A solution for the slowly diff in (Tortoise)SVN?

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Published on 2010-03-18T08:09:01Z Indexed on 2010/03/18 8:11 UTC
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I often do code review in the following way:

Open the SVN log
Select a revision
Double click on a file...
...and wait
See the changes
Goto 2 or 3 or finish

The 4th step is very annoying. Do you know a solution for this?

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