Find Head revision svn no working copy

Question

I have a repo I am trying to get the HEAD revision number through code. There is no svn controlled working copy as everything is exported.

Tried: svn info /var/svn/xyz

But it says this is not a working copy. All I need is the rev number. Thanks

Answer 1

svn info accepts a remote repository as the path to check. Why not use that? svn info

You'll get the repository info back in an easily parsable format.

Answer 2

Try this:

    svnlook youngest /var/svn/xyz

It works fine for me:)