svn_load_dirs - Load directories into a Subversion repository
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Description
This tool can be used for importing one or more directories into a Subversion repository. The difference
from "svn import" is that svn_load_dirs can update an existing directory tree, and tag it properly. Only
changes from the previous version will be recorded in the revision, so that you can easily apply them on
another branch. For example, this is very useful for managing the upstream source when maintaining
Debian packages in Subversion.
Examples
For example, to import the contents of the foo-1.3 directory into the upstream/current directory of the
foo repository:
svn_load_dirs svn+ssh://svn.example.org/svn/foo upstream/current foo-1.3
A tag can also be added automatically using the -t option:
svn_load_dirs svn+ssh://svn.example.org/svn/foo -t 'upstream/@\d+\.\w+@' upstream/current foo-1.3
Here's an example of a property configuration file:
\.doc$ break svn:mime-type application/msword
\.ds(p|w)$ break svn:eol-style CRLF
\.dos2unix-eol\.sh$ break
.* break svn:eol-style native
This example specifies that .doc files are to be treated as binary files, that .dsp and .dsw files have
their line ending characters kept, and that all other files except dos2unix-eol.sh have their line
endings converted to the native style.
Name
svn_load_dirs - Load directories into a Subversion repository
Options
svn_url
The base Subversion URL.
svn_import_dir
The path relative to svn_url where the directories are to be imported.
directory...
The directories to import. If they are not specified on the command line, they are read from
standard input.
-no_user_input
Don't ask any questions. Assume that the answer is yes.
-pfilename
Apply the properties specified in the configuration file filename to matching files. See below for
a description of the configuration file format.
-svn_usernameusername
Username to use when committing to the repository.
-svn_passwordpassword
Password to use when committing to the repository.
-ttag_dir
Create a tag copy in tag_dir, relative to svn_url. tag_dir may contain a regular expression
enclosed within '@' characters. It will be replaced by the matching part from the imported
directory names.
-v Be more verbose. Use multiple times for increased effect.
-wcpath
Use the already checked out working copy at path instead of checking out a new working copy.
Property Configuration File Format
The property configuration file, which is specified by the -p option, contains rules for applying
properties to the imported files. It consists of lines of the following format:
regular_expressioncontrolproperty_nameproperty_value
The meaning of the fields are:
regular_expression
A Perl-style regular expression matching the files to apply this rule to.
control
Either "break" or "cont". If set to "break", processing of the current file will stop if this rule
matches. If set to "cont", processing will continue. The latter can be used to set multiple
properties for one file.
property_name
(Optional) The name of the property to set.
property_value
(Optional) Set the property to this value.
The last two fields may be omitted, in which case the rule will not set any properties. This is useful
for excluding certain files from subsequent rules.
You need to quote the regular_expression, property_name and property_value fields with double quotes
('"') if you have whitespace in them. Single and double quotes can be escaped with backslash ('\').
See Also
/usr/share/doc/subversion-tools/svn_load_dirs.README.gz
svn(1)
Synopsis
svn_load_dirs [options] svn_urlsvn_import_dir [directory ...]
