/lazarus/branches/fixes_0_9_30