svn commit from bash script without opening the editor

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I try to write a bash script which should commit to a svn repo. Everything works fine until the point where I try to commit. The commit command opens the editor and the script ends with an error that the commit message was left in svn-commit.tmp

I try a couple of things but none will work

commit_msg="$1"
svn commit -m "$commit_msg"

and

commit_msg="$1"
svn commit -m '$commit_msg'

and

commit_msg=$1
svn commit -m '$commit_msg'

and all with the -q and --non-interactiveoperators. Even svn commit -m "woohoo" opens the editor and the script ends with the error.

Any ideas why it is impossible to commit within a bash script without opening the editor?

Does the editor also open if you run svn commit -m "..." from command line? — Shahbaz
– Shahbaz, Commented Feb 2, 2013 at 19:06
Can you provide the exact script you are using (or at least a portion of it up to the svn commit call that fails)? — chepner
– chepner, Commented Feb 2, 2013 at 19:43

Winfield · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-02 20:07:16Z

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You should use the --non-interactive option on the svn command:

svn commit --non-interactive -m '$commit_msg'

answered Feb 2, 2013 at 20:07

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Ralf Albert Over a year ago

My english is very bad, I know. But "... and all with the -q and --non-interactive operators" could be a hint that I already tried it. Sorry, no success.

Ralf Albert · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-03 00:35:58Z

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After I tried svn ci instead of svn commit, everything was fine. My first thought was a buggy version of svn. Asking the Great Dump (aka Google) I found the solution:: In my .bash_profile was a code snippt that forced the svn commit always to open the editor while svn ci worked as expected.

I don't know exactly where the code snippet came from, but windows users have to fight a lot of mysterious behaviours.

Thanks all for your help.

answered Feb 3, 2013 at 0:35

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