On 10/24/2011 10:14, Craig Rodrigues wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Doug Barton <do...@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> On 10/21/2011 22:42, Craig Rodrigues wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I tried following:
>>>
>>> (1)   Run svnversion in non-svn directory:
>>>
>>>    return status == 0
>>
>> Return status isn't everything. :)
>>
>>>    prints out "exported"
>>
>> In my case (1.7) it says "Unversioned directory"
>>
>> But my point (which perhaps I should have made more explicit) is that
>> given the fact that svnversion handles non-svn directories gracefully
>> it's faster (simpler, etc.) to just run foo=`svnversion` and then make
>> sure that $foo is rational than it is to run 2 commands.
>>
>> Doug
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> What logic can we use to make sure svnversion returns a rational value?

Make sure that the response starts with a number.

> It looks like the output of svnversion for non-svn directories is
> inconsistent between versions of Subversion.

The non-svn responses vary, the svn responses don't. :)


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