SVN: How to get the first revision of a file?

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When working with a subdirectory in a repository, how to find the revision when that specific directory has been added to the repository? By using "svn info http://.." I can find out when it was modified for the last time ("Last Changed Rev"), but I also need to find out the revision number of the commit when that directory (or file) was added for the first time (it's "first" revision).

I have been searching for that at the "SVN book", googling, but, obviously, I got no results.

Note: I need this for making a PHP script which downloads logs and stores them locally, just to make it clear and avoid "use tortoise/svnx/versions/you_name_it application" ;)

score 84 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 10 '17 at 21:32

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You could use svn log, with a reverse revision range:

svn log -r 1:HEAD --limit 1 <REPO_URL>

edited Feb 10 '17 at 21:32

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answered Oct 27 '09 at 16:53

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Don't forget to accept the answer if you are satisfied with it :) – David Kuridža Oct 27 '09 at 21:09
Just did it. I'm new guy at the hood, I am still getting familiar :) – Oliver Maksimovic Oct 27 '09 at 21:47
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Only works if HEAD contains that file. If the file was deleted, this will fail – Viet Jul 21 '11 at 03:31
When you want first revision in given branch use option: --stop-on-copy – Jirka Meluzin Apr 28 '17 at 08:40

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 27 '09 at 16:50

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The last entry of

svn log http://...

answered Oct 27 '09 at 16:50

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 10 '14 at 14:36

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For someone trying to do this in pysvn:

def get_branch_creation_rev(url)
    import pysvn
    cl = pysvn.Client()
    return  pysvn.Revision(pysvn.opt_revision_kind.number,
                           cl.log(url)[-1].data.get('revision').number)

answered Nov 10 '14 at 14:36

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also, if someone is looking to get the SVN author information aswell this is the command `cl.log(url)[-1].data.get('author')` – Surya Tej Jan 17 '19 at 09:20

SVN: How to get the first revision of a file?

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