Tag Archives: subversion

Recursively ignoring multiple file patterns in subversion

There are a few filetypes that you likely don’t want to add into any subversion repository, such as .pyc, .log, and .bak files. Not only do they not need to be in the repo, but you also probably don’t appreciate … Continue reading

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Tortoise and SSH key authentication

While setting up Tortoise recently, I couldn’t easily find how to tell it I wanted to use keys for SSH authentication. This post helpfully described how Tortoise actually uses PuTTY for its SSH connections, and how to get key-based auth … Continue reading

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Handy Alias: Grab latest svn log

I keep having the occasion to view the log comments for the current revision in my SVN repository. This means: Knowing the number of the current revision, Passing this to svn log -r Instead of doing that by hand, I … Continue reading

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An awesome xargs option and cleaning up SVN accidents

I started using a wonderfully helpful option for xargs recently, after Master Ian showed me its use in a particularly thorny case. Before seeing the cool option, I will give the case as an example of its use: I am … Continue reading

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