Hi, Von: Peter Samuelson [mailto:pet...@p12n.org] > [Julian Foad] > > Do we really want a new subcommand "svn youngest" for this? > > > > We already have: > > > > svnversion > > # youngest rev in a WC > > > > svn info $URL | grep 'Revision:' > > # head revision of repo in which $URL exists > > As Johan has already noted, it's slightly more complicated. Let me > add the wrinkle that you also need to make sure LC_MESSAGES is set to > a known language, as "Revision:" is a localized string. (My scripts > tend to say things like: > > LC_ALL=C svn info $URL | awk '/Revision:/{print $2}' > > You're correct, of course, that a whole subcommand just to get > information that is already easily available, even if it does require > awk and an environment variable, seems a bit much.
Don't forget that "svn info" and "svn status" have a "--xml" mode. Their output is intended to be machine parseable and can be processed (for example using XSLT or xml-coreutils) in an locale-independent way. Maybe you should have a look into this? Best regards Markus Schaber CODESYS(r) a trademark of 3S-Smart Software Solutions GmbH Inspiring Automation Solutions 3S-Smart Software Solutions GmbH Dipl.-Inf. Markus Schaber | Product Development Core Technology Memminger Str. 151 | 87439 Kempten | Germany Tel. +49-831-54031-979 | Fax +49-831-54031-50 E-Mail: m.scha...@codesys.com | Web: http://www.codesys.com | CODESYS store: http://store.codesys.com CODESYS forum: http://forum.codesys.com Managing Directors: Dipl.Inf. Dieter Hess, Dipl.Inf. Manfred Werner | Trade register: Kempten HRB 6186 | Tax ID No.: DE 167014915
