repository service wrote: > git --git-dir=/$(top)/.git log | grep git-svn-id | > cut -f 2 -d@ | cut -f 1 -d' ' | sort -g | tail -1 Maybe git log -1 | sed -e '/git-svn-id/!d' -e 's,.*@\([^ ]*\).*,\1,' if sed is available. //Peter