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Name

svnlook history — Print information about the history of a path in the repository (or the root directory if no path is supplied).

Synopsis

svnlook history REPOS_PATH [PATH_IN_REPOS]

Description

Print information about the history of a path in the repository (or the root directory if no path is supplied).

Options

--limit (-l) NUM
--revision (-r) REV
--show-ids

Examples

This shows the history output for the path /branches/bookstore as of revision 13 in our sample repository:

$ svnlook history -r 13 /var/svn/repos /branches/bookstore --show-ids
REVISION   PATH <ID>
--------   ---------
      13   /branches/bookstore <1.1.r13/390>
      12   /branches/bookstore <1.1.r12/413>
      11   /branches/bookstore <1.1.r11/0>
       9   /trunk <1.0.r9/551>
       8   /trunk <1.0.r8/131357096>
       7   /trunk <1.0.r7/294>
       6   /trunk <1.0.r6/353>
       5   /trunk <1.0.r5/349>
       4   /trunk <1.0.r4/332>
       3   /trunk <1.0.r3/335>
       2   /trunk <1.0.r2/295>
       1   /trunk <1.0.r1/532>