Index: tsvn_ch04.xml =================================================================== --- tsvn_ch04.xml (revision 1503) +++ tsvn_ch04.xml (working copy) @@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ - Invoke an externa Unified-Diff viewer. This + Invoke an external Unified-Diff viewer. This operation is faster than invoking the "normal" external diff viewer because TortoiseSVN doesn't have to fetch the whole file but only the difference. @@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ Update your working copy to a selected - revision. Usefull if you want to have your working copy reflect + revision. Useful if you want to have your working copy reflect a time in the past. @@ -1092,10 +1092,44 @@ + Getting all log messages + + The Log Dialog does not always show all changes ever made for a + number of reasons: + + + + For a large repository there may be hundreds or even + thousands of changes and fetching them all could take + a long time. Normally you are only interested in the + more recent changes. By default, the number of log + messages fetched is limited to 100, but you can change + this value in + + Settings + + (), + + + + + When you check the log messages for a branch (or tag), + Show Log only displays log messages back to the root + of that particular branch - the point where the copy + was made. This gives a quick indication of the changes + that were made in that branch only. + + + + If you want to see all log messages right back + to revision 1, press Get All. + + + Changing the log message and author Sometimes you might want to change a log message you once entered, - may it be because there's a spelling error in it or you want to + maybe because there's a spelling error in it or you want to improve the message or change it for other reasons. Or you want to change the author of the commit because you forgot to set up authentication or... @@ -1182,7 +1216,7 @@ branches or tags into the dialog. So instead of trunk you would now use - ktags/tagname + tags/tagname where tagname would be e.g. @@ -1197,7 +1231,7 @@ If you press OK now, Subversion just creates a cheap copy of your selected Directory inside the repository. - Creating a Branch / Tag.does not affect your working + Creating a Branch / Tag does not affect your working copy.