Question

I am trying to fetch all activity that has been performed on a branch in my Java code using SVN Kit.

SVNRepository repository = SVNRepositoryFactory.create(svnURL);
ISVNAuthenticationManager authManager = SVNWCUtil.createDefaultAuthenticationManager("UserName", "password");
repository.setAuthenticationManager(authManager);
Collection logEntries = repository.log(new String[] { "" }, null, 0, -1, true, true);

The above code works like a charm and I am getting all activity on the Branch denoted by my svnURL attribute.

But the real problem comes in when after some activity the branch itself was renamed. For example

Initial Branch => https://domain/repository/branches/OriginalName
New
Branch =>  https://domain/repository/branches/NewName

Now, after the rename has happened, when I run the above code using the Old Name, I get a propfind error that says, the file cannot be located. But when I run with the new branch name, everything works file and it also gives the activity logs on that branch but only until the rename. The activity that had happened on the OldBranch name is not returned.

Is there a way in SVNKit to get the output as I am expecting?

Answer 1

You set the the parameter strictNode of log to true

If strictNode is true, copy history will not be traversed (if any
exists) when harvesting the revision logs for each path.

This seems to be equivalent of stop on copy/rename in most GUIs. By setting it to false you should get the whole revision history.

Note: svn rename is just a copy and delete. It will create a new copy of the file/folder and delete the old one.