My developer gave me a compressed file for the whole project from his Subversion working copy.
I uncompressed that file and used TortoiseSVN import to put it into my repository which I host with projectlocker (an SVN-hosting provider).
I want to know:
- I want to view the files and the code that has changed since the last revision. After doing the import, the latest revision is at 8. I want to see what files and code has changed between revision number 8 and revision number 7 and maybe able to compare all of it upto revision number 1.
Can I do this?
- How do I view these changes in projectlocker (or if it’s the similar process with every SVN host provider)?
If your developer simply compressed all the files from his working copy you will not get any history with the files.
If you want to export the entire Subversion history you need to use the dump and load svnadmin commands, see Moving a Subversion Repository to Another Server
To get the svnadmin command, you may need a Subversion server to be installed. Since you’re using Windows VisualSVN maybe what you need is http://www.visualsvn.com/server/.
Yet another option is simply to access the same Subversion repository your developer is using.
Once you have the repository TortoiseSVN’s Show Log (right click) will show you the changed files between revisions. If you click on a folder you see all the changes in the hierarchy. You can then drill down and diff the individual files.