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34 The log view displays the revision history of the selected source
35 file or directory. For each revision the following information is
40 <li>The revision number. In Subversion repositories, this is a
41 link to the <a href="help_rootview.html#view-rev">revision
43 <li>For files, links to
44 <a href="help_rootview.html#view-markup">view</a>,
45 <a href="help_rootview.html#view-checkout">download</a>, and
46 <a href="help_rootview.html#view-annotate">annotate</a> the
47 revision. For directories, a link to
48 <a href="help_dirview.html">list directory contents</a></li>
49 <li>A link to select the revision for diffs (see below)</li>
50 <li>The date and age of the change</li>
51 <li>The author of the modification</li>
52 <li>The CVS branch (usually <em>MAIN</em>, if not on a branch)</li>
53 <li>Possibly a list of CVS tags bound to the revision (if any)</li>
54 <li>The size of the change measured in added and removed lines of
56 <li>The size of the file in bytes at the time of the revision
57 (Subversion only)</li>
58 <li>Links to view diffs to the previous revision or possibly to
59 an arbitrary selected revision (if any, see above)</li>
60 <li>If the revision is the result of a copy, the path and revision
62 <li>If the revision precedes a copy or rename, the path at the
63 time of the revision</li>
64 <li>And last but not least, the commit log message which should tell
65 about the reason for the change.</li>
68 At the bottom of the page you will find a form which allows
69 to request diffs between arbitrary revisions.
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