Can I access an SVN repository and its log by disk only and not using a server?

Question

Is this possible?

Let me explain what I mean. I have migrated from svn to hg but every once in a while need to use an old svn repository's history to figure out some issues. I don't want to have to install and run VisualSVN (I run on Windows) to do this. I have a backup of the repository via svnadmin dump. I would like to be able to pull up "svn log" and look at diffs, etc.

Answer 1

You can use the file:// protocol schema to point to a local repository instead.

http://tortoisesvn.net/docs/release/TortoiseSVN_en/tsvn-repository.html#tsvn-repository-local-access

Answer 2

Yes, you can use the file:// protocol to access your SVN repository.