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Patrice Dumas |
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[Texi2html-cvs] texi2html/test/manuals cvs.texi res/ccvs_info/c... |
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Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:02:21 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /cvsroot/texi2html
Module name: texi2html
Changes by: Patrice Dumas <pertusus> 09/04/26 19:02:19
Modified files:
test/manuals : cvs.texi
test/manuals/res/ccvs_info: cvs.info cvs.info-1 cvs.info-2
test/manuals/res/mini_ker: mini_ker.2
test/manuals/res/texi_cvs: cvs.passfirst cvs.passtexi cvs.texi
Log message:
Avoid expansion of rcs keywords in the cvs manual info results.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/texi2html/test/manuals/cvs.texi?cvsroot=texi2html&r1=1.1&r2=1.2
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/texi2html/test/manuals/res/ccvs_info/cvs.info?cvsroot=texi2html&r1=1.1&r2=1.2
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/texi2html/test/manuals/res/ccvs_info/cvs.info-1?cvsroot=texi2html&r1=1.1&r2=1.2
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/texi2html/test/manuals/res/ccvs_info/cvs.info-2?cvsroot=texi2html&r1=1.1&r2=1.2
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/texi2html/test/manuals/res/mini_ker/mini_ker.2?cvsroot=texi2html&r1=1.1&r2=1.2
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/texi2html/test/manuals/res/texi_cvs/cvs.passfirst?cvsroot=texi2html&r1=1.2&r2=1.3
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/texi2html/test/manuals/res/texi_cvs/cvs.passtexi?cvsroot=texi2html&r1=1.3&r2=1.4
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/texi2html/test/manuals/res/texi_cvs/cvs.texi?cvsroot=texi2html&r1=1.2&r2=1.3
Patches:
Index: cvs.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/texi2html/texi2html/test/manuals/cvs.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.1
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -b -r1.1 -r1.2
--- cvs.texi 18 Aug 2008 18:04:39 -0000 1.1
+++ cvs.texi 26 Apr 2009 19:02:18 -0000 1.2
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@
@c @splitrcskeyword{} is used to avoid keyword expansion. It is replaced by
@c @asis when generating info and dvi, and by <i></i> in the generated html,
@c such that keywords are not expanded in the generated html.
address@hidden
address@hidden
@macro splitrcskeyword {arg}
@asis{}\arg\
@end macro
address@hidden ifnothtml
address@hidden iftex
@ifhtml
@macro splitrcskeyword {arg}
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@
@end macro
@end ifhtml
address@hidden
address@hidden splitrcskeyword {arg}
+ \arg\
address@hidden macro
address@hidden ifinfo
+
@dircategory GNU Packages
@direntry
* CVS: (cvs). Concurrent Versions System
Index: res/ccvs_info/cvs.info
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/texi2html/texi2html/test/manuals/res/ccvs_info/cvs.info,v
retrieving revision 1.1
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -b -r1.1 -r1.2
--- res/ccvs_info/cvs.info 26 Apr 2009 18:37:21 -0000 1.1
+++ res/ccvs_info/cvs.info 26 Apr 2009 19:02:18 -0000 1.2
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
Indirect:
cvs.info-1: 335
-cvs.info-2: 301680
+cvs.info-2: 301755
Tag Table:
(Indirect)
@@ -80,128 +80,128 @@
Node: Merging two revisions135490
Node: Merging adds and removals136820
Node: Merging and keywords138100
-Node: Recursive behavior141421
-Node: Adding and removing143249
-Node: Adding files144144
-Node: Removing files146819
-Node: Removing directories150245
-Node: Moving files151413
-Node: Outside152066
-Node: Inside152990
-Node: Rename by copying153847
-Node: Moving directories154858
-Node: History browsing156265
-Node: log messages156818
-Node: history database157144
-Node: user-defined logging157628
-Node: annotate159434
-Node: Binary files160593
-Node: Binary why161231
-Node: Binary howto163470
-Node: Multiple developers166518
-Node: File status168678
-Node: Updating a file171769
-Node: Conflicts example173075
-Node: Informing others177116
-Node: Concurrency177662
-Node: Watches179414
-Node: Setting a watch180811
-Node: Getting Notified182109
-Node: Editing files185819
-Node: Watch information188341
-Node: Watches Compatibility189195
-Node: Choosing a model190076
-Node: Revision management192758
-Node: When to commit193364
-Node: Keyword substitution194479
-Node: Keyword list195545
-Node: Using keywords200363
-Node: Avoiding substitution202012
-Node: Substitution modes203222
-Node: Configuring keyword expansion206006
-Node: Log keyword209153
-Node: Tracking sources210311
-Node: First import211833
-Node: Update imports213177
-Node: Reverting local changes214962
-Node: Binary files in imports215661
-Node: Keywords in imports215977
-Node: Multiple vendor branches217123
-Node: Builds218824
-Node: Special Files221503
-Node: CVS commands222152
-Node: Structure223610
-Node: Exit status224886
-Node: ~/.cvsrc225883
-Node: Global options227926
-Node: Common options233080
-Node: admin240768
-Node: admin options241952
-Node: checkout253133
-Node: checkout options255898
-Node: checkout examples260242
-Node: commit260528
-Node: commit options262400
-Node: commit examples263765
-Node: diff266157
-Node: diff options267060
-Node: Line group formats274904
-Node: Line formats280629
-Node: diff examples283845
-Node: export284814
-Node: export options286122
-Node: history287205
-Node: history options287992
-Node: import291512
-Node: import options294127
-Node: import output295392
-Node: import examples296466
-Node: log296645
-Node: log options297800
-Node: log examples301680
-Node: rdiff301837
-Node: rdiff options303155
-Node: rdiff examples304824
-Node: release305801
-Node: release options307107
-Node: release output307796
-Node: release examples309080
-Node: update309562
-Node: update options310623
-Node: update output314738
-Node: Invoking CVS317602
-Node: Administrative files339763
-Node: modules341029
-Node: Alias modules342383
-Node: Regular modules343441
-Node: Ampersand modules344843
-Node: Excluding directories346088
-Node: Module options346640
-Node: Module program options348220
-Node: Wrappers349005
-Node: commit files350708
-Node: syntax352713
-Node: commitinfo353621
-Node: verifymsg355787
-Node: editinfo360414
-Node: editinfo example362714
-Node: loginfo364022
-Node: loginfo example366608
-Node: Keeping a checked out copy367456
-Node: rcsinfo368486
-Node: cvsignore370045
-Node: checkoutlist373317
-Node: history file374650
-Node: Variables375308
-Node: config378860
-Node: Environment variables383999
-Node: Compatibility389995
-Node: Troubleshooting391014
-Node: Error messages391652
-Node: Connection407710
-Node: Other problems412649
-Node: Credits413587
-Node: BUGS414991
-Node: Index418598
+Node: Recursive behavior141426
+Node: Adding and removing143254
+Node: Adding files144149
+Node: Removing files146824
+Node: Removing directories150250
+Node: Moving files151418
+Node: Outside152071
+Node: Inside152995
+Node: Rename by copying153852
+Node: Moving directories154863
+Node: History browsing156270
+Node: log messages156823
+Node: history database157149
+Node: user-defined logging157633
+Node: annotate159439
+Node: Binary files160598
+Node: Binary why161236
+Node: Binary howto163475
+Node: Multiple developers166525
+Node: File status168685
+Node: Updating a file171776
+Node: Conflicts example173082
+Node: Informing others177123
+Node: Concurrency177669
+Node: Watches179421
+Node: Setting a watch180818
+Node: Getting Notified182116
+Node: Editing files185826
+Node: Watch information188348
+Node: Watches Compatibility189202
+Node: Choosing a model190083
+Node: Revision management192765
+Node: When to commit193371
+Node: Keyword substitution194486
+Node: Keyword list195553
+Node: Using keywords200401
+Node: Avoiding substitution202055
+Node: Substitution modes203268
+Node: Configuring keyword expansion206059
+Node: Log keyword209220
+Node: Tracking sources210384
+Node: First import211906
+Node: Update imports213250
+Node: Reverting local changes215035
+Node: Binary files in imports215734
+Node: Keywords in imports216050
+Node: Multiple vendor branches217196
+Node: Builds218897
+Node: Special Files221576
+Node: CVS commands222225
+Node: Structure223683
+Node: Exit status224959
+Node: ~/.cvsrc225956
+Node: Global options227999
+Node: Common options233153
+Node: admin240841
+Node: admin options242025
+Node: checkout253208
+Node: checkout options255973
+Node: checkout examples260317
+Node: commit260603
+Node: commit options262475
+Node: commit examples263840
+Node: diff266232
+Node: diff options267135
+Node: Line group formats274979
+Node: Line formats280704
+Node: diff examples283920
+Node: export284889
+Node: export options286197
+Node: history287280
+Node: history options288067
+Node: import291587
+Node: import options294202
+Node: import output295467
+Node: import examples296541
+Node: log296720
+Node: log options297875
+Node: log examples301755
+Node: rdiff301912
+Node: rdiff options303230
+Node: rdiff examples304899
+Node: release305876
+Node: release options307182
+Node: release output307871
+Node: release examples309155
+Node: update309637
+Node: update options310698
+Node: update output314813
+Node: Invoking CVS317677
+Node: Administrative files339853
+Node: modules341119
+Node: Alias modules342473
+Node: Regular modules343531
+Node: Ampersand modules344933
+Node: Excluding directories346178
+Node: Module options346730
+Node: Module program options348310
+Node: Wrappers349095
+Node: commit files350798
+Node: syntax352803
+Node: commitinfo353711
+Node: verifymsg355877
+Node: editinfo360504
+Node: editinfo example362804
+Node: loginfo364112
+Node: loginfo example366698
+Node: Keeping a checked out copy367546
+Node: rcsinfo368576
+Node: cvsignore370135
+Node: checkoutlist373407
+Node: history file374740
+Node: Variables375398
+Node: config378950
+Node: Environment variables384089
+Node: Compatibility390085
+Node: Troubleshooting391104
+Node: Error messages391742
+Node: Connection407800
+Node: Other problems412739
+Node: Credits413677
+Node: BUGS415081
+Node: Index418688
End Tag Table
Index: res/ccvs_info/cvs.info-1
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/texi2html/texi2html/test/manuals/res/ccvs_info/cvs.info-1,v
retrieving revision 1.1
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -b -r1.1 -r1.2
--- res/ccvs_info/cvs.info-1 26 Apr 2009 18:37:21 -0000 1.1
+++ res/ccvs_info/cvs.info-1 26 Apr 2009 19:02:18 -0000 1.2
@@ -3142,7 +3142,7 @@
Then you might get the following results from a merge:
$ cat file1
- key $Revision: 1.1 $
+ key $ Revision: 1.2 $
. . .
$ cvs update -j br1
U file1
@@ -3153,9 +3153,9 @@
rcsmerge: warning: conflicts during merge
$ cat file1
<<<<<<< file1
- key $Revision: 1.1 $
+ key $ Revision: 1.2 $
=======
- key $Revision: 1.1 $
+ key $ Revision: 1.1.2.1 $
>>>>>>> 1.1.2.1
. . .
@@ -3168,7 +3168,7 @@
Here is what happens if you had used `-kk':
$ cat file1
- key $Revision: 1.1 $
+ key $ Revision: 1.2 $
. . .
$ cvs update -kk -j br1
U file1
@@ -3177,7 +3177,7 @@
retrieving revision 1.1.2.1
Merging differences between 1.1 and 1.1.2.1 into file1
$ cat file1
- key $Revision: 1.1 $
+ key $ Revision$
. . .
What is going on here is that revision 1.1 and 1.1.2.1 both expand as
@@ -3800,14 +3800,14 @@
Here is an example of how you can create a new file using the `-kb'
flag:
- $ echo '$Id: cvs.info-1,v 1.1 2009/04/26 18:37:21 pertusus Exp $' > kotest
+ $ echo '$ Id$' > kotest
$ cvs add -kb -m"A test file" kotest
$ cvs ci -m"First checkin; contains a keyword" kotest
If a file accidentally gets added without `-kb', one can use the `cvs
admin' command to recover. For example:
- $ echo '$Id: cvs.info-1,v 1.1 2009/04/26 18:37:21 pertusus Exp $' > kotest
+ $ echo '$ Id$' > kotest
$ cvs add -m"A test file" kotest
$ cvs ci -m"First checkin; contains a keyword" kotest
$ cvs admin -kb kotest
@@ -4559,7 +4559,7 @@
* Avoiding substitution:: Avoiding substitution
* Substitution modes:: Substitution modes
* Configuring keyword expansion:: Configuring keyword expansion
-* Log keyword:: Problems with the $Log$ keyword.
+* Log keyword:: Problems with the $ Log$ keyword.
File: cvs.info, Node: Keyword list, Next: Using keywords, Up: Keyword
substitution
@@ -4569,62 +4569,57 @@
This is a list of the keywords:
-`$Author: pertusus $'
+`$ Author$'
The login name of the user who checked in the revision.
-`$CVSHeader'
- A standard header (similar to $Header:
/cvsroot/texi2html/texi2html/test/manuals/res/ccvs_info/cvs.info-1,v 1.1
2009/04/26 18:37:21 pertusus Exp $, but with the CVS root
+`$ CVSHeader'
+ A standard header (similar to $ Header$, but with the CVS root
stripped off). It contains the relative pathname of the RCS file to
the CVS root, the revision number, the date (UTC), the author, the
state, and the locker (if locked). Files will normally never be
locked when you use CVS.
Note that this keyword has only been recently introduced to CVS and
- may cause problems with existing installations if $CVSHeader:
texi2html/test/manuals/res/ccvs_info/cvs.info-1,v 1.1 2009/04/26 18:37:21
pertusus Exp $ is
+ may cause problems with existing installations if $ CVSHeader$ is
already in the files for a different purpose. This keyword may be
excluded using the `KeywordExpansion=eCVSHeader' in the
`CVSROOT/config' file. See *note Configuring keyword expansion::
for more details.
-`$Date: 2009/04/26 18:37:21 $'
+`$ Date$'
The date and time (UTC) the revision was checked in.
-`$Header: /cvsroot/texi2html/texi2html/test/manuals/res/ccvs_info/cvs.info-1,v
1.1 2009/04/26 18:37:21 pertusus Exp $'
+`$ Header$'
A standard header containing the full pathname of the RCS file, the
revision number, the date (UTC), the author, the state, and the
locker (if locked). Files will normally never be locked when you
use CVS.
-`$Id: cvs.info-1,v 1.1 2009/04/26 18:37:21 pertusus Exp $'
- Same as `$Header:
/cvsroot/texi2html/texi2html/test/manuals/res/ccvs_info/cvs.info-1,v 1.1
2009/04/26 18:37:21 pertusus Exp $', except that the RCS filename is without a
path.
+`$ Id$'
+ Same as `$ Header$', except that the RCS filename is without a
+ path.
-`$Name: $'
+`$ Name$'
Tag name used to check out this file. The keyword is expanded only
if one checks out with an explicit tag name. For example, when
running the command `cvs co -r first', the keyword expands to
`Name: first'.
-`$Locker: $'
+`$ Locker$'
The login name of the user who locked the revision (empty if not
locked, which is the normal case unless `cvs admin -l' is in use).
-`$Log: cvs.info-1,v $
-`Revision 1.1 2009/04/26 18:37:21 pertusus
-`minor change ini menus.texi, some files added.
-`'
+`$ Log$'
The log message supplied during commit, preceded by a header
containing the RCS filename, the revision number, the author, and
the date (UTC). Existing log messages are _not_ replaced.
- Instead, the new log message is inserted after `$Log:...$'. Each
+ Instead, the new log message is inserted after `$ Log:...$'. Each
new line is prefixed with the same string which precedes the `$Log'
keyword. For example, if the file contains:
/* Here is what people have been up to:
*
- * $Log: cvs.info-1,v $
- * Revision 1.1 2009/04/26 18:37:21 pertusus
- * minor change ini menus.texi, some files added.
- *
+ * $ Log: frob.c,v $
* Revision 1.1 1997/01/03 14:23:51 joe
* Add the superfrobnicate option
*
@@ -4637,16 +4632,16 @@
in a source file, but for several reasons it can be problematic.
*Note Log keyword::.
-`$RCSfile: cvs.info-1,v $'
+`$ RCSfile$'
The name of the RCS file without a path.
-`$Revision: 1.1 $'
+`$ Revision$'
The revision number assigned to the revision.
-`$Source: /cvsroot/texi2html/texi2html/test/manuals/res/ccvs_info/cvs.info-1,v
$'
+`$ Source$'
The full pathname of the RCS file.
-`$State: Exp $'
+`$ State$'
The state assigned to the revision. States can be assigned with
`cvs admin -s'--see *note admin options::.
@@ -4655,12 +4650,12 @@
to specify a local keyword which is to be used as an alias for one
of the other keywords. For example, if the `CVSROOT/config' file
contains a line with `LocalKeyword=MYBSD=CVSHeader', then a file
- with the local keyword $MYBSD$ will be expanded as if it were a
- $CVSHeader: texi2html/test/manuals/res/ccvs_info/cvs.info-1,v 1.1
2009/04/26 18:37:21 pertusus Exp $ keyword. If the src/frob.c file contained
this keyword,
+ with the local keyword $ MYBSD$ will be expanded as if it were a $
+ CVSHeader$ keyword. If the src/frob.c file contained this keyword,
it might look something like this:
/*
- * $MYBSD: src/frob.c,v 1.1 2003/05/04 09:27:45 john Exp $
+ * $ MYBSD: src/frob.c,v 1.1 2003/05/04 09:27:45 john Exp $
*/
Many repositories make use of a such a "local keyword" feature. An
@@ -4671,8 +4666,8 @@
option. See *note Configuring keyword expansion:: for more
details.
- Examples from popular projects include: $FreeBSD$, $NetBSD$,
- $OpenBSD$, $XFree86$, $Xorg$.
+ Examples from popular projects include: $ FreeBSD$, $ NetBSD$, $
+ OpenBSD$, $ XFree86$, $ Xorg$.
The advantage of this is that you can include your local version
information in a file using this local keyword without disrupting
@@ -4693,10 +4688,10 @@
===================
To include a keyword string you simply include the relevant text string,
-such as `$Id: cvs.info-1,v 1.1 2009/04/26 18:37:21 pertusus Exp $', inside the
file, and commit the file. CVS will
+such as `$ Id$', inside the file, and commit the file. CVS will
automatically expand the string as part of the commit operation.
- It is common to embed the `$Id: cvs.info-1,v 1.1 2009/04/26 18:37:21
pertusus Exp $' string in the source files so that
+ It is common to embed the `$ Id$' string in the source files so that
it gets passed through to generated files. For example, if you are
managing computer program source code, you might include a variable
which is initialized to contain that string. Or some C compilers may
@@ -4710,11 +4705,11 @@
$ ident samp.c
samp.c:
- $Id: cvs.info-1,v 1.1 2009/04/26 18:37:21 pertusus Exp $
+ $ Id: samp.c,v 1.5 1993/10/19 14:57:32 ceder Exp $
$ gcc samp.c
$ ident a.out
a.out:
- $Id: cvs.info-1,v 1.1 2009/04/26 18:37:21 pertusus Exp $
+ $ Id: samp.c,v 1.5 1993/10/19 14:57:32 ceder Exp $
SCCS is another popular revision control system. It has a command,
`what', which is very similar to `ident' and used for the same purpose.
@@ -4723,7 +4718,7 @@
either command. Simply prefix the keyword with the magic SCCS phrase,
like this:
- static char *id="@(#) $Id: cvs.info-1,v 1.1 2009/04/26 18:37:21 pertusus
Exp $";
+ static char *id="@(#) $ Id: ab.c,v 1.5 1993/10/19 14:57:32 ceder Exp $";
File: cvs.info, Node: Avoiding substitution, Next: Substitution modes,
Prev: Using keywords, Up: Keyword substitution
@@ -4732,9 +4727,9 @@
==========================
Keyword substitution has its disadvantages. Sometimes you might want
-the literal text string `$Author: pertusus $' to appear inside a file without
CVS
-interpreting it as a keyword and expanding it into something like
-`$Author: pertusus $'.
+the literal text string `$ Author$' to appear inside a file without CVS
+interpreting it as a keyword and expanding it into something like `$
+Author: ceder $'.
There is unfortunately no way to selectively turn off keyword
substitution. You can use `-ko' (*note Substitution modes::) to turn
@@ -4742,7 +4737,7 @@
In many cases you can avoid using keywords in the source, even though
they appear in the final product. For example, the source for this
-manual contains address@hidden' whenever the text `$Author: pertusus $' should
+manual contains address@hidden' whenever the text `$ Author$' should
appear. In `nroff' and `troff' you can embed the null-character `\&'
inside the keyword for a similar effect.
@@ -4768,7 +4763,7 @@
The modes available are:
`-kkv'
- Generate keyword strings using the default form, e.g. `$Revision:
+ Generate keyword strings using the default form, e.g. `$ Revision:
5.7 $' for the `Revision' keyword.
`-kkvl'
@@ -4778,15 +4773,15 @@
`-kk'
Generate only keyword names in keyword strings; omit their values.
- For example, for the `Revision' keyword, generate the string
- `$Revision: 1.1 $' instead of `$Revision: 1.1 $'. This option is useful
+ For example, for the `Revision' keyword, generate the string `$
+ Revision$' instead of `$ Revision: 5.7 $'. This option is useful
to ignore differences due to keyword substitution when comparing
different revisions of a file (*note Merging and keywords::).
`-ko'
Generate the old keyword string, present in the working file just
before it was checked in. For example, for the `Revision' keyword,
- generate the string `$Revision: 1.1 $' instead of `$Revision: 5.7
+ generate the string `$ Revision: 1.1 $' instead of `$ Revision: 5.7
$' if that is how the string appeared when the file was checked in.
`-kb'
@@ -4802,12 +4797,12 @@
`-kv'
Generate only keyword values for keyword strings. For example, for
- the `Revision' keyword, generate the string `5.7' instead of
- `$Revision: 1.1 $'. This can help generate files in programming
- languages where it is hard to strip keyword delimiters like
- `$Revision: 1.1 $' from a string. However, further keyword
- substitution cannot be performed once the keyword names are
- removed, so this option should be used with care.
+ the `Revision' keyword, generate the string `5.7' instead of `$
+ Revision: 5.7 $'. This can help generate files in programming
+ languages where it is hard to strip keyword delimiters like `$
+ Revision: $' from a string. However, further keyword substitution
+ cannot be performed once the keyword names are removed, so this
+ option should be used with care.
One often would like to use `-kv' with `cvs export'--*note
export::. But be aware that doesn't handle an export containing
@@ -4821,9 +4816,9 @@
In a repository that includes third-party software on vendor branches,
it is sometimes helpful to configure CVS to use a local keyword instead
-of the standard $Id: cvs.info-1,v 1.1 2009/04/26 18:37:21 pertusus Exp $ or
$Header: /cvsroot/texi2html/texi2html/test/manuals/res/ccvs_info/cvs.info-1,v
1.1 2009/04/26 18:37:21 pertusus Exp $ keywords. Examples from real projects
-includ, $Xorg$, $XFree86$, $FreeBSD$, $NetBSD$, $OpenBSD$, and even
-$dotat$. The advantage of this is that you can include your local
+of the standard $ Id$ or $ Header$ keywords. Examples from real projects
+includ, $ Xorg$, $ XFree86$, $ FreeBSD$, $ NetBSD$, $ OpenBSD$, and even
+$ dotat$. The advantage of this is that you can include your local
version information in a file using this local keyword (sometimes called
a "custom tag" or a "local tag") without disrupting the upstream version
information (which may be a different local keyword or a standard
@@ -4846,15 +4841,15 @@
LocalKeyword=MyBSD=CVSHeader
KeywordExpand=iMyBSD
- then only the $MyBSD$ keyword would be expanded. A list may be used.
-The this example:
+ then only the $ MyBSD$ keyword would be expanded. A list may be
+used. The this example:
# Add a "MyBSD" keyword and restrict keyword
# expansion to the MyBSD, Name and Date keywords.
LocalKeyword=MyBSD=CVSHeader
KeywordExpand=iMyBSD,Name,Date
- would allow $MyBSD$, $Name: $, and $Date: 2009/04/26 18:37:21 $ to be
expanded.
+ would allow $ MyBSD$, $ Name$, and $ Date$ to be expanded.
It is also possible to configure an exclusion list using the
following:
@@ -4862,12 +4857,12 @@
# Do not expand the non-RCS keyword CVSHeader
KeywordExpand=eCVSHeader
- This allows CVS to ignore the recently introduced $CVSHeader:
texi2html/test/manuals/res/ccvs_info/cvs.info-1,v 1.1 2009/04/26 18:37:21
pertusus Exp $ keyword
-and retain all of the others. The exclusion entry could also contain the
-standard RCS keyword list, but this could be confusing to users that
-expect RCS keywords to be expanded, so ycare should be taken to properly
-set user expectations for a repository that is configured in that
-manner.
+ This allows CVS to ignore the recently introduced $ CVSHeader$
+keyword and retain all of the others. The exclusion entry could also
+contain the standard RCS keyword list, but this could be confusing to
+users that expect RCS keywords to be expanded, so ycare should be taken
+to properly set user expectations for a repository that is configured in
+that manner.
If there is a desire to not have any RCS keywords expanded and not
use the `-ko' flags everywhere, an administrator may disable all keyword
@@ -4876,7 +4871,7 @@
# Do not expand any RCS keywords
KeywordExpand=i
- this could be confusing to users that expect RCS keywords like $Id:
cvs.info-1,v 1.1 2009/04/26 18:37:21 pertusus Exp $
+ this could be confusing to users that expect RCS keywords like $ Id$
to be expanded properly, so care should be taken to properly set user
expectations for a repository so configured.
@@ -4888,18 +4883,15 @@
File: cvs.info, Node: Log keyword, Prev: Configuring keyword expansion, Up:
Keyword substitution
-12.6 Problems with the $Log$ keyword.
-=====================================
+12.6 Problems with the $ Log$ keyword.
+======================================
-The `$Log: cvs.info-1,v $
-The `Revision 1.1 2009/04/26 18:37:21 pertusus
-The `minor change ini menus.texi, some files added.
-The `' keyword is somewhat controversial. As long as you are
+The `$ Log$' keyword is somewhat controversial. As long as you are
working on your development system the information is easily accessible
-even if you do not use the `$Log$' keyword--just do a `cvs log'. Once
+even if you do not use the `$ Log$' keyword--just do a `cvs log'. Once
you export the file the history information might be useless anyhow.
- A more serious concern is that CVS is not good at handling `$Log$'
+ A more serious concern is that CVS is not good at handling `$ Log$'
entries when a branch is merged onto the main trunk. Conflicts often
result from the merging operation.
@@ -4908,7 +4900,7 @@
information from `cvs log' will not be consistent with the information
inside the file. This may or may not be a problem in real life.
- It has been suggested that the `$Log$' keyword should be inserted
+ It has been suggested that the `$ Log$' keyword should be inserted
_last_ in the file, and not in the files header, if it is to be used at
all. That way the long list of change messages will not interfere with
everyday source file browsing.
@@ -5844,11 +5836,11 @@
set of states is `Exp' (for experimental), `Stab' (for stable), and
`Rel' (for released). By default, the state of a new revision is
set to `Exp' when it is created. The state is visible in the
- output from CVS LOG (*note log::), and in the `$Log$' and `$State: Exp $'
- keywords (*note Keyword substitution::). Note that CVS uses the
- `dead' state for its own purposes; to take a file to or from the
- `dead' state use commands like `cvs remove' and `cvs add', not `cvs
- admin -s'.
+ output from CVS LOG (*note log::), and in the `$ Log$' and `$
+ State$' keywords (*note Keyword substitution::). Note that CVS
+ uses the `dead' state for its own purposes; to take a file to or
+ from the `dead' state use commands like `cvs remove' and `cvs add',
+ not `cvs admin -s'.
`-t[FILE]'
Useful with CVS. Write descriptive text from the contents of the
Index: res/ccvs_info/cvs.info-2
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/texi2html/texi2html/test/manuals/res/ccvs_info/cvs.info-2,v
retrieving revision 1.1
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -b -r1.1 -r1.2
--- res/ccvs_info/cvs.info-2 26 Apr 2009 18:37:22 -0000 1.1
+++ res/ccvs_info/cvs.info-2 26 Apr 2009 19:02:18 -0000 1.2
@@ -523,30 +523,27 @@
Keyword expansion modes (*note Substitution modes::):
- -kkv $Id: cvs.info-2,v 1.1 2009/04/26 18:37:22 pertusus Exp $
- -kkvl $Id: cvs.info-2,v 1.1 2009/04/26 18:37:22 pertusus Exp $
- -kk $Id: cvs.info-2,v 1.1 2009/04/26 18:37:22 pertusus Exp $
+ -kkv $ Id: file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09 03:21:13 joe Exp $
+ -kkvl $ Id: file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09 03:21:13 joe Exp harry $
+ -kk $ Id$
-kv file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09 03:21:13 joe Exp
-ko no expansion
-kb no expansion, file is binary
Keywords (*note Keyword list::):
- $Author: pertusus $
- $Date: 2009/04/26 18:37:22 $
- $CVSHeader: texi2html/test/manuals/res/ccvs_info/cvs.info-2,v 1.1
2009/04/26 18:37:22 pertusus Exp $
- $Header:
/cvsroot/texi2html/texi2html/test/manuals/res/ccvs_info/cvs.info-2,v 1.1
2009/04/26 18:37:22 pertusus Exp $
- $Id: cvs.info-2,v 1.1 2009/04/26 18:37:22 pertusus Exp $
- $Locker: $
- $Name: $
- $RCSfile: cvs.info-2,v $
- $Revision: 1.1 $
- $Source:
/cvsroot/texi2html/texi2html/test/manuals/res/ccvs_info/cvs.info-2,v $
- $State: Exp $
- $Log: cvs.info-2,v $
- Revision 1.1 2009/04/26 18:37:22 pertusus
- minor change ini menus.texi, some files added.
-
+ $ Author: joe $
+ $ Date: 1993/12/09 03:21:13 $
+ $ CVSHeader: files/file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09 03:21:13 joe Exp harry $
+ $ Header: /home/files/file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09 03:21:13 joe Exp harry $
+ $ Id: file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09 03:21:13 joe Exp harry $
+ $ Locker: harry $
+ $ Name: snapshot_1_14 $
+ $ RCSfile: file1,v $
+ $ Revision: 1.1 $
+ $ Source: /home/files/file1,v $
+ $ State: Exp $
+ $ Log: file1,v $
Revision 1.1 1993/12/09 03:30:17 joe
Initial revision
@@ -3534,19 +3531,19 @@
* Linear development: Revision numbers. (line 6)
* Link, symbolic, importing: import output. (line 23)
* List, mailing list: What is CVS?. (line 45)
-* Local keyword: Keyword list. (line 83)
+* Local keyword: Keyword list. (line 84)
* Locally Added: File status. (line 19)
* Locally Modified: File status. (line 16)
* Locally Removed: File status. (line 23)
* LockDir, in CVSROOT/config: config. (line 41)
-* Locker keyword: Keyword list. (line 43)
+* Locker keyword: Keyword list. (line 44)
* Locking files: Multiple developers. (line 6)
* Locks, cvs, and backups: Backing up. (line 10)
* Locks, cvs, introduction: Concurrency. (line 6)
* Locks, cvs, technical details: Locks. (line 6)
* log (subcommand): log. (line 6)
* Log information, saving: history file. (line 6)
-* Log keyword: Keyword list. (line 47)
+* Log keyword: Keyword list. (line 48)
* Log message entry: Committing your changes.
(line 6)
* Log message template: rcsinfo. (line 6)
@@ -3603,7 +3600,7 @@
* Multiple developers: Multiple developers. (line 6)
* Multiple repositories: Multiple repositories.
(line 6)
-* Name keyword: Keyword list. (line 37)
+* Name keyword: Keyword list. (line 38)
* Name, symbolic (tag): Tags. (line 25)
* Needs Checkout: File status. (line 27)
* Needs Merge: File status. (line 37)
@@ -3668,7 +3665,7 @@
* RCSBIN, in CVSROOT/config: config. (line 15)
* RCSBIN, internal variable: Variables. (line 32)
* RCSBIN, overriding: Global options. (line 21)
-* RCSfile keyword: Keyword list. (line 70)
+* RCSfile keyword: Keyword list. (line 71)
* rcsinfo (admin file): rcsinfo. (line 6)
* rdiff (subcommand): rdiff. (line 6)
* Read-only files, and -r: Global options. (line 91)
@@ -3738,7 +3735,7 @@
* Retrieve a branch: Accessing branches. (line 6)
* Retrieving an old revision using tags: Tags. (line 85)
* Reverting to repository version: Editing files. (line 33)
-* Revision keyword: Keyword list. (line 73)
+* Revision keyword: Keyword list. (line 74)
* Revision management: Revision management. (line 6)
* Revision numbers: Revision numbers. (line 6)
* Revision numbers (branches): Branches and revisions.
@@ -3776,7 +3773,7 @@
* Setting up a repository: Creating a repository.
(line 6)
* Setuid: File permissions. (line 58)
-* Source keyword: Keyword list. (line 76)
+* Source keyword: Keyword list. (line 77)
* Source, getting CVS source: What is CVS?. (line 38)
* Source, getting from CVS: Getting the source. (line 6)
* Special files: Special Files. (line 6)
@@ -3785,7 +3782,7 @@
* SSH (rsh replacement): Connecting via rsh. (line 32)
* Starting a project with CVS: Starting a new project.
(line 6)
-* State keyword: Keyword list. (line 79)
+* State keyword: Keyword list. (line 80)
* Status of a file: File status. (line 6)
* Status of a module: Module options. (line 22)
* Sticky date: Sticky tags. (line 36)
Index: res/mini_ker/mini_ker.2
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/texi2html/texi2html/test/manuals/res/mini_ker/mini_ker.2,v
retrieving revision 1.1
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -b -r1.1 -r1.2
--- res/mini_ker/mini_ker.2 18 Aug 2008 18:05:10 -0000 1.1
+++ res/mini_ker/mini_ker.2 26 Apr 2009 19:02:18 -0000 1.2
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-dvipng warning: DVI magnification of 1000 over-ridden by user (1400) dvipng
warning: DVI magnification of 1000 over-ridden by user (1400) dvipng warning:
DVI magnification of 1000 over-ridden by user (1400) dvipng warning: DVI
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magnification of 1000 over-ridden by user (1400) dvipng warning: DVI
magnification of 1000 over-ridden by user (1400) dvipng warning: DVI
magnification of 1000 over-ridden by user (1400) ** no image file for
heavyside, (using heavyside.jpg)
+dvipng warning: DVI magnification of 1000 over-ridden by user (1400) dvipng
warning: DVI magnification of 1000 over-ridden by user (1400) dvipng warning:
DVI magnification of 1000 over-ridden by user (1400) dvipng warning: DVI
magnification of 1000 over-ridden by user (1400) dvipng warning: DVI
magnification of 1000 over-ridden by user (1400) dvipng warning: DVI
magnification of 1000 over-ridden by user (1400) dvipng warning: DVI
magnification of 1000 over-ridden by user (1400) dvipng warning: DVI
magnification of 1000 over-ridden by user (1400) dvipng warning: DVI
magnification of 1000 over-ridden by user (1400) dvipng warning: DVI
magnification of 1000 over-ridden by user (1400) dvipng warning: DVI
magnification of 1000 over-ridden by user (1400) dvipng warning: DVI
magnification of 1000 over-ridden by user (1400) dvipng warning: DVI
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magnification of 1000 over-ridden by user (1400) dvipng warning: DVI
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magnification of 1000 over-ridden by user (1400) dvipng warning: DVI
magnification of 1000 over-ridden by user (1400) dvipng warning: DVI
magnification of 1000 over-ridden by user (1400) i18n: missing string Overview:
+** no image file for heavyside, (using heavyside.jpg)
Index: res/texi_cvs/cvs.passfirst
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/texi2html/texi2html/test/manuals/res/texi_cvs/cvs.passfirst,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -b -r1.2 -r1.3
--- res/texi_cvs/cvs.passfirst 25 Apr 2009 14:54:45 -0000 1.2
+++ res/texi_cvs/cvs.passfirst 26 Apr 2009 19:02:19 -0000 1.3
@@ -52,14285 +52,14286 @@
cvs.texi(,84) @c such that keywords are not expanded in the generated html.
cvs.texi(,90)
cvs.texi(,96)
-cvs.texi(,97) @dircategory GNU Packages
-cvs.texi(,98) @direntry
-cvs.texi(,99) * CVS: (cvs). Concurrent Versions System
-cvs.texi(,100) @end direntry
-cvs.texi(,101) @dircategory Individual utilities
-cvs.texi(,102) @direntry
-cvs.texi(,103) * cvs: (cvs)CVS commands. Concurrent Versions System
-cvs.texi(,104) @end direntry
-cvs.texi(,105)
-cvs.texi(,106) @comment The titlepage section does not appear in the Info file.
-cvs.texi(,127)
-cvs.texi(,128) @comment
================================================================
-cvs.texi(,129) @comment The real text starts here
-cvs.texi(,130) @comment
================================================================
-cvs.texi(,131)
-cvs.texi(,133) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,134) @node Top
-cvs.texi(,135) @top
-cvs.texi(,136)
-cvs.texi(,137) This info manual describes how to use and administer
-cvs.texi(,138) @sc{cvs} version 4.2.
-cvs.texi(,140)
-cvs.texi(,144)
-cvs.texi(,145) @c This menu is pretty long. Not sure how easily that
-cvs.texi(,146) @c can be fixed (no brilliant ideas right away)...
-cvs.texi(,147) @menu
-cvs.texi(,148) * Overview:: An introduction to CVS
-cvs.texi(,149) * Repository:: Where all your sources are
stored
-cvs.texi(,150) * Starting a new project:: Starting a project with CVS
-cvs.texi(,151) * Revisions:: Numeric and symbolic names for
revisions
-cvs.texi(,152) * Branching and merging:: Diverging/rejoining branches of
development
-cvs.texi(,153) * Recursive behavior:: CVS descends directories
-cvs.texi(,154) * Adding and removing:: Adding/removing/renaming
files/directories
-cvs.texi(,155) * History browsing:: Viewing the history of files in
various ways
-cvs.texi(,156)
-cvs.texi(,157) CVS and the Real World.
-cvs.texi(,158) -----------------------
-cvs.texi(,159) * Binary files:: CVS can handle binary files
-cvs.texi(,160) * Multiple developers:: How CVS helps a group of
developers
-cvs.texi(,161) * Revision management:: Policy questions for revision
management
-cvs.texi(,162) * Keyword substitution:: CVS can include the revision
inside the file
-cvs.texi(,163) * Tracking sources:: Tracking third-party sources
-cvs.texi(,164) * Builds:: Issues related to CVS and builds
-cvs.texi(,165) * Special Files:: Devices, links and other
non-regular files
-cvs.texi(,166)
-cvs.texi(,167) References.
-cvs.texi(,168) -----------
-cvs.texi(,169) * CVS commands:: CVS commands share some things
-cvs.texi(,170) * Invoking CVS:: Quick reference to CVS commands
-cvs.texi(,171) * Administrative files:: Reference manual for the
Administrative files
-cvs.texi(,172) * Environment variables:: All environment variables which
affect CVS
-cvs.texi(,173) * Compatibility:: Upgrading CVS versions
-cvs.texi(,174) * Troubleshooting:: Some tips when nothing works
-cvs.texi(,175) * Credits:: Some of the contributors to
this manual
-cvs.texi(,176) * BUGS:: Dealing with bugs in CVS or
this manual
-cvs.texi(,177) * Index:: Index
-cvs.texi(,178) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,179)
-cvs.texi(,180) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,181) @node Overview
-cvs.texi(,182) @chapter Overview
-cvs.texi(,183) @cindex Overview
-cvs.texi(,184)
-cvs.texi(,185) This chapter is for people who have never used
-cvs.texi(,186) @sc{cvs}, and perhaps have never used version control
-cvs.texi(,187) software before.
-cvs.texi(,188)
-cvs.texi(,189) If you are already familiar with @sc{cvs} and are just
-cvs.texi(,190) trying to learn a particular feature or remember a
-cvs.texi(,191) certain command, you can probably skip everything here.
-cvs.texi(,192)
-cvs.texi(,193) @menu
-cvs.texi(,194) * What is CVS?:: What you can do with @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,195) * What is CVS not?:: Problems @sc{cvs} doesn't try
to solve
-cvs.texi(,196) * A sample session:: A tour of basic @sc{cvs} usage
-cvs.texi(,197) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,102)
+cvs.texi(,103) @dircategory GNU Packages
+cvs.texi(,104) @direntry
+cvs.texi(,105) * CVS: (cvs). Concurrent Versions System
+cvs.texi(,106) @end direntry
+cvs.texi(,107) @dircategory Individual utilities
+cvs.texi(,108) @direntry
+cvs.texi(,109) * cvs: (cvs)CVS commands. Concurrent Versions System
+cvs.texi(,110) @end direntry
+cvs.texi(,111)
+cvs.texi(,112) @comment The titlepage section does not appear in the Info file.
+cvs.texi(,133)
+cvs.texi(,134) @comment
================================================================
+cvs.texi(,135) @comment The real text starts here
+cvs.texi(,136) @comment
================================================================
+cvs.texi(,137)
+cvs.texi(,139) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,140) @node Top
+cvs.texi(,141) @top
+cvs.texi(,142)
+cvs.texi(,143) This info manual describes how to use and administer
+cvs.texi(,144) @sc{cvs} version 4.2.
+cvs.texi(,146)
+cvs.texi(,150)
+cvs.texi(,151) @c This menu is pretty long. Not sure how easily that
+cvs.texi(,152) @c can be fixed (no brilliant ideas right away)...
+cvs.texi(,153) @menu
+cvs.texi(,154) * Overview:: An introduction to CVS
+cvs.texi(,155) * Repository:: Where all your sources are
stored
+cvs.texi(,156) * Starting a new project:: Starting a project with CVS
+cvs.texi(,157) * Revisions:: Numeric and symbolic names for
revisions
+cvs.texi(,158) * Branching and merging:: Diverging/rejoining branches of
development
+cvs.texi(,159) * Recursive behavior:: CVS descends directories
+cvs.texi(,160) * Adding and removing:: Adding/removing/renaming
files/directories
+cvs.texi(,161) * History browsing:: Viewing the history of files in
various ways
+cvs.texi(,162)
+cvs.texi(,163) CVS and the Real World.
+cvs.texi(,164) -----------------------
+cvs.texi(,165) * Binary files:: CVS can handle binary files
+cvs.texi(,166) * Multiple developers:: How CVS helps a group of
developers
+cvs.texi(,167) * Revision management:: Policy questions for revision
management
+cvs.texi(,168) * Keyword substitution:: CVS can include the revision
inside the file
+cvs.texi(,169) * Tracking sources:: Tracking third-party sources
+cvs.texi(,170) * Builds:: Issues related to CVS and builds
+cvs.texi(,171) * Special Files:: Devices, links and other
non-regular files
+cvs.texi(,172)
+cvs.texi(,173) References.
+cvs.texi(,174) -----------
+cvs.texi(,175) * CVS commands:: CVS commands share some things
+cvs.texi(,176) * Invoking CVS:: Quick reference to CVS commands
+cvs.texi(,177) * Administrative files:: Reference manual for the
Administrative files
+cvs.texi(,178) * Environment variables:: All environment variables which
affect CVS
+cvs.texi(,179) * Compatibility:: Upgrading CVS versions
+cvs.texi(,180) * Troubleshooting:: Some tips when nothing works
+cvs.texi(,181) * Credits:: Some of the contributors to
this manual
+cvs.texi(,182) * BUGS:: Dealing with bugs in CVS or
this manual
+cvs.texi(,183) * Index:: Index
+cvs.texi(,184) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,185)
+cvs.texi(,186) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,187) @node Overview
+cvs.texi(,188) @chapter Overview
+cvs.texi(,189) @cindex Overview
+cvs.texi(,190)
+cvs.texi(,191) This chapter is for people who have never used
+cvs.texi(,192) @sc{cvs}, and perhaps have never used version control
+cvs.texi(,193) software before.
+cvs.texi(,194)
+cvs.texi(,195) If you are already familiar with @sc{cvs} and are just
+cvs.texi(,196) trying to learn a particular feature or remember a
+cvs.texi(,197) certain command, you can probably skip everything here.
cvs.texi(,198)
-cvs.texi(,199) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,200) @node What is CVS?
-cvs.texi(,201) @section What is CVS?
-cvs.texi(,202) @cindex What is CVS?
-cvs.texi(,203) @cindex Introduction to CVS
-cvs.texi(,204) @cindex CVS, introduction to
-cvs.texi(,205)
-cvs.texi(,206) @sc{cvs} is a version control system. Using it, you can
-cvs.texi(,207) record the history of your source files.
-cvs.texi(,208)
-cvs.texi(,209) @c -- ///
-cvs.texi(,210) @c -- ///Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to
repeat it.
-cvs.texi(,211) @c -- /// -- George Santayana
-cvs.texi(,212) @c -- //////
-cvs.texi(,213)
-cvs.texi(,214) @c -- Insert history quote here!
-cvs.texi(,215) For example, bugs sometimes creep in when
-cvs.texi(,216) software is modified, and you might not detect the bug
-cvs.texi(,217) until a long time after you make the modification.
-cvs.texi(,218) With @sc{cvs}, you can easily retrieve old versions to see
-cvs.texi(,219) exactly which change caused the bug. This can
-cvs.texi(,220) sometimes be a big help.
-cvs.texi(,221)
-cvs.texi(,222) You could of course save every version of every file
-cvs.texi(,223) you have ever created. This would
-cvs.texi(,224) however waste an enormous amount of disk space. @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,225) stores all the versions of a file in a single file in a
-cvs.texi(,226) clever way that only stores the differences between
-cvs.texi(,227) versions.
-cvs.texi(,228)
-cvs.texi(,229) @sc{cvs} also helps you if you are part of a group of people
working
-cvs.texi(,230) on the same project. It is all too easy to overwrite
-cvs.texi(,231) each others' changes unless you are extremely careful.
-cvs.texi(,232) Some editors, like @sc{gnu} Emacs, try to make sure that
-cvs.texi(,233) the same file is never modified by two people at the
-cvs.texi(,234) same time. Unfortunately, if someone is using another
-cvs.texi(,235) editor, that safeguard will not work. @sc{cvs} solves this
problem
-cvs.texi(,236) by insulating the different developers from each other. Every
-cvs.texi(,237) developer works in his own directory, and @sc{cvs} merges
-cvs.texi(,238) the work when each developer is done.
-cvs.texi(,239)
-cvs.texi(,240) @cindex History of CVS
-cvs.texi(,241) @cindex CVS, history of
-cvs.texi(,242) @cindex Credits (CVS program)
-cvs.texi(,243) @cindex Contributors (CVS program)
-cvs.texi(,244) @sc{cvs} started out as a bunch of shell scripts written by
-cvs.texi(,245) Dick Grune, posted to the newsgroup
-cvs.texi(,246) @code{comp.sources.unix} in the volume 6
-cvs.texi(,247) release of July, 1986. While no actual code from
-cvs.texi(,248) these shell scripts is present in the current version
-cvs.texi(,249) of @sc{cvs} much of the @sc{cvs} conflict resolution algorithms
-cvs.texi(,250) come from them.
-cvs.texi(,251)
-cvs.texi(,252) In April, 1989, Brian Berliner designed and coded @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,253) Jeff Polk later helped Brian with the design of the @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,254) module and vendor branch support.
-cvs.texi(,255)
-cvs.texi(,256) @cindex Source, getting CVS source
-cvs.texi(,257) You can get @sc{cvs} in a variety of ways, including
-cvs.texi(,258) free download from the internet. For more information
-cvs.texi(,259) on downloading @sc{cvs} and other @sc{cvs} topics, see:
-cvs.texi(,260)
-cvs.texi(,261) @example
-cvs.texi(,262) http://www.cvshome.org/
-cvs.texi(,263) http://www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs-index.html
-cvs.texi(,264) @end example
-cvs.texi(,265)
-cvs.texi(,266) @cindex Mailing list
-cvs.texi(,267) @cindex List, mailing list
-cvs.texi(,268) @cindex Newsgroups
-cvs.texi(,269) There is a mailing list, known as @address@hidden,
-cvs.texi(,270) devoted to @sc{cvs}. To subscribe or
-cvs.texi(,271) unsubscribe
-cvs.texi(,272) write to
-cvs.texi(,273) @address@hidden@@gnu.org}}.
-cvs.texi(,274) If you prefer a usenet group, the right
-cvs.texi(,275) group is @code{comp.software.config-mgmt} which is for
-cvs.texi(,276) @sc{cvs} discussions (along with other configuration
-cvs.texi(,277) management systems). In the future, it might be
-cvs.texi(,278) possible to create a
-cvs.texi(,279) @code{comp.software.config-mgmt.cvs}, but probably only
-cvs.texi(,280) if there is sufficient @sc{cvs} traffic on
-cvs.texi(,281) @code{comp.software.config-mgmt}.
-cvs.texi(,282) @c Other random data is that past attempts to create a
-cvs.texi(,283) @c gnu.* group have failed (the relevant authorities
-cvs.texi(,284) @c say they'll do it, but don't), and that tale was very
-cvs.texi(,285) @c skeptical of comp.software.config-mgmt.cvs when the
-cvs.texi(,286) @c subject came up around 1995 or so (for one
-cvs.texi(,287) @c thing, because creating it would be a "reorg" which
-cvs.texi(,288) @c would need to take a more comprehensive look at the
-cvs.texi(,289) @c whole comp.software.config-mgmt.* hierarchy).
-cvs.texi(,290)
-cvs.texi(,291) You can also subscribe to the @code{bug-cvs} mailing list,
-cvs.texi(,292) described in more detail in @ref{BUGS}. To subscribe
-cvs.texi(,293) send mail to @code{bug-cvs-request@@gnu.org}.
-cvs.texi(,294)
-cvs.texi(,295) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,296) @node What is CVS not?
-cvs.texi(,297) @section What is CVS not?
-cvs.texi(,298) @cindex What is CVS not?
-cvs.texi(,299)
-cvs.texi(,300) @sc{cvs} can do a lot of things for you, but it does
-cvs.texi(,301) not try to be everything for everyone.
-cvs.texi(,302)
-cvs.texi(,303) @table @asis
-cvs.texi(,304) @item @sc{cvs} is not a build system.
+cvs.texi(,199) @menu
+cvs.texi(,200) * What is CVS?:: What you can do with @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,201) * What is CVS not?:: Problems @sc{cvs} doesn't try
to solve
+cvs.texi(,202) * A sample session:: A tour of basic @sc{cvs} usage
+cvs.texi(,203) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,204)
+cvs.texi(,205) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,206) @node What is CVS?
+cvs.texi(,207) @section What is CVS?
+cvs.texi(,208) @cindex What is CVS?
+cvs.texi(,209) @cindex Introduction to CVS
+cvs.texi(,210) @cindex CVS, introduction to
+cvs.texi(,211)
+cvs.texi(,212) @sc{cvs} is a version control system. Using it, you can
+cvs.texi(,213) record the history of your source files.
+cvs.texi(,214)
+cvs.texi(,215) @c -- ///
+cvs.texi(,216) @c -- ///Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to
repeat it.
+cvs.texi(,217) @c -- /// -- George Santayana
+cvs.texi(,218) @c -- //////
+cvs.texi(,219)
+cvs.texi(,220) @c -- Insert history quote here!
+cvs.texi(,221) For example, bugs sometimes creep in when
+cvs.texi(,222) software is modified, and you might not detect the bug
+cvs.texi(,223) until a long time after you make the modification.
+cvs.texi(,224) With @sc{cvs}, you can easily retrieve old versions to see
+cvs.texi(,225) exactly which change caused the bug. This can
+cvs.texi(,226) sometimes be a big help.
+cvs.texi(,227)
+cvs.texi(,228) You could of course save every version of every file
+cvs.texi(,229) you have ever created. This would
+cvs.texi(,230) however waste an enormous amount of disk space. @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,231) stores all the versions of a file in a single file in a
+cvs.texi(,232) clever way that only stores the differences between
+cvs.texi(,233) versions.
+cvs.texi(,234)
+cvs.texi(,235) @sc{cvs} also helps you if you are part of a group of people
working
+cvs.texi(,236) on the same project. It is all too easy to overwrite
+cvs.texi(,237) each others' changes unless you are extremely careful.
+cvs.texi(,238) Some editors, like @sc{gnu} Emacs, try to make sure that
+cvs.texi(,239) the same file is never modified by two people at the
+cvs.texi(,240) same time. Unfortunately, if someone is using another
+cvs.texi(,241) editor, that safeguard will not work. @sc{cvs} solves this
problem
+cvs.texi(,242) by insulating the different developers from each other. Every
+cvs.texi(,243) developer works in his own directory, and @sc{cvs} merges
+cvs.texi(,244) the work when each developer is done.
+cvs.texi(,245)
+cvs.texi(,246) @cindex History of CVS
+cvs.texi(,247) @cindex CVS, history of
+cvs.texi(,248) @cindex Credits (CVS program)
+cvs.texi(,249) @cindex Contributors (CVS program)
+cvs.texi(,250) @sc{cvs} started out as a bunch of shell scripts written by
+cvs.texi(,251) Dick Grune, posted to the newsgroup
+cvs.texi(,252) @code{comp.sources.unix} in the volume 6
+cvs.texi(,253) release of July, 1986. While no actual code from
+cvs.texi(,254) these shell scripts is present in the current version
+cvs.texi(,255) of @sc{cvs} much of the @sc{cvs} conflict resolution algorithms
+cvs.texi(,256) come from them.
+cvs.texi(,257)
+cvs.texi(,258) In April, 1989, Brian Berliner designed and coded @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,259) Jeff Polk later helped Brian with the design of the @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,260) module and vendor branch support.
+cvs.texi(,261)
+cvs.texi(,262) @cindex Source, getting CVS source
+cvs.texi(,263) You can get @sc{cvs} in a variety of ways, including
+cvs.texi(,264) free download from the internet. For more information
+cvs.texi(,265) on downloading @sc{cvs} and other @sc{cvs} topics, see:
+cvs.texi(,266)
+cvs.texi(,267) @example
+cvs.texi(,268) http://www.cvshome.org/
+cvs.texi(,269) http://www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs-index.html
+cvs.texi(,270) @end example
+cvs.texi(,271)
+cvs.texi(,272) @cindex Mailing list
+cvs.texi(,273) @cindex List, mailing list
+cvs.texi(,274) @cindex Newsgroups
+cvs.texi(,275) There is a mailing list, known as @address@hidden,
+cvs.texi(,276) devoted to @sc{cvs}. To subscribe or
+cvs.texi(,277) unsubscribe
+cvs.texi(,278) write to
+cvs.texi(,279) @address@hidden@@gnu.org}}.
+cvs.texi(,280) If you prefer a usenet group, the right
+cvs.texi(,281) group is @code{comp.software.config-mgmt} which is for
+cvs.texi(,282) @sc{cvs} discussions (along with other configuration
+cvs.texi(,283) management systems). In the future, it might be
+cvs.texi(,284) possible to create a
+cvs.texi(,285) @code{comp.software.config-mgmt.cvs}, but probably only
+cvs.texi(,286) if there is sufficient @sc{cvs} traffic on
+cvs.texi(,287) @code{comp.software.config-mgmt}.
+cvs.texi(,288) @c Other random data is that past attempts to create a
+cvs.texi(,289) @c gnu.* group have failed (the relevant authorities
+cvs.texi(,290) @c say they'll do it, but don't), and that tale was very
+cvs.texi(,291) @c skeptical of comp.software.config-mgmt.cvs when the
+cvs.texi(,292) @c subject came up around 1995 or so (for one
+cvs.texi(,293) @c thing, because creating it would be a "reorg" which
+cvs.texi(,294) @c would need to take a more comprehensive look at the
+cvs.texi(,295) @c whole comp.software.config-mgmt.* hierarchy).
+cvs.texi(,296)
+cvs.texi(,297) You can also subscribe to the @code{bug-cvs} mailing list,
+cvs.texi(,298) described in more detail in @ref{BUGS}. To subscribe
+cvs.texi(,299) send mail to @code{bug-cvs-request@@gnu.org}.
+cvs.texi(,300)
+cvs.texi(,301) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,302) @node What is CVS not?
+cvs.texi(,303) @section What is CVS not?
+cvs.texi(,304) @cindex What is CVS not?
cvs.texi(,305)
-cvs.texi(,306) Though the structure of your repository and modules
-cvs.texi(,307) file interact with your build system
-cvs.texi(,308) (e.g. @file{Makefile}s), they are essentially
-cvs.texi(,309) independent.
-cvs.texi(,310)
-cvs.texi(,311) @sc{cvs} does not dictate how you build anything. It
-cvs.texi(,312) merely stores files for retrieval in a tree structure
-cvs.texi(,313) you devise.
-cvs.texi(,314)
-cvs.texi(,315) @sc{cvs} does not dictate how to use disk space in the
-cvs.texi(,316) checked out working directories. If you write your
-cvs.texi(,317) @file{Makefile}s or scripts in every directory so they
-cvs.texi(,318) have to know the relative positions of everything else,
-cvs.texi(,319) you wind up requiring the entire repository to be
-cvs.texi(,320) checked out.
-cvs.texi(,321)
-cvs.texi(,322) If you modularize your work, and construct a build
-cvs.texi(,323) system that will share files (via links, mounts,
-cvs.texi(,324) @code{VPATH} in @file{Makefile}s, etc.), you can
-cvs.texi(,325) arrange your disk usage however you like.
-cvs.texi(,326)
-cvs.texi(,327) But you have to remember that @emph{any} such system is
-cvs.texi(,328) a lot of work to construct and maintain. @sc{cvs} does
-cvs.texi(,329) not address the issues involved.
-cvs.texi(,330)
-cvs.texi(,331) Of course, you should place the tools created to
-cvs.texi(,332) support such a build system (scripts, @file{Makefile}s,
-cvs.texi(,333) etc) under @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,334)
-cvs.texi(,335) Figuring out what files need to be rebuilt when
-cvs.texi(,336) something changes is, again, something to be handled
-cvs.texi(,337) outside the scope of @sc{cvs}. One traditional
-cvs.texi(,338) approach is to use @code{make} for building, and use
-cvs.texi(,339) some automated tool for generating the dependencies which
-cvs.texi(,340) @code{make} uses.
-cvs.texi(,341)
-cvs.texi(,342) See @ref{Builds}, for more information on doing builds
-cvs.texi(,343) in conjunction with @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,344)
-cvs.texi(,345) @item @sc{cvs} is not a substitute for management.
-cvs.texi(,346)
-cvs.texi(,347) Your managers and project leaders are expected to talk
-cvs.texi(,348) to you frequently enough to make certain you are aware
-cvs.texi(,349) of schedules, merge points, branch names and release
-cvs.texi(,350) dates. If they don't, @sc{cvs} can't help.
-cvs.texi(,351)
-cvs.texi(,352) @sc{cvs} is an instrument for making sources dance to
-cvs.texi(,353) your tune. But you are the piper and the composer. No
-cvs.texi(,354) instrument plays itself or writes its own music.
-cvs.texi(,355)
-cvs.texi(,356) @item @sc{cvs} is not a substitute for developer communication.
+cvs.texi(,306) @sc{cvs} can do a lot of things for you, but it does
+cvs.texi(,307) not try to be everything for everyone.
+cvs.texi(,308)
+cvs.texi(,309) @table @asis
+cvs.texi(,310) @item @sc{cvs} is not a build system.
+cvs.texi(,311)
+cvs.texi(,312) Though the structure of your repository and modules
+cvs.texi(,313) file interact with your build system
+cvs.texi(,314) (e.g. @file{Makefile}s), they are essentially
+cvs.texi(,315) independent.
+cvs.texi(,316)
+cvs.texi(,317) @sc{cvs} does not dictate how you build anything. It
+cvs.texi(,318) merely stores files for retrieval in a tree structure
+cvs.texi(,319) you devise.
+cvs.texi(,320)
+cvs.texi(,321) @sc{cvs} does not dictate how to use disk space in the
+cvs.texi(,322) checked out working directories. If you write your
+cvs.texi(,323) @file{Makefile}s or scripts in every directory so they
+cvs.texi(,324) have to know the relative positions of everything else,
+cvs.texi(,325) you wind up requiring the entire repository to be
+cvs.texi(,326) checked out.
+cvs.texi(,327)
+cvs.texi(,328) If you modularize your work, and construct a build
+cvs.texi(,329) system that will share files (via links, mounts,
+cvs.texi(,330) @code{VPATH} in @file{Makefile}s, etc.), you can
+cvs.texi(,331) arrange your disk usage however you like.
+cvs.texi(,332)
+cvs.texi(,333) But you have to remember that @emph{any} such system is
+cvs.texi(,334) a lot of work to construct and maintain. @sc{cvs} does
+cvs.texi(,335) not address the issues involved.
+cvs.texi(,336)
+cvs.texi(,337) Of course, you should place the tools created to
+cvs.texi(,338) support such a build system (scripts, @file{Makefile}s,
+cvs.texi(,339) etc) under @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,340)
+cvs.texi(,341) Figuring out what files need to be rebuilt when
+cvs.texi(,342) something changes is, again, something to be handled
+cvs.texi(,343) outside the scope of @sc{cvs}. One traditional
+cvs.texi(,344) approach is to use @code{make} for building, and use
+cvs.texi(,345) some automated tool for generating the dependencies which
+cvs.texi(,346) @code{make} uses.
