Missing argument -m using svn at windows powershell

Question

I'm trying to run this at Windows PowerShell:

svn ci -m "" directory_name

but it returns:

svn: E205005: The log message is a pathname (was -F intended?); use '--force-log' to override

i tried to cd that directory and commit without directory_name argument, and it retuns:

svn ci -m ""

svn.exe: missing argument: m

i think that powershell maybe doesn't understand -args but rarely (to me) this works:

svn -h

Am i doing something wrong? All this at cmd works perfectly :/

Joey · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-13 15:04:07Z

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You can use

svn ci -m '""' directory_name

or

svn ci -m `"`" directory_name

PowerShell's argument passing to native programs is a bit weird sometimes and this is another edge case that's frustrating.

answered Jun 13, 2012 at 15:04

Joey

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Andrés Torres Over a year ago

Works perfect, and yes, it's frustrating to escape quotes hehe Thanks!

Shay Levy Over a year ago

PowerShell strips the first set of double quotes as it tries to expand its content and the underlying command gets nothing. I wonder if this works as well (I don't use svn). svn ci -m ([string]::Empty)

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