How do I search all revisions of a file in a SubVersion repository?

Question

I\'d like to grep all revisions of a file for a string. e.g. to find when a function was added or removed.

Is there a \"simple\" way to do this? (i.e.

Answer 1

With a Subversion 1.6 server and its mod_dav_svn you can specify the revision number via a GET parameter:

http://host/repos/path?r=20

So you can easily wget your files in all revisions and then diff them.

Source: SVN 1.6 changelog