How do I see the last 10 commits in reverse-chronological order with SVN?

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Using the SVN command line, is there a way to show the last X number of commits along with commit messages, in reverse-chronological order (newest commit first)?

score 195 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 14 '15 at 18:04

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svn log --limit 10

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svn log -l 10

Further googling uncovered the answer. svn log lists in reverse-chronological order by default.

edited Apr 14 '15 at 18:04

Trufa

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answered Apr 20 '10 at 14:08

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SVN has really useful built-in help. `svn help log` would probably be even faster than a Google search. – user229044 Apr 20 '10 at 14:13
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This command seems to return only the last but one(not the latest) commit messages. For eg the latest commit is r901 but it returns only till r900. Just wanted to check if this was the standard or an error. Also `svn log -l10 ` would return the latest(r901) also. – Shyam K Dec 05 '12 at 04:38
This isn't the right answer, this wont show the latest commits, and that could be very misleading. – Owl Dec 04 '20 at 03:15

score 27 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 06 '20 at 00:28

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To clarify the previous answers - note that svn log by default only shows the commits up to the revision of your working copy (latest svn update, run svn info to see). So yes, if it's OK for you to download all commits first, this combination will work:

svn update

svn log -l 10

However, I'm mostly interested in showing the ALL latest commits without first updating my working copy, so I mostly compare my log to HEAD falling:

svn log -l 10 -r HEAD:1

It makes a huge difference to me.

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answered Jan 13 '14 at 07:17

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The -r HEAD:1 is key. – Owl Dec 04 '20 at 03:18

score 24 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 14 '21 at 15:29

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A shortcut -l exists for --limit

# show last 10 logs
svn log -l 10

edited Apr 14 '21 at 15:29

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It doesn't though. yegor256's answer is the correct one. – Owl Dec 04 '20 at 03:16

score 22 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 16 '12 at 14:09

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To see them in chronological order:

svn log -r1:HEAD

answered Sep 16 '12 at 14:09

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This is the correct answer, the other answers don't show my latest commits. – Owl Dec 04 '20 at 03:13

How do I see the last 10 commits in reverse-chronological order with SVN?

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