How do you see recent SVN log entries?

Question

Typing svn log spits out an incredibly long, useless list on a command line. I have no idea why that is the default. If I wanted to read (or even could read) 30

Answer 1

This answer is directed at further questions regarding Subversion subcommands options. For every available subcommand (i.e. add, log, status ...), you can simply add the --help option to display the complete list of available options you can use with your subcommand as well as examples on how to use them. The following snippet is taken directly from the svn log --help command output under the "examples" section :

Show the latest 5 log messages for the current working copy
directory and display paths changed in each commit:
  svn log -l 5 -v