RE: verifymsg script

[Christopher.Fouts]

I finally tried this, and the script just echoes
out the lines in my rcstemplate file that do not
begin with "CVS". So how can I modify my rcstemplate
file to contain the branch tag? Adding the $Name$
keyword did NOT do it of course.

-chris

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim.Hyslop [mailto:address@hidden 
>Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 3:59 PM
>To: Fouts Christopher (IFNA MP DC); address@hidden
>Subject: RE: verifymsg script
>
>
>Christopher Fouts wrote:
>> What information does CVS provide that a script that runs
>> in verifymsg, ie, during a cvs commit, can process? I want
>> to write a script that scans this info and say "Hey I
>> was looking for such and such, and didn't find it". The commit will 
>> then subsequently fail.
>Hmmm... the manual isn't very specific, is it?
>
>You could always put in a simple argument echoer, such as: 
>#!/bin/sh echo $@ pwd exit 0
>
>and see what you get.
>
>-- 
>Jim Hyslop
>Senior Software Designer
>Leitch Technology International Inc. ( http://www.leitch.com ) 
>Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal ( http://www.cuj.com/experts )
>