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Posted to users@subversion.apache.org by Matt Madrid <ad...@gmail.com> on 2007/07/13 00:07:07 UTC
Copy directory non-recursively
Is there any way to copy a directory.. but not it's contents .. from
one place to another.
Take this structure:
trunk/
stuff/
file1
file2
file3
The following command...
svn cp trunk/stuff branches/branch1/
...will of course result in the stuff directory and all of it's
contents to be copied recursively. But what if I want only certain
files in stuff to be copied, so that I end up with a branch like this:
branches/
branch1/
stuff/
file1
How do I do that? I've tried this:
svn cp trunk/stuff/file1 branches/branch1/
But that only copies the file to the top level of the branch, with no
directory creation.
Or this:
svn cp trunk/stuff/file1 branches/branch1/stuff/
Which creates a file called stuff in the branch that is a copy of file1.
I suppose I could create the directory stuff manually with "svn
mkdir", but then I wouldn't have any history information kept. Also,
if the directories happened to be nested a few levels deep, I would
need to create each level manually(mkdir -p would be nice), again
losing all history information.
Any ideas? Am I missing something. Thanks..
Matt M.
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Re: Re: Copy directory non-recursively
Posted by Matt Madrid <ad...@gmail.com>.
On 7/12/07, Srilakshmanan, Lakshman
<la...@police.vic.gov.au> wrote:
> Hi Matt,
>
> I don't quite understand why you would want to copy part of a
> trunk/stuff. I would copy all trunk/stuff and modify only the files I
> need.
>
> Be aware that if you copy and delete as described by Matthew Hannigan,
> and then try to merge your branch back to trunk, you may have
> undesirable results.
>
Well, we use branches as kind of "versions." There will rarely be a
time when we would merge branch changes into the trunk. Always from
the trunk to the branches (I know... not standard.. use tags... but
there realy is no difference).
I agree about the deleting after a copy, but that may be my only
option if I want to keep the history.
Matt
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RE: Re: Copy directory non-recursively
Posted by "Srilakshmanan, Lakshman" <la...@police.vic.gov.au>.
Hi Matt,
I don't quite understand why you would want to copy part of a
trunk/stuff. I would copy all trunk/stuff and modify only the files I
need.
Be aware that if you copy and delete as described by Matthew Hannigan,
and then try to merge your branch back to trunk, you may have
undesirable results.
Thanks
Lakshman
-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Hannigan [mailto:mlh@zip.com.au]
Sent: Friday, 13 July 2007 11:50 AM
To: Matt Madrid
Cc: users@subversion.tigris.org
Subject: Re: Copy directory non-recursively
On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 05:07:07PM -0700, Matt Madrid wrote:
> Is there any way to copy a directory.. but not it's contents .. from
> one place to another.
>
> Take this structure:
>
> trunk/
> stuff/
> file1
> file2
> file3
>
> The following command...
>
> svn cp trunk/stuff branches/branch1/
>
> ...will of course result in the stuff directory and all of it's
> contents to be copied recursively. But what if I want only certain
> files in stuff to be copied, so that I end up with a branch like this:
>
> branches/
> branch1/
> stuff/
> file1
>
> How do I do that? I've tried this:
>
> svn cp trunk/stuff/file1 branches/branch1/
>
> But that only copies the file to the top level of the branch, with no
> directory creation.
>
> Or this:
>
> svn cp trunk/stuff/file1 branches/branch1/stuff/
>
> Which creates a file called stuff in the branch that is a copy of
file1.
>
> I suppose I could create the directory stuff manually with "svn
> mkdir", but then I wouldn't have any history information kept. Also,
> if the directories happened to be nested a few levels deep, I would
> need to create each level manually(mkdir -p would be nice), again
> losing all history information.
>
> Any ideas? Am I missing something. Thanks..
>
Copy it all and then delete what you don't want.
The space required will hardly be different due to SVN's COW behaviour.
Matt
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Re: Copy directory non-recursively
Posted by Matthew Hannigan <ml...@zip.com.au>.
On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 05:07:07PM -0700, Matt Madrid wrote:
> Is there any way to copy a directory.. but not it's contents .. from
> one place to another.
>
> Take this structure:
>
> trunk/
> stuff/
> file1
> file2
> file3
>
> The following command...
>
> svn cp trunk/stuff branches/branch1/
>
> ...will of course result in the stuff directory and all of it's
> contents to be copied recursively. But what if I want only certain
> files in stuff to be copied, so that I end up with a branch like this:
>
> branches/
> branch1/
> stuff/
> file1
>
> How do I do that? I've tried this:
>
> svn cp trunk/stuff/file1 branches/branch1/
>
> But that only copies the file to the top level of the branch, with no
> directory creation.
>
> Or this:
>
> svn cp trunk/stuff/file1 branches/branch1/stuff/
>
> Which creates a file called stuff in the branch that is a copy of file1.
>
> I suppose I could create the directory stuff manually with "svn
> mkdir", but then I wouldn't have any history information kept. Also,
> if the directories happened to be nested a few levels deep, I would
> need to create each level manually(mkdir -p would be nice), again
> losing all history information.
>
> Any ideas? Am I missing something. Thanks..
>
Copy it all and then delete what you don't want.
The space required will hardly be different due to SVN's COW behaviour.
Matt
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