Can you specify filenames using wildcards or regexes in the subversion mv command?

Question

I want to do this so that I can say something like, svn mv *.php php-folder/, but it does not seem to be working. Is it even possible? No mention of it is made on the relevant page in the svn book.

Example output of svn mv *.php php-folder/ :
svn: Client error in parsing arguments

Being able to move a whole file system would be a plus, so if any answers given could try to include that ability, that'd be cool.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

svn move only moves one file at a time. Your best bet is a shell loop. In Bash, try

for f in *.php ; do svn mv $f php-folder/; done

On Windows, that's

for %f in (*.php) do svn mv %f php-folder/

Edit: Starting with Subversion 1.5, svn mv accepts multiple source files, so your original command would work. The shell loop is only needed for svn 1.4.x and earlier. (Of course, the shell loop will still work with 1.5; it just isn't necessary.)