svn Getting started with svn Revert or rollback of a file

Example

To restore a file to the latest updated svn version, i.e. undo the local changes, you can use revert:

svn revert file

To restore a file to an older version (revision XXX) use update:

svn update -r XXX file

Warning: in both cases you will lose any local changes in the file because it will be overwritten.

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To only view the older version of a file use cat:

svn cat -r XXX file

And to view the differences with your local version of the file:

svn diff -r XXX file