Re: Why is there no "find" command in Subversion ?

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Phil Pinkerton <pcpinkerton_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> It would be really helpful to have a "find" command in Subversion  for
> locating files or directories.
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> Is it just to difficult to develop ?
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> Anyone else think it would be useful ?
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> How do others search large complex repositories for files ?
>
> thanks
>
> Phil

A sophisticated find, with all the amazing features, could be awkward.
However, for a checked out directory:

    find . -name .svn -prune -o -print | sort

fill give you everything outside the .svn directories, which I usually
find to be enough to work with.

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Received on 2009-09-23 23:40:21 CEST