Some Python code for parsing the output of the `svn log` command.

logparser.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import os
import subprocess
import sys


REPO="file:///var/backups/fsl-svn/felspar/"


def capture(args):
    print args
    return subprocess.check_output(args)


def log(path):
    location = os.path.join(REPO, path[1:])
    logdata = capture(['svn', 'log', '-v', '--incremental', location]).split('-'*72)
    for logitem in logdata:
        lines = logitem.split('\n\n')
        meta = lines[0].split('\n')
        if len(meta) > 2:
            print
            print '-' * 72
            print meta[1]
            for change in meta[3:]:
                details = change.strip().split(' (')
                change = details[0][2:]
                print details[0][0], change[1:]

log(sys.argv[1])