Databases
StackOverflow2013
Postsdbo
POSVN problem: What is the latest revision that still contained this code snippet?
 

Note that there are some explanatory texts on larger screens.

plurals
  1. POSVN problem: What is the latest revision that still contained this code snippet?
    primarykey
    data
    text
    <p>It is good practice to remove old code instead of just commenting it out. It is often claimed that the old code parts can always be found again in the old SVN repository revision, if needed.</p> <p>But practically, it's not that easy, right? If the old code is in some <em>unknown</em> old SVN revision then it can be quite hard to find. </p> <p>I'm exactly in that situation right now: There's a function that I don't need anymore, and I should throw it out, since it's in SVN, but I hesitate because I might need it again, and I'm afraid it's going to be hard to find in the repository.</p> <p>Of course, one can always make a commit message, saying "removed function myFunction", but sometimes you can't note every little code removal in the commit message, and it can also be tedious to look through all commit messages to find something again. </p> <p>An automatic tool would be better, something like </p> <pre><code>svn find "void myFunction\(" my-file.cc </code></pre> <p>which would tell me the different results from different revisions. Does something like that exist?</p> <p><strong>EDIT:</strong> Do other version control systems have it? Git maybe? (That'd be a reason to switch, I'd say.)</p> <p><strong>UPDATE:</strong> So there's no real answer except the tiny brittle <code>shell</code> script I found more or less by accident (see my answer below). I think, that's really a shame for SVN. Finding something in earlier revisions should be one of the central functionalities of version control. Does anyone have more info?</p>
    singulars
    1. PO
      singulars
      1. PTAnswer
    1. This table or related slice is empty.
    1. PTQuestion
    1. USFrank
    1. USFrank
    plurals
    1. This table or related slice is empty.
    1. PL
      singulars
      1. LTDuplicate
    1. This table or related slice is empty.
    1. PO
      singulars
      1. PTAnswer
    2. PO
      singulars
      1. PTAnswer
    3. PO
      singulars
      1. PTAnswer
    1. VO
      singulars
      1. POSVN problem: What is the latest revision that still contained this code snippet?
      1. This table or related slice is empty.
      1. VTUpMod
    2. VO
      singulars
      1. POSVN problem: What is the latest revision that still contained this code snippet?
      1. This table or related slice is empty.
      1. VTUpMod
    3. VO
      singulars
      1. POSVN problem: What is the latest revision that still contained this code snippet?
      1. This table or related slice is empty.
      1. VTUpMod
    1. COGreat question! When making use of the commit log search feature in tortoiseSVN, I've often wished that it would also index the revision diffs
      singulars
      1. POSVN problem: What is the latest revision that still contained this code snippet?
      1. USWim Coenen
 

Querying!

 
Guidance
A row detail

Detail views are divided into sections. All the information in the data section comes from columns in the selected row. The other sections display data from other, related rows.

Related data can be related in a to-one or a to-many fashion. Captions of data related in a to-many fashion link to a list view showing a filtered view of the table.

Try moving around until you find a non-empty to-many entry and click on the label to get to one. You can move back to the root by clicking on the database name in the header.

SQuiL has stopped working due to an internal error.

If you are curious you may find further information in the browser console, which is accessible through the devtools (F12).

Reload