smartcommit.sh

#!/bin/bash

#  Running this script via ./smartcommit.sh provides a fast way
#  to selectively include files in an 'svn commit.'
#  The script can be used as follows:
#
#   1. Enter ./smartcommit.sh at the command line from within the project's directory
#   1. A temporary file containing an 'svn status' list is opened in Vim
#   2. Remove any lines specifiying files you DO NOT want to commit 
#   3. Enter :wq in command mode to save and quit the temporary file
#   4. Proceed with the commit as normal, noting that only those files left 
#       listed in in the aforementioned temporary file will be committed
#
#  Alternatively, you can copy and paste the following function into your
#  ~/.bash_profile, but remember to remove the # at each line's beginning.
#
#  Once this function lives in your .bash_profile, the function can be run
#  with the command 'smartcommit.'
#
# function smartcommit() {
#   svn stat > /tmp/svn_commits.tmp
#   vim /tmp/svn_commits.tmp
#   svn commit `cat /tmp/svn_commits.tmp | cut -d' ' -f2- | xargs`
#   rm /tmp/svn_commits.tmp     
# }

svn stat > /tmp/svn_commits.tmp
vim /tmp/svn_commits.tmp
svn commit `cat /tmp/svn_commits.tmp | cut -d' ' -f2- | xargs`
rm /tmp/svn_commits.tmp

Hi, I liked your idea but had some additional criteria:

• cope with more complex statuses (your cut failed when there were statuses in more than the first column)
• svn add, where necessary
• exit early if there's nothing to commit, and allow the user to quit the script after exiting vim, if nothing in the file was changed.

function cleanup {
rm /tmp/svn_commits.tmp /tmp/svn_commits.md5 2> /dev/null #cleanup, redirect stops it complaining when the files aren't there.
}
trap cleanup EXIT #always cleanup when the script exits.

svn stat > /tmp/svn_commits.tmp
[ ! -s /tmp/svn_commits.tmp ] && echo "Nothing to commit, quitting." && exit

md5 /tmp/svn_commits.tmp > /tmp/svn_commits.md5 #Used later to detect if the file changes
vim /tmp/svn_commits.tmp #User can now edit the commit list
md5 /tmp/svn_commits.tmp | diff /tmp/svn_commits.md5 - > /dev/null && read -p "No changes were made, did you want to quit? [CTRL+C quit | ENTER proceed]
" #newline

svn add grep -e "^\?" /tmp/svn_commits.tmp | cut -c9- | xargs #the cut -c9- removes the first 9 columns, which represent svn statuses, see svn help st
svn commit cut -c9- /tmp/svn_commits.tmp | xargs