2006-08-23 Roland Levillain &lt;roland(a)lrde.epita.fr&gt; Speed up the updates from the repository. * maintainer/update_unpacked: Try to update a working copy before retrieving it entirely (with a checkout). Index: maintainer/update_unpacked =================================================================== --- maintainer/update_unpacked (revision 299) +++ maintainer/update_unpacked (revision 300) @@ -12,12 +12,17 @@ while read package url; do echo $package - # Extract a fresh copy of the project. - rm -rf "$package.new" - svn checkout -q "$url" "$package.new" - mv -f "$package" "$package.old" - mv -f "$package.new" "$package" - rm -rf "$package.old" + # Try to update the working copy first. + svn update $package + # If it fails, extract a fresh copy of the project. + if test $? -ne 0; then + rm -rf "$package.new" + svn checkout -q "$url" "$package.new" + mv -f "$package" "$package.old" + mv -f "$package.new" "$package" + rm -rf "$package.old" + fi + done < $SVN_PACKAGES )