svn-propcopy.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Copies SVN properties from one directory tree to another. Trees may be
# versioned by different repos. The original tree must be a fresh working copy.
# The target must have the identical structure as the source.

err_usage() { echo "Usage: $0 FROM_DIR TO_DIR" ; err "$1"; }
err()       { echo "$1" ; exit 1; }

FROM_DIR=$2; [ -d "$FROM_DIR" ] || err_usage "'$FROM_DIR': directory not found"
TO_DIR=$2;   [ -d "$TO_DIR" ]   || err_usage "'$TO_DIR': directory not found"

cd "$FROM_DIR"
FILES=`svn -v status | awk '{print $4}'`
cd -

for FILE in $FILES
do
    FROM="$FROM_DIR/$FILE" ;  [ -e "$FROM" ] || err "'$FROM': no such file or directory"
    TO="$TO_DIR/$FILE" ;      [ -e "$TO" ]   || err "'$TO': no such file or directory"
    for PROP in `svn proplist $FROM | tail -n +2`
    do
        VALUEX=`svn propget "$PROP" "$FROM"; echo -n x`
        echo "         '$PROP'        '$TO'  =  '${VALUEX%x}'"
        svn propset "$PROP" "${VALUEX%x}" "$TO" || err "'$TO': propset failed"
        echo
    done
done