svn_add Schedules the addition of an item in a working directory &reftitle.description; boolsvn_add stringpath boolrecursive&true; boolforce&false; Adds the file, directory or symbolic link at path to the working directory. The item will be added to the repository the next time you call svn_commit on the working copy. &reftitle.parameters; path Path of item to add. &svn.relativepath; recursive If item is directory, whether or not to recursively add all of its contents. Default is &true; force If true, Subversion will recurse into already versioned directories in order to add unversioned files that may be hiding in those directories. Default is &false; &reftitle.returnvalues; &return.success; &reftitle.notes; &warn.experimental.func; &reftitle.examples; In a working directory where svn status returns: ...this code: ]]> ...will schedule foobar.txt for addition into the repository. &reftitle.seealso; SVN documentation on svn add