svnversion output but recursive over externals

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I am trying to identify local (not automated build server) builds of SVN projects with externals (and sub-externals) by their URL, revision, and dirty/clean status. The overall result will simply be all clean or something somewhere is dirty, I do not care what is dirty. Is such a program/script already handy? Or must I be less lazy and write it myself... (I have been unlazy enough to search a bit). In short, a fancy version of svnversion which is aware of externals.

I have tried svnversion. Here is a redacted copy from my Cygwin shell.

altendky@ly /svn/myProject.clean
$ svnversion
606

altendky@ly /svn/myProject.clean
$ svn propget svn:externals
^/../the_canopen_library@223 libs/canopen

altendky@ly /svn/myProject.clean
$ echo blue >> libs/canopen/wrapper/CANOpenGuard.c

altendky@ly /svn/myProject.clean
$ svnversion
606

altendky@ly /svn/myProject.clean
$ echo blue >> src/App_Main.c

altendky@ly /svn/myProject.clean
$ svnversion
606M

altendky@ly /svn/myProject.clean
$ svnversion --version
svnversion, version 1.8.3 (r1516576)
   compiled Aug 30 2013, 11:03:40 on i686-pc-cygwin

Copyright (C) 2013 The Apache Software Foundation.
This software consists of contributions made by many people;
see the NOTICE file for more information.
Subversion is open source software, see http://subversion.apache.org/

altendky@ly /svn/myProject.clean
$

Lazy Badger · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-12 03:51:07Z

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Did you try to read svnversion -h and test WC with externals? I see - no, because presence or absence of exernals inside WC does change nothing in result

The version identifier will be a single number if the working copy is single revision, unmodified, not switched and with a URL that matches the TRAIL_URL argument. If the working copy is unusual the version identifier will be more complex

For clean checkout of repo-URL with externals inside

>dir /B
core_mod.txt
lib

(lib is directory-externals in foreign repo)

svnversion for the root of WC generates, as expected

>svnversion
7

In case of any modifications inside WC, which will destroy "vanilla" state, version identity will be more complex than pure single number:

A[:B[MSP]]

answered Sep 12, 2013 at 3:51

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altendky Over a year ago

A lazy question gets a response from the lazy badger. :] But is this meant as an answer? Yes, svnversion does what I want for a WC without externals but I need similar functionality against externals. Even just an E indicator would be helpful. (which really just means I should extend svnversion with the feature I want)

Lazy Badger Over a year ago

@altendky - which "similar functionality" exactly?! svnversion output only version

altendky Over a year ago

svnversion always outputs the version but also outputs indicators when the working copy is not clean (not only the version). I would like an indicator that would be triggered by a dirty/missing/wrong revision/mixed revision external.

Lazy Badger Over a year ago

@altendky - svnversion do it, because externals are part of WC

altendky Over a year ago

Have you actually seen it do what I want? It does not for me (I tried it before posting), see the edited question.

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