yes, the guys are right, you probably need to update your WC. this is feature, not a bug. some svn clients do not behave this way, like ms-windows tortoise.
for mac, i recommended a friend of mine smartsvn, he quite enjoyed it. works for windows too, it is probably written in java. my friend was quite comfortable with it. he is not a developer but quite keen with computers. 2010/4/14 Lorenz <loren...@yahoo.com>: > Ryan Schmidt wrote: >>On Apr 13, 2010, at 12:32, Thomas Allen wrote: >> >>> Maybe I have not yet >>> mastered the "log" command, but I find the output of the following >>> two commands to be confusing: >>> >>> $ svn log -r HEAD >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> r3617 | tallen | 2010-04-12 15:57:35 -0400 (Mon, 12 Apr 2010) | 1 line >>> >>> full comments + jslint fixes >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> $ svn log | grep tallen # outputs nothing >> >>Probably your working is not up to date. "svn up" before running "svn log" >>would probably work. > > because "svn log" on a working copy without "-r" defaults to "-r BASE" > which is the last checked-out/updated-to revision. > -- > > Lorenz > >