Need to restore a deleted branch in Subversion

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Luke picture Luke · Oct 14, 2009 · Viewed 35.1k times · Source

I have two working copies of a Subversion repository, one of the trunk, and one of a branch I created.

I accidentally deleted the branch in a repository browser. How do I restore the branch? Is there a way to undo the most recent commit for the whole repository?

Answer

Brian Neal picture Brian Neal · Apr 10, 2012

Here is a solution if you are using TortoiseSVN:

  1. In the repo browser, navigate to the parent folder of the folder you deleted (e.g. "branches").
  2. Right click on the folder and do a "Show Log."
  3. Find the revision where you deleted the specific branch folder.
  4. Select the revision immediately before that revision.
  5. Right click and choose "Browse Repository." You are now looking at the state of the repository at the point in time right before you deleted the branch.
  6. Find the branch folder that you deleted, select, right-click, and choose "Copy to..."
  7. You can now copy the deleted folder to either a new name or even the same name.

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