subversion/libsvn_ra_svn/protocol says: stat params: ( path:string [ rev:number ] ) response: ( ? entry:dirent ) dirent: ( name:string kind:node-kind size:number has-props:bool created-rev:number [ created-date:string ] [ last-author:string ] ) New in svn 1.2. If path is non-existent, an empty response is returned. ... but the "name:string" parameter is not present: >>> ( stat ( 4:/foo ( ) ) ) <<< ( success ( ( ) 0: ) ) <<< ( success ( ( ( file 0 false 1 ( 27:2007-06-01T19:22:53.890625Z ) ( 6:Daniel ) ) ) ) )