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May 25, 2025 15:08
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PowerShell Script to copy new and modified files from a Git repo into another folder.
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function Copy-GitChanges { | |
param ( | |
[string]$Source, | |
[string]$Destination | |
) | |
if (!(Test-Path $Source)) { | |
throw "Source path '$Source' does not exist." | |
} | |
if (!(Test-Path (Join-Path $Source ".git"))) { | |
throw "'$Source' is not a Git repository." | |
} | |
Push-Location $Source | |
try { | |
# Get modified and untracked files | |
$files = git ls-files --modified --others --exclude-standard | |
if (!(Test-Path $Destination)) { | |
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $Destination -Force | Out-Null | |
} | |
foreach ($file in $files) { | |
$sourceFilePath = Join-Path $Source $file | |
$fileDestination = Join-Path $Destination $file | |
$fileDestinationParent = Split-Path $fileDestination -Parent | |
if (!(Test-Path $fileDestinationParent)) { | |
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $fileDestinationParent -Force | Out-Null | |
} | |
Copy-Item -Path $sourceFilePath -Destination $fileDestination -Force -Verbose | |
} | |
} | |
finally { | |
Pop-Location | |
} | |
} |
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