Well, you can... just not with SVN...

Posted Apr 8, 2010 16:16 UTC (Thu) by vonbrand (subscriber, #4458)
In reply to: Well, you can... just not with SVN... by jengelh
Parent article: On projects and their goals

Mistakes happen even with the utmost care, and have to be corrected after the fact. It can be done in git (using git filter-branch, aptly called "the nuclear option to history rewriting" by Pro Git). That doesn't mean it should be a streamlined command, as it will be used very rarely (if not, rethinking your workflow is in order, IMHO).