Need to restore a deleted branch in Subversion

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I have two working copies of a Subversion repository, one of the trunk, and one of a branch I created.

I accidentally deleted the branch in a repository browser. How do I restore the branch? Is there a way to undo the most recent commit for the whole repository?

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7 Answers

Here is a solution if you are using TortoiseSVN:

  1. In the repo browser, navigate to the parent folder of the folder you deleted (e.g. "branches").
  2. Right click on the folder and do a "Show Log."
  3. Find the revision where you deleted the specific branch folder.
  4. Select the revision immediately before that revision.
  5. Right click and choose "Browse Repository." You are now looking at the state of the repository at the point in time right before you deleted the branch.
  6. Find the branch folder that you deleted, select, right-click, and choose "Copy to..."
  7. You can now copy the deleted folder to either a new name or even the same name.
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Alternatively, if it was a single commit that deleted the branch:

Revert the commit and then commit

svn merge -c -REV .
svn commit -m "Reverting deletion of branch XYZ"
user_6840960

I ran into the same problem and solved it this way in SmartSVN (Enterprise 6.0.2):

  • Open a view on the trunk/HEAD
  • Call menu Repository / Open in Repository Browser (the deleted branch is absent from the branches folder)
  • In the repository browser, call menu Repository / Show Revision...
  • Select the revision just before the deletion (the deleted branch reappears in the branches folder)
  • Right-click on the deleted branch, select Copy in the menu and enter the same path for the destination
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