Re: [TSVN] Search repo file contents for string?

Peter Mounce wrote:
> I find myself wanting to search for a specific bit of code that I
> wrote some time ago and then decided I didn't need, and now want to
> revisit to see if it can be adapted to a slightly different purpose.
> I've lost the bookmark to the webpage where I originally read about
> it, or didn't save it in the first place.
>
> Is it possible to do a repo-wide search for specific strings occurring
> within versioned files and/or properties?

svnadmin dump /path/to/repos | grep "where, oh where has my code gone?"

AFAIK there is no subversion API available that could be used to search
a repository.

Simon

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