Python library for getting information about SVN repository?

Question

I'm searching for a library that can extract (at least) the following information from a SVN repository (not a working copy!):

Revision numbers and their author & commit message
Changes in each revision (added, deleted, modified files)

Is there a Python library that can do this?

For the authors and commit messages, I could parse "db/revprops/0/..." (simple format), but looking for changed files does not seem so easy, so I'd rather stick with a library that supports SVN repos.

Sven Marnach · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-17 15:53:00Z

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There are Python bindings to libsvn: http://pysvn.tigris.org/docs/pysvn.html. They facilitate doing pretty much everything the svn command line client can do.

In particular, the Client.log() method does what you are looking for.

edited Dec 17, 2010 at 15:53

answered Dec 17, 2010 at 14:19

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AndiDog Over a year ago

pysvn.Client().log("/var/svn-repos/name-of-repo-directory/") always gives me the error "pysvn._pysvn_2_6.ClientError: '/var/svn-repos/name-of-repo-directory' is not a working copy". Are we talking about the same definition of "repository"? With repository, I mean the one with "conf", "db", "hooks" subdirectories, not the working copy.

Sven Marnach Over a year ago

@AndiDog: Try pysvn.Client().log("file:///var/svn-repos/name-of-repo-directory/"). That's actually something quite basic in svn: Plane paths are interpreted as working copies, URIs are interpreted as repositories. I assumed you to be familiar with this because it also holds for the svn command line client, but I probably should have mentioned it.

AndiDog Over a year ago

Cool, that works. I didn't know about the difference between URI style and plain paths (-> TortoiseSVN user :P). Thanks for that, I'll try tomorrow if I can extract the relevant information like this.

AndiDog Over a year ago

Tried it out now, both of my requirements can be met with pysvn.Client().log("file:///path/to/repo", discover_changed_paths = True). Thanks for your help!

bhamby · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-17 14:20:00Z

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I think you want something like py-svn.

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AndiDog Over a year ago

I have already looked into its programmer's reference and tested it, but it doesn't seem to be able to read repositories (only WCs). Correct me if I'm wrong.

Sven Marnach Over a year ago

@AndiDog: You are wrong. I have updated my answer to give a hint.

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