How do I view an older version of an SVN file?

svn rollback revision
Xeoncross picture Xeoncross · Nov 18, 2010 · Viewed 128.3k times · Source

I have an SVN file which is now missing some logic and so I need to go back about 40 revisions to the time when it had the logic I need. Other than trying to view a diff of the file in the command line (very hard to read), is there any way I could get a copy of that file to review so I can study it to recover parts?

Answer

John Kugelman picture John Kugelman · Nov 18, 2010

You can update to an older revision:

svn update -r 666 file

Or you can just view the file directly:

svn cat -r 666 file | less

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