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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>svnlook</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css" type="text/css" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2" /><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="Version Control with Subversion" /><link rel="up" href="svn.ref.html" title="Chapter 9. Subversion Complete Reference" /><link rel="prev" href="svn.ref.svnadmin.c.verify.html" title="svnadmin verify" /><link rel="next" href="svn.ref.svnlook.c.author.html" title="svnlook author" /></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center"><span class="command"><strong>svnlook</strong></span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="svn.ref.svnadmin.c.verify.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 9. Subversion Complete Reference</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="svn.ref.svnlook.c.author.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="svn.ref.svnlook"></a><span class="command"><strong>svnlook</strong></span></h2></div></div></div><p><span class="command"><strong>svnlook</strong></span> is a command-line utility for
examining different aspects of a Subversion repository. It
does not make any changes to the repository—it's just
used for “<span class="quote">peeking</span>”.
<span class="command"><strong>svnlook</strong></span> is typically used by the
repository hooks, but a repository administrator might find it
useful for diagnostic purposes.</p><p>Since <span class="command"><strong>svnlook</strong></span> works via direct repository access
(and thus can only be used on the machine that holds the
repository), it refers to the repository with a path, not a URL.</p><p>If no revision or transaction is specified,
<span class="command"><strong>svnlook</strong></span> defaults to the youngest (most
recent) revision of the repository.</p><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="svn.ref.svnlook.sw"></a><span class="command"><strong>svnlook</strong></span> Options</h3></div></div></div><p>Options in <span class="command"><strong>svnlook</strong></span> are global, just
like in <span class="command"><strong>svn</strong></span> and
<span class="command"><strong>svnadmin</strong></span>; however, most options only
apply to one subcommand since the functionality of
<span class="command"><strong>svnlook</strong></span> is (intentionally) limited in
scope.</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-diff-deleted</code></span></dt><dd><p>Prevents <span class="command"><strong>svnlook diff</strong></span> from printing
differences for deleted files. The default behavior
when a file is deleted in a transaction/revision is
to print the same differences that you would see if
you had left the file but removed all the content.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-diff-added</code></span></dt><dd><p>Prevents <span class="command"><strong>svnlook diff</strong></span> from printing
differences for added files. The default behavior when
you add a file is to print the same differences that you
would see if you had added the entire contents of an
existing (empty) file.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--revision</code>
(<code class="option">-r</code>)</span></dt><dd><p>Specify a particular revision number that you wish
to examine.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--revprop</code></span></dt><dd><p>Operates on a revision property instead of a
property specific to a file or directory. This option
requires that you also pass a revision with the
<code class="option">--revision</code> (<code class="option">-r</code>)
option.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--transaction</code>
(<code class="option">-t</code>)</span></dt><dd><p>Specify a particular transaction ID that you wish to
examine.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--show-ids</code></span></dt><dd><p>Show the filesystem node revision IDs for each path in the filesystem
tree.</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="svn.ref.svnlook.c"></a><span class="command"><strong>svnlook</strong></span> Subcommands</h3></div></div></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="svn.ref.svnadmin.c.verify.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="svn.ref.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="svn.ref.svnlook.c.author.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">svnadmin verify </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> svnlook author</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
