alex says:

hi brett,

found this blog entry while searching, and this script looks exactly like what i need. i recently installed an ethernet switch to replace my router, and in doing so the location of my svn server has had its ip changed.

stupidly, i used to use the full ip to access the svn server instead of a hostname, so all of my working copies now reference the old ip. i want to change all of the entries files so they now reference the hostname (and also the new ip) instead of the old ip and it looks like your script should work…although it doesn’t.

i have amended your script as advised, to the following:

old server ip = 192.168.0.172
new server hostname = newHub.local

for dir in `ls -1 */.svn/entries | xargs grep -H -l 192.168.0.172 | grep -E -o “^[^\/]+”`; do
svn switch –relocate `svn info $dir | grep ^Repository\ Root | cut -f 3 -d ‘ ‘` `svn info $dir | grep ^Repository\ Root | cut -f 3 -d ‘ ‘ | sed ‘s/192.168.0.172/newHub.local/’` $dir
done

but alas it does not seem to have any effect when i run the script.

do you have any idea why not?

thanks,

alex

Aaron says:

I scriptified this with a few almost trivial changes:
* Use variables at the top of the script for more friendliness (could use command-line arguments, but meh)
* Change sed separators to pipes (|) instead of forward-slashes – helpful when changing protocols (e.g., from svn://x to http://x like I did) without needing to worry about escaping.

Just copy and paste below this line into a .sh script, put your server names into the appropriate places, and go for it (make sure you chmod +x the script).

#!/bin/bash

OLD_REPO=svn://youroldserver
NEW_REPO=http://yournewserver

for dir in `ls -1 */.svn/entries | xargs grep -H -l $OLD_REPO | grep -E -o ^[^\/]+`; do
echo Switching sandbox $dir from $OLD_REPO to $NEW_REPO;
svn switch –relocate `svn info $dir | grep ^Repository\ Root | cut -f 3 -d ` `svn info $dir | grep ^Repository\ Root | cut -f 3 -d | sed s|$OLD_REPO|$NEW_REPO|` $dir;

done