task :svn do
#    msg = String.new("");
    msg = ENV["COMMIT_MSG"].to_s
    
    msg = "Raked in svn commit - look in diff for description" if msg.empty? 

    to_add = []
    to_remove = []
    to_checkin = []

    `svn status`.each_line do |l|
      action_char, path = l.split(' ', 2)
      next if not path
      path.strip!
      case action_char
        when '?'
          to_add << path
        when '!'
          to_remove << path
        when 'M'
          to_checkin << path
      end
    end

    puts "\nyou are about to..." 

    def print_list(array, str)
      puts "\n#{str}:" 
      array.each { |i| puts "\t"+i }
      puts "\t<nothing>" if array.length == 0
    end

    print_list(to_add, 'add')

    print_list(to_remove, 'remove')
    print_list(to_checkin, 'checkin')

    puts "\ncontacting repository...\n" 

    `svn add #{to_add.join(' ')}` if not to_add.empty?
    `svn remove #{to_remove.join(' ')}`if not to_remove.empty?
    `svn commit -m '#{msg}'` 

    puts "running 'svn update' to be sure we are up-to-date..." 
    puts `svn update`

    puts "\nfinished.\n" 
end