Commit modified files only using subversion

Question

I have a long list of commits to make and, as such, would like to stagger the commits. So, when I do:

svn st | ack '^M'

I would like to commit these files only

Is this possible through the command line?

Just to clarify: you want to commit modified files only, and not those that were deleted, added, or replaced? — malenkiy_scot
– malenkiy_scot, Commented Apr 18, 2012 at 17:54
@malenkiy_scot Yes, I can confirm that I only want to commit modified files. — crmpicco
– crmpicco, Commented Apr 19, 2012 at 8:25

slowdog · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-19 11:21:04Z

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The xargs command is useful for this kind of thing.

Assuming you don't have any filenames containing space characters, you can do:

svn st | sed -n 's/^M//p' | xargs svn commit

If you do have space characters in filenames, the sed command becomes a little more complex, to add quotes around each filename:

svn st | sed -n 's/$/"/; s/^M */"/p' | xargs svn commit

(I'm not familiar with ack -- perhaps it could be also be used in place of sed in these examples)

answered Apr 19, 2012 at 11:21

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malenkiy_scot Over a year ago

If not -u or -v options are specified, the number of characters before the start of filename is known (it's 8), so sed can be simplified: svn st | grep '^M' | sed 's/.\{8\}(.*)/\1/' | xargs svn ci

slowdog Over a year ago

All depends on your definition of "simple", I suppose ;-)

crmpicco Over a year ago

Excellent, the first example with sed worked well. I tried using ack, which is my preferred tool of choice normally, but I couldn't get it working. Thanks.

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