Linux SVN recover files

Question

A recent update over unversioned directories removed a bunch of files. Is there a way I can manually recover these lost files?

P.S. I cannot recover them from subversion, as the files I am looking for were never committed to SVN control. I have looked in the linux trash folder, which only contains files which have been manually deleted.

edit: Actually, the files were lost through an accidental svn rm operation. Unfortunately I cannot use revert as the files I am trying to recover were newly created and not under version control yet. Any ideas?

Answer 1

If files were lost during a svn update operation, there's not a lot you can do. I would suggest looking for hidden backup files that your editor may have created (in the directory where the file originally was or in the editor's temporary directory).

If you remember the name of one of the files, you can try using find to see if there's a backup copy of it somewhere on the disk.