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[*__since 1.4__*]

Finds the latest revision of a module matching a given version constraint.

A version constraint is what is used when declaring a link:../ivyfile/dependency{outfilesuffix}[dependency] on a module.
If the module is not found, the property is not set.

== Attributes

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|Attribute|Description|Required
|organisation|the organisation of the module to find|Yes
|module|the name of the module to find|Yes
|branch|the branch of the module to find|No, defaults to the default branch for the given module
|revision|the revision constraint to apply|Yes
|property|the property to set with the found revision|No, defaults to `ivy.revision`
|settingsRef|a reference to Ivy settings that must be used by this task (*__since 2.0__*)|No, defaults to `ivy.instance`.
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== Examples

[source,xml]
----
<ivy:findrevision organisation="apache" module="ivy" revision="latest.integration"/>
----

finds the latest version of Ivy available in the repository and sets the property `ivy.revision` according to what was found.

'''

[source,xml]
----
<ivy:findrevision organisation="apache" module="ivy" revision="1.0+"/>
----

same as above but only with 1.0 sub versions.
