svnversion — Summarize the local revision(s) of a working copy.
svnversion [OPTIONS] [WC_PATH [TRAIL_URL]]
svnversion is a program for summarizing the revision mixture of a working copy. The resultant revision number, or revision range, is written to standard output.
It's common to use this output in your build process when defining the version number of your program.
TRAIL_URL
, if present, is the trailing portion of the URL used to determine whether WC_PATH
itself is switched (detection of switches within WC_PATH
does not rely on TRAIL_URL
).
When WC_PATH
is not defined, the current directory will be used as the working copy path. TRAIL_URL
cannot be defined if WC_PATH
is not explicitly given.
Like svnserve, svnversion has no subcommands—only options:
--no-newline
(-n
)
Omits the usual trailing newline from the output.
--committed
(-c
)
Uses the last-changed revisions rather than the current (i.e., highest locally available) revisions.
--help
(-h
)
Prints a help summary.
--quiet
(-q
)
Requests that the program print only essential information while performing an operation.
--version
Prints the version of svnversion and exit with no error.
If the working copy is all at the same revision (e.g., immediately after an update), then that revision is printed out:
$ svnversion
4168
You can add TRAIL_URL
to make sure the working copy is not switched from what you expect. Note that the WC_PATH
is required in this command:
$ svnversion . /var/svn/trunk
4168
For a mixed-revision working copy, the range of revisions present is printed:
$ svnversion
4123:4168
If the working copy contains modifications, a trailing 'M
' is added:
$ svnversion
4168M
If the working copy is switched, a trailing 'S
' is added:
$ svnversion
4168S
svnversion will also inform you if the target working copy is sparsely populated (see the section called “Sparse Directories”) by attaching the 'P
' code to its output:
$ svnversion
4168P
Thus, here is a mixed-revision, sparsely populated and switched working copy containing some local modifications:
$ svnversion
4123:4168MSP