Improved Subversion support.

Homebrew will now use the svn binary pointed to by HOMEBREW_SVN if set,
use a Homebrew-installed svn if present, finally falling back to the
system-provided svn binary.

If a formula (mplayer) requires a newer version of Subversion than what
Leopard provides, it can use the "StrictSubversionDownloadStrategy"
download strategy to warn the user.

These changes also fix an issue with forcing exports not working on a
stock Leopard subversion, but letting the user either specify a specific
binary or install Subversion via Homebrew and pick that up instead.

Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md

@@ -163,6 +163,12 @@ didn't include with OS X.
     If set, instructs Homebrew to always assume `--verbose` when running
     commands.
 
+  * HOMEBREW\_SVN:
+    When exporting from Subversion, Homebrew will use `HOMEBREW_SVN` if set,
+    a Homebrew-built Subversion if installed, or the system-provided binary.
+
+    Set this to force Homebrew to use a particular svn binary.
+
 ## SEE ALSO
 
  Homebrew Wiki: http://wiki.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/

Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb

@@ -198,11 +198,30 @@ class SubversionDownloadStrategy <AbstractDownloadStrategy
     quiet_safe_system *args
   end
 
-  # Override this method in a DownloadStrategy to force the use of a non-
-  # system svn binary. mplayer.rb uses this to require a svn new enough to
-  # understand its externals.
+  # Try HOMEBREW_SVN, a Homebrew-built svn, and finally the OS X system svn.
+  # Not all features are available in the 10.5 system-provided svn.
   def svn
-    '/usr/bin/svn'
+    return ENV['HOMEBREW_SVN'] if ENV['HOMEBREW_SVN']
+    return "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin/svn" if File.exist? "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin/svn"
+    return '/usr/bin/svn'
+  end
+end
+
+# Require a newer version of Subversion than 1.4.x (Leopard-provided version)
+class StrictSubversionDownloadStrategy <SubversionDownloadStrategy
+  def svn
+    exe = super
+    `#{exe} --version` =~ /version (\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)*)/
+    svn_version = $1
+    version_tuple=svn_version.split(".").collect {|v|Integer(v)}
+
+    if version_tuple[0] == 1 and version_tuple[1] <= 4
+      onoe "Detected Subversion (#{exe}, version #{svn_version}) is too old."
+      puts "Subversion 1.4.x will not export externals correctly for this formula."
+      puts "You must either `brew install subversion` or set HOMEBREW_SVN to the path"
+      puts "of a newer svn binary."
+    end
+    return exe
   end
 end
 

Library/Homebrew/utils.rb

@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ def dump_build_env env
   puts "\"--use-llvm\" was specified" if ARGV.include? '--use-llvm'
 
   %w[ CC CXX LD CFLAGS CXXFLAGS CPPFLAGS LDFLAGS MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET MAKEFLAGS PKG_CONFIG_PATH
-      HOMEBREW_DEBUG HOMEBREW_VERBOSE HOMEBREW_USE_LLVM ].each do |k|
+      HOMEBREW_DEBUG HOMEBREW_VERBOSE HOMEBREW_USE_LLVM HOMEBREW_SVN ].each do |k|
     value = env[k]
     puts "#{k}: #{value}" if value
   end

share/man/man1/brew.1

@@ -178,6 +178,13 @@ If set, instructs Homebrew to use the LLVM front\-ends to the GCC compilers\.
 HOMEBREW_VERBOSE
 If set, instructs Homebrew to always assume \fB\-\-verbose\fR when running commands\.
 .
+.TP
+HOMEBREW_SVN
+When exporting from Subversion, Homebrew will use \fBHOMEBREW_SVN\fR if set, a Homebrew\-built Subversion if installed, or the system\-provided binary\.
+.
+.IP
+Set this to force Homebrew to use a particular svn binary\.
+.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 Homebrew Wiki: http://wiki\.github\.com/mxcl/homebrew/
 .