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Asked: 2026-05-11T02:04:47+00:00

I am using an SVN repository for my web development work. I have a

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I am using an SVN repository for my web development work. I have a development site set up which holds a checkout of the repository.

I have set up an SVN post-commit hook so that whenever a commit is made to the repository the development site is updated: 

cd /home/www/dev_ssl /usr/bin/svn up

This works fine but due to the size of the repository the updates take a long time (approx. 3 minutes) which is rather frustrating when making regular commits. What I’d like is to change the post-commit hook to only update those files/directories that have been committed but I don’t know how to go about doing this. Updating the ‘lowest common directory’ would probably be the best solution, e.g.

If committing the follow files:

  • /branches/feature_x/images/logo.jpg
  • /branches/feature_x/css/screen.css

It would update the directory: /branches/feature_x/

Can anyone help me create a solution that achieves this?

Update:

  • The repository and development site are located on the same server so network issues shouldn’t be involved.
  • CPU usage is very low, and I/O should be ok (it’s running on hi-spec dedicated server)
  • The development site is approx. 7.5GB in size and contains approx. 600,000 items, this is mainly due to having multiple branches/tags
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  1. You might use svnlook dirs-changed and svn up -N to update only the contents of each folder changed:

    cd /home/www/dev_ssl svnlook dirs-changed [REPOS] -r [REV] | xargs /usr/bin/svn up -N

    Or, if per-file might be better for you (using sed to strip action characters):

    svnlook changed [REPOS] -r [REV] | sed 's/^....//' | xargs /usr/bin/svn up
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