Index: subversion/bindings/swig/python/tests/run_all.py
===================================================================
--- subversion/bindings/swig/python/tests/run_all.py	(revision 19551)
+++ subversion/bindings/swig/python/tests/run_all.py	(working copy)
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import pool
 import repository
 import client
+import ra
 import trac.versioncontrol.tests
 
 # Run all tests
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@
   suite = unittest.TestSuite()
   suite.addTest(client.suite())
   suite.addTest(pool.suite())
+  suite.addTest(ra.suite())
   suite.addTest(repository.suite())
   suite.addTest(trac.versioncontrol.tests.suite());
   return suite
Index: subversion/bindings/swig/python/tests/ra.py
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--- subversion/bindings/swig/python/tests/ra.py	(revision 0)
+++ subversion/bindings/swig/python/tests/ra.py	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import unittest, os
+
+from svn import core, repos, fs, delta, client, ra
+
+from trac.versioncontrol.tests.svn_fs import SubversionRepositoryTestSetup, \
+  REPOS_PATH
+from urllib import pathname2url
+
+class SubversionRepositoryTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+  """Test cases for the Subversion repository layer"""
+
+  def setUp(self):
+    """Load a Subversion repository"""
+
+    ra.initialize()
+
+    self.repos_url = "file://" + pathname2url(REPOS_PATH)
+    
+    # Open repository directly for cross-checking
+    self.repos = repos.open(REPOS_PATH)
+    self.fs = repos.fs(self.repos)
+
+    self.ra_ctx = ra.open2(self.repos_url, None, None, None)
+
+  def test_get_repos_root(self):
+    root = ra.get_repos_root(self.ra_ctx)
+    self.assertEqual(root,self.repos_url)
+
+  def test_get_uuid(self):
+    ra_uuid = ra.get_uuid(self.ra_ctx)
+    fs_uuid = fs.get_uuid(self.fs)
+    self.assertEqual(ra_uuid,fs_uuid)
+
+  def test_get_lastest_revnum(self):
+    ra_revnum = ra.get_latest_revnum(self.ra_ctx)
+    fs_revnum = fs.youngest_rev(self.fs)
+    self.assertEqual(ra_revnum,fs_revnum)
+
+def suite():
+    return unittest.makeSuite(SubversionRepositoryTestCase, 'test',
+                              suiteClass=SubversionRepositoryTestSetup)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    runner = unittest.TextTestRunner()
+    runner.run(suite())