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Posted to users@subversion.apache.org by Itamar O <it...@gmail.com> on 2010/03/15 21:06:21 UTC
Problem with "svn add" command
I might be doing something wrong here,
but I have an unversioned file named "- example.txt" (don't ask why..),
and when I 'svn add "- example.txt"' I get:
svn: invalid option character:
Type 'svn help' for usage.
Seems that the add command thinks the initial "-" is an option prefix...
This also occurs without the whitespace between "-" and "example.txt"
(then I get "svn: invalid option character: e").
Is there a way to work around this?
Thanks,
Itamar O.
Re: Problem with "svn add" command
Posted by Itamar O <it...@gmail.com>.
Both the escaping of the '-' and adding '--' before the filename did the
trick :-)
Thanks!
BTW, This was on Windows.
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 2:05 AM, Ryan Schmidt <
subversion-2010a@ryandesign.com> wrote:
>
> On Mar 15, 2010, at 16:12, Aaron Friesen wrote:
>
> > From: Itamar O [mailto:itamarost@gmail.com]
> >> I have an unversioned file named "- example.txt" (don't ask why..),
> >> and when I 'svn add "- example.txt"' I get:
> >> svn: invalid option character:
> >> Type 'svn help' for usage.
> >
> > Try:
> >
> > svn add -- "- example.txt"
>
> FYI, this is not unique to Subversion; most UNIX command line programs have
> this behavior.
>
>
Re: Problem with "svn add" command
Posted by Ryan Schmidt <su...@ryandesign.com>.
On Mar 15, 2010, at 16:12, Aaron Friesen wrote:
> From: Itamar O [mailto:itamarost@gmail.com]
>> I have an unversioned file named "- example.txt" (don't ask why..),
>> and when I 'svn add "- example.txt"' I get:
>> svn: invalid option character:
>> Type 'svn help' for usage.
>
> Try:
>
> svn add -- "- example.txt"
FYI, this is not unique to Subversion; most UNIX command line programs have this behavior.
RE: Problem with "svn add" command
Posted by Aaron Friesen <aa...@cartopac.com>.
> From: Itamar O [mailto:itamarost@gmail.com]
> I might be doing something wrong here,
> but I have an unversioned file named "- example.txt" (don't ask why..),
> and when I 'svn add "- example.txt"' I get:
> svn: invalid option character:
> Type 'svn help' for usage.
Try:
svn add -- "- example.txt"
Re: Problem with "svn add" command
Posted by David Weintraub <qa...@gmail.com>.
A slash in front of a file name can be confused with a parameter. The
trick is to prefix files with a ./:
$ svn add ./-example.txt
That way, Subversion doesn't think the -example.txt are a series of
parameters to pass to the svn add command. If there's a space after
the dash and before the first "e" in example, you'll need quotes too:
$ svn add "./- example.txt"
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Itamar O <it...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I might be doing something wrong here,
> but I have an unversioned file named "- example.txt" (don't ask why..),
> and when I 'svn add "- example.txt"' I get:
> svn: invalid option character:
> Type 'svn help' for usage.
>
> Seems that the add command thinks the initial "-" is an option prefix...
> This also occurs without the whitespace between "-" and "example.txt"
> (then I get "svn: invalid option character: e").
>
> Is there a way to work around this?
>
> Thanks,
> Itamar O.
>
--
David Weintraub
qazwart@gmail.com