Include SVN revision number in source code

Question

My requirement is simple. At the beginning of each file there should be a block comment like this:

/*
 * This file was last modified by {username} at {date} and has revision number {revisionnumber}
 */

I want to populate the {username}, {date} and {revisionnumber} with the appropriate content from SVN.

How can I achieve this with NetBeans and Subversion? I have searched a lot but I can't find exactly what I need.

Answer 1

I looked at this question and got some useful information. It is not exactly duplicate because I am working with NetBeans but the idea is the same. This is my header:

/*
 * $LastChangedDate$
 * $LastChangedRevision$
 */

Then I go to Team > Subversion > Svn properties and add svn:keywords as property name and LastChangedDate LastChangedRevision as property value.

And when I commit from NetBeans it looks like this:

/*
 * $LastChangedDate: 2012-02-13 17:38:57 +0200 (Пн, 13 II 2012) $
 * $LastChangedRevision: 27 $
 */

Thanks all for the support! I will accept my answer because other answers do not include the NetBeans information. Nevertheless I give +1 to the other answers.

Answer 2

As this data only exists after the file was committed it should be set by SVN itself, not a client program. (And client-side processing tends to get disabled or not configured at all.) This means there is no simple template/substitute like you want, because then after the first replacement the template variables would be lost.

You can find information abut SVN's keyword substitution here. Then things like $Rev$ can be replaced by $Rev: 12 $.