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Re: How to find out which revision the working copy was ORIGINALLY checked out from?

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:50:55 -0500

Please keep replies on-list.

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 08:37, Shawn Jin <shawnemails_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Andy,
>
> That's what I thought. We finally managed to find out the revision by
> examing each check in...
>
> Maybe this could be something worth having for a Subversion working copy?

I don't see it providing significant value. WCs can be pretty fluid,
can have mixed revisions, be nested, and can be updated to revisions
earlier than what was originally checked out.

> 2009/1/22 Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 08:26, Shawn Jin <shawnemails_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > How do I find out which revision my working copy was originally checked
>> > out
>> > from?
>> >
>> > The use case is that I checked out from HEAD. After some iterations of
>> > ci/up, my colleage asked me the revision number I checked out from so he
>> > can
>> > find out my changes. I was not strictly commenting each check in so I
>> > can't
>> > find out!
>> >
>> > Any idea? Thanks.
>>
>> I don't think you can. When you update, you can't go back without
>> specifying a revision - that information isn't retained.
>>
>> Has your colleague tried looking at the log by date instead of revision
>> number?
>
>

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