How can I find the root folder of a given subversion working copy

Question

Quite often I\'m sitting in the middle of a subversion working copy, and I want to do a quick svn status to find out what changes I have made since the last che

Answer 1

On linux with svn, version 1.9.3 (r1718519), I run this: svn info --show-item wc-root

Answer 2

actually, if you look in your .svn/entries file, you'll find the base listed in there usually around line 6. In any event, the format of your svn url will give you some significant clues :P Oh yeah, i took the liberty of looking, and svn info will also tell you.

...sigh, that's not what you asked though. I like the solution in the first answer :P

Answer 3

On Windows:

svn info . |findstr /C:"Working Copy Root Path:"

On Linux:

svn info . |grep -F "Working Copy Root Path:"

It can be assigned to a variable using a little string manipulation. Windows version:

FOR /F "delims=" %%i IN ('svn info . ^|findstr /C:"Working Copy Root Path:"') DO SET SOME_TEMP_VAR=%%i
SET WORKING_COPY_ROOT=%SOME_TEMP_VAR:~24%

Answer 4

It is not possible. SVN can be checked out from any depth, and any subdir acts like brand new checkout.

edit: svnbase script in prev comment works, but it is not precise.

Answer 5

Try the following command at any depth of your working copy:

svn info . --show-item wc-root --no-newline

Answer 6

Here's my first go at an answer: I wrote a little bash script called svnbase:

#!/bin/bash -u

# this command outputs the top-most parent of the current folder that is still 
# under svn revision control to standard out

# if the current folder is not under svn revision control, nothing is output
# and a non-zero exit value is given

parent=""
grandparent="."

while [ -d "$grandparent/.svn" ]; do
    parent=$grandparent
    grandparent="$parent/.."
done

if [ ! -z "$parent" ]; then
    echo $parent
else
    exit 1
fi

So now I can do this:

[~/work/scripts/XXX/code/speech-detection/framework]$ cd $(svnbase)
[~/work/scripts/XXX]$ svn status
?      code/speech-detection/framework/output.old
[~/work/scripts/XXX]$ cd -
/home/XXXX/work/scripts/XXX/code/speech-detection/framework
[~/work/scripts/XXX/code/speech-detection/framework]$