How can I query my subversion repository?

Question

Currently I would simply like to find all files that have not been modified in the last X days but ultimately I would like to be able to make more complex queries against my sub

Answer 1

Since 1.7 SVN, the working copy has a wc.db file in the .svn directory. It is a basic sqlite database, so pretty easy to query.

You should make sure your working copy is up-to-date. If you are doing anything more than a quick and simple select, it would be safer to copy the file rather than risk breaking it.

The change date is based on the unix epoch. For example:

sqlite3 .svn\wc.db "select changed_revision, datetime((changed_date/1000000),'unixepoch') changed_date, changed_author, repos_path from NODES"

Answer 2

With Powershell you can do some nice querying on the log messages

$data = [xml] (svn log -r "r1:r2" --xml)
$data.log.logentry | where-object {$_.message -match "regex"}

Or even on the files changed (with some required magic to avoid a well-known powershell issue)

$diff = [xml] (svn diff -r "r1:r2" --xml --summarize | %{$_ -replace "item", "item1"})
$diff.diff.paths.path | where-object {$_.item1 -eq "file"}

Answer 3

As already mentioned, svn log/info can be combined with shell commands to find what you want. Alternatively, you could directly use SVN's own API in C/C++ to programmtically process repository enties. SVN has Python bindings. If Java is your language of choice, try http://svnkit.com/

Answer 4

You may want to checkout VoilàSVN or OpenGrok