On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 3:29 PM, KARR, DAVID (ATTSI) <dk0...@att.com> wrote:
> I'm considering writing a script which (among other things) can iterate > through all the valid revisions for an element. I'm trying to figure > out the best way to do that. I could easily just start at "1" up to the > latest revision number, and just check for errors on each one, but that > seems pretty painful. Is there a straightforward way to get a list of > valid revision numbers for an element? I would like the ability to > start at the beginning and iterate to the latest, and also start at the > latest and iterate to the earliest. > > This would be done in a Bash or Perl script. > Why can't you take a "log" of that element? That'll give you all the revisions on which that element changed. You can do a "--stop-on-copy" to prevent from going further back in time. You can even use the "--xml" flag and parse the output that way. This will give you a list of all the revisions where the file was changed. The truth is that even if the element didn't change, it is still a valid revision. For example, if the first revision is 193, and the last revision is 14,320, I can easily assume that revision 193 through 14,320 are valid revisions for that element. By the way, "svn log" can work both ways: From first to last or from last to first. It all depends how you list the releases: $ svn log 1:HEAD $element #List from first to last $ svn log HEAD:1 $element #List from last to first. BTW, notice that the element doesn't need a revision 1 for the above commands to work. It'll merely list the first revision of that element. -- David Weintraub qazw...@gmail.com
