How to save modifications in SVN working copy to a zip file

Question

I am using svn and on occasion I need to revert some changes that are not going well. I would like to make a zip of the changed files first. I would like the zip to have full paths. I am using TortoiseSVN for the most part, but I am not afraid to use a command line if need be.

Answer 1

You can just use a simple bash one-liner (provided that you are a Linux happy user):

zip ~/modified.zip $(svn status | grep ^M | awk '{ print $2;}')

This extracts all files with the status of M so Modified.

Answer 2

In the TourtoiseSVN Check for Modifications dialog

• select the files you want
• right click
• then shell context menu to send them to 7zip