If you need to make an older revision your head revision do the following:
- Select the file or folder in which you need to revert the changes. If you want to revert all changes, this should be the top level folder.
- Select TortoiseSVN → Show Log to display a list of revisions. ...
- Right click on the selected revision, then select Context Menu → Revert to this revision. ...
- Make a commit.
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How to get add SVN specific revision changes?
- Check out your SVN repository to your local machine using TortoiseSVN.
- Right click on your database folder and choose TortoiseSVN >> Update to Revision.
- Find the revision number associated with the revision you want to check out and put that into the revision box.
- In the Update Depth choose “Full Recursive”
What does SVN do better than Git?
SVN is much simpler than git for the simple stuff (checking in files and updating them when everyone's online), and much more complex than git for the complicated stuff (branching and merging). Or put another way, git's learning curve is steep up front, and then increases moderately as you do weird things; SVN's learning curve is very shallow ...
How to remove the last SVN revision?
The concept of deleting old SVN revisions explained
- You decide for a range of revisions that you want to keep.
- You export this range of revisions as a single file, called a dump.
- You create a new, empty repository and import this dump into it.
How do I remove SVN revision?
How do I delete a subversion revision? Load the “Show Log” view in TortoiseSVN for the highest level directory you want to revert (e.g. “Trunk”). Right-Click the revision you want to remove NOTE: this is the revision you want to remove, not the one you want to revert to.
How to revert to a previous revision using SVN
I'm testing the Flare integration with SVN to see how it compares with Tortoise. I'm having trouble reverting to a previous revision. I am able to get an older revision back on my box using the Flare SVN integration, but Flare won't let me check it back in as the new head revision.
Re: How to revert to a previous revision using SVN
MadCap Support just let me know that as of Flare 10.2.2, it's not possible to revert to a previous revision using the Flare SVN integration. Users can only view these older versions of topics. This is now a feature request: 97762.
Re: How to revert to a previous revision using SVN
Hi, I'm having the same problem. The feedback from Support is to make an inconsequential change (to the version you've reverted to), giving you the red tick and enabling you to check in the selected previous version.
Re: How to revert to a previous revision using SVN
Just to say that this is still acknowledged as an issue by Support in Flare 11, and I've added my details to the feature request.
How to revert to previous version of Subversion?
To revert to a previous version of your application (roll back changes) in Subversion, you mergethe changes from your current revision back to the revision you want to revert to. So, for example, if you want to revert the trunk of your application from revision 73 to 68, you would do the following:
What is step 2 in Subversion?
Step 2 actually performs the merge (you'd do this after you're happy with the dry run). At this point, realize what is happening: Subversion is calculating the changes between revision 73 and revision 68 of the trunk and applying them to your working copy. For the majority of the time, you will thus want your working copy to be a fully updated copy of the revision you are reverting from(in this example, revision 73).
Does Subversion have a revert command?
When I was first starting out with Subversion, I thought there would be a revertcommand that took a revision as an argument and basically rolled back your application to revision X. Alas, there is a revertcommand in SVN, but instead of reverting to a previous revision, it works to undo any local changes you've made to your working copy.
