def _last_commit(self):
        """
        Retrieve the most recent commit message (with ``svn log -l1``)

        Returns:
            tuple: (datestr, (revno, user, None, desc))
        ::

$ svn log -l1
------------------------------------------------------------------------
r25701 | bhendrix | 2010-08-02 12:14:25 -0500 (Mon, 02 Aug 2010) | 1 line

added selection range traits to make it possible for users to replace
------------------------------------------------------------------------

        .. note:: svn log references the svn server
        """
        cmd = ['svn', 'log' '-l1']
        op = self.sh(cmd, shell=False)
        data, rest = op.split('\n', 2)[1:]
        revno, user, datestr, lc = data.split(' | ', 3)
        desc = '\n'.join(rest.split('\n')[1:-2])
        revno = revno[1:]
        # lc = long(lc.rstrip(' line'))
        return datestr, (revno, user, None,  desc)