How to access the current Subversion build number?

Question

How can you automatically import the latest build/revision number in subversion?

The goal would be to have that number visible on your webpage footer like SO does.

Answer 1

If you have tortoise SVN you can use SubWCRev.exe

Create a file called:

RevisionInfo.tmpl

SvnRevision = $WCREV$;

Then execute this command:

SubWCRev.exe . RevisionInfo.tmpl RevisionInfo.txt

It will create a file ReivisonInfo.txt with your revision number as follows:

SvnRevision = 5000;

But instead of using the .txt you could use whatever source file you want, and have access to the reivsion number within your source code.