Ant + Subversion - How to list revision numbers

Posted At : September 22, 2008 10:52 PM | Posted By : Ernst van der Linden
Related Categories: Server Side

Today I needed a way to list all revision numbers of a repository.

I came up with the following solution:

Notes:
- svnant required;
- subversion called from command line.

<project name="buildexample" basedir="." default="svn.revisions">

    
    <import file="svnant.xml"/>

    
    <property name="tempDir" value="C:\\DATA\\TEMP\\${ant.project.name}" />

    
    <property name="svn.url" value="YOUR REPO URL HERE" />

    <target name="prepare">
        
<mkdir dir="${tempDir}" />
    </target>

    
    <target name="svn.revisions" description="Sets property: svn.revisions" depends="prepare">

        
        <exec executable="svn" outputproperty="svnlog.out" output="${tempDir}\\log.xml" >
            <arg line="log --xml -v ${svn.url}" />
        </exec>
        <xmlproperty file="${tempDir}\\log.xml" collapseattributes="true" />

        <property name="svn.revisions" value="${log.logentry.revision}" />

        <echo>${svn.revisions}</echo>

        <input message="Select Start Revision" validargs="${svn.revisions}" addproperty="svn.startRevision" />
        <input message="Select End Revision" validargs="${svn.revisions}" addproperty="svn.endRevision" />

    </target>

</project>

Please let me know if you think there's better way to list revision numbers.