Re: Request for help regarding CVS

[Todd Denniston]

Sharad Sinha wrote, On 03/06/2009 05:13 AM:
> Hello,
>
>           I have a question related to CVS update. Assume that a 
> repository, say A, exists. There are 5 engineers who have access to this 
> repository. Now, one of these engineers changes one of the files in 
> repository or creates a new directory in the repository. Is there a way 
> to have emails sent automatically to all these 5 engineers whenever a 
> change is made, including information on the type ofchange? Normally, 
> one would have to always do a CVS update on the local copy of the 
> repository to know if some files have been modified.
>
> Regards,
>
> Sharad Sinha.

I don't recall all the details of how, but the answer is yes.
The manual http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/ has these pages on the subject:
"Informing others about commits"
http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/cvs-1.11.23/cvs_10.html#SEC86
"Loginfo"
http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/cvs-1.11.23/cvs_18.html#SEC186
IIRC there is even an fairly extinctive example Loginfo script with the CVS 
source, which your distribution may have included.

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