Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:48:39 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@crodrigues.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sys/conf/newvers.sh vs. subversion-1.7
Message-ID:  <4EA5DD37.30902@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAG=rPVcct2AqP9Kz4CaAHsraGUf57p6ks9XT7PkaCUHKu7Ho7A@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <20111020114844.GK59810@albert.catwhisker.org> <20111020122121.GL59810@albert.catwhisker.org> <201110211636.05917.jhb@freebsd.org> <20111021211221.GV59810@albert.catwhisker.org> <CAG=rPVfD8EZYpD_SQES2%2B9uUeqGOaAhW3asJbVeGKeV3er2ZKw@mail.gmail.com> <4EA21842.5000808@FreeBSD.org> <CAG=rPVeBQq5srTTjHDg-9Yc7R%2B5%2Buhm4BgzvhxEJ4KyN9ef%2B7w@mail.gmail.com> <4EA2590B.90008@FreeBSD.org> <CAG=rPVcct2AqP9Kz4CaAHsraGUf57p6ks9XT7PkaCUHKu7Ho7A@mail.gmail.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 10/24/2011 10:14, Craig Rodrigues wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> On 10/21/2011 22:42, Craig Rodrigues wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I tried following:
>>>
>>> (1)   Run svnversion in non-svn directory:
>>>
>>>    return status == 0
>>
>> Return status isn't everything. :)
>>
>>>    prints out "exported"
>>
>> In my case (1.7) it says "Unversioned directory"
>>
>> But my point (which perhaps I should have made more explicit) is that
>> given the fact that svnversion handles non-svn directories gracefully
>> it's faster (simpler, etc.) to just run foo=`svnversion` and then make
>> sure that $foo is rational than it is to run 2 commands.
>>
>> Doug
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> What logic can we use to make sure svnversion returns a rational value?

Make sure that the response starts with a number.

> It looks like the output of svnversion for non-svn directories is
> inconsistent between versions of Subversion.

The non-svn responses vary, the svn responses don't. :)


-- 

	Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much.
			-- OK Go

	Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS.
	Yours for the right price.  :)  http://SupersetSolutions.com/




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4EA5DD37.30902>