SVN: How to know in which revision a file was deleted?

Question

Given that I\'m using svn command line on Windows, how to find the revision number, in which a file was deleted? On Windows, there are no fancy stuff like grep and I attempting

Answer 1

Install Cygwin.

I use this:

svn log -v --limit  -v | grep -E '|^r' | grep -B 1 

where

fileName - the name of the file or any pattern which matches it
nr - the number of latest revisions in which I want to look for

This will give you the revisions for all the actions (add, delete, remove, modify) concerning the file, but with a simple tweak with grep you can get the revisions only for deletion.

(Obviously, --limit is optional, however you usually have an overview about how deep you need to search which gains you some performance.)