Fetching SVN logs locally

I have root access to a server hosting a SVN resposito开发者_如何学Gory (via SSH).

I need to do some heavy log crunching, basically I have to fetch the revision of each diff using:

svn diff -c ARG

where ARG is the revision number. I have to fetch this information for all the revisions, which takes time if I query the server remotely.

So my question is, if I can SSH into the server, is there anyway I can fetch the logs locally rather than fetching them remotely?

If you get access to the server, you can use svn in file system mode, to query locally, using file:// url. You can check relevant manual page for more information

Yes. You can checkout the repository right on the server and perform any operations you need.

When you'll check it out - specify local path with path:/// prefix

You may use always a url e.g:

svn diff <url> -rREV:REV

if you need to use ssh you may add the svn+ssh protocol.

svn diff svn+ssh://my-username@my-server/my-home/my-repo -rREV:REV

Edit: You do not need to checkout the repository

Another thing would be according to your comment. If you want to have an operation which only uses local logs you may use a distributed version control system like git. Git e.g. supports direct access to remote svn repositories. Then everything will be mirrored.