Is there a way to edit the commit message of a certain revision in Subversion? I accidentally wrote a wrong filename in my commit message which could be confusing later.
I've seen How do I edit an incorrect commit message in git but the solution to that doesn't seem to be similar for Subversion (according to svn help commit).
svnadmin setlog /path/to/repository -r revision_number --bypass-hooks message_file.txt
Check the Subversion FAQ:
How do I change the log message for a revision after it's been committed?
If your repository enables setting revision properties via the pre-revprop-change hook you can change log messages much easier.
svn propedit --revprop -r 1234 url://to/repository
Or in TortoiseSVN, AnkhSVN and probably many other subversion clients by right clicking on a log entry and then 'change log message'.
@tet: We often see log messages that are incomplete, contain typos or contain information that gets outdated. In all these cases it helps future reviewers of changes to allow updating log messages.
In theory one can change logmessage for worse, but in practice I've only seen improvements. (I often extend logmessages when trying to determine when a bug was introduced)
Here's a handy variation that I don't see mentioned in the faq. You can return the current message for editing by specifying a text editor.
svn propedit svn:log --revprop -r N --editor-cmd vim
When you run this command,
svn propedit svn:log --revprop -r NNN
and just in case you see this message:
DAV request failed; it's possible that the repository's pre-revprop-change hook either failed or is non-existent
Its because Subversion doesn’t allow you to modify log messages because they are unversioned and will be lost permanently.
Go to the hooks directory on your Subversion server (replace ~/svn/reponame with the directory of your repository)
cd ~/svn/reponame/hooks
Remove the extension
mv pre-revprop-change.tmpl pre-revprop-change
Make it executable (cannot do chmod +x!)
chmod 755 pre-revprop-change