NAME

       svn_load_dirs - Load directories into a Subversion repository

SYNOPSIS

       svn_load_dirs [options] svn_url svn_import_dir [directory ...]

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.

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.

       -p filename
              Apply the properties specified in the configuration file filename to matching files. See below for
              a description of the configuration file format.

       -svn_username username
              Username to use when committing to the repository.

       -svn_password password
              Password to use when committing to the repository.

       -t tag_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.

       -wc path
              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_expression  control   property_name  property_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 ('\').

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.

SEE ALSO

       /usr/share/doc/subversion-tools/svn_load_dirs.README.gz

       svn(1)

AUTHOR

       This  manual  page  was written by Per Olofsson <pelle@dsv.su.se> for the Debian distribution (but may be
       used by others). Some parts were taken from the README.

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