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Commands tagged svn

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svn info | grep '^URL:' | egrep -o '(tags|branches)/[^/]+|trunk' | egrep -o '[^/]+$'
2009-04-09 20:08:45
User: isaacs
Functions: egrep grep info
Tags: svn grep
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Get the current svn branch/tag (Good for PS1/PROMPT_COMMAND cases)

Get the svn info, grep for the "URL" of the repository, pull out the tag/branch/trunk, and then just show the helpful/meaningful bit.

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tar --exclude='.svn' -c -f /path/to/file.tar /path/to/directory
2009-04-08 13:25:32
User: unixmonkey3142
Functions: tar
Tags: svn tar
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Tar a subversion working copy...without all those hidden directories!
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svn propset svn:ignore "*txt" log/
2009-04-04 23:09:01
User: unixmonkey3142
Tags: svn
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Have subversion ignore a file pattern in a directory

If you don't want to commit files to subversion, and don't want those file to show up when doing an "svn stat", this command is what you need

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/usr/local/bin/svn merge -r {rev_num}:HEAD https://{host}/{project}/branches/{branch_name} .
2009-04-03 15:43:32
User: kamiller
Functions: merge
Tags: svn merge
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SVN Command line branch merge

This will merge all of the changes from {rev_num} to head on the branch to the current working directory

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svn rm `svn status | grep "\!" | cut -c 8-`
2009-03-29 13:28:55
User: benschw
Functions: cut grep rm
Tags: svn
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Clean up after improper deletes in subversion

If (when) you forget to "svn rm" files from your repository, use this to let your repository know you want those files gone. Of course this works with adding and reverting too.

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function svnundopoint() { if [ -d .undo ]; then r=`svn info | grep Revision | cut -f 2 -d ' '` && t=`date +%F_%T` && f=${t}rev${r} && svn diff>.undo/$f && svn stat>.undo/stat_$f; else echo Missing .undo directory; fi }
2009-03-27 07:14:31
User: codeape
Functions: cut echo grep info
Tags: bash svn
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Create subversion undo point

Allows you to save progress without committing.

To revert to an undo point, svn revert then apply the undo point with patch.

svn revert -R . && patch -p0 < .undo/2009-03-27_08:08:11rev57

Similar: http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/373/archive-all-files-containing-local-changes-svn

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svn status | egrep '^(M|A)' | egrep -o '[^MA\ ].*$'
2009-03-27 05:18:24
User: isaacs
Functions: egrep
Tags: svn
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Show the files that you've modified in an SVN tree

This is useful for piping to other commands, as well:

svn status | egrep '^(M|A)' | egrep -o '[^MA\ ].*$' | xargs $EDITOR
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svn status | grep "^\?" | awk '{print $2}' | xargs svn add
2009-03-12 15:06:12
User: unixfu73000
Functions: awk grep xargs
Tags: svn
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SVN Add Recursively

This adds all new files to SVN recursively. It doesn't work for files that have spaces in their name, but why would you create a file with a space in its name in the first place?

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svn diff ARGUMENTS_FOR_DIFF | source-highlight --out-format=esc --src-lang=diff
2009-03-09 11:00:40
User: troelskn
Functions: diff
Tags: svn diff color
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Diff with colour highlighting
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grep -r --exclude-dir=.svn PATTERN PATH
2009-03-04 23:21:50
User: patko
Functions: grep
Tags: svn
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Exclude svn directories with grep

exclude-dir option requires grep 2.5.3

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find . -type d -name DIR -exec rm -rf {} \;
2009-03-04 14:49:21
User: miguelbaldi
Functions: find rm
Tags: svn cvs
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Recursively deletes DIR directories

You can use this command to delete CVS/svn folders on given project.

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rsync -vazuK --exclude "*.mp3" --exclude "*.svn*" * user@host:/path
2009-02-27 19:58:02
User: sudopeople
Functions: rsync
Tags: svn exclude
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exclude file(s) from rsync

rsyncs files to a server excluding listed files

also a file can be used to exclude common exclude rules and/or to exclude a ton of files, like so:

rsync --exclude-from '~/.scripts/exclude.txt'

where exclude.txt has one rule per line:

*.mp3

*.svn*

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svn st | grep ^? | xargs svn add 2> /dev/null
2009-02-25 11:40:51
User: douglas
Functions: grep xargs
Tags: bash svn
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Add all not commited files to svn
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