script to add files to SVN with filters

Question

My bash scripting is weak. I want to create a script that filters and add files to the svn.

So far i have this

ls | egrep -v "(\.tab\.|\.yy\.|\.o$|\.exe$|~$)"

I tried to output it using exec but couldnt figure out how. Before that I checked if svn add uses regex. I am not sure if it does and i couldnt figure out how to reverse the above without the -v (i tired "[^((\.tab\.|\.yy\.|\.o$|\.exe$|~$))]" but that didnt work as expected (it seems to only ignore .tab. files))

How do i create a script to add files to svn after applying a filter? Would this be the most simple way? -> use ls, grep, put into a bash array then use a foreach with an svn add $element ?

NOTE: This is using linux, i dont think i'll have this running on windows (i couldnt set up bison) so as long as it works on most linux distros i am happy. Ignore the fact the above uses .exe

Answer 1

Try using find.

find <pattern> -prune .svn -exec svn add {} \;

The command following exec will be executed for each file and {} will be replaced with the filename at each iteration.

I'm not in front of my linux system so I can't get you a pattern that you need right now but if you read the man, you might get there.

Answer 2

A number of ways:

1. Use backticks: svn add `ls | egrep stuff `

2. Use xargs: ls | egrep stuff | xargs svn add

3. Use find and xargs: find . -type f -name *.c -print | grep -v '\.svn' | xargs svn add

Obviously, change "stuff" and the "-name *.c" to suit your requirements...

Answer 3

Another solution to this is to add those file extensions and the .svn folder to your SVN ignore pattern.

Armed with a client configured as such, you could then do svn add * and get only what you want into SVN.