Reverting to a previous revision using TortoiseSVN

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What is the easiest way to revert my working copy to a previous revision using Windows TortoiseSVN   I did not find any  findable  command to do that quickly

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The Revert command in the context menu ignores your edits and returns the working copy to its previous state  You may also select the desired revision other than the  Head  when you  CheckOut  from the repository

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Here s another method that s unorthodox  but works      I recently found myself in a situation where I d checked in breaking code  knowing that I couldn t update our production code to it until all the integration work had taken place  in retrospect this was a bad decision  but we didn t expect to get stalled out  but other projects took precedence    That was several months ago  and the integration has been stalled for that entire time   Along comes a requirement to change the base code and get it into production last week without the breaking change   Here s what we did   After verifying that the new requirement doesn t break anything when using the revision before my check in  I made a copy of the working directory containing the new code   Then I deleted everything in the working directory and checked out the revision I wanted to it   Then I deleted all the files I d just checked out  and copied in the files from the working copy   Then I committed that change  effectively wiping out the breaking change from the repository and getting the production code in place as the head revision   We still have the breaking change available  but it s no longer in the head revision so we can move forward to production    I don t recommend this method  but if you find yourself in a similar situation  it s a way out that s not too painful

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I have used the same instructions Stefan used  taken from Tortoise website    But it s important to click COMMIT right after  I was getting crazy until I realized that   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  You may need to use Show All or Next 100 to show the revision s  you are interested in  Right click on the selected revision  then select Context Menu   Revert to this revision  This will discard all changes after the selected revision  Make a commit

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In the TortoiseSVN context menu  select  Update to Revision   enter the desired revision number  and voil

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Right click on the folder which is under SVN control  go to TortoiseSVN   Show log  Write down the revision you want to revert to and then go to TortoiseSVN   Update to revision

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There are several ways to do that  But do not just update to the earlier revision as suggested here   The easiest way to revert the changes from a single revision  or from a range of revisions  is to use the revision log dialog  This is also the method to use of you want to discard recent changes and make an earlier revision the new HEAD    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  You may need to use Show All or Next 100 to show the revision s  you are interested in  Select the revision you wish to revert  If you want to undo a range of revisions  select the first one and hold Shift while selecting the last one  Note that for multiple revisions  the range must be unbroken with no gaps  Right click on the selected revision s   then select Context Menu   Revert changes from this revision  Or if you want to make an earlier revision the new HEAD revision  right click on the selected revision  then select Context Menu   Revert to this revision  This will discard all changes after the selected revision     You have reverted the changes within your working copy  Check the results  then commit the changes    All solutions are explained in the  How Do I     part of the TortoiseSVN docs

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