I use svn export to create a clean directory from my repository. Works great! Later though, I had found some bugs. So, I fixed them in my working copy, tested them and had some others verify my work. Then I committed them to my repository. Next thing, replace the files in the directory I created with export. Then I realized there was no automatic way to do it. I wound up with a crazy expression that works. Something like this:
$cd my/working/copy $svn diff --summary -c1234 | cut -b9- | xargs -I% svn export % /my/target/directory/% OK so far, but it got me wondering... Is it worth submitting a feature request to add an option to the svn export command (e.g. --update or --replace or something better) which, when combined with a revision specification, export only those files that changed with respect to the revision specification? (without a revision specification, the new option would have no effect). What do others think? -- Gerald Britton
