Question

It seems that performing svn log gives me outdated information, unless I do an svn update first. But sometimes I don’t want to update. Is there any way to get an up to date log (at least regarding my own commits) without updating?

Answer 1

Try:

svn log -r 1:HEAD /path/to/working/copy

Replace revision numbers to your liking.

Valid options:
  -r [--revision] ARG      : ARG (some commands also take ARG1:ARG2 range)
                             A revision argument can be one of:
                                NUMBER       revision number
                                '{' DATE '}' revision at start of the date
                                'HEAD'       latest in repository
                                'BASE'       base rev of item's working copy
                                'COMMITTED'  last commit at or before BASE
                                'PREV'       revision just before COMMITTED