Handy Drupal command-line shortcuts

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

alias ddiff="cvs diff -u -F^f -N > "
alias dhead="cvs -z6 -d:pserver:anonymous:anonymous@cvs.drupal.org:/cvs/drupal checkout drupal"
alias dupdate="cvs update -dP"

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.

Update on August 10, 2011

While cleaning up my ~/.bash_profile file, I came across the following functions that I’ve used for many years and shared with several other Drupal developers. These are now obsolete, thanks to Drupal.org’s migration from CVS to git.

function drupal {
  if [ $# -eq "2" ]
  then
    cvs -z6 -d:pserver:anonymous:anonymous@cvs.drupal.org:/cvs/drupal checkout -d $1 -r DRUPAL-$2 drupal
  else
    cvs -z6 -d:pserver:anonymous:anonymous@cvs.drupal.org:/cvs/drupal checkout -d $1 drupal
  fi
}

function drupal_module {
  if [ $# -eq "2" ]
  then
    cvs checkout -d $1 -r DRUPAL-$2 contributions/modules/$1
  else
    cvs checkout -d $1 contributions/modules/$1
  fi
}

function drupal_theme {
  if [ $# -eq "2" ]
  then
    cvs checkout -d $1 -r DRUPAL-$2 contributions/themes/$1
  else
    cvs checkout -d $1 contributions/themes/$1
  fi
}

function drupal_revs() {
  cvs log "${1}" | egrep 'DRUPAL-.*:' | sort
}