kde-svn

BackwardsDown · 11-22-2006, 08:29 AM

Hi, I am trying to understand the use of svn (subversion). I am using the hosting-service offered by google.

Now I have uploaded, edited and deleted a few files. How can I undo my edit's and restore my deleted files?

So I want to go back in time 1 or more revisions of 1 file, but I dont know how.

The manual says:

Quote:

Restoring deleted items

In subversion restoring deleted items is a copy operation of item at specific revision. So when you plan restoring view repository at revision before item was deleted. Select Subversion->Repository->Select browse revision and enter the wanted revision. Now kdesvn displays the content at this term. Mark the entry you want to restore, select Subversion->General->Copy (C). Inside the following dialog the target is always at HEAD revision, the source is at revision you selected for browsing. Fill out the path click "OK" and copy starts. After successfull copy switch browsing back to HEAD revision and the restored item should appear.

But Subversion->Repository->Select browse revision is disabled (grey)

obmuc · 12-02-2006, 04:31 PM

not sure why that menu command isn't working for you but you can do it another way:

figure out the revision number prior to the deletion(s), browse your working copy folder in kdesvn (you don't need to browse the repository itself), and navigate to the folder containing the file you deleted.

select that folder and choose 'Subversion->Working Copy->Update to revision...' and input the revision you want to go back to. this will revert that folder back to that revision and your file(s) should reappear.

if you want to add that file(s) back into subversion you can copy it to some place safe (outside your working copy), update the folder back to the 'head' (latest revision) and then add it back into subversion in the normal way and commit it.

hope that helps