Wim Leers Freelance Drupal Developer

Ever been disgruntled by the fact that you can't do a cvs diff with new files, because you haven't got write access on a Drupal contrib module's CVS repository and thus can't cvs add those new files? There's a solution though: edit CVS's Entries file. But who likes manually modifying files over and over again?

The solution: fakeadd! (I've attached the file to this post in case this site ever goes down.) This nice shellscript allows you to update the Entries file using a simple syntax: fakeadd  newfile.php.

A quick install how-to:

1. Save the file to a location of your choice, I've saved it in ~/scripts.
2. Open your ~/.bash_profile file (if you're using the bash shell, this is the default shell on OS X) and add the following:
   
   # Add custom scripts, such as the CVS fakeadd script.
export PATH=$PATH:~/scripts
3. Finally, make the script executable: chmod +x ~/scripts/fakeadd.

Add these lines to your ~/.bash_profile if you're using the Bash shell:

Now you have three new commands at your disposal:

ddiff

Usage: ddiff patchfile.patch, creates a patch file.

dhead

Usage: dhead, checks out Drupal HEAD in the current directory.

dupdate

Usage: dupdate, updates the current directory recursively.