SVN: Revert to a Previous Revision Using Reverse Merge

How to Revert to a Previous SVN Revision

If you ever need to revert a trunk or any other directory in Subversion (SVN) to a previous revision, or effectively remove a specific revision’s changes, simply perform a reverse merge.

Here’s the command:

svn merge -r1001:1000 .

In this command:

• 1001 is the newer revision you want to undo or remove.
• 1000 is the older, previous revision you want the merge to calculate changes from (i.e., the state you want to revert to).

After executing the merge command, you’ll need to commit the changes:

svn commit -m "Reverting changes introduced in revision 1001."