Ulrich Eckhardt wrote on Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 11:57:42 +0200: > Am 26.09.2011 23:42, schrieb Ryan Schmidt: > >On Sep 26, 2011, at 05:20, Daniel Shahaf wrote: > > > >>https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/site/publish/faq.html#undo > >> > >>It's the most frequently asked question on IRC, and I'm tried of > >>invoking the 'undo' factoid, perhaps people can help patch that entry to > >>make it clearer? > >> > >>Thanks. > >> > >> > >>< wayita> undo is done using 'svn merge' or 'svn copy': > >> > >> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.branchmerge.basicmerging.html#svn.branchmerge.basicmerging.undo > > > >What would make the FAQ entry clearer? > > > The FAQ entry mentions merging or copying, while the referenced > entry in the documentation only explains merging. > > I just tried to write how to use "svn copy" to bring an old revision > to the top, but I actually can't do that from my head. I know that I > can delete the current head and then copy the old version to the > same location using revisions while using repo URLs. I can imagine > the same in a single commit using a working copy. Both should be > easy for any SVN user. > > What I'm not sure is how that would work if I tried to copy a > directory on top of another directory, i.e. if the directory > wouldn't be copied into the other directory instead. Since it's hard > to undo revisions, I'd wish for the FAQ to give me a recipe for that > or tell me it's impossible. >
In 1.7 you can do such directory replacements in the working copy. You can always do: svnmucc -m "The trunk is dead, long live the trunk!" rm $URL/trunk cp HEAD $URL/branches/foo $URL/trunk
