Index: tools/client-side/server-vsn.py
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--- tools/client-side/server-vsn.py	(revision 20891)
+++ tools/client-side/server-vsn.py	(working copy)
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 # EXAMPLE:
 #
 #   $ ./server-vsn.py http://svn.collab.net/
+#                   or                      
+#   $ ./server-vsn.py https://svn.collab.net/
 #
 # Python 1.5.2 or later is required.
 #
@@ -17,39 +19,45 @@
 import sys
 import httplib
 import urlparse
-import string
 
 
 def print_version(url):
-  scheme, netloc, path, params, query, fragment = urlparse.urlparse(url)
-  if scheme != 'http':
-    print 'ERROR: this script only supports "http" URLs'
-    sys.exit(1)
-  conn = httplib.HTTP(netloc)
-  conn.putrequest('OPTIONS', path)
-  conn.putheader('Host', netloc)
-  conn.endheaders()
-  status, msg, headers = conn.getreply()
-  if status != 200:
-    print 'ERROR: bad status response: %s %s' % (status, msg)
-    sys.exit(1)
-  server = headers.getheader('Server')
-  if not server:
-    # a missing Server: header. Bad, bad server! Go sit in the corner!
-    print 'WARNING: missing header'
-  else:
-    for part in string.split(server):
-      if part[:4] == 'SVN/':
-        print part[4:]
-        break
+    scheme, netloc, path, params, query, fragment = urlparse.urlparse(url)
+    if scheme == 'http':
+        conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(netloc)
+    elif scheme == 'https':
+        conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection(netloc)
     else:
-      # the server might be configured to hide this information, or it
-      # might not have mod_dav_svn loaded into it.
-      print 'NOTICE: version unknown'
+        print 'ERROR: this script only supports "http" and "https" URLs'
+        sys.exit(1)
+    conn.putrequest('OPTIONS', path)
+    conn.putheader('Host', netloc)
+    conn.endheaders()
+    resp = conn.getresponse()
+    status, msg, server = (resp.status, resp.msg, resp.getheader('Server'))
+    conn.close()
 
+    # Handle "OK" and Handle redirect requests, if requested resource
+    # resides temporarily under a different URL
+    if status != 200 and status != 302:
+        print 'ERROR: bad status response: %s %s' % (status, msg)
+        sys.exit(1)
+    if not server:
+        # a missing Server: header. Bad, bad server! Go sit in the corner!
+        print 'WARNING: missing header'
+    else:
+        for part in server.split(' '):
+            if part[:4] == 'SVN/':
+                print part[4:]
+                break
+        else:
+            # the server might be configured to hide this information, or it
+            # might not have mod_dav_svn loaded into it.
+            print 'NOTICE: version unknown'
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-  if len(sys.argv) != 2:
-    print 'USAGE: %s URL' % sys.argv[0]
-    sys.exit(1)
-  print_version(sys.argv[1])
+    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+        print 'USAGE: %s URL' % sys.argv[0]
+        sys.exit(1)
+    print_version(sys.argv[1])