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emeraldjava
emeraldjava

Reputation: 11202

where is svn file history stored?

Where are the checkin comments for a SVN commit stored? Are they associated as a property with a specific revision of the file/directory?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2082

Answers (2)

John Kugelman
John Kugelman

Reputation: 361730

They are stored in the svn:log property. You can add the --revprop flag to the various property commands to view & edit this property.

$ svn log FILE
------------------------------------------------------------------------
r1234 | jkugelman | 2011-01-01 12:34:56 -0500 (Sat, 1 Jan 2011) | 1 line

Log message.

$ svn proplist --revprop -r 1234 FILE
Unversioned properties on revision 1234:
  svn:log
  svn:author
  svn:date

$ svn propget  --revprop -r 1234 svn:log FILE
Log message.

$ svn propedit --revprop -r 1234 svn:log FILE
<opens vim>

Upvotes: 3

Nathan Kidd
Nathan Kidd

Reputation: 2959

As @detunized mentioned, they're stored in the svn database on the server. Each commit creates one revision which has associated revision properties like svn:author and svn:log which has the log message. Unlike file changes in a revision, revision properties can be changed after the fact.

Upvotes: 0

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