title: How to get a list of all recent SVN commit messages?
body: <p>At times I want to revisit a change I committed to SVN a short while back, but don't recall the specific files involved or the revision number.  So I would like to see a list of recent commit messages, ideally including the files included in each commit.</p>
  
  <p>I picture going to the root of my working copy and entering something like the following to see the messages and files associated with the most recent 5 commits:</p>
  
  <pre><code>svn log -l5 -v *
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Unfortunately, this command requires a single target, and won't accept '*'.  I know SVN has the information I want.  Is there a simple way to retrieve it?</p>