Re: Newbie Checkout Question

From: Phil Endecott <spam_from_subversion_users_at_chezphil.org>
Date: 2006-04-11 17:14:02 CEST

('binary' encoding is not supported, stored as-is) ScotDiddle@Overnite.com wrote:
> I'm working along, and find I need to get an old version of a
> specific file...
>
> As I understand it, checkout rev -x will check out the whole
> repository to a "new" working directory, at level -x.
>
> Whereas I have a large repoitory, this takes a while.

"svn cat" might be useful.

If you want to revert a file in your working copy back to an old state, "svn merge" with a reverse range is what you want; this must be an example in the book.

--Phil.

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Received on Tue Apr 11 15:17:57 2006