SVN post commit: Who is the user that committed?

Question

In an SVN post commit hook, how can I get the user who executed the commit?

Hangover

Answer 1

Using the svnlook command with author. For example, in a shell script, it might be:

REPOS="$1"
REV="$2"

AUTHOR="$(svnlook author -r $REV $REPOS)"

Sowers

Answer 2

post-commit hook script example:

#!/bin/sh
REPOS="$1"
REV="$2"
AUTHOR="$(svnlook author $REPOS -r $REV)"

# output on STDERR will be marshalled back to SVN client
echo "This transaction was commited by '$AUTHOR'!" 1>&2

exit 0

Stickinthemud

Answer 3

The second parameter to your post-commit script will be the revision number - you can use this to query SVN for whatever information you need.

Diorio