Introduction

The svnant project provides a set of Ant extensions which can be used to interact with Subversion repositories.

Setup

As with most Ant extensions, SvnAnt's task and type names must be mapped to their implementing classes before being used in an Ant build file. An example of how to use the antlib bundled in SvnAnt's JAR file to perform that registration follows:

    
      <path id="path.svnant">
          <pathelement location="${basedir}/svnant.jar"/>
          <pathelement location="${basedir}/svnClientAdapter.jar"/>
          <!-- ... -->
      </path>
    
      <typedef 
          resource="org/tigris/subversion/svnant/svnantlib.xml" 
          classpathref="path.svnant"
      />

Please be aware that the previously used declaration mechanism using the file svnant.properties is no longer supported so it's necessary to update your declaration if necessary.

Binding

The path declaration shown above only contains the necessary jar files used to realise subversion access.

If you don't extend the above mentioned path declaration the only possibility to access a subversion repository is the so called commandline binding.

In general you want to extend this path with additional libraries in order to use a specific binding to the subversion repository.

The following list shows the requirements and the meaning of the available bindings (the order specifies the precedence):

javahl

This type of binding makes use of a Java native bridge in order to realise the subversion commands. These share libraries must be on your library path. You can launch the Ant script using the following option (of course you need to adjust the path):

          -Djava.library.path=${basedir}/javahl

You also need to add the Jar equivalent of the binding which is typically named svnjavahl.jar.

If this binding doesn't seem to work, you should check whether the library path is correct or not. You can use the echoproperties to get this information.

svnkit

The svnkit binding is purely java based. Using this binding requires the jar svnkit.jar to be used for the svnant declaration. You also need the ganymed.jar which provides the necessary functionality for SSH based communication.

commandline

This binding is the simpliest one and is considered to be a fallback solution. It just looks for the svn executable itself, so it must be locatable using the path specified within the propert java.library.path.

License

      SvnAnt license

This license applies to all portions of svnant library, which 
are not externally-maintained libraries (e.g. svnClientAdapter, JavaHL or SVNKit).

Such libraries have their own licenses; we recommend you read them, as
their terms may differ from the terms below.

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Changelog

      
* 1.3.1
- Built against svnClientAdapter 0.9.102, Subversion 1.6.x, SVNKit 1.3.x
- #1271: made some refactorings so the codebase has been refactored to share resource related functionalities.
- #1156: the checkout command now supports the depth parameter which is more accurate than the recursive parameter.
- #1035: using the svntask as part of ant's parallel task should work properly now.
- #587: it should be possible now to reject suspicious certificates so only trusted ones will be accepted.
- #1272: command beginning and endings will be logged as verbose message as their mainly useful for
         for error scenarios.
- #828: 'wcVersion' won't incorporate 'svn:externals' anymore for the version calculation
- #906: added 'singleinfo', 'list' commands
- #906: added 'svnAvailable' condition
- #619, #689: the 'log' command now provides a verbose option for the changed pathes
- #815: the commands 'singleinfo' and 'info' are now supporting the property 'repourl'
- #916: the 'copy' command now supports the option 'makeParents' to enforce the creation of parental structures
- #1092: if 'failonerror' is set to false the 'svn' task will quit normally if there's no client adapter available
- #1209: the 'wcVersion' command now adds a '.' to the prefix if it's missing
- #1213: added the 'diffSummarize' command
- #1079: improved handling of 'wcVersion' for unversioned pathes

* 1.3.0
- First version released by Joshua Frankamp

* 1.2.1
- Built against svnClientAdapter r4107, Subversion 1.5.x, SVNKit 1.2.x
- fixed remote info bug
- fixed svnkit exists task
- added cleanup task

* 1.2-rc1
- Built against svnClientAdapter r3957, Subversion 1.5, SVNKit 1.20 beta4

* 1.1-rc3
- Built against svnClientAdapter r2847, Subversion 1.4.2 and SVNKit 1.1.0
- renamed references to JavaSVN (former name of SVNKit)
- renamed the svn task attribute "javasvn" to "svnkit"

* 1.1-rc2
- Built against svnClientAdapter r2834 and Subversion 1.4.0,
  incorporating numerous bug fixes and improvements from both.
- Added support for javasvn adapter
- Added the "url" option to <propget> command
- Added the "lastChangedDateProperty" to <status> command
- Added the "dateFormatter" attribute to <svn> task
- Added the "failonerror" attribute to <svn> task and svn selectors
- Added the <wcVersion> command
- Added the <log> command
- Added svn related selectors 
- Added SvnFileSet type
- Added the force option to <add> command
  
* 1.0.0

Known issues

This chapter provides some known issues which might be of interest when you're experiencing weird behaviour:

General

JavaHL Binding

Authors