Here’s a couple of bash scripts I’ve written recently that might be of use to someone. They work well under Ubuntu, and should work under any GNU/Linux or Unix system with the suitable software installed. Improved “svn diff” command (ignores whitespace “Whitespace (computer science)”), colour highlights output, requires colordiff) - I put it in /usr/local/bin/svndiff:

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#!/bin/bash
svn diff -x -w $@ | colordiff

Improved recursive grep command (greps recursively, ignores files in the .svn folders, ignores temporary files, highlights output in colour) - I put it in /usr/local/bin/grepr:

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#!/bin/sh
SEARCHTERM=$1;
shift;
find . -type f -a -not -iname "*~" -a -not -iwholename "*/.svn/*" -exec grep -H --color=auto $@ "$SEARCHTERM" "{}" \;

You might also be interested in my previous “whoops I deleted files without telling svn” post here.