Re: Restoring removed files

On Friday 07 March 2008, David Aldrich wrote:
> Hi
>
> Today we accidentally removed some files from a subversion repository,
> but managed to restore them using a reverse-merge. We gleaned how to do
> this from some mail posts etc.
>
> Please can anyone direct me to a formal recommended procedure for
> restoring removed files in Subversion?
>
> Can TortoiseSVN help?
>
> Thanks
>
> David

A reverse merge already is the correct method. You could also do a "svn cp"
which also keeps the history, but I'd do that only for single files (and even
then I'd rather to a reverse merge, I guess).
        Marc

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