svn - History of changes to a particular line of code in Subversion

Question

Is it possible to see the history of changes to a particular line of code in a Subversion repository?

I'd like, for instance, to be able to see when a particular statement was added or when that statement was changed, even if its line number is not the same any more.

Answer 1

I don't know a method for tracking statements through time in Subversion.

It is simple however to see when any particular line in a file was last changed using svn blame. Check the SVNBook: svn blame reference:

Synopsis

svn blame TARGET[@REV]...

Description

Show author and revision information in-line for the specified files or URLs. Each line of text is annotated at the beginning with the author (username) and the revision number for the last change to that line.