Restoring a deleted file 

• Find the last revision in which it existed:

$ svn log -v . | less
...
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r109 | grant | 2005-10-10 13:38:35 +1300 (Mon, 10 Oct 2005) | 1 line
Changed paths:
   D /trunk/faq.html

- FAQ removed - as requested by legal dept
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r108 | grant | 2005-10-10 13:35:23 +1300 (Mon, 10 Oct 2005) | 1 line
Changed paths:
   M /trunk/index.html

- remove competition banner ad
...

• Copy the file back from the repository:

$ svn cp -r 108 file:///var/svn/myproj/trunk/faq.html faq.html