Re: rationale for 'svnversion' (vs 'svn version') ?

Scott Palmer <scott.palmer@2connected.org> writes:

> I would love to have 'svn revsion', particularly if it took a URL to a
> repo,

An URL? That's not got much to do with the current svnversion.

> I would like to use something like it in our build process.
> Our builds need to do multiple checkouts or exports from the same
> repository. I would prefer that they all come from the same revision.
> So an easy way to get *just* the head revision would be very useful.

That's easy:

$ svn log -qrhead http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn | awk '/^r/{print $1}'
r13716

> I develop and build on Windows so the shell and scripting is crippled
> - I will not install 3rd party shells and add yet another
> configuration step to an already complicated setup for our developers.

Without some scripting you are left with:

$ svn log -qrhead http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn
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r13716 | david | 2005-03-27 21:17:47 +0100 (Sun, 27 Mar 2005)
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Philip Martin
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