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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# svn_getRepoStatus.sh -- This function requests the working copy
+# using the svn status command and returns the first character in the
+# output line, as described in svn help status, for the LOCATION
+# specified. Use this function to perform verifications based a
+# repository LOCATION status. 
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 The CentOS Project
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+# your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+#
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# $Id$
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function svn_getRepoStatus {
+
+    local LOCATION="$1"
+
+    # Define regular expression pattern to retrive first column,
+    # returned by subversion status command. This column is one
+    # character column as describes `svn help status' command.
+    local PATTERN='^( |A|C|D|I|M|R|X|!|~).+$'
+
+    # Output specific state of location using subversion `status'
+    # command.
+    ${SVN} status "$LOCATION" -N --quiet | sed -r "s/${PATTERN}/\1/"
+
+}