svnkit: how to get latest revision number from SVN DB?

Question

I want to get the latest revision number of the SVN database using SVNKIT. I don't want to update the local repository and get the head revision number , i want to directly contact the SVN repository and get the latest revision number. please help me .

Answer 1

DAVRepositoryFactory.setup();
String url = "(directory in svn url)";
String name = "(login name)";
String password = "(login password)";
SVNRepository repository = null;
repository = SVNRepositoryFactory.create(SVNURL.parseURIDecoded(url));
ISVNAuthenticationManager authManager =
                   SVNWCUtil.createDefaultAuthenticationManager(name, password);
repository.setAuthenticationManager(authManager);
SVNDirEntry entry = repository.info(".", -1);
System.out.println("Latest Rev: " + entry.getRevision()); 

Answer 2

FSRepositoryFactory.setup();
File pathToRepository = new File("/path/to/repository");
SVNRepository svnRepository = SVNRepositoryFactory.create(SVNURL.fromFile(pathToRepository));
try {
    final long latestRevision = svnRepository.getLatestRevision();
    System.out.println("latestRevision = " + latestRevision);
} finally {
    svnRepository.closeSession();
}