Question: I want svn update to overwrite my local file with the files from the server, even if my local files have modifications, I want to throw them away and use the version that's on the remote repository.

How do I do that? I tried `svn update --force` but it doesn't work.

### Update:

Thanks for the answers, so I'm using revert like this:

```
svn revert . -R

```

Is this how I'm supposed to use it? is it safe? I have a git repository in the same pace and I don't want svn to corrupt my `.git` for me!

Answer: 
Use this line:

```
svn revert -R .;svn up

```
Worst case, delete the contents of your working copy (excluding the .svn folder) and do an update.