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  find . -type d -print | grep -v CVS | xargs cvs add
  find . -type f -print | grep -v CVS | xargs cvs add

5 Responses to “Recursively adding files to CVS”

1. Amit said, on 13. June 2007 at 20:51
   

   It is really a great solution. Thanks a lot for reducing my work.

2. Nikolaus said, on 8. December 2007 at 5:49
   

   Thanks, this is fantastic

   It did not work for me as specified under bash on OS X, I had to use the following, and note the -n1 parameter for xargs:

   find . -type d -print | grep -v CVS | xargs -n1 cvs add
   find . -type f -print | grep -v CVS | xargs -n1 cvs add

   the -n1 ensures that cvs add is called only for a single file each time. That’s required because while cvs add can be called with a number of files as argument, if one of the arguments “aborts” the add, the others won’t be added. I found that to happen with the first line which adds the directories. If a directory is already there, cvs add aborts instead of just skipping it like it does with files.

   So it would do a cvs add dir1 dir2 dir3, but because dir1 was already in the repository, it would not add dir 2 and 3. I am not sure it’s required for files, but it can’t hurt.

3. Todd said, on 6. May 2008 at 21:28
   

   Thanks guys this is just what I needed. Don’t have eclipse setup on my mac. :(

4. cowgod said, on 4. November 2008 at 23:39
   

   thank you, thank you, thank you. awesome.

5. Todd said, on 20. November 2008 at 18:10
   

   I love it.

   Thanks!

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