How to commit only top level files?

[Bo Berglund]

I have a project where I want to commit the modified sources in the
top folder but want to prevent it from recursing to subdirectories,
which hold the compiled binaries. These are only to be committed when
the sources are stable.

I looked at svn ci with the --depth argument, but I do not understand
the wording of the docs:
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.ref.svn.html#svn.ref.svn.sw.depth

it says:

--depth ARG

Instructs Subversion to limit the scope of an operation to a
particular tree depth. ARG is one of empty (only the target itself),
files (the target and any immediate file children thereof), immediates
(the target and any immediate children thereof), or infinity (the
target and all of its descendants—full recursion).

The problem I have is in the definition of "target"...

I am doing the operation inside the top level of the WC tree (where
the .svn dir is located).
The command will be:
svn ci --depth <argument>

What should I use as argument so that only the changed files in the
current dir are committed?
empty does not work for me because the dir is NOT empty
files does not work because I don't understand what "file children" is
immediates clearly would include subdirs too?
infinity not what I want, full recursion...

Tried to google but I only get hits that deal with the opposite, how
to exclude file commit.

I want to block recursion into subdirectories...

[Alfred von Campe]

Post by Bo Berglund
What should I use as argument so that only the changed files in the
current dir are committed?

Will the -N [—non-recursive] option work for you?

Alfred

[Bo Berglund]

On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 15:19:06 -0500, Alfred von Campe

Post by Bo Berglund
What should I use as argument so that only the changed files in the
current dir are committed?

Will the -N [—non-recursive] option work for you?

Non-recursive would work, but is it really available for svn ci?
It is not mentioned in the svnbook....

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.ref.svn.c.commit.html

[Alfred von Campe]

Post by Bo Berglund
on-recursive would work, but is it really available for svn ci?
It is not mentioned in the svnbook....

But “svn ci —help” does list it as an available option, at least on my system running 1.9.4.

Alfred

[Mark Phippard]

Post by Bo Berglund
on-recursive would work, but is it really available for svn ci?
It is not mentioned in the svnbook....
But “svn ci —help” does list it as an available option, at least on my
system running 1.9.4.

You want "svn help ci":

-N [--non-recursive] : obsolete; try --depth=files or
--depth=immediates

Do the "right way" to do this now would be:

svn ci --depth=files .

[Branko Čibej]

Post by Bo Berglund
What should I use as argument so that only the changed files in the
current dir are committed?

Will the -N [—non-recursive] option work for you?

The -N option is deprecated in favour of --depth, because it has
different meanings for different commands, whereas --depth always means
the same thing.

-- Brane

[Branko Čibej]

Post by Bo Berglund
I have a project where I want to commit the modified sources in the
top folder but want to prevent it from recursing to subdirectories,
which hold the compiled binaries. These are only to be committed when
the sources are stable.
I looked at svn ci with the --depth argument, but I do not understand
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.ref.svn.html#svn.ref.svn.sw.depth
--depth ARG
Instructs Subversion to limit the scope of an operation to a
particular tree depth. ARG is one of empty (only the target itself),
files (the target and any immediate file children thereof), immediates
(the target and any immediate children thereof), or infinity (the
target and all of its descendants—full recursion).
The problem I have is in the definition of "target"...

"Target" is any file or directory that you tell the command to operate
on. For example, when you say:

    svn commit foo bar

"foo" and "bar" are targets for 'svn commit'. You can omit explicit
targets for some commands — svn commit is one of them — in which case
the implicit target is the current directory; so,

    svn commit

means exactly the same as

    svn commit .

Post by Bo Berglund
I am doing the operation inside the top level of the WC tree (where
the .svn dir is located).
svn ci --depth <argument>
What should I use as argument so that only the changed files in the
current dir are committed?

    svn commit --depth files

(or 'svn commit --depth files .') will only commit /files/ that in the
current directory. On the other hand,

    svn commit --depth immediates

will commit files /and/ directories, but will not recurse into the
directories. Basically this means that changed files and property
changes on directories in the current dir will be committed, but nothing
else.

Post by Bo Berglund
empty does not work for me because the dir is NOT empty

That's not what '--depth empty' means. It means "commit only the target
itself", so if the target is a directory, it will only commit any
property changes on that directory.

Post by Bo Berglund
files does not work because I don't understand what "file children" is

Files within the target direcory.

Post by Bo Berglund
immediates clearly would include subdirs too?

Yes, but nothing inside those subdirs.

Post by Bo Berglund
infinity not what I want, full recursion...
Tried to google but I only get hits that deal with the opposite, how
to exclude file commit.
I want to block recursion into subdirectories...

You want either 'svn commit --depth files' or 'svn commit --depth
immediates', depending on whether or not property changes on directories
matter.

-- Brane

[Bo Berglund]

Post by Branko Čibej

Post by Bo Berglund
The problem I have is in the definition of "target"...

"Target" is any file or directory that you tell the command to operate
    svn commit foo bar
"foo" and "bar" are targets for 'svn commit'. You can omit explicit
targets for some commands — svn commit is one of them — in which case
the implicit target is the current directory; so,
    svn commit
means exactly the same as
    svn commit .

Post by Bo Berglund
I am doing the operation inside the top level of the WC tree (where
the .svn dir is located).
svn ci --depth <argument>
What should I use as argument so that only the changed files in the
current dir are committed?

    svn commit --depth files
(or 'svn commit --depth files .') will only commit /files/ that in the
current directory. On the other hand,
    svn commit --depth immediates
will commit files /and/ directories, but will not recurse into the
directories. Basically this means that changed files and property
changes on directories in the current dir will be committed, but nothing
else.

Post by Bo Berglund
empty does not work for me because the dir is NOT empty

That's not what '--depth empty' means. It means "commit only the target
itself", so if the target is a directory, it will only commit any
property changes on that directory.

Post by Bo Berglund
files does not work because I don't understand what "file children" is

Files within the target direcory.

Post by Bo Berglund
immediates clearly would include subdirs too?

Yes, but nothing inside those subdirs.

Post by Bo Berglund
infinity not what I want, full recursion...
Tried to google but I only get hits that deal with the opposite, how
to exclude file commit.
I want to block recursion into subdirectories...

You want either 'svn commit --depth files' or 'svn commit --depth
immediates', depending on whether or not property changes on directories
matter.
-- Brane

Thanks for the complete explanation!

I used --depth files and got what I wanted!