+cvs.texi(,347)
+cvs.texi(,348) See @ref{Builds}, for more information on doing builds
+cvs.texi(,349) in conjunction with @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,350)
+cvs.texi(,351) @item @sc{cvs} is not a substitute for management.
+cvs.texi(,352)
+cvs.texi(,353) Your managers and project leaders are expected to talk
+cvs.texi(,354) to you frequently enough to make certain you are aware
+cvs.texi(,355) of schedules, merge points, branch names and release
+cvs.texi(,356) dates. If they don't, @sc{cvs} can't help.
cvs.texi(,357)
-cvs.texi(,358) When faced with conflicts within a single file, most
-cvs.texi(,359) developers manage to resolve them without too much
-cvs.texi(,360) effort. But a more general definition of ``conflict''
-cvs.texi(,361) includes problems too difficult to solve without
-cvs.texi(,362) communication between developers.
+cvs.texi(,358) @sc{cvs} is an instrument for making sources dance to
+cvs.texi(,359) your tune. But you are the piper and the composer. No
+cvs.texi(,360) instrument plays itself or writes its own music.
+cvs.texi(,361)
+cvs.texi(,362) @item @sc{cvs} is not a substitute for developer communication.
cvs.texi(,363)
-cvs.texi(,364) @sc{cvs} cannot determine when simultaneous changes
-cvs.texi(,365) within a single file, or across a whole collection of
-cvs.texi(,366) files, will logically conflict with one another. Its
-cvs.texi(,367) concept of a @dfn{conflict} is purely textual, arising
-cvs.texi(,368) when two changes to the same base file are near enough
-cvs.texi(,369) to spook the merge (i.e. @code{diff3}) command.
-cvs.texi(,370)
-cvs.texi(,371) @sc{cvs} does not claim to help at all in figuring out
-cvs.texi(,372) non-textual or distributed conflicts in program logic.
-cvs.texi(,373)
-cvs.texi(,374) For example: Say you change the arguments to function
-cvs.texi(,375) @code{X} defined in file @file{A}. At the same time,
-cvs.texi(,376) someone edits file @file{B}, adding new calls to
-cvs.texi(,377) function @code{X} using the old arguments. You are
-cvs.texi(,378) outside the realm of @sc{cvs}'s competence.
+cvs.texi(,364) When faced with conflicts within a single file, most
+cvs.texi(,365) developers manage to resolve them without too much
+cvs.texi(,366) effort. But a more general definition of ``conflict''
+cvs.texi(,367) includes problems too difficult to solve without
+cvs.texi(,368) communication between developers.
+cvs.texi(,369)
+cvs.texi(,370) @sc{cvs} cannot determine when simultaneous changes
+cvs.texi(,371) within a single file, or across a whole collection of
+cvs.texi(,372) files, will logically conflict with one another. Its
+cvs.texi(,373) concept of a @dfn{conflict} is purely textual, arising
+cvs.texi(,374) when two changes to the same base file are near enough
+cvs.texi(,375) to spook the merge (i.e. @code{diff3}) command.
+cvs.texi(,376)
+cvs.texi(,377) @sc{cvs} does not claim to help at all in figuring out
+cvs.texi(,378) non-textual or distributed conflicts in program logic.
cvs.texi(,379)
-cvs.texi(,380) Acquire the habit of reading specs and talking to your
-cvs.texi(,381) peers.
-cvs.texi(,382)
-cvs.texi(,383)
-cvs.texi(,384) @item @sc{cvs} does not have change control
+cvs.texi(,380) For example: Say you change the arguments to function
+cvs.texi(,381) @code{X} defined in file @file{A}. At the same time,
+cvs.texi(,382) someone edits file @file{B}, adding new calls to
+cvs.texi(,383) function @code{X} using the old arguments. You are
+cvs.texi(,384) outside the realm of @sc{cvs}'s competence.
cvs.texi(,385)
-cvs.texi(,386) Change control refers to a number of things. First of
-cvs.texi(,387) all it can mean @dfn{bug-tracking}, that is being able
-cvs.texi(,388) to keep a database of reported bugs and the status of
-cvs.texi(,389) each one (is it fixed? in what release? has the bug
-cvs.texi(,390) submitter agreed that it is fixed?). For interfacing
-cvs.texi(,391) @sc{cvs} to an external bug-tracking system, see the
-cvs.texi(,392) @file{rcsinfo} and @file{verifymsg} files
-cvs.texi(,393) (@pxref{Administrative files}).
-cvs.texi(,394)
-cvs.texi(,395) Another aspect of change control is keeping track of
-cvs.texi(,396) the fact that changes to several files were in fact
-cvs.texi(,397) changed together as one logical change. If you check
-cvs.texi(,398) in several files in a single @code{cvs commit}
-cvs.texi(,399) operation, @sc{cvs} then forgets that those files were
-cvs.texi(,400) checked in together, and the fact that they have the
-cvs.texi(,401) same log message is the only thing tying them
-cvs.texi(,402) together. Keeping a @sc{gnu} style @file{ChangeLog}
-cvs.texi(,403) can help somewhat.
-cvs.texi(,404) @c FIXME: should have an xref to a section which talks
-cvs.texi(,405) @c more about keeping ChangeLog's with CVS, but that
-cvs.texi(,406) @c section hasn't been written yet.
-cvs.texi(,407)
-cvs.texi(,408) Another aspect of change control, in some systems, is
-cvs.texi(,409) the ability to keep track of the status of each
-cvs.texi(,410) change. Some changes have been written by a developer,
-cvs.texi(,411) others have been reviewed by a second developer, and so
-cvs.texi(,412) on. Generally, the way to do this with @sc{cvs} is to
-cvs.texi(,413) generate a diff (using @code{cvs diff} or @code{diff})
-cvs.texi(,414) and email it to someone who can then apply it using the
-cvs.texi(,415) @code{patch} utility. This is very flexible, but
-cvs.texi(,416) depends on mechanisms outside @sc{cvs} to make sure
-cvs.texi(,417) nothing falls through the cracks.
-cvs.texi(,418)
-cvs.texi(,419) @item @sc{cvs} is not an automated testing program
-cvs.texi(,420)
-cvs.texi(,421) It should be possible to enforce mandatory use of a
-cvs.texi(,422) testsuite using the @code{commitinfo} file. I haven't
-cvs.texi(,423) heard a lot about projects trying to do that or whether
-cvs.texi(,424) there are subtle gotchas, however.
-cvs.texi(,425)
-cvs.texi(,426) @item @sc{cvs} does not have a builtin process model
-cvs.texi(,427)
-cvs.texi(,428) Some systems provide ways to ensure that changes or
-cvs.texi(,429) releases go through various steps, with various
-cvs.texi(,430) approvals as needed. Generally, one can accomplish
-cvs.texi(,431) this with @sc{cvs} but it might be a little more work.
-cvs.texi(,432) In some cases you'll want to use the @file{commitinfo},
-cvs.texi(,433) @file{loginfo}, @file{rcsinfo}, or @file{verifymsg}
-cvs.texi(,434) files, to require that certain steps be performed
-cvs.texi(,435) before cvs will allow a checkin. Also consider whether
-cvs.texi(,436) features such as branches and tags can be used to
-cvs.texi(,437) perform tasks such as doing work in a development tree
-cvs.texi(,438) and then merging certain changes over to a stable tree
-cvs.texi(,439) only once they have been proven.
-cvs.texi(,440) @end table
-cvs.texi(,441)
-cvs.texi(,442) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,443) @node A sample session
-cvs.texi(,444) @section A sample session
-cvs.texi(,445) @cindex Example of a work-session
-cvs.texi(,446) @cindex Getting started
-cvs.texi(,447) @cindex Work-session, example of
-cvs.texi(,448) @cindex tc, Trivial Compiler (example)
-cvs.texi(,449) @cindex Trivial Compiler (example)
-cvs.texi(,450)
-cvs.texi(,451) @c I think an example is a pretty good way to start. But
-cvs.texi(,452) @c somewhere in here, maybe after the sample session,
-cvs.texi(,453) @c we need something which is kind of
-cvs.texi(,454) @c a "roadmap" which is more directed at sketching out
-cvs.texi(,455) @c the functionality of CVS and pointing people to
-cvs.texi(,456) @c various other parts of the manual. As it stands now
-cvs.texi(,457) @c people who read in order get dumped right into all
-cvs.texi(,458) @c manner of hair regarding remote repositories,
-cvs.texi(,459) @c creating a repository, etc.
-cvs.texi(,460) @c
-cvs.texi(,461) @c The following was in the old Basic concepts node. I don't
-cvs.texi(,462) @c know how good a job it does at introducing modules,
-cvs.texi(,463) @c or whether they need to be introduced so soon, but
-cvs.texi(,464) @c something of this sort might go into some
-cvs.texi(,465) @c introductory material somewhere.
-cvs.texi(,474)
-cvs.texi(,475) As a way of introducing @sc{cvs}, we'll go through a
-cvs.texi(,476) typical work-session using @sc{cvs}. The first thing
-cvs.texi(,477) to understand is that @sc{cvs} stores all files in a
-cvs.texi(,478) centralized @dfn{repository} (@pxref{Repository}); this
-cvs.texi(,479) section assumes that a repository is set up.
-cvs.texi(,480) @c I'm not sure that the sentence concerning the
-cvs.texi(,481) @c repository quite tells the user what they need to
-cvs.texi(,482) @c know at this point. Might need to expand on "centralized"
-cvs.texi(,483) @c slightly (maybe not here, maybe further down in the example?)
-cvs.texi(,484)
-cvs.texi(,485) Suppose you are working on a simple compiler. The source
-cvs.texi(,486) consists of a handful of C files and a @file{Makefile}.
-cvs.texi(,487) The compiler is called @samp{tc} (Trivial Compiler),
-cvs.texi(,488) and the repository is set up so that there is a module
-cvs.texi(,489) called @samp{tc}.
+cvs.texi(,386) Acquire the habit of reading specs and talking to your
+cvs.texi(,387) peers.
+cvs.texi(,388)
+cvs.texi(,389)
+cvs.texi(,390) @item @sc{cvs} does not have change control
+cvs.texi(,391)
+cvs.texi(,392) Change control refers to a number of things. First of
+cvs.texi(,393) all it can mean @dfn{bug-tracking}, that is being able
+cvs.texi(,394) to keep a database of reported bugs and the status of
+cvs.texi(,395) each one (is it fixed? in what release? has the bug
+cvs.texi(,396) submitter agreed that it is fixed?). For interfacing
+cvs.texi(,397) @sc{cvs} to an external bug-tracking system, see the
+cvs.texi(,398) @file{rcsinfo} and @file{verifymsg} files
+cvs.texi(,399) (@pxref{Administrative files}).
+cvs.texi(,400)
+cvs.texi(,401) Another aspect of change control is keeping track of
+cvs.texi(,402) the fact that changes to several files were in fact
+cvs.texi(,403) changed together as one logical change. If you check
+cvs.texi(,404) in several files in a single @code{cvs commit}
+cvs.texi(,405) operation, @sc{cvs} then forgets that those files were
+cvs.texi(,406) checked in together, and the fact that they have the
+cvs.texi(,407) same log message is the only thing tying them
+cvs.texi(,408) together. Keeping a @sc{gnu} style @file{ChangeLog}
+cvs.texi(,409) can help somewhat.
+cvs.texi(,410) @c FIXME: should have an xref to a section which talks
+cvs.texi(,411) @c more about keeping ChangeLog's with CVS, but that
+cvs.texi(,412) @c section hasn't been written yet.
+cvs.texi(,413)
+cvs.texi(,414) Another aspect of change control, in some systems, is
+cvs.texi(,415) the ability to keep track of the status of each
+cvs.texi(,416) change. Some changes have been written by a developer,
+cvs.texi(,417) others have been reviewed by a second developer, and so
+cvs.texi(,418) on. Generally, the way to do this with @sc{cvs} is to
+cvs.texi(,419) generate a diff (using @code{cvs diff} or @code{diff})
+cvs.texi(,420) and email it to someone who can then apply it using the
+cvs.texi(,421) @code{patch} utility. This is very flexible, but
+cvs.texi(,422) depends on mechanisms outside @sc{cvs} to make sure
+cvs.texi(,423) nothing falls through the cracks.
+cvs.texi(,424)
+cvs.texi(,425) @item @sc{cvs} is not an automated testing program
+cvs.texi(,426)
+cvs.texi(,427) It should be possible to enforce mandatory use of a
+cvs.texi(,428) testsuite using the @code{commitinfo} file. I haven't
+cvs.texi(,429) heard a lot about projects trying to do that or whether
+cvs.texi(,430) there are subtle gotchas, however.
+cvs.texi(,431)
+cvs.texi(,432) @item @sc{cvs} does not have a builtin process model
+cvs.texi(,433)
+cvs.texi(,434) Some systems provide ways to ensure that changes or
+cvs.texi(,435) releases go through various steps, with various
+cvs.texi(,436) approvals as needed. Generally, one can accomplish
+cvs.texi(,437) this with @sc{cvs} but it might be a little more work.
+cvs.texi(,438) In some cases you'll want to use the @file{commitinfo},
+cvs.texi(,439) @file{loginfo}, @file{rcsinfo}, or @file{verifymsg}
+cvs.texi(,440) files, to require that certain steps be performed
+cvs.texi(,441) before cvs will allow a checkin. Also consider whether
+cvs.texi(,442) features such as branches and tags can be used to
+cvs.texi(,443) perform tasks such as doing work in a development tree
+cvs.texi(,444) and then merging certain changes over to a stable tree
+cvs.texi(,445) only once they have been proven.
+cvs.texi(,446) @end table
+cvs.texi(,447)
+cvs.texi(,448) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,449) @node A sample session
+cvs.texi(,450) @section A sample session
+cvs.texi(,451) @cindex Example of a work-session
+cvs.texi(,452) @cindex Getting started
+cvs.texi(,453) @cindex Work-session, example of
+cvs.texi(,454) @cindex tc, Trivial Compiler (example)
+cvs.texi(,455) @cindex Trivial Compiler (example)
+cvs.texi(,456)
+cvs.texi(,457) @c I think an example is a pretty good way to start. But
+cvs.texi(,458) @c somewhere in here, maybe after the sample session,
+cvs.texi(,459) @c we need something which is kind of
+cvs.texi(,460) @c a "roadmap" which is more directed at sketching out
+cvs.texi(,461) @c the functionality of CVS and pointing people to
+cvs.texi(,462) @c various other parts of the manual. As it stands now
+cvs.texi(,463) @c people who read in order get dumped right into all
+cvs.texi(,464) @c manner of hair regarding remote repositories,
+cvs.texi(,465) @c creating a repository, etc.
+cvs.texi(,466) @c
+cvs.texi(,467) @c The following was in the old Basic concepts node. I don't
+cvs.texi(,468) @c know how good a job it does at introducing modules,
+cvs.texi(,469) @c or whether they need to be introduced so soon, but
+cvs.texi(,470) @c something of this sort might go into some
+cvs.texi(,471) @c introductory material somewhere.
+cvs.texi(,480)
+cvs.texi(,481) As a way of introducing @sc{cvs}, we'll go through a
+cvs.texi(,482) typical work-session using @sc{cvs}. The first thing
+cvs.texi(,483) to understand is that @sc{cvs} stores all files in a
+cvs.texi(,484) centralized @dfn{repository} (@pxref{Repository}); this
+cvs.texi(,485) section assumes that a repository is set up.
+cvs.texi(,486) @c I'm not sure that the sentence concerning the
+cvs.texi(,487) @c repository quite tells the user what they need to
+cvs.texi(,488) @c know at this point. Might need to expand on "centralized"
+cvs.texi(,489) @c slightly (maybe not here, maybe further down in the example?)
cvs.texi(,490)
-cvs.texi(,491) @menu
-cvs.texi(,492) * Getting the source:: Creating a workspace
-cvs.texi(,493) * Committing your changes:: Making your work available to
others
-cvs.texi(,494) * Cleaning up:: Cleaning up
-cvs.texi(,495) * Viewing differences:: Viewing differences
-cvs.texi(,496) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,497)
-cvs.texi(,498) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,499) @node Getting the source
-cvs.texi(,500) @subsection Getting the source
-cvs.texi(,501) @cindex Getting the source
-cvs.texi(,502) @cindex Checking out source
-cvs.texi(,503) @cindex Fetching source
-cvs.texi(,504) @cindex Source, getting from CVS
-cvs.texi(,505) @cindex Checkout, example
-cvs.texi(,506)
-cvs.texi(,507) The first thing you must do is to get your own working copy of
the
-cvs.texi(,508) source for @samp{tc}. For this, you use the @code{checkout}
command:
-cvs.texi(,509)
-cvs.texi(,510) @example
-cvs.texi(,511) $ cvs checkout tc
-cvs.texi(,512) @end example
-cvs.texi(,513)
-cvs.texi(,514) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,515) This will create a new directory called @file{tc} and populate
it with
-cvs.texi(,516) the source files.
-cvs.texi(,517)
-cvs.texi(,518) @example
-cvs.texi(,519) $ cd tc
-cvs.texi(,520) $ ls
-cvs.texi(,521) CVS Makefile backend.c driver.c frontend.c
parser.c
-cvs.texi(,522) @end example
+cvs.texi(,491) Suppose you are working on a simple compiler. The source
+cvs.texi(,492) consists of a handful of C files and a @file{Makefile}.
+cvs.texi(,493) The compiler is called @samp{tc} (Trivial Compiler),
+cvs.texi(,494) and the repository is set up so that there is a module
+cvs.texi(,495) called @samp{tc}.
+cvs.texi(,496)
+cvs.texi(,497) @menu
+cvs.texi(,498) * Getting the source:: Creating a workspace
+cvs.texi(,499) * Committing your changes:: Making your work available to
others
+cvs.texi(,500) * Cleaning up:: Cleaning up
+cvs.texi(,501) * Viewing differences:: Viewing differences
+cvs.texi(,502) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,503)
+cvs.texi(,504) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,505) @node Getting the source
+cvs.texi(,506) @subsection Getting the source
+cvs.texi(,507) @cindex Getting the source
+cvs.texi(,508) @cindex Checking out source
+cvs.texi(,509) @cindex Fetching source
+cvs.texi(,510) @cindex Source, getting from CVS
+cvs.texi(,511) @cindex Checkout, example
+cvs.texi(,512)
+cvs.texi(,513) The first thing you must do is to get your own working copy of
the
+cvs.texi(,514) source for @samp{tc}. For this, you use the @code{checkout}
command:
+cvs.texi(,515)
+cvs.texi(,516) @example
+cvs.texi(,517) $ cvs checkout tc
+cvs.texi(,518) @end example
+cvs.texi(,519)
+cvs.texi(,520) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,521) This will create a new directory called @file{tc} and populate
it with
+cvs.texi(,522) the source files.
cvs.texi(,523)
-cvs.texi(,524) The @file{CVS} directory is used internally by
-cvs.texi(,525) @sc{cvs}. Normally, you should not modify or remove
-cvs.texi(,526) any of the files in it.
-cvs.texi(,527)
-cvs.texi(,528) You start your favorite editor, hack away at @file{backend.c},
and a couple
-cvs.texi(,529) of hours later you have added an optimization pass to the
compiler.
-cvs.texi(,530) A note to @sc{rcs} and @sc{sccs} users: There is no need to
lock the files that
-cvs.texi(,531) you want to edit. @xref{Multiple developers}, for an
explanation.
-cvs.texi(,532)
-cvs.texi(,533) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,534) @node Committing your changes
-cvs.texi(,535) @subsection Committing your changes
-cvs.texi(,536) @cindex Committing changes to files
-cvs.texi(,537) @cindex Log message entry
+cvs.texi(,524) @example
+cvs.texi(,525) $ cd tc
+cvs.texi(,526) $ ls
+cvs.texi(,527) CVS Makefile backend.c driver.c frontend.c
parser.c
+cvs.texi(,528) @end example
+cvs.texi(,529)
+cvs.texi(,530) The @file{CVS} directory is used internally by
+cvs.texi(,531) @sc{cvs}. Normally, you should not modify or remove
+cvs.texi(,532) any of the files in it.
+cvs.texi(,533)
+cvs.texi(,534) You start your favorite editor, hack away at @file{backend.c},
and a couple
+cvs.texi(,535) of hours later you have added an optimization pass to the
compiler.
+cvs.texi(,536) A note to @sc{rcs} and @sc{sccs} users: There is no need to
lock the files that
+cvs.texi(,537) you want to edit. @xref{Multiple developers}, for an
explanation.
cvs.texi(,538)
-cvs.texi(,539) When you have checked that the compiler is still compilable you
decide
-cvs.texi(,540) to make a new version of @file{backend.c}. This will
-cvs.texi(,541) store your new @file{backend.c} in the repository and
-cvs.texi(,542) make it available to anyone else who is using that same
-cvs.texi(,543) repository.
+cvs.texi(,539) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,540) @node Committing your changes
+cvs.texi(,541) @subsection Committing your changes
+cvs.texi(,542) @cindex Committing changes to files
+cvs.texi(,543) @cindex Log message entry
cvs.texi(,544)
-cvs.texi(,545) @example
-cvs.texi(,546) $ cvs commit backend.c
-cvs.texi(,547) @end example
-cvs.texi(,548)
-cvs.texi(,549) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,550) @sc{cvs} starts an editor, to allow you to enter a log
-cvs.texi(,551) message. You type in ``Added an optimization pass.'',
-cvs.texi(,552) save the temporary file, and exit the editor.
-cvs.texi(,553)
-cvs.texi(,554) @cindex CVSEDITOR, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,555) @cindex EDITOR, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,556) The environment variable @code{$CVSEDITOR} determines
-cvs.texi(,557) which editor is started. If @code{$CVSEDITOR} is not
-cvs.texi(,558) set, then if the environment variable @code{$EDITOR} is
-cvs.texi(,559) set, it will be used. If both @code{$CVSEDITOR} and
-cvs.texi(,560) @code{$EDITOR} are not set then there is a default
-cvs.texi(,561) which will vary with your operating system, for example
-cvs.texi(,562) @code{vi} for unix or @code{notepad} for Windows
-cvs.texi(,563) NT/95.
-cvs.texi(,564)
-cvs.texi(,565) @cindex VISUAL, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,566) In addition, @sc{cvs} checks the @code{$VISUAL} environment
-cvs.texi(,567) variable. Opinions vary on whether this behavior is desirable
and
-cvs.texi(,568) whether future releases of @sc{cvs} should check @code{$VISUAL}
or
-cvs.texi(,569) ignore it. You will be OK either way if you make sure that
-cvs.texi(,570) @code{$VISUAL} is either unset or set to the same thing as
-cvs.texi(,571) @code{$EDITOR}.
-cvs.texi(,572)
-cvs.texi(,573) @c This probably should go into some new node
-cvs.texi(,574) @c containing detailed info on the editor, rather than
-cvs.texi(,575) @c the intro. In fact, perhaps some of the stuff with
-cvs.texi(,576) @c CVSEDITOR and -m and so on should too.
-cvs.texi(,577) When @sc{cvs} starts the editor, it includes a list of
-cvs.texi(,578) files which are modified. For the @sc{cvs} client,
-cvs.texi(,579) this list is based on comparing the modification time
-cvs.texi(,580) of the file against the modification time that the file
-cvs.texi(,581) had when it was last gotten or updated. Therefore, if
-cvs.texi(,582) a file's modification time has changed but its contents
-cvs.texi(,583) have not, it will show up as modified. The simplest
-cvs.texi(,584) way to handle this is simply not to worry about it---if
-cvs.texi(,585) you proceed with the commit @sc{cvs} will detect that
-cvs.texi(,586) the contents are not modified and treat it as an
-cvs.texi(,587) unmodified file. The next @code{update} will clue
-cvs.texi(,588) @sc{cvs} in to the fact that the file is unmodified,
-cvs.texi(,589) and it will reset its stored timestamp so that the file
-cvs.texi(,590) will not show up in future editor sessions.
-cvs.texi(,591) @c FIXCVS: Might be nice if "commit" and other commands
-cvs.texi(,592) @c would reset that timestamp too, but currently commit
-cvs.texi(,593) @c doesn't.
-cvs.texi(,594) @c FIXME: Need to talk more about the process of
-cvs.texi(,595) @c prompting for the log message. Like show an example
-cvs.texi(,596) @c of what it pops up in the editor, for example. Also
-cvs.texi(,597) @c a discussion of how to get the "a)bort, c)ontinue,
-cvs.texi(,598) @c e)dit" prompt and what to do with it. Might also
-cvs.texi(,599) @c work in the suggestion that if you want a diff, you
-cvs.texi(,600) @c should make it before running commit (someone
-cvs.texi(,601) @c suggested that the diff pop up in the editor. I'm
-cvs.texi(,602) @c not sure that is better than telling people to run
-cvs.texi(,603) @c "cvs diff" first if that is what they want, but if
-cvs.texi(,604) @c we want to tell people that, the manual possibly
-cvs.texi(,605) @c should say it).
-cvs.texi(,606)
-cvs.texi(,607) If you want to avoid
-cvs.texi(,608) starting an editor you can specify the log message on
-cvs.texi(,609) the command line using the @samp{-m} flag instead, like
-cvs.texi(,610) this:
-cvs.texi(,611)
-cvs.texi(,612) @example
-cvs.texi(,613) $ cvs commit -m "Added an optimization pass" backend.c
-cvs.texi(,614) @end example
-cvs.texi(,615)
-cvs.texi(,616) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,617) @node Cleaning up
-cvs.texi(,618) @subsection Cleaning up
-cvs.texi(,619) @cindex Cleaning up
-cvs.texi(,620) @cindex Working copy, removing
-cvs.texi(,621) @cindex Removing your working copy
-cvs.texi(,622) @cindex Releasing your working copy
-cvs.texi(,623)
-cvs.texi(,624) Before you turn to other tasks you decide to remove your
working copy of
-cvs.texi(,625) tc. One acceptable way to do that is of course
-cvs.texi(,626)
-cvs.texi(,627) @example
-cvs.texi(,628) $ cd ..
-cvs.texi(,629) $ rm -r tc
-cvs.texi(,630) @end example
-cvs.texi(,631)
-cvs.texi(,632) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,633) but a better way is to use the @code{release} command
(@pxref{release}):
-cvs.texi(,634)
-cvs.texi(,635) @example
-cvs.texi(,636) $ cd ..
-cvs.texi(,637) $ cvs release -d tc
-cvs.texi(,638) M driver.c
-cvs.texi(,639) ? tc
-cvs.texi(,640) You have [1] altered files in this repository.
-cvs.texi(,641) Are you sure you want to release (and delete) directory `tc': n
-cvs.texi(,642) ** `release' aborted by user choice.
-cvs.texi(,643) @end example
-cvs.texi(,644)
-cvs.texi(,645) The @code{release} command checks that all your modifications
have been
-cvs.texi(,646) committed. If history logging is enabled it also makes a note
in the
-cvs.texi(,647) history file. @xref{history file}.
-cvs.texi(,648)
-cvs.texi(,649) When you use the @samp{-d} flag with @code{release}, it
-cvs.texi(,650) also removes your working copy.
-cvs.texi(,651)
-cvs.texi(,652) In the example above, the @code{release} command wrote a couple
of lines
-cvs.texi(,653) of output. @samp{? tc} means that the file @file{tc} is
unknown to @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,654) That is nothing to worry about: @file{tc} is the executable
compiler,
-cvs.texi(,655) and it should not be stored in the repository.
@xref{cvsignore},
-cvs.texi(,656) for information about how to make that warning go away.
-cvs.texi(,657) @xref{release output}, for a complete explanation of
-cvs.texi(,658) all possible output from @code{release}.
-cvs.texi(,659)
-cvs.texi(,660) @samp{M driver.c} is more serious. It means that the
-cvs.texi(,661) file @file{driver.c} has been modified since it was
-cvs.texi(,662) checked out.
-cvs.texi(,663)
-cvs.texi(,664) The @code{release} command always finishes by telling
-cvs.texi(,665) you how many modified files you have in your working
-cvs.texi(,666) copy of the sources, and then asks you for confirmation
-cvs.texi(,667) before deleting any files or making any note in the
-cvs.texi(,668) history file.
+cvs.texi(,545) When you have checked that the compiler is still compilable you
decide
+cvs.texi(,546) to make a new version of @file{backend.c}. This will
+cvs.texi(,547) store your new @file{backend.c} in the repository and
+cvs.texi(,548) make it available to anyone else who is using that same
+cvs.texi(,549) repository.
+cvs.texi(,550)
+cvs.texi(,551) @example
+cvs.texi(,552) $ cvs commit backend.c
+cvs.texi(,553) @end example
+cvs.texi(,554)
+cvs.texi(,555) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,556) @sc{cvs} starts an editor, to allow you to enter a log
+cvs.texi(,557) message. You type in ``Added an optimization pass.'',
+cvs.texi(,558) save the temporary file, and exit the editor.
+cvs.texi(,559)
+cvs.texi(,560) @cindex CVSEDITOR, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,561) @cindex EDITOR, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,562) The environment variable @code{$CVSEDITOR} determines
+cvs.texi(,563) which editor is started. If @code{$CVSEDITOR} is not
+cvs.texi(,564) set, then if the environment variable @code{$EDITOR} is
+cvs.texi(,565) set, it will be used. If both @code{$CVSEDITOR} and
+cvs.texi(,566) @code{$EDITOR} are not set then there is a default
+cvs.texi(,567) which will vary with your operating system, for example
+cvs.texi(,568) @code{vi} for unix or @code{notepad} for Windows
+cvs.texi(,569) NT/95.
+cvs.texi(,570)
+cvs.texi(,571) @cindex VISUAL, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,572) In addition, @sc{cvs} checks the @code{$VISUAL} environment
+cvs.texi(,573) variable. Opinions vary on whether this behavior is desirable
and
+cvs.texi(,574) whether future releases of @sc{cvs} should check @code{$VISUAL}
or
+cvs.texi(,575) ignore it. You will be OK either way if you make sure that
+cvs.texi(,576) @code{$VISUAL} is either unset or set to the same thing as
+cvs.texi(,577) @code{$EDITOR}.
+cvs.texi(,578)
+cvs.texi(,579) @c This probably should go into some new node
+cvs.texi(,580) @c containing detailed info on the editor, rather than
+cvs.texi(,581) @c the intro. In fact, perhaps some of the stuff with
+cvs.texi(,582) @c CVSEDITOR and -m and so on should too.
+cvs.texi(,583) When @sc{cvs} starts the editor, it includes a list of
+cvs.texi(,584) files which are modified. For the @sc{cvs} client,
+cvs.texi(,585) this list is based on comparing the modification time
+cvs.texi(,586) of the file against the modification time that the file
+cvs.texi(,587) had when it was last gotten or updated. Therefore, if
+cvs.texi(,588) a file's modification time has changed but its contents
+cvs.texi(,589) have not, it will show up as modified. The simplest
+cvs.texi(,590) way to handle this is simply not to worry about it---if
+cvs.texi(,591) you proceed with the commit @sc{cvs} will detect that
+cvs.texi(,592) the contents are not modified and treat it as an
+cvs.texi(,593) unmodified file. The next @code{update} will clue
+cvs.texi(,594) @sc{cvs} in to the fact that the file is unmodified,
+cvs.texi(,595) and it will reset its stored timestamp so that the file
+cvs.texi(,596) will not show up in future editor sessions.
+cvs.texi(,597) @c FIXCVS: Might be nice if "commit" and other commands
+cvs.texi(,598) @c would reset that timestamp too, but currently commit
+cvs.texi(,599) @c doesn't.
+cvs.texi(,600) @c FIXME: Need to talk more about the process of
+cvs.texi(,601) @c prompting for the log message. Like show an example
+cvs.texi(,602) @c of what it pops up in the editor, for example. Also
+cvs.texi(,603) @c a discussion of how to get the "a)bort, c)ontinue,
+cvs.texi(,604) @c e)dit" prompt and what to do with it. Might also
+cvs.texi(,605) @c work in the suggestion that if you want a diff, you
+cvs.texi(,606) @c should make it before running commit (someone
+cvs.texi(,607) @c suggested that the diff pop up in the editor. I'm
+cvs.texi(,608) @c not sure that is better than telling people to run
+cvs.texi(,609) @c "cvs diff" first if that is what they want, but if
+cvs.texi(,610) @c we want to tell people that, the manual possibly
+cvs.texi(,611) @c should say it).
+cvs.texi(,612)
+cvs.texi(,613) If you want to avoid
+cvs.texi(,614) starting an editor you can specify the log message on
+cvs.texi(,615) the command line using the @samp{-m} flag instead, like
+cvs.texi(,616) this:
+cvs.texi(,617)
+cvs.texi(,618) @example
+cvs.texi(,619) $ cvs commit -m "Added an optimization pass" backend.c
+cvs.texi(,620) @end example
+cvs.texi(,621)
+cvs.texi(,622) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,623) @node Cleaning up
+cvs.texi(,624) @subsection Cleaning up
+cvs.texi(,625) @cindex Cleaning up
+cvs.texi(,626) @cindex Working copy, removing
+cvs.texi(,627) @cindex Removing your working copy
+cvs.texi(,628) @cindex Releasing your working copy
+cvs.texi(,629)
+cvs.texi(,630) Before you turn to other tasks you decide to remove your
working copy of
+cvs.texi(,631) tc. One acceptable way to do that is of course
+cvs.texi(,632)
+cvs.texi(,633) @example
+cvs.texi(,634) $ cd ..
+cvs.texi(,635) $ rm -r tc
+cvs.texi(,636) @end example
+cvs.texi(,637)
+cvs.texi(,638) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,639) but a better way is to use the @code{release} command
(@pxref{release}):
+cvs.texi(,640)
+cvs.texi(,641) @example
+cvs.texi(,642) $ cd ..
+cvs.texi(,643) $ cvs release -d tc
+cvs.texi(,644) M driver.c
+cvs.texi(,645) ? tc
+cvs.texi(,646) You have [1] altered files in this repository.
+cvs.texi(,647) Are you sure you want to release (and delete) directory `tc': n
+cvs.texi(,648) ** `release' aborted by user choice.
+cvs.texi(,649) @end example
+cvs.texi(,650)
+cvs.texi(,651) The @code{release} command checks that all your modifications
have been
+cvs.texi(,652) committed. If history logging is enabled it also makes a note
in the
+cvs.texi(,653) history file. @xref{history file}.
+cvs.texi(,654)
+cvs.texi(,655) When you use the @samp{-d} flag with @code{release}, it
+cvs.texi(,656) also removes your working copy.
+cvs.texi(,657)
+cvs.texi(,658) In the example above, the @code{release} command wrote a couple
of lines
+cvs.texi(,659) of output. @samp{? tc} means that the file @file{tc} is
unknown to @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,660) That is nothing to worry about: @file{tc} is the executable
compiler,
+cvs.texi(,661) and it should not be stored in the repository.
@xref{cvsignore},
+cvs.texi(,662) for information about how to make that warning go away.
+cvs.texi(,663) @xref{release output}, for a complete explanation of
+cvs.texi(,664) all possible output from @code{release}.
+cvs.texi(,665)
+cvs.texi(,666) @samp{M driver.c} is more serious. It means that the
+cvs.texi(,667) file @file{driver.c} has been modified since it was
+cvs.texi(,668) checked out.
cvs.texi(,669)
-cvs.texi(,670) You decide to play it safe and answer @kbd{n @key{RET}}
-cvs.texi(,671) when @code{release} asks for confirmation.
-cvs.texi(,672)
-cvs.texi(,673) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,674) @node Viewing differences
-cvs.texi(,675) @subsection Viewing differences
-cvs.texi(,676) @cindex Viewing differences
-cvs.texi(,677) @cindex Diff
+cvs.texi(,670) The @code{release} command always finishes by telling
+cvs.texi(,671) you how many modified files you have in your working
+cvs.texi(,672) copy of the sources, and then asks you for confirmation
+cvs.texi(,673) before deleting any files or making any note in the
+cvs.texi(,674) history file.
+cvs.texi(,675)
+cvs.texi(,676) You decide to play it safe and answer @kbd{n @key{RET}}
+cvs.texi(,677) when @code{release} asks for confirmation.
cvs.texi(,678)
-cvs.texi(,679) You do not remember modifying @file{driver.c}, so you want to
see what
-cvs.texi(,680) has happened to that file.
-cvs.texi(,681)
-cvs.texi(,682) @example
-cvs.texi(,683) $ cd tc
-cvs.texi(,684) $ cvs diff driver.c
-cvs.texi(,685) @end example
-cvs.texi(,686)
-cvs.texi(,687) This command runs @code{diff} to compare the version of
@file{driver.c}
-cvs.texi(,688) that you checked out with your working copy. When you see the
output
-cvs.texi(,689) you remember that you added a command line option that enabled
the
-cvs.texi(,690) optimization pass. You check it in, and release the module.
-cvs.texi(,691) @c FIXME: we haven't yet defined the term "check in".
+cvs.texi(,679) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,680) @node Viewing differences
+cvs.texi(,681) @subsection Viewing differences
+cvs.texi(,682) @cindex Viewing differences
+cvs.texi(,683) @cindex Diff
+cvs.texi(,684)
+cvs.texi(,685) You do not remember modifying @file{driver.c}, so you want to
see what
+cvs.texi(,686) has happened to that file.
+cvs.texi(,687)
+cvs.texi(,688) @example
+cvs.texi(,689) $ cd tc
+cvs.texi(,690) $ cvs diff driver.c
+cvs.texi(,691) @end example
cvs.texi(,692)
-cvs.texi(,693) @example
-cvs.texi(,694) $ cvs commit -m "Added an optimization pass" driver.c
-cvs.texi(,695) Checking in driver.c;
-cvs.texi(,696) /usr/local/cvsroot/tc/driver.c,v <-- driver.c
-cvs.texi(,697) new revision: 1.2; previous revision: 1.1
-cvs.texi(,698) done
-cvs.texi(,699) $ cd ..
-cvs.texi(,700) $ cvs release -d tc
-cvs.texi(,701) ? tc
-cvs.texi(,702) You have [0] altered files in this repository.
-cvs.texi(,703) Are you sure you want to release (and delete) directory `tc': y
-cvs.texi(,704) @end example
-cvs.texi(,705)
-cvs.texi(,706) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,707) @node Repository
-cvs.texi(,708) @chapter The Repository
-cvs.texi(,709) @cindex Repository (intro)
-cvs.texi(,710) @cindex Repository, example
-cvs.texi(,711) @cindex Layout of repository
-cvs.texi(,712) @cindex Typical repository
-cvs.texi(,713) @cindex /usr/local/cvsroot, as example repository
-cvs.texi(,714) @cindex cvsroot
-cvs.texi(,715)
-cvs.texi(,716) The @sc{cvs} @dfn{repository} stores a complete copy of
-cvs.texi(,717) all the files and directories which are under version
-cvs.texi(,718) control.
-cvs.texi(,719)
-cvs.texi(,720) Normally, you never access any of the files in the
-cvs.texi(,721) repository directly. Instead, you use @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,722) commands to get your own copy of the files into a
-cvs.texi(,723) @dfn{working directory}, and then
-cvs.texi(,724) work on that copy. When you've finished a set of
-cvs.texi(,725) changes, you check (or @dfn{commit}) them back into the
-cvs.texi(,726) repository. The repository then contains the changes
-cvs.texi(,727) which you have made, as well as recording exactly what
-cvs.texi(,728) you changed, when you changed it, and other such
-cvs.texi(,729) information. Note that the repository is not a
-cvs.texi(,730) subdirectory of the working directory, or vice versa;
-cvs.texi(,731) they should be in separate locations.
-cvs.texi(,732) @c Need some example, e.g. repository
-cvs.texi(,733) @c /usr/local/cvsroot; working directory
-cvs.texi(,734) @c /home/joe/sources. But this node is too long
-cvs.texi(,735) @c as it is; need a little reorganization...
-cvs.texi(,736)
-cvs.texi(,737) @cindex :local:, setting up
-cvs.texi(,738) @sc{cvs} can access a repository by a variety of
-cvs.texi(,739) means. It might be on the local computer, or it might
-cvs.texi(,740) be on a computer across the room or across the world.
-cvs.texi(,741) To distinguish various ways to access a repository, the
-cvs.texi(,742) repository name can start with an @dfn{access method}.
-cvs.texi(,743) For example, the access method @code{:local:} means to
-cvs.texi(,744) access a repository directory, so the repository
-cvs.texi(,745) @code{:local:/usr/local/cvsroot} means that the
-cvs.texi(,746) repository is in @file{/usr/local/cvsroot} on the
-cvs.texi(,747) computer running @sc{cvs}. For information on other
-cvs.texi(,748) access methods, see @ref{Remote repositories}.
-cvs.texi(,749)
-cvs.texi(,750) @c Can se say this more concisely? Like by passing
-cvs.texi(,751) @c more of the buck to the Remote repositories node?
-cvs.texi(,752) If the access method is omitted, then if the repository
-cvs.texi(,753) starts with @samp{/}, then @code{:local:} is
-cvs.texi(,754) assumed. If it does not start with @samp{/} then either
-cvs.texi(,755) @code{:ext:} or @code{:server:} is assumed. For
-cvs.texi(,756) example, if you have a local repository in
-cvs.texi(,757) @file{/usr/local/cvsroot}, you can use
-cvs.texi(,758) @code{/usr/local/cvsroot} instead of
-cvs.texi(,759) @code{:local:/usr/local/cvsroot}. But if (under
-cvs.texi(,760) Windows NT, for example) your local repository is
-cvs.texi(,761) @file{c:\src\cvsroot}, then you must specify the access
-cvs.texi(,762) method, as in @code{:local:c:/src/cvsroot}.
-cvs.texi(,763)
-cvs.texi(,764) @c This might appear to go in Repository storage, but
-cvs.texi(,765) @c actually it is describing something which is quite
-cvs.texi(,766) @c user-visible, when you do a "cvs co CVSROOT". This
-cvs.texi(,767) @c isn't necessary the perfect place for that, though.
-cvs.texi(,768) The repository is split in two parts. @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT}
contains
-cvs.texi(,769) administrative files for @sc{cvs}. The other directories
contain the actual
-cvs.texi(,770) user-defined modules.
-cvs.texi(,771)
-cvs.texi(,772) @menu
-cvs.texi(,773) * Specifying a repository:: Telling CVS where your
repository is
-cvs.texi(,774) * Repository storage:: The structure of the repository
-cvs.texi(,775) * Working directory storage:: The structure of working
directories
-cvs.texi(,776) * Intro administrative files:: Defining modules
-cvs.texi(,777) * Multiple repositories:: Multiple repositories
-cvs.texi(,778) * Creating a repository:: Creating a repository
-cvs.texi(,779) * Backing up:: Backing up a repository
-cvs.texi(,780) * Moving a repository:: Moving a repository
-cvs.texi(,781) * Remote repositories:: Accessing repositories on
remote machines
-cvs.texi(,782) * Read-only access:: Granting read-only access to
the repository
-cvs.texi(,783) * Server temporary directory:: The server creates temporary
directories
-cvs.texi(,784) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,785)
-cvs.texi(,786) @node Specifying a repository
-cvs.texi(,787) @section Telling CVS where your repository is
-cvs.texi(,788)
-cvs.texi(,789) There are several ways to tell @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,790) where to find the repository. You can name the
-cvs.texi(,791) repository on the command line explicitly, with the
-cvs.texi(,792) @code{-d} (for "directory") option:
-cvs.texi(,793)
-cvs.texi(,794) @example
-cvs.texi(,795) cvs -d /usr/local/cvsroot checkout yoyodyne/tc
-cvs.texi(,796) @end example
-cvs.texi(,797)
-cvs.texi(,798) @cindex .profile, setting CVSROOT in
-cvs.texi(,799) @cindex .cshrc, setting CVSROOT in
-cvs.texi(,800) @cindex .tcshrc, setting CVSROOT in
-cvs.texi(,801) @cindex .bashrc, setting CVSROOT in
-cvs.texi(,802) @cindex CVSROOT, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,803) Or you can set the @code{$CVSROOT} environment
-cvs.texi(,804) variable to an absolute path to the root of the
-cvs.texi(,805) repository, @file{/usr/local/cvsroot} in this example.
-cvs.texi(,806) To set @code{$CVSROOT}, @code{csh} and @code{tcsh}
-cvs.texi(,807) users should have this line in their @file{.cshrc} or
-cvs.texi(,808) @file{.tcshrc} files:
-cvs.texi(,809)
-cvs.texi(,810) @example
-cvs.texi(,811) setenv CVSROOT /usr/local/cvsroot
-cvs.texi(,812) @end example
-cvs.texi(,813)
-cvs.texi(,814) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,815) @code{sh} and @code{bash} users should instead have these lines
in their
-cvs.texi(,816) @file{.profile} or @file{.bashrc}:
-cvs.texi(,817)
-cvs.texi(,818) @example
-cvs.texi(,819) CVSROOT=/usr/local/cvsroot
-cvs.texi(,820) export CVSROOT
-cvs.texi(,821) @end example
-cvs.texi(,822)
-cvs.texi(,823) @cindex Root file, in CVS directory
-cvs.texi(,824) @cindex CVS/Root file
-cvs.texi(,825) A repository specified with @code{-d} will
-cvs.texi(,826) override the @code{$CVSROOT} environment variable.
-cvs.texi(,827) Once you've checked a working copy out from the
-cvs.texi(,828) repository, it will remember where its repository is
-cvs.texi(,829) (the information is recorded in the
-cvs.texi(,830) @file{CVS/Root} file in the working copy).
-cvs.texi(,831)
-cvs.texi(,832) The @code{-d} option and the @file{CVS/Root} file both
-cvs.texi(,833) override the @code{$CVSROOT} environment variable. If
-cvs.texi(,834) @code{-d} option differs from @file{CVS/Root}, the
-cvs.texi(,835) former is used. Of course, for proper operation they
-cvs.texi(,836) should be two ways of referring to the same repository.
+cvs.texi(,693) This command runs @code{diff} to compare the version of
@file{driver.c}
+cvs.texi(,694) that you checked out with your working copy. When you see the
output
+cvs.texi(,695) you remember that you added a command line option that enabled
the
+cvs.texi(,696) optimization pass. You check it in, and release the module.
+cvs.texi(,697) @c FIXME: we haven't yet defined the term "check in".
+cvs.texi(,698)
+cvs.texi(,699) @example
+cvs.texi(,700) $ cvs commit -m "Added an optimization pass" driver.c
+cvs.texi(,701) Checking in driver.c;
+cvs.texi(,702) /usr/local/cvsroot/tc/driver.c,v <-- driver.c
+cvs.texi(,703) new revision: 1.2; previous revision: 1.1
+cvs.texi(,704) done
+cvs.texi(,705) $ cd ..
+cvs.texi(,706) $ cvs release -d tc
+cvs.texi(,707) ? tc
+cvs.texi(,708) You have [0] altered files in this repository.
+cvs.texi(,709) Are you sure you want to release (and delete) directory `tc': y
+cvs.texi(,710) @end example
+cvs.texi(,711)
+cvs.texi(,712) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,713) @node Repository
+cvs.texi(,714) @chapter The Repository
+cvs.texi(,715) @cindex Repository (intro)
+cvs.texi(,716) @cindex Repository, example
+cvs.texi(,717) @cindex Layout of repository
+cvs.texi(,718) @cindex Typical repository
+cvs.texi(,719) @cindex /usr/local/cvsroot, as example repository
+cvs.texi(,720) @cindex cvsroot
+cvs.texi(,721)
+cvs.texi(,722) The @sc{cvs} @dfn{repository} stores a complete copy of
+cvs.texi(,723) all the files and directories which are under version
+cvs.texi(,724) control.
+cvs.texi(,725)
+cvs.texi(,726) Normally, you never access any of the files in the
+cvs.texi(,727) repository directly. Instead, you use @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,728) commands to get your own copy of the files into a
+cvs.texi(,729) @dfn{working directory}, and then
+cvs.texi(,730) work on that copy. When you've finished a set of
+cvs.texi(,731) changes, you check (or @dfn{commit}) them back into the
+cvs.texi(,732) repository. The repository then contains the changes
+cvs.texi(,733) which you have made, as well as recording exactly what
+cvs.texi(,734) you changed, when you changed it, and other such
+cvs.texi(,735) information. Note that the repository is not a
+cvs.texi(,736) subdirectory of the working directory, or vice versa;
+cvs.texi(,737) they should be in separate locations.
+cvs.texi(,738) @c Need some example, e.g. repository
+cvs.texi(,739) @c /usr/local/cvsroot; working directory
+cvs.texi(,740) @c /home/joe/sources. But this node is too long
+cvs.texi(,741) @c as it is; need a little reorganization...
+cvs.texi(,742)
+cvs.texi(,743) @cindex :local:, setting up
+cvs.texi(,744) @sc{cvs} can access a repository by a variety of
+cvs.texi(,745) means. It might be on the local computer, or it might
+cvs.texi(,746) be on a computer across the room or across the world.
+cvs.texi(,747) To distinguish various ways to access a repository, the
+cvs.texi(,748) repository name can start with an @dfn{access method}.
+cvs.texi(,749) For example, the access method @code{:local:} means to
+cvs.texi(,750) access a repository directory, so the repository
+cvs.texi(,751) @code{:local:/usr/local/cvsroot} means that the
+cvs.texi(,752) repository is in @file{/usr/local/cvsroot} on the
+cvs.texi(,753) computer running @sc{cvs}. For information on other
+cvs.texi(,754) access methods, see @ref{Remote repositories}.
+cvs.texi(,755)
+cvs.texi(,756) @c Can se say this more concisely? Like by passing
+cvs.texi(,757) @c more of the buck to the Remote repositories node?
+cvs.texi(,758) If the access method is omitted, then if the repository
+cvs.texi(,759) starts with @samp{/}, then @code{:local:} is
+cvs.texi(,760) assumed. If it does not start with @samp{/} then either
+cvs.texi(,761) @code{:ext:} or @code{:server:} is assumed. For
+cvs.texi(,762) example, if you have a local repository in
+cvs.texi(,763) @file{/usr/local/cvsroot}, you can use
+cvs.texi(,764) @code{/usr/local/cvsroot} instead of
+cvs.texi(,765) @code{:local:/usr/local/cvsroot}. But if (under
+cvs.texi(,766) Windows NT, for example) your local repository is
+cvs.texi(,767) @file{c:\src\cvsroot}, then you must specify the access
+cvs.texi(,768) method, as in @code{:local:c:/src/cvsroot}.
+cvs.texi(,769)
+cvs.texi(,770) @c This might appear to go in Repository storage, but
+cvs.texi(,771) @c actually it is describing something which is quite
+cvs.texi(,772) @c user-visible, when you do a "cvs co CVSROOT". This
+cvs.texi(,773) @c isn't necessary the perfect place for that, though.
+cvs.texi(,774) The repository is split in two parts. @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT}
contains
+cvs.texi(,775) administrative files for @sc{cvs}. The other directories
contain the actual
+cvs.texi(,776) user-defined modules.
+cvs.texi(,777)
+cvs.texi(,778) @menu
+cvs.texi(,779) * Specifying a repository:: Telling CVS where your
repository is
+cvs.texi(,780) * Repository storage:: The structure of the repository
+cvs.texi(,781) * Working directory storage:: The structure of working
directories
+cvs.texi(,782) * Intro administrative files:: Defining modules
+cvs.texi(,783) * Multiple repositories:: Multiple repositories
+cvs.texi(,784) * Creating a repository:: Creating a repository
+cvs.texi(,785) * Backing up:: Backing up a repository
+cvs.texi(,786) * Moving a repository:: Moving a repository
+cvs.texi(,787) * Remote repositories:: Accessing repositories on
remote machines
+cvs.texi(,788) * Read-only access:: Granting read-only access to
the repository
+cvs.texi(,789) * Server temporary directory:: The server creates temporary
directories
+cvs.texi(,790) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,791)
+cvs.texi(,792) @node Specifying a repository
+cvs.texi(,793) @section Telling CVS where your repository is
+cvs.texi(,794)
+cvs.texi(,795) There are several ways to tell @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,796) where to find the repository. You can name the
+cvs.texi(,797) repository on the command line explicitly, with the
+cvs.texi(,798) @code{-d} (for "directory") option:
+cvs.texi(,799)
+cvs.texi(,800) @example
+cvs.texi(,801) cvs -d /usr/local/cvsroot checkout yoyodyne/tc
+cvs.texi(,802) @end example
+cvs.texi(,803)
+cvs.texi(,804) @cindex .profile, setting CVSROOT in
+cvs.texi(,805) @cindex .cshrc, setting CVSROOT in
+cvs.texi(,806) @cindex .tcshrc, setting CVSROOT in
+cvs.texi(,807) @cindex .bashrc, setting CVSROOT in
+cvs.texi(,808) @cindex CVSROOT, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,809) Or you can set the @code{$CVSROOT} environment
+cvs.texi(,810) variable to an absolute path to the root of the
+cvs.texi(,811) repository, @file{/usr/local/cvsroot} in this example.
+cvs.texi(,812) To set @code{$CVSROOT}, @code{csh} and @code{tcsh}
+cvs.texi(,813) users should have this line in their @file{.cshrc} or
+cvs.texi(,814) @file{.tcshrc} files:
+cvs.texi(,815)
+cvs.texi(,816) @example
+cvs.texi(,817) setenv CVSROOT /usr/local/cvsroot
+cvs.texi(,818) @end example
+cvs.texi(,819)
+cvs.texi(,820) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,821) @code{sh} and @code{bash} users should instead have these lines
in their
+cvs.texi(,822) @file{.profile} or @file{.bashrc}:
+cvs.texi(,823)
+cvs.texi(,824) @example
+cvs.texi(,825) CVSROOT=/usr/local/cvsroot
+cvs.texi(,826) export CVSROOT
+cvs.texi(,827) @end example
+cvs.texi(,828)
+cvs.texi(,829) @cindex Root file, in CVS directory
+cvs.texi(,830) @cindex CVS/Root file
+cvs.texi(,831) A repository specified with @code{-d} will
+cvs.texi(,832) override the @code{$CVSROOT} environment variable.
+cvs.texi(,833) Once you've checked a working copy out from the
+cvs.texi(,834) repository, it will remember where its repository is
+cvs.texi(,835) (the information is recorded in the
+cvs.texi(,836) @file{CVS/Root} file in the working copy).
cvs.texi(,837)
-cvs.texi(,838) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,839) @node Repository storage
-cvs.texi(,840) @section How data is stored in the repository
-cvs.texi(,841) @cindex Repository, how data is stored
-cvs.texi(,842)
-cvs.texi(,843) For most purposes it isn't important @emph{how}
-cvs.texi(,844) @sc{cvs} stores information in the repository. In
-cvs.texi(,845) fact, the format has changed in the past, and is likely
-cvs.texi(,846) to change in the future. Since in almost all cases one
-cvs.texi(,847) accesses the repository via @sc{cvs} commands, such
-cvs.texi(,848) changes need not be disruptive.
-cvs.texi(,849)
-cvs.texi(,850) However, in some cases it may be necessary to
-cvs.texi(,851) understand how @sc{cvs} stores data in the repository,
-cvs.texi(,852) for example you might need to track down @sc{cvs} locks
-cvs.texi(,853) (@pxref{Concurrency}) or you might need to deal with
-cvs.texi(,854) the file permissions appropriate for the repository.
+cvs.texi(,838) The @code{-d} option and the @file{CVS/Root} file both
+cvs.texi(,839) override the @code{$CVSROOT} environment variable. If
+cvs.texi(,840) @code{-d} option differs from @file{CVS/Root}, the
+cvs.texi(,841) former is used. Of course, for proper operation they
+cvs.texi(,842) should be two ways of referring to the same repository.
+cvs.texi(,843)
+cvs.texi(,844) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,845) @node Repository storage
+cvs.texi(,846) @section How data is stored in the repository
+cvs.texi(,847) @cindex Repository, how data is stored
+cvs.texi(,848)
+cvs.texi(,849) For most purposes it isn't important @emph{how}
+cvs.texi(,850) @sc{cvs} stores information in the repository. In
+cvs.texi(,851) fact, the format has changed in the past, and is likely
+cvs.texi(,852) to change in the future. Since in almost all cases one
+cvs.texi(,853) accesses the repository via @sc{cvs} commands, such
+cvs.texi(,854) changes need not be disruptive.
cvs.texi(,855)
-cvs.texi(,856) @menu
-cvs.texi(,857) * Repository files:: What files are stored in the
repository
-cvs.texi(,858) * File permissions:: File permissions
-cvs.texi(,859) * Windows permissions:: Issues specific to Windows
-cvs.texi(,860) * Attic:: Some files are stored in the
Attic
-cvs.texi(,861) * CVS in repository:: Additional information in CVS
directory
-cvs.texi(,862) * Locks:: CVS locks control concurrent
accesses
-cvs.texi(,863) * CVSROOT storage:: A few things about CVSROOT are
different
-cvs.texi(,864) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,865)
-cvs.texi(,866) @node Repository files
-cvs.texi(,867) @subsection Where files are stored within the repository
-cvs.texi(,868)
-cvs.texi(,869) @c @cindex Filenames, legal
-cvs.texi(,870) @c @cindex Legal filenames
-cvs.texi(,871) @c Somewhere we need to say something about legitimate
-cvs.texi(,872) @c characters in filenames in working directory and
-cvs.texi(,873) @c repository. Not "/" (not even on non-unix). And
-cvs.texi(,874) @c here is a specific set of issues:
-cvs.texi(,875) @c Files starting with a - are handled inconsistently.
They can not
-cvs.texi(,876) @c be added to a repository with an add command, because it
they are
-cvs.texi(,877) @c interpreted as a switch. They can appear in a repository
if they are
-cvs.texi(,878) @c part of a tree that is imported. They can not be removed
from the tree
-cvs.texi(,879) @c once they are there.
-cvs.texi(,880) @c Note that "--" *is* supported (as a
-cvs.texi(,881) @c consequence of using GNU getopt). Should document
-cvs.texi(,882) @c this somewhere ("Common options"?). The other usual
technique,
-cvs.texi(,883) @c "./-foo", isn't as effective, at least for "cvs add"
-cvs.texi(,884) @c which doesn't support pathnames containing "/".
-cvs.texi(,885)
-cvs.texi(,886) The overall structure of the repository is a directory
-cvs.texi(,887) tree corresponding to the directories in the working
-cvs.texi(,888) directory. For example, supposing the repository is in
-cvs.texi(,889)
-cvs.texi(,890) @example
-cvs.texi(,891) /usr/local/cvsroot
-cvs.texi(,892) @end example
-cvs.texi(,893)
-cvs.texi(,894) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,895) here is a possible directory tree (showing only the
-cvs.texi(,896) directories):
-cvs.texi(,897)
-cvs.texi(,898) @example
-cvs.texi(,899) @t{/usr}
-cvs.texi(,900) |
-cvs.texi(,901) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,902) | |
-cvs.texi(,903) | address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,904) | | |
-cvs.texi(,905) | | address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,906) | (administrative files)
-cvs.texi(,907) |
-cvs.texi(,908) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,909) | |
-cvs.texi(,910) | address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,911) | | (source code to @sc{gnu} diff)
-cvs.texi(,912) | |
-cvs.texi(,913) | address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,914) | | (source code to @sc{rcs})
+cvs.texi(,856) However, in some cases it may be necessary to
+cvs.texi(,857) understand how @sc{cvs} stores data in the repository,
+cvs.texi(,858) for example you might need to track down @sc{cvs} locks
+cvs.texi(,859) (@pxref{Concurrency}) or you might need to deal with
+cvs.texi(,860) the file permissions appropriate for the repository.
+cvs.texi(,861)
+cvs.texi(,862) @menu
+cvs.texi(,863) * Repository files:: What files are stored in the
repository
+cvs.texi(,864) * File permissions:: File permissions
+cvs.texi(,865) * Windows permissions:: Issues specific to Windows
+cvs.texi(,866) * Attic:: Some files are stored in the
Attic
+cvs.texi(,867) * CVS in repository:: Additional information in CVS
directory
+cvs.texi(,868) * Locks:: CVS locks control concurrent
accesses
+cvs.texi(,869) * CVSROOT storage:: A few things about CVSROOT are
different
+cvs.texi(,870) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,871)
+cvs.texi(,872) @node Repository files
+cvs.texi(,873) @subsection Where files are stored within the repository
+cvs.texi(,874)
+cvs.texi(,875) @c @cindex Filenames, legal
+cvs.texi(,876) @c @cindex Legal filenames
+cvs.texi(,877) @c Somewhere we need to say something about legitimate
+cvs.texi(,878) @c characters in filenames in working directory and
+cvs.texi(,879) @c repository. Not "/" (not even on non-unix). And
+cvs.texi(,880) @c here is a specific set of issues:
+cvs.texi(,881) @c Files starting with a - are handled inconsistently.
They can not
+cvs.texi(,882) @c be added to a repository with an add command, because it
they are
+cvs.texi(,883) @c interpreted as a switch. They can appear in a repository
if they are
+cvs.texi(,884) @c part of a tree that is imported. They can not be removed
from the tree
+cvs.texi(,885) @c once they are there.
+cvs.texi(,886) @c Note that "--" *is* supported (as a
+cvs.texi(,887) @c consequence of using GNU getopt). Should document
+cvs.texi(,888) @c this somewhere ("Common options"?). The other usual
technique,
+cvs.texi(,889) @c "./-foo", isn't as effective, at least for "cvs add"
+cvs.texi(,890) @c which doesn't support pathnames containing "/".
