On Unix platforms, !svn and system('svn') commands do not work in MATLAB starting R2024b

On Unix platforms, in MATLAB R2024b, using svn commands within MATLAB using the bang operator and the system command no longer work and throw "undefined symbol" errors.

Answer 1

[Rebecca Nakhoul]

Starting in R2024b, on Linux systems, you can no longer call svn commands from within MATLAB using the bang symbol ! and the MATLAB system command. For example, !svn status throws an "undefined symbol" error.

Workaround:

Reload the environment variables stored in the user's Home folder, before executing svn commands.

!env -i HOME="$HOME" svn status