Re: svn info . does not display the latest revision info

Ryan Schmidt wrote, On 30.11.2009 12:36:
> On Nov 30, 2009, at 05:24, Rolf Schroedter wrote:
>
>
>> SVN: 1.6.6 (r40053) on Windows XP
>>
>> I'm not sure, whether the current behavior is a bug or feature:
>> I'm expecting that [snv info .] should display the latest revision info
>> of all SVN files of my current project.
>> (I need this info to compile it into my C-source).
>>
>> However sometimes this works as I'm expecting, sometimes I'm getting
>> older revision info:
>>
>
> "svn info ." displays the revision of "." (which is unrelated to any files or directories inside "."). You can either "svn up ." to update to the latest revision first, or use the "svnversion" program. People often use the latter when they need to compile a revision number their programs. There's even a FAQ with more info:
>
> http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#version-value-in-source
>
> I think svnversion may not work on Windows, which you say you use. In that case, you may want to look into SubWCRev.exe.
>
>

Thanks a lot. Running "svn update ." before "svn info ." does the trick.
I'm grep'ing not only the numerical version number but also the revision
date, so "svnversion" is not an option for me.

Regards, Rolf.

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