+cvs.texi(,891)
+cvs.texi(,892) The overall structure of the repository is a directory
+cvs.texi(,893) tree corresponding to the directories in the working
+cvs.texi(,894) directory. For example, supposing the repository is in
+cvs.texi(,895)
+cvs.texi(,896) @example
+cvs.texi(,897) /usr/local/cvsroot
+cvs.texi(,898) @end example
+cvs.texi(,899)
+cvs.texi(,900) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,901) here is a possible directory tree (showing only the
+cvs.texi(,902) directories):
+cvs.texi(,903)
+cvs.texi(,904) @example
+cvs.texi(,905) @t{/usr}
+cvs.texi(,906) |
+cvs.texi(,907) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,908) | |
+cvs.texi(,909) | address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,910) | | |
+cvs.texi(,911) | | address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,912) | (administrative files)
+cvs.texi(,913) |
+cvs.texi(,914) address@hidden
cvs.texi(,915) | |
-cvs.texi(,916) | address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,917) | (source code to @sc{cvs})
-cvs.texi(,918) |
-cvs.texi(,919) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,920) |
-cvs.texi(,921) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,922) | |
-cvs.texi(,923) | address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,924) | |
-cvs.texi(,925) | address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,916) | address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,917) | | (source code to @sc{gnu} diff)
+cvs.texi(,918) | |
+cvs.texi(,919) | address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,920) | | (source code to @sc{rcs})
+cvs.texi(,921) | |
+cvs.texi(,922) | address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,923) | (source code to @sc{cvs})
+cvs.texi(,924) |
+cvs.texi(,925) address@hidden
cvs.texi(,926) |
-cvs.texi(,927) +--(other Yoyodyne software)
-cvs.texi(,928) @end example
-cvs.texi(,929)
-cvs.texi(,930) With the directories are @dfn{history files} for each file
-cvs.texi(,931) under version control. The name of the history file is
-cvs.texi(,932) the name of the corresponding file with @samp{,v}
-cvs.texi(,933) appended to the end. Here is what the repository for
-cvs.texi(,934) the @file{yoyodyne/tc} directory might look like:
-cvs.texi(,935) @c FIXME: Should also mention CVS (CVSREP)
-cvs.texi(,936) @c FIXME? Should we introduce Attic with an xref to
-cvs.texi(,937) @c Attic? Not sure whether that is a good idea or not.
-cvs.texi(,938) @example
-cvs.texi(,939) @code{$CVSROOT}
-cvs.texi(,940) |
-cvs.texi(,941) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,942) | |
-cvs.texi(,943) | address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,944) | | |
-cvs.texi(,945) address@hidden,v}
-cvs.texi(,946) address@hidden,v}
-cvs.texi(,947) address@hidden,v}
-cvs.texi(,948) address@hidden,v}
-cvs.texi(,949) address@hidden,v}
-cvs.texi(,950) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,951) | |
-cvs.texi(,952) | address@hidden,v}
-cvs.texi(,953) |
-cvs.texi(,954) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,955) |
-cvs.texi(,956) address@hidden,v}
-cvs.texi(,957) address@hidden,v}
-cvs.texi(,958) @end example
-cvs.texi(,959)
-cvs.texi(,960) @cindex History files
-cvs.texi(,961) @cindex RCS history files
-cvs.texi(,962) @c The first sentence, about what history files
-cvs.texi(,963) @c contain, is kind of redundant with our intro to what the
-cvs.texi(,964) @c repository does in node Repository....
-cvs.texi(,965) The history files contain, among other things, enough
-cvs.texi(,966) information to recreate any revision of the file, a log
-cvs.texi(,967) of all commit messages and the user-name of the person
-cvs.texi(,968) who committed the revision. The history files are
-cvs.texi(,969) known as @dfn{RCS files}, because the first program to
-cvs.texi(,970) store files in that format was a version control system
-cvs.texi(,971) known as @sc{rcs}. For a full
-cvs.texi(,972) description of the file format, see the @code{man} page
-cvs.texi(,973) @cite{rcsfile(5)}, distributed with @sc{rcs}, or the
-cvs.texi(,974) file @file{doc/RCSFILES} in the @sc{cvs} source
-cvs.texi(,975) distribution. This
-cvs.texi(,976) file format has become very common---many systems other
-cvs.texi(,977) than @sc{cvs} or @sc{rcs} can at least import history
-cvs.texi(,978) files in this format.
-cvs.texi(,979) @c FIXME: Think about including documentation for this
-cvs.texi(,980) @c rather than citing it? In the long run, getting
-cvs.texi(,981) @c this to be a standard (not sure if we can cope with
-cvs.texi(,982) @c a standards process as formal as IEEE/ANSI/ISO/etc,
-cvs.texi(,983) @c though...) is the way to go, so maybe citing is
-cvs.texi(,984) @c better.
-cvs.texi(,985)
-cvs.texi(,986) The @sc{rcs} files used in @sc{cvs} differ in a few
-cvs.texi(,987) ways from the standard format. The biggest difference
-cvs.texi(,988) is magic branches; for more information see @ref{Magic
-cvs.texi(,989) branch numbers}. Also in @sc{cvs} the valid tag names
-cvs.texi(,990) are a subset of what @sc{rcs} accepts; for @sc{cvs}'s
-cvs.texi(,991) rules see @ref{Tags}.
-cvs.texi(,992)
-cvs.texi(,993) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
-cvs.texi(,994) @node File permissions
-cvs.texi(,995) @subsection File permissions
-cvs.texi(,996) @c -- Move this to @node Creating a repository or similar
-cvs.texi(,997) @cindex Security, file permissions in repository
-cvs.texi(,998) @cindex File permissions, general
-cvs.texi(,999) @cindex Permissions, general
-cvs.texi(,1000) @c FIXME: we need to somehow reflect "permissions in
-cvs.texi(,1001) @c repository" versus "permissions in working
-cvs.texi(,1002) @c directory" in the index entries.
-cvs.texi(,1003) @cindex Group
-cvs.texi(,1004) @cindex Read-only files, in repository
-cvs.texi(,1005) All @samp{,v} files are created read-only, and you
-cvs.texi(,1006) should not change the permission of those files. The
-cvs.texi(,1007) directories inside the repository should be writable by
-cvs.texi(,1008) the persons that have permission to modify the files in
-cvs.texi(,1009) each directory. This normally means that you must
-cvs.texi(,1010) create a UNIX group (see group(5)) consisting of the
-cvs.texi(,1011) persons that are to edit the files in a project, and
-cvs.texi(,1012) set up the repository so that it is that group that
-cvs.texi(,1013) owns the directory.
-cvs.texi(,1014) (On some systems, you also need to set the
set-group-ID-on-execution bit
-cvs.texi(,1015) on the repository directories (see chmod(1)) so that
newly-created files
-cvs.texi(,1016) and directories get the group-ID of the parent directory
rather than
-cvs.texi(,1017) that of the current process.)
-cvs.texi(,1018)
-cvs.texi(,1019) @c See also comment in commitinfo node regarding cases
-cvs.texi(,1020) @c which are really awkward with unix groups.
-cvs.texi(,1021)
-cvs.texi(,1022) This means that you can only control access to files on
-cvs.texi(,1023) a per-directory basis.
+cvs.texi(,927) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,928) | |
+cvs.texi(,929) | address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,930) | |
+cvs.texi(,931) | address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,932) |
+cvs.texi(,933) +--(other Yoyodyne software)
+cvs.texi(,934) @end example
+cvs.texi(,935)
+cvs.texi(,936) With the directories are @dfn{history files} for each file
+cvs.texi(,937) under version control. The name of the history file is
+cvs.texi(,938) the name of the corresponding file with @samp{,v}
+cvs.texi(,939) appended to the end. Here is what the repository for
+cvs.texi(,940) the @file{yoyodyne/tc} directory might look like:
+cvs.texi(,941) @c FIXME: Should also mention CVS (CVSREP)
+cvs.texi(,942) @c FIXME? Should we introduce Attic with an xref to
+cvs.texi(,943) @c Attic? Not sure whether that is a good idea or not.
+cvs.texi(,944) @example
+cvs.texi(,945) @code{$CVSROOT}
+cvs.texi(,946) |
+cvs.texi(,947) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,948) | |
+cvs.texi(,949) | address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,950) | | |
+cvs.texi(,951) address@hidden,v}
+cvs.texi(,952) address@hidden,v}
+cvs.texi(,953) address@hidden,v}
+cvs.texi(,954) address@hidden,v}
+cvs.texi(,955) address@hidden,v}
+cvs.texi(,956) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,957) | |
+cvs.texi(,958) | address@hidden,v}
+cvs.texi(,959) |
+cvs.texi(,960) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,961) |
+cvs.texi(,962) address@hidden,v}
+cvs.texi(,963) address@hidden,v}
+cvs.texi(,964) @end example
+cvs.texi(,965)
+cvs.texi(,966) @cindex History files
+cvs.texi(,967) @cindex RCS history files
+cvs.texi(,968) @c The first sentence, about what history files
+cvs.texi(,969) @c contain, is kind of redundant with our intro to what the
+cvs.texi(,970) @c repository does in node Repository....
+cvs.texi(,971) The history files contain, among other things, enough
+cvs.texi(,972) information to recreate any revision of the file, a log
+cvs.texi(,973) of all commit messages and the user-name of the person
+cvs.texi(,974) who committed the revision. The history files are
+cvs.texi(,975) known as @dfn{RCS files}, because the first program to
+cvs.texi(,976) store files in that format was a version control system
+cvs.texi(,977) known as @sc{rcs}. For a full
+cvs.texi(,978) description of the file format, see the @code{man} page
+cvs.texi(,979) @cite{rcsfile(5)}, distributed with @sc{rcs}, or the
+cvs.texi(,980) file @file{doc/RCSFILES} in the @sc{cvs} source
+cvs.texi(,981) distribution. This
+cvs.texi(,982) file format has become very common---many systems other
+cvs.texi(,983) than @sc{cvs} or @sc{rcs} can at least import history
+cvs.texi(,984) files in this format.
+cvs.texi(,985) @c FIXME: Think about including documentation for this
+cvs.texi(,986) @c rather than citing it? In the long run, getting
+cvs.texi(,987) @c this to be a standard (not sure if we can cope with
+cvs.texi(,988) @c a standards process as formal as IEEE/ANSI/ISO/etc,
+cvs.texi(,989) @c though...) is the way to go, so maybe citing is
+cvs.texi(,990) @c better.
+cvs.texi(,991)
+cvs.texi(,992) The @sc{rcs} files used in @sc{cvs} differ in a few
+cvs.texi(,993) ways from the standard format. The biggest difference
+cvs.texi(,994) is magic branches; for more information see @ref{Magic
+cvs.texi(,995) branch numbers}. Also in @sc{cvs} the valid tag names
+cvs.texi(,996) are a subset of what @sc{rcs} accepts; for @sc{cvs}'s
+cvs.texi(,997) rules see @ref{Tags}.
+cvs.texi(,998)
+cvs.texi(,999) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
+cvs.texi(,1000) @node File permissions
+cvs.texi(,1001) @subsection File permissions
+cvs.texi(,1002) @c -- Move this to @node Creating a repository or similar
+cvs.texi(,1003) @cindex Security, file permissions in repository
+cvs.texi(,1004) @cindex File permissions, general
+cvs.texi(,1005) @cindex Permissions, general
+cvs.texi(,1006) @c FIXME: we need to somehow reflect "permissions in
+cvs.texi(,1007) @c repository" versus "permissions in working
+cvs.texi(,1008) @c directory" in the index entries.
+cvs.texi(,1009) @cindex Group
+cvs.texi(,1010) @cindex Read-only files, in repository
+cvs.texi(,1011) All @samp{,v} files are created read-only, and you
+cvs.texi(,1012) should not change the permission of those files. The
+cvs.texi(,1013) directories inside the repository should be writable by
+cvs.texi(,1014) the persons that have permission to modify the files in
+cvs.texi(,1015) each directory. This normally means that you must
+cvs.texi(,1016) create a UNIX group (see group(5)) consisting of the
+cvs.texi(,1017) persons that are to edit the files in a project, and
+cvs.texi(,1018) set up the repository so that it is that group that
+cvs.texi(,1019) owns the directory.
+cvs.texi(,1020) (On some systems, you also need to set the
set-group-ID-on-execution bit
+cvs.texi(,1021) on the repository directories (see chmod(1)) so that
newly-created files
+cvs.texi(,1022) and directories get the group-ID of the parent directory
rather than
+cvs.texi(,1023) that of the current process.)
cvs.texi(,1024)
-cvs.texi(,1025) Note that users must also have write access to check
-cvs.texi(,1026) out files, because @sc{cvs} needs to create lock files
-cvs.texi(,1027) (@pxref{Concurrency}). You can use LockDir in CVSROOT/config
-cvs.texi(,1028) to put the lock files somewhere other than in the repository
-cvs.texi(,1029) if you want to allow read-only access to some directories
-cvs.texi(,1030) (@pxref{config}).
-cvs.texi(,1031)
-cvs.texi(,1032) @c CVS seems to use CVSUMASK in picking permissions for
-cvs.texi(,1033) @c val-tags, but maybe we should say more about this.
-cvs.texi(,1034) @c Like val-tags gets created by someone who doesn't
-cvs.texi(,1035) @c have CVSUMASK set right?
-cvs.texi(,1036) Also note that users must have write access to the
-cvs.texi(,1037) @file{CVSROOT/val-tags} file. @sc{cvs} uses it to keep
-cvs.texi(,1038) track of what tags are valid tag names (it is sometimes
-cvs.texi(,1039) updated when tags are used, as well as when they are
-cvs.texi(,1040) created).
-cvs.texi(,1041)
-cvs.texi(,1042) Each @sc{rcs} file will be owned by the user who last
-cvs.texi(,1043) checked it in. This has little significance; what
-cvs.texi(,1044) really matters is who owns the directories.
-cvs.texi(,1045)
-cvs.texi(,1046) @cindex CVSUMASK, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,1047) @cindex Umask, for repository files
-cvs.texi(,1048) @sc{cvs} tries to set up reasonable file permissions
-cvs.texi(,1049) for new directories that are added inside the tree, but
-cvs.texi(,1050) you must fix the permissions manually when a new
-cvs.texi(,1051) directory should have different permissions than its
-cvs.texi(,1052) parent directory. If you set the @code{CVSUMASK}
-cvs.texi(,1053) environment variable that will control the file
-cvs.texi(,1054) permissions which @sc{cvs} uses in creating directories
-cvs.texi(,1055) and/or files in the repository. @code{CVSUMASK} does
-cvs.texi(,1056) not affect the file permissions in the working
-cvs.texi(,1057) directory; such files have the permissions which are
-cvs.texi(,1058) typical for newly created files, except that sometimes
-cvs.texi(,1059) @sc{cvs} creates them read-only (see the sections on
-cvs.texi(,1060) watches, @ref{Setting a watch}; -r, @ref{Global
-cvs.texi(,1061) options}; or @code{CVSREAD}, @ref{Environment variables}).
-cvs.texi(,1062) @c FIXME: Need more discussion of which
-cvs.texi(,1063) @c group should own the file in the repository.
-cvs.texi(,1064) @c Include a somewhat detailed example of the usual
-cvs.texi(,1065) @c case where CVSUMASK is 007, the developers are all
-cvs.texi(,1066) @c in a group, and that group owns stuff in the
-cvs.texi(,1067) @c repository. Need to talk about group ownership of
-cvs.texi(,1068) @c newly-created directories/files (on some unices,
-cvs.texi(,1069) @c such as SunOS4, setting the setgid bit on the
-cvs.texi(,1070) @c directories will make files inherit the directory's
-cvs.texi(,1071) @c group. On other unices, your mileage may vary. I
-cvs.texi(,1072) @c can't remember what POSIX says about this, if
-cvs.texi(,1073) @c anything).
-cvs.texi(,1074)
-cvs.texi(,1075) Note that using the client/server @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,1076) (@pxref{Remote repositories}), there is no good way to
-cvs.texi(,1077) set @code{CVSUMASK}; the setting on the client machine
-cvs.texi(,1078) has no effect. If you are connecting with @code{rsh}, you
-cvs.texi(,1079) can set @code{CVSUMASK} in @file{.bashrc} or @file{.cshrc}, as
-cvs.texi(,1080) described in the documentation for your operating
-cvs.texi(,1081) system. This behavior might change in future versions
-cvs.texi(,1082) of @sc{cvs}; do not rely on the setting of
-cvs.texi(,1083) @code{CVSUMASK} on the client having no effect.
-cvs.texi(,1084) @c FIXME: need to explain what a umask is or cite
-cvs.texi(,1085) @c someplace which does.
-cvs.texi(,1086) @c
-cvs.texi(,1087) @c There is also a larger (largely separate) issue
-cvs.texi(,1088) @c about the meaning of CVSUMASK in a non-unix context.
-cvs.texi(,1089) @c For example, whether there is
-cvs.texi(,1090) @c an equivalent which fits better into other
-cvs.texi(,1091) @c protection schemes like POSIX.6, VMS, &c.
+cvs.texi(,1025) @c See also comment in commitinfo node regarding cases
+cvs.texi(,1026) @c which are really awkward with unix groups.
+cvs.texi(,1027)
+cvs.texi(,1028) This means that you can only control access to files on
+cvs.texi(,1029) a per-directory basis.
+cvs.texi(,1030)
+cvs.texi(,1031) Note that users must also have write access to check
+cvs.texi(,1032) out files, because @sc{cvs} needs to create lock files
+cvs.texi(,1033) (@pxref{Concurrency}). You can use LockDir in CVSROOT/config
+cvs.texi(,1034) to put the lock files somewhere other than in the repository
+cvs.texi(,1035) if you want to allow read-only access to some directories
+cvs.texi(,1036) (@pxref{config}).
+cvs.texi(,1037)
+cvs.texi(,1038) @c CVS seems to use CVSUMASK in picking permissions for
+cvs.texi(,1039) @c val-tags, but maybe we should say more about this.
+cvs.texi(,1040) @c Like val-tags gets created by someone who doesn't
+cvs.texi(,1041) @c have CVSUMASK set right?
+cvs.texi(,1042) Also note that users must have write access to the
+cvs.texi(,1043) @file{CVSROOT/val-tags} file. @sc{cvs} uses it to keep
+cvs.texi(,1044) track of what tags are valid tag names (it is sometimes
+cvs.texi(,1045) updated when tags are used, as well as when they are
+cvs.texi(,1046) created).
+cvs.texi(,1047)
+cvs.texi(,1048) Each @sc{rcs} file will be owned by the user who last
+cvs.texi(,1049) checked it in. This has little significance; what
+cvs.texi(,1050) really matters is who owns the directories.
+cvs.texi(,1051)
+cvs.texi(,1052) @cindex CVSUMASK, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,1053) @cindex Umask, for repository files
+cvs.texi(,1054) @sc{cvs} tries to set up reasonable file permissions
+cvs.texi(,1055) for new directories that are added inside the tree, but
+cvs.texi(,1056) you must fix the permissions manually when a new
+cvs.texi(,1057) directory should have different permissions than its
+cvs.texi(,1058) parent directory. If you set the @code{CVSUMASK}
+cvs.texi(,1059) environment variable that will control the file
+cvs.texi(,1060) permissions which @sc{cvs} uses in creating directories
+cvs.texi(,1061) and/or files in the repository. @code{CVSUMASK} does
+cvs.texi(,1062) not affect the file permissions in the working
+cvs.texi(,1063) directory; such files have the permissions which are
+cvs.texi(,1064) typical for newly created files, except that sometimes
+cvs.texi(,1065) @sc{cvs} creates them read-only (see the sections on
+cvs.texi(,1066) watches, @ref{Setting a watch}; -r, @ref{Global
+cvs.texi(,1067) options}; or @code{CVSREAD}, @ref{Environment variables}).
+cvs.texi(,1068) @c FIXME: Need more discussion of which
+cvs.texi(,1069) @c group should own the file in the repository.
+cvs.texi(,1070) @c Include a somewhat detailed example of the usual
+cvs.texi(,1071) @c case where CVSUMASK is 007, the developers are all
+cvs.texi(,1072) @c in a group, and that group owns stuff in the
+cvs.texi(,1073) @c repository. Need to talk about group ownership of
+cvs.texi(,1074) @c newly-created directories/files (on some unices,
+cvs.texi(,1075) @c such as SunOS4, setting the setgid bit on the
+cvs.texi(,1076) @c directories will make files inherit the directory's
+cvs.texi(,1077) @c group. On other unices, your mileage may vary. I
+cvs.texi(,1078) @c can't remember what POSIX says about this, if
+cvs.texi(,1079) @c anything).
+cvs.texi(,1080)
+cvs.texi(,1081) Note that using the client/server @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,1082) (@pxref{Remote repositories}), there is no good way to
+cvs.texi(,1083) set @code{CVSUMASK}; the setting on the client machine
+cvs.texi(,1084) has no effect. If you are connecting with @code{rsh}, you
+cvs.texi(,1085) can set @code{CVSUMASK} in @file{.bashrc} or @file{.cshrc}, as
+cvs.texi(,1086) described in the documentation for your operating
+cvs.texi(,1087) system. This behavior might change in future versions
+cvs.texi(,1088) of @sc{cvs}; do not rely on the setting of
+cvs.texi(,1089) @code{CVSUMASK} on the client having no effect.
+cvs.texi(,1090) @c FIXME: need to explain what a umask is or cite
+cvs.texi(,1091) @c someplace which does.
cvs.texi(,1092) @c
-cvs.texi(,1093) @c FIXME: Need one place which discusses this
-cvs.texi(,1094) @c read-only files thing. Why would one use -r or
-cvs.texi(,1095) @c CVSREAD? Why would one use watches? How do they
-cvs.texi(,1096) @c interact?
-cvs.texi(,1097) @c
-cvs.texi(,1098) @c FIXME: We need to state
-cvs.texi(,1099) @c whether using CVSUMASK removes the need for manually
-cvs.texi(,1100) @c fixing permissions (in fact, if we are going to mention
-cvs.texi(,1101) @c manually fixing permission, we better document a lot
-cvs.texi(,1102) @c better just what we mean by "fix").
-cvs.texi(,1103)
-cvs.texi(,1104) Using pserver, you will generally need stricter
-cvs.texi(,1105) permissions on the @sc{cvsroot} directory and
-cvs.texi(,1106) directories above it in the tree; see @ref{Password
-cvs.texi(,1107) authentication security}.
-cvs.texi(,1108)
-cvs.texi(,1109) @cindex Setuid
-cvs.texi(,1110) @cindex Setgid
-cvs.texi(,1111) @cindex Security, setuid
-cvs.texi(,1112) @cindex Installed images (VMS)
-cvs.texi(,1113) Some operating systems have features which allow a
-cvs.texi(,1114) particular program to run with the ability to perform
-cvs.texi(,1115) operations which the caller of the program could not.
-cvs.texi(,1116) For example, the set user ID (setuid) or set group ID
-cvs.texi(,1117) (setgid) features of unix or the installed image
-cvs.texi(,1118) feature of VMS. @sc{cvs} was not written to use such
-cvs.texi(,1119) features and therefore attempting to install @sc{cvs} in
-cvs.texi(,1120) this fashion will provide protection against only
-cvs.texi(,1121) accidental lapses; anyone who is trying to circumvent
-cvs.texi(,1122) the measure will be able to do so, and depending on how
-cvs.texi(,1123) you have set it up may gain access to more than just
-cvs.texi(,1124) @sc{cvs}. You may wish to instead consider pserver. It
-cvs.texi(,1125) shares some of the same attributes, in terms of
-cvs.texi(,1126) possibly providing a false sense of security or opening
-cvs.texi(,1127) security holes wider than the ones you are trying to
-cvs.texi(,1128) fix, so read the documentation on pserver security
-cvs.texi(,1129) carefully if you are considering this option
-cvs.texi(,1130) (@ref{Password authentication security}).
-cvs.texi(,1131)
-cvs.texi(,1132) @node Windows permissions
-cvs.texi(,1133) @subsection File Permission issues specific to Windows
-cvs.texi(,1134) @cindex Windows, and permissions
-cvs.texi(,1135) @cindex File permissions, Windows-specific
-cvs.texi(,1136) @cindex Permissions, Windows-specific
+cvs.texi(,1093) @c There is also a larger (largely separate) issue
+cvs.texi(,1094) @c about the meaning of CVSUMASK in a non-unix context.
+cvs.texi(,1095) @c For example, whether there is
+cvs.texi(,1096) @c an equivalent which fits better into other
+cvs.texi(,1097) @c protection schemes like POSIX.6, VMS, &c.
+cvs.texi(,1098) @c
+cvs.texi(,1099) @c FIXME: Need one place which discusses this
+cvs.texi(,1100) @c read-only files thing. Why would one use -r or
+cvs.texi(,1101) @c CVSREAD? Why would one use watches? How do they
+cvs.texi(,1102) @c interact?
+cvs.texi(,1103) @c
+cvs.texi(,1104) @c FIXME: We need to state
+cvs.texi(,1105) @c whether using CVSUMASK removes the need for manually
+cvs.texi(,1106) @c fixing permissions (in fact, if we are going to mention
+cvs.texi(,1107) @c manually fixing permission, we better document a lot
+cvs.texi(,1108) @c better just what we mean by "fix").
+cvs.texi(,1109)
+cvs.texi(,1110) Using pserver, you will generally need stricter
+cvs.texi(,1111) permissions on the @sc{cvsroot} directory and
+cvs.texi(,1112) directories above it in the tree; see @ref{Password
+cvs.texi(,1113) authentication security}.
+cvs.texi(,1114)
+cvs.texi(,1115) @cindex Setuid
+cvs.texi(,1116) @cindex Setgid
+cvs.texi(,1117) @cindex Security, setuid
+cvs.texi(,1118) @cindex Installed images (VMS)
+cvs.texi(,1119) Some operating systems have features which allow a
+cvs.texi(,1120) particular program to run with the ability to perform
+cvs.texi(,1121) operations which the caller of the program could not.
+cvs.texi(,1122) For example, the set user ID (setuid) or set group ID
+cvs.texi(,1123) (setgid) features of unix or the installed image
+cvs.texi(,1124) feature of VMS. @sc{cvs} was not written to use such
+cvs.texi(,1125) features and therefore attempting to install @sc{cvs} in
+cvs.texi(,1126) this fashion will provide protection against only
+cvs.texi(,1127) accidental lapses; anyone who is trying to circumvent
+cvs.texi(,1128) the measure will be able to do so, and depending on how
+cvs.texi(,1129) you have set it up may gain access to more than just
+cvs.texi(,1130) @sc{cvs}. You may wish to instead consider pserver. It
+cvs.texi(,1131) shares some of the same attributes, in terms of
+cvs.texi(,1132) possibly providing a false sense of security or opening
+cvs.texi(,1133) security holes wider than the ones you are trying to
+cvs.texi(,1134) fix, so read the documentation on pserver security
+cvs.texi(,1135) carefully if you are considering this option
+cvs.texi(,1136) (@ref{Password authentication security}).
cvs.texi(,1137)
-cvs.texi(,1138) Some file permission issues are specific to Windows
-cvs.texi(,1139) operating systems (Windows 95, Windows NT, and
-cvs.texi(,1140) presumably future operating systems in this family.
-cvs.texi(,1141) Some of the following might apply to OS/2 but I'm not
-cvs.texi(,1142) sure).
+cvs.texi(,1138) @node Windows permissions
+cvs.texi(,1139) @subsection File Permission issues specific to Windows
+cvs.texi(,1140) @cindex Windows, and permissions
+cvs.texi(,1141) @cindex File permissions, Windows-specific
+cvs.texi(,1142) @cindex Permissions, Windows-specific
cvs.texi(,1143)
-cvs.texi(,1144) If you are using local @sc{cvs} and the repository is on a
-cvs.texi(,1145) networked file system which is served by the Samba SMB
-cvs.texi(,1146) server, some people have reported problems with
-cvs.texi(,1147) permissions. Enabling WRITE=YES in the samba
-cvs.texi(,1148) configuration is said to fix/workaround it.
-cvs.texi(,1149) Disclaimer: I haven't investigated enough to know the
-cvs.texi(,1150) implications of enabling that option, nor do I know
-cvs.texi(,1151) whether there is something which @sc{cvs} could be doing
-cvs.texi(,1152) differently in order to avoid the problem. If you find
-cvs.texi(,1153) something out, please let us know as described in
-cvs.texi(,1154) @ref{BUGS}.
-cvs.texi(,1155)
-cvs.texi(,1156) @node Attic
-cvs.texi(,1157) @subsection The attic
-cvs.texi(,1158) @cindex Attic
-cvs.texi(,1159)
-cvs.texi(,1160) You will notice that sometimes @sc{cvs} stores an
-cvs.texi(,1161) @sc{rcs} file in the @code{Attic}. For example, if the
-cvs.texi(,1162) @sc{cvsroot} is @file{/usr/local/cvsroot} and we are
-cvs.texi(,1163) talking about the file @file{backend.c} in the
-cvs.texi(,1164) directory @file{yoyodyne/tc}, then the file normally
-cvs.texi(,1165) would be in
-cvs.texi(,1166)
-cvs.texi(,1167) @example
-cvs.texi(,1168) /usr/local/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/backend.c,v
-cvs.texi(,1169) @end example
-cvs.texi(,1170)
-cvs.texi(,1171) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,1172) but if it goes in the attic, it would be in
-cvs.texi(,1173)
-cvs.texi(,1174) @example
-cvs.texi(,1175) /usr/local/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/Attic/backend.c,v
-cvs.texi(,1176) @end example
-cvs.texi(,1177)
-cvs.texi(,1178) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,1179) @cindex Dead state
-cvs.texi(,1180) instead. It should not matter from a user point of
-cvs.texi(,1181) view whether a file is in the attic; @sc{cvs} keeps
-cvs.texi(,1182) track of this and looks in the attic when it needs to.
-cvs.texi(,1183) But in case you want to know, the rule is that the RCS
-cvs.texi(,1184) file is stored in the attic if and only if the head
-cvs.texi(,1185) revision on the trunk has state @code{dead}. A
-cvs.texi(,1186) @code{dead} state means that file has been removed, or
-cvs.texi(,1187) never added, for that revision. For example, if you
-cvs.texi(,1188) add a file on a branch, it will have a trunk revision
-cvs.texi(,1189) in @code{dead} state, and a branch revision in a
-cvs.texi(,1190) address@hidden state.
-cvs.texi(,1191) @c Probably should have some more concrete examples
-cvs.texi(,1192) @c here, or somewhere (not sure exactly how we should
-cvs.texi(,1193) @c arrange the discussion of the dead state, versus
-cvs.texi(,1194) @c discussion of the attic).
-cvs.texi(,1195)
-cvs.texi(,1196) @node CVS in repository
-cvs.texi(,1197) @subsection The CVS directory in the repository
-cvs.texi(,1198) @cindex CVS directory, in repository
-cvs.texi(,1199)
-cvs.texi(,1200) The @file{CVS} directory in each repository directory
-cvs.texi(,1201) contains information such as file attributes (in a file
-cvs.texi(,1202) called @file{CVS/fileattr}. In the
-cvs.texi(,1203) future additional files may be added to this directory,
-cvs.texi(,1204) so implementations should silently ignore additional
-cvs.texi(,1205) files.
-cvs.texi(,1206)
-cvs.texi(,1207) This behavior is implemented only by @sc{cvs} 1.7 and
-cvs.texi(,1208) later; for details see @ref{Watches Compatibility}.
-cvs.texi(,1209)
-cvs.texi(,1210) The format of the fileattr file is a series of entries
-cvs.texi(,1211) of the following form (where @address@hidden and
@address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,1212) means the text between the braces can be repeated zero
-cvs.texi(,1213) or more times):
-cvs.texi(,1214)
-cvs.texi(,1215) @var{ent-type} @var{filename} <tab> @var{attrname} =
@var{attrval}
-cvs.texi(,1216) @{; @var{attrname} = @address@hidden <linefeed>
-cvs.texi(,1217)
-cvs.texi(,1218) @var{ent-type} is @samp{F} for a file, in which case the entry
specifies the
-cvs.texi(,1219) attributes for that file.
+cvs.texi(,1144) Some file permission issues are specific to Windows
+cvs.texi(,1145) operating systems (Windows 95, Windows NT, and
+cvs.texi(,1146) presumably future operating systems in this family.
+cvs.texi(,1147) Some of the following might apply to OS/2 but I'm not
+cvs.texi(,1148) sure).
+cvs.texi(,1149)
+cvs.texi(,1150) If you are using local @sc{cvs} and the repository is on a
+cvs.texi(,1151) networked file system which is served by the Samba SMB
+cvs.texi(,1152) server, some people have reported problems with
+cvs.texi(,1153) permissions. Enabling WRITE=YES in the samba
+cvs.texi(,1154) configuration is said to fix/workaround it.
+cvs.texi(,1155) Disclaimer: I haven't investigated enough to know the
+cvs.texi(,1156) implications of enabling that option, nor do I know
+cvs.texi(,1157) whether there is something which @sc{cvs} could be doing
+cvs.texi(,1158) differently in order to avoid the problem. If you find
+cvs.texi(,1159) something out, please let us know as described in
+cvs.texi(,1160) @ref{BUGS}.
+cvs.texi(,1161)
+cvs.texi(,1162) @node Attic
+cvs.texi(,1163) @subsection The attic
+cvs.texi(,1164) @cindex Attic
+cvs.texi(,1165)
+cvs.texi(,1166) You will notice that sometimes @sc{cvs} stores an
+cvs.texi(,1167) @sc{rcs} file in the @code{Attic}. For example, if the
+cvs.texi(,1168) @sc{cvsroot} is @file{/usr/local/cvsroot} and we are
+cvs.texi(,1169) talking about the file @file{backend.c} in the
+cvs.texi(,1170) directory @file{yoyodyne/tc}, then the file normally
+cvs.texi(,1171) would be in
+cvs.texi(,1172)
+cvs.texi(,1173) @example
+cvs.texi(,1174) /usr/local/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/backend.c,v
+cvs.texi(,1175) @end example
+cvs.texi(,1176)
+cvs.texi(,1177) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,1178) but if it goes in the attic, it would be in
+cvs.texi(,1179)
+cvs.texi(,1180) @example
+cvs.texi(,1181) /usr/local/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/Attic/backend.c,v
+cvs.texi(,1182) @end example
+cvs.texi(,1183)
+cvs.texi(,1184) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,1185) @cindex Dead state
+cvs.texi(,1186) instead. It should not matter from a user point of
+cvs.texi(,1187) view whether a file is in the attic; @sc{cvs} keeps
+cvs.texi(,1188) track of this and looks in the attic when it needs to.
+cvs.texi(,1189) But in case you want to know, the rule is that the RCS
+cvs.texi(,1190) file is stored in the attic if and only if the head
+cvs.texi(,1191) revision on the trunk has state @code{dead}. A
+cvs.texi(,1192) @code{dead} state means that file has been removed, or
+cvs.texi(,1193) never added, for that revision. For example, if you
+cvs.texi(,1194) add a file on a branch, it will have a trunk revision
+cvs.texi(,1195) in @code{dead} state, and a branch revision in a
+cvs.texi(,1196) address@hidden state.
+cvs.texi(,1197) @c Probably should have some more concrete examples
+cvs.texi(,1198) @c here, or somewhere (not sure exactly how we should
+cvs.texi(,1199) @c arrange the discussion of the dead state, versus
+cvs.texi(,1200) @c discussion of the attic).
+cvs.texi(,1201)
+cvs.texi(,1202) @node CVS in repository
+cvs.texi(,1203) @subsection The CVS directory in the repository
+cvs.texi(,1204) @cindex CVS directory, in repository
+cvs.texi(,1205)
+cvs.texi(,1206) The @file{CVS} directory in each repository directory
+cvs.texi(,1207) contains information such as file attributes (in a file
+cvs.texi(,1208) called @file{CVS/fileattr}. In the
+cvs.texi(,1209) future additional files may be added to this directory,
+cvs.texi(,1210) so implementations should silently ignore additional
+cvs.texi(,1211) files.
+cvs.texi(,1212)
+cvs.texi(,1213) This behavior is implemented only by @sc{cvs} 1.7 and
+cvs.texi(,1214) later; for details see @ref{Watches Compatibility}.
+cvs.texi(,1215)
+cvs.texi(,1216) The format of the fileattr file is a series of entries
+cvs.texi(,1217) of the following form (where @address@hidden and
@address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,1218) means the text between the braces can be repeated zero
+cvs.texi(,1219) or more times):
cvs.texi(,1220)
-cvs.texi(,1221) @var{ent-type} is @samp{D},
-cvs.texi(,1222) and @var{filename} empty, to specify default attributes
-cvs.texi(,1223) to be used for newly added files.
-cvs.texi(,1224)
-cvs.texi(,1225) Other @var{ent-type} are reserved for future expansion.
@sc{cvs} 1.9 and older
-cvs.texi(,1226) will delete them any time it writes file attributes.
-cvs.texi(,1227) @sc{cvs} 1.10 and later will preserve them.
-cvs.texi(,1228)
-cvs.texi(,1229) Note that the order of the lines is not significant;
-cvs.texi(,1230) a program writing the fileattr file may
-cvs.texi(,1231) rearrange them at its convenience.
-cvs.texi(,1232)
-cvs.texi(,1233) There is currently no way of quoting tabs or linefeeds in the
-cvs.texi(,1234) filename, @samp{=} in @var{attrname},
-cvs.texi(,1235) @samp{;} in @var{attrval}, etc. Note: some implementations
also
-cvs.texi(,1236) don't handle a NUL character in any of the fields, but
-cvs.texi(,1237) implementations are encouraged to allow it.
+cvs.texi(,1221) @var{ent-type} @var{filename} <tab> @var{attrname} =
@var{attrval}
+cvs.texi(,1222) @{; @var{attrname} = @address@hidden <linefeed>
+cvs.texi(,1223)
+cvs.texi(,1224) @var{ent-type} is @samp{F} for a file, in which case the entry
specifies the
+cvs.texi(,1225) attributes for that file.
+cvs.texi(,1226)
+cvs.texi(,1227) @var{ent-type} is @samp{D},
+cvs.texi(,1228) and @var{filename} empty, to specify default attributes
+cvs.texi(,1229) to be used for newly added files.
+cvs.texi(,1230)
+cvs.texi(,1231) Other @var{ent-type} are reserved for future expansion.
@sc{cvs} 1.9 and older
+cvs.texi(,1232) will delete them any time it writes file attributes.
+cvs.texi(,1233) @sc{cvs} 1.10 and later will preserve them.
+cvs.texi(,1234)
+cvs.texi(,1235) Note that the order of the lines is not significant;
+cvs.texi(,1236) a program writing the fileattr file may
+cvs.texi(,1237) rearrange them at its convenience.
cvs.texi(,1238)
-cvs.texi(,1239) By convention, @var{attrname} starting with @samp{_} is for an
attribute given
-cvs.texi(,1240) special meaning by @sc{cvs}; other @var{attrname}s are for
user-defined attributes
-cvs.texi(,1241) (or will be, once implementations start supporting
user-defined attributes).
-cvs.texi(,1242)
-cvs.texi(,1243) Builtin attributes:
+cvs.texi(,1239) There is currently no way of quoting tabs or linefeeds in the
+cvs.texi(,1240) filename, @samp{=} in @var{attrname},
+cvs.texi(,1241) @samp{;} in @var{attrval}, etc. Note: some implementations
also
+cvs.texi(,1242) don't handle a NUL character in any of the fields, but
+cvs.texi(,1243) implementations are encouraged to allow it.
cvs.texi(,1244)
-cvs.texi(,1245) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,1246) @item _watched
-cvs.texi(,1247) Present means the file is watched and should be checked out
-cvs.texi(,1248) read-only.
-cvs.texi(,1249)
-cvs.texi(,1250) @item _watchers
-cvs.texi(,1251) Users with watches for this file. Value is
-cvs.texi(,1252) @var{watcher} > @var{type} @{ , @var{watcher} > @var{type} @}
-cvs.texi(,1253) where @var{watcher} is a username, and @var{type}
-cvs.texi(,1254) is zero or more of edit,unedit,commit separated by
-cvs.texi(,1255) @samp{+} (that is, nothing if none; there is no "none" or
"all" keyword).
-cvs.texi(,1256)
-cvs.texi(,1257) @item _editors
-cvs.texi(,1258) Users editing this file. Value is
-cvs.texi(,1259) @var{editor} > @var{val} @{ , @var{editor} > @var{val} @}
-cvs.texi(,1260) where @var{editor} is a username, and @var{val} is
-cvs.texi(,1261) @address@hidden@var{pathname}, where
-cvs.texi(,1262) @var{time} is when the @code{cvs edit} command (or
-cvs.texi(,1263) equivalent) happened,
-cvs.texi(,1264) and @var{hostname} and @var{pathname} are for the working
directory.
-cvs.texi(,1265) @end table
-cvs.texi(,1266)
-cvs.texi(,1267) Example:
-cvs.texi(,1268)
-cvs.texi(,1269) @c FIXME: sanity.sh should contain a similar test case
-cvs.texi(,1270) @c so we can compare this example from something from
-cvs.texi(,1271) @c Real Life(TM). See cvsclient.texi (under Notify) for more
-cvs.texi(,1272) @c discussion of the date format of _editors.
-cvs.texi(,1273) @example
-cvs.texi(,1274) Ffile1 _watched=;_watchers=joe>edit,mary>commit
-cvs.texi(,1275) Ffile2 _watched=;_editors=sue>8 Jan 1975+workstn1+/home/sue/cvs
-cvs.texi(,1276) D _watched=
-cvs.texi(,1277) @end example
-cvs.texi(,1278)
-cvs.texi(,1279) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,1280) means that the file @file{file1} should be checked out
-cvs.texi(,1281) read-only. Furthermore, joe is watching for edits and
-cvs.texi(,1282) mary is watching for commits. The file @file{file2}
-cvs.texi(,1283) should be checked out read-only; sue started editing it
-cvs.texi(,1284) on 8 Jan 1975 in the directory @file{/home/sue/cvs} on
-cvs.texi(,1285) the machine @code{workstn1}. Future files which are
-cvs.texi(,1286) added should be checked out read-only. To represent
-cvs.texi(,1287) this example here, we have shown a space after
-cvs.texi(,1288) @samp{D}, @samp{Ffile1}, and @samp{Ffile2}, but in fact
-cvs.texi(,1289) there must be a single tab character there and no spaces.
-cvs.texi(,1290)
-cvs.texi(,1291) @node Locks
-cvs.texi(,1292) @subsection CVS locks in the repository
-cvs.texi(,1293)
-cvs.texi(,1294) @cindex #cvs.rfl, technical details
-cvs.texi(,1295) @cindex #cvs.wfl, technical details
-cvs.texi(,1296) @cindex #cvs.lock, technical details
-cvs.texi(,1297) @cindex Locks, cvs, technical details
-cvs.texi(,1298) For an introduction to @sc{cvs} locks focusing on
-cvs.texi(,1299) user-visible behavior, see @ref{Concurrency}. The
-cvs.texi(,1300) following section is aimed at people who are writing
-cvs.texi(,1301) tools which want to access a @sc{cvs} repository without
-cvs.texi(,1302) interfering with other tools accessing the same
-cvs.texi(,1303) repository. If you find yourself confused by concepts
-cvs.texi(,1304) described here, like @dfn{read lock}, @dfn{write lock},
-cvs.texi(,1305) and @dfn{deadlock}, you might consult the literature on
-cvs.texi(,1306) operating systems or databases.
-cvs.texi(,1307)
-cvs.texi(,1308) @cindex #cvs.tfl
-cvs.texi(,1309) Any file in the repository with a name starting
-cvs.texi(,1310) with @file{#cvs.rfl.} is a read lock. Any file in
-cvs.texi(,1311) the repository with a name starting with
-cvs.texi(,1312) @file{#cvs.wfl} is a write lock. Old versions of @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,1313) (before @sc{cvs} 1.5) also created files with names starting
-cvs.texi(,1314) with @file{#cvs.tfl}, but they are not discussed here.
-cvs.texi(,1315) The directory @file{#cvs.lock} serves as a master
-cvs.texi(,1316) lock. That is, one must obtain this lock first before
-cvs.texi(,1317) creating any of the other locks.
-cvs.texi(,1318)
-cvs.texi(,1319) To obtain a readlock, first create the @file{#cvs.lock}
-cvs.texi(,1320) directory. This operation must be atomic (which should
-cvs.texi(,1321) be true for creating a directory under most operating
-cvs.texi(,1322) systems). If it fails because the directory already
-cvs.texi(,1323) existed, wait for a while and try again. After
-cvs.texi(,1324) obtaining the @file{#cvs.lock} lock, create a file
-cvs.texi(,1325) whose name is @file{#cvs.rfl.} followed by information
-cvs.texi(,1326) of your choice (for example, hostname and process
-cvs.texi(,1327) identification number). Then remove the
-cvs.texi(,1328) @file{#cvs.lock} directory to release the master lock.
-cvs.texi(,1329) Then proceed with reading the repository. When you are
-cvs.texi(,1330) done, remove the @file{#cvs.rfl} file to release the
-cvs.texi(,1331) read lock.
-cvs.texi(,1332)
-cvs.texi(,1333) To obtain a writelock, first create the
-cvs.texi(,1334) @file{#cvs.lock} directory, as with a readlock. Then
-cvs.texi(,1335) check that there are no files whose names start with
-cvs.texi(,1336) @file{#cvs.rfl.}. If there are, remove
-cvs.texi(,1337) @file{#cvs.lock}, wait for a while, and try again. If
-cvs.texi(,1338) there are no readers, then create a file whose name is
-cvs.texi(,1339) @file{#cvs.wfl} followed by information of your choice
-cvs.texi(,1340) (for example, hostname and process identification
-cvs.texi(,1341) number). Hang on to the @file{#cvs.lock} lock. Proceed
-cvs.texi(,1342) with writing the repository. When you are done, first
-cvs.texi(,1343) remove the @file{#cvs.wfl} file and then the
-cvs.texi(,1344) @file{#cvs.lock} directory. Note that unlike the
-cvs.texi(,1345) @file{#cvs.rfl} file, the @file{#cvs.wfl} file is just
-cvs.texi(,1346) informational; it has no effect on the locking operation
-cvs.texi(,1347) beyond what is provided by holding on to the
-cvs.texi(,1348) @file{#cvs.lock} lock itself.
-cvs.texi(,1349)
-cvs.texi(,1350) Note that each lock (writelock or readlock) only locks
-cvs.texi(,1351) a single directory in the repository, including
-cvs.texi(,1352) @file{Attic} and @file{CVS} but not including
-cvs.texi(,1353) subdirectories which represent other directories under
-cvs.texi(,1354) version control. To lock an entire tree, you need to
-cvs.texi(,1355) lock each directory (note that if you fail to obtain
-cvs.texi(,1356) any lock you need, you must release the whole tree
-cvs.texi(,1357) before waiting and trying again, to avoid deadlocks).
-cvs.texi(,1358)
-cvs.texi(,1359) Note also that @sc{cvs} expects writelocks to control
-cvs.texi(,1360) access to individual @file{foo,v} files. @sc{rcs} has
-cvs.texi(,1361) a scheme where the @file{,foo,} file serves as a lock,
-cvs.texi(,1362) but @sc{cvs} does not implement it and so taking out a
-cvs.texi(,1363) @sc{cvs} writelock is recommended. See the comments at
-cvs.texi(,1364) rcs_internal_lockfile in the @sc{cvs} source code for
-cvs.texi(,1365) further discussion/rationale.
-cvs.texi(,1366)
-cvs.texi(,1367) @node CVSROOT storage
-cvs.texi(,1368) @subsection How files are stored in the CVSROOT directory
-cvs.texi(,1369) @cindex CVSROOT, storage of files
-cvs.texi(,1370)
-cvs.texi(,1371) The @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT} directory contains the
-cvs.texi(,1372) various administrative files. In some ways this
-cvs.texi(,1373) directory is just like any other directory in the
-cvs.texi(,1374) repository; it contains @sc{rcs} files whose names end
-cvs.texi(,1375) in @samp{,v}, and many of the @sc{cvs} commands operate
-cvs.texi(,1376) on it the same way. However, there are a few
-cvs.texi(,1377) differences.
-cvs.texi(,1378)
-cvs.texi(,1379) For each administrative file, in addition to the
-cvs.texi(,1380) @sc{rcs} file, there is also a checked out copy of the
-cvs.texi(,1381) file. For example, there is an @sc{rcs} file
-cvs.texi(,1382) @file{loginfo,v} and a file @file{loginfo} which
-cvs.texi(,1383) contains the latest revision contained in
-cvs.texi(,1384) @file{loginfo,v}. When you check in an administrative
-cvs.texi(,1385) file, @sc{cvs} should print
-cvs.texi(,1386)
-cvs.texi(,1387) @example
-cvs.texi(,1388) cvs commit: Rebuilding administrative file database
-cvs.texi(,1389) @end example
-cvs.texi(,1390)
-cvs.texi(,1391) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,1392) and update the checked out copy in
-cvs.texi(,1393) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT}. If it does not, there is
-cvs.texi(,1394) something wrong (@pxref{BUGS}). To add your own files
-cvs.texi(,1395) to the files to be updated in this fashion, you can add
-cvs.texi(,1396) them to the @file{checkoutlist} administrative file
-cvs.texi(,1397) (@pxref{checkoutlist}).
-cvs.texi(,1398)
-cvs.texi(,1399) @cindex modules.db
-cvs.texi(,1400) @cindex modules.pag
-cvs.texi(,1401) @cindex modules.dir
-cvs.texi(,1402) By default, the @file{modules} file behaves as
-cvs.texi(,1403) described above. If the modules file is very large,
-cvs.texi(,1404) storing it as a flat text file may make looking up
-cvs.texi(,1405) modules slow (I'm not sure whether this is as much of a
-cvs.texi(,1406) concern now as when @sc{cvs} first evolved this
-cvs.texi(,1407) feature; I haven't seen benchmarks). Therefore, by
-cvs.texi(,1408) making appropriate edits to the @sc{cvs} source code
-cvs.texi(,1409) one can store the modules file in a database which
-cvs.texi(,1410) implements the @code{ndbm} interface, such as Berkeley
-cvs.texi(,1411) db or GDBM. If this option is in use, then the modules
-cvs.texi(,1412) database will be stored in the files @file{modules.db},
-cvs.texi(,1413) @file{modules.pag}, and/or @file{modules.dir}.
-cvs.texi(,1414) @c I think fileattr also will use the database stuff.
-cvs.texi(,1415) @c Anything else?
-cvs.texi(,1416)
-cvs.texi(,1417) For information on the meaning of the various
-cvs.texi(,1418) administrative files, see @ref{Administrative files}.
-cvs.texi(,1419)
-cvs.texi(,1420) @node Working directory storage
-cvs.texi(,1421) @section How data is stored in the working directory
+cvs.texi(,1245) By convention, @var{attrname} starting with @samp{_} is for an
attribute given
+cvs.texi(,1246) special meaning by @sc{cvs}; other @var{attrname}s are for
user-defined attributes
+cvs.texi(,1247) (or will be, once implementations start supporting
user-defined attributes).
+cvs.texi(,1248)
+cvs.texi(,1249) Builtin attributes:
+cvs.texi(,1250)
+cvs.texi(,1251) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,1252) @item _watched
+cvs.texi(,1253) Present means the file is watched and should be checked out
+cvs.texi(,1254) read-only.
+cvs.texi(,1255)
+cvs.texi(,1256) @item _watchers
+cvs.texi(,1257) Users with watches for this file. Value is
+cvs.texi(,1258) @var{watcher} > @var{type} @{ , @var{watcher} > @var{type} @}
+cvs.texi(,1259) where @var{watcher} is a username, and @var{type}
+cvs.texi(,1260) is zero or more of edit,unedit,commit separated by
+cvs.texi(,1261) @samp{+} (that is, nothing if none; there is no "none" or
"all" keyword).
+cvs.texi(,1262)
+cvs.texi(,1263) @item _editors
+cvs.texi(,1264) Users editing this file. Value is
+cvs.texi(,1265) @var{editor} > @var{val} @{ , @var{editor} > @var{val} @}
+cvs.texi(,1266) where @var{editor} is a username, and @var{val} is
+cvs.texi(,1267) @address@hidden@var{pathname}, where
+cvs.texi(,1268) @var{time} is when the @code{cvs edit} command (or
+cvs.texi(,1269) equivalent) happened,
+cvs.texi(,1270) and @var{hostname} and @var{pathname} are for the working
directory.
+cvs.texi(,1271) @end table
+cvs.texi(,1272)
+cvs.texi(,1273) Example:
+cvs.texi(,1274)
+cvs.texi(,1275) @c FIXME: sanity.sh should contain a similar test case
+cvs.texi(,1276) @c so we can compare this example from something from
+cvs.texi(,1277) @c Real Life(TM). See cvsclient.texi (under Notify) for more
+cvs.texi(,1278) @c discussion of the date format of _editors.
+cvs.texi(,1279) @example
+cvs.texi(,1280) Ffile1 _watched=;_watchers=joe>edit,mary>commit
+cvs.texi(,1281) Ffile2 _watched=;_editors=sue>8 Jan 1975+workstn1+/home/sue/cvs
+cvs.texi(,1282) D _watched=
+cvs.texi(,1283) @end example
+cvs.texi(,1284)
+cvs.texi(,1285) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,1286) means that the file @file{file1} should be checked out
+cvs.texi(,1287) read-only. Furthermore, joe is watching for edits and
+cvs.texi(,1288) mary is watching for commits. The file @file{file2}
+cvs.texi(,1289) should be checked out read-only; sue started editing it
+cvs.texi(,1290) on 8 Jan 1975 in the directory @file{/home/sue/cvs} on
+cvs.texi(,1291) the machine @code{workstn1}. Future files which are
+cvs.texi(,1292) added should be checked out read-only. To represent
+cvs.texi(,1293) this example here, we have shown a space after
+cvs.texi(,1294) @samp{D}, @samp{Ffile1}, and @samp{Ffile2}, but in fact
+cvs.texi(,1295) there must be a single tab character there and no spaces.
+cvs.texi(,1296)
+cvs.texi(,1297) @node Locks
+cvs.texi(,1298) @subsection CVS locks in the repository
+cvs.texi(,1299)
+cvs.texi(,1300) @cindex #cvs.rfl, technical details
+cvs.texi(,1301) @cindex #cvs.wfl, technical details
+cvs.texi(,1302) @cindex #cvs.lock, technical details
+cvs.texi(,1303) @cindex Locks, cvs, technical details
+cvs.texi(,1304) For an introduction to @sc{cvs} locks focusing on
+cvs.texi(,1305) user-visible behavior, see @ref{Concurrency}. The
+cvs.texi(,1306) following section is aimed at people who are writing
+cvs.texi(,1307) tools which want to access a @sc{cvs} repository without
+cvs.texi(,1308) interfering with other tools accessing the same
+cvs.texi(,1309) repository. If you find yourself confused by concepts
+cvs.texi(,1310) described here, like @dfn{read lock}, @dfn{write lock},
+cvs.texi(,1311) and @dfn{deadlock}, you might consult the literature on
+cvs.texi(,1312) operating systems or databases.
+cvs.texi(,1313)
+cvs.texi(,1314) @cindex #cvs.tfl
+cvs.texi(,1315) Any file in the repository with a name starting
+cvs.texi(,1316) with @file{#cvs.rfl.} is a read lock. Any file in
+cvs.texi(,1317) the repository with a name starting with
+cvs.texi(,1318) @file{#cvs.wfl} is a write lock. Old versions of @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,1319) (before @sc{cvs} 1.5) also created files with names starting
+cvs.texi(,1320) with @file{#cvs.tfl}, but they are not discussed here.
+cvs.texi(,1321) The directory @file{#cvs.lock} serves as a master
+cvs.texi(,1322) lock. That is, one must obtain this lock first before
+cvs.texi(,1323) creating any of the other locks.
+cvs.texi(,1324)
+cvs.texi(,1325) To obtain a readlock, first create the @file{#cvs.lock}
+cvs.texi(,1326) directory. This operation must be atomic (which should
+cvs.texi(,1327) be true for creating a directory under most operating
+cvs.texi(,1328) systems). If it fails because the directory already
+cvs.texi(,1329) existed, wait for a while and try again. After
+cvs.texi(,1330) obtaining the @file{#cvs.lock} lock, create a file
+cvs.texi(,1331) whose name is @file{#cvs.rfl.} followed by information
+cvs.texi(,1332) of your choice (for example, hostname and process
+cvs.texi(,1333) identification number). Then remove the
+cvs.texi(,1334) @file{#cvs.lock} directory to release the master lock.
+cvs.texi(,1335) Then proceed with reading the repository. When you are
+cvs.texi(,1336) done, remove the @file{#cvs.rfl} file to release the
+cvs.texi(,1337) read lock.
+cvs.texi(,1338)
+cvs.texi(,1339) To obtain a writelock, first create the
+cvs.texi(,1340) @file{#cvs.lock} directory, as with a readlock. Then
+cvs.texi(,1341) check that there are no files whose names start with
+cvs.texi(,1342) @file{#cvs.rfl.}. If there are, remove
+cvs.texi(,1343) @file{#cvs.lock}, wait for a while, and try again. If
+cvs.texi(,1344) there are no readers, then create a file whose name is
+cvs.texi(,1345) @file{#cvs.wfl} followed by information of your choice
+cvs.texi(,1346) (for example, hostname and process identification
+cvs.texi(,1347) number). Hang on to the @file{#cvs.lock} lock. Proceed
+cvs.texi(,1348) with writing the repository. When you are done, first
+cvs.texi(,1349) remove the @file{#cvs.wfl} file and then the
+cvs.texi(,1350) @file{#cvs.lock} directory. Note that unlike the
+cvs.texi(,1351) @file{#cvs.rfl} file, the @file{#cvs.wfl} file is just
+cvs.texi(,1352) informational; it has no effect on the locking operation
+cvs.texi(,1353) beyond what is provided by holding on to the
+cvs.texi(,1354) @file{#cvs.lock} lock itself.
+cvs.texi(,1355)
+cvs.texi(,1356) Note that each lock (writelock or readlock) only locks
+cvs.texi(,1357) a single directory in the repository, including
+cvs.texi(,1358) @file{Attic} and @file{CVS} but not including
+cvs.texi(,1359) subdirectories which represent other directories under
+cvs.texi(,1360) version control. To lock an entire tree, you need to
+cvs.texi(,1361) lock each directory (note that if you fail to obtain
+cvs.texi(,1362) any lock you need, you must release the whole tree
+cvs.texi(,1363) before waiting and trying again, to avoid deadlocks).
+cvs.texi(,1364)
+cvs.texi(,1365) Note also that @sc{cvs} expects writelocks to control
+cvs.texi(,1366) access to individual @file{foo,v} files. @sc{rcs} has
+cvs.texi(,1367) a scheme where the @file{,foo,} file serves as a lock,
+cvs.texi(,1368) but @sc{cvs} does not implement it and so taking out a
+cvs.texi(,1369) @sc{cvs} writelock is recommended. See the comments at
+cvs.texi(,1370) rcs_internal_lockfile in the @sc{cvs} source code for
+cvs.texi(,1371) further discussion/rationale.
+cvs.texi(,1372)
+cvs.texi(,1373) @node CVSROOT storage
+cvs.texi(,1374) @subsection How files are stored in the CVSROOT directory
+cvs.texi(,1375) @cindex CVSROOT, storage of files
+cvs.texi(,1376)
+cvs.texi(,1377) The @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT} directory contains the
+cvs.texi(,1378) various administrative files. In some ways this
+cvs.texi(,1379) directory is just like any other directory in the
+cvs.texi(,1380) repository; it contains @sc{rcs} files whose names end
+cvs.texi(,1381) in @samp{,v}, and many of the @sc{cvs} commands operate
+cvs.texi(,1382) on it the same way. However, there are a few
+cvs.texi(,1383) differences.
+cvs.texi(,1384)
+cvs.texi(,1385) For each administrative file, in addition to the
+cvs.texi(,1386) @sc{rcs} file, there is also a checked out copy of the
+cvs.texi(,1387) file. For example, there is an @sc{rcs} file
+cvs.texi(,1388) @file{loginfo,v} and a file @file{loginfo} which
+cvs.texi(,1389) contains the latest revision contained in
+cvs.texi(,1390) @file{loginfo,v}. When you check in an administrative
+cvs.texi(,1391) file, @sc{cvs} should print
+cvs.texi(,1392)
+cvs.texi(,1393) @example
+cvs.texi(,1394) cvs commit: Rebuilding administrative file database
+cvs.texi(,1395) @end example
+cvs.texi(,1396)
+cvs.texi(,1397) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,1398) and update the checked out copy in
+cvs.texi(,1399) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT}. If it does not, there is
+cvs.texi(,1400) something wrong (@pxref{BUGS}). To add your own files
+cvs.texi(,1401) to the files to be updated in this fashion, you can add
+cvs.texi(,1402) them to the @file{checkoutlist} administrative file
+cvs.texi(,1403) (@pxref{checkoutlist}).
+cvs.texi(,1404)
+cvs.texi(,1405) @cindex modules.db
+cvs.texi(,1406) @cindex modules.pag
+cvs.texi(,1407) @cindex modules.dir
+cvs.texi(,1408) By default, the @file{modules} file behaves as
+cvs.texi(,1409) described above. If the modules file is very large,
+cvs.texi(,1410) storing it as a flat text file may make looking up
+cvs.texi(,1411) modules slow (I'm not sure whether this is as much of a
+cvs.texi(,1412) concern now as when @sc{cvs} first evolved this
+cvs.texi(,1413) feature; I haven't seen benchmarks). Therefore, by
+cvs.texi(,1414) making appropriate edits to the @sc{cvs} source code
+cvs.texi(,1415) one can store the modules file in a database which
+cvs.texi(,1416) implements the @code{ndbm} interface, such as Berkeley
+cvs.texi(,1417) db or GDBM. If this option is in use, then the modules
+cvs.texi(,1418) database will be stored in the files @file{modules.db},
+cvs.texi(,1419) @file{modules.pag}, and/or @file{modules.dir}.
