A script to help commit changes from repository. When run on local workspace, it creates a .commit.sh file which contains all the file that needs to be committed and creates .comments.txt which has comments logged into it. Commit script (.commit.sh) has reference to comments file. After you run this script, review the changes in .commit.sh and c…

preparecommit

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# A script to select added/modified files from working copy and commit
# them. Before commiting, takes the comments as well.

# TODO: Commit to svn repository? May be not, just to review and commit
# later whenever you want.

commit_script=.commit.sh
comments_file=.comments.txt

commit_script_bk=.commit.sh.bk
comments_file_bk=.comments.txt.bk

if [ -e "$commit_script" ];
then
    mv "$commit_script" "$commit_script_bk"
fi

if [ -e "$comments_file" ];
then
    mv "$comments_file" "$comments_file_bk"
fi

touch "$commit_script"
touch "$comments_file"

svn st 				|
    grep "^[M|A|D]"		|
	cut -c9-		|
	    while read file
	    do
		echo -ne "Include file $file? (y/n)\n"
		read -s -n 1 answer <&1
		case $answer in
		[Yy]	) echo "$file " >> .commit.sh
				;;
		*	)   	;;
		esac
	    done

if [ ! -s $commit_script ]
then
    # file is empty
    echo "No file(s) to commit."
    rm "$commit_script"
    exit 
fi

# make it executable
chmod 744 "$commit_script"

echo -e "\nStage following files for commit? (y/n)\n"
cat $commit_script
echo ""
read -s -n 1 answer <&1
if [ "$answer" = "y" -o "$answer" = "Y" ]
then

    # Prepare comments file
    echo -e "\t----" >> "$comments_file"
    while read file
    do
	echo -e "\t$file" >> "$comments_file"
    done < "$commit_script"
    echo -e "\t----" >> "$comments_file"

    # Prepare commit script
    # add svn commit command with comments file
    sed -i '1i svn commit -F .comments.txt ' "$commit_script"
    tmp_file="/tmp/.commit.tmp"
    # Join lines to form a single line - a command to be executed
    paste -s -d " " "$commit_script" >| "$tmp_file"
    mv "$tmp_file" "$commit_script"
    # echo -e "Prepared commit file $commit_script \n"
    # Launch for user to enter comments.
    vim "$comments_file"
    # Execute the commit script.
    # exec "$commit_script"
    # Don't remove the files, let them be there for reference
else
    #echo "Ok, as you wish. No file was prepared."
    rm "$commit_script"
    rm "$comments_file"
fi