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I have multi externals need to be set within a file externals.txt and I attempt to change the svn:externals from a bash:

svn pe svn:externals svn://hostname/branchname -F extenals.txt

But the command throws out an error:

svn: E205007: None of the environment variables SVN_EDITOR, VISUAL or EDITOR are set, and no 'editor-cmd' run-time configuration option was found

I don't want to set the EDITOR because that would make this action to be interactive. I want to this bash script would run automatically.

How to make a bash to change the svn:externals without user interactive?

jayatubi
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Use 

svn ps svn:externals svn://hostname/branchname -F extenals.txt

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.8/svn.ref.svn.c.propset.html

Sergey Azarkevich
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  • Thanks. Seems I didn't notice the difference between `ps` and `pe`. BTW when I set the `-F` for the externals, how could I specify the `message`? The `-F` and `-m` seems to be mutually exclusive. – jayatubi Jun 23 '15 at 11:12
  • Well I found the solutions: 1. `pe` could direct change the remote repository property but it needs user interaction. 2. `ps` could change the repository property automatically but it only works on local work copy. So I have to `check out` it out first. Use `--depth empty` to make it quick. 3. After `ps` I could just `ci` the changes in normal ways. – jayatubi Jun 23 '15 at 15:33