+cvs.texi(,1420) @c I think fileattr also will use the database stuff.
+cvs.texi(,1421) @c Anything else?
cvs.texi(,1422)
-cvs.texi(,1423) @c FIXME: Somewhere we should discuss timestamps (test
-cvs.texi(,1424) @c case "stamps" in sanity.sh). But not here. Maybe
-cvs.texi(,1425) @c in some kind of "working directory" chapter which
-cvs.texi(,1426) @c would encompass the "Builds" one? But I'm not sure
-cvs.texi(,1427) @c whether that is a good organization (is it based on
-cvs.texi(,1428) @c what the user wants to do?).
-cvs.texi(,1429)
-cvs.texi(,1430) @cindex CVS directory, in working directory
-cvs.texi(,1431) While we are discussing @sc{cvs} internals which may
-cvs.texi(,1432) become visible from time to time, we might as well talk
-cvs.texi(,1433) about what @sc{cvs} puts in the @file{CVS} directories
-cvs.texi(,1434) in the working directories. As with the repository,
-cvs.texi(,1435) @sc{cvs} handles this information and one can usually
-cvs.texi(,1436) access it via @sc{cvs} commands. But in some cases it
-cvs.texi(,1437) may be useful to look at it, and other programs, such
-cvs.texi(,1438) as the @code{jCVS} graphical user interface or the
-cvs.texi(,1439) @code{VC} package for emacs, may need to look at it.
-cvs.texi(,1440) Such programs should follow the recommendations in this
-cvs.texi(,1441) section if they hope to be able to work with other
-cvs.texi(,1442) programs which use those files, including future
-cvs.texi(,1443) versions of the programs just mentioned and the
-cvs.texi(,1444) command-line @sc{cvs} client.
-cvs.texi(,1445)
-cvs.texi(,1446) The @file{CVS} directory contains several files.
-cvs.texi(,1447) Programs which are reading this directory should
-cvs.texi(,1448) silently ignore files which are in the directory but
-cvs.texi(,1449) which are not documented here, to allow for future
-cvs.texi(,1450) expansion.
+cvs.texi(,1423) For information on the meaning of the various
+cvs.texi(,1424) administrative files, see @ref{Administrative files}.
+cvs.texi(,1425)
+cvs.texi(,1426) @node Working directory storage
+cvs.texi(,1427) @section How data is stored in the working directory
+cvs.texi(,1428)
+cvs.texi(,1429) @c FIXME: Somewhere we should discuss timestamps (test
+cvs.texi(,1430) @c case "stamps" in sanity.sh). But not here. Maybe
+cvs.texi(,1431) @c in some kind of "working directory" chapter which
+cvs.texi(,1432) @c would encompass the "Builds" one? But I'm not sure
+cvs.texi(,1433) @c whether that is a good organization (is it based on
+cvs.texi(,1434) @c what the user wants to do?).
+cvs.texi(,1435)
+cvs.texi(,1436) @cindex CVS directory, in working directory
+cvs.texi(,1437) While we are discussing @sc{cvs} internals which may
+cvs.texi(,1438) become visible from time to time, we might as well talk
+cvs.texi(,1439) about what @sc{cvs} puts in the @file{CVS} directories
+cvs.texi(,1440) in the working directories. As with the repository,
+cvs.texi(,1441) @sc{cvs} handles this information and one can usually
+cvs.texi(,1442) access it via @sc{cvs} commands. But in some cases it
+cvs.texi(,1443) may be useful to look at it, and other programs, such
+cvs.texi(,1444) as the @code{jCVS} graphical user interface or the
+cvs.texi(,1445) @code{VC} package for emacs, may need to look at it.
+cvs.texi(,1446) Such programs should follow the recommendations in this
+cvs.texi(,1447) section if they hope to be able to work with other
+cvs.texi(,1448) programs which use those files, including future
+cvs.texi(,1449) versions of the programs just mentioned and the
+cvs.texi(,1450) command-line @sc{cvs} client.
cvs.texi(,1451)
-cvs.texi(,1452) The files are stored according to the text file
-cvs.texi(,1453) convention for the system in question. This means that
-cvs.texi(,1454) working directories are not portable between systems
-cvs.texi(,1455) with differing conventions for storing text files.
-cvs.texi(,1456) This is intentional, on the theory that the files being
-cvs.texi(,1457) managed by @sc{cvs} probably will not be portable between
-cvs.texi(,1458) such systems either.
-cvs.texi(,1459)
-cvs.texi(,1460) @table @file
-cvs.texi(,1461) @item Root
-cvs.texi(,1462) This file contains the current @sc{cvs} root, as
-cvs.texi(,1463) described in @ref{Specifying a repository}.
-cvs.texi(,1464)
-cvs.texi(,1465) @cindex Repository file, in CVS directory
-cvs.texi(,1466) @cindex CVS/Repository file
-cvs.texi(,1467) @item Repository
-cvs.texi(,1468) This file contains the directory within the repository
-cvs.texi(,1469) which the current directory corresponds with. It can
-cvs.texi(,1470) be either an absolute pathname or a relative pathname;
-cvs.texi(,1471) @sc{cvs} has had the ability to read either format
-cvs.texi(,1472) since at least version 1.3 or so. The relative
-cvs.texi(,1473) pathname is relative to the root, and is the more
-cvs.texi(,1474) sensible approach, but the absolute pathname is quite
-cvs.texi(,1475) common and implementations should accept either. For
-cvs.texi(,1476) example, after the command
-cvs.texi(,1477)
-cvs.texi(,1478) @example
-cvs.texi(,1479) cvs -d :local:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout yoyodyne/tc
-cvs.texi(,1480) @end example
-cvs.texi(,1481)
-cvs.texi(,1482) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,1483) @file{Root} will contain
-cvs.texi(,1484)
-cvs.texi(,1485) @example
-cvs.texi(,1486) :local:/usr/local/cvsroot
-cvs.texi(,1487) @end example
-cvs.texi(,1488)
-cvs.texi(,1489) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,1490) and @file{Repository} will contain either
-cvs.texi(,1491)
-cvs.texi(,1492) @example
-cvs.texi(,1493) /usr/local/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc
-cvs.texi(,1494) @end example
-cvs.texi(,1495)
-cvs.texi(,1496) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,1497) or
-cvs.texi(,1498)
-cvs.texi(,1499) @example
-cvs.texi(,1500) yoyodyne/tc
-cvs.texi(,1501) @end example
-cvs.texi(,1502)
-cvs.texi(,1503) If the particular working directory does not correspond
-cvs.texi(,1504) to a directory in the repository, then @file{Repository}
-cvs.texi(,1505) should contain @file{CVSROOT/Emptydir}.
-cvs.texi(,1506) @cindex Emptydir, in CVSROOT directory
-cvs.texi(,1507) @cindex CVSROOT/Emptydir directory
+cvs.texi(,1452) The @file{CVS} directory contains several files.
+cvs.texi(,1453) Programs which are reading this directory should
+cvs.texi(,1454) silently ignore files which are in the directory but
+cvs.texi(,1455) which are not documented here, to allow for future
+cvs.texi(,1456) expansion.
+cvs.texi(,1457)
+cvs.texi(,1458) The files are stored according to the text file
+cvs.texi(,1459) convention for the system in question. This means that
+cvs.texi(,1460) working directories are not portable between systems
+cvs.texi(,1461) with differing conventions for storing text files.
+cvs.texi(,1462) This is intentional, on the theory that the files being
+cvs.texi(,1463) managed by @sc{cvs} probably will not be portable between
+cvs.texi(,1464) such systems either.
+cvs.texi(,1465)
+cvs.texi(,1466) @table @file
+cvs.texi(,1467) @item Root
+cvs.texi(,1468) This file contains the current @sc{cvs} root, as
+cvs.texi(,1469) described in @ref{Specifying a repository}.
+cvs.texi(,1470)
+cvs.texi(,1471) @cindex Repository file, in CVS directory
+cvs.texi(,1472) @cindex CVS/Repository file
+cvs.texi(,1473) @item Repository
+cvs.texi(,1474) This file contains the directory within the repository
+cvs.texi(,1475) which the current directory corresponds with. It can
+cvs.texi(,1476) be either an absolute pathname or a relative pathname;
+cvs.texi(,1477) @sc{cvs} has had the ability to read either format
+cvs.texi(,1478) since at least version 1.3 or so. The relative
+cvs.texi(,1479) pathname is relative to the root, and is the more
+cvs.texi(,1480) sensible approach, but the absolute pathname is quite
+cvs.texi(,1481) common and implementations should accept either. For
+cvs.texi(,1482) example, after the command
+cvs.texi(,1483)
+cvs.texi(,1484) @example
+cvs.texi(,1485) cvs -d :local:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout yoyodyne/tc
+cvs.texi(,1486) @end example
+cvs.texi(,1487)
+cvs.texi(,1488) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,1489) @file{Root} will contain
+cvs.texi(,1490)
+cvs.texi(,1491) @example
+cvs.texi(,1492) :local:/usr/local/cvsroot
+cvs.texi(,1493) @end example
+cvs.texi(,1494)
+cvs.texi(,1495) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,1496) and @file{Repository} will contain either
+cvs.texi(,1497)
+cvs.texi(,1498) @example
+cvs.texi(,1499) /usr/local/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc
+cvs.texi(,1500) @end example
+cvs.texi(,1501)
+cvs.texi(,1502) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,1503) or
+cvs.texi(,1504)
+cvs.texi(,1505) @example
+cvs.texi(,1506) yoyodyne/tc
+cvs.texi(,1507) @end example
cvs.texi(,1508)
-cvs.texi(,1509) @cindex Entries file, in CVS directory
-cvs.texi(,1510) @cindex CVS/Entries file
-cvs.texi(,1511) @item Entries
-cvs.texi(,1512) This file lists the files and directories in the
-cvs.texi(,1513) working directory.
-cvs.texi(,1514) The first character of each line indicates what sort of
-cvs.texi(,1515) line it is. If the character is unrecognized, programs
-cvs.texi(,1516) reading the file should silently skip that line, to
-cvs.texi(,1517) allow for future expansion.
-cvs.texi(,1518)
-cvs.texi(,1519) If the first character is @samp{/}, then the format is:
-cvs.texi(,1520)
-cvs.texi(,1521) @example
-cvs.texi(,1522)
/@var{name}/@var{revision}/@address@hidden/@var{options}/@var{tagdate}
-cvs.texi(,1523) @end example
+cvs.texi(,1509) If the particular working directory does not correspond
+cvs.texi(,1510) to a directory in the repository, then @file{Repository}
+cvs.texi(,1511) should contain @file{CVSROOT/Emptydir}.
+cvs.texi(,1512) @cindex Emptydir, in CVSROOT directory
+cvs.texi(,1513) @cindex CVSROOT/Emptydir directory
+cvs.texi(,1514)
+cvs.texi(,1515) @cindex Entries file, in CVS directory
+cvs.texi(,1516) @cindex CVS/Entries file
+cvs.texi(,1517) @item Entries
+cvs.texi(,1518) This file lists the files and directories in the
+cvs.texi(,1519) working directory.
+cvs.texi(,1520) The first character of each line indicates what sort of
+cvs.texi(,1521) line it is. If the character is unrecognized, programs
+cvs.texi(,1522) reading the file should silently skip that line, to
+cvs.texi(,1523) allow for future expansion.
cvs.texi(,1524)
-cvs.texi(,1525) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,1526) where @samp{[} and @samp{]} are not part of the entry,
-cvs.texi(,1527) but instead indicate that the @samp{+} and conflict
-cvs.texi(,1528) marker are optional. @var{name} is the name of the
-cvs.texi(,1529) file within the directory. @var{revision} is the
-cvs.texi(,1530) revision that the file in the working derives from, or
-cvs.texi(,1531) @samp{0} for an added file, or @samp{-} followed by a
-cvs.texi(,1532) revision for a removed file. @var{timestamp} is the
-cvs.texi(,1533) timestamp of the file at the time that @sc{cvs} created
-cvs.texi(,1534) it; if the timestamp differs with the actual
-cvs.texi(,1535) modification time of the file it means the file has
-cvs.texi(,1536) been modified. It is stored in
-cvs.texi(,1537) the format used by the ISO C asctime() function (for
-cvs.texi(,1538) example, @samp{Sun Apr 7 01:29:26 1996}). One may
-cvs.texi(,1539) write a string which is not in that format, for
-cvs.texi(,1540) example, @samp{Result of merge}, to indicate that the
-cvs.texi(,1541) file should always be considered to be modified. This
-cvs.texi(,1542) is not a special case; to see whether a file is
-cvs.texi(,1543) modified a program should take the timestamp of the file
-cvs.texi(,1544) and simply do a string compare with @var{timestamp}.
-cvs.texi(,1545) If there was a conflict, @var{conflict} can be set to
-cvs.texi(,1546) the modification time of the file after the file has been
-cvs.texi(,1547) written with conflict markers (@pxref{Conflicts example}).
-cvs.texi(,1548) Thus if @var{conflict} is subsequently the same as the actual
-cvs.texi(,1549) modification time of the file it means that the user
-cvs.texi(,1550) has obviously not resolved the conflict. @var{options}
-cvs.texi(,1551) contains sticky options (for example @samp{-kb} for a
-cvs.texi(,1552) binary file). @var{tagdate} contains @samp{T} followed
-cvs.texi(,1553) by a tag name, or @samp{D} for a date, followed by a
-cvs.texi(,1554) sticky tag or date. Note that if @var{timestamp}
-cvs.texi(,1555) contains a pair of timestamps separated by a space,
-cvs.texi(,1556) rather than a single timestamp, you are dealing with a
-cvs.texi(,1557) version of @sc{cvs} earlier than @sc{cvs} 1.5 (not
-cvs.texi(,1558) documented here).
-cvs.texi(,1559)
-cvs.texi(,1560) The timezone on the timestamp in CVS/Entries (local or
-cvs.texi(,1561) universal) should be the same as the operating system
-cvs.texi(,1562) stores for the timestamp of the file itself. For
-cvs.texi(,1563) example, on Unix the file's timestamp is in universal
-cvs.texi(,1564) time (UT), so the timestamp in CVS/Entries should be
-cvs.texi(,1565) too. On @sc{vms}, the file's timestamp is in local
-cvs.texi(,1566) time, so @sc{cvs} on @sc{vms} should use local time.
-cvs.texi(,1567) This rule is so that files do not appear to be modified
-cvs.texi(,1568) merely because the timezone changed (for example, to or
-cvs.texi(,1569) from summer time).
-cvs.texi(,1570) @c See comments and calls to gmtime() and friends in
-cvs.texi(,1571) @c src/vers_ts.c (function time_stamp).
-cvs.texi(,1572)
-cvs.texi(,1573) If the first character of a line in @file{Entries} is
-cvs.texi(,1574) @samp{D}, then it indicates a subdirectory. @samp{D}
-cvs.texi(,1575) on a line all by itself indicates that the program
-cvs.texi(,1576) which wrote the @file{Entries} file does record
-cvs.texi(,1577) subdirectories (therefore, if there is such a line and
-cvs.texi(,1578) no other lines beginning with @samp{D}, one knows there
-cvs.texi(,1579) are no subdirectories). Otherwise, the line looks
-cvs.texi(,1580) like:
-cvs.texi(,1581)
-cvs.texi(,1582) @example
-cvs.texi(,1583)
D/@var{name}/@var{filler1}/@var{filler2}/@var{filler3}/@var{filler4}
-cvs.texi(,1584) @end example
-cvs.texi(,1585)
-cvs.texi(,1586) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,1587) where @var{name} is the name of the subdirectory, and
-cvs.texi(,1588) all the @var{filler} fields should be silently ignored,
-cvs.texi(,1589) for future expansion. Programs which modify
-cvs.texi(,1590) @code{Entries} files should preserve these fields.
+cvs.texi(,1525) If the first character is @samp{/}, then the format is:
+cvs.texi(,1526)
+cvs.texi(,1527) @example
+cvs.texi(,1528)
/@var{name}/@var{revision}/@address@hidden/@var{options}/@var{tagdate}
+cvs.texi(,1529) @end example
+cvs.texi(,1530)
+cvs.texi(,1531) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,1532) where @samp{[} and @samp{]} are not part of the entry,
+cvs.texi(,1533) but instead indicate that the @samp{+} and conflict
+cvs.texi(,1534) marker are optional. @var{name} is the name of the
+cvs.texi(,1535) file within the directory. @var{revision} is the
+cvs.texi(,1536) revision that the file in the working derives from, or
+cvs.texi(,1537) @samp{0} for an added file, or @samp{-} followed by a
+cvs.texi(,1538) revision for a removed file. @var{timestamp} is the
+cvs.texi(,1539) timestamp of the file at the time that @sc{cvs} created
+cvs.texi(,1540) it; if the timestamp differs with the actual
+cvs.texi(,1541) modification time of the file it means the file has
+cvs.texi(,1542) been modified. It is stored in
+cvs.texi(,1543) the format used by the ISO C asctime() function (for
+cvs.texi(,1544) example, @samp{Sun Apr 7 01:29:26 1996}). One may
+cvs.texi(,1545) write a string which is not in that format, for
+cvs.texi(,1546) example, @samp{Result of merge}, to indicate that the
+cvs.texi(,1547) file should always be considered to be modified. This
+cvs.texi(,1548) is not a special case; to see whether a file is
+cvs.texi(,1549) modified a program should take the timestamp of the file
+cvs.texi(,1550) and simply do a string compare with @var{timestamp}.
+cvs.texi(,1551) If there was a conflict, @var{conflict} can be set to
+cvs.texi(,1552) the modification time of the file after the file has been
+cvs.texi(,1553) written with conflict markers (@pxref{Conflicts example}).
+cvs.texi(,1554) Thus if @var{conflict} is subsequently the same as the actual
+cvs.texi(,1555) modification time of the file it means that the user
+cvs.texi(,1556) has obviously not resolved the conflict. @var{options}
+cvs.texi(,1557) contains sticky options (for example @samp{-kb} for a
+cvs.texi(,1558) binary file). @var{tagdate} contains @samp{T} followed
+cvs.texi(,1559) by a tag name, or @samp{D} for a date, followed by a
+cvs.texi(,1560) sticky tag or date. Note that if @var{timestamp}
+cvs.texi(,1561) contains a pair of timestamps separated by a space,
+cvs.texi(,1562) rather than a single timestamp, you are dealing with a
+cvs.texi(,1563) version of @sc{cvs} earlier than @sc{cvs} 1.5 (not
+cvs.texi(,1564) documented here).
+cvs.texi(,1565)
+cvs.texi(,1566) The timezone on the timestamp in CVS/Entries (local or
+cvs.texi(,1567) universal) should be the same as the operating system
+cvs.texi(,1568) stores for the timestamp of the file itself. For
+cvs.texi(,1569) example, on Unix the file's timestamp is in universal
+cvs.texi(,1570) time (UT), so the timestamp in CVS/Entries should be
+cvs.texi(,1571) too. On @sc{vms}, the file's timestamp is in local
+cvs.texi(,1572) time, so @sc{cvs} on @sc{vms} should use local time.
+cvs.texi(,1573) This rule is so that files do not appear to be modified
+cvs.texi(,1574) merely because the timezone changed (for example, to or
+cvs.texi(,1575) from summer time).
+cvs.texi(,1576) @c See comments and calls to gmtime() and friends in
+cvs.texi(,1577) @c src/vers_ts.c (function time_stamp).
+cvs.texi(,1578)
+cvs.texi(,1579) If the first character of a line in @file{Entries} is
+cvs.texi(,1580) @samp{D}, then it indicates a subdirectory. @samp{D}
+cvs.texi(,1581) on a line all by itself indicates that the program
+cvs.texi(,1582) which wrote the @file{Entries} file does record
+cvs.texi(,1583) subdirectories (therefore, if there is such a line and
+cvs.texi(,1584) no other lines beginning with @samp{D}, one knows there
+cvs.texi(,1585) are no subdirectories). Otherwise, the line looks
+cvs.texi(,1586) like:
+cvs.texi(,1587)
+cvs.texi(,1588) @example
+cvs.texi(,1589)
D/@var{name}/@var{filler1}/@var{filler2}/@var{filler3}/@var{filler4}
+cvs.texi(,1590) @end example
cvs.texi(,1591)
-cvs.texi(,1592) The lines in the @file{Entries} file can be in any order.
-cvs.texi(,1593)
-cvs.texi(,1594) @cindex Entries.Log file, in CVS directory
-cvs.texi(,1595) @cindex CVS/Entries.Log file
-cvs.texi(,1596) @item Entries.Log
-cvs.texi(,1597) This file does not record any information beyond that
-cvs.texi(,1598) in @file{Entries}, but it does provide a way to update
-cvs.texi(,1599) the information without having to rewrite the entire
-cvs.texi(,1600) @file{Entries} file, including the ability to preserve
-cvs.texi(,1601) the information even if the program writing
-cvs.texi(,1602) @file{Entries} and @file{Entries.Log} abruptly aborts.
-cvs.texi(,1603) Programs which are reading the @file{Entries} file
-cvs.texi(,1604) should also check for @file{Entries.Log}. If the latter
-cvs.texi(,1605) exists, they should read @file{Entries} and then apply
-cvs.texi(,1606) the changes mentioned in @file{Entries.Log}. After
-cvs.texi(,1607) applying the changes, the recommended practice is to
-cvs.texi(,1608) rewrite @file{Entries} and then delete @file{Entries.Log}.
-cvs.texi(,1609) The format of a line in @file{Entries.Log} is a single
-cvs.texi(,1610) character command followed by a space followed by a
-cvs.texi(,1611) line in the format specified for a line in
-cvs.texi(,1612) @file{Entries}. The single character command is
-cvs.texi(,1613) @samp{A} to indicate that the entry is being added,
-cvs.texi(,1614) @samp{R} to indicate that the entry is being removed,
-cvs.texi(,1615) or any other character to indicate that the entire line
-cvs.texi(,1616) in @file{Entries.Log} should be silently ignored (for
-cvs.texi(,1617) future expansion). If the second character of the line
-cvs.texi(,1618) in @file{Entries.Log} is not a space, then it was
-cvs.texi(,1619) written by an older version of @sc{cvs} (not documented
-cvs.texi(,1620) here).
-cvs.texi(,1621)
-cvs.texi(,1622) Programs which are writing rather than reading can
-cvs.texi(,1623) safely ignore @file{Entries.Log} if they so choose.
-cvs.texi(,1624)
-cvs.texi(,1625) @cindex Entries.Backup file, in CVS directory
-cvs.texi(,1626) @cindex CVS/Entries.Backup file
-cvs.texi(,1627) @item Entries.Backup
-cvs.texi(,1628) This is a temporary file. Recommended usage is to
-cvs.texi(,1629) write a new entries file to @file{Entries.Backup}, and
-cvs.texi(,1630) then to rename it (atomically, where possible) to
@file{Entries}.
-cvs.texi(,1631)
-cvs.texi(,1632) @cindex Entries.Static file, in CVS directory
-cvs.texi(,1633) @cindex CVS/Entries.Static file
-cvs.texi(,1634) @item Entries.Static
-cvs.texi(,1635) The only relevant thing about this file is whether it
-cvs.texi(,1636) exists or not. If it exists, then it means that only
-cvs.texi(,1637) part of a directory was gotten and @sc{cvs} will
-cvs.texi(,1638) not create additional files in that directory. To
-cvs.texi(,1639) clear it, use the @code{update} command with the
-cvs.texi(,1640) @samp{-d} option, which will get the additional files
-cvs.texi(,1641) and remove @file{Entries.Static}.
-cvs.texi(,1642) @c FIXME: This needs to be better documented, in places
-cvs.texi(,1643) @c other than Working Directory Storage.
-cvs.texi(,1644) @c FIXCVS: The fact that this setting exists needs to
-cvs.texi(,1645) @c be more visible to the user. For example "cvs
-cvs.texi(,1646) @c status foo", in the case where the file would be
-cvs.texi(,1647) @c gotten except for Entries.Static, might say
-cvs.texi(,1648) @c something to distinguish this from other cases.
-cvs.texi(,1649) @c One thing that periodically gets suggested is to
-cvs.texi(,1650) @c have "cvs update" print something when it skips
-cvs.texi(,1651) @c files due to Entries.Static, but IMHO that kind of
-cvs.texi(,1652) @c noise pretty much makes the Entries.Static feature
-cvs.texi(,1653) @c useless.
-cvs.texi(,1654)
-cvs.texi(,1655) @cindex Tag file, in CVS directory
-cvs.texi(,1656) @cindex CVS/Tag file
-cvs.texi(,1657) @cindex Sticky tags/dates, per-directory
-cvs.texi(,1658) @cindex Per-directory sticky tags/dates
-cvs.texi(,1659) @item Tag
-cvs.texi(,1660) This file contains per-directory sticky tags or dates.
-cvs.texi(,1661) The first character is @samp{T} for a branch tag,
-cvs.texi(,1662) @samp{N} for a non-branch tag, or @samp{D} for a date,
-cvs.texi(,1663) or another character to mean the file should be
-cvs.texi(,1664) silently ignored, for future expansion. This character
-cvs.texi(,1665) is followed by the tag or date. Note that
-cvs.texi(,1666) per-directory sticky tags or dates are used for things
-cvs.texi(,1667) like applying to files which are newly added; they
-cvs.texi(,1668) might not be the same as the sticky tags or dates on
-cvs.texi(,1669) individual files. For general information on sticky
-cvs.texi(,1670) tags and dates, see @ref{Sticky tags}.
-cvs.texi(,1671) @c FIXME: This needs to be much better documented,
-cvs.texi(,1672) @c preferably not in the context of "working directory
-cvs.texi(,1673) @c storage".
-cvs.texi(,1674) @c FIXME: The Sticky tags node needs to discuss, or xref to
-cvs.texi(,1675) @c someplace which discusses, per-directory sticky
-cvs.texi(,1676) @c tags and the distinction with per-file sticky tags.
-cvs.texi(,1677)
-cvs.texi(,1678) @cindex Notify file, in CVS directory
-cvs.texi(,1679) @cindex CVS/Notify file
-cvs.texi(,1680) @item Notify
-cvs.texi(,1681) This file stores notifications (for example, for
-cvs.texi(,1682) @code{edit} or @code{unedit}) which have not yet been
-cvs.texi(,1683) sent to the server. Its format is not yet documented
-cvs.texi(,1684) here.
-cvs.texi(,1685)
-cvs.texi(,1686) @cindex Notify.tmp file, in CVS directory
-cvs.texi(,1687) @cindex CVS/Notify.tmp file
-cvs.texi(,1688) @item Notify.tmp
-cvs.texi(,1689) This file is to @file{Notify} as @file{Entries.Backup}
-cvs.texi(,1690) is to @file{Entries}. That is, to write @file{Notify},
-cvs.texi(,1691) first write the new contents to @file{Notify.tmp} and
-cvs.texi(,1692) then (atomically where possible), rename it to
-cvs.texi(,1693) @file{Notify}.
-cvs.texi(,1694)
-cvs.texi(,1695) @cindex Base directory, in CVS directory
-cvs.texi(,1696) @cindex CVS/Base directory
-cvs.texi(,1697) @item Base
-cvs.texi(,1698) If watches are in use, then an @code{edit} command
-cvs.texi(,1699) stores the original copy of the file in the @file{Base}
-cvs.texi(,1700) directory. This allows the @code{unedit} command to
-cvs.texi(,1701) operate even if it is unable to communicate with the
-cvs.texi(,1702) server.
-cvs.texi(,1703)
-cvs.texi(,1704) @cindex Baserev file, in CVS directory
-cvs.texi(,1705) @cindex CVS/Baserev file
-cvs.texi(,1706) @item Baserev
-cvs.texi(,1707) The file lists the revision for each of the files in
-cvs.texi(,1708) the @file{Base} directory. The format is:
+cvs.texi(,1592) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,1593) where @var{name} is the name of the subdirectory, and
+cvs.texi(,1594) all the @var{filler} fields should be silently ignored,
+cvs.texi(,1595) for future expansion. Programs which modify
+cvs.texi(,1596) @code{Entries} files should preserve these fields.
+cvs.texi(,1597)
+cvs.texi(,1598) The lines in the @file{Entries} file can be in any order.
+cvs.texi(,1599)
+cvs.texi(,1600) @cindex Entries.Log file, in CVS directory
+cvs.texi(,1601) @cindex CVS/Entries.Log file
+cvs.texi(,1602) @item Entries.Log
+cvs.texi(,1603) This file does not record any information beyond that
+cvs.texi(,1604) in @file{Entries}, but it does provide a way to update
+cvs.texi(,1605) the information without having to rewrite the entire
+cvs.texi(,1606) @file{Entries} file, including the ability to preserve
+cvs.texi(,1607) the information even if the program writing
+cvs.texi(,1608) @file{Entries} and @file{Entries.Log} abruptly aborts.
+cvs.texi(,1609) Programs which are reading the @file{Entries} file
+cvs.texi(,1610) should also check for @file{Entries.Log}. If the latter
+cvs.texi(,1611) exists, they should read @file{Entries} and then apply
+cvs.texi(,1612) the changes mentioned in @file{Entries.Log}. After
+cvs.texi(,1613) applying the changes, the recommended practice is to
+cvs.texi(,1614) rewrite @file{Entries} and then delete @file{Entries.Log}.
+cvs.texi(,1615) The format of a line in @file{Entries.Log} is a single
+cvs.texi(,1616) character command followed by a space followed by a
+cvs.texi(,1617) line in the format specified for a line in
+cvs.texi(,1618) @file{Entries}. The single character command is
+cvs.texi(,1619) @samp{A} to indicate that the entry is being added,
+cvs.texi(,1620) @samp{R} to indicate that the entry is being removed,
+cvs.texi(,1621) or any other character to indicate that the entire line
+cvs.texi(,1622) in @file{Entries.Log} should be silently ignored (for
+cvs.texi(,1623) future expansion). If the second character of the line
+cvs.texi(,1624) in @file{Entries.Log} is not a space, then it was
+cvs.texi(,1625) written by an older version of @sc{cvs} (not documented
+cvs.texi(,1626) here).
+cvs.texi(,1627)
+cvs.texi(,1628) Programs which are writing rather than reading can
+cvs.texi(,1629) safely ignore @file{Entries.Log} if they so choose.
+cvs.texi(,1630)
+cvs.texi(,1631) @cindex Entries.Backup file, in CVS directory
+cvs.texi(,1632) @cindex CVS/Entries.Backup file
+cvs.texi(,1633) @item Entries.Backup
+cvs.texi(,1634) This is a temporary file. Recommended usage is to
+cvs.texi(,1635) write a new entries file to @file{Entries.Backup}, and
+cvs.texi(,1636) then to rename it (atomically, where possible) to
@file{Entries}.
+cvs.texi(,1637)
+cvs.texi(,1638) @cindex Entries.Static file, in CVS directory
+cvs.texi(,1639) @cindex CVS/Entries.Static file
+cvs.texi(,1640) @item Entries.Static
+cvs.texi(,1641) The only relevant thing about this file is whether it
+cvs.texi(,1642) exists or not. If it exists, then it means that only
+cvs.texi(,1643) part of a directory was gotten and @sc{cvs} will
+cvs.texi(,1644) not create additional files in that directory. To
+cvs.texi(,1645) clear it, use the @code{update} command with the
+cvs.texi(,1646) @samp{-d} option, which will get the additional files
+cvs.texi(,1647) and remove @file{Entries.Static}.
+cvs.texi(,1648) @c FIXME: This needs to be better documented, in places
+cvs.texi(,1649) @c other than Working Directory Storage.
+cvs.texi(,1650) @c FIXCVS: The fact that this setting exists needs to
+cvs.texi(,1651) @c be more visible to the user. For example "cvs
+cvs.texi(,1652) @c status foo", in the case where the file would be
+cvs.texi(,1653) @c gotten except for Entries.Static, might say
+cvs.texi(,1654) @c something to distinguish this from other cases.
+cvs.texi(,1655) @c One thing that periodically gets suggested is to
+cvs.texi(,1656) @c have "cvs update" print something when it skips
+cvs.texi(,1657) @c files due to Entries.Static, but IMHO that kind of
+cvs.texi(,1658) @c noise pretty much makes the Entries.Static feature
+cvs.texi(,1659) @c useless.
+cvs.texi(,1660)
+cvs.texi(,1661) @cindex Tag file, in CVS directory
+cvs.texi(,1662) @cindex CVS/Tag file
+cvs.texi(,1663) @cindex Sticky tags/dates, per-directory
+cvs.texi(,1664) @cindex Per-directory sticky tags/dates
+cvs.texi(,1665) @item Tag
+cvs.texi(,1666) This file contains per-directory sticky tags or dates.
+cvs.texi(,1667) The first character is @samp{T} for a branch tag,
+cvs.texi(,1668) @samp{N} for a non-branch tag, or @samp{D} for a date,
+cvs.texi(,1669) or another character to mean the file should be
+cvs.texi(,1670) silently ignored, for future expansion. This character
+cvs.texi(,1671) is followed by the tag or date. Note that
+cvs.texi(,1672) per-directory sticky tags or dates are used for things
+cvs.texi(,1673) like applying to files which are newly added; they
+cvs.texi(,1674) might not be the same as the sticky tags or dates on
+cvs.texi(,1675) individual files. For general information on sticky
+cvs.texi(,1676) tags and dates, see @ref{Sticky tags}.
+cvs.texi(,1677) @c FIXME: This needs to be much better documented,
+cvs.texi(,1678) @c preferably not in the context of "working directory
+cvs.texi(,1679) @c storage".
+cvs.texi(,1680) @c FIXME: The Sticky tags node needs to discuss, or xref to
+cvs.texi(,1681) @c someplace which discusses, per-directory sticky
+cvs.texi(,1682) @c tags and the distinction with per-file sticky tags.
+cvs.texi(,1683)
+cvs.texi(,1684) @cindex Notify file, in CVS directory
+cvs.texi(,1685) @cindex CVS/Notify file
+cvs.texi(,1686) @item Notify
+cvs.texi(,1687) This file stores notifications (for example, for
+cvs.texi(,1688) @code{edit} or @code{unedit}) which have not yet been
+cvs.texi(,1689) sent to the server. Its format is not yet documented
+cvs.texi(,1690) here.
+cvs.texi(,1691)
+cvs.texi(,1692) @cindex Notify.tmp file, in CVS directory
+cvs.texi(,1693) @cindex CVS/Notify.tmp file
+cvs.texi(,1694) @item Notify.tmp
+cvs.texi(,1695) This file is to @file{Notify} as @file{Entries.Backup}
+cvs.texi(,1696) is to @file{Entries}. That is, to write @file{Notify},
+cvs.texi(,1697) first write the new contents to @file{Notify.tmp} and
+cvs.texi(,1698) then (atomically where possible), rename it to
+cvs.texi(,1699) @file{Notify}.
+cvs.texi(,1700)
+cvs.texi(,1701) @cindex Base directory, in CVS directory
+cvs.texi(,1702) @cindex CVS/Base directory
+cvs.texi(,1703) @item Base
+cvs.texi(,1704) If watches are in use, then an @code{edit} command
+cvs.texi(,1705) stores the original copy of the file in the @file{Base}
+cvs.texi(,1706) directory. This allows the @code{unedit} command to
+cvs.texi(,1707) operate even if it is unable to communicate with the
+cvs.texi(,1708) server.
cvs.texi(,1709)
-cvs.texi(,1710) @example
-cvs.texi(,1711) address@hidden/@var{rev}/@var{expansion}
-cvs.texi(,1712) @end example
-cvs.texi(,1713)
-cvs.texi(,1714) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,1715) where @var{expansion} should be ignored, to allow for
-cvs.texi(,1716) future expansion.
-cvs.texi(,1717)
-cvs.texi(,1718) @cindex Baserev.tmp file, in CVS directory
-cvs.texi(,1719) @cindex CVS/Baserev.tmp file
-cvs.texi(,1720) @item Baserev.tmp
-cvs.texi(,1721) This file is to @file{Baserev} as @file{Entries.Backup}
-cvs.texi(,1722) is to @file{Entries}. That is, to write @file{Baserev},
-cvs.texi(,1723) first write the new contents to @file{Baserev.tmp} and
-cvs.texi(,1724) then (atomically where possible), rename it to
-cvs.texi(,1725) @file{Baserev}.
-cvs.texi(,1726)
-cvs.texi(,1727) @cindex Template file, in CVS directory
-cvs.texi(,1728) @cindex CVS/Template file
-cvs.texi(,1729) @item Template
-cvs.texi(,1730) This file contains the template specified by the
-cvs.texi(,1731) @file{rcsinfo} file (@pxref{rcsinfo}). It is only used
-cvs.texi(,1732) by the client; the non-client/server @sc{cvs} consults
-cvs.texi(,1733) @file{rcsinfo} directly.
-cvs.texi(,1734) @end table
-cvs.texi(,1735)
-cvs.texi(,1736) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,1737) @node Intro administrative files
-cvs.texi(,1738) @section The administrative files
-cvs.texi(,1739) @cindex Administrative files (intro)
-cvs.texi(,1740) @cindex Modules file
-cvs.texi(,1741) @cindex CVSROOT, module name
-cvs.texi(,1742) @cindex Defining modules (intro)
-cvs.texi(,1743)
-cvs.texi(,1744) @c FIXME: this node should be reorganized into "general
-cvs.texi(,1745) @c information about admin files" and put the "editing
-cvs.texi(,1746) @c admin files" stuff up front rather than jumping into
-cvs.texi(,1747) @c the details of modules right away. Then the
-cvs.texi(,1748) @c Administrative files node can go away, the information
-cvs.texi(,1749) @c on each admin file distributed to a place appropriate
-cvs.texi(,1750) @c to its function, and this node can contain a table
-cvs.texi(,1751) @c listing each file and a @ref to its detailed description.
-cvs.texi(,1752)
-cvs.texi(,1753) The directory @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT} contains some
@dfn{administrative
-cvs.texi(,1754) files}. @xref{Administrative files}, for a complete
description.
-cvs.texi(,1755) You can use @sc{cvs} without any of these files, but
-cvs.texi(,1756) some commands work better when at least the
-cvs.texi(,1757) @file{modules} file is properly set up.
+cvs.texi(,1710) @cindex Baserev file, in CVS directory
+cvs.texi(,1711) @cindex CVS/Baserev file
+cvs.texi(,1712) @item Baserev
+cvs.texi(,1713) The file lists the revision for each of the files in
+cvs.texi(,1714) the @file{Base} directory. The format is:
+cvs.texi(,1715)
+cvs.texi(,1716) @example
+cvs.texi(,1717) address@hidden/@var{rev}/@var{expansion}
+cvs.texi(,1718) @end example
+cvs.texi(,1719)
+cvs.texi(,1720) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,1721) where @var{expansion} should be ignored, to allow for
+cvs.texi(,1722) future expansion.
+cvs.texi(,1723)
+cvs.texi(,1724) @cindex Baserev.tmp file, in CVS directory
+cvs.texi(,1725) @cindex CVS/Baserev.tmp file
+cvs.texi(,1726) @item Baserev.tmp
+cvs.texi(,1727) This file is to @file{Baserev} as @file{Entries.Backup}
+cvs.texi(,1728) is to @file{Entries}. That is, to write @file{Baserev},
+cvs.texi(,1729) first write the new contents to @file{Baserev.tmp} and
+cvs.texi(,1730) then (atomically where possible), rename it to
+cvs.texi(,1731) @file{Baserev}.
+cvs.texi(,1732)
+cvs.texi(,1733) @cindex Template file, in CVS directory
+cvs.texi(,1734) @cindex CVS/Template file
+cvs.texi(,1735) @item Template
+cvs.texi(,1736) This file contains the template specified by the
+cvs.texi(,1737) @file{rcsinfo} file (@pxref{rcsinfo}). It is only used
+cvs.texi(,1738) by the client; the non-client/server @sc{cvs} consults
+cvs.texi(,1739) @file{rcsinfo} directly.
+cvs.texi(,1740) @end table
+cvs.texi(,1741)
+cvs.texi(,1742) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,1743) @node Intro administrative files
+cvs.texi(,1744) @section The administrative files
+cvs.texi(,1745) @cindex Administrative files (intro)
+cvs.texi(,1746) @cindex Modules file
+cvs.texi(,1747) @cindex CVSROOT, module name
+cvs.texi(,1748) @cindex Defining modules (intro)
+cvs.texi(,1749)
+cvs.texi(,1750) @c FIXME: this node should be reorganized into "general
+cvs.texi(,1751) @c information about admin files" and put the "editing
+cvs.texi(,1752) @c admin files" stuff up front rather than jumping into
+cvs.texi(,1753) @c the details of modules right away. Then the
+cvs.texi(,1754) @c Administrative files node can go away, the information
+cvs.texi(,1755) @c on each admin file distributed to a place appropriate
+cvs.texi(,1756) @c to its function, and this node can contain a table
+cvs.texi(,1757) @c listing each file and a @ref to its detailed description.
cvs.texi(,1758)
-cvs.texi(,1759) The most important of these files is the @file{modules}
-cvs.texi(,1760) file. It defines all modules in the repository. This
-cvs.texi(,1761) is a sample @file{modules} file.
-cvs.texi(,1762)
-cvs.texi(,1763) @c FIXME: The CVSROOT line is a goofy example now that
-cvs.texi(,1764) @c mkmodules doesn't exist.
-cvs.texi(,1765) @example
-cvs.texi(,1766) CVSROOT CVSROOT
-cvs.texi(,1767) modules CVSROOT modules
-cvs.texi(,1768) cvs gnu/cvs
-cvs.texi(,1769) rcs gnu/rcs
-cvs.texi(,1770) diff gnu/diff
-cvs.texi(,1771) tc yoyodyne/tc
-cvs.texi(,1772) @end example
-cvs.texi(,1773)
-cvs.texi(,1774) The @file{modules} file is line oriented. In its
-cvs.texi(,1775) simplest form each line contains the name of the
-cvs.texi(,1776) module, whitespace, and the directory where the module
-cvs.texi(,1777) resides. The directory is a path relative to
-cvs.texi(,1778) @code{$CVSROOT}. The last four lines in the example
-cvs.texi(,1779) above are examples of such lines.
-cvs.texi(,1780)
-cvs.texi(,1781) @c FIXME: might want to introduce the concept of options in
modules file
-cvs.texi(,1782) @c (the old example which was here, -i mkmodules, is obsolete).
-cvs.texi(,1783)
-cvs.texi(,1784) The line that defines the module called @samp{modules}
-cvs.texi(,1785) uses features that are not explained here.
-cvs.texi(,1786) @xref{modules}, for a full explanation of all the
-cvs.texi(,1787) available features.
-cvs.texi(,1788)
-cvs.texi(,1789) @c FIXME: subsection without node is bogus
-cvs.texi(,1790) @subsection Editing administrative files
-cvs.texi(,1791) @cindex Editing administrative files
-cvs.texi(,1792) @cindex Administrative files, editing them
-cvs.texi(,1793)
-cvs.texi(,1794) You edit the administrative files in the same way that you
would edit
-cvs.texi(,1795) any other module. Use @samp{cvs checkout CVSROOT} to get a
working
-cvs.texi(,1796) copy, edit it, and commit your changes in the normal way.
-cvs.texi(,1797)
-cvs.texi(,1798) It is possible to commit an erroneous administrative
-cvs.texi(,1799) file. You can often fix the error and check in a new
-cvs.texi(,1800) revision, but sometimes a particularly bad error in the
-cvs.texi(,1801) administrative file makes it impossible to commit new
-cvs.texi(,1802) revisions.
-cvs.texi(,1803) @c @xref{Bad administrative files} for a hint
-cvs.texi(,1804) @c about how to solve such situations.
-cvs.texi(,1805) @c -- administrative file checking--
-cvs.texi(,1806)
-cvs.texi(,1807) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,1808) @node Multiple repositories
-cvs.texi(,1809) @section Multiple repositories
-cvs.texi(,1810) @cindex Multiple repositories
-cvs.texi(,1811) @cindex Repositories, multiple
-cvs.texi(,1812) @cindex Many repositories
-cvs.texi(,1813) @cindex Parallel repositories
-cvs.texi(,1814) @cindex Disjoint repositories
-cvs.texi(,1815) @cindex CVSROOT, multiple repositories
-cvs.texi(,1816)
-cvs.texi(,1817) In some situations it is a good idea to have more than
-cvs.texi(,1818) one repository, for instance if you have two
-cvs.texi(,1819) development groups that work on separate projects
-cvs.texi(,1820) without sharing any code. All you have to do to have
-cvs.texi(,1821) several repositories is to specify the appropriate
-cvs.texi(,1822) repository, using the @code{CVSROOT} environment
-cvs.texi(,1823) variable, the @samp{-d} option to @sc{cvs}, or (once
-cvs.texi(,1824) you have checked out a working directory) by simply
-cvs.texi(,1825) allowing @sc{cvs} to use the repository that was used
-cvs.texi(,1826) to check out the working directory
-cvs.texi(,1827) (@pxref{Specifying a repository}).
-cvs.texi(,1828)
-cvs.texi(,1829) The big advantage of having multiple repositories is
-cvs.texi(,1830) that they can reside on different servers. With @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,1831) version 1.10, a single command cannot recurse into
-cvs.texi(,1832) directories from different repositories. With development
-cvs.texi(,1833) versions of @sc{cvs}, you can check out code from multiple
-cvs.texi(,1834) servers into your working directory. @sc{cvs} will
-cvs.texi(,1835) recurse and handle all the details of making
-cvs.texi(,1836) connections to as many server machines as necessary to
-cvs.texi(,1837) perform the requested command. Here is an example of
-cvs.texi(,1838) how to set up a working directory:
-cvs.texi(,1839)
-cvs.texi(,1840) @example
-cvs.texi(,1841) cvs -d server1:/cvs co dir1
-cvs.texi(,1842) cd dir1
-cvs.texi(,1843) cvs -d server2:/root co sdir
-cvs.texi(,1844) cvs update
-cvs.texi(,1845) @end example
-cvs.texi(,1846)
-cvs.texi(,1847) The @code{cvs co} commands set up the working
-cvs.texi(,1848) directory, and then the @code{cvs update} command will
-cvs.texi(,1849) contact server2, to update the dir1/sdir subdirectory,
-cvs.texi(,1850) and server1, to update everything else.
-cvs.texi(,1851)
-cvs.texi(,1852) @c FIXME: Does the FAQ have more about this? I have a
-cvs.texi(,1853) @c dim recollection, but I'm too lazy to check right now.
-cvs.texi(,1854)
-cvs.texi(,1855) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,1856) @node Creating a repository
-cvs.texi(,1857) @section Creating a repository
-cvs.texi(,1858)
-cvs.texi(,1859) @cindex Repository, setting up
-cvs.texi(,1860) @cindex Creating a repository
-cvs.texi(,1861) @cindex Setting up a repository
-cvs.texi(,1862)
-cvs.texi(,1863) To set up a @sc{cvs} repository, first choose the
-cvs.texi(,1864) machine and disk on which you want to store the
-cvs.texi(,1865) revision history of the source files. CPU and memory
-cvs.texi(,1866) requirements are modest, so most machines should be
-cvs.texi(,1867) adequate. For details see @ref{Server requirements}.
-cvs.texi(,1868) @c Possible that we should be providing a quick rule of
-cvs.texi(,1869) @c thumb, like the 32M memory for the server. That
-cvs.texi(,1870) @c might increase the number of people who are happy
-cvs.texi(,1871) @c with the answer, without following the xref.
-cvs.texi(,1872)
-cvs.texi(,1873) To estimate disk space
-cvs.texi(,1874) requirements, if you are importing RCS files from
-cvs.texi(,1875) another system, the size of those files is the
-cvs.texi(,1876) approximate initial size of your repository, or if you
-cvs.texi(,1877) are starting without any version history, a rule of
-cvs.texi(,1878) thumb is to allow for the server approximately three
-cvs.texi(,1879) times the size of the code to be under @sc{cvs} for the
-cvs.texi(,1880) repository (you will eventually outgrow this, but not
-cvs.texi(,1881) for a while). On the machines on which the developers
-cvs.texi(,1882) will be working, you'll want disk space for
-cvs.texi(,1883) approximately one working directory for each developer
-cvs.texi(,1884) (either the entire tree or a portion of it, depending
-cvs.texi(,1885) on what each developer uses).
-cvs.texi(,1886)
-cvs.texi(,1887) The repository should be accessible
-cvs.texi(,1888) (directly or via a networked file system) from all
-cvs.texi(,1889) machines which want to use @sc{cvs} in server or local
-cvs.texi(,1890) mode; the client machines need not have any access to
-cvs.texi(,1891) it other than via the @sc{cvs} protocol. It is not
-cvs.texi(,1892) possible to use @sc{cvs} to read from a repository
-cvs.texi(,1893) which one only has read access to; @sc{cvs} needs to be
-cvs.texi(,1894) able to create lock files (@pxref{Concurrency}).
-cvs.texi(,1895)
-cvs.texi(,1896) @cindex init (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,1897) To create a repository, run the @code{cvs init}
-cvs.texi(,1898) command. It will set up an empty repository in the
-cvs.texi(,1899) @sc{cvs} root specified in the usual way
-cvs.texi(,1900) (@pxref{Repository}). For example,
+cvs.texi(,1759) The directory @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT} contains some
@dfn{administrative
+cvs.texi(,1760) files}. @xref{Administrative files}, for a complete
description.
+cvs.texi(,1761) You can use @sc{cvs} without any of these files, but
+cvs.texi(,1762) some commands work better when at least the
+cvs.texi(,1763) @file{modules} file is properly set up.
+cvs.texi(,1764)
+cvs.texi(,1765) The most important of these files is the @file{modules}
+cvs.texi(,1766) file. It defines all modules in the repository. This
+cvs.texi(,1767) is a sample @file{modules} file.
+cvs.texi(,1768)
+cvs.texi(,1769) @c FIXME: The CVSROOT line is a goofy example now that
+cvs.texi(,1770) @c mkmodules doesn't exist.
+cvs.texi(,1771) @example
+cvs.texi(,1772) CVSROOT CVSROOT
+cvs.texi(,1773) modules CVSROOT modules
+cvs.texi(,1774) cvs gnu/cvs
+cvs.texi(,1775) rcs gnu/rcs
+cvs.texi(,1776) diff gnu/diff
+cvs.texi(,1777) tc yoyodyne/tc
+cvs.texi(,1778) @end example
+cvs.texi(,1779)
+cvs.texi(,1780) The @file{modules} file is line oriented. In its
+cvs.texi(,1781) simplest form each line contains the name of the
+cvs.texi(,1782) module, whitespace, and the directory where the module
+cvs.texi(,1783) resides. The directory is a path relative to
+cvs.texi(,1784) @code{$CVSROOT}. The last four lines in the example
+cvs.texi(,1785) above are examples of such lines.
+cvs.texi(,1786)
+cvs.texi(,1787) @c FIXME: might want to introduce the concept of options in
modules file
+cvs.texi(,1788) @c (the old example which was here, -i mkmodules, is obsolete).
+cvs.texi(,1789)
+cvs.texi(,1790) The line that defines the module called @samp{modules}
+cvs.texi(,1791) uses features that are not explained here.
+cvs.texi(,1792) @xref{modules}, for a full explanation of all the
+cvs.texi(,1793) available features.
+cvs.texi(,1794)
+cvs.texi(,1795) @c FIXME: subsection without node is bogus
+cvs.texi(,1796) @subsection Editing administrative files
+cvs.texi(,1797) @cindex Editing administrative files
+cvs.texi(,1798) @cindex Administrative files, editing them
+cvs.texi(,1799)
+cvs.texi(,1800) You edit the administrative files in the same way that you
would edit
+cvs.texi(,1801) any other module. Use @samp{cvs checkout CVSROOT} to get a
working
+cvs.texi(,1802) copy, edit it, and commit your changes in the normal way.
+cvs.texi(,1803)
+cvs.texi(,1804) It is possible to commit an erroneous administrative
+cvs.texi(,1805) file. You can often fix the error and check in a new
+cvs.texi(,1806) revision, but sometimes a particularly bad error in the
+cvs.texi(,1807) administrative file makes it impossible to commit new
+cvs.texi(,1808) revisions.
+cvs.texi(,1809) @c @xref{Bad administrative files} for a hint
+cvs.texi(,1810) @c about how to solve such situations.
+cvs.texi(,1811) @c -- administrative file checking--
+cvs.texi(,1812)
+cvs.texi(,1813) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,1814) @node Multiple repositories
+cvs.texi(,1815) @section Multiple repositories
+cvs.texi(,1816) @cindex Multiple repositories
+cvs.texi(,1817) @cindex Repositories, multiple
+cvs.texi(,1818) @cindex Many repositories
+cvs.texi(,1819) @cindex Parallel repositories
+cvs.texi(,1820) @cindex Disjoint repositories
+cvs.texi(,1821) @cindex CVSROOT, multiple repositories
+cvs.texi(,1822)
+cvs.texi(,1823) In some situations it is a good idea to have more than
+cvs.texi(,1824) one repository, for instance if you have two
+cvs.texi(,1825) development groups that work on separate projects
+cvs.texi(,1826) without sharing any code. All you have to do to have
+cvs.texi(,1827) several repositories is to specify the appropriate
+cvs.texi(,1828) repository, using the @code{CVSROOT} environment
+cvs.texi(,1829) variable, the @samp{-d} option to @sc{cvs}, or (once
+cvs.texi(,1830) you have checked out a working directory) by simply
+cvs.texi(,1831) allowing @sc{cvs} to use the repository that was used
+cvs.texi(,1832) to check out the working directory
+cvs.texi(,1833) (@pxref{Specifying a repository}).
+cvs.texi(,1834)
+cvs.texi(,1835) The big advantage of having multiple repositories is
+cvs.texi(,1836) that they can reside on different servers. With @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,1837) version 1.10, a single command cannot recurse into
+cvs.texi(,1838) directories from different repositories. With development
+cvs.texi(,1839) versions of @sc{cvs}, you can check out code from multiple
+cvs.texi(,1840) servers into your working directory. @sc{cvs} will
+cvs.texi(,1841) recurse and handle all the details of making
+cvs.texi(,1842) connections to as many server machines as necessary to
+cvs.texi(,1843) perform the requested command. Here is an example of
+cvs.texi(,1844) how to set up a working directory:
+cvs.texi(,1845)
+cvs.texi(,1846) @example
+cvs.texi(,1847) cvs -d server1:/cvs co dir1
+cvs.texi(,1848) cd dir1
+cvs.texi(,1849) cvs -d server2:/root co sdir
+cvs.texi(,1850) cvs update
+cvs.texi(,1851) @end example
+cvs.texi(,1852)
+cvs.texi(,1853) The @code{cvs co} commands set up the working
+cvs.texi(,1854) directory, and then the @code{cvs update} command will
+cvs.texi(,1855) contact server2, to update the dir1/sdir subdirectory,
+cvs.texi(,1856) and server1, to update everything else.
+cvs.texi(,1857)
+cvs.texi(,1858) @c FIXME: Does the FAQ have more about this? I have a
+cvs.texi(,1859) @c dim recollection, but I'm too lazy to check right now.
+cvs.texi(,1860)
+cvs.texi(,1861) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,1862) @node Creating a repository
+cvs.texi(,1863) @section Creating a repository
+cvs.texi(,1864)
+cvs.texi(,1865) @cindex Repository, setting up
+cvs.texi(,1866) @cindex Creating a repository
+cvs.texi(,1867) @cindex Setting up a repository
+cvs.texi(,1868)
+cvs.texi(,1869) To set up a @sc{cvs} repository, first choose the
+cvs.texi(,1870) machine and disk on which you want to store the
+cvs.texi(,1871) revision history of the source files. CPU and memory
+cvs.texi(,1872) requirements are modest, so most machines should be
+cvs.texi(,1873) adequate. For details see @ref{Server requirements}.
+cvs.texi(,1874) @c Possible that we should be providing a quick rule of
+cvs.texi(,1875) @c thumb, like the 32M memory for the server. That
+cvs.texi(,1876) @c might increase the number of people who are happy
+cvs.texi(,1877) @c with the answer, without following the xref.
+cvs.texi(,1878)
+cvs.texi(,1879) To estimate disk space
+cvs.texi(,1880) requirements, if you are importing RCS files from
+cvs.texi(,1881) another system, the size of those files is the
+cvs.texi(,1882) approximate initial size of your repository, or if you
+cvs.texi(,1883) are starting without any version history, a rule of
+cvs.texi(,1884) thumb is to allow for the server approximately three
+cvs.texi(,1885) times the size of the code to be under @sc{cvs} for the
+cvs.texi(,1886) repository (you will eventually outgrow this, but not
+cvs.texi(,1887) for a while). On the machines on which the developers
+cvs.texi(,1888) will be working, you'll want disk space for
+cvs.texi(,1889) approximately one working directory for each developer
+cvs.texi(,1890) (either the entire tree or a portion of it, depending
+cvs.texi(,1891) on what each developer uses).
+cvs.texi(,1892)
+cvs.texi(,1893) The repository should be accessible
+cvs.texi(,1894) (directly or via a networked file system) from all
+cvs.texi(,1895) machines which want to use @sc{cvs} in server or local
+cvs.texi(,1896) mode; the client machines need not have any access to
+cvs.texi(,1897) it other than via the @sc{cvs} protocol. It is not
+cvs.texi(,1898) possible to use @sc{cvs} to read from a repository
+cvs.texi(,1899) which one only has read access to; @sc{cvs} needs to be
+cvs.texi(,1900) able to create lock files (@pxref{Concurrency}).
cvs.texi(,1901)
-cvs.texi(,1902) @example
-cvs.texi(,1903) cvs -d /usr/local/cvsroot init
-cvs.texi(,1904) @end example
-cvs.texi(,1905)
-cvs.texi(,1906) @code{cvs init} is careful to never overwrite any
-cvs.texi(,1907) existing files in the repository, so no harm is done if
-cvs.texi(,1908) you run @code{cvs init} on an already set-up
-cvs.texi(,1909) repository.
-cvs.texi(,1910)
-cvs.texi(,1911) @code{cvs init} will enable history logging; if you
-cvs.texi(,1912) don't want that, remove the history file after running
-cvs.texi(,1913) @code{cvs init}. @xref{history file}.
-cvs.texi(,1914)
-cvs.texi(,1915) @node Backing up
-cvs.texi(,1916) @section Backing up a repository
-cvs.texi(,1917) @cindex Repository, backing up
-cvs.texi(,1918) @cindex Backing up, repository
-cvs.texi(,1919)
-cvs.texi(,1920) There is nothing particularly magical about the files
-cvs.texi(,1921) in the repository; for the most part it is possible to
-cvs.texi(,1922) back them up just like any other files. However, there
-cvs.texi(,1923) are a few issues to consider.
-cvs.texi(,1924)
-cvs.texi(,1925) @cindex Locks, cvs, and backups
-cvs.texi(,1926) @cindex #cvs.rfl, and backups
-cvs.texi(,1927) The first is that to be paranoid, one should either not
-cvs.texi(,1928) use @sc{cvs} during the backup, or have the backup
-cvs.texi(,1929) program lock @sc{cvs} while doing the backup. To not
-cvs.texi(,1930) use @sc{cvs}, you might forbid logins to machines which
-cvs.texi(,1931) can access the repository, turn off your @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,1932) server, or similar mechanisms. The details would
-cvs.texi(,1933) depend on your operating system and how you have
-cvs.texi(,1934) @sc{cvs} set up. To lock @sc{cvs}, you would create
-cvs.texi(,1935) @file{#cvs.rfl} locks in each repository directory.
-cvs.texi(,1936) See @ref{Concurrency}, for more on @sc{cvs} locks.
-cvs.texi(,1937) Having said all this, if you just back up without any
-cvs.texi(,1938) of these precautions, the results are unlikely to be
-cvs.texi(,1939) particularly dire. Restoring from backup, the
-cvs.texi(,1940) repository might be in an inconsistent state, but this
-cvs.texi(,1941) would not be particularly hard to fix manually.
-cvs.texi(,1942)
-cvs.texi(,1943) When you restore a repository from backup, assuming
-cvs.texi(,1944) that changes in the repository were made after the time
-cvs.texi(,1945) of the backup, working directories which were not
-cvs.texi(,1946) affected by the failure may refer to revisions which no
-cvs.texi(,1947) longer exist in the repository. Trying to run @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,1948) in such directories will typically produce an error
-cvs.texi(,1949) message. One way to get those changes back into the
-cvs.texi(,1950) repository is as follows:
-cvs.texi(,1951)
-cvs.texi(,1952) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,1953) @item
-cvs.texi(,1954) Get a new working directory.
-cvs.texi(,1955)
-cvs.texi(,1956) @item
-cvs.texi(,1957) Copy the files from the working directory from before
-cvs.texi(,1958) the failure over to the new working directory (do not
-cvs.texi(,1959) copy the contents of the @file{CVS} directories, of
-cvs.texi(,1960) course).
