Yup, although it was my impression the OP did not want to update ... Also, a purist like me prefers to build from "svn export" rather than "svn co", in which case "svnversion -c" is not an option (so I use other tricks involving "svn info" on repo tags).
On Mon, 2008-09-15 at 17:41 -0700, DW Dennis Wheeler wrote: > or you can simply use > svnversion -c > on your working directory > (both before and after an 'svn update' for starting and ending revision > numbers to generate changelogs for the build) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark Reibert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 9:53 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; user@ant.apache.org > > Subject: Re: svn-ant how to get latest revision? > > > > Use svn info on the repository itself (not your working > > copy). Something > > like: > > > > svn info $( svn info | grep 'Root:' | awk -F': ' '{print $2}' ) \ > > | grep Revision | awk '{print $2}' > > > > > > On Tue, 2008-09-09 at 23:54 -0700, Fu-Tung Cheng wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am trying to figure out which command I can use from > > svn-ant that will get me the highest revision from the repository. > > > > > > I've tried svn-info but both the rev and lastRev properties > > return the working copies revision number. > > > > > > I've also tried the wcVersion task but again that just > > tells you the working copies last revision. > > > > > > In order for me to get the information it appears I need to > > update my working copy to the latest and then call one of > > these targets. Shouldn't there be a way using svn-ant to > > just get the latest version? > > > > > > Does no one automate tasks using ant and svn? The svn-ant > > tasks seem somewhat less mature than I would have expected. > > > > > > If I was using maven to do my building would I find better support? > > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > Fu-Tung > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > > ---------------------- > > Mark S. Reibert, Ph.D. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---------------------- > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ---------------------- Mark S. Reibert, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]