+cvs.texi(,1902) @cindex init (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,1903) To create a repository, run the @code{cvs init}
+cvs.texi(,1904) command. It will set up an empty repository in the
+cvs.texi(,1905) @sc{cvs} root specified in the usual way
+cvs.texi(,1906) (@pxref{Repository}). For example,
+cvs.texi(,1907)
+cvs.texi(,1908) @example
+cvs.texi(,1909) cvs -d /usr/local/cvsroot init
+cvs.texi(,1910) @end example
+cvs.texi(,1911)
+cvs.texi(,1912) @code{cvs init} is careful to never overwrite any
+cvs.texi(,1913) existing files in the repository, so no harm is done if
+cvs.texi(,1914) you run @code{cvs init} on an already set-up
+cvs.texi(,1915) repository.
+cvs.texi(,1916)
+cvs.texi(,1917) @code{cvs init} will enable history logging; if you
+cvs.texi(,1918) don't want that, remove the history file after running
+cvs.texi(,1919) @code{cvs init}. @xref{history file}.
+cvs.texi(,1920)
+cvs.texi(,1921) @node Backing up
+cvs.texi(,1922) @section Backing up a repository
+cvs.texi(,1923) @cindex Repository, backing up
+cvs.texi(,1924) @cindex Backing up, repository
+cvs.texi(,1925)
+cvs.texi(,1926) There is nothing particularly magical about the files
+cvs.texi(,1927) in the repository; for the most part it is possible to
+cvs.texi(,1928) back them up just like any other files. However, there
+cvs.texi(,1929) are a few issues to consider.
+cvs.texi(,1930)
+cvs.texi(,1931) @cindex Locks, cvs, and backups
+cvs.texi(,1932) @cindex #cvs.rfl, and backups
+cvs.texi(,1933) The first is that to be paranoid, one should either not
+cvs.texi(,1934) use @sc{cvs} during the backup, or have the backup
+cvs.texi(,1935) program lock @sc{cvs} while doing the backup. To not
+cvs.texi(,1936) use @sc{cvs}, you might forbid logins to machines which
+cvs.texi(,1937) can access the repository, turn off your @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,1938) server, or similar mechanisms. The details would
+cvs.texi(,1939) depend on your operating system and how you have
+cvs.texi(,1940) @sc{cvs} set up. To lock @sc{cvs}, you would create
+cvs.texi(,1941) @file{#cvs.rfl} locks in each repository directory.
+cvs.texi(,1942) See @ref{Concurrency}, for more on @sc{cvs} locks.
+cvs.texi(,1943) Having said all this, if you just back up without any
+cvs.texi(,1944) of these precautions, the results are unlikely to be
+cvs.texi(,1945) particularly dire. Restoring from backup, the
+cvs.texi(,1946) repository might be in an inconsistent state, but this
+cvs.texi(,1947) would not be particularly hard to fix manually.
+cvs.texi(,1948)
+cvs.texi(,1949) When you restore a repository from backup, assuming
+cvs.texi(,1950) that changes in the repository were made after the time
+cvs.texi(,1951) of the backup, working directories which were not
+cvs.texi(,1952) affected by the failure may refer to revisions which no
+cvs.texi(,1953) longer exist in the repository. Trying to run @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,1954) in such directories will typically produce an error
+cvs.texi(,1955) message. One way to get those changes back into the
+cvs.texi(,1956) repository is as follows:
+cvs.texi(,1957)
+cvs.texi(,1958) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,1959) @item
+cvs.texi(,1960) Get a new working directory.
cvs.texi(,1961)
cvs.texi(,1962) @item
-cvs.texi(,1963) Working in the new working directory, use commands such
-cvs.texi(,1964) as @code{cvs update} and @code{cvs diff} to figure out
-cvs.texi(,1965) what has changed, and then when you are ready, commit
-cvs.texi(,1966) the changes into the repository.
-cvs.texi(,1967) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,1968)
-cvs.texi(,1969) @node Moving a repository
-cvs.texi(,1970) @section Moving a repository
-cvs.texi(,1971) @cindex Repository, moving
-cvs.texi(,1972) @cindex Moving a repository
-cvs.texi(,1973) @cindex Copying a repository
+cvs.texi(,1963) Copy the files from the working directory from before
+cvs.texi(,1964) the failure over to the new working directory (do not
+cvs.texi(,1965) copy the contents of the @file{CVS} directories, of
+cvs.texi(,1966) course).
+cvs.texi(,1967)
+cvs.texi(,1968) @item
+cvs.texi(,1969) Working in the new working directory, use commands such
+cvs.texi(,1970) as @code{cvs update} and @code{cvs diff} to figure out
+cvs.texi(,1971) what has changed, and then when you are ready, commit
+cvs.texi(,1972) the changes into the repository.
+cvs.texi(,1973) @end itemize
cvs.texi(,1974)
-cvs.texi(,1975) Just as backing up the files in the repository is
-cvs.texi(,1976) pretty much like backing up any other files, if you
-cvs.texi(,1977) need to move a repository from one place to another it
-cvs.texi(,1978) is also pretty much like just moving any other
-cvs.texi(,1979) collection of files.
+cvs.texi(,1975) @node Moving a repository
+cvs.texi(,1976) @section Moving a repository
+cvs.texi(,1977) @cindex Repository, moving
+cvs.texi(,1978) @cindex Moving a repository
+cvs.texi(,1979) @cindex Copying a repository
cvs.texi(,1980)
-cvs.texi(,1981) The main thing to consider is that working directories
-cvs.texi(,1982) point to the repository. The simplest way to deal with
-cvs.texi(,1983) a moved repository is to just get a fresh working
-cvs.texi(,1984) directory after the move. Of course, you'll want to
-cvs.texi(,1985) make sure that the old working directory had been
-cvs.texi(,1986) checked in before the move, or you figured out some
-cvs.texi(,1987) other way to make sure that you don't lose any
-cvs.texi(,1988) changes. If you really do want to reuse the existing
-cvs.texi(,1989) working directory, it should be possible with manual
-cvs.texi(,1990) surgery on the @file{CVS/Repository} files. You can
-cvs.texi(,1991) see @ref{Working directory storage}, for information on
-cvs.texi(,1992) the @file{CVS/Repository} and @file{CVS/Root} files, but
-cvs.texi(,1993) unless you are sure you want to bother, it probably
-cvs.texi(,1994) isn't worth it.
-cvs.texi(,1995) @c FIXME: Surgery on CVS/Repository should be avoided
-cvs.texi(,1996) @c by making RELATIVE_REPOS the default.
-cvs.texi(,1997) @c FIXME-maybe: might want some documented way to
-cvs.texi(,1998) @c change the CVS/Root files in some particular tree.
-cvs.texi(,1999) @c But then again, I don't know, maybe just having
-cvs.texi(,2000) @c people do this in perl/shell/&c isn't so bad...
-cvs.texi(,2001)
-cvs.texi(,2002) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,2003) @node Remote repositories
-cvs.texi(,2004) @section Remote repositories
-cvs.texi(,2005) @cindex Repositories, remote
-cvs.texi(,2006) @cindex Remote repositories
-cvs.texi(,2007) @cindex Client/Server Operation
-cvs.texi(,2008) @cindex Server, CVS
-cvs.texi(,2009) @cindex Remote repositories, port specification
-cvs.texi(,2010) @cindex Repositories, remote, port specification
-cvs.texi(,2011) @cindex Client/Server Operation, port specification
-cvs.texi(,2012) @cindex pserver (client/server connection method), port
specification
-cvs.texi(,2013) @cindex kserver (client/server connection method), port
specification
-cvs.texi(,2014) @cindex gserver (client/server connection method), port
specification
-cvs.texi(,2015) @cindex port, specifying for remote repositories
-cvs.texi(,2016)
-cvs.texi(,2017) Your working copy of the sources can be on a
-cvs.texi(,2018) different machine than the repository. Using @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,2019) in this manner is known as @dfn{client/server}
-cvs.texi(,2020) operation. You run @sc{cvs} on a machine which can
-cvs.texi(,2021) mount your working directory, known as the
-cvs.texi(,2022) @dfn{client}, and tell it to communicate to a machine
-cvs.texi(,2023) which can mount the repository, known as the
-cvs.texi(,2024) @dfn{server}. Generally, using a remote
-cvs.texi(,2025) repository is just like using a local one, except that
-cvs.texi(,2026) the format of the repository name is:
-cvs.texi(,2027)
-cvs.texi(,2028) @example
-cvs.texi(,2029)
[:@var{method}:address@hidden:@var{password}]@@address@hidden:address@hidden/path/to/repository
-cvs.texi(,2030) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2031)
-cvs.texi(,2032) Specifying a password in the repository name is not
recommended during
-cvs.texi(,2033) checkout, since this will cause @sc{cvs} to store a cleartext
copy of the
-cvs.texi(,2034) password in each created directory. @code{cvs login} first
instead
-cvs.texi(,2035) (@pxref{Password authentication client}).
-cvs.texi(,2036)
-cvs.texi(,2037) The details of exactly what needs to be set up depend
-cvs.texi(,2038) on how you are connecting to the server.
-cvs.texi(,2039)
-cvs.texi(,2040) If @var{method} is not specified, and the repository
-cvs.texi(,2041) name contains @samp{:}, then the default is @code{ext}
-cvs.texi(,2042) or @code{server}, depending on your platform; both are
-cvs.texi(,2043) described in @ref{Connecting via rsh}.
-cvs.texi(,2044) @c Should we try to explain which platforms are which?
-cvs.texi(,2045) @c Platforms like unix and VMS, which only allow
-cvs.texi(,2046) @c privileged programs to bind to sockets <1024 lose on
-cvs.texi(,2047) @c :server:
-cvs.texi(,2048) @c Platforms like Mac and VMS, whose rsh program is
-cvs.texi(,2049) @c unusable or nonexistent, lose on :ext:
-cvs.texi(,2050) @c Platforms like OS/2 and NT probably could plausibly
-cvs.texi(,2051) @c default either way (modulo -b troubles).
-cvs.texi(,2052)
-cvs.texi(,2053) @c FIXME: We need to have a better way of explaining
-cvs.texi(,2054) @c what method to use. This presentation totally
-cvs.texi(,2055) @c obscures the fact that :ext: and CVS_RSH is the way to
-cvs.texi(,2056) @c use SSH, for example. Plus it incorrectly implies
-cvs.texi(,2057) @c that you need an @code{rsh} binary on the client to use
-cvs.texi(,2058) @c :server:.
-cvs.texi(,2059) @c Also note that rsh not pserver is the right choice if you
want
-cvs.texi(,2060) @c users to be able to create their own repositories
-cvs.texi(,2061) @c (because of the --allow-root related issues).
-cvs.texi(,2062) @menu
-cvs.texi(,2063) * Server requirements:: Memory and other resources for
servers
-cvs.texi(,2064) * Connecting via rsh:: Using the @code{rsh} program
to connect
-cvs.texi(,2065) * Password authenticated:: Direct connections using
passwords
-cvs.texi(,2066) * GSSAPI authenticated:: Direct connections using GSSAPI
-cvs.texi(,2067) * Kerberos authenticated:: Direct connections with
kerberos
-cvs.texi(,2068) * Connecting via fork:: Using a forked @code{cvs
server} to connect
-cvs.texi(,2069) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,2070)
-cvs.texi(,2071) @node Server requirements
-cvs.texi(,2072) @subsection Server requirements
-cvs.texi(,2073)
-cvs.texi(,2074) The quick answer to what sort of machine is suitable as
-cvs.texi(,2075) a server is that requirements are modest---a server
-cvs.texi(,2076) with 32M of memory or even less can handle a fairly
-cvs.texi(,2077) large source tree with a fair amount of activity.
-cvs.texi(,2078) @c Say something about CPU speed too? I'm even less sure
-cvs.texi(,2079) @c what to say on that subject...
-cvs.texi(,2080)
-cvs.texi(,2081) The real answer, of course, is more complicated.
-cvs.texi(,2082) Estimating the known areas of large memory consumption
-cvs.texi(,2083) should be sufficient to estimate memory requirements.
-cvs.texi(,2084) There are two such areas documented here; other memory
-cvs.texi(,2085) consumption should be small by comparison (if you find
-cvs.texi(,2086) that is not the case, let us know, as described in
-cvs.texi(,2087) @ref{BUGS}, so we can update this documentation).
-cvs.texi(,2088)
-cvs.texi(,2089) The first area of big memory consumption is large
-cvs.texi(,2090) checkouts, when using the @sc{cvs} server. The server
-cvs.texi(,2091) consists of two processes for each client that it is
-cvs.texi(,2092) serving. Memory consumption on the child process
-cvs.texi(,2093) should remain fairly small. Memory consumption on the
-cvs.texi(,2094) parent process, particularly if the network connection
-cvs.texi(,2095) to the client is slow, can be expected to grow to
-cvs.texi(,2096) slightly more than the size of the sources in a single
-cvs.texi(,2097) directory, or two megabytes, whichever is larger.
-cvs.texi(,2098) @c "two megabytes" of course is SERVER_HI_WATER. But
-cvs.texi(,2099) @c we don't mention that here because we are
-cvs.texi(,2100) @c documenting the default configuration of CVS. If it
-cvs.texi(,2101) @c is a "standard" thing to change that value, it
-cvs.texi(,2102) @c should be some kind of run-time configuration.
-cvs.texi(,2103) @c
-cvs.texi(,2104) @c See cvsclient.texi for more on the design decision
-cvs.texi(,2105) @c to not have locks in place while waiting for the
-cvs.texi(,2106) @c client, which is what results in memory consumption
-cvs.texi(,2107) @c as high as this.
-cvs.texi(,2108)
-cvs.texi(,2109) Multiplying the size of each @sc{cvs} server by the
-cvs.texi(,2110) number of servers which you expect to have active at
-cvs.texi(,2111) one time should give an idea of memory requirements for
-cvs.texi(,2112) the server. For the most part, the memory consumed by
-cvs.texi(,2113) the parent process probably can be swap space rather
-cvs.texi(,2114) than physical memory.
-cvs.texi(,2115) @c Has anyone verified that notion about swap space?
-cvs.texi(,2116) @c I say it based pretty much on guessing that the
-cvs.texi(,2117) @c ->text of the struct buffer_data only gets accessed
-cvs.texi(,2118) @c in a first in, first out fashion, but I haven't
-cvs.texi(,2119) @c looked very closely.
-cvs.texi(,2120)
-cvs.texi(,2121) @c What about disk usage in /tmp on the server? I think that
-cvs.texi(,2122) @c it can be substantial, but I haven't looked at this
-cvs.texi(,2123) @c again and tried to figure it out ("cvs import" is
-cvs.texi(,2124) @c probably the worst case...).
-cvs.texi(,2125)
-cvs.texi(,2126) The second area of large memory consumption is
-cvs.texi(,2127) @code{diff}, when checking in large files. This is
-cvs.texi(,2128) required even for binary files. The rule of thumb is
-cvs.texi(,2129) to allow about ten times the size of the largest file
-cvs.texi(,2130) you will want to check in, although five times may be
-cvs.texi(,2131) adequate. For example, if you want to check in a file
-cvs.texi(,2132) which is 10 megabytes, you should have 100 megabytes of
-cvs.texi(,2133) memory on the machine doing the checkin (the server
-cvs.texi(,2134) machine for client/server, or the machine running
-cvs.texi(,2135) @sc{cvs} for non-client/server). This can be swap
-cvs.texi(,2136) space rather than physical memory. Because the memory
-cvs.texi(,2137) is only required briefly, there is no particular need
-cvs.texi(,2138) to allow memory for more than one such checkin at a
-cvs.texi(,2139) time.
-cvs.texi(,2140) @c The 5-10 times rule of thumb is from Paul Eggert for
-cvs.texi(,2141) @c GNU diff. I don't think it is in the GNU diff
-cvs.texi(,2142) @c manual or anyplace like that.
-cvs.texi(,2143) @c
-cvs.texi(,2144) @c Probably we could be saying more about
-cvs.texi(,2145) @c non-client/server CVS.
-cvs.texi(,2146) @c I would guess for non-client/server CVS in an NFS
-cvs.texi(,2147) @c environment the biggest issues are the network and
-cvs.texi(,2148) @c the NFS server.
-cvs.texi(,2149)
-cvs.texi(,2150) Resource consumption for the client is even more
-cvs.texi(,2151) modest---any machine with enough capacity to run the
-cvs.texi(,2152) operating system in question should have little
-cvs.texi(,2153) trouble.
-cvs.texi(,2154) @c Is that true? I think the client still wants to
-cvs.texi(,2155) @c (bogusly) store entire files in memory at times.
-cvs.texi(,2156)
-cvs.texi(,2157) For information on disk space requirements, see
-cvs.texi(,2158) @ref{Creating a repository}.
-cvs.texi(,2159)
-cvs.texi(,2160) @node Connecting via rsh
-cvs.texi(,2161) @subsection Connecting with rsh
+cvs.texi(,1981) Just as backing up the files in the repository is
+cvs.texi(,1982) pretty much like backing up any other files, if you
+cvs.texi(,1983) need to move a repository from one place to another it
+cvs.texi(,1984) is also pretty much like just moving any other
+cvs.texi(,1985) collection of files.
+cvs.texi(,1986)
+cvs.texi(,1987) The main thing to consider is that working directories
+cvs.texi(,1988) point to the repository. The simplest way to deal with
+cvs.texi(,1989) a moved repository is to just get a fresh working
+cvs.texi(,1990) directory after the move. Of course, you'll want to
+cvs.texi(,1991) make sure that the old working directory had been
+cvs.texi(,1992) checked in before the move, or you figured out some
+cvs.texi(,1993) other way to make sure that you don't lose any
+cvs.texi(,1994) changes. If you really do want to reuse the existing
+cvs.texi(,1995) working directory, it should be possible with manual
+cvs.texi(,1996) surgery on the @file{CVS/Repository} files. You can
+cvs.texi(,1997) see @ref{Working directory storage}, for information on
+cvs.texi(,1998) the @file{CVS/Repository} and @file{CVS/Root} files, but
+cvs.texi(,1999) unless you are sure you want to bother, it probably
+cvs.texi(,2000) isn't worth it.
+cvs.texi(,2001) @c FIXME: Surgery on CVS/Repository should be avoided
+cvs.texi(,2002) @c by making RELATIVE_REPOS the default.
+cvs.texi(,2003) @c FIXME-maybe: might want some documented way to
+cvs.texi(,2004) @c change the CVS/Root files in some particular tree.
+cvs.texi(,2005) @c But then again, I don't know, maybe just having
+cvs.texi(,2006) @c people do this in perl/shell/&c isn't so bad...
+cvs.texi(,2007)
+cvs.texi(,2008) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,2009) @node Remote repositories
+cvs.texi(,2010) @section Remote repositories
+cvs.texi(,2011) @cindex Repositories, remote
+cvs.texi(,2012) @cindex Remote repositories
+cvs.texi(,2013) @cindex Client/Server Operation
+cvs.texi(,2014) @cindex Server, CVS
+cvs.texi(,2015) @cindex Remote repositories, port specification
+cvs.texi(,2016) @cindex Repositories, remote, port specification
+cvs.texi(,2017) @cindex Client/Server Operation, port specification
+cvs.texi(,2018) @cindex pserver (client/server connection method), port
specification
+cvs.texi(,2019) @cindex kserver (client/server connection method), port
specification
+cvs.texi(,2020) @cindex gserver (client/server connection method), port
specification
+cvs.texi(,2021) @cindex port, specifying for remote repositories
+cvs.texi(,2022)
+cvs.texi(,2023) Your working copy of the sources can be on a
+cvs.texi(,2024) different machine than the repository. Using @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,2025) in this manner is known as @dfn{client/server}
+cvs.texi(,2026) operation. You run @sc{cvs} on a machine which can
+cvs.texi(,2027) mount your working directory, known as the
+cvs.texi(,2028) @dfn{client}, and tell it to communicate to a machine
+cvs.texi(,2029) which can mount the repository, known as the
+cvs.texi(,2030) @dfn{server}. Generally, using a remote
+cvs.texi(,2031) repository is just like using a local one, except that
+cvs.texi(,2032) the format of the repository name is:
+cvs.texi(,2033)
+cvs.texi(,2034) @example
+cvs.texi(,2035)
[:@var{method}:address@hidden:@var{password}]@@address@hidden:address@hidden/path/to/repository
+cvs.texi(,2036) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2037)
+cvs.texi(,2038) Specifying a password in the repository name is not
recommended during
+cvs.texi(,2039) checkout, since this will cause @sc{cvs} to store a cleartext
copy of the
+cvs.texi(,2040) password in each created directory. @code{cvs login} first
instead
+cvs.texi(,2041) (@pxref{Password authentication client}).
+cvs.texi(,2042)
+cvs.texi(,2043) The details of exactly what needs to be set up depend
+cvs.texi(,2044) on how you are connecting to the server.
+cvs.texi(,2045)
+cvs.texi(,2046) If @var{method} is not specified, and the repository
+cvs.texi(,2047) name contains @samp{:}, then the default is @code{ext}
+cvs.texi(,2048) or @code{server}, depending on your platform; both are
+cvs.texi(,2049) described in @ref{Connecting via rsh}.
+cvs.texi(,2050) @c Should we try to explain which platforms are which?
+cvs.texi(,2051) @c Platforms like unix and VMS, which only allow
+cvs.texi(,2052) @c privileged programs to bind to sockets <1024 lose on
+cvs.texi(,2053) @c :server:
+cvs.texi(,2054) @c Platforms like Mac and VMS, whose rsh program is
+cvs.texi(,2055) @c unusable or nonexistent, lose on :ext:
+cvs.texi(,2056) @c Platforms like OS/2 and NT probably could plausibly
+cvs.texi(,2057) @c default either way (modulo -b troubles).
+cvs.texi(,2058)
+cvs.texi(,2059) @c FIXME: We need to have a better way of explaining
+cvs.texi(,2060) @c what method to use. This presentation totally
+cvs.texi(,2061) @c obscures the fact that :ext: and CVS_RSH is the way to
+cvs.texi(,2062) @c use SSH, for example. Plus it incorrectly implies
+cvs.texi(,2063) @c that you need an @code{rsh} binary on the client to use
+cvs.texi(,2064) @c :server:.
+cvs.texi(,2065) @c Also note that rsh not pserver is the right choice if you
want
+cvs.texi(,2066) @c users to be able to create their own repositories
+cvs.texi(,2067) @c (because of the --allow-root related issues).
+cvs.texi(,2068) @menu
+cvs.texi(,2069) * Server requirements:: Memory and other resources for
servers
+cvs.texi(,2070) * Connecting via rsh:: Using the @code{rsh} program
to connect
+cvs.texi(,2071) * Password authenticated:: Direct connections using
passwords
+cvs.texi(,2072) * GSSAPI authenticated:: Direct connections using GSSAPI
+cvs.texi(,2073) * Kerberos authenticated:: Direct connections with
kerberos
+cvs.texi(,2074) * Connecting via fork:: Using a forked @code{cvs
server} to connect
+cvs.texi(,2075) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,2076)
+cvs.texi(,2077) @node Server requirements
+cvs.texi(,2078) @subsection Server requirements
+cvs.texi(,2079)
+cvs.texi(,2080) The quick answer to what sort of machine is suitable as
+cvs.texi(,2081) a server is that requirements are modest---a server
+cvs.texi(,2082) with 32M of memory or even less can handle a fairly
+cvs.texi(,2083) large source tree with a fair amount of activity.
+cvs.texi(,2084) @c Say something about CPU speed too? I'm even less sure
+cvs.texi(,2085) @c what to say on that subject...
+cvs.texi(,2086)
+cvs.texi(,2087) The real answer, of course, is more complicated.
+cvs.texi(,2088) Estimating the known areas of large memory consumption
+cvs.texi(,2089) should be sufficient to estimate memory requirements.
+cvs.texi(,2090) There are two such areas documented here; other memory
+cvs.texi(,2091) consumption should be small by comparison (if you find
+cvs.texi(,2092) that is not the case, let us know, as described in
+cvs.texi(,2093) @ref{BUGS}, so we can update this documentation).
+cvs.texi(,2094)
+cvs.texi(,2095) The first area of big memory consumption is large
+cvs.texi(,2096) checkouts, when using the @sc{cvs} server. The server
+cvs.texi(,2097) consists of two processes for each client that it is
+cvs.texi(,2098) serving. Memory consumption on the child process
+cvs.texi(,2099) should remain fairly small. Memory consumption on the
+cvs.texi(,2100) parent process, particularly if the network connection
+cvs.texi(,2101) to the client is slow, can be expected to grow to
+cvs.texi(,2102) slightly more than the size of the sources in a single
+cvs.texi(,2103) directory, or two megabytes, whichever is larger.
+cvs.texi(,2104) @c "two megabytes" of course is SERVER_HI_WATER. But
+cvs.texi(,2105) @c we don't mention that here because we are
+cvs.texi(,2106) @c documenting the default configuration of CVS. If it
+cvs.texi(,2107) @c is a "standard" thing to change that value, it
+cvs.texi(,2108) @c should be some kind of run-time configuration.
+cvs.texi(,2109) @c
+cvs.texi(,2110) @c See cvsclient.texi for more on the design decision
+cvs.texi(,2111) @c to not have locks in place while waiting for the
+cvs.texi(,2112) @c client, which is what results in memory consumption
+cvs.texi(,2113) @c as high as this.
+cvs.texi(,2114)
+cvs.texi(,2115) Multiplying the size of each @sc{cvs} server by the
+cvs.texi(,2116) number of servers which you expect to have active at
+cvs.texi(,2117) one time should give an idea of memory requirements for
+cvs.texi(,2118) the server. For the most part, the memory consumed by
+cvs.texi(,2119) the parent process probably can be swap space rather
+cvs.texi(,2120) than physical memory.
+cvs.texi(,2121) @c Has anyone verified that notion about swap space?
+cvs.texi(,2122) @c I say it based pretty much on guessing that the
+cvs.texi(,2123) @c ->text of the struct buffer_data only gets accessed
+cvs.texi(,2124) @c in a first in, first out fashion, but I haven't
+cvs.texi(,2125) @c looked very closely.
+cvs.texi(,2126)
+cvs.texi(,2127) @c What about disk usage in /tmp on the server? I think that
+cvs.texi(,2128) @c it can be substantial, but I haven't looked at this
+cvs.texi(,2129) @c again and tried to figure it out ("cvs import" is
+cvs.texi(,2130) @c probably the worst case...).
+cvs.texi(,2131)
+cvs.texi(,2132) The second area of large memory consumption is
+cvs.texi(,2133) @code{diff}, when checking in large files. This is
+cvs.texi(,2134) required even for binary files. The rule of thumb is
+cvs.texi(,2135) to allow about ten times the size of the largest file
+cvs.texi(,2136) you will want to check in, although five times may be
+cvs.texi(,2137) adequate. For example, if you want to check in a file
+cvs.texi(,2138) which is 10 megabytes, you should have 100 megabytes of
+cvs.texi(,2139) memory on the machine doing the checkin (the server
+cvs.texi(,2140) machine for client/server, or the machine running
+cvs.texi(,2141) @sc{cvs} for non-client/server). This can be swap
+cvs.texi(,2142) space rather than physical memory. Because the memory
+cvs.texi(,2143) is only required briefly, there is no particular need
+cvs.texi(,2144) to allow memory for more than one such checkin at a
+cvs.texi(,2145) time.
+cvs.texi(,2146) @c The 5-10 times rule of thumb is from Paul Eggert for
+cvs.texi(,2147) @c GNU diff. I don't think it is in the GNU diff
+cvs.texi(,2148) @c manual or anyplace like that.
+cvs.texi(,2149) @c
+cvs.texi(,2150) @c Probably we could be saying more about
+cvs.texi(,2151) @c non-client/server CVS.
+cvs.texi(,2152) @c I would guess for non-client/server CVS in an NFS
+cvs.texi(,2153) @c environment the biggest issues are the network and
+cvs.texi(,2154) @c the NFS server.
+cvs.texi(,2155)
+cvs.texi(,2156) Resource consumption for the client is even more
+cvs.texi(,2157) modest---any machine with enough capacity to run the
+cvs.texi(,2158) operating system in question should have little
+cvs.texi(,2159) trouble.
+cvs.texi(,2160) @c Is that true? I think the client still wants to
+cvs.texi(,2161) @c (bogusly) store entire files in memory at times.
cvs.texi(,2162)
-cvs.texi(,2163) @cindex rsh
-cvs.texi(,2164) @sc{cvs} uses the @samp{rsh} protocol to perform these
-cvs.texi(,2165) operations, so the remote user host needs to have a
-cvs.texi(,2166) @file{.rhosts} file which grants access to the local
-cvs.texi(,2167) user. Note that the program that @sc{cvs} uses for this
-cvs.texi(,2168) purpose may be specified using the @file{--with-rsh}
-cvs.texi(,2169) flag to configure.
-cvs.texi(,2170)
-cvs.texi(,2171) For example, suppose you are the user @samp{mozart} on
-cvs.texi(,2172) the local machine @samp{toe.example.com}, and the
-cvs.texi(,2173) server machine is @samp{faun.example.org}. On
-cvs.texi(,2174) faun, put the following line into the file
-cvs.texi(,2175) @file{.rhosts} in @samp{bach}'s home directory:
+cvs.texi(,2163) For information on disk space requirements, see
+cvs.texi(,2164) @ref{Creating a repository}.
+cvs.texi(,2165)
+cvs.texi(,2166) @node Connecting via rsh
+cvs.texi(,2167) @subsection Connecting with rsh
+cvs.texi(,2168)
+cvs.texi(,2169) @cindex rsh
+cvs.texi(,2170) @sc{cvs} uses the @samp{rsh} protocol to perform these
+cvs.texi(,2171) operations, so the remote user host needs to have a
+cvs.texi(,2172) @file{.rhosts} file which grants access to the local
+cvs.texi(,2173) user. Note that the program that @sc{cvs} uses for this
+cvs.texi(,2174) purpose may be specified using the @file{--with-rsh}
+cvs.texi(,2175) flag to configure.
cvs.texi(,2176)
-cvs.texi(,2177) @example
-cvs.texi(,2178) toe.example.com mozart
-cvs.texi(,2179) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2180)
-cvs.texi(,2181) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,2182) Then test that @samp{rsh} is working with
-cvs.texi(,2183)
-cvs.texi(,2184) @example
-cvs.texi(,2185) rsh -l bach faun.example.org 'echo $PATH'
-cvs.texi(,2186) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2187)
-cvs.texi(,2188) @cindex CVS_SERVER, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,2189) Next you have to make sure that @code{rsh} will be able
-cvs.texi(,2190) to find the server. Make sure that the path which
-cvs.texi(,2191) @code{rsh} printed in the above example includes the
-cvs.texi(,2192) directory containing a program named @code{cvs} which
-cvs.texi(,2193) is the server. You need to set the path in
-cvs.texi(,2194) @file{.bashrc}, @file{.cshrc}, etc., not @file{.login}
-cvs.texi(,2195) or @file{.profile}. Alternately, you can set the
-cvs.texi(,2196) environment variable @code{CVS_SERVER} on the client
-cvs.texi(,2197) machine to the filename of the server you want to use,
-cvs.texi(,2198) for example @file{/usr/local/bin/cvs-1.6}.
-cvs.texi(,2199) @c FIXME: there should be a way to specify the
-cvs.texi(,2200) @c program in CVSROOT, not CVS_SERVER, so that one can use
-cvs.texi(,2201) @c different ones for different roots. e.g.
":server;cvs=cvs-1.6:"
-cvs.texi(,2202) @c instead of ":server:".
-cvs.texi(,2203)
-cvs.texi(,2204) There is no need to edit @file{inetd.conf} or start a
-cvs.texi(,2205) @sc{cvs} server daemon.
-cvs.texi(,2206)
-cvs.texi(,2207) @cindex :server:, setting up
-cvs.texi(,2208) @cindex :ext:, setting up
-cvs.texi(,2209) @cindex Kerberos, using kerberized rsh
-cvs.texi(,2210) @cindex SSH (rsh replacement)
-cvs.texi(,2211) @cindex rsh replacements (Kerberized, SSH, &c)
-cvs.texi(,2212) There are two access methods that you use in @code{CVSROOT}
-cvs.texi(,2213) for rsh. @code{:server:} specifies an internal rsh
-cvs.texi(,2214) client, which is supported only by some @sc{cvs} ports.
-cvs.texi(,2215) @code{:ext:} specifies an external rsh program. By
-cvs.texi(,2216) default this is @code{rsh} (unless otherwise specified
-cvs.texi(,2217) by the @file{--with-rsh} flag to configure) but you may set the
-cvs.texi(,2218) @code{CVS_RSH} environment variable to invoke another
-cvs.texi(,2219) program which can access the remote server (for
-cvs.texi(,2220) example, @code{remsh} on HP-UX 9 because @code{rsh} is
-cvs.texi(,2221) something different). It must be a program which can
-cvs.texi(,2222) transmit data to and from the server without modifying
-cvs.texi(,2223) it; for example the Windows NT @code{rsh} is not
-cvs.texi(,2224) suitable since it by default translates between CRLF
-cvs.texi(,2225) and LF. The OS/2 @sc{cvs} port has a hack to pass @samp{-b}
-cvs.texi(,2226) to @code{rsh} to get around this, but since this could
-cvs.texi(,2227) potentially cause problems for programs other than the
-cvs.texi(,2228) standard @code{rsh}, it may change in the future. If
-cvs.texi(,2229) you set @code{CVS_RSH} to @code{SSH} or some other rsh
-cvs.texi(,2230) replacement, the instructions in the rest of this
-cvs.texi(,2231) section concerning @file{.rhosts} and so on are likely
-cvs.texi(,2232) to be inapplicable; consult the documentation for your rsh
-cvs.texi(,2233) replacement.
-cvs.texi(,2234) @c FIXME: there should be a way to specify the
-cvs.texi(,2235) @c program in CVSROOT, not CVS_RSH, so that one can use
-cvs.texi(,2236) @c different ones for different roots. e.g. ":ext;rsh=remsh:"
-cvs.texi(,2237) @c instead of ":ext:".
-cvs.texi(,2238) @c See also the comment in src/client.c for rationale
-cvs.texi(,2239) @c concerning "rsh" being the default and never
-cvs.texi(,2240) @c "remsh".
-cvs.texi(,2241)
-cvs.texi(,2242) Continuing our example, supposing you want to access
-cvs.texi(,2243) the module @file{foo} in the repository
-cvs.texi(,2244) @file{/usr/local/cvsroot/}, on machine
-cvs.texi(,2245) @file{faun.example.org}, you are ready to go:
-cvs.texi(,2246)
-cvs.texi(,2247) @example
-cvs.texi(,2248) cvs -d :ext:bach@@faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout
foo
-cvs.texi(,2249) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2250)
-cvs.texi(,2251) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,2252) (The @file{bach@@} can be omitted if the username is
-cvs.texi(,2253) the same on both the local and remote hosts.)
-cvs.texi(,2254)
-cvs.texi(,2255) @c Should we mention "rsh host echo hi" and "rsh host
-cvs.texi(,2256) @c cat" (the latter followed by typing text and ^D)
-cvs.texi(,2257) @c as troubleshooting techniques? Probably yes
-cvs.texi(,2258) @c (people tend to have trouble setting this up),
-cvs.texi(,2259) @c but this kind of thing can be hard to spell out.
+cvs.texi(,2177) For example, suppose you are the user @samp{mozart} on
+cvs.texi(,2178) the local machine @samp{toe.example.com}, and the
+cvs.texi(,2179) server machine is @samp{faun.example.org}. On
+cvs.texi(,2180) faun, put the following line into the file
+cvs.texi(,2181) @file{.rhosts} in @samp{bach}'s home directory:
+cvs.texi(,2182)
+cvs.texi(,2183) @example
+cvs.texi(,2184) toe.example.com mozart
+cvs.texi(,2185) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2186)
+cvs.texi(,2187) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,2188) Then test that @samp{rsh} is working with
+cvs.texi(,2189)
+cvs.texi(,2190) @example
+cvs.texi(,2191) rsh -l bach faun.example.org 'echo $PATH'
+cvs.texi(,2192) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2193)
+cvs.texi(,2194) @cindex CVS_SERVER, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,2195) Next you have to make sure that @code{rsh} will be able
+cvs.texi(,2196) to find the server. Make sure that the path which
+cvs.texi(,2197) @code{rsh} printed in the above example includes the
+cvs.texi(,2198) directory containing a program named @code{cvs} which
+cvs.texi(,2199) is the server. You need to set the path in
+cvs.texi(,2200) @file{.bashrc}, @file{.cshrc}, etc., not @file{.login}
+cvs.texi(,2201) or @file{.profile}. Alternately, you can set the
+cvs.texi(,2202) environment variable @code{CVS_SERVER} on the client
+cvs.texi(,2203) machine to the filename of the server you want to use,
+cvs.texi(,2204) for example @file{/usr/local/bin/cvs-1.6}.
+cvs.texi(,2205) @c FIXME: there should be a way to specify the
+cvs.texi(,2206) @c program in CVSROOT, not CVS_SERVER, so that one can use
+cvs.texi(,2207) @c different ones for different roots. e.g.
":server;cvs=cvs-1.6:"
+cvs.texi(,2208) @c instead of ":server:".
+cvs.texi(,2209)
+cvs.texi(,2210) There is no need to edit @file{inetd.conf} or start a
+cvs.texi(,2211) @sc{cvs} server daemon.
+cvs.texi(,2212)
+cvs.texi(,2213) @cindex :server:, setting up
+cvs.texi(,2214) @cindex :ext:, setting up
+cvs.texi(,2215) @cindex Kerberos, using kerberized rsh
+cvs.texi(,2216) @cindex SSH (rsh replacement)
+cvs.texi(,2217) @cindex rsh replacements (Kerberized, SSH, &c)
+cvs.texi(,2218) There are two access methods that you use in @code{CVSROOT}
+cvs.texi(,2219) for rsh. @code{:server:} specifies an internal rsh
+cvs.texi(,2220) client, which is supported only by some @sc{cvs} ports.
+cvs.texi(,2221) @code{:ext:} specifies an external rsh program. By
+cvs.texi(,2222) default this is @code{rsh} (unless otherwise specified
+cvs.texi(,2223) by the @file{--with-rsh} flag to configure) but you may set the
+cvs.texi(,2224) @code{CVS_RSH} environment variable to invoke another
+cvs.texi(,2225) program which can access the remote server (for
+cvs.texi(,2226) example, @code{remsh} on HP-UX 9 because @code{rsh} is
+cvs.texi(,2227) something different). It must be a program which can
+cvs.texi(,2228) transmit data to and from the server without modifying
+cvs.texi(,2229) it; for example the Windows NT @code{rsh} is not
+cvs.texi(,2230) suitable since it by default translates between CRLF
+cvs.texi(,2231) and LF. The OS/2 @sc{cvs} port has a hack to pass @samp{-b}
+cvs.texi(,2232) to @code{rsh} to get around this, but since this could
+cvs.texi(,2233) potentially cause problems for programs other than the
+cvs.texi(,2234) standard @code{rsh}, it may change in the future. If
+cvs.texi(,2235) you set @code{CVS_RSH} to @code{SSH} or some other rsh
+cvs.texi(,2236) replacement, the instructions in the rest of this
+cvs.texi(,2237) section concerning @file{.rhosts} and so on are likely
+cvs.texi(,2238) to be inapplicable; consult the documentation for your rsh
+cvs.texi(,2239) replacement.
+cvs.texi(,2240) @c FIXME: there should be a way to specify the
+cvs.texi(,2241) @c program in CVSROOT, not CVS_RSH, so that one can use
+cvs.texi(,2242) @c different ones for different roots. e.g. ":ext;rsh=remsh:"
+cvs.texi(,2243) @c instead of ":ext:".
+cvs.texi(,2244) @c See also the comment in src/client.c for rationale
+cvs.texi(,2245) @c concerning "rsh" being the default and never
+cvs.texi(,2246) @c "remsh".
+cvs.texi(,2247)
+cvs.texi(,2248) Continuing our example, supposing you want to access
+cvs.texi(,2249) the module @file{foo} in the repository
+cvs.texi(,2250) @file{/usr/local/cvsroot/}, on machine
+cvs.texi(,2251) @file{faun.example.org}, you are ready to go:
+cvs.texi(,2252)
+cvs.texi(,2253) @example
+cvs.texi(,2254) cvs -d :ext:bach@@faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout
foo
+cvs.texi(,2255) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2256)
+cvs.texi(,2257) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,2258) (The @file{bach@@} can be omitted if the username is
+cvs.texi(,2259) the same on both the local and remote hosts.)
cvs.texi(,2260)
-cvs.texi(,2261) @node Password authenticated
-cvs.texi(,2262) @subsection Direct connection with password authentication
-cvs.texi(,2263)
-cvs.texi(,2264) The @sc{cvs} client can also connect to the server
-cvs.texi(,2265) using a password protocol. This is particularly useful
-cvs.texi(,2266) if using @code{rsh} is not feasible (for example,
-cvs.texi(,2267) the server is behind a firewall), and Kerberos also is
-cvs.texi(,2268) not available.
+cvs.texi(,2261) @c Should we mention "rsh host echo hi" and "rsh host
+cvs.texi(,2262) @c cat" (the latter followed by typing text and ^D)
+cvs.texi(,2263) @c as troubleshooting techniques? Probably yes
+cvs.texi(,2264) @c (people tend to have trouble setting this up),
+cvs.texi(,2265) @c but this kind of thing can be hard to spell out.
+cvs.texi(,2266)
+cvs.texi(,2267) @node Password authenticated
+cvs.texi(,2268) @subsection Direct connection with password authentication
cvs.texi(,2269)
-cvs.texi(,2270) To use this method, it is necessary to make
-cvs.texi(,2271) some adjustments on both the server and client sides.
-cvs.texi(,2272)
-cvs.texi(,2273) @menu
-cvs.texi(,2274) * Password authentication server:: Setting up the server
-cvs.texi(,2275) * Password authentication client:: Using the client
-cvs.texi(,2276) * Password authentication security:: What this method does
and does not do
-cvs.texi(,2277) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,2270) The @sc{cvs} client can also connect to the server
+cvs.texi(,2271) using a password protocol. This is particularly useful
+cvs.texi(,2272) if using @code{rsh} is not feasible (for example,
+cvs.texi(,2273) the server is behind a firewall), and Kerberos also is
+cvs.texi(,2274) not available.
+cvs.texi(,2275)
+cvs.texi(,2276) To use this method, it is necessary to make
+cvs.texi(,2277) some adjustments on both the server and client sides.
cvs.texi(,2278)
-cvs.texi(,2279) @node Password authentication server
-cvs.texi(,2280) @subsubsection Setting up the server for password
authentication
-cvs.texi(,2281)
-cvs.texi(,2282) First of all, you probably want to tighten the
-cvs.texi(,2283) permissions on the @file{$CVSROOT} and
-cvs.texi(,2284) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT} directories. See @ref{Password
-cvs.texi(,2285) authentication security}, for more details.
-cvs.texi(,2286)
-cvs.texi(,2287) @cindex pserver (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,2288) @cindex Remote repositories, port specification
-cvs.texi(,2289) @cindex Repositories, remote, port specification
-cvs.texi(,2290) @cindex Client/Server Operation, port specification
-cvs.texi(,2291) @cindex pserver (client/server connection method), port
specification
-cvs.texi(,2292) @cindex kserver (client/server connection method), port
specification
-cvs.texi(,2293) @cindex gserver (client/server connection method), port
specification
-cvs.texi(,2294) @cindex port, specifying for remote repositories
-cvs.texi(,2295) @cindex Password server, setting up
-cvs.texi(,2296) @cindex Authenticating server, setting up
-cvs.texi(,2297) @cindex inetd, configuring for pserver
-cvs.texi(,2298) @cindex xinetd, configuring for pserver
-cvs.texi(,2299) @c FIXME: this isn't quite right regarding port
-cvs.texi(,2300) @c numbers; CVS looks up "cvspserver" in
-cvs.texi(,2301) @c /etc/services (on unix, but what about non-unix?).
-cvs.texi(,2302) On the server side, the file @file{/etc/inetd.conf}
-cvs.texi(,2303) needs to be edited so @code{inetd} knows to run the
-cvs.texi(,2304) command @code{cvs pserver} when it receives a
-cvs.texi(,2305) connection on the right port. By default, the port
-cvs.texi(,2306) number is 2401; it would be different if your client
-cvs.texi(,2307) were compiled with @code{CVS_AUTH_PORT} defined to
-cvs.texi(,2308) something else, though. This can also be specified in the
CVSROOT variable
-cvs.texi(,2309) (@pxref{Remote repositories}) or overridden with the
CVS_CLIENT_PORT
-cvs.texi(,2310) environment variable (@pxref{Environment variables}).
-cvs.texi(,2311)
-cvs.texi(,2312) If your @code{inetd} allows raw port numbers in
-cvs.texi(,2313) @file{/etc/inetd.conf}, then the following (all on a
-cvs.texi(,2314) single line in @file{inetd.conf}) should be sufficient:
-cvs.texi(,2315)
-cvs.texi(,2316) @example
-cvs.texi(,2317) 2401 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/bin/cvs
-cvs.texi(,2318) cvs -f --allow-root=/usr/cvsroot pserver
-cvs.texi(,2319) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2320)
-cvs.texi(,2321) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,2322) (You could also use the
-cvs.texi(,2323) @samp{-T} option to specify a temporary directory.)
-cvs.texi(,2324)
-cvs.texi(,2325) The @samp{--allow-root} option specifies the allowable
-cvs.texi(,2326) @sc{cvsroot} directory. Clients which attempt to use a
-cvs.texi(,2327) different @sc{cvsroot} directory will not be allowed to
-cvs.texi(,2328) connect. If there is more than one @sc{cvsroot}
-cvs.texi(,2329) directory which you want to allow, repeat the option.
-cvs.texi(,2330) (Unfortunately, many versions of @code{inetd} have very small
-cvs.texi(,2331) limits on the number of arguments and/or the total length
-cvs.texi(,2332) of the command. The usual solution to this problem is
-cvs.texi(,2333) to have @code{inetd} run a shell script which then invokes
-cvs.texi(,2334) @sc{cvs} with the necessary arguments.)
-cvs.texi(,2335)
-cvs.texi(,2336) If your @code{inetd} wants a symbolic service
-cvs.texi(,2337) name instead of a raw port number, then put this in
-cvs.texi(,2338) @file{/etc/services}:
-cvs.texi(,2339)
-cvs.texi(,2340) @example
-cvs.texi(,2341) cvspserver 2401/tcp
-cvs.texi(,2342) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2343)
-cvs.texi(,2344) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,2345) and put @code{cvspserver} instead of @code{2401} in
@file{inetd.conf}.
-cvs.texi(,2346)
-cvs.texi(,2347) If your system uses @code{xinetd} instead of @code{inetd},
-cvs.texi(,2348) the procedure is slightly different.
-cvs.texi(,2349) Create a file called @file{/etc/xinetd.d/cvspserver}
containing the following:
-cvs.texi(,2350)
-cvs.texi(,2351) @example
-cvs.texi(,2352) service cvspserver
-cvs.texi(,2353) @{
-cvs.texi(,2354) port = 2401
-cvs.texi(,2355) socket_type = stream
-cvs.texi(,2356) protocol = tcp
-cvs.texi(,2357) wait = no
-cvs.texi(,2358) user = root
-cvs.texi(,2359) passenv = PATH
-cvs.texi(,2360) server = /usr/local/bin/cvs
-cvs.texi(,2361) server_args = -f --allow-root=/usr/cvsroot pserver
-cvs.texi(,2362) @}
-cvs.texi(,2363) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2364)
-cvs.texi(,2365) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,2366) (If @code{cvspserver} is defined in @file{/etc/services}, you
can omit
-cvs.texi(,2367) the @code{port} line.)
-cvs.texi(,2368)
-cvs.texi(,2369) Once the above is taken care of, restart your
-cvs.texi(,2370) @code{inetd}, or do whatever is necessary to force it
-cvs.texi(,2371) to reread its initialization files.
-cvs.texi(,2372)
-cvs.texi(,2373) If you are having trouble setting this up, see
-cvs.texi(,2374) @ref{Connection}.
-cvs.texi(,2375)
-cvs.texi(,2376) @cindex CVS passwd file
-cvs.texi(,2377) @cindex passwd (admin file)
-cvs.texi(,2378) Because the client stores and transmits passwords in
-cvs.texi(,2379) cleartext (almost---see @ref{Password authentication
-cvs.texi(,2380) security}, for details), a separate @sc{cvs} password
-cvs.texi(,2381) file is generally used, so people don't compromise
-cvs.texi(,2382) their regular passwords when they access the
-cvs.texi(,2383) repository. This file is
-cvs.texi(,2384) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd} (@pxref{Intro
-cvs.texi(,2385) administrative files}). It uses a colon-separated
-cvs.texi(,2386) format, similar to @file{/etc/passwd} on Unix systems,
-cvs.texi(,2387) except that it has fewer fields: @sc{cvs} username,
-cvs.texi(,2388) optional password, and an optional system username for
-cvs.texi(,2389) @sc{cvs} to run as if authentication succeeds. Here is
-cvs.texi(,2390) an example @file{passwd} file with five entries:
-cvs.texi(,2391)
-cvs.texi(,2392) @example
-cvs.texi(,2393) anonymous:
-cvs.texi(,2394) bach:ULtgRLXo7NRxs
-cvs.texi(,2395) spwang:1sOp854gDF3DY
-cvs.texi(,2396) melissa:tGX1fS8sun6rY:pubcvs
-cvs.texi(,2397) qproj:XR4EZcEs0szik:pubcvs
-cvs.texi(,2398) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2399)
-cvs.texi(,2400) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,2401) (The passwords are encrypted according to the standard
-cvs.texi(,2402) Unix @code{crypt()} function, so it is possible to
-cvs.texi(,2403) paste in passwords directly from regular Unix
-cvs.texi(,2404) @file{/etc/passwd} files.)
+cvs.texi(,2279) @menu
+cvs.texi(,2280) * Password authentication server:: Setting up the server
+cvs.texi(,2281) * Password authentication client:: Using the client
+cvs.texi(,2282) * Password authentication security:: What this method does
and does not do
+cvs.texi(,2283) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,2284)
+cvs.texi(,2285) @node Password authentication server
+cvs.texi(,2286) @subsubsection Setting up the server for password
authentication
+cvs.texi(,2287)
+cvs.texi(,2288) First of all, you probably want to tighten the
+cvs.texi(,2289) permissions on the @file{$CVSROOT} and
+cvs.texi(,2290) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT} directories. See @ref{Password
+cvs.texi(,2291) authentication security}, for more details.
+cvs.texi(,2292)
+cvs.texi(,2293) @cindex pserver (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,2294) @cindex Remote repositories, port specification
+cvs.texi(,2295) @cindex Repositories, remote, port specification
+cvs.texi(,2296) @cindex Client/Server Operation, port specification
+cvs.texi(,2297) @cindex pserver (client/server connection method), port
specification
+cvs.texi(,2298) @cindex kserver (client/server connection method), port
specification
+cvs.texi(,2299) @cindex gserver (client/server connection method), port
specification
+cvs.texi(,2300) @cindex port, specifying for remote repositories
+cvs.texi(,2301) @cindex Password server, setting up
+cvs.texi(,2302) @cindex Authenticating server, setting up
+cvs.texi(,2303) @cindex inetd, configuring for pserver
+cvs.texi(,2304) @cindex xinetd, configuring for pserver
+cvs.texi(,2305) @c FIXME: this isn't quite right regarding port
+cvs.texi(,2306) @c numbers; CVS looks up "cvspserver" in
+cvs.texi(,2307) @c /etc/services (on unix, but what about non-unix?).
+cvs.texi(,2308) On the server side, the file @file{/etc/inetd.conf}
+cvs.texi(,2309) needs to be edited so @code{inetd} knows to run the
+cvs.texi(,2310) command @code{cvs pserver} when it receives a
+cvs.texi(,2311) connection on the right port. By default, the port
+cvs.texi(,2312) number is 2401; it would be different if your client
+cvs.texi(,2313) were compiled with @code{CVS_AUTH_PORT} defined to
+cvs.texi(,2314) something else, though. This can also be specified in the
CVSROOT variable
+cvs.texi(,2315) (@pxref{Remote repositories}) or overridden with the
CVS_CLIENT_PORT
+cvs.texi(,2316) environment variable (@pxref{Environment variables}).
+cvs.texi(,2317)
+cvs.texi(,2318) If your @code{inetd} allows raw port numbers in
+cvs.texi(,2319) @file{/etc/inetd.conf}, then the following (all on a
+cvs.texi(,2320) single line in @file{inetd.conf}) should be sufficient:
+cvs.texi(,2321)
+cvs.texi(,2322) @example
+cvs.texi(,2323) 2401 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/bin/cvs
+cvs.texi(,2324) cvs -f --allow-root=/usr/cvsroot pserver
+cvs.texi(,2325) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2326)
+cvs.texi(,2327) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,2328) (You could also use the
+cvs.texi(,2329) @samp{-T} option to specify a temporary directory.)
+cvs.texi(,2330)
+cvs.texi(,2331) The @samp{--allow-root} option specifies the allowable
+cvs.texi(,2332) @sc{cvsroot} directory. Clients which attempt to use a
+cvs.texi(,2333) different @sc{cvsroot} directory will not be allowed to
+cvs.texi(,2334) connect. If there is more than one @sc{cvsroot}
+cvs.texi(,2335) directory which you want to allow, repeat the option.
+cvs.texi(,2336) (Unfortunately, many versions of @code{inetd} have very small
+cvs.texi(,2337) limits on the number of arguments and/or the total length
+cvs.texi(,2338) of the command. The usual solution to this problem is
+cvs.texi(,2339) to have @code{inetd} run a shell script which then invokes
+cvs.texi(,2340) @sc{cvs} with the necessary arguments.)
+cvs.texi(,2341)
+cvs.texi(,2342) If your @code{inetd} wants a symbolic service
+cvs.texi(,2343) name instead of a raw port number, then put this in
+cvs.texi(,2344) @file{/etc/services}:
+cvs.texi(,2345)
+cvs.texi(,2346) @example
+cvs.texi(,2347) cvspserver 2401/tcp
+cvs.texi(,2348) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2349)
+cvs.texi(,2350) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,2351) and put @code{cvspserver} instead of @code{2401} in
@file{inetd.conf}.
+cvs.texi(,2352)
+cvs.texi(,2353) If your system uses @code{xinetd} instead of @code{inetd},
+cvs.texi(,2354) the procedure is slightly different.
+cvs.texi(,2355) Create a file called @file{/etc/xinetd.d/cvspserver}
containing the following:
+cvs.texi(,2356)
+cvs.texi(,2357) @example
+cvs.texi(,2358) service cvspserver
+cvs.texi(,2359) @{
+cvs.texi(,2360) port = 2401
+cvs.texi(,2361) socket_type = stream
+cvs.texi(,2362) protocol = tcp
+cvs.texi(,2363) wait = no
+cvs.texi(,2364) user = root
+cvs.texi(,2365) passenv = PATH
+cvs.texi(,2366) server = /usr/local/bin/cvs
+cvs.texi(,2367) server_args = -f --allow-root=/usr/cvsroot pserver
+cvs.texi(,2368) @}
+cvs.texi(,2369) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2370)
+cvs.texi(,2371) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,2372) (If @code{cvspserver} is defined in @file{/etc/services}, you
can omit
+cvs.texi(,2373) the @code{port} line.)
+cvs.texi(,2374)
+cvs.texi(,2375) Once the above is taken care of, restart your
+cvs.texi(,2376) @code{inetd}, or do whatever is necessary to force it
+cvs.texi(,2377) to reread its initialization files.
+cvs.texi(,2378)
+cvs.texi(,2379) If you are having trouble setting this up, see
+cvs.texi(,2380) @ref{Connection}.
+cvs.texi(,2381)
+cvs.texi(,2382) @cindex CVS passwd file
+cvs.texi(,2383) @cindex passwd (admin file)
+cvs.texi(,2384) Because the client stores and transmits passwords in
+cvs.texi(,2385) cleartext (almost---see @ref{Password authentication
+cvs.texi(,2386) security}, for details), a separate @sc{cvs} password
+cvs.texi(,2387) file is generally used, so people don't compromise
+cvs.texi(,2388) their regular passwords when they access the
+cvs.texi(,2389) repository. This file is
+cvs.texi(,2390) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd} (@pxref{Intro
+cvs.texi(,2391) administrative files}). It uses a colon-separated
+cvs.texi(,2392) format, similar to @file{/etc/passwd} on Unix systems,
+cvs.texi(,2393) except that it has fewer fields: @sc{cvs} username,
+cvs.texi(,2394) optional password, and an optional system username for
+cvs.texi(,2395) @sc{cvs} to run as if authentication succeeds. Here is
+cvs.texi(,2396) an example @file{passwd} file with five entries:
+cvs.texi(,2397)
+cvs.texi(,2398) @example
+cvs.texi(,2399) anonymous:
+cvs.texi(,2400) bach:ULtgRLXo7NRxs
+cvs.texi(,2401) spwang:1sOp854gDF3DY
+cvs.texi(,2402) melissa:tGX1fS8sun6rY:pubcvs
+cvs.texi(,2403) qproj:XR4EZcEs0szik:pubcvs
+cvs.texi(,2404) @end example
cvs.texi(,2405)
-cvs.texi(,2406) The first line in the example will grant access to any
-cvs.texi(,2407) @sc{cvs} client attempting to authenticate as user
-cvs.texi(,2408) @code{anonymous}, no matter what password they use,
-cvs.texi(,2409) including an empty password. (This is typical for
-cvs.texi(,2410) sites granting anonymous read-only access; for
-cvs.texi(,2411) information on how to do the "read-only" part, see
-cvs.texi(,2412) @ref{Read-only access}.)
-cvs.texi(,2413)
-cvs.texi(,2414) The second and third lines will grant access to
-cvs.texi(,2415) @code{bach} and @code{spwang} if they supply their
-cvs.texi(,2416) respective plaintext passwords.
-cvs.texi(,2417)
-cvs.texi(,2418) @cindex User aliases
-cvs.texi(,2419) The fourth line will grant access to @code{melissa}, if
-cvs.texi(,2420) she supplies the correct password, but her @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,2421) operations will actually run on the server side under
-cvs.texi(,2422) the system user @code{pubcvs}. Thus, there need not be
-cvs.texi(,2423) any system user named @code{melissa}, but there
-cvs.texi(,2424) @emph{must} be one named @code{pubcvs}.
-cvs.texi(,2425)
-cvs.texi(,2426) The fifth line shows that system user identities can be
-cvs.texi(,2427) shared: any client who successfully authenticates as
-cvs.texi(,2428) @code{qproj} will actually run as @code{pubcvs}, just
-cvs.texi(,2429) as @code{melissa} does. That way you could create a
-cvs.texi(,2430) single, shared system user for each project in your
-cvs.texi(,2431) repository, and give each developer their own line in
-cvs.texi(,2432) the @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd} file. The @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,2433) username on each line would be different, but the
-cvs.texi(,2434) system username would be the same. The reason to have
-cvs.texi(,2435) different @sc{cvs} usernames is that @sc{cvs} will log their
-cvs.texi(,2436) actions under those names: when @code{melissa} commits
-cvs.texi(,2437) a change to a project, the checkin is recorded in the
-cvs.texi(,2438) project's history under the name @code{melissa}, not
-cvs.texi(,2439) @code{pubcvs}. And the reason to have them share a
-cvs.texi(,2440) system username is so that you can arrange permissions
-cvs.texi(,2441) in the relevant area of the repository such that only
-cvs.texi(,2442) that account has write-permission there.
-cvs.texi(,2443)
-cvs.texi(,2444) If the system-user field is present, all
-cvs.texi(,2445) password-authenticated @sc{cvs} commands run as that
-cvs.texi(,2446) user; if no system user is specified, @sc{cvs} simply
-cvs.texi(,2447) takes the @sc{cvs} username as the system username and
-cvs.texi(,2448) runs commands as that user. In either case, if there
-cvs.texi(,2449) is no such user on the system, then the @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,2450) operation will fail (regardless of whether the client
-cvs.texi(,2451) supplied a valid password).
-cvs.texi(,2452)
-cvs.texi(,2453) The password and system-user fields can both be omitted
-cvs.texi(,2454) (and if the system-user field is omitted, then also
-cvs.texi(,2455) omit the colon that would have separated it from the
-cvs.texi(,2456) encrypted password). For example, this would be a
-cvs.texi(,2457) valid @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd} file:
+cvs.texi(,2406) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,2407) (The passwords are encrypted according to the standard
+cvs.texi(,2408) Unix @code{crypt()} function, so it is possible to
+cvs.texi(,2409) paste in passwords directly from regular Unix
+cvs.texi(,2410) @file{/etc/passwd} files.)
+cvs.texi(,2411)
+cvs.texi(,2412) The first line in the example will grant access to any
+cvs.texi(,2413) @sc{cvs} client attempting to authenticate as user
+cvs.texi(,2414) @code{anonymous}, no matter what password they use,
+cvs.texi(,2415) including an empty password. (This is typical for
+cvs.texi(,2416) sites granting anonymous read-only access; for
+cvs.texi(,2417) information on how to do the "read-only" part, see
+cvs.texi(,2418) @ref{Read-only access}.)
+cvs.texi(,2419)
+cvs.texi(,2420) The second and third lines will grant access to
+cvs.texi(,2421) @code{bach} and @code{spwang} if they supply their
+cvs.texi(,2422) respective plaintext passwords.
+cvs.texi(,2423)
+cvs.texi(,2424) @cindex User aliases
+cvs.texi(,2425) The fourth line will grant access to @code{melissa}, if
+cvs.texi(,2426) she supplies the correct password, but her @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,2427) operations will actually run on the server side under
+cvs.texi(,2428) the system user @code{pubcvs}. Thus, there need not be
+cvs.texi(,2429) any system user named @code{melissa}, but there
+cvs.texi(,2430) @emph{must} be one named @code{pubcvs}.
+cvs.texi(,2431)
+cvs.texi(,2432) The fifth line shows that system user identities can be
+cvs.texi(,2433) shared: any client who successfully authenticates as
+cvs.texi(,2434) @code{qproj} will actually run as @code{pubcvs}, just
+cvs.texi(,2435) as @code{melissa} does. That way you could create a
+cvs.texi(,2436) single, shared system user for each project in your
+cvs.texi(,2437) repository, and give each developer their own line in
+cvs.texi(,2438) the @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd} file. The @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,2439) username on each line would be different, but the
+cvs.texi(,2440) system username would be the same. The reason to have
+cvs.texi(,2441) different @sc{cvs} usernames is that @sc{cvs} will log their
+cvs.texi(,2442) actions under those names: when @code{melissa} commits
+cvs.texi(,2443) a change to a project, the checkin is recorded in the
+cvs.texi(,2444) project's history under the name @code{melissa}, not
+cvs.texi(,2445) @code{pubcvs}. And the reason to have them share a
+cvs.texi(,2446) system username is so that you can arrange permissions
+cvs.texi(,2447) in the relevant area of the repository such that only
+cvs.texi(,2448) that account has write-permission there.
+cvs.texi(,2449)
+cvs.texi(,2450) If the system-user field is present, all
+cvs.texi(,2451) password-authenticated @sc{cvs} commands run as that
+cvs.texi(,2452) user; if no system user is specified, @sc{cvs} simply
+cvs.texi(,2453) takes the @sc{cvs} username as the system username and
+cvs.texi(,2454) runs commands as that user. In either case, if there
+cvs.texi(,2455) is no such user on the system, then the @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,2456) operation will fail (regardless of whether the client
+cvs.texi(,2457) supplied a valid password).
cvs.texi(,2458)
-cvs.texi(,2459) @example
-cvs.texi(,2460) anonymous::pubcvs
-cvs.texi(,2461) fish:rKa5jzULzmhOo:kfogel
-cvs.texi(,2462) sussman:1sOp854gDF3DY
-cvs.texi(,2463) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2459) The password and system-user fields can both be omitted
+cvs.texi(,2460) (and if the system-user field is omitted, then also
+cvs.texi(,2461) omit the colon that would have separated it from the
+cvs.texi(,2462) encrypted password). For example, this would be a
+cvs.texi(,2463) valid @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd} file:
cvs.texi(,2464)
-cvs.texi(,2465) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,2466) When the password field is omitted or empty, then the
-cvs.texi(,2467) client's authentication attempt will succeed with any
-cvs.texi(,2468) password, including the empty string. However, the
-cvs.texi(,2469) colon after the @sc{cvs} username is always necessary,
-cvs.texi(,2470) even if the password is empty.
-cvs.texi(,2471)
-cvs.texi(,2472) @sc{cvs} can also fall back to use system authentication.
-cvs.texi(,2473) When authenticating a password, the server first checks
-cvs.texi(,2474) for the user in the @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd}
-cvs.texi(,2475) file. If it finds the user, it will use that entry for
-cvs.texi(,2476) authentication as described above. But if it does not
-cvs.texi(,2477) find the user, or if the @sc{cvs} @file{passwd} file
-cvs.texi(,2478) does not exist, then the server can try to authenticate
-cvs.texi(,2479) the username and password using the operating system's
-cvs.texi(,2480) user-lookup routines (this "fallback" behavior can be
-cvs.texi(,2481) disabled by setting @code{SystemAuth=no} in the
-cvs.texi(,2482) @sc{cvs} @file{config} file, @pxref{config}).
-cvs.texi(,2483)
-cvs.texi(,2484) The default fallback behaviour is to look in
-cvs.texi(,2485) @file{/etc/passwd} for this system password unless your
-cvs.texi(,2486) system has PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules)
-cvs.texi(,2487) and your @sc{cvs} server executable was configured to
-cvs.texi(,2488) use it at compile time (using @code{./configure --enable-pam}
- see the
-cvs.texi(,2489) INSTALL file for more). In this case, PAM will be consulted
instead.
-cvs.texi(,2490) This means that @sc{cvs} can be configured to use any password
-cvs.texi(,2491) authentication source PAM can be configured to use
(possibilities
-cvs.texi(,2492) include a simple UNIX password, NIS, LDAP, and others) in its
-cvs.texi(,2493) global configuration file (usually @file{/etc/pam.conf}
-cvs.texi(,2494) or possibly @file{/etc/pam.d/cvs}). See your PAM documentation
-cvs.texi(,2495) for more details on PAM configuration.
-cvs.texi(,2496)
-cvs.texi(,2497) Note that PAM is an experimental feature in @sc{cvs} and
feedback is
-cvs.texi(,2498) encouraged. Please send a mail to one of the @sc{cvs} mailing
lists
-cvs.texi(,2499) (@code{info-cvs@@gnu.org} or @code{bug-cvs@@gnu.org}) if you
use the
-cvs.texi(,2500) @sc{cvs} PAM support.
-cvs.texi(,2501)
-cvs.texi(,2502) @strong{WARNING: Using PAM gives the system administrator much
more
-cvs.texi(,2503) flexibility about how @sc{cvs} users are authenticated but
-cvs.texi(,2504) no more security than other methods. See below for more.}
-cvs.texi(,2505)
-cvs.texi(,2506) CVS needs an "auth" and "account" module in the
-cvs.texi(,2507) PAM configuration file. A typical PAM configuration
-cvs.texi(,2508) would therefore have the following lines
-cvs.texi(,2509) in @file{/etc/pam.conf} to emulate the standard @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,2510) system @file{/etc/passwd} authentication:
+cvs.texi(,2465) @example
+cvs.texi(,2466) anonymous::pubcvs
+cvs.texi(,2467) fish:rKa5jzULzmhOo:kfogel
+cvs.texi(,2468) sussman:1sOp854gDF3DY
+cvs.texi(,2469) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2470)
+cvs.texi(,2471) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,2472) When the password field is omitted or empty, then the
+cvs.texi(,2473) client's authentication attempt will succeed with any
+cvs.texi(,2474) password, including the empty string. However, the
+cvs.texi(,2475) colon after the @sc{cvs} username is always necessary,
+cvs.texi(,2476) even if the password is empty.
+cvs.texi(,2477)
+cvs.texi(,2478) @sc{cvs} can also fall back to use system authentication.
+cvs.texi(,2479) When authenticating a password, the server first checks
+cvs.texi(,2480) for the user in the @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd}
+cvs.texi(,2481) file. If it finds the user, it will use that entry for
+cvs.texi(,2482) authentication as described above. But if it does not
+cvs.texi(,2483) find the user, or if the @sc{cvs} @file{passwd} file
+cvs.texi(,2484) does not exist, then the server can try to authenticate
+cvs.texi(,2485) the username and password using the operating system's
+cvs.texi(,2486) user-lookup routines (this "fallback" behavior can be
+cvs.texi(,2487) disabled by setting @code{SystemAuth=no} in the
+cvs.texi(,2488) @sc{cvs} @file{config} file, @pxref{config}).
+cvs.texi(,2489)
+cvs.texi(,2490) The default fallback behaviour is to look in
+cvs.texi(,2491) @file{/etc/passwd} for this system password unless your
+cvs.texi(,2492) system has PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules)
+cvs.texi(,2493) and your @sc{cvs} server executable was configured to
+cvs.texi(,2494) use it at compile time (using @code{./configure --enable-pam}
- see the
+cvs.texi(,2495) INSTALL file for more). In this case, PAM will be consulted
instead.
+cvs.texi(,2496) This means that @sc{cvs} can be configured to use any password
+cvs.texi(,2497) authentication source PAM can be configured to use
(possibilities
+cvs.texi(,2498) include a simple UNIX password, NIS, LDAP, and others) in its
+cvs.texi(,2499) global configuration file (usually @file{/etc/pam.conf}
+cvs.texi(,2500) or possibly @file{/etc/pam.d/cvs}). See your PAM documentation
+cvs.texi(,2501) for more details on PAM configuration.
+cvs.texi(,2502)
+cvs.texi(,2503) Note that PAM is an experimental feature in @sc{cvs} and
feedback is
+cvs.texi(,2504) encouraged. Please send a mail to one of the @sc{cvs} mailing
lists
+cvs.texi(,2505) (@code{info-cvs@@gnu.org} or @code{bug-cvs@@gnu.org}) if you
use the
+cvs.texi(,2506) @sc{cvs} PAM support.
+cvs.texi(,2507)
+cvs.texi(,2508) @strong{WARNING: Using PAM gives the system administrator much
more
+cvs.texi(,2509) flexibility about how @sc{cvs} users are authenticated but
+cvs.texi(,2510) no more security than other methods. See below for more.}
cvs.texi(,2511)
-cvs.texi(,2512) @example
-cvs.texi(,2513) cvs auth required pam_unix.so
-cvs.texi(,2514) cvs account required pam_unix.so
-cvs.texi(,2515) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2516)
-cvs.texi(,2517) The the equivalent @file{/etc/pam.d/cvs} would contain
-cvs.texi(,2518)
-cvs.texi(,2519) @example
-cvs.texi(,2520) auth required pam_unix.so
-cvs.texi(,2521) account required pam_unix.so
-cvs.texi(,2522) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2523)
-cvs.texi(,2524) Some systems require a full path to the module so that
-cvs.texi(,2525) @file{pam_unix.so} (Linux) would become something like
-cvs.texi(,2526) @file{/usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so.1} (Sun Solaris).
-cvs.texi(,2527) See the @file{contrib/pam} subdirectory of the @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,2528) source distribution for further example configurations.
+cvs.texi(,2512) CVS needs an "auth" and "account" module in the
+cvs.texi(,2513) PAM configuration file. A typical PAM configuration
+cvs.texi(,2514) would therefore have the following lines
+cvs.texi(,2515) in @file{/etc/pam.conf} to emulate the standard @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,2516) system @file{/etc/passwd} authentication:
+cvs.texi(,2517)
+cvs.texi(,2518) @example
+cvs.texi(,2519) cvs auth required pam_unix.so
+cvs.texi(,2520) cvs account required pam_unix.so
+cvs.texi(,2521) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2522)
+cvs.texi(,2523) The the equivalent @file{/etc/pam.d/cvs} would contain
+cvs.texi(,2524)
+cvs.texi(,2525) @example
+cvs.texi(,2526) auth required pam_unix.so
+cvs.texi(,2527) account required pam_unix.so
+cvs.texi(,2528) @end example
cvs.texi(,2529)
-cvs.texi(,2530) The PAM service name given above as "cvs" is just
-cvs.texi(,2531) the service name in the default configuration amd can be
-cvs.texi(,2532) set using
-cvs.texi(,2533) @code{./configure
--with-hardcoded-pam-service-name=<pam-service-name>}
-cvs.texi(,2534) before compiling. @sc{cvs} can also be configured to use
whatever
-cvs.texi(,2535) name it is invoked as as its PAM service name using
-cvs.texi(,2536) @code{./configure --without-hardcoded-pam-service-name}, but
this
-cvs.texi(,2537) feature should not be used if you may not have control of the
name
-cvs.texi(,2538) @sc{cvs} will be invoked as.
-cvs.texi(,2539)
-cvs.texi(,2540) Be aware, also, that falling back to system
-cvs.texi(,2541) authentication might be a security risk: @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,2542) operations would then be authenticated with that user's
-cvs.texi(,2543) regular login password, and the password flies across
-cvs.texi(,2544) the network in plaintext. See @ref{Password
-cvs.texi(,2545) authentication security} for more on this.
-cvs.texi(,2546) This may be more of a problem with PAM authentication
-cvs.texi(,2547) because it is likely that the source of the system
-cvs.texi(,2548) password is some central authentication service like
-cvs.texi(,2549) LDAP which is also used to authenticate other services.
-cvs.texi(,2550)
-cvs.texi(,2551) On the other hand, PAM makes it very easy to change your
password
-cvs.texi(,2552) regularly. If they are given the option of a one-password
system for
-cvs.texi(,2553) all of their activities, users are often more willing to
change their
-cvs.texi(,2554) password on a regular basis.
-cvs.texi(,2555)
-cvs.texi(,2556) In the non-PAM configuration where the password is stored in
the
-cvs.texi(,2557) @file{CVSROOT/passwd} file, it is difficult to change
passwords on a
-cvs.texi(,2558) regular basis since only administrative users (or in some cases
-cvs.texi(,2559) processes that act as an administrative user) are typicaly
given
-cvs.texi(,2560) access to modify this file. Either there needs to be some
-cvs.texi(,2561) hand-crafted web page or set-uid program to update the file,
or the
-cvs.texi(,2562) update needs to be done by submitting a request to an
administrator to
-cvs.texi(,2563) perform the duty by hand. In the first case, having to
remember to
-cvs.texi(,2564) update a separate password on a periodic basis can be
difficult. In
-cvs.texi(,2565) the second case, the manual nature of the change will
typically mean
-cvs.texi(,2566) that the password will not be changed unless it is absolutely
-cvs.texi(,2567) necessary.
-cvs.texi(,2568)
-cvs.texi(,2569) Note that PAM administrators should probably avoid configuring
-cvs.texi(,2570) one-time-passwords (OTP) for @sc{cvs}
authentication/authorization. If
-cvs.texi(,2571) OTPs are desired, the administrator may wish to encourage the
use of
-cvs.texi(,2572) one of the other Client/Server access methods. See the
section on
-cvs.texi(,2573) @pxref{Remote repositories} for a list of other methods.
+cvs.texi(,2530) Some systems require a full path to the module so that
+cvs.texi(,2531) @file{pam_unix.so} (Linux) would become something like
+cvs.texi(,2532) @file{/usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so.1} (Sun Solaris).
+cvs.texi(,2533) See the @file{contrib/pam} subdirectory of the @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,2534) source distribution for further example configurations.
+cvs.texi(,2535)
+cvs.texi(,2536) The PAM service name given above as "cvs" is just
+cvs.texi(,2537) the service name in the default configuration amd can be
+cvs.texi(,2538) set using
+cvs.texi(,2539) @code{./configure
--with-hardcoded-pam-service-name=<pam-service-name>}
+cvs.texi(,2540) before compiling. @sc{cvs} can also be configured to use
whatever
+cvs.texi(,2541) name it is invoked as as its PAM service name using
+cvs.texi(,2542) @code{./configure --without-hardcoded-pam-service-name}, but
this
+cvs.texi(,2543) feature should not be used if you may not have control of the
name
+cvs.texi(,2544) @sc{cvs} will be invoked as.
+cvs.texi(,2545)
+cvs.texi(,2546) Be aware, also, that falling back to system
+cvs.texi(,2547) authentication might be a security risk: @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,2548) operations would then be authenticated with that user's
+cvs.texi(,2549) regular login password, and the password flies across
+cvs.texi(,2550) the network in plaintext. See @ref{Password
+cvs.texi(,2551) authentication security} for more on this.
+cvs.texi(,2552) This may be more of a problem with PAM authentication
+cvs.texi(,2553) because it is likely that the source of the system
+cvs.texi(,2554) password is some central authentication service like
+cvs.texi(,2555) LDAP which is also used to authenticate other services.
+cvs.texi(,2556)
+cvs.texi(,2557) On the other hand, PAM makes it very easy to change your
password
+cvs.texi(,2558) regularly. If they are given the option of a one-password
system for
+cvs.texi(,2559) all of their activities, users are often more willing to
change their
+cvs.texi(,2560) password on a regular basis.
+cvs.texi(,2561)
+cvs.texi(,2562) In the non-PAM configuration where the password is stored in
the
+cvs.texi(,2563) @file{CVSROOT/passwd} file, it is difficult to change
passwords on a
+cvs.texi(,2564) regular basis since only administrative users (or in some cases
+cvs.texi(,2565) processes that act as an administrative user) are typicaly
given
+cvs.texi(,2566) access to modify this file. Either there needs to be some
+cvs.texi(,2567) hand-crafted web page or set-uid program to update the file,
or the
+cvs.texi(,2568) update needs to be done by submitting a request to an
administrator to
+cvs.texi(,2569) perform the duty by hand. In the first case, having to
remember to
+cvs.texi(,2570) update a separate password on a periodic basis can be
difficult. In
+cvs.texi(,2571) the second case, the manual nature of the change will
typically mean
+cvs.texi(,2572) that the password will not be changed unless it is absolutely
+cvs.texi(,2573) necessary.
cvs.texi(,2574)
-cvs.texi(,2575) Right now, the only way to put a password in the
-cvs.texi(,2576) @sc{cvs} @file{passwd} file is to paste it there from
-cvs.texi(,2577) somewhere else. Someday, there may be a @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,2578) passwd} command.
-cvs.texi(,2579)
-cvs.texi(,2580) Unlike many of the files in @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT}, it
-cvs.texi(,2581) is normal to edit the @file{passwd} file in-place,
-cvs.texi(,2582) rather than via @sc{cvs}. This is because of the
-cvs.texi(,2583) possible security risks of having the @file{passwd}
-cvs.texi(,2584) file checked out to people's working copies. If you do
-cvs.texi(,2585) want to include the @file{passwd} file in checkouts of
-cvs.texi(,2586) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT}, see @ref{checkoutlist}.
-cvs.texi(,2587)
-cvs.texi(,2588) @c We might also suggest using the @code{htpasswd} command
-cvs.texi(,2589) @c from freely available web servers as well, but that
-cvs.texi(,2590) @c would open up a can of worms in that the users next
-cvs.texi(,2591) @c questions are likely to be "where do I get it?" and
-cvs.texi(,2592) @c "how do I use it?"
-cvs.texi(,2593) @c Also note that htpasswd, at least the version I had,
-cvs.texi(,2594) @c likes to clobber the third field.
-cvs.texi(,2595)
-cvs.texi(,2596) @node Password authentication client
-cvs.texi(,2597) @subsubsection Using the client with password authentication
-cvs.texi(,2598) @cindex Login (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,2599) @cindex Password client, using
-cvs.texi(,2600) @cindex Authenticated client, using
-cvs.texi(,2601) @cindex :pserver:, setting up
-cvs.texi(,2602) To run a @sc{cvs} command on a remote repository via
-cvs.texi(,2603) the password-authenticating server, one specifies the
-cvs.texi(,2604) @code{pserver} protocol, optional username, repository host, an
-cvs.texi(,2605) optional port number, and path to the repository. For example:
-cvs.texi(,2606)
-cvs.texi(,2607) @example
-cvs.texi(,2608) cvs -d :pserver:faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout
someproj
-cvs.texi(,2609) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2610)
-cvs.texi(,2611) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,2612) or
-cvs.texi(,2613)
-cvs.texi(,2614) @example
-cvs.texi(,2615) CVSROOT=:pserver:bach@@faun.example.org:2401/usr/local/cvsroot
-cvs.texi(,2616) cvs checkout someproj
-cvs.texi(,2617) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2618)
-cvs.texi(,2619) However, unless you're connecting to a public-access
-cvs.texi(,2620) repository (i.e., one where that username doesn't
-cvs.texi(,2621) require a password), you'll need to supply a password or
@dfn{log in} first.
-cvs.texi(,2622) Logging in verifies your password with the repository and
stores it in a file.
-cvs.texi(,2623) It's done with the @code{login} command, which will
-cvs.texi(,2624) prompt you interactively for the password if you didn't supply
one as part of
-cvs.texi(,2625) @var{$CVSROOT}:
-cvs.texi(,2626)
-cvs.texi(,2627) @example
-cvs.texi(,2628) cvs -d :pserver:bach@@faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot login
-cvs.texi(,2629) CVS password:
-cvs.texi(,2630) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2631)
-cvs.texi(,2632) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,2633) or
-cvs.texi(,2634)
-cvs.texi(,2635) @example
-cvs.texi(,2636) cvs -d
:pserver:bach:p4ss30rd@@faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot login
-cvs.texi(,2637) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2638)
-cvs.texi(,2639) After you enter the password, @sc{cvs} verifies it with
-cvs.texi(,2640) the server. If the verification succeeds, then that
-cvs.texi(,2641) combination of username, host, repository, and password
-cvs.texi(,2642) is permanently recorded, so future transactions with
-cvs.texi(,2643) that repository won't require you to run @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,2644) login}. (If verification fails, @sc{cvs} will exit
-cvs.texi(,2645) complaining that the password was incorrect, and
-cvs.texi(,2646) nothing will be recorded.)
-cvs.texi(,2647)
-cvs.texi(,2648) The records are stored, by default, in the file
-cvs.texi(,2649) @file{$HOME/.cvspass}. That file's format is
-cvs.texi(,2650) human-readable, and to a degree human-editable, but
-cvs.texi(,2651) note that the passwords are not stored in
-cvs.texi(,2652) cleartext---they are trivially encoded to protect them
-cvs.texi(,2653) from "innocent" compromise (i.e., inadvertent viewing
-cvs.texi(,2654) by a system administrator or other non-malicious
-cvs.texi(,2655) person).
-cvs.texi(,2656)
-cvs.texi(,2657) @cindex CVS_PASSFILE, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,2658) You can change the default location of this file by
-cvs.texi(,2659) setting the @code{CVS_PASSFILE} environment variable.
-cvs.texi(,2660) If you use this variable, make sure you set it
-cvs.texi(,2661) @emph{before} @code{cvs login} is run. If you were to
-cvs.texi(,2662) set it after running @code{cvs login}, then later
-cvs.texi(,2663) @sc{cvs} commands would be unable to look up the
-cvs.texi(,2664) password for transmission to the server.
-cvs.texi(,2665)
-cvs.texi(,2666) Once you have logged in, all @sc{cvs} commands using
-cvs.texi(,2667) that remote repository and username will authenticate
-cvs.texi(,2668) with the stored password. So, for example
-cvs.texi(,2669)
-cvs.texi(,2670) @example
-cvs.texi(,2671) cvs -d :pserver:bach@@faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot
checkout foo
-cvs.texi(,2672) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2673)
-cvs.texi(,2674) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,2675) should just work (unless the password changes on the
-cvs.texi(,2676) server side, in which case you'll have to re-run
-cvs.texi(,2677) @code{cvs login}).
-cvs.texi(,2678)
-cvs.texi(,2679) Note that if the @samp{:pserver:} were not present in
-cvs.texi(,2680) the repository specification, @sc{cvs} would assume it
-cvs.texi(,2681) should use @code{rsh} to connect with the server
-cvs.texi(,2682) instead (@pxref{Connecting via rsh}).
-cvs.texi(,2683)
-cvs.texi(,2684) Of course, once you have a working copy checked out and
-cvs.texi(,2685) are running @sc{cvs} commands from within it, there is
-cvs.texi(,2686) no longer any need to specify the repository
-cvs.texi(,2687) explicitly, because @sc{cvs} can deduce the repository
-cvs.texi(,2688) from the working copy's @file{CVS} subdirectory.
+cvs.texi(,2575) Note that PAM administrators should probably avoid configuring
+cvs.texi(,2576) one-time-passwords (OTP) for @sc{cvs}
authentication/authorization. If
+cvs.texi(,2577) OTPs are desired, the administrator may wish to encourage the
use of
+cvs.texi(,2578) one of the other Client/Server access methods. See the
section on
+cvs.texi(,2579) @pxref{Remote repositories} for a list of other methods.
+cvs.texi(,2580)
+cvs.texi(,2581) Right now, the only way to put a password in the
+cvs.texi(,2582) @sc{cvs} @file{passwd} file is to paste it there from
+cvs.texi(,2583) somewhere else. Someday, there may be a @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,2584) passwd} command.
+cvs.texi(,2585)
+cvs.texi(,2586) Unlike many of the files in @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT}, it
+cvs.texi(,2587) is normal to edit the @file{passwd} file in-place,
+cvs.texi(,2588) rather than via @sc{cvs}. This is because of the
+cvs.texi(,2589) possible security risks of having the @file{passwd}
+cvs.texi(,2590) file checked out to people's working copies. If you do
+cvs.texi(,2591) want to include the @file{passwd} file in checkouts of
+cvs.texi(,2592) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT}, see @ref{checkoutlist}.
+cvs.texi(,2593)
+cvs.texi(,2594) @c We might also suggest using the @code{htpasswd} command
+cvs.texi(,2595) @c from freely available web servers as well, but that
+cvs.texi(,2596) @c would open up a can of worms in that the users next
+cvs.texi(,2597) @c questions are likely to be "where do I get it?" and
+cvs.texi(,2598) @c "how do I use it?"
+cvs.texi(,2599) @c Also note that htpasswd, at least the version I had,
+cvs.texi(,2600) @c likes to clobber the third field.
+cvs.texi(,2601)
+cvs.texi(,2602) @node Password authentication client
+cvs.texi(,2603) @subsubsection Using the client with password authentication
+cvs.texi(,2604) @cindex Login (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,2605) @cindex Password client, using
+cvs.texi(,2606) @cindex Authenticated client, using
+cvs.texi(,2607) @cindex :pserver:, setting up
+cvs.texi(,2608) To run a @sc{cvs} command on a remote repository via
+cvs.texi(,2609) the password-authenticating server, one specifies the
+cvs.texi(,2610) @code{pserver} protocol, optional username, repository host, an
+cvs.texi(,2611) optional port number, and path to the repository. For example:
+cvs.texi(,2612)
+cvs.texi(,2613) @example
+cvs.texi(,2614) cvs -d :pserver:faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout
someproj
+cvs.texi(,2615) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2616)
+cvs.texi(,2617) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,2618) or
+cvs.texi(,2619)
+cvs.texi(,2620) @example
+cvs.texi(,2621) CVSROOT=:pserver:bach@@faun.example.org:2401/usr/local/cvsroot
+cvs.texi(,2622) cvs checkout someproj
+cvs.texi(,2623) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2624)
+cvs.texi(,2625) However, unless you're connecting to a public-access
+cvs.texi(,2626) repository (i.e., one where that username doesn't
+cvs.texi(,2627) require a password), you'll need to supply a password or
@dfn{log in} first.
+cvs.texi(,2628) Logging in verifies your password with the repository and
stores it in a file.
+cvs.texi(,2629) It's done with the @code{login} command, which will
+cvs.texi(,2630) prompt you interactively for the password if you didn't supply
one as part of
+cvs.texi(,2631) @var{$CVSROOT}:
+cvs.texi(,2632)
+cvs.texi(,2633) @example
+cvs.texi(,2634) cvs -d :pserver:bach@@faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot login
+cvs.texi(,2635) CVS password:
+cvs.texi(,2636) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2637)
+cvs.texi(,2638) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,2639) or
+cvs.texi(,2640)
+cvs.texi(,2641) @example
+cvs.texi(,2642) cvs -d
:pserver:bach:p4ss30rd@@faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot login
+cvs.texi(,2643) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2644)
+cvs.texi(,2645) After you enter the password, @sc{cvs} verifies it with
+cvs.texi(,2646) the server. If the verification succeeds, then that
+cvs.texi(,2647) combination of username, host, repository, and password
+cvs.texi(,2648) is permanently recorded, so future transactions with
+cvs.texi(,2649) that repository won't require you to run @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,2650) login}. (If verification fails, @sc{cvs} will exit
+cvs.texi(,2651) complaining that the password was incorrect, and
+cvs.texi(,2652) nothing will be recorded.)
+cvs.texi(,2653)
+cvs.texi(,2654) The records are stored, by default, in the file
+cvs.texi(,2655) @file{$HOME/.cvspass}. That file's format is
+cvs.texi(,2656) human-readable, and to a degree human-editable, but
+cvs.texi(,2657) note that the passwords are not stored in
+cvs.texi(,2658) cleartext---they are trivially encoded to protect them
+cvs.texi(,2659) from "innocent" compromise (i.e., inadvertent viewing
+cvs.texi(,2660) by a system administrator or other non-malicious
+cvs.texi(,2661) person).
+cvs.texi(,2662)
+cvs.texi(,2663) @cindex CVS_PASSFILE, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,2664) You can change the default location of this file by
+cvs.texi(,2665) setting the @code{CVS_PASSFILE} environment variable.
+cvs.texi(,2666) If you use this variable, make sure you set it
+cvs.texi(,2667) @emph{before} @code{cvs login} is run. If you were to
+cvs.texi(,2668) set it after running @code{cvs login}, then later
+cvs.texi(,2669) @sc{cvs} commands would be unable to look up the
+cvs.texi(,2670) password for transmission to the server.
+cvs.texi(,2671)
+cvs.texi(,2672) Once you have logged in, all @sc{cvs} commands using
+cvs.texi(,2673) that remote repository and username will authenticate
+cvs.texi(,2674) with the stored password. So, for example
+cvs.texi(,2675)
+cvs.texi(,2676) @example
+cvs.texi(,2677) cvs -d :pserver:bach@@faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot
checkout foo
+cvs.texi(,2678) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2679)
+cvs.texi(,2680) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,2681) should just work (unless the password changes on the
+cvs.texi(,2682) server side, in which case you'll have to re-run
+cvs.texi(,2683) @code{cvs login}).
+cvs.texi(,2684)
+cvs.texi(,2685) Note that if the @samp{:pserver:} were not present in
+cvs.texi(,2686) the repository specification, @sc{cvs} would assume it
+cvs.texi(,2687) should use @code{rsh} to connect with the server
+cvs.texi(,2688) instead (@pxref{Connecting via rsh}).
cvs.texi(,2689)
-cvs.texi(,2690) @c FIXME: seems to me this needs somewhat more
-cvs.texi(,2691) @c explanation.
-cvs.texi(,2692) @cindex Logout (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,2693) The password for a given remote repository can be
-cvs.texi(,2694) removed from the @code{CVS_PASSFILE} by using the
-cvs.texi(,2695) @code{cvs logout} command.
-cvs.texi(,2696)
-cvs.texi(,2697) @node Password authentication security
-cvs.texi(,2698) @subsubsection Security considerations with password
authentication
-cvs.texi(,2699)
-cvs.texi(,2700) @cindex Security, of pserver
-cvs.texi(,2701) The passwords are stored on the client side in a
-cvs.texi(,2702) trivial encoding of the cleartext, and transmitted in
-cvs.texi(,2703) the same encoding. The encoding is done only to
-cvs.texi(,2704) prevent inadvertent password compromises (i.e., a
-cvs.texi(,2705) system administrator accidentally looking at the file),
-cvs.texi(,2706) and will not prevent even a naive attacker from gaining
-cvs.texi(,2707) the password.
-cvs.texi(,2708)
-cvs.texi(,2709) @c FIXME: The bit about "access to the repository
-cvs.texi(,2710) @c implies general access to the system is *not* specific
-cvs.texi(,2711) @c to pserver; it applies to kerberos and SSH and
-cvs.texi(,2712) @c everything else too. Should reorganize the
-cvs.texi(,2713) @c documentation to make this clear.
-cvs.texi(,2714) The separate @sc{cvs} password file (@pxref{Password
-cvs.texi(,2715) authentication server}) allows people
-cvs.texi(,2716) to use a different password for repository access than
-cvs.texi(,2717) for login access. On the other hand, once a user has
-cvs.texi(,2718) non-read-only
-cvs.texi(,2719) access to the repository, she can execute programs on
-cvs.texi(,2720) the server system through a variety of means. Thus, repository
-cvs.texi(,2721) access implies fairly broad system access as well. It
-cvs.texi(,2722) might be possible to modify @sc{cvs} to prevent that,
-cvs.texi(,2723) but no one has done so as of this writing.
-cvs.texi(,2724) @c OpenBSD uses chroot() and copies the repository to
-cvs.texi(,2725) @c provide anonymous read-only access (for details see
-cvs.texi(,2726) @c http://www.openbsd.org/anoncvs.shar). While this
-cvs.texi(,2727) @c closes the most obvious holes, I'm not sure it
-cvs.texi(,2728) @c closes enough holes to recommend it (plus it is
-cvs.texi(,2729) @c *very* easy to accidentally screw up a setup of this
-cvs.texi(,2730) @c type).
-cvs.texi(,2731)
-cvs.texi(,2732) Note that because the @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT} directory
-cvs.texi(,2733) contains @file{passwd} and other files which are used
-cvs.texi(,2734) to check security, you must control the permissions on
-cvs.texi(,2735) this directory as tightly as the permissions on
-cvs.texi(,2736) @file{/etc}. The same applies to the @file{$CVSROOT}
-cvs.texi(,2737) directory itself and any directory
-cvs.texi(,2738) above it in the tree. Anyone who has write access to
-cvs.texi(,2739) such a directory will have the ability to become any
-cvs.texi(,2740) user on the system. Note that these permissions are
-cvs.texi(,2741) typically tighter than you would use if you are not
-cvs.texi(,2742) using pserver.
-cvs.texi(,2743) @c TODO: Would be really nice to document/implement a
-cvs.texi(,2744) @c scheme where the CVS server can run as some non-root
-cvs.texi(,2745) @c user, e.g. "cvs". CVSROOT/passwd would contain a
-cvs.texi(,2746) @c bunch of entries of the form foo:xxx:cvs (or the "cvs"
-cvs.texi(,2747) @c would be implicit). This would greatly reduce
-cvs.texi(,2748) @c security risks such as those hinted at in the
-cvs.texi(,2749) @c previous paragraph. I think minor changes to CVS
-cvs.texi(,2750) @c might be required but mostly this would just need
-cvs.texi(,2751) @c someone who wants to play with it, document it, &c.
-cvs.texi(,2752)
-cvs.texi(,2753) In summary, anyone who gets the password gets
-cvs.texi(,2754) repository access (which may imply some measure of general
system
-cvs.texi(,2755) access as well). The password is available to anyone
-cvs.texi(,2756) who can sniff network packets or read a protected
-cvs.texi(,2757) (i.e., user read-only) file. If you want real
-cvs.texi(,2758) security, get Kerberos.
-cvs.texi(,2759)
-cvs.texi(,2760) @node GSSAPI authenticated
-cvs.texi(,2761) @subsection Direct connection with GSSAPI
-cvs.texi(,2762)
-cvs.texi(,2763) @cindex GSSAPI
-cvs.texi(,2764) @cindex Security, GSSAPI
-cvs.texi(,2765) @cindex :gserver:, setting up
-cvs.texi(,2766) @cindex Kerberos, using :gserver:
-cvs.texi(,2767) GSSAPI is a generic interface to network security
-cvs.texi(,2768) systems such as Kerberos 5.
-cvs.texi(,2769) If you have a working GSSAPI library, you can have
-cvs.texi(,2770) @sc{cvs} connect via a direct @sc{tcp} connection,
-cvs.texi(,2771) authenticating with GSSAPI.
-cvs.texi(,2772)
-cvs.texi(,2773) To do this, @sc{cvs} needs to be compiled with GSSAPI
-cvs.texi(,2774) support; when configuring @sc{cvs} it tries to detect
-cvs.texi(,2775) whether GSSAPI libraries using kerberos version 5 are
-cvs.texi(,2776) present. You can also use the @file{--with-gssapi}
-cvs.texi(,2777) flag to configure.
+cvs.texi(,2690) Of course, once you have a working copy checked out and
+cvs.texi(,2691) are running @sc{cvs} commands from within it, there is
+cvs.texi(,2692) no longer any need to specify the repository
+cvs.texi(,2693) explicitly, because @sc{cvs} can deduce the repository
+cvs.texi(,2694) from the working copy's @file{CVS} subdirectory.
+cvs.texi(,2695)
+cvs.texi(,2696) @c FIXME: seems to me this needs somewhat more
+cvs.texi(,2697) @c explanation.
+cvs.texi(,2698) @cindex Logout (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,2699) The password for a given remote repository can be
+cvs.texi(,2700) removed from the @code{CVS_PASSFILE} by using the
+cvs.texi(,2701) @code{cvs logout} command.
+cvs.texi(,2702)
+cvs.texi(,2703) @node Password authentication security
+cvs.texi(,2704) @subsubsection Security considerations with password
authentication
+cvs.texi(,2705)
+cvs.texi(,2706) @cindex Security, of pserver
+cvs.texi(,2707) The passwords are stored on the client side in a
+cvs.texi(,2708) trivial encoding of the cleartext, and transmitted in
+cvs.texi(,2709) the same encoding. The encoding is done only to
+cvs.texi(,2710) prevent inadvertent password compromises (i.e., a
+cvs.texi(,2711) system administrator accidentally looking at the file),
+cvs.texi(,2712) and will not prevent even a naive attacker from gaining
+cvs.texi(,2713) the password.
+cvs.texi(,2714)
+cvs.texi(,2715) @c FIXME: The bit about "access to the repository
+cvs.texi(,2716) @c implies general access to the system is *not* specific
+cvs.texi(,2717) @c to pserver; it applies to kerberos and SSH and
+cvs.texi(,2718) @c everything else too. Should reorganize the
+cvs.texi(,2719) @c documentation to make this clear.
+cvs.texi(,2720) The separate @sc{cvs} password file (@pxref{Password
+cvs.texi(,2721) authentication server}) allows people
+cvs.texi(,2722) to use a different password for repository access than
+cvs.texi(,2723) for login access. On the other hand, once a user has
+cvs.texi(,2724) non-read-only
+cvs.texi(,2725) access to the repository, she can execute programs on
+cvs.texi(,2726) the server system through a variety of means. Thus, repository
+cvs.texi(,2727) access implies fairly broad system access as well. It
+cvs.texi(,2728) might be possible to modify @sc{cvs} to prevent that,
+cvs.texi(,2729) but no one has done so as of this writing.
+cvs.texi(,2730) @c OpenBSD uses chroot() and copies the repository to
+cvs.texi(,2731) @c provide anonymous read-only access (for details see
+cvs.texi(,2732) @c http://www.openbsd.org/anoncvs.shar). While this
+cvs.texi(,2733) @c closes the most obvious holes, I'm not sure it
+cvs.texi(,2734) @c closes enough holes to recommend it (plus it is
+cvs.texi(,2735) @c *very* easy to accidentally screw up a setup of this
+cvs.texi(,2736) @c type).
+cvs.texi(,2737)
+cvs.texi(,2738) Note that because the @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT} directory
+cvs.texi(,2739) contains @file{passwd} and other files which are used
+cvs.texi(,2740) to check security, you must control the permissions on
+cvs.texi(,2741) this directory as tightly as the permissions on
+cvs.texi(,2742) @file{/etc}. The same applies to the @file{$CVSROOT}
+cvs.texi(,2743) directory itself and any directory
+cvs.texi(,2744) above it in the tree. Anyone who has write access to
+cvs.texi(,2745) such a directory will have the ability to become any
+cvs.texi(,2746) user on the system. Note that these permissions are
+cvs.texi(,2747) typically tighter than you would use if you are not
+cvs.texi(,2748) using pserver.
+cvs.texi(,2749) @c TODO: Would be really nice to document/implement a
+cvs.texi(,2750) @c scheme where the CVS server can run as some non-root
+cvs.texi(,2751) @c user, e.g. "cvs". CVSROOT/passwd would contain a
+cvs.texi(,2752) @c bunch of entries of the form foo:xxx:cvs (or the "cvs"
+cvs.texi(,2753) @c would be implicit). This would greatly reduce
+cvs.texi(,2754) @c security risks such as those hinted at in the
+cvs.texi(,2755) @c previous paragraph. I think minor changes to CVS
+cvs.texi(,2756) @c might be required but mostly this would just need
+cvs.texi(,2757) @c someone who wants to play with it, document it, &c.
+cvs.texi(,2758)
+cvs.texi(,2759) In summary, anyone who gets the password gets
+cvs.texi(,2760) repository access (which may imply some measure of general
system
+cvs.texi(,2761) access as well). The password is available to anyone
+cvs.texi(,2762) who can sniff network packets or read a protected
+cvs.texi(,2763) (i.e., user read-only) file. If you want real
+cvs.texi(,2764) security, get Kerberos.
+cvs.texi(,2765)
+cvs.texi(,2766) @node GSSAPI authenticated
+cvs.texi(,2767) @subsection Direct connection with GSSAPI
+cvs.texi(,2768)
+cvs.texi(,2769) @cindex GSSAPI
+cvs.texi(,2770) @cindex Security, GSSAPI
+cvs.texi(,2771) @cindex :gserver:, setting up
+cvs.texi(,2772) @cindex Kerberos, using :gserver:
+cvs.texi(,2773) GSSAPI is a generic interface to network security
+cvs.texi(,2774) systems such as Kerberos 5.
+cvs.texi(,2775) If you have a working GSSAPI library, you can have
+cvs.texi(,2776) @sc{cvs} connect via a direct @sc{tcp} connection,
+cvs.texi(,2777) authenticating with GSSAPI.
cvs.texi(,2778)
-cvs.texi(,2779) The connection is authenticated using GSSAPI, but the
-cvs.texi(,2780) message stream is @emph{not} authenticated by default.
-cvs.texi(,2781) You must use the @code{-a} global option to request
-cvs.texi(,2782) stream authentication.
-cvs.texi(,2783)
-cvs.texi(,2784) The data transmitted is @emph{not} encrypted by
-cvs.texi(,2785) default. Encryption support must be compiled into both
-cvs.texi(,2786) the client and the server; use the
-cvs.texi(,2787) @file{--enable-encrypt} configure option to turn it on.
-cvs.texi(,2788) You must then use the @code{-x} global option to
-cvs.texi(,2789) request encryption.
-cvs.texi(,2790)
-cvs.texi(,2791) GSSAPI connections are handled on the server side by
-cvs.texi(,2792) the same server which handles the password
-cvs.texi(,2793) authentication server; see @ref{Password authentication
-cvs.texi(,2794) server}. If you are using a GSSAPI mechanism such as
-cvs.texi(,2795) Kerberos which provides for strong authentication, you
-cvs.texi(,2796) will probably want to disable the ability to
-cvs.texi(,2797) authenticate via cleartext passwords. To do so, create
-cvs.texi(,2798) an empty @file{CVSROOT/passwd} password file, and set
-cvs.texi(,2799) @code{SystemAuth=no} in the config file
-cvs.texi(,2800) (@pxref{config}).
-cvs.texi(,2801)
-cvs.texi(,2802) The GSSAPI server uses a principal name of
-cvs.texi(,2803) cvs/@var{hostname}, where @var{hostname} is the
-cvs.texi(,2804) canonical name of the server host. You will have to
-cvs.texi(,2805) set this up as required by your GSSAPI mechanism.
-cvs.texi(,2806)
-cvs.texi(,2807) To connect using GSSAPI, use @samp{:gserver:}. For
-cvs.texi(,2808) example,
-cvs.texi(,2809)
-cvs.texi(,2810) @example
-cvs.texi(,2811) cvs -d :gserver:faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout
foo
-cvs.texi(,2812) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2813)
-cvs.texi(,2814) @node Kerberos authenticated
-cvs.texi(,2815) @subsection Direct connection with kerberos
-cvs.texi(,2816)
-cvs.texi(,2817) @cindex Kerberos, using :kserver:
-cvs.texi(,2818) @cindex Security, kerberos
-cvs.texi(,2819) @cindex :kserver:, setting up
-cvs.texi(,2820) The easiest way to use kerberos is to use the kerberos
-cvs.texi(,2821) @code{rsh}, as described in @ref{Connecting via rsh}.
-cvs.texi(,2822) The main disadvantage of using rsh is that all the data
-cvs.texi(,2823) needs to pass through additional programs, so it may be
-cvs.texi(,2824) slower. So if you have kerberos installed you can
-cvs.texi(,2825) connect via a direct @sc{tcp} connection,
-cvs.texi(,2826) authenticating with kerberos.
-cvs.texi(,2827)
-cvs.texi(,2828) This section concerns the kerberos network security
-cvs.texi(,2829) system, version 4. Kerberos version 5 is supported via
-cvs.texi(,2830) the GSSAPI generic network security interface, as
-cvs.texi(,2831) described in the previous section.
-cvs.texi(,2832)
-cvs.texi(,2833) To do this, @sc{cvs} needs to be compiled with kerberos
-cvs.texi(,2834) support; when configuring @sc{cvs} it tries to detect
-cvs.texi(,2835) whether kerberos is present or you can use the
-cvs.texi(,2836) @file{--with-krb4} flag to configure.
-cvs.texi(,2837)
-cvs.texi(,2838) The data transmitted is @emph{not} encrypted by
-cvs.texi(,2839) default. Encryption support must be compiled into both
-cvs.texi(,2840) the client and server; use the
-cvs.texi(,2841) @file{--enable-encryption} configure option to turn it
-cvs.texi(,2842) on. You must then use the @code{-x} global option to
-cvs.texi(,2843) request encryption.
-cvs.texi(,2844)
-cvs.texi(,2845) @cindex CVS_CLIENT_PORT
-cvs.texi(,2846) You need to edit @file{inetd.conf} on the server
-cvs.texi(,2847) machine to run @code{cvs kserver}. The client uses
-cvs.texi(,2848) port 1999 by default; if you want to use another port
-cvs.texi(,2849) specify it in the @code{CVSROOT} (@pxref{Remote repositories})
-cvs.texi(,2850) or the @code{CVS_CLIENT_PORT} environment variable
-cvs.texi(,2851) (@pxref{Environment variables}) on the client.
-cvs.texi(,2852)
-cvs.texi(,2853) @cindex kinit
-cvs.texi(,2854) When you want to use @sc{cvs}, get a ticket in the
-cvs.texi(,2855) usual way (generally @code{kinit}); it must be a ticket
-cvs.texi(,2856) which allows you to log into the server machine. Then
-cvs.texi(,2857) you are ready to go:
+cvs.texi(,2779) To do this, @sc{cvs} needs to be compiled with GSSAPI
+cvs.texi(,2780) support; when configuring @sc{cvs} it tries to detect
+cvs.texi(,2781) whether GSSAPI libraries using kerberos version 5 are
+cvs.texi(,2782) present. You can also use the @file{--with-gssapi}
+cvs.texi(,2783) flag to configure.
+cvs.texi(,2784)
+cvs.texi(,2785) The connection is authenticated using GSSAPI, but the
+cvs.texi(,2786) message stream is @emph{not} authenticated by default.
+cvs.texi(,2787) You must use the @code{-a} global option to request
+cvs.texi(,2788) stream authentication.
+cvs.texi(,2789)
+cvs.texi(,2790) The data transmitted is @emph{not} encrypted by
+cvs.texi(,2791) default. Encryption support must be compiled into both
+cvs.texi(,2792) the client and the server; use the
+cvs.texi(,2793) @file{--enable-encrypt} configure option to turn it on.
+cvs.texi(,2794) You must then use the @code{-x} global option to
+cvs.texi(,2795) request encryption.
+cvs.texi(,2796)
+cvs.texi(,2797) GSSAPI connections are handled on the server side by
+cvs.texi(,2798) the same server which handles the password
+cvs.texi(,2799) authentication server; see @ref{Password authentication
+cvs.texi(,2800) server}. If you are using a GSSAPI mechanism such as
+cvs.texi(,2801) Kerberos which provides for strong authentication, you
+cvs.texi(,2802) will probably want to disable the ability to
+cvs.texi(,2803) authenticate via cleartext passwords. To do so, create
+cvs.texi(,2804) an empty @file{CVSROOT/passwd} password file, and set
+cvs.texi(,2805) @code{SystemAuth=no} in the config file
+cvs.texi(,2806) (@pxref{config}).
+cvs.texi(,2807)
+cvs.texi(,2808) The GSSAPI server uses a principal name of
+cvs.texi(,2809) cvs/@var{hostname}, where @var{hostname} is the
+cvs.texi(,2810) canonical name of the server host. You will have to
+cvs.texi(,2811) set this up as required by your GSSAPI mechanism.
+cvs.texi(,2812)
+cvs.texi(,2813) To connect using GSSAPI, use @samp{:gserver:}. For
+cvs.texi(,2814) example,
+cvs.texi(,2815)
+cvs.texi(,2816) @example
+cvs.texi(,2817) cvs -d :gserver:faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout
foo
+cvs.texi(,2818) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2819)
+cvs.texi(,2820) @node Kerberos authenticated
+cvs.texi(,2821) @subsection Direct connection with kerberos
+cvs.texi(,2822)
+cvs.texi(,2823) @cindex Kerberos, using :kserver:
+cvs.texi(,2824) @cindex Security, kerberos
+cvs.texi(,2825) @cindex :kserver:, setting up
+cvs.texi(,2826) The easiest way to use kerberos is to use the kerberos
+cvs.texi(,2827) @code{rsh}, as described in @ref{Connecting via rsh}.
+cvs.texi(,2828) The main disadvantage of using rsh is that all the data
+cvs.texi(,2829) needs to pass through additional programs, so it may be
+cvs.texi(,2830) slower. So if you have kerberos installed you can
+cvs.texi(,2831) connect via a direct @sc{tcp} connection,
+cvs.texi(,2832) authenticating with kerberos.
+cvs.texi(,2833)
+cvs.texi(,2834) This section concerns the kerberos network security
+cvs.texi(,2835) system, version 4. Kerberos version 5 is supported via
+cvs.texi(,2836) the GSSAPI generic network security interface, as
+cvs.texi(,2837) described in the previous section.
+cvs.texi(,2838)
+cvs.texi(,2839) To do this, @sc{cvs} needs to be compiled with kerberos
+cvs.texi(,2840) support; when configuring @sc{cvs} it tries to detect
+cvs.texi(,2841) whether kerberos is present or you can use the
+cvs.texi(,2842) @file{--with-krb4} flag to configure.
+cvs.texi(,2843)
+cvs.texi(,2844) The data transmitted is @emph{not} encrypted by
+cvs.texi(,2845) default. Encryption support must be compiled into both
+cvs.texi(,2846) the client and server; use the
+cvs.texi(,2847) @file{--enable-encryption} configure option to turn it
+cvs.texi(,2848) on. You must then use the @code{-x} global option to
+cvs.texi(,2849) request encryption.
+cvs.texi(,2850)
+cvs.texi(,2851) @cindex CVS_CLIENT_PORT
+cvs.texi(,2852) You need to edit @file{inetd.conf} on the server
+cvs.texi(,2853) machine to run @code{cvs kserver}. The client uses
+cvs.texi(,2854) port 1999 by default; if you want to use another port
+cvs.texi(,2855) specify it in the @code{CVSROOT} (@pxref{Remote repositories})
+cvs.texi(,2856) or the @code{CVS_CLIENT_PORT} environment variable
+cvs.texi(,2857) (@pxref{Environment variables}) on the client.
cvs.texi(,2858)
-cvs.texi(,2859) @example
-cvs.texi(,2860) cvs -d :kserver:faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout
foo
-cvs.texi(,2861) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2862)
-cvs.texi(,2863) Previous versions of @sc{cvs} would fall back to a
-cvs.texi(,2864) connection via rsh; this version will not do so.
-cvs.texi(,2865)
-cvs.texi(,2866) @node Connecting via fork
-cvs.texi(,2867) @subsection Connecting with fork
+cvs.texi(,2859) @cindex kinit
+cvs.texi(,2860) When you want to use @sc{cvs}, get a ticket in the
+cvs.texi(,2861) usual way (generally @code{kinit}); it must be a ticket
+cvs.texi(,2862) which allows you to log into the server machine. Then
+cvs.texi(,2863) you are ready to go:
+cvs.texi(,2864)
+cvs.texi(,2865) @example
+cvs.texi(,2866) cvs -d :kserver:faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout
foo
+cvs.texi(,2867) @end example
cvs.texi(,2868)
-cvs.texi(,2869) @cindex fork, access method
-cvs.texi(,2870) @cindex :fork:, setting up
-cvs.texi(,2871) This access method allows you to connect to a
-cvs.texi(,2872) repository on your local disk via the remote protocol.
-cvs.texi(,2873) In other words it does pretty much the same thing as
-cvs.texi(,2874) @code{:local:}, but various quirks, bugs and the like are
-cvs.texi(,2875) those of the remote @sc{cvs} rather than the local
-cvs.texi(,2876) @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,2877)
-cvs.texi(,2878) For day-to-day operations you might prefer either
-cvs.texi(,2879) @code{:local:} or @code{:fork:}, depending on your
-cvs.texi(,2880) preferences. Of course @code{:fork:} comes in
-cvs.texi(,2881) particularly handy in testing or
-cvs.texi(,2882) debugging @code{cvs} and the remote protocol.
-cvs.texi(,2883) Specifically, we avoid all of the network-related
-cvs.texi(,2884) setup/configuration, timeouts, and authentication
-cvs.texi(,2885) inherent in the other remote access methods but still
-cvs.texi(,2886) create a connection which uses the remote protocol.
-cvs.texi(,2887)
-cvs.texi(,2888) To connect using the @code{fork} method, use
-cvs.texi(,2889) @samp{:fork:} and the pathname to your local
-cvs.texi(,2890) repository. For example:
-cvs.texi(,2891)
-cvs.texi(,2892) @example
-cvs.texi(,2893) cvs -d :fork:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout foo
-cvs.texi(,2894) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2895)
-cvs.texi(,2896) @cindex CVS_SERVER, and :fork:
-cvs.texi(,2897) As with @code{:ext:}, the server is called @samp{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,2898) by default, or the value of the @code{CVS_SERVER}
-cvs.texi(,2899) environment variable.
-cvs.texi(,2900)
-cvs.texi(,2901) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,2902) @node Read-only access
-cvs.texi(,2903) @section Read-only repository access
-cvs.texi(,2904) @cindex Read-only repository access
-cvs.texi(,2905) @cindex readers (admin file)
-cvs.texi(,2906) @cindex writers (admin file)
-cvs.texi(,2907)
-cvs.texi(,2908) It is possible to grant read-only repository
-cvs.texi(,2909) access to people using the password-authenticated
-cvs.texi(,2910) server (@pxref{Password authenticated}). (The
-cvs.texi(,2911) other access methods do not have explicit support for
-cvs.texi(,2912) read-only users because those methods all assume login
-cvs.texi(,2913) access to the repository machine anyway, and therefore
-cvs.texi(,2914) the user can do whatever local file permissions allow
-cvs.texi(,2915) her to do.)
-cvs.texi(,2916)
-cvs.texi(,2917) A user who has read-only access can do only
-cvs.texi(,2918) those @sc{cvs} operations which do not modify the
-cvs.texi(,2919) repository, except for certain ``administrative'' files
-cvs.texi(,2920) (such as lock files and the history file). It may be
-cvs.texi(,2921) desirable to use this feature in conjunction with
-cvs.texi(,2922) user-aliasing (@pxref{Password authentication server}).
-cvs.texi(,2923)
-cvs.texi(,2924) Unlike with previous versions of @sc{cvs}, read-only
-cvs.texi(,2925) users should be able merely to read the repository, and
-cvs.texi(,2926) not to execute programs on the server or otherwise gain
-cvs.texi(,2927) unexpected levels of access. Or to be more accurate,
-cvs.texi(,2928) the @emph{known} holes have been plugged. Because this
-cvs.texi(,2929) feature is new and has not received a comprehensive
-cvs.texi(,2930) security audit, you should use whatever level of
-cvs.texi(,2931) caution seems warranted given your attitude concerning
-cvs.texi(,2932) security.
-cvs.texi(,2933)
-cvs.texi(,2934) There are two ways to specify read-only access
-cvs.texi(,2935) for a user: by inclusion, and by exclusion.
-cvs.texi(,2936)
-cvs.texi(,2937) "Inclusion" means listing that user
-cvs.texi(,2938) specifically in the @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/readers}
-cvs.texi(,2939) file, which is simply a newline-separated list of
-cvs.texi(,2940) users. Here is a sample @file{readers} file:
-cvs.texi(,2941)
-cvs.texi(,2942) @example
-cvs.texi(,2943) melissa
-cvs.texi(,2944) splotnik
-cvs.texi(,2945) jrandom
-cvs.texi(,2946) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2869) Previous versions of @sc{cvs} would fall back to a
+cvs.texi(,2870) connection via rsh; this version will not do so.
+cvs.texi(,2871)
+cvs.texi(,2872) @node Connecting via fork
+cvs.texi(,2873) @subsection Connecting with fork
+cvs.texi(,2874)
+cvs.texi(,2875) @cindex fork, access method
+cvs.texi(,2876) @cindex :fork:, setting up
+cvs.texi(,2877) This access method allows you to connect to a
+cvs.texi(,2878) repository on your local disk via the remote protocol.
+cvs.texi(,2879) In other words it does pretty much the same thing as
+cvs.texi(,2880) @code{:local:}, but various quirks, bugs and the like are
+cvs.texi(,2881) those of the remote @sc{cvs} rather than the local
+cvs.texi(,2882) @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,2883)
+cvs.texi(,2884) For day-to-day operations you might prefer either
+cvs.texi(,2885) @code{:local:} or @code{:fork:}, depending on your
+cvs.texi(,2886) preferences. Of course @code{:fork:} comes in
+cvs.texi(,2887) particularly handy in testing or
+cvs.texi(,2888) debugging @code{cvs} and the remote protocol.
+cvs.texi(,2889) Specifically, we avoid all of the network-related
+cvs.texi(,2890) setup/configuration, timeouts, and authentication
+cvs.texi(,2891) inherent in the other remote access methods but still
+cvs.texi(,2892) create a connection which uses the remote protocol.
+cvs.texi(,2893)
+cvs.texi(,2894) To connect using the @code{fork} method, use
+cvs.texi(,2895) @samp{:fork:} and the pathname to your local
+cvs.texi(,2896) repository. For example:
+cvs.texi(,2897)
+cvs.texi(,2898) @example
+cvs.texi(,2899) cvs -d :fork:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout foo
+cvs.texi(,2900) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2901)
+cvs.texi(,2902) @cindex CVS_SERVER, and :fork:
+cvs.texi(,2903) As with @code{:ext:}, the server is called @samp{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,2904) by default, or the value of the @code{CVS_SERVER}
+cvs.texi(,2905) environment variable.
+cvs.texi(,2906)
+cvs.texi(,2907) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,2908) @node Read-only access
+cvs.texi(,2909) @section Read-only repository access
+cvs.texi(,2910) @cindex Read-only repository access
+cvs.texi(,2911) @cindex readers (admin file)
+cvs.texi(,2912) @cindex writers (admin file)
+cvs.texi(,2913)
+cvs.texi(,2914) It is possible to grant read-only repository
+cvs.texi(,2915) access to people using the password-authenticated
+cvs.texi(,2916) server (@pxref{Password authenticated}). (The
+cvs.texi(,2917) other access methods do not have explicit support for
+cvs.texi(,2918) read-only users because those methods all assume login
+cvs.texi(,2919) access to the repository machine anyway, and therefore
+cvs.texi(,2920) the user can do whatever local file permissions allow
+cvs.texi(,2921) her to do.)
+cvs.texi(,2922)
+cvs.texi(,2923) A user who has read-only access can do only
+cvs.texi(,2924) those @sc{cvs} operations which do not modify the
+cvs.texi(,2925) repository, except for certain ``administrative'' files
+cvs.texi(,2926) (such as lock files and the history file). It may be
+cvs.texi(,2927) desirable to use this feature in conjunction with
+cvs.texi(,2928) user-aliasing (@pxref{Password authentication server}).
+cvs.texi(,2929)
+cvs.texi(,2930) Unlike with previous versions of @sc{cvs}, read-only
+cvs.texi(,2931) users should be able merely to read the repository, and
+cvs.texi(,2932) not to execute programs on the server or otherwise gain
+cvs.texi(,2933) unexpected levels of access. Or to be more accurate,
+cvs.texi(,2934) the @emph{known} holes have been plugged. Because this
+cvs.texi(,2935) feature is new and has not received a comprehensive
+cvs.texi(,2936) security audit, you should use whatever level of
+cvs.texi(,2937) caution seems warranted given your attitude concerning
+cvs.texi(,2938) security.
+cvs.texi(,2939)
+cvs.texi(,2940) There are two ways to specify read-only access
+cvs.texi(,2941) for a user: by inclusion, and by exclusion.
+cvs.texi(,2942)
+cvs.texi(,2943) "Inclusion" means listing that user
+cvs.texi(,2944) specifically in the @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/readers}
+cvs.texi(,2945) file, which is simply a newline-separated list of
+cvs.texi(,2946) users. Here is a sample @file{readers} file:
cvs.texi(,2947)
-cvs.texi(,2948) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,2949) (Don't forget the newline after the last user.)
-cvs.texi(,2950)
-cvs.texi(,2951) "Exclusion" means explicitly listing everyone
-cvs.texi(,2952) who has @emph{write} access---if the file
+cvs.texi(,2948) @example
+cvs.texi(,2949) melissa
+cvs.texi(,2950) splotnik
+cvs.texi(,2951) jrandom
+cvs.texi(,2952) @end example
cvs.texi(,2953)
-cvs.texi(,2954) @example
-cvs.texi(,2955) $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/writers
-cvs.texi(,2956) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2957)
-cvs.texi(,2958) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,2959) exists, then only
-cvs.texi(,2960) those users listed in it have write access, and
-cvs.texi(,2961) everyone else has read-only access (of course, even the
-cvs.texi(,2962) read-only users still need to be listed in the
-cvs.texi(,2963) @sc{cvs} @file{passwd} file). The
-cvs.texi(,2964) @file{writers} file has the same format as the
-cvs.texi(,2965) @file{readers} file.
-cvs.texi(,2966)
-cvs.texi(,2967) Note: if your @sc{cvs} @file{passwd}
-cvs.texi(,2968) file maps cvs users onto system users (@pxref{Password
-cvs.texi(,2969) authentication server}), make sure you deny or grant
-cvs.texi(,2970) read-only access using the @emph{cvs} usernames, not
-cvs.texi(,2971) the system usernames. That is, the @file{readers} and
-cvs.texi(,2972) @file{writers} files contain cvs usernames, which may
-cvs.texi(,2973) or may not be the same as system usernames.
-cvs.texi(,2974)
-cvs.texi(,2975) Here is a complete description of the server's
-cvs.texi(,2976) behavior in deciding whether to grant read-only or
-cvs.texi(,2977) read-write access:
-cvs.texi(,2978)
-cvs.texi(,2979) If @file{readers} exists, and this user is
-cvs.texi(,2980) listed in it, then she gets read-only access. Or if
-cvs.texi(,2981) @file{writers} exists, and this user is NOT listed in
-cvs.texi(,2982) it, then she also gets read-only access (this is true
-cvs.texi(,2983) even if @file{readers} exists but she is not listed
-cvs.texi(,2984) there). Otherwise, she gets full read-write access.
-cvs.texi(,2985)
-cvs.texi(,2986) Of course there is a conflict if the user is
-cvs.texi(,2987) listed in both files. This is resolved in the more
-cvs.texi(,2988) conservative way, it being better to protect the
-cvs.texi(,2989) repository too much than too little: such a user gets
-cvs.texi(,2990) read-only access.
+cvs.texi(,2954) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,2955) (Don't forget the newline after the last user.)
+cvs.texi(,2956)
+cvs.texi(,2957) "Exclusion" means explicitly listing everyone
+cvs.texi(,2958) who has @emph{write} access---if the file
+cvs.texi(,2959)
+cvs.texi(,2960) @example
+cvs.texi(,2961) $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/writers
+cvs.texi(,2962) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2963)
+cvs.texi(,2964) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,2965) exists, then only
+cvs.texi(,2966) those users listed in it have write access, and
+cvs.texi(,2967) everyone else has read-only access (of course, even the
+cvs.texi(,2968) read-only users still need to be listed in the
+cvs.texi(,2969) @sc{cvs} @file{passwd} file). The
+cvs.texi(,2970) @file{writers} file has the same format as the
+cvs.texi(,2971) @file{readers} file.
+cvs.texi(,2972)
+cvs.texi(,2973) Note: if your @sc{cvs} @file{passwd}
+cvs.texi(,2974) file maps cvs users onto system users (@pxref{Password
+cvs.texi(,2975) authentication server}), make sure you deny or grant
+cvs.texi(,2976) read-only access using the @emph{cvs} usernames, not
+cvs.texi(,2977) the system usernames. That is, the @file{readers} and
+cvs.texi(,2978) @file{writers} files contain cvs usernames, which may
+cvs.texi(,2979) or may not be the same as system usernames.
+cvs.texi(,2980)
+cvs.texi(,2981) Here is a complete description of the server's
+cvs.texi(,2982) behavior in deciding whether to grant read-only or
+cvs.texi(,2983) read-write access:
+cvs.texi(,2984)
+cvs.texi(,2985) If @file{readers} exists, and this user is
+cvs.texi(,2986) listed in it, then she gets read-only access. Or if
+cvs.texi(,2987) @file{writers} exists, and this user is NOT listed in
+cvs.texi(,2988) it, then she also gets read-only access (this is true
+cvs.texi(,2989) even if @file{readers} exists but she is not listed
+cvs.texi(,2990) there). Otherwise, she gets full read-write access.
cvs.texi(,2991)
-cvs.texi(,2992) @node Server temporary directory
-cvs.texi(,2993) @section Temporary directories for the server
-cvs.texi(,2994) @cindex Temporary directories, and server
-cvs.texi(,2995) @cindex Server, temporary directories
-cvs.texi(,2996)
-cvs.texi(,2997) While running, the @sc{cvs} server creates temporary
-cvs.texi(,2998) directories. They are named
-cvs.texi(,2999)
-cvs.texi(,3000) @example
-cvs.texi(,3001) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,3002) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3003)
-cvs.texi(,3004) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,3005) where @var{pid} is the process identification number of
-cvs.texi(,3006) the server.
-cvs.texi(,3007) They are located in the directory specified by
-cvs.texi(,3008) the @samp{-T} global option (@pxref{Global options}),
-cvs.texi(,3009) the @code{TMPDIR} environment variable (@pxref{Environment
variables}),
-cvs.texi(,3010) or, failing that, @file{/tmp}.
-cvs.texi(,3011)
-cvs.texi(,3012) In most cases the server will remove the temporary
-cvs.texi(,3013) directory when it is done, whether it finishes normally
-cvs.texi(,3014) or abnormally. However, there are a few cases in which
-cvs.texi(,3015) the server does not or cannot remove the temporary
-cvs.texi(,3016) directory, for example:
+cvs.texi(,2992) Of course there is a conflict if the user is
+cvs.texi(,2993) listed in both files. This is resolved in the more
+cvs.texi(,2994) conservative way, it being better to protect the
+cvs.texi(,2995) repository too much than too little: such a user gets
+cvs.texi(,2996) read-only access.
+cvs.texi(,2997)
+cvs.texi(,2998) @node Server temporary directory
+cvs.texi(,2999) @section Temporary directories for the server
+cvs.texi(,3000) @cindex Temporary directories, and server
+cvs.texi(,3001) @cindex Server, temporary directories
+cvs.texi(,3002)
+cvs.texi(,3003) While running, the @sc{cvs} server creates temporary
+cvs.texi(,3004) directories. They are named
+cvs.texi(,3005)
+cvs.texi(,3006) @example
+cvs.texi(,3007) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,3008) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3009)
+cvs.texi(,3010) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,3011) where @var{pid} is the process identification number of
+cvs.texi(,3012) the server.
+cvs.texi(,3013) They are located in the directory specified by
+cvs.texi(,3014) the @samp{-T} global option (@pxref{Global options}),
+cvs.texi(,3015) the @code{TMPDIR} environment variable (@pxref{Environment
variables}),
+cvs.texi(,3016) or, failing that, @file{/tmp}.
cvs.texi(,3017)
-cvs.texi(,3018) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,3019) @item
-cvs.texi(,3020) If the server aborts due to an internal server error,
-cvs.texi(,3021) it may preserve the directory to aid in debugging
-cvs.texi(,3022)
-cvs.texi(,3023) @item
-cvs.texi(,3024) If the server is killed in a way that it has no way of
-cvs.texi(,3025) cleaning up (most notably, @samp{kill -KILL} on unix).
-cvs.texi(,3026)
-cvs.texi(,3027) @item
-cvs.texi(,3028) If the system shuts down without an orderly shutdown,
-cvs.texi(,3029) which tells the server to clean up.
-cvs.texi(,3030) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,3031)
-cvs.texi(,3032) In cases such as this, you will need to manually remove
-cvs.texi(,3033) the @address@hidden directories. As long as
-cvs.texi(,3034) there is no server running with process identification
-cvs.texi(,3035) number @var{pid}, it is safe to do so.
-cvs.texi(,3036)
-cvs.texi(,3037) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,3038) @node Starting a new project
-cvs.texi(,3039) @chapter Starting a project with CVS
-cvs.texi(,3040) @cindex Starting a project with CVS
-cvs.texi(,3041) @cindex Creating a project
+cvs.texi(,3018) In most cases the server will remove the temporary
+cvs.texi(,3019) directory when it is done, whether it finishes normally
+cvs.texi(,3020) or abnormally. However, there are a few cases in which
+cvs.texi(,3021) the server does not or cannot remove the temporary
+cvs.texi(,3022) directory, for example:
+cvs.texi(,3023)
+cvs.texi(,3024) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,3025) @item
+cvs.texi(,3026) If the server aborts due to an internal server error,
+cvs.texi(,3027) it may preserve the directory to aid in debugging
+cvs.texi(,3028)
+cvs.texi(,3029) @item
+cvs.texi(,3030) If the server is killed in a way that it has no way of
+cvs.texi(,3031) cleaning up (most notably, @samp{kill -KILL} on unix).
+cvs.texi(,3032)
+cvs.texi(,3033) @item
+cvs.texi(,3034) If the system shuts down without an orderly shutdown,
+cvs.texi(,3035) which tells the server to clean up.
+cvs.texi(,3036) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,3037)
+cvs.texi(,3038) In cases such as this, you will need to manually remove
+cvs.texi(,3039) the @address@hidden directories. As long as
+cvs.texi(,3040) there is no server running with process identification
+cvs.texi(,3041) number @var{pid}, it is safe to do so.
cvs.texi(,3042)
-cvs.texi(,3043) @comment --moduledb--
-cvs.texi(,3044) Because renaming files and moving them between
-cvs.texi(,3045) directories is somewhat inconvenient, the first thing
-cvs.texi(,3046) you do when you start a new project should be to think
-cvs.texi(,3047) through your file organization. It is not impossible
-cvs.texi(,3048) to rename or move files, but it does increase the
-cvs.texi(,3049) potential for confusion and @sc{cvs} does have some
-cvs.texi(,3050) quirks particularly in the area of renaming
-cvs.texi(,3051) directories. @xref{Moving files}.
-cvs.texi(,3052)
-cvs.texi(,3053) What to do next depends on the situation at hand.
-cvs.texi(,3054)
-cvs.texi(,3055) @menu
-cvs.texi(,3056) * Setting up the files:: Getting the files into the
repository
-cvs.texi(,3057) * Defining the module:: How to make a module of the
files
-cvs.texi(,3058) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,3059) @c -- File permissions!
+cvs.texi(,3043) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,3044) @node Starting a new project
+cvs.texi(,3045) @chapter Starting a project with CVS
+cvs.texi(,3046) @cindex Starting a project with CVS
+cvs.texi(,3047) @cindex Creating a project
+cvs.texi(,3048)
+cvs.texi(,3049) @comment --moduledb--
+cvs.texi(,3050) Because renaming files and moving them between
+cvs.texi(,3051) directories is somewhat inconvenient, the first thing
+cvs.texi(,3052) you do when you start a new project should be to think
+cvs.texi(,3053) through your file organization. It is not impossible
+cvs.texi(,3054) to rename or move files, but it does increase the
+cvs.texi(,3055) potential for confusion and @sc{cvs} does have some
+cvs.texi(,3056) quirks particularly in the area of renaming
+cvs.texi(,3057) directories. @xref{Moving files}.
+cvs.texi(,3058)
+cvs.texi(,3059) What to do next depends on the situation at hand.
cvs.texi(,3060)
-cvs.texi(,3061) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,3062) @node Setting up the files
-cvs.texi(,3063) @section Setting up the files
-cvs.texi(,3064)
-cvs.texi(,3065) The first step is to create the files inside the repository.
This can
-cvs.texi(,3066) be done in a couple of different ways.
-cvs.texi(,3067)
-cvs.texi(,3068) @c -- The contributed scripts
-cvs.texi(,3069) @menu
-cvs.texi(,3070) * From files:: This method is useful with old
projects
-cvs.texi(,3071) where files already exists.
-cvs.texi(,3072) * From other version control systems:: Old projects where you
want to
-cvs.texi(,3073) preserve history from
another system.
-cvs.texi(,3074) * From scratch:: Creating a directory tree from
scratch.
-cvs.texi(,3075) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,3076)
-cvs.texi(,3077) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
-cvs.texi(,3078) @node From files
-cvs.texi(,3079) @subsection Creating a directory tree from a number of files
-cvs.texi(,3080) @cindex Importing files
-cvs.texi(,3081)
-cvs.texi(,3082) When you begin using @sc{cvs}, you will probably already have
several
-cvs.texi(,3083) projects that can be
-cvs.texi(,3084) put under @sc{cvs} control. In these cases the easiest way is
to use the
-cvs.texi(,3085) @code{import} command. An example is probably the easiest way
to
-cvs.texi(,3086) explain how to use it. If the files you want to install in
-cvs.texi(,3087) @sc{cvs} reside in @address@hidden, and you want them to
appear in the
-cvs.texi(,3088) repository as @file{$CVSROOT/yoyodyne/@var{rdir}}, you can do
this:
-cvs.texi(,3089)
-cvs.texi(,3090) @example
-cvs.texi(,3091) $ cd @var{wdir}
-cvs.texi(,3092) $ cvs import -m "Imported sources" yoyodyne/@var{rdir} yoyo
start
-cvs.texi(,3093) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3094)
-cvs.texi(,3095) Unless you supply a log message with the @samp{-m}
-cvs.texi(,3096) flag, @sc{cvs} starts an editor and prompts for a
-cvs.texi(,3097) message. The string @samp{yoyo} is a @dfn{vendor tag},
-cvs.texi(,3098) and @samp{start} is a @dfn{release tag}. They may fill
-cvs.texi(,3099) no purpose in this context, but since @sc{cvs} requires
-cvs.texi(,3100) them they must be present. @xref{Tracking sources}, for
-cvs.texi(,3101) more information about them.
-cvs.texi(,3102)
-cvs.texi(,3103) You can now verify that it worked, and remove your
-cvs.texi(,3104) original source directory.
-cvs.texi(,3105) @c FIXME: Need to say more about "verify that it
-cvs.texi(,3106) @c worked". What should the user look for in the output
-cvs.texi(,3107) @c from "diff -r"?
+cvs.texi(,3061) @menu
+cvs.texi(,3062) * Setting up the files:: Getting the files into the
repository
+cvs.texi(,3063) * Defining the module:: How to make a module of the
files
+cvs.texi(,3064) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,3065) @c -- File permissions!
+cvs.texi(,3066)
+cvs.texi(,3067) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,3068) @node Setting up the files
+cvs.texi(,3069) @section Setting up the files
+cvs.texi(,3070)
+cvs.texi(,3071) The first step is to create the files inside the repository.
This can
+cvs.texi(,3072) be done in a couple of different ways.
+cvs.texi(,3073)
+cvs.texi(,3074) @c -- The contributed scripts
+cvs.texi(,3075) @menu
+cvs.texi(,3076) * From files:: This method is useful with old
projects
+cvs.texi(,3077) where files already exists.
+cvs.texi(,3078) * From other version control systems:: Old projects where you
want to
+cvs.texi(,3079) preserve history from
another system.
+cvs.texi(,3080) * From scratch:: Creating a directory tree from
scratch.
+cvs.texi(,3081) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,3082)
+cvs.texi(,3083) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
+cvs.texi(,3084) @node From files
+cvs.texi(,3085) @subsection Creating a directory tree from a number of files
+cvs.texi(,3086) @cindex Importing files
+cvs.texi(,3087)
+cvs.texi(,3088) When you begin using @sc{cvs}, you will probably already have
several
+cvs.texi(,3089) projects that can be
+cvs.texi(,3090) put under @sc{cvs} control. In these cases the easiest way is
to use the
+cvs.texi(,3091) @code{import} command. An example is probably the easiest way
to
+cvs.texi(,3092) explain how to use it. If the files you want to install in
+cvs.texi(,3093) @sc{cvs} reside in @address@hidden, and you want them to
appear in the
+cvs.texi(,3094) repository as @file{$CVSROOT/yoyodyne/@var{rdir}}, you can do
this:
+cvs.texi(,3095)
+cvs.texi(,3096) @example
+cvs.texi(,3097) $ cd @var{wdir}
+cvs.texi(,3098) $ cvs import -m "Imported sources" yoyodyne/@var{rdir} yoyo
start
+cvs.texi(,3099) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3100)
+cvs.texi(,3101) Unless you supply a log message with the @samp{-m}
+cvs.texi(,3102) flag, @sc{cvs} starts an editor and prompts for a
+cvs.texi(,3103) message. The string @samp{yoyo} is a @dfn{vendor tag},
+cvs.texi(,3104) and @samp{start} is a @dfn{release tag}. They may fill
+cvs.texi(,3105) no purpose in this context, but since @sc{cvs} requires
+cvs.texi(,3106) them they must be present. @xref{Tracking sources}, for
+cvs.texi(,3107) more information about them.
cvs.texi(,3108)
-cvs.texi(,3109) @example
-cvs.texi(,3110) $ cd ..
-cvs.texi(,3111) $ cvs checkout yoyodyne/@var{rdir} # @r{Explanation
below}
-cvs.texi(,3112) $ diff -r @var{wdir} yoyodyne/@var{rdir}
-cvs.texi(,3113) $ rm -r @var{wdir}
-cvs.texi(,3114) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3115)
-cvs.texi(,3116) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,3117) Erasing the original sources is a good idea, to make sure that
you do
-cvs.texi(,3118) not accidentally edit them in @var{wdir}, bypassing @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,3119) Of course, it would be wise to make sure that you have
-cvs.texi(,3120) a backup of the sources before you remove them.
+cvs.texi(,3109) You can now verify that it worked, and remove your
+cvs.texi(,3110) original source directory.
+cvs.texi(,3111) @c FIXME: Need to say more about "verify that it
+cvs.texi(,3112) @c worked". What should the user look for in the output
+cvs.texi(,3113) @c from "diff -r"?
+cvs.texi(,3114)
+cvs.texi(,3115) @example
+cvs.texi(,3116) $ cd ..
+cvs.texi(,3117) $ cvs checkout yoyodyne/@var{rdir} # @r{Explanation
below}
+cvs.texi(,3118) $ diff -r @var{wdir} yoyodyne/@var{rdir}
+cvs.texi(,3119) $ rm -r @var{wdir}
+cvs.texi(,3120) @end example
cvs.texi(,3121)
-cvs.texi(,3122) The @code{checkout} command can either take a module
-cvs.texi(,3123) name as argument (as it has done in all previous
-cvs.texi(,3124) examples) or a path name relative to @code{$CVSROOT},
-cvs.texi(,3125) as it did in the example above.
-cvs.texi(,3126)
-cvs.texi(,3127) It is a good idea to check that the permissions
-cvs.texi(,3128) @sc{cvs} sets on the directories inside @code{$CVSROOT}
-cvs.texi(,3129) are reasonable, and that they belong to the proper
-cvs.texi(,3130) groups. @xref{File permissions}.
-cvs.texi(,3131)
-cvs.texi(,3132) If some of the files you want to import are binary, you
-cvs.texi(,3133) may want to use the wrappers features to specify which
-cvs.texi(,3134) files are binary and which are not. @xref{Wrappers}.
-cvs.texi(,3135)
-cvs.texi(,3136) @c The node name is too long, but I am having trouble
-cvs.texi(,3137) @c thinking of something more concise.
-cvs.texi(,3138) @node From other version control systems
-cvs.texi(,3139) @subsection Creating Files From Other Version Control Systems
-cvs.texi(,3140) @cindex Importing files, from other version control systems
+cvs.texi(,3122) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,3123) Erasing the original sources is a good idea, to make sure that
you do
+cvs.texi(,3124) not accidentally edit them in @var{wdir}, bypassing @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,3125) Of course, it would be wise to make sure that you have
+cvs.texi(,3126) a backup of the sources before you remove them.
+cvs.texi(,3127)
+cvs.texi(,3128) The @code{checkout} command can either take a module
+cvs.texi(,3129) name as argument (as it has done in all previous
+cvs.texi(,3130) examples) or a path name relative to @code{$CVSROOT},
+cvs.texi(,3131) as it did in the example above.
+cvs.texi(,3132)
+cvs.texi(,3133) It is a good idea to check that the permissions
+cvs.texi(,3134) @sc{cvs} sets on the directories inside @code{$CVSROOT}
+cvs.texi(,3135) are reasonable, and that they belong to the proper
+cvs.texi(,3136) groups. @xref{File permissions}.
+cvs.texi(,3137)
+cvs.texi(,3138) If some of the files you want to import are binary, you
+cvs.texi(,3139) may want to use the wrappers features to specify which
+cvs.texi(,3140) files are binary and which are not. @xref{Wrappers}.
cvs.texi(,3141)
-cvs.texi(,3142) If you have a project which you are maintaining with
-cvs.texi(,3143) another version control system, such as @sc{rcs}, you
-cvs.texi(,3144) may wish to put the files from that project into
-cvs.texi(,3145) @sc{cvs}, and preserve the revision history of the
-cvs.texi(,3146) files.
+cvs.texi(,3142) @c The node name is too long, but I am having trouble
+cvs.texi(,3143) @c thinking of something more concise.
+cvs.texi(,3144) @node From other version control systems
+cvs.texi(,3145) @subsection Creating Files From Other Version Control Systems
+cvs.texi(,3146) @cindex Importing files, from other version control systems
cvs.texi(,3147)
-cvs.texi(,3148) @table @asis
-cvs.texi(,3149) @cindex RCS, importing files from
-cvs.texi(,3150) @item From RCS
-cvs.texi(,3151) If you have been using @sc{rcs}, find the @sc{rcs}
-cvs.texi(,3152) files---usually a file named @file{foo.c} will have its
-cvs.texi(,3153) @sc{rcs} file in @file{RCS/foo.c,v} (but it could be
-cvs.texi(,3154) other places; consult the @sc{rcs} documentation for
-cvs.texi(,3155) details). Then create the appropriate directories in
-cvs.texi(,3156) @sc{cvs} if they do not already exist. Then copy the
-cvs.texi(,3157) files into the appropriate directories in the @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,3158) repository (the name in the repository must be the name
-cvs.texi(,3159) of the source file with @samp{,v} added; the files go
-cvs.texi(,3160) directly in the appropriate directory of the repository,
-cvs.texi(,3161) not in an @file{RCS} subdirectory). This is one of the
-cvs.texi(,3162) few times when it is a good idea to access the @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,3163) repository directly, rather than using @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,3164) commands. Then you are ready to check out a new
-cvs.texi(,3165) working directory.
-cvs.texi(,3166) @c Someday there probably should be a "cvs import -t
-cvs.texi(,3167) @c rcs" or some such. It could even create magic
-cvs.texi(,3168) @c branches. It could also do something about the case
-cvs.texi(,3169) @c where the RCS file had a (non-magic) "0" branch.
-cvs.texi(,3170)
-cvs.texi(,3171) The @sc{rcs} file should not be locked when you move it
-cvs.texi(,3172) into @sc{cvs}; if it is, @sc{cvs} will have trouble
-cvs.texi(,3173) letting you operate on it.
-cvs.texi(,3174) @c What is the easiest way to unlock your files if you
-cvs.texi(,3175) @c have them locked? Especially if you have a lot of them?
-cvs.texi(,3176) @c This is a CVS bug/misfeature; importing RCS files
-cvs.texi(,3177) @c should ignore whether they are locked and leave them in
-cvs.texi(,3178) @c an unlocked state. Yet another reason for a separate
-cvs.texi(,3179) @c "import RCS file" command.
-cvs.texi(,3180)
-cvs.texi(,3181) @c How many is "many"? Or do they just import RCS files?
-cvs.texi(,3182) @item From another version control system
-cvs.texi(,3183) Many version control systems have the ability to export
-cvs.texi(,3184) @sc{rcs} files in the standard format. If yours does,
-cvs.texi(,3185) export the @sc{rcs} files and then follow the above
-cvs.texi(,3186) instructions.
-cvs.texi(,3187)
-cvs.texi(,3188) Failing that, probably your best bet is to write a
-cvs.texi(,3189) script that will check out the files one revision at a
-cvs.texi(,3190) time using the command line interface to the other
-cvs.texi(,3191) system, and then check the revisions into @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,3192) The @file{sccs2rcs} script mentioned below may be a
-cvs.texi(,3193) useful example to follow.
-cvs.texi(,3194)
-cvs.texi(,3195) @cindex SCCS, importing files from
-cvs.texi(,3196) @item From SCCS
-cvs.texi(,3197) There is a script in the @file{contrib} directory of
-cvs.texi(,3198) the @sc{cvs} source distribution called @file{sccs2rcs}
-cvs.texi(,3199) which converts @sc{sccs} files to @sc{rcs} files.
-cvs.texi(,3200) Note: you must run it on a machine which has both
-cvs.texi(,3201) @sc{sccs} and @sc{rcs} installed, and like everything
-cvs.texi(,3202) else in contrib it is unsupported (your mileage may
-cvs.texi(,3203) vary).
-cvs.texi(,3204)
-cvs.texi(,3205) @cindex PVCS, importing files from
-cvs.texi(,3206) @item From PVCS
-cvs.texi(,3207) There is a script in the @file{contrib} directory of
-cvs.texi(,3208) the @sc{cvs} source distribution called @file{pvcs_to_rcs}
-cvs.texi(,3209) which converts @sc{pvcs} archives to @sc{rcs} files.
-cvs.texi(,3210) You must run it on a machine which has both
-cvs.texi(,3211) @sc{pvcs} and @sc{rcs} installed, and like everything
-cvs.texi(,3212) else in contrib it is unsupported (your mileage may
-cvs.texi(,3213) vary). See the comments in the script for details.
-cvs.texi(,3214) @end table
-cvs.texi(,3215) @c CMZ and/or PATCHY were systems that were used in the
-cvs.texi(,3216) @c high energy physics community (especially for
-cvs.texi(,3217) @c CERNLIB). CERN has replaced them with CVS, but the
-cvs.texi(,3218) @c CAR format seems to live on as a way to submit
-cvs.texi(,3219) @c changes. There is a program car2cvs which converts
-cvs.texi(,3220) @c but I'm not sure where one gets a copy.
-cvs.texi(,3221) @c Not sure it is worth mentioning here, since it would
-cvs.texi(,3222) @c appear to affect only one particular community.
-cvs.texi(,3223) @c Best page for more information is:
-cvs.texi(,3224) @c http://wwwcn1.cern.ch/asd/cvs/index.html
-cvs.texi(,3225) @c See also:
-cvs.texi(,3226) @c http://ecponion.cern.ch/ecpsa/cernlib.html
-cvs.texi(,3227)
-cvs.texi(,3228) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
-cvs.texi(,3229) @node From scratch
-cvs.texi(,3230) @subsection Creating a directory tree from scratch
-cvs.texi(,3231)
-cvs.texi(,3232) @c Also/instead should be documenting
-cvs.texi(,3233) @c $ cvs co -l .
-cvs.texi(,3234) @c $ mkdir tc
-cvs.texi(,3235) @c $ cvs add tc
-cvs.texi(,3236) @c $ cd tc
-cvs.texi(,3237) @c $ mkdir man
-cvs.texi(,3238) @c $ cvs add man
-cvs.texi(,3239) @c etc.
-cvs.texi(,3240) @c Using import to create the directories only is
-cvs.texi(,3241) @c probably a somewhat confusing concept.
-cvs.texi(,3242) For a new project, the easiest thing to do is probably
-cvs.texi(,3243) to create an empty directory structure, like this:
-cvs.texi(,3244)
-cvs.texi(,3245) @example
-cvs.texi(,3246) $ mkdir tc
-cvs.texi(,3247) $ mkdir tc/man
-cvs.texi(,3248) $ mkdir tc/testing
-cvs.texi(,3249) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3148) If you have a project which you are maintaining with
+cvs.texi(,3149) another version control system, such as @sc{rcs}, you
+cvs.texi(,3150) may wish to put the files from that project into
+cvs.texi(,3151) @sc{cvs}, and preserve the revision history of the
+cvs.texi(,3152) files.
+cvs.texi(,3153)
+cvs.texi(,3154) @table @asis
+cvs.texi(,3155) @cindex RCS, importing files from
+cvs.texi(,3156) @item From RCS
+cvs.texi(,3157) If you have been using @sc{rcs}, find the @sc{rcs}
+cvs.texi(,3158) files---usually a file named @file{foo.c} will have its
+cvs.texi(,3159) @sc{rcs} file in @file{RCS/foo.c,v} (but it could be
+cvs.texi(,3160) other places; consult the @sc{rcs} documentation for
+cvs.texi(,3161) details). Then create the appropriate directories in
+cvs.texi(,3162) @sc{cvs} if they do not already exist. Then copy the
+cvs.texi(,3163) files into the appropriate directories in the @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,3164) repository (the name in the repository must be the name
+cvs.texi(,3165) of the source file with @samp{,v} added; the files go
+cvs.texi(,3166) directly in the appropriate directory of the repository,
+cvs.texi(,3167) not in an @file{RCS} subdirectory). This is one of the
+cvs.texi(,3168) few times when it is a good idea to access the @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,3169) repository directly, rather than using @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,3170) commands. Then you are ready to check out a new
+cvs.texi(,3171) working directory.
+cvs.texi(,3172) @c Someday there probably should be a "cvs import -t
+cvs.texi(,3173) @c rcs" or some such. It could even create magic
+cvs.texi(,3174) @c branches. It could also do something about the case
+cvs.texi(,3175) @c where the RCS file had a (non-magic) "0" branch.
+cvs.texi(,3176)
+cvs.texi(,3177) The @sc{rcs} file should not be locked when you move it
+cvs.texi(,3178) into @sc{cvs}; if it is, @sc{cvs} will have trouble
+cvs.texi(,3179) letting you operate on it.
+cvs.texi(,3180) @c What is the easiest way to unlock your files if you
+cvs.texi(,3181) @c have them locked? Especially if you have a lot of them?
+cvs.texi(,3182) @c This is a CVS bug/misfeature; importing RCS files
+cvs.texi(,3183) @c should ignore whether they are locked and leave them in
+cvs.texi(,3184) @c an unlocked state. Yet another reason for a separate
+cvs.texi(,3185) @c "import RCS file" command.
+cvs.texi(,3186)
+cvs.texi(,3187) @c How many is "many"? Or do they just import RCS files?
+cvs.texi(,3188) @item From another version control system
+cvs.texi(,3189) Many version control systems have the ability to export
+cvs.texi(,3190) @sc{rcs} files in the standard format. If yours does,
+cvs.texi(,3191) export the @sc{rcs} files and then follow the above
+cvs.texi(,3192) instructions.
+cvs.texi(,3193)
+cvs.texi(,3194) Failing that, probably your best bet is to write a
+cvs.texi(,3195) script that will check out the files one revision at a
+cvs.texi(,3196) time using the command line interface to the other
+cvs.texi(,3197) system, and then check the revisions into @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,3198) The @file{sccs2rcs} script mentioned below may be a
+cvs.texi(,3199) useful example to follow.
+cvs.texi(,3200)
+cvs.texi(,3201) @cindex SCCS, importing files from
+cvs.texi(,3202) @item From SCCS
+cvs.texi(,3203) There is a script in the @file{contrib} directory of
+cvs.texi(,3204) the @sc{cvs} source distribution called @file{sccs2rcs}
+cvs.texi(,3205) which converts @sc{sccs} files to @sc{rcs} files.
+cvs.texi(,3206) Note: you must run it on a machine which has both
+cvs.texi(,3207) @sc{sccs} and @sc{rcs} installed, and like everything
+cvs.texi(,3208) else in contrib it is unsupported (your mileage may
+cvs.texi(,3209) vary).
+cvs.texi(,3210)
+cvs.texi(,3211) @cindex PVCS, importing files from
+cvs.texi(,3212) @item From PVCS
+cvs.texi(,3213) There is a script in the @file{contrib} directory of
+cvs.texi(,3214) the @sc{cvs} source distribution called @file{pvcs_to_rcs}
+cvs.texi(,3215) which converts @sc{pvcs} archives to @sc{rcs} files.
+cvs.texi(,3216) You must run it on a machine which has both
+cvs.texi(,3217) @sc{pvcs} and @sc{rcs} installed, and like everything
+cvs.texi(,3218) else in contrib it is unsupported (your mileage may
+cvs.texi(,3219) vary). See the comments in the script for details.
+cvs.texi(,3220) @end table
+cvs.texi(,3221) @c CMZ and/or PATCHY were systems that were used in the
+cvs.texi(,3222) @c high energy physics community (especially for
+cvs.texi(,3223) @c CERNLIB). CERN has replaced them with CVS, but the
+cvs.texi(,3224) @c CAR format seems to live on as a way to submit
+cvs.texi(,3225) @c changes. There is a program car2cvs which converts
+cvs.texi(,3226) @c but I'm not sure where one gets a copy.
+cvs.texi(,3227) @c Not sure it is worth mentioning here, since it would
+cvs.texi(,3228) @c appear to affect only one particular community.
+cvs.texi(,3229) @c Best page for more information is:
+cvs.texi(,3230) @c http://wwwcn1.cern.ch/asd/cvs/index.html
+cvs.texi(,3231) @c See also:
+cvs.texi(,3232) @c http://ecponion.cern.ch/ecpsa/cernlib.html
+cvs.texi(,3233)
+cvs.texi(,3234) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
+cvs.texi(,3235) @node From scratch
+cvs.texi(,3236) @subsection Creating a directory tree from scratch
+cvs.texi(,3237)
+cvs.texi(,3238) @c Also/instead should be documenting
+cvs.texi(,3239) @c $ cvs co -l .
+cvs.texi(,3240) @c $ mkdir tc
+cvs.texi(,3241) @c $ cvs add tc
+cvs.texi(,3242) @c $ cd tc
+cvs.texi(,3243) @c $ mkdir man
+cvs.texi(,3244) @c $ cvs add man
+cvs.texi(,3245) @c etc.
+cvs.texi(,3246) @c Using import to create the directories only is
+cvs.texi(,3247) @c probably a somewhat confusing concept.
+cvs.texi(,3248) For a new project, the easiest thing to do is probably
+cvs.texi(,3249) to create an empty directory structure, like this:
cvs.texi(,3250)
-cvs.texi(,3251) After that, you use the @code{import} command to create
-cvs.texi(,3252) the corresponding (empty) directory structure inside
-cvs.texi(,3253) the repository:
-cvs.texi(,3254)
-cvs.texi(,3255) @example
-cvs.texi(,3256) $ cd tc
-cvs.texi(,3257) $ cvs import -m "Created directory structure"
yoyodyne/@var{dir} yoyo start
-cvs.texi(,3258) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3259)
-cvs.texi(,3260) Then, use @code{add} to add files (and new directories)
-cvs.texi(,3261) as they appear.
-cvs.texi(,3262)
-cvs.texi(,3263) Check that the permissions @sc{cvs} sets on the
-cvs.texi(,3264) directories inside @code{$CVSROOT} are reasonable.
+cvs.texi(,3251) @example
+cvs.texi(,3252) $ mkdir tc
+cvs.texi(,3253) $ mkdir tc/man
+cvs.texi(,3254) $ mkdir tc/testing
+cvs.texi(,3255) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3256)
+cvs.texi(,3257) After that, you use the @code{import} command to create
+cvs.texi(,3258) the corresponding (empty) directory structure inside
+cvs.texi(,3259) the repository:
+cvs.texi(,3260)
+cvs.texi(,3261) @example
+cvs.texi(,3262) $ cd tc
+cvs.texi(,3263) $ cvs import -m "Created directory structure"
yoyodyne/@var{dir} yoyo start
+cvs.texi(,3264) @end example
cvs.texi(,3265)
-cvs.texi(,3266) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,3267) @node Defining the module
-cvs.texi(,3268) @section Defining the module
-cvs.texi(,3269) @cindex Defining a module
-cvs.texi(,3270) @cindex Editing the modules file
-cvs.texi(,3271) @cindex Module, defining
-cvs.texi(,3272) @cindex Modules file, changing
-cvs.texi(,3273)
-cvs.texi(,3274) The next step is to define the module in the
-cvs.texi(,3275) @file{modules} file. This is not strictly necessary,
-cvs.texi(,3276) but modules can be convenient in grouping together
-cvs.texi(,3277) related files and directories.
-cvs.texi(,3278)
-cvs.texi(,3279) In simple cases these steps are sufficient to define a module.
-cvs.texi(,3280)
-cvs.texi(,3281) @enumerate
-cvs.texi(,3282) @item
-cvs.texi(,3283) Get a working copy of the modules file.
+cvs.texi(,3266) Then, use @code{add} to add files (and new directories)
+cvs.texi(,3267) as they appear.
+cvs.texi(,3268)
+cvs.texi(,3269) Check that the permissions @sc{cvs} sets on the
+cvs.texi(,3270) directories inside @code{$CVSROOT} are reasonable.
+cvs.texi(,3271)
+cvs.texi(,3272) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,3273) @node Defining the module
+cvs.texi(,3274) @section Defining the module
+cvs.texi(,3275) @cindex Defining a module
+cvs.texi(,3276) @cindex Editing the modules file
+cvs.texi(,3277) @cindex Module, defining
+cvs.texi(,3278) @cindex Modules file, changing
+cvs.texi(,3279)
+cvs.texi(,3280) The next step is to define the module in the
+cvs.texi(,3281) @file{modules} file. This is not strictly necessary,
+cvs.texi(,3282) but modules can be convenient in grouping together
+cvs.texi(,3283) related files and directories.
cvs.texi(,3284)
-cvs.texi(,3285) @example
-cvs.texi(,3286) $ cvs checkout CVSROOT/modules
-cvs.texi(,3287) $ cd CVSROOT
-cvs.texi(,3288) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3289)
-cvs.texi(,3290) @item
-cvs.texi(,3291) Edit the file and insert a line that defines the module.
@xref{Intro
-cvs.texi(,3292) administrative files}, for an introduction. @xref{modules},
for a full
-cvs.texi(,3293) description of the modules file. You can use the
-cvs.texi(,3294) following line to define the module @samp{tc}:
+cvs.texi(,3285) In simple cases these steps are sufficient to define a module.
+cvs.texi(,3286)
+cvs.texi(,3287) @enumerate
+cvs.texi(,3288) @item
+cvs.texi(,3289) Get a working copy of the modules file.
+cvs.texi(,3290)
+cvs.texi(,3291) @example
+cvs.texi(,3292) $ cvs checkout CVSROOT/modules
+cvs.texi(,3293) $ cd CVSROOT
+cvs.texi(,3294) @end example
cvs.texi(,3295)
-cvs.texi(,3296) @example
-cvs.texi(,3297) tc yoyodyne/tc
-cvs.texi(,3298) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3299)
-cvs.texi(,3300) @item
-cvs.texi(,3301) Commit your changes to the modules file.
-cvs.texi(,3302)
-cvs.texi(,3303) @example
-cvs.texi(,3304) $ cvs commit -m "Added the tc module." modules
-cvs.texi(,3305) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3306)
-cvs.texi(,3307) @item
-cvs.texi(,3308) Release the modules module.
-cvs.texi(,3309)
-cvs.texi(,3310) @example
-cvs.texi(,3311) $ cd ..
-cvs.texi(,3312) $ cvs release -d CVSROOT
-cvs.texi(,3313) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3314) @end enumerate
+cvs.texi(,3296) @item
+cvs.texi(,3297) Edit the file and insert a line that defines the module.
@xref{Intro
+cvs.texi(,3298) administrative files}, for an introduction. @xref{modules},
for a full
+cvs.texi(,3299) description of the modules file. You can use the
+cvs.texi(,3300) following line to define the module @samp{tc}:
+cvs.texi(,3301)
+cvs.texi(,3302) @example
+cvs.texi(,3303) tc yoyodyne/tc
+cvs.texi(,3304) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3305)
+cvs.texi(,3306) @item
+cvs.texi(,3307) Commit your changes to the modules file.
+cvs.texi(,3308)
+cvs.texi(,3309) @example
+cvs.texi(,3310) $ cvs commit -m "Added the tc module." modules
+cvs.texi(,3311) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3312)
+cvs.texi(,3313) @item
+cvs.texi(,3314) Release the modules module.
cvs.texi(,3315)
-cvs.texi(,3316) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,3317) @node Revisions
-cvs.texi(,3318) @chapter Revisions
-cvs.texi(,3319)
-cvs.texi(,3320) For many uses of @sc{cvs}, one doesn't need to worry
-cvs.texi(,3321) too much about revision numbers; @sc{cvs} assigns
-cvs.texi(,3322) numbers such as @code{1.1}, @code{1.2}, and so on, and
-cvs.texi(,3323) that is all one needs to know. However, some people
-cvs.texi(,3324) prefer to have more knowledge and control concerning
-cvs.texi(,3325) how @sc{cvs} assigns revision numbers.
-cvs.texi(,3326)
-cvs.texi(,3327) If one wants to keep track of a set of revisions
-cvs.texi(,3328) involving more than one file, such as which revisions
-cvs.texi(,3329) went into a particular release, one uses a @dfn{tag},
-cvs.texi(,3330) which is a symbolic revision which can be assigned to a
-cvs.texi(,3331) numeric revision in each file.
+cvs.texi(,3316) @example
+cvs.texi(,3317) $ cd ..
+cvs.texi(,3318) $ cvs release -d CVSROOT
+cvs.texi(,3319) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3320) @end enumerate
+cvs.texi(,3321)
+cvs.texi(,3322) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,3323) @node Revisions
+cvs.texi(,3324) @chapter Revisions
+cvs.texi(,3325)
+cvs.texi(,3326) For many uses of @sc{cvs}, one doesn't need to worry
+cvs.texi(,3327) too much about revision numbers; @sc{cvs} assigns
+cvs.texi(,3328) numbers such as @code{1.1}, @code{1.2}, and so on, and
+cvs.texi(,3329) that is all one needs to know. However, some people
+cvs.texi(,3330) prefer to have more knowledge and control concerning
+cvs.texi(,3331) how @sc{cvs} assigns revision numbers.
cvs.texi(,3332)
-cvs.texi(,3333) @menu
-cvs.texi(,3334) * Revision numbers:: The meaning of a revision
number
-cvs.texi(,3335) * Versions revisions releases:: Terminology used in this
manual
-cvs.texi(,3336) * Assigning revisions:: Assigning revisions
-cvs.texi(,3337) * Tags:: Tags--Symbolic revisions
-cvs.texi(,3338) * Tagging the working directory:: The cvs tag command
-cvs.texi(,3339) * Tagging by date/tag:: The cvs rtag command
-cvs.texi(,3340) * Modifying tags:: Adding, renaming, and deleting
tags
-cvs.texi(,3341) * Tagging add/remove:: Tags with adding and removing
files
-cvs.texi(,3342) * Sticky tags:: Certain tags are persistent
-cvs.texi(,3343) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,3344)
-cvs.texi(,3345) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,3346) @node Revision numbers
-cvs.texi(,3347) @section Revision numbers
-cvs.texi(,3348) @cindex Revision numbers
-cvs.texi(,3349) @cindex Revision tree
-cvs.texi(,3350) @cindex Linear development
-cvs.texi(,3351) @cindex Number, revision-
-cvs.texi(,3352) @cindex Decimal revision number
-cvs.texi(,3353) @cindex Branch number
-cvs.texi(,3354) @cindex Number, branch
-cvs.texi(,3355)
-cvs.texi(,3356) Each version of a file has a unique @dfn{revision
-cvs.texi(,3357) number}. Revision numbers look like @samp{1.1},
-cvs.texi(,3358) @samp{1.2}, @samp{1.3.2.2} or even @samp{1.3.2.2.4.5}.
-cvs.texi(,3359) A revision number always has an even number of
-cvs.texi(,3360) period-separated decimal integers. By default revision
-cvs.texi(,3361) 1.1 is the first revision of a file. Each successive
-cvs.texi(,3362) revision is given a new number by increasing the
-cvs.texi(,3363) rightmost number by one. The following figure displays
-cvs.texi(,3364) a few revisions, with newer revisions to the right.
-cvs.texi(,3365)
-cvs.texi(,3366) @example
-cvs.texi(,3367) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,3368) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !----! 1.3 !----! 1.4 !----! 1.5 !
-cvs.texi(,3369) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,3370) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3333) If one wants to keep track of a set of revisions
+cvs.texi(,3334) involving more than one file, such as which revisions
+cvs.texi(,3335) went into a particular release, one uses a @dfn{tag},
+cvs.texi(,3336) which is a symbolic revision which can be assigned to a
+cvs.texi(,3337) numeric revision in each file.
+cvs.texi(,3338)
+cvs.texi(,3339) @menu
+cvs.texi(,3340) * Revision numbers:: The meaning of a revision
number
+cvs.texi(,3341) * Versions revisions releases:: Terminology used in this
manual
+cvs.texi(,3342) * Assigning revisions:: Assigning revisions
+cvs.texi(,3343) * Tags:: Tags--Symbolic revisions
+cvs.texi(,3344) * Tagging the working directory:: The cvs tag command
+cvs.texi(,3345) * Tagging by date/tag:: The cvs rtag command
+cvs.texi(,3346) * Modifying tags:: Adding, renaming, and deleting
tags
+cvs.texi(,3347) * Tagging add/remove:: Tags with adding and removing
files
+cvs.texi(,3348) * Sticky tags:: Certain tags are persistent
+cvs.texi(,3349) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,3350)
+cvs.texi(,3351) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,3352) @node Revision numbers
+cvs.texi(,3353) @section Revision numbers
+cvs.texi(,3354) @cindex Revision numbers
+cvs.texi(,3355) @cindex Revision tree
+cvs.texi(,3356) @cindex Linear development
+cvs.texi(,3357) @cindex Number, revision-
+cvs.texi(,3358) @cindex Decimal revision number
+cvs.texi(,3359) @cindex Branch number
+cvs.texi(,3360) @cindex Number, branch
+cvs.texi(,3361)
+cvs.texi(,3362) Each version of a file has a unique @dfn{revision
+cvs.texi(,3363) number}. Revision numbers look like @samp{1.1},
+cvs.texi(,3364) @samp{1.2}, @samp{1.3.2.2} or even @samp{1.3.2.2.4.5}.
+cvs.texi(,3365) A revision number always has an even number of
+cvs.texi(,3366) period-separated decimal integers. By default revision
+cvs.texi(,3367) 1.1 is the first revision of a file. Each successive
+cvs.texi(,3368) revision is given a new number by increasing the
+cvs.texi(,3369) rightmost number by one. The following figure displays
+cvs.texi(,3370) a few revisions, with newer revisions to the right.
cvs.texi(,3371)
-cvs.texi(,3372) It is also possible to end up with numbers containing
-cvs.texi(,3373) more than one period, for example @samp{1.3.2.2}. Such
-cvs.texi(,3374) revisions represent revisions on branches
-cvs.texi(,3375) (@pxref{Branching and merging}); such revision numbers
-cvs.texi(,3376) are explained in detail in @ref{Branches and
-cvs.texi(,3377) revisions}.
-cvs.texi(,3378)
-cvs.texi(,3379) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,3380) @node Versions revisions releases
-cvs.texi(,3381) @section Versions, revisions and releases
-cvs.texi(,3382) @cindex Revisions, versions and releases
-cvs.texi(,3383) @cindex Versions, revisions and releases
-cvs.texi(,3384) @cindex Releases, revisions and versions
-cvs.texi(,3385)
-cvs.texi(,3386) A file can have several versions, as described above.
-cvs.texi(,3387) Likewise, a software product can have several versions.
-cvs.texi(,3388) A software product is often given a version number such
-cvs.texi(,3389) as @samp{4.1.1}.
-cvs.texi(,3390)
-cvs.texi(,3391) Versions in the first sense are called @dfn{revisions}
-cvs.texi(,3392) in this document, and versions in the second sense are
-cvs.texi(,3393) called @dfn{releases}. To avoid confusion, the word
-cvs.texi(,3394) @dfn{version} is almost never used in this document.
-cvs.texi(,3395)
-cvs.texi(,3396) @node Assigning revisions
-cvs.texi(,3397) @section Assigning revisions
-cvs.texi(,3398)
-cvs.texi(,3399) @c We avoid the "major revision" terminology. It seems
-cvs.texi(,3400) @c like jargon. Hopefully "first number" is clear enough.
-cvs.texi(,3401) @c
-cvs.texi(,3402) @c Well, in the context of software release numbers,
-cvs.texi(,3403) @c "major" and "minor" release or version numbers are
-cvs.texi(,3404) @c documented in at least the GNU Coding Standards, but I'm
-cvs.texi(,3405) @c still not sure I find that a valid reason to apply the
-cvs.texi(,3406) @c terminology to RCS revision numbers. "First", "Second",
-cvs.texi(,3407) @c "subsequent", and so on is almost surely clearer,
-cvs.texi(,3408) @c especially to a novice reader. -DRP
-cvs.texi(,3409) By default, @sc{cvs} will assign numeric revisions by
-cvs.texi(,3410) leaving the first number the same and incrementing the
-cvs.texi(,3411) second number. For example, @code{1.1}, @code{1.2},
-cvs.texi(,3412) @code{1.3}, etc.
-cvs.texi(,3413)
-cvs.texi(,3414) When adding a new file, the second number will always
-cvs.texi(,3415) be one and the first number will equal the highest
-cvs.texi(,3416) first number of any file in that directory. For
-cvs.texi(,3417) example, the current directory contains files whose
-cvs.texi(,3418) highest numbered revisions are @code{1.7}, @code{3.1},
-cvs.texi(,3419) and @code{4.12}, then an added file will be given the
-cvs.texi(,3420) numeric revision @code{4.1}.
-cvs.texi(,3421)
-cvs.texi(,3422) @c This is sort of redundant with something we said a
-cvs.texi(,3423) @c while ago. Somewhere we need a better way of
-cvs.texi(,3424) @c introducing how the first number can be anything
-cvs.texi(,3425) @c except "1", perhaps. Also I don't think this
-cvs.texi(,3426) @c presentation is clear on why we are discussing releases
-cvs.texi(,3427) @c and first numbers of numeric revisions in the same
-cvs.texi(,3428) @c breath.
-cvs.texi(,3429) Normally there is no reason to care
-cvs.texi(,3430) about the revision numbers---it is easier to treat them
-cvs.texi(,3431) as internal numbers that @sc{cvs} maintains, and tags
-cvs.texi(,3432) provide a better way to distinguish between things like
-cvs.texi(,3433) release 1 versus release 2 of your product
-cvs.texi(,3434) (@pxref{Tags}). However, if you want to set the
-cvs.texi(,3435) numeric revisions, the @samp{-r} option to @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,3436) commit} can do that. The @samp{-r} option implies the
-cvs.texi(,3437) @samp{-f} option, in the sense that it causes the
-cvs.texi(,3438) files to be committed even if they are not modified.
-cvs.texi(,3439)
-cvs.texi(,3440) For example, to bring all your files up to
-cvs.texi(,3441) revision 3.0 (including those that haven't changed),
-cvs.texi(,3442) you might invoke:
-cvs.texi(,3443)
-cvs.texi(,3444) @example
-cvs.texi(,3445) $ cvs commit -r 3.0
-cvs.texi(,3446) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3447)
-cvs.texi(,3448) Note that the number you specify with @samp{-r} must be
-cvs.texi(,3449) larger than any existing revision number. That is, if
-cvs.texi(,3450) revision 3.0 exists, you cannot @samp{cvs commit
-cvs.texi(,3451) -r 1.3}. If you want to maintain several releases in
-cvs.texi(,3452) parallel, you need to use a branch (@pxref{Branching and
merging}).
+cvs.texi(,3372) @example
+cvs.texi(,3373) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,3374) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !----! 1.3 !----! 1.4 !----! 1.5 !
+cvs.texi(,3375) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,3376) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3377)
+cvs.texi(,3378) It is also possible to end up with numbers containing
+cvs.texi(,3379) more than one period, for example @samp{1.3.2.2}. Such
+cvs.texi(,3380) revisions represent revisions on branches
+cvs.texi(,3381) (@pxref{Branching and merging}); such revision numbers
+cvs.texi(,3382) are explained in detail in @ref{Branches and
+cvs.texi(,3383) revisions}.
+cvs.texi(,3384)
+cvs.texi(,3385) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,3386) @node Versions revisions releases
+cvs.texi(,3387) @section Versions, revisions and releases
+cvs.texi(,3388) @cindex Revisions, versions and releases
+cvs.texi(,3389) @cindex Versions, revisions and releases
+cvs.texi(,3390) @cindex Releases, revisions and versions
+cvs.texi(,3391)
+cvs.texi(,3392) A file can have several versions, as described above.
+cvs.texi(,3393) Likewise, a software product can have several versions.
+cvs.texi(,3394) A software product is often given a version number such
+cvs.texi(,3395) as @samp{4.1.1}.
+cvs.texi(,3396)
+cvs.texi(,3397) Versions in the first sense are called @dfn{revisions}
+cvs.texi(,3398) in this document, and versions in the second sense are
+cvs.texi(,3399) called @dfn{releases}. To avoid confusion, the word
+cvs.texi(,3400) @dfn{version} is almost never used in this document.
+cvs.texi(,3401)
+cvs.texi(,3402) @node Assigning revisions
+cvs.texi(,3403) @section Assigning revisions
+cvs.texi(,3404)
+cvs.texi(,3405) @c We avoid the "major revision" terminology. It seems
+cvs.texi(,3406) @c like jargon. Hopefully "first number" is clear enough.
+cvs.texi(,3407) @c
+cvs.texi(,3408) @c Well, in the context of software release numbers,
+cvs.texi(,3409) @c "major" and "minor" release or version numbers are
+cvs.texi(,3410) @c documented in at least the GNU Coding Standards, but I'm
+cvs.texi(,3411) @c still not sure I find that a valid reason to apply the
+cvs.texi(,3412) @c terminology to RCS revision numbers. "First", "Second",
+cvs.texi(,3413) @c "subsequent", and so on is almost surely clearer,
+cvs.texi(,3414) @c especially to a novice reader. -DRP
+cvs.texi(,3415) By default, @sc{cvs} will assign numeric revisions by
+cvs.texi(,3416) leaving the first number the same and incrementing the
+cvs.texi(,3417) second number. For example, @code{1.1}, @code{1.2},
+cvs.texi(,3418) @code{1.3}, etc.
+cvs.texi(,3419)
+cvs.texi(,3420) When adding a new file, the second number will always
+cvs.texi(,3421) be one and the first number will equal the highest
+cvs.texi(,3422) first number of any file in that directory. For
+cvs.texi(,3423) example, the current directory contains files whose
+cvs.texi(,3424) highest numbered revisions are @code{1.7}, @code{3.1},
+cvs.texi(,3425) and @code{4.12}, then an added file will be given the
+cvs.texi(,3426) numeric revision @code{4.1}.
+cvs.texi(,3427)
+cvs.texi(,3428) @c This is sort of redundant with something we said a
+cvs.texi(,3429) @c while ago. Somewhere we need a better way of
+cvs.texi(,3430) @c introducing how the first number can be anything
+cvs.texi(,3431) @c except "1", perhaps. Also I don't think this
+cvs.texi(,3432) @c presentation is clear on why we are discussing releases
+cvs.texi(,3433) @c and first numbers of numeric revisions in the same
+cvs.texi(,3434) @c breath.
+cvs.texi(,3435) Normally there is no reason to care
+cvs.texi(,3436) about the revision numbers---it is easier to treat them
+cvs.texi(,3437) as internal numbers that @sc{cvs} maintains, and tags
+cvs.texi(,3438) provide a better way to distinguish between things like
+cvs.texi(,3439) release 1 versus release 2 of your product
+cvs.texi(,3440) (@pxref{Tags}). However, if you want to set the
+cvs.texi(,3441) numeric revisions, the @samp{-r} option to @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,3442) commit} can do that. The @samp{-r} option implies the
+cvs.texi(,3443) @samp{-f} option, in the sense that it causes the
+cvs.texi(,3444) files to be committed even if they are not modified.
+cvs.texi(,3445)
+cvs.texi(,3446) For example, to bring all your files up to
+cvs.texi(,3447) revision 3.0 (including those that haven't changed),
+cvs.texi(,3448) you might invoke:
+cvs.texi(,3449)
+cvs.texi(,3450) @example
+cvs.texi(,3451) $ cvs commit -r 3.0
+cvs.texi(,3452) @end example
cvs.texi(,3453)
-cvs.texi(,3454) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,3455) @node Tags
-cvs.texi(,3456) @section Tags--Symbolic revisions
-cvs.texi(,3457) @cindex Tags
-cvs.texi(,3458)
-cvs.texi(,3459) The revision numbers live a life of their own. They
-cvs.texi(,3460) need not have anything at all to do with the release
-cvs.texi(,3461) numbers of your software product. Depending
-cvs.texi(,3462) on how you use @sc{cvs} the revision numbers might change
several times
-cvs.texi(,3463) between two releases. As an example, some of the
-cvs.texi(,3464) source files that make up @sc{rcs} 5.6 have the following
-cvs.texi(,3465) revision numbers:
-cvs.texi(,3466) @cindex RCS revision numbers
-cvs.texi(,3467)
-cvs.texi(,3468) @example
-cvs.texi(,3469) ci.c 5.21
-cvs.texi(,3470) co.c 5.9
-cvs.texi(,3471) ident.c 5.3
-cvs.texi(,3472) rcs.c 5.12
-cvs.texi(,3473) rcsbase.h 5.11
-cvs.texi(,3474) rcsdiff.c 5.10
-cvs.texi(,3475) rcsedit.c 5.11
-cvs.texi(,3476) rcsfcmp.c 5.9
-cvs.texi(,3477) rcsgen.c 5.10
-cvs.texi(,3478) rcslex.c 5.11
-cvs.texi(,3479) rcsmap.c 5.2
-cvs.texi(,3480) rcsutil.c 5.10
-cvs.texi(,3481) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3482)
-cvs.texi(,3483) @cindex tag (subcommand), introduction
-cvs.texi(,3484) @cindex Tags, symbolic name
-cvs.texi(,3485) @cindex Symbolic name (tag)
-cvs.texi(,3486) @cindex Name, symbolic (tag)
-cvs.texi(,3487) @cindex HEAD, as reserved tag name
-cvs.texi(,3488) @cindex BASE, as reserved tag name
-cvs.texi(,3489) You can use the @code{tag} command to give a symbolic name to a
-cvs.texi(,3490) certain revision of a file. You can use the @samp{-v} flag to
the
-cvs.texi(,3491) @code{status} command to see all tags that a file has, and
-cvs.texi(,3492) which revision numbers they represent. Tag names must
-cvs.texi(,3493) start with an uppercase or lowercase letter and can
-cvs.texi(,3494) contain uppercase and lowercase letters, digits,
-cvs.texi(,3495) @samp{-}, and @samp{_}. The two tag names @code{BASE}
-cvs.texi(,3496) and @code{HEAD} are reserved for use by @sc{cvs}. It
-cvs.texi(,3497) is expected that future names which are special to
-cvs.texi(,3498) @sc{cvs} will be specially named, for example by
-cvs.texi(,3499) starting with @samp{.}, rather than being named analogously to
-cvs.texi(,3500) @code{BASE} and @code{HEAD}, to avoid conflicts with
-cvs.texi(,3501) actual tag names.
-cvs.texi(,3502) @c Including a character such as % or = has also been
-cvs.texi(,3503) @c suggested as the naming convention for future
-cvs.texi(,3504) @c special tag names. Starting with . is nice because
-cvs.texi(,3505) @c that is not a legal tag name as far as RCS is concerned.
-cvs.texi(,3506) @c FIXME: CVS actually accepts quite a few characters
-cvs.texi(,3507) @c in tag names, not just the ones documented above
-cvs.texi(,3508) @c (see RCS_check_tag). RCS
-cvs.texi(,3509) @c defines legitimate tag names by listing illegal
-cvs.texi(,3510) @c characters rather than legal ones. CVS is said to lose its
-cvs.texi(,3511) @c mind if you try to use "/" (try making such a tag sticky
-cvs.texi(,3512) @c and using "cvs status" client/server--see remote
-cvs.texi(,3513) @c protocol format for entries line for probable cause).
-cvs.texi(,3514) @c TODO: The testsuite
-cvs.texi(,3515) @c should test for whatever are documented above as
-cvs.texi(,3516) @c officially-OK tag names, and CVS should at least reject
-cvs.texi(,3517) @c characters that won't work, like "/".
-cvs.texi(,3518)
-cvs.texi(,3519) You'll want to choose some convention for naming tags,
-cvs.texi(,3520) based on information such as the name of the program
-cvs.texi(,3521) and the version number of the release. For example,
-cvs.texi(,3522) one might take the name of the program, immediately
-cvs.texi(,3523) followed by the version number with @samp{.} changed to
-cvs.texi(,3524) @samp{-}, so that @sc{cvs} 1.9 would be tagged with the name
-cvs.texi(,3525) @code{cvs1-9}. If you choose a consistent convention,
-cvs.texi(,3526) then you won't constantly be guessing whether a tag is
-cvs.texi(,3527) @code{cvs-1-9} or @code{cvs1_9} or what. You might
-cvs.texi(,3528) even want to consider enforcing your convention in the
-cvs.texi(,3529) taginfo file (@pxref{user-defined logging}).
-cvs.texi(,3530) @c Might be nice to say more about using taginfo this
-cvs.texi(,3531) @c way, like giving an example, or pointing out any particular
-cvs.texi(,3532) @c issues which arise.
-cvs.texi(,3533)
-cvs.texi(,3534) @cindex Adding a tag
-cvs.texi(,3535) @cindex Tags, example
-cvs.texi(,3536) The following example shows how you can add a tag to a
-cvs.texi(,3537) file. The commands must be issued inside your working
-cvs.texi(,3538) directory. That is, you should issue the
-cvs.texi(,3539) command in the directory where @file{backend.c}
-cvs.texi(,3540) resides.
-cvs.texi(,3541)
-cvs.texi(,3542) @example
-cvs.texi(,3543) $ cvs tag rel-0-4 backend.c
-cvs.texi(,3544) T backend.c
-cvs.texi(,3545) $ cvs status -v backend.c
-cvs.texi(,3546)
===================================================================
-cvs.texi(,3547) File: backend.c Status: Up-to-date
-cvs.texi(,3548)
-cvs.texi(,3549) Version: 1.4 Tue Dec 1 14:39:01 1992
-cvs.texi(,3550) RCS Version: 1.4
/u/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/backend.c,v
-cvs.texi(,3551) Sticky Tag: (none)
-cvs.texi(,3552) Sticky Date: (none)
-cvs.texi(,3553) Sticky Options: (none)
+cvs.texi(,3454) Note that the number you specify with @samp{-r} must be
+cvs.texi(,3455) larger than any existing revision number. That is, if
+cvs.texi(,3456) revision 3.0 exists, you cannot @samp{cvs commit
+cvs.texi(,3457) -r 1.3}. If you want to maintain several releases in
+cvs.texi(,3458) parallel, you need to use a branch (@pxref{Branching and
merging}).
+cvs.texi(,3459)
+cvs.texi(,3460) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,3461) @node Tags
+cvs.texi(,3462) @section Tags--Symbolic revisions
+cvs.texi(,3463) @cindex Tags
+cvs.texi(,3464)
+cvs.texi(,3465) The revision numbers live a life of their own. They
+cvs.texi(,3466) need not have anything at all to do with the release
+cvs.texi(,3467) numbers of your software product. Depending
+cvs.texi(,3468) on how you use @sc{cvs} the revision numbers might change
several times
+cvs.texi(,3469) between two releases. As an example, some of the
+cvs.texi(,3470) source files that make up @sc{rcs} 5.6 have the following
+cvs.texi(,3471) revision numbers:
+cvs.texi(,3472) @cindex RCS revision numbers
+cvs.texi(,3473)
+cvs.texi(,3474) @example
+cvs.texi(,3475) ci.c 5.21
+cvs.texi(,3476) co.c 5.9
+cvs.texi(,3477) ident.c 5.3
+cvs.texi(,3478) rcs.c 5.12
+cvs.texi(,3479) rcsbase.h 5.11
+cvs.texi(,3480) rcsdiff.c 5.10
+cvs.texi(,3481) rcsedit.c 5.11
+cvs.texi(,3482) rcsfcmp.c 5.9
+cvs.texi(,3483) rcsgen.c 5.10
+cvs.texi(,3484) rcslex.c 5.11
+cvs.texi(,3485) rcsmap.c 5.2
+cvs.texi(,3486) rcsutil.c 5.10
+cvs.texi(,3487) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3488)
+cvs.texi(,3489) @cindex tag (subcommand), introduction
+cvs.texi(,3490) @cindex Tags, symbolic name
+cvs.texi(,3491) @cindex Symbolic name (tag)
+cvs.texi(,3492) @cindex Name, symbolic (tag)
+cvs.texi(,3493) @cindex HEAD, as reserved tag name
+cvs.texi(,3494) @cindex BASE, as reserved tag name
+cvs.texi(,3495) You can use the @code{tag} command to give a symbolic name to a
+cvs.texi(,3496) certain revision of a file. You can use the @samp{-v} flag to
the
+cvs.texi(,3497) @code{status} command to see all tags that a file has, and
+cvs.texi(,3498) which revision numbers they represent. Tag names must
+cvs.texi(,3499) start with an uppercase or lowercase letter and can
+cvs.texi(,3500) contain uppercase and lowercase letters, digits,
+cvs.texi(,3501) @samp{-}, and @samp{_}. The two tag names @code{BASE}
+cvs.texi(,3502) and @code{HEAD} are reserved for use by @sc{cvs}. It
+cvs.texi(,3503) is expected that future names which are special to
+cvs.texi(,3504) @sc{cvs} will be specially named, for example by
+cvs.texi(,3505) starting with @samp{.}, rather than being named analogously to
+cvs.texi(,3506) @code{BASE} and @code{HEAD}, to avoid conflicts with
+cvs.texi(,3507) actual tag names.
+cvs.texi(,3508) @c Including a character such as % or = has also been
+cvs.texi(,3509) @c suggested as the naming convention for future
+cvs.texi(,3510) @c special tag names. Starting with . is nice because
+cvs.texi(,3511) @c that is not a legal tag name as far as RCS is concerned.
+cvs.texi(,3512) @c FIXME: CVS actually accepts quite a few characters
+cvs.texi(,3513) @c in tag names, not just the ones documented above
+cvs.texi(,3514) @c (see RCS_check_tag). RCS
+cvs.texi(,3515) @c defines legitimate tag names by listing illegal
+cvs.texi(,3516) @c characters rather than legal ones. CVS is said to lose its
+cvs.texi(,3517) @c mind if you try to use "/" (try making such a tag sticky
+cvs.texi(,3518) @c and using "cvs status" client/server--see remote
+cvs.texi(,3519) @c protocol format for entries line for probable cause).
+cvs.texi(,3520) @c TODO: The testsuite
+cvs.texi(,3521) @c should test for whatever are documented above as
+cvs.texi(,3522) @c officially-OK tag names, and CVS should at least reject
+cvs.texi(,3523) @c characters that won't work, like "/".
+cvs.texi(,3524)
+cvs.texi(,3525) You'll want to choose some convention for naming tags,
+cvs.texi(,3526) based on information such as the name of the program
+cvs.texi(,3527) and the version number of the release. For example,
+cvs.texi(,3528) one might take the name of the program, immediately
+cvs.texi(,3529) followed by the version number with @samp{.} changed to
+cvs.texi(,3530) @samp{-}, so that @sc{cvs} 1.9 would be tagged with the name
+cvs.texi(,3531) @code{cvs1-9}. If you choose a consistent convention,
+cvs.texi(,3532) then you won't constantly be guessing whether a tag is
+cvs.texi(,3533) @code{cvs-1-9} or @code{cvs1_9} or what. You might
+cvs.texi(,3534) even want to consider enforcing your convention in the
+cvs.texi(,3535) taginfo file (@pxref{user-defined logging}).
+cvs.texi(,3536) @c Might be nice to say more about using taginfo this
+cvs.texi(,3537) @c way, like giving an example, or pointing out any particular
+cvs.texi(,3538) @c issues which arise.
+cvs.texi(,3539)
+cvs.texi(,3540) @cindex Adding a tag
+cvs.texi(,3541) @cindex Tags, example
+cvs.texi(,3542) The following example shows how you can add a tag to a
+cvs.texi(,3543) file. The commands must be issued inside your working
+cvs.texi(,3544) directory. That is, you should issue the
+cvs.texi(,3545) command in the directory where @file{backend.c}
+cvs.texi(,3546) resides.
+cvs.texi(,3547)
+cvs.texi(,3548) @example
+cvs.texi(,3549) $ cvs tag rel-0-4 backend.c
+cvs.texi(,3550) T backend.c
+cvs.texi(,3551) $ cvs status -v backend.c
+cvs.texi(,3552)
===================================================================
+cvs.texi(,3553) File: backend.c Status: Up-to-date
cvs.texi(,3554)
-cvs.texi(,3555) Existing Tags:
-cvs.texi(,3556) rel-0-4 (revision: 1.4)
-cvs.texi(,3557)
-cvs.texi(,3558) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3559)
-cvs.texi(,3560) For a complete summary of the syntax of @code{cvs tag},
-cvs.texi(,3561) including the various options, see @ref{Invoking CVS}.
-cvs.texi(,3562)
-cvs.texi(,3563) There is seldom reason to tag a file in isolation. A more
common use is
-cvs.texi(,3564) to tag all the files that constitute a module with the same
tag at
-cvs.texi(,3565) strategic points in the development life-cycle, such as when a
release
-cvs.texi(,3566) is made.
-cvs.texi(,3567)
-cvs.texi(,3568) @example
-cvs.texi(,3569) $ cvs tag rel-1-0 .
-cvs.texi(,3570) cvs tag: Tagging .
-cvs.texi(,3571) T Makefile
-cvs.texi(,3572) T backend.c
-cvs.texi(,3573) T driver.c
-cvs.texi(,3574) T frontend.c
-cvs.texi(,3575) T parser.c
-cvs.texi(,3576) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3577)
-cvs.texi(,3578) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,3579) (When you give @sc{cvs} a directory as argument, it generally
applies the
-cvs.texi(,3580) operation to all the files in that directory, and
(recursively), to any
-cvs.texi(,3581) subdirectories that it may contain. @xref{Recursive
behavior}.)
-cvs.texi(,3582)
-cvs.texi(,3583) @cindex Retrieving an old revision using tags
-cvs.texi(,3584) @cindex Tags, retrieving old revisions
-cvs.texi(,3585) The @code{checkout} command has a flag, @samp{-r}, that lets
you check out
-cvs.texi(,3586) a certain revision of a module. This flag makes it easy to
-cvs.texi(,3587) retrieve the sources that make up release 1.0 of the module
@samp{tc} at
-cvs.texi(,3588) any time in the future:
-cvs.texi(,3589)
-cvs.texi(,3590) @example
-cvs.texi(,3591) $ cvs checkout -r rel-1-0 tc
-cvs.texi(,3592) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3593)
-cvs.texi(,3594) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,3595) This is useful, for instance, if someone claims that there is
a bug in
-cvs.texi(,3596) that release, but you cannot find the bug in the current
working copy.
-cvs.texi(,3597)
-cvs.texi(,3598) You can also check out a module as it was at any given date.
-cvs.texi(,3599) @xref{checkout options}. When specifying @samp{-r} to
-cvs.texi(,3600) any of these commands, you will need beware of sticky
-cvs.texi(,3601) tags; see @ref{Sticky tags}.
-cvs.texi(,3602)
-cvs.texi(,3603) When you tag more than one file with the same tag you
-cvs.texi(,3604) can think about the tag as "a curve drawn through a
-cvs.texi(,3605) matrix of filename vs. revision number." Say we have 5
-cvs.texi(,3606) files with the following revisions:
-cvs.texi(,3607)
-cvs.texi(,3608) @example
-cvs.texi(,3609) @group
-cvs.texi(,3610) file1 file2 file3 file4 file5
-cvs.texi(,3611)
-cvs.texi(,3612) 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 /--1.1* <-*- TAG
-cvs.texi(,3613) 1.2*- 1.2 1.2 -1.2*-
-cvs.texi(,3614) 1.3 \- 1.3*- 1.3 / 1.3
-cvs.texi(,3615) 1.4 \ 1.4 / 1.4
-cvs.texi(,3616) \-1.5*- 1.5
-cvs.texi(,3617) 1.6
-cvs.texi(,3618) @end group
-cvs.texi(,3619) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3620)
-cvs.texi(,3621) At some time in the past, the @code{*} versions were tagged.
-cvs.texi(,3622) You can think of the tag as a handle attached to the curve
-cvs.texi(,3623) drawn through the tagged revisions. When you pull on
-cvs.texi(,3624) the handle, you get all the tagged revisions. Another
-cvs.texi(,3625) way to look at it is that you "sight" through a set of
-cvs.texi(,3626) revisions that is "flat" along the tagged revisions,
-cvs.texi(,3627) like this:
-cvs.texi(,3628)
-cvs.texi(,3629) @example
-cvs.texi(,3630) @group
-cvs.texi(,3631) file1 file2 file3 file4 file5
-cvs.texi(,3632)
-cvs.texi(,3633) 1.1
-cvs.texi(,3634) 1.2
-cvs.texi(,3635) 1.1 1.3 _
-cvs.texi(,3636) 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.1 /
-cvs.texi(,3637) 1.2*----1.3*----1.5*----1.2*----1.1 (--- <--- Look
here
-cvs.texi(,3638) 1.3 1.6 1.3 \_
-cvs.texi(,3639) 1.4 1.4
-cvs.texi(,3640) 1.5
-cvs.texi(,3641) @end group
-cvs.texi(,3642) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3643)
-cvs.texi(,3644) @node Tagging the working directory
-cvs.texi(,3645) @section Specifying what to tag from the working directory
-cvs.texi(,3646)
-cvs.texi(,3647) @cindex tag (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,3648) The example in the previous section demonstrates one of
-cvs.texi(,3649) the most common ways to choose which revisions to tag.
-cvs.texi(,3650) Namely, running the @code{cvs tag} command without
-cvs.texi(,3651) arguments causes @sc{cvs} to select the revisions which
-cvs.texi(,3652) are checked out in the current working directory. For
-cvs.texi(,3653) example, if the copy of @file{backend.c} in working
-cvs.texi(,3654) directory was checked out from revision 1.4, then
-cvs.texi(,3655) @sc{cvs} will tag revision 1.4. Note that the tag is
-cvs.texi(,3656) applied immediately to revision 1.4 in the repository;
-cvs.texi(,3657) tagging is not like modifying a file, or other
-cvs.texi(,3658) operations in which one first modifies the working
-cvs.texi(,3659) directory and then runs @code{cvs commit} to transfer
-cvs.texi(,3660) that modification to the repository.
-cvs.texi(,3661)
-cvs.texi(,3662) One potentially surprising aspect of the fact that
-cvs.texi(,3663) @code{cvs tag} operates on the repository is that you
-cvs.texi(,3664) are tagging the checked-in revisions, which may differ
-cvs.texi(,3665) from locally modified files in your working directory.
-cvs.texi(,3666) If you want to avoid doing this by mistake, specify the
-cvs.texi(,3667) @samp{-c} option to @code{cvs tag}. If there are any
-cvs.texi(,3668) locally modified files, @sc{cvs} will abort with an
-cvs.texi(,3669) error before it tags any files:
-cvs.texi(,3670)
-cvs.texi(,3671) @example
-cvs.texi(,3672) $ cvs tag -c rel-0-4
-cvs.texi(,3673) cvs tag: backend.c is locally modified
-cvs.texi(,3674) cvs [tag aborted]: correct the above errors first!
-cvs.texi(,3675) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3555) Version: 1.4 Tue Dec 1 14:39:01 1992
+cvs.texi(,3556) RCS Version: 1.4
/u/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/backend.c,v
+cvs.texi(,3557) Sticky Tag: (none)
+cvs.texi(,3558) Sticky Date: (none)
+cvs.texi(,3559) Sticky Options: (none)
+cvs.texi(,3560)
+cvs.texi(,3561) Existing Tags:
+cvs.texi(,3562) rel-0-4 (revision: 1.4)
+cvs.texi(,3563)
+cvs.texi(,3564) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3565)
+cvs.texi(,3566) For a complete summary of the syntax of @code{cvs tag},
+cvs.texi(,3567) including the various options, see @ref{Invoking CVS}.
+cvs.texi(,3568)
+cvs.texi(,3569) There is seldom reason to tag a file in isolation. A more
common use is
+cvs.texi(,3570) to tag all the files that constitute a module with the same
tag at
+cvs.texi(,3571) strategic points in the development life-cycle, such as when a
release
+cvs.texi(,3572) is made.
+cvs.texi(,3573)
+cvs.texi(,3574) @example
+cvs.texi(,3575) $ cvs tag rel-1-0 .
+cvs.texi(,3576) cvs tag: Tagging .
+cvs.texi(,3577) T Makefile
+cvs.texi(,3578) T backend.c
+cvs.texi(,3579) T driver.c
+cvs.texi(,3580) T frontend.c
+cvs.texi(,3581) T parser.c
+cvs.texi(,3582) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3583)
+cvs.texi(,3584) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,3585) (When you give @sc{cvs} a directory as argument, it generally
applies the
+cvs.texi(,3586) operation to all the files in that directory, and
(recursively), to any
+cvs.texi(,3587) subdirectories that it may contain. @xref{Recursive
behavior}.)
+cvs.texi(,3588)
+cvs.texi(,3589) @cindex Retrieving an old revision using tags
+cvs.texi(,3590) @cindex Tags, retrieving old revisions
+cvs.texi(,3591) The @code{checkout} command has a flag, @samp{-r}, that lets
you check out
+cvs.texi(,3592) a certain revision of a module. This flag makes it easy to
+cvs.texi(,3593) retrieve the sources that make up release 1.0 of the module
@samp{tc} at
+cvs.texi(,3594) any time in the future:
+cvs.texi(,3595)
+cvs.texi(,3596) @example
+cvs.texi(,3597) $ cvs checkout -r rel-1-0 tc
+cvs.texi(,3598) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3599)
+cvs.texi(,3600) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,3601) This is useful, for instance, if someone claims that there is
a bug in
+cvs.texi(,3602) that release, but you cannot find the bug in the current
working copy.
+cvs.texi(,3603)
+cvs.texi(,3604) You can also check out a module as it was at any given date.
+cvs.texi(,3605) @xref{checkout options}. When specifying @samp{-r} to
+cvs.texi(,3606) any of these commands, you will need beware of sticky
+cvs.texi(,3607) tags; see @ref{Sticky tags}.
+cvs.texi(,3608)
+cvs.texi(,3609) When you tag more than one file with the same tag you
+cvs.texi(,3610) can think about the tag as "a curve drawn through a
+cvs.texi(,3611) matrix of filename vs. revision number." Say we have 5
+cvs.texi(,3612) files with the following revisions:
+cvs.texi(,3613)
+cvs.texi(,3614) @example
+cvs.texi(,3615) @group
+cvs.texi(,3616) file1 file2 file3 file4 file5
+cvs.texi(,3617)
+cvs.texi(,3618) 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 /--1.1* <-*- TAG
+cvs.texi(,3619) 1.2*- 1.2 1.2 -1.2*-
+cvs.texi(,3620) 1.3 \- 1.3*- 1.3 / 1.3
+cvs.texi(,3621) 1.4 \ 1.4 / 1.4
+cvs.texi(,3622) \-1.5*- 1.5
+cvs.texi(,3623) 1.6
+cvs.texi(,3624) @end group
+cvs.texi(,3625) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3626)
+cvs.texi(,3627) At some time in the past, the @code{*} versions were tagged.
+cvs.texi(,3628) You can think of the tag as a handle attached to the curve
+cvs.texi(,3629) drawn through the tagged revisions. When you pull on
+cvs.texi(,3630) the handle, you get all the tagged revisions. Another
+cvs.texi(,3631) way to look at it is that you "sight" through a set of
+cvs.texi(,3632) revisions that is "flat" along the tagged revisions,
+cvs.texi(,3633) like this:
+cvs.texi(,3634)
+cvs.texi(,3635) @example
+cvs.texi(,3636) @group
+cvs.texi(,3637) file1 file2 file3 file4 file5
+cvs.texi(,3638)
+cvs.texi(,3639) 1.1
+cvs.texi(,3640) 1.2
+cvs.texi(,3641) 1.1 1.3 _
+cvs.texi(,3642) 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.1 /
+cvs.texi(,3643) 1.2*----1.3*----1.5*----1.2*----1.1 (--- <--- Look
here
+cvs.texi(,3644) 1.3 1.6 1.3 \_
+cvs.texi(,3645) 1.4 1.4
+cvs.texi(,3646) 1.5
+cvs.texi(,3647) @end group
+cvs.texi(,3648) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3649)
+cvs.texi(,3650) @node Tagging the working directory
+cvs.texi(,3651) @section Specifying what to tag from the working directory
+cvs.texi(,3652)
+cvs.texi(,3653) @cindex tag (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,3654) The example in the previous section demonstrates one of
+cvs.texi(,3655) the most common ways to choose which revisions to tag.
+cvs.texi(,3656) Namely, running the @code{cvs tag} command without
+cvs.texi(,3657) arguments causes @sc{cvs} to select the revisions which
+cvs.texi(,3658) are checked out in the current working directory. For
+cvs.texi(,3659) example, if the copy of @file{backend.c} in working
+cvs.texi(,3660) directory was checked out from revision 1.4, then
+cvs.texi(,3661) @sc{cvs} will tag revision 1.4. Note that the tag is
+cvs.texi(,3662) applied immediately to revision 1.4 in the repository;
+cvs.texi(,3663) tagging is not like modifying a file, or other
+cvs.texi(,3664) operations in which one first modifies the working
+cvs.texi(,3665) directory and then runs @code{cvs commit} to transfer
+cvs.texi(,3666) that modification to the repository.
+cvs.texi(,3667)
+cvs.texi(,3668) One potentially surprising aspect of the fact that
+cvs.texi(,3669) @code{cvs tag} operates on the repository is that you
+cvs.texi(,3670) are tagging the checked-in revisions, which may differ
+cvs.texi(,3671) from locally modified files in your working directory.
+cvs.texi(,3672) If you want to avoid doing this by mistake, specify the
+cvs.texi(,3673) @samp{-c} option to @code{cvs tag}. If there are any
+cvs.texi(,3674) locally modified files, @sc{cvs} will abort with an
+cvs.texi(,3675) error before it tags any files:
cvs.texi(,3676)
-cvs.texi(,3677) @node Tagging by date/tag
-cvs.texi(,3678) @section Specifying what to tag by date or revision
-cvs.texi(,3679) @cindex rtag (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,3680)
-cvs.texi(,3681) The @code{cvs rtag} command tags the repository as of a
-cvs.texi(,3682) certain date or time (or can be used to tag the latest
-cvs.texi(,3683) revision). @code{rtag} works directly on the
-cvs.texi(,3684) repository contents (it requires no prior checkout and
-cvs.texi(,3685) does not look for a working directory).
+cvs.texi(,3677) @example
+cvs.texi(,3678) $ cvs tag -c rel-0-4
+cvs.texi(,3679) cvs tag: backend.c is locally modified
+cvs.texi(,3680) cvs [tag aborted]: correct the above errors first!
+cvs.texi(,3681) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3682)
+cvs.texi(,3683) @node Tagging by date/tag
+cvs.texi(,3684) @section Specifying what to tag by date or revision
+cvs.texi(,3685) @cindex rtag (subcommand)
cvs.texi(,3686)
-cvs.texi(,3687) The following options specify which date or revision to
-cvs.texi(,3688) tag. See @ref{Common options}, for a complete
-cvs.texi(,3689) description of them.
-cvs.texi(,3690)
-cvs.texi(,3691) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,3692) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,3693) Tag the most recent revision no later than @var{date}.
-cvs.texi(,3694)
-cvs.texi(,3695) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,3696) Only useful with the @samp{-D @var{date}} or @samp{-r
@var{tag}}
-cvs.texi(,3697) flags. If no matching revision is found, use the most
-cvs.texi(,3698) recent revision (instead of ignoring the file).
-cvs.texi(,3699)
-cvs.texi(,3700) @item -r @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,3701) Only tag those files that contain existing tag @var{tag}.
-cvs.texi(,3702) @end table
-cvs.texi(,3703)
-cvs.texi(,3704) The @code{cvs tag} command also allows one to specify
-cvs.texi(,3705) files by revision or date, using the same @samp{-r},
-cvs.texi(,3706) @samp{-D}, and @samp{-f} options. However, this
-cvs.texi(,3707) feature is probably not what you want. The reason is
-cvs.texi(,3708) that @code{cvs tag} chooses which files to tag based on
-cvs.texi(,3709) the files that exist in the working directory, rather
-cvs.texi(,3710) than the files which existed as of the given tag/date.
-cvs.texi(,3711) Therefore, you are generally better off using @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,3712) rtag}. The exceptions might be cases like:
-cvs.texi(,3713)
-cvs.texi(,3714) @example
-cvs.texi(,3715) cvs tag -r 1.4 stable backend.c
-cvs.texi(,3716) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3717)
-cvs.texi(,3718) @node Modifying tags
-cvs.texi(,3719) @section Deleting, moving, and renaming tags
-cvs.texi(,3720)
-cvs.texi(,3721) @c Also see:
-cvs.texi(,3722) @c "How do I move or rename a magic branch tag?"
-cvs.texi(,3723) @c in the FAQ (I think the issues it talks about still
-cvs.texi(,3724) @c apply, but this could use some sanity.sh work).
-cvs.texi(,3725)
-cvs.texi(,3726) Normally one does not modify tags. They exist in order
-cvs.texi(,3727) to record the history of the repository and so deleting
-cvs.texi(,3728) them or changing their meaning would, generally, not be
-cvs.texi(,3729) what you want.
-cvs.texi(,3730)
-cvs.texi(,3731) However, there might be cases in which one uses a tag
-cvs.texi(,3732) temporarily or accidentally puts one in the wrong
-cvs.texi(,3733) place. Therefore, one might delete, move, or rename a
-cvs.texi(,3734) tag.
-cvs.texi(,3735)
-cvs.texi(,3736) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,3737) @strong{WARNING: the commands in this section are
-cvs.texi(,3738) dangerous; they permanently discard historical
-cvs.texi(,3739) information and it can be difficult or impossible to
-cvs.texi(,3740) recover from errors. If you are a @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,3741) administrator, you may consider restricting these
-cvs.texi(,3742) commands with taginfo (@pxref{user-defined logging}).}
-cvs.texi(,3743)
-cvs.texi(,3744) @cindex Deleting tags
-cvs.texi(,3745) @cindex Deleting branch tags
-cvs.texi(,3746) @cindex Removing tags
-cvs.texi(,3747) @cindex Removing branch tags
-cvs.texi(,3748) @cindex Tags, deleting
-cvs.texi(,3749) @cindex Branch tags, deleting
-cvs.texi(,3750) To delete a tag, specify the @samp{-d} option to either
-cvs.texi(,3751) @code{cvs tag} or @code{cvs rtag}. For example:
-cvs.texi(,3752)
-cvs.texi(,3753) @example
-cvs.texi(,3754) cvs rtag -d rel-0-4 tc
-cvs.texi(,3755) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3756)
-cvs.texi(,3757) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,3758) deletes the non-branch tag @code{rel-0-4} from the module
@code{tc}.
-cvs.texi(,3759) In the event that branch tags are encountered within the
repository
-cvs.texi(,3760) with the given name, a warning message will be issued and the
branch
-cvs.texi(,3761) tag will not be deleted. If you are absolutely certain you
know what
-cvs.texi(,3762) you are doing, the @code{-B} option may be specified to allow
deletion
-cvs.texi(,3763) of branch tags. In that case, any non-branch tags encountered
will
-cvs.texi(,3764) trigger warnings and will not be deleted.
-cvs.texi(,3765)
-cvs.texi(,3766) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,3767) @strong{WARNING: Moving branch tags is very dangerous! If you
think
-cvs.texi(,3768) you need the @code{-B} option, think again and ask your
@sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,3769) administrator about it (if that isn't you). There is almost
certainly
-cvs.texi(,3770) another way to accomplish what you want to accomplish.}
+cvs.texi(,3687) The @code{cvs rtag} command tags the repository as of a
+cvs.texi(,3688) certain date or time (or can be used to tag the latest
+cvs.texi(,3689) revision). @code{rtag} works directly on the
+cvs.texi(,3690) repository contents (it requires no prior checkout and
+cvs.texi(,3691) does not look for a working directory).
+cvs.texi(,3692)
+cvs.texi(,3693) The following options specify which date or revision to
+cvs.texi(,3694) tag. See @ref{Common options}, for a complete
+cvs.texi(,3695) description of them.
+cvs.texi(,3696)
+cvs.texi(,3697) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,3698) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,3699) Tag the most recent revision no later than @var{date}.
+cvs.texi(,3700)
+cvs.texi(,3701) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,3702) Only useful with the @samp{-D @var{date}} or @samp{-r
@var{tag}}
+cvs.texi(,3703) flags. If no matching revision is found, use the most
+cvs.texi(,3704) recent revision (instead of ignoring the file).
+cvs.texi(,3705)
+cvs.texi(,3706) @item -r @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,3707) Only tag those files that contain existing tag @var{tag}.
+cvs.texi(,3708) @end table
+cvs.texi(,3709)
+cvs.texi(,3710) The @code{cvs tag} command also allows one to specify
+cvs.texi(,3711) files by revision or date, using the same @samp{-r},
+cvs.texi(,3712) @samp{-D}, and @samp{-f} options. However, this
+cvs.texi(,3713) feature is probably not what you want. The reason is
+cvs.texi(,3714) that @code{cvs tag} chooses which files to tag based on
+cvs.texi(,3715) the files that exist in the working directory, rather
+cvs.texi(,3716) than the files which existed as of the given tag/date.
+cvs.texi(,3717) Therefore, you are generally better off using @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,3718) rtag}. The exceptions might be cases like:
+cvs.texi(,3719)
+cvs.texi(,3720) @example
+cvs.texi(,3721) cvs tag -r 1.4 stable backend.c
+cvs.texi(,3722) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3723)
+cvs.texi(,3724) @node Modifying tags
+cvs.texi(,3725) @section Deleting, moving, and renaming tags
+cvs.texi(,3726)
+cvs.texi(,3727) @c Also see:
+cvs.texi(,3728) @c "How do I move or rename a magic branch tag?"
+cvs.texi(,3729) @c in the FAQ (I think the issues it talks about still
+cvs.texi(,3730) @c apply, but this could use some sanity.sh work).
+cvs.texi(,3731)
+cvs.texi(,3732) Normally one does not modify tags. They exist in order
+cvs.texi(,3733) to record the history of the repository and so deleting
+cvs.texi(,3734) them or changing their meaning would, generally, not be
+cvs.texi(,3735) what you want.
+cvs.texi(,3736)
+cvs.texi(,3737) However, there might be cases in which one uses a tag
+cvs.texi(,3738) temporarily or accidentally puts one in the wrong
+cvs.texi(,3739) place. Therefore, one might delete, move, or rename a
+cvs.texi(,3740) tag.
+cvs.texi(,3741)
+cvs.texi(,3742) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,3743) @strong{WARNING: the commands in this section are
+cvs.texi(,3744) dangerous; they permanently discard historical
+cvs.texi(,3745) information and it can be difficult or impossible to
+cvs.texi(,3746) recover from errors. If you are a @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,3747) administrator, you may consider restricting these
+cvs.texi(,3748) commands with taginfo (@pxref{user-defined logging}).}
+cvs.texi(,3749)
+cvs.texi(,3750) @cindex Deleting tags
+cvs.texi(,3751) @cindex Deleting branch tags
+cvs.texi(,3752) @cindex Removing tags
+cvs.texi(,3753) @cindex Removing branch tags
+cvs.texi(,3754) @cindex Tags, deleting
+cvs.texi(,3755) @cindex Branch tags, deleting
+cvs.texi(,3756) To delete a tag, specify the @samp{-d} option to either
+cvs.texi(,3757) @code{cvs tag} or @code{cvs rtag}. For example:
+cvs.texi(,3758)
+cvs.texi(,3759) @example
+cvs.texi(,3760) cvs rtag -d rel-0-4 tc
+cvs.texi(,3761) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3762)
+cvs.texi(,3763) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,3764) deletes the non-branch tag @code{rel-0-4} from the module
@code{tc}.
+cvs.texi(,3765) In the event that branch tags are encountered within the
repository
+cvs.texi(,3766) with the given name, a warning message will be issued and the
branch
+cvs.texi(,3767) tag will not be deleted. If you are absolutely certain you
know what
+cvs.texi(,3768) you are doing, the @code{-B} option may be specified to allow
deletion
+cvs.texi(,3769) of branch tags. In that case, any non-branch tags encountered
will
+cvs.texi(,3770) trigger warnings and will not be deleted.
cvs.texi(,3771)
-cvs.texi(,3772) @cindex Moving tags
-cvs.texi(,3773) @cindex Moving branch tags
-cvs.texi(,3774) @cindex Tags, moving
-cvs.texi(,3775) @cindex Branch tags, moving
-cvs.texi(,3776) When we say @dfn{move} a tag, we mean to make the same
-cvs.texi(,3777) name point to different revisions. For example, the
-cvs.texi(,3778) @code{stable} tag may currently point to revision 1.4
-cvs.texi(,3779) of @file{backend.c} and perhaps we want to make it
-cvs.texi(,3780) point to revision 1.6. To move a non-branch tag, specify the
-cvs.texi(,3781) @samp{-F} option to either @code{cvs tag} or @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,3782) rtag}. For example, the task just mentioned might be
-cvs.texi(,3783) accomplished as:
-cvs.texi(,3784)
-cvs.texi(,3785) @example
-cvs.texi(,3786) cvs tag -r 1.6 -F stable backend.c
-cvs.texi(,3787) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3788)
-cvs.texi(,3789) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,3790) If any branch tags are encountered in the repository
-cvs.texi(,3791) with the given name, a warning is issued and the branch
-cvs.texi(,3792) tag is not disturbed. If you are absolutely certain you
-cvs.texi(,3793) wish to move the branch tag, the @code{-B} option may be
specified.
-cvs.texi(,3794) In that case, non-branch tags encountered with the given
-cvs.texi(,3795) name are ignored with a warning message.
-cvs.texi(,3796)
-cvs.texi(,3797) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,3798) @strong{WARNING: Moving branch tags is very dangerous! If you
think you
-cvs.texi(,3799) need the @code{-B} option, think again and ask your @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,3800) administrator about it (if that isn't you). There is almost
certainly
-cvs.texi(,3801) another way to accomplish what you want to accomplish.}
+cvs.texi(,3772) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,3773) @strong{WARNING: Moving branch tags is very dangerous! If you
think
+cvs.texi(,3774) you need the @code{-B} option, think again and ask your
@sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,3775) administrator about it (if that isn't you). There is almost
certainly
+cvs.texi(,3776) another way to accomplish what you want to accomplish.}
+cvs.texi(,3777)
+cvs.texi(,3778) @cindex Moving tags
+cvs.texi(,3779) @cindex Moving branch tags
+cvs.texi(,3780) @cindex Tags, moving
+cvs.texi(,3781) @cindex Branch tags, moving
+cvs.texi(,3782) When we say @dfn{move} a tag, we mean to make the same
+cvs.texi(,3783) name point to different revisions. For example, the
+cvs.texi(,3784) @code{stable} tag may currently point to revision 1.4
+cvs.texi(,3785) of @file{backend.c} and perhaps we want to make it
+cvs.texi(,3786) point to revision 1.6. To move a non-branch tag, specify the
+cvs.texi(,3787) @samp{-F} option to either @code{cvs tag} or @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,3788) rtag}. For example, the task just mentioned might be
+cvs.texi(,3789) accomplished as:
+cvs.texi(,3790)
+cvs.texi(,3791) @example
+cvs.texi(,3792) cvs tag -r 1.6 -F stable backend.c
+cvs.texi(,3793) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3794)
+cvs.texi(,3795) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,3796) If any branch tags are encountered in the repository
+cvs.texi(,3797) with the given name, a warning is issued and the branch
+cvs.texi(,3798) tag is not disturbed. If you are absolutely certain you
+cvs.texi(,3799) wish to move the branch tag, the @code{-B} option may be
specified.
+cvs.texi(,3800) In that case, non-branch tags encountered with the given
+cvs.texi(,3801) name are ignored with a warning message.
cvs.texi(,3802)
-cvs.texi(,3803) @cindex Renaming tags
-cvs.texi(,3804) @cindex Tags, renaming
-cvs.texi(,3805) When we say @dfn{rename} a tag, we mean to make a
-cvs.texi(,3806) different name point to the same revisions as the old
-cvs.texi(,3807) tag. For example, one may have misspelled the tag name
-cvs.texi(,3808) and want to correct it (hopefully before others are
-cvs.texi(,3809) relying on the old spelling). To rename a tag, first
-cvs.texi(,3810) create a new tag using the @samp{-r} option to
-cvs.texi(,3811) @code{cvs rtag}, and then delete the old name. (Caution:
-cvs.texi(,3812) this method will not work with branch tags.)
-cvs.texi(,3813) This leaves the new tag on exactly the
-cvs.texi(,3814) same files as the old tag. For example:
-cvs.texi(,3815)
-cvs.texi(,3816) @example
-cvs.texi(,3817) cvs rtag -r old-name-0-4 rel-0-4 tc
-cvs.texi(,3818) cvs rtag -d old-name-0-4 tc
-cvs.texi(,3819) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3820)
-cvs.texi(,3821) @node Tagging add/remove
-cvs.texi(,3822) @section Tagging and adding and removing files
-cvs.texi(,3823)
-cvs.texi(,3824) The subject of exactly how tagging interacts with
-cvs.texi(,3825) adding and removing files is somewhat obscure; for the
-cvs.texi(,3826) most part @sc{cvs} will keep track of whether files
-cvs.texi(,3827) exist or not without too much fussing. By default,
-cvs.texi(,3828) tags are applied to only files which have a revision
-cvs.texi(,3829) corresponding to what is being tagged. Files which did
-cvs.texi(,3830) not exist yet, or which were already removed, simply
-cvs.texi(,3831) omit the tag, and @sc{cvs} knows to treat the absence
-cvs.texi(,3832) of a tag as meaning that the file didn't exist as of
-cvs.texi(,3833) that tag.
-cvs.texi(,3834)
-cvs.texi(,3835) However, this can lose a small amount of information.
-cvs.texi(,3836) For example, suppose a file was added and then removed.
-cvs.texi(,3837) Then, if the tag is missing for that file, there is no
-cvs.texi(,3838) way to know whether the tag refers to the time before
-cvs.texi(,3839) the file was added, or the time after it was removed.
-cvs.texi(,3840) If you specify the @samp{-r} option to @code{cvs rtag},
-cvs.texi(,3841) then @sc{cvs} tags the files which have been removed,
-cvs.texi(,3842) and thereby avoids this problem. For example, one
-cvs.texi(,3843) might specify @code{-r HEAD} to tag the head.
-cvs.texi(,3844)
-cvs.texi(,3845) On the subject of adding and removing files, the
-cvs.texi(,3846) @code{cvs rtag} command has a @samp{-a} option which
-cvs.texi(,3847) means to clear the tag from removed files that would
-cvs.texi(,3848) not otherwise be tagged. For example, one might
-cvs.texi(,3849) specify this option in conjunction with @samp{-F} when
-cvs.texi(,3850) moving a tag. If one moved a tag without @samp{-a},
-cvs.texi(,3851) then the tag in the removed files might still refer to
-cvs.texi(,3852) the old revision, rather than reflecting the fact that
-cvs.texi(,3853) the file had been removed. I don't think this is
-cvs.texi(,3854) necessary if @samp{-r} is specified, as noted above.
-cvs.texi(,3855)
-cvs.texi(,3856) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,3857) @node Sticky tags
-cvs.texi(,3858) @section Sticky tags
-cvs.texi(,3859) @cindex Sticky tags
-cvs.texi(,3860) @cindex Tags, sticky
+cvs.texi(,3803) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,3804) @strong{WARNING: Moving branch tags is very dangerous! If you
think you
+cvs.texi(,3805) need the @code{-B} option, think again and ask your @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,3806) administrator about it (if that isn't you). There is almost
certainly
+cvs.texi(,3807) another way to accomplish what you want to accomplish.}
+cvs.texi(,3808)
+cvs.texi(,3809) @cindex Renaming tags
+cvs.texi(,3810) @cindex Tags, renaming
+cvs.texi(,3811) When we say @dfn{rename} a tag, we mean to make a
+cvs.texi(,3812) different name point to the same revisions as the old
+cvs.texi(,3813) tag. For example, one may have misspelled the tag name
+cvs.texi(,3814) and want to correct it (hopefully before others are
+cvs.texi(,3815) relying on the old spelling). To rename a tag, first
+cvs.texi(,3816) create a new tag using the @samp{-r} option to
+cvs.texi(,3817) @code{cvs rtag}, and then delete the old name. (Caution:
+cvs.texi(,3818) this method will not work with branch tags.)
+cvs.texi(,3819) This leaves the new tag on exactly the
+cvs.texi(,3820) same files as the old tag. For example:
+cvs.texi(,3821)
+cvs.texi(,3822) @example
+cvs.texi(,3823) cvs rtag -r old-name-0-4 rel-0-4 tc
+cvs.texi(,3824) cvs rtag -d old-name-0-4 tc
+cvs.texi(,3825) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3826)
+cvs.texi(,3827) @node Tagging add/remove
+cvs.texi(,3828) @section Tagging and adding and removing files
+cvs.texi(,3829)
+cvs.texi(,3830) The subject of exactly how tagging interacts with
+cvs.texi(,3831) adding and removing files is somewhat obscure; for the
+cvs.texi(,3832) most part @sc{cvs} will keep track of whether files
+cvs.texi(,3833) exist or not without too much fussing. By default,
+cvs.texi(,3834) tags are applied to only files which have a revision
+cvs.texi(,3835) corresponding to what is being tagged. Files which did
+cvs.texi(,3836) not exist yet, or which were already removed, simply
+cvs.texi(,3837) omit the tag, and @sc{cvs} knows to treat the absence
+cvs.texi(,3838) of a tag as meaning that the file didn't exist as of
+cvs.texi(,3839) that tag.
+cvs.texi(,3840)
+cvs.texi(,3841) However, this can lose a small amount of information.
+cvs.texi(,3842) For example, suppose a file was added and then removed.
+cvs.texi(,3843) Then, if the tag is missing for that file, there is no
+cvs.texi(,3844) way to know whether the tag refers to the time before
+cvs.texi(,3845) the file was added, or the time after it was removed.
+cvs.texi(,3846) If you specify the @samp{-r} option to @code{cvs rtag},
+cvs.texi(,3847) then @sc{cvs} tags the files which have been removed,
+cvs.texi(,3848) and thereby avoids this problem. For example, one
+cvs.texi(,3849) might specify @code{-r HEAD} to tag the head.
+cvs.texi(,3850)
+cvs.texi(,3851) On the subject of adding and removing files, the
+cvs.texi(,3852) @code{cvs rtag} command has a @samp{-a} option which
+cvs.texi(,3853) means to clear the tag from removed files that would
+cvs.texi(,3854) not otherwise be tagged. For example, one might
+cvs.texi(,3855) specify this option in conjunction with @samp{-F} when
+cvs.texi(,3856) moving a tag. If one moved a tag without @samp{-a},
+cvs.texi(,3857) then the tag in the removed files might still refer to
+cvs.texi(,3858) the old revision, rather than reflecting the fact that
+cvs.texi(,3859) the file had been removed. I don't think this is
+cvs.texi(,3860) necessary if @samp{-r} is specified, as noted above.
cvs.texi(,3861)
-cvs.texi(,3862) @c A somewhat related issue is per-directory sticky
-cvs.texi(,3863) @c tags (see comment at CVS/Tag in node Working
-cvs.texi(,3864) @c directory storage); we probably want to say
-cvs.texi(,3865) @c something like "you can set a sticky tag for only
-cvs.texi(,3866) @c some files, but you don't want to" or some such.
+cvs.texi(,3862) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,3863) @node Sticky tags
+cvs.texi(,3864) @section Sticky tags
+cvs.texi(,3865) @cindex Sticky tags
+cvs.texi(,3866) @cindex Tags, sticky
cvs.texi(,3867)
-cvs.texi(,3868) Sometimes a working copy's revision has extra data
-cvs.texi(,3869) associated with it, for example it might be on a branch
-cvs.texi(,3870) (@pxref{Branching and merging}), or restricted to
-cvs.texi(,3871) versions prior to a certain date by @samp{checkout -D}
-cvs.texi(,3872) or @samp{update -D}. Because this data persists --
-cvs.texi(,3873) that is, it applies to subsequent commands in the
-cvs.texi(,3874) working copy -- we refer to it as @dfn{sticky}.
-cvs.texi(,3875)
-cvs.texi(,3876) Most of the time, stickiness is an obscure aspect of
-cvs.texi(,3877) @sc{cvs} that you don't need to think about. However,
-cvs.texi(,3878) even if you don't want to use the feature, you may need
-cvs.texi(,3879) to know @emph{something} about sticky tags (for
-cvs.texi(,3880) example, how to avoid them!).
+cvs.texi(,3868) @c A somewhat related issue is per-directory sticky
+cvs.texi(,3869) @c tags (see comment at CVS/Tag in node Working
+cvs.texi(,3870) @c directory storage); we probably want to say
+cvs.texi(,3871) @c something like "you can set a sticky tag for only
+cvs.texi(,3872) @c some files, but you don't want to" or some such.
+cvs.texi(,3873)
+cvs.texi(,3874) Sometimes a working copy's revision has extra data
+cvs.texi(,3875) associated with it, for example it might be on a branch
+cvs.texi(,3876) (@pxref{Branching and merging}), or restricted to
+cvs.texi(,3877) versions prior to a certain date by @samp{checkout -D}
+cvs.texi(,3878) or @samp{update -D}. Because this data persists --
+cvs.texi(,3879) that is, it applies to subsequent commands in the
+cvs.texi(,3880) working copy -- we refer to it as @dfn{sticky}.
cvs.texi(,3881)
-cvs.texi(,3882) You can use the @code{status} command to see if any
-cvs.texi(,3883) sticky tags or dates are set:
-cvs.texi(,3884)
-cvs.texi(,3885) @example
-cvs.texi(,3886) $ cvs status driver.c
-cvs.texi(,3887)
===================================================================
-cvs.texi(,3888) File: driver.c Status: Up-to-date
-cvs.texi(,3889)
-cvs.texi(,3890) Version: 1.7.2.1 Sat Dec 5 19:35:03 1992
-cvs.texi(,3891) RCS Version: 1.7.2.1
/u/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/driver.c,v
-cvs.texi(,3892) Sticky Tag: rel-1-0-patches (branch: 1.7.2)
-cvs.texi(,3893) Sticky Date: (none)
-cvs.texi(,3894) Sticky Options: (none)
+cvs.texi(,3882) Most of the time, stickiness is an obscure aspect of
+cvs.texi(,3883) @sc{cvs} that you don't need to think about. However,
+cvs.texi(,3884) even if you don't want to use the feature, you may need
+cvs.texi(,3885) to know @emph{something} about sticky tags (for
+cvs.texi(,3886) example, how to avoid them!).
+cvs.texi(,3887)
+cvs.texi(,3888) You can use the @code{status} command to see if any
+cvs.texi(,3889) sticky tags or dates are set:
+cvs.texi(,3890)
+cvs.texi(,3891) @example
+cvs.texi(,3892) $ cvs status driver.c
+cvs.texi(,3893)
===================================================================
+cvs.texi(,3894) File: driver.c Status: Up-to-date
cvs.texi(,3895)
-cvs.texi(,3896) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3897)
-cvs.texi(,3898) @cindex Resetting sticky tags
-cvs.texi(,3899) @cindex Sticky tags, resetting
-cvs.texi(,3900) @cindex Deleting sticky tags
-cvs.texi(,3901) The sticky tags will remain on your working files until
-cvs.texi(,3902) you delete them with @samp{cvs update -A}. The
-cvs.texi(,3903) @samp{-A} option merges local changes into the version of the
-cvs.texi(,3904) file from the head of the trunk, removing any sticky tags,
-cvs.texi(,3905) dates, or options. See @ref{update} for more on the operation
-cvs.texi(,3906) of @code{cvs update}.
-cvs.texi(,3907)
-cvs.texi(,3908) @cindex Sticky date
-cvs.texi(,3909) The most common use of sticky tags is to identify which
-cvs.texi(,3910) branch one is working on, as described in
-cvs.texi(,3911) @ref{Accessing branches}. However, non-branch
-cvs.texi(,3912) sticky tags have uses as well. For example,
-cvs.texi(,3913) suppose that you want to avoid updating your working
-cvs.texi(,3914) directory, to isolate yourself from possibly
-cvs.texi(,3915) destabilizing changes other people are making. You
-cvs.texi(,3916) can, of course, just refrain from running @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,3917) update}. But if you want to avoid updating only a
-cvs.texi(,3918) portion of a larger tree, then sticky tags can help.
-cvs.texi(,3919) If you check out a certain revision (such as 1.4) it
-cvs.texi(,3920) will become sticky. Subsequent @code{cvs update}
-cvs.texi(,3921) commands will
-cvs.texi(,3922) not retrieve the latest revision until you reset the
-cvs.texi(,3923) tag with @code{cvs update -A}. Likewise, use of the
-cvs.texi(,3924) @samp{-D} option to @code{update} or @code{checkout}
-cvs.texi(,3925) sets a @dfn{sticky date}, which, similarly, causes that
-cvs.texi(,3926) date to be used for future retrievals.
-cvs.texi(,3927)
-cvs.texi(,3928) People often want to retrieve an old version of
-cvs.texi(,3929) a file without setting a sticky tag. This can
-cvs.texi(,3930) be done with the @samp{-p} option to @code{checkout} or
-cvs.texi(,3931) @code{update}, which sends the contents of the file to
-cvs.texi(,3932) standard output. For example:
-cvs.texi(,3933) @example
-cvs.texi(,3934) $ cvs update -p -r 1.1 file1 >file1
-cvs.texi(,3935)
===================================================================
-cvs.texi(,3936) Checking out file1
-cvs.texi(,3937) RCS: /tmp/cvs-sanity/cvsroot/first-dir/Attic/file1,v
-cvs.texi(,3938) VERS: 1.1
-cvs.texi(,3939) ***************
-cvs.texi(,3940) $
-cvs.texi(,3941) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3942)
-cvs.texi(,3943) However, this isn't the easiest way, if you are asking
-cvs.texi(,3944) how to undo a previous checkin (in this example, put
-cvs.texi(,3945) @file{file1} back to the way it was as of revision
-cvs.texi(,3946) 1.1). In that case you are better off using the
-cvs.texi(,3947) @samp{-j} option to @code{update}; for further
-cvs.texi(,3948) discussion see @ref{Merging two revisions}.
-cvs.texi(,3949)
-cvs.texi(,3950) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,3951) @node Branching and merging
-cvs.texi(,3952) @chapter Branching and merging
-cvs.texi(,3953) @cindex Branching
-cvs.texi(,3954) @cindex Merging
-cvs.texi(,3955) @cindex Copying changes
-cvs.texi(,3956) @cindex Main trunk and branches
-cvs.texi(,3957) @cindex Revision tree, making branches
-cvs.texi(,3958) @cindex Branches, copying changes between
-cvs.texi(,3959) @cindex Changes, copying between branches
-cvs.texi(,3960) @cindex Modifications, copying between branches
-cvs.texi(,3961)
-cvs.texi(,3962) @sc{cvs} allows you to isolate changes onto a separate
-cvs.texi(,3963) line of development, known as a @dfn{branch}. When you
-cvs.texi(,3964) change files on a branch, those changes do not appear
-cvs.texi(,3965) on the main trunk or other branches.
-cvs.texi(,3966)
-cvs.texi(,3967) Later you can move changes from one branch to another
-cvs.texi(,3968) branch (or the main trunk) by @dfn{merging}. Merging
-cvs.texi(,3969) involves first running @code{cvs update -j}, to merge
-cvs.texi(,3970) the changes into the working directory.
-cvs.texi(,3971) You can then commit that revision, and thus effectively
-cvs.texi(,3972) copy the changes onto another branch.
-cvs.texi(,3973)
-cvs.texi(,3974) @menu
-cvs.texi(,3975) * Branches motivation:: What branches are good for
-cvs.texi(,3976) * Creating a branch:: Creating a branch
-cvs.texi(,3977) * Accessing branches:: Checking out and updating
branches
-cvs.texi(,3978) * Branches and revisions:: Branches are reflected in
revision numbers
-cvs.texi(,3979) * Magic branch numbers:: Magic branch numbers
-cvs.texi(,3980) * Merging a branch:: Merging an entire branch
-cvs.texi(,3981) * Merging more than once:: Merging from a branch several
times
-cvs.texi(,3982) * Merging two revisions:: Merging differences between
two revisions
-cvs.texi(,3983) * Merging adds and removals:: What if files are added or
removed?
-cvs.texi(,3984) * Merging and keywords:: Avoiding conflicts due to
keyword substitution
-cvs.texi(,3985) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,3986)
-cvs.texi(,3987) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,3988) @node Branches motivation
-cvs.texi(,3989) @section What branches are good for
-cvs.texi(,3990) @cindex Branches motivation
-cvs.texi(,3991) @cindex What branches are good for
-cvs.texi(,3992) @cindex Motivation for branches
-cvs.texi(,3993)
-cvs.texi(,3994) @c FIXME: this node mentions one way to use branches,
-cvs.texi(,3995) @c but it is by no means the only way. For example,
-cvs.texi(,3996) @c the technique of committing a new feature on a branch,
-cvs.texi(,3997) @c until it is ready for the main trunk. The whole
-cvs.texi(,3998) @c thing is generally speaking more akin to the
-cvs.texi(,3999) @c "Revision management" node although it isn't clear to
-cvs.texi(,4000) @c me whether policy matters should be centralized or
-cvs.texi(,4001) @c distributed throughout the relevant sections.
-cvs.texi(,4002) Suppose that release 1.0 of tc has been made. You are
continuing to
-cvs.texi(,4003) develop tc, planning to create release 1.1 in a couple of
months. After a
-cvs.texi(,4004) while your customers start to complain about a fatal bug. You
check
-cvs.texi(,4005) out release 1.0 (@pxref{Tags}) and find the bug
-cvs.texi(,4006) (which turns out to have a trivial fix). However, the current
revision
-cvs.texi(,4007) of the sources are in a state of flux and are not expected to
be stable
-cvs.texi(,4008) for at least another month. There is no way to make a
-cvs.texi(,4009) bugfix release based on the newest sources.
-cvs.texi(,4010)
-cvs.texi(,4011) The thing to do in a situation like this is to create a
@dfn{branch} on
-cvs.texi(,4012) the revision trees for all the files that make up
-cvs.texi(,4013) release 1.0 of tc. You can then make
-cvs.texi(,4014) modifications to the branch without disturbing the main trunk.
When the
-cvs.texi(,4015) modifications are finished you can elect to either incorporate
them on
-cvs.texi(,4016) the main trunk, or leave them on the branch.
-cvs.texi(,4017)
-cvs.texi(,4018) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,4019) @node Creating a branch
-cvs.texi(,4020) @section Creating a branch
-cvs.texi(,4021) @cindex Creating a branch
-cvs.texi(,4022) @cindex Branch, creating a
-cvs.texi(,4023) @cindex tag (subcommand), creating a branch using
-cvs.texi(,4024) @cindex rtag (subcommand), creating a branch using
-cvs.texi(,4025)
-cvs.texi(,4026) You can create a branch with @code{tag -b}; for
-cvs.texi(,4027) example, assuming you're in a working copy:
-cvs.texi(,4028)
-cvs.texi(,4029) @example
-cvs.texi(,4030) $ cvs tag -b rel-1-0-patches
-cvs.texi(,4031) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4032)
-cvs.texi(,4033) @c FIXME: we should be more explicit about the value of
-cvs.texi(,4034) @c having a tag on the branchpoint. For example
-cvs.texi(,4035) @c "cvs tag rel-1-0-patches-branchpoint" before
-cvs.texi(,4036) @c the "cvs tag -b". This points out that
-cvs.texi(,4037) @c rel-1-0-patches is a pretty awkward name for
-cvs.texi(,4038) @c this example (more so than for the rtag example
-cvs.texi(,4039) @c below).
-cvs.texi(,4040)
-cvs.texi(,4041) This splits off a branch based on the current revisions
-cvs.texi(,4042) in the working copy, assigning that branch the name
-cvs.texi(,4043) @samp{rel-1-0-patches}.
-cvs.texi(,4044)
-cvs.texi(,4045) It is important to understand that branches get created
-cvs.texi(,4046) in the repository, not in the working copy. Creating a
-cvs.texi(,4047) branch based on current revisions, as the above example
-cvs.texi(,4048) does, will @emph{not} automatically switch the working
-cvs.texi(,4049) copy to be on the new branch. For information on how
-cvs.texi(,4050) to do that, see @ref{Accessing branches}.
-cvs.texi(,4051)
-cvs.texi(,4052) You can also create a branch without reference to any
-cvs.texi(,4053) working copy, by using @code{rtag}:
-cvs.texi(,4054)
-cvs.texi(,4055) @example
-cvs.texi(,4056) $ cvs rtag -b -r rel-1-0 rel-1-0-patches tc
-cvs.texi(,4057) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4058)
-cvs.texi(,4059) @samp{-r rel-1-0} says that this branch should be
-cvs.texi(,4060) rooted at the revision that
-cvs.texi(,4061) corresponds to the tag @samp{rel-1-0}. It need not
-cvs.texi(,4062) be the most recent revision -- it's often useful to
-cvs.texi(,4063) split a branch off an old revision (for example, when
-cvs.texi(,4064) fixing a bug in a past release otherwise known to be
-cvs.texi(,4065) stable).
-cvs.texi(,4066)
-cvs.texi(,4067) As with @samp{tag}, the @samp{-b} flag tells
-cvs.texi(,4068) @code{rtag} to create a branch (rather than just a
-cvs.texi(,4069) symbolic revision name). Note that the numeric
-cvs.texi(,4070) revision number that matches @samp{rel-1-0} will
-cvs.texi(,4071) probably be different from file to file.
+cvs.texi(,3896) Version: 1.7.2.1 Sat Dec 5 19:35:03 1992
+cvs.texi(,3897) RCS Version: 1.7.2.1
/u/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/driver.c,v
+cvs.texi(,3898) Sticky Tag: rel-1-0-patches (branch: 1.7.2)
+cvs.texi(,3899) Sticky Date: (none)
+cvs.texi(,3900) Sticky Options: (none)
+cvs.texi(,3901)
+cvs.texi(,3902) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3903)
+cvs.texi(,3904) @cindex Resetting sticky tags
+cvs.texi(,3905) @cindex Sticky tags, resetting
+cvs.texi(,3906) @cindex Deleting sticky tags
+cvs.texi(,3907) The sticky tags will remain on your working files until
+cvs.texi(,3908) you delete them with @samp{cvs update -A}. The
+cvs.texi(,3909) @samp{-A} option merges local changes into the version of the
+cvs.texi(,3910) file from the head of the trunk, removing any sticky tags,
+cvs.texi(,3911) dates, or options. See @ref{update} for more on the operation
+cvs.texi(,3912) of @code{cvs update}.
+cvs.texi(,3913)
+cvs.texi(,3914) @cindex Sticky date
+cvs.texi(,3915) The most common use of sticky tags is to identify which
+cvs.texi(,3916) branch one is working on, as described in
+cvs.texi(,3917) @ref{Accessing branches}. However, non-branch
+cvs.texi(,3918) sticky tags have uses as well. For example,
+cvs.texi(,3919) suppose that you want to avoid updating your working
+cvs.texi(,3920) directory, to isolate yourself from possibly
+cvs.texi(,3921) destabilizing changes other people are making. You
+cvs.texi(,3922) can, of course, just refrain from running @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,3923) update}. But if you want to avoid updating only a
+cvs.texi(,3924) portion of a larger tree, then sticky tags can help.
+cvs.texi(,3925) If you check out a certain revision (such as 1.4) it
+cvs.texi(,3926) will become sticky. Subsequent @code{cvs update}
+cvs.texi(,3927) commands will
+cvs.texi(,3928) not retrieve the latest revision until you reset the
+cvs.texi(,3929) tag with @code{cvs update -A}. Likewise, use of the
+cvs.texi(,3930) @samp{-D} option to @code{update} or @code{checkout}
+cvs.texi(,3931) sets a @dfn{sticky date}, which, similarly, causes that
+cvs.texi(,3932) date to be used for future retrievals.
+cvs.texi(,3933)
+cvs.texi(,3934) People often want to retrieve an old version of
+cvs.texi(,3935) a file without setting a sticky tag. This can
+cvs.texi(,3936) be done with the @samp{-p} option to @code{checkout} or
+cvs.texi(,3937) @code{update}, which sends the contents of the file to
+cvs.texi(,3938) standard output. For example:
+cvs.texi(,3939) @example
+cvs.texi(,3940) $ cvs update -p -r 1.1 file1 >file1
+cvs.texi(,3941)
===================================================================
+cvs.texi(,3942) Checking out file1
+cvs.texi(,3943) RCS: /tmp/cvs-sanity/cvsroot/first-dir/Attic/file1,v
+cvs.texi(,3944) VERS: 1.1
+cvs.texi(,3945) ***************
+cvs.texi(,3946) $
+cvs.texi(,3947) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3948)
+cvs.texi(,3949) However, this isn't the easiest way, if you are asking
+cvs.texi(,3950) how to undo a previous checkin (in this example, put
+cvs.texi(,3951) @file{file1} back to the way it was as of revision
+cvs.texi(,3952) 1.1). In that case you are better off using the
+cvs.texi(,3953) @samp{-j} option to @code{update}; for further
+cvs.texi(,3954) discussion see @ref{Merging two revisions}.
+cvs.texi(,3955)
+cvs.texi(,3956) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,3957) @node Branching and merging
+cvs.texi(,3958) @chapter Branching and merging
+cvs.texi(,3959) @cindex Branching
+cvs.texi(,3960) @cindex Merging
+cvs.texi(,3961) @cindex Copying changes
+cvs.texi(,3962) @cindex Main trunk and branches
+cvs.texi(,3963) @cindex Revision tree, making branches
+cvs.texi(,3964) @cindex Branches, copying changes between
+cvs.texi(,3965) @cindex Changes, copying between branches
+cvs.texi(,3966) @cindex Modifications, copying between branches
+cvs.texi(,3967)
+cvs.texi(,3968) @sc{cvs} allows you to isolate changes onto a separate
+cvs.texi(,3969) line of development, known as a @dfn{branch}. When you
+cvs.texi(,3970) change files on a branch, those changes do not appear
+cvs.texi(,3971) on the main trunk or other branches.
+cvs.texi(,3972)
+cvs.texi(,3973) Later you can move changes from one branch to another
+cvs.texi(,3974) branch (or the main trunk) by @dfn{merging}. Merging
+cvs.texi(,3975) involves first running @code{cvs update -j}, to merge
+cvs.texi(,3976) the changes into the working directory.
+cvs.texi(,3977) You can then commit that revision, and thus effectively
+cvs.texi(,3978) copy the changes onto another branch.
+cvs.texi(,3979)
+cvs.texi(,3980) @menu
+cvs.texi(,3981) * Branches motivation:: What branches are good for
+cvs.texi(,3982) * Creating a branch:: Creating a branch
+cvs.texi(,3983) * Accessing branches:: Checking out and updating
branches
+cvs.texi(,3984) * Branches and revisions:: Branches are reflected in
revision numbers
+cvs.texi(,3985) * Magic branch numbers:: Magic branch numbers
+cvs.texi(,3986) * Merging a branch:: Merging an entire branch
+cvs.texi(,3987) * Merging more than once:: Merging from a branch several
times
+cvs.texi(,3988) * Merging two revisions:: Merging differences between
two revisions
+cvs.texi(,3989) * Merging adds and removals:: What if files are added or
removed?
+cvs.texi(,3990) * Merging and keywords:: Avoiding conflicts due to
keyword substitution
+cvs.texi(,3991) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,3992)
+cvs.texi(,3993) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,3994) @node Branches motivation
+cvs.texi(,3995) @section What branches are good for
+cvs.texi(,3996) @cindex Branches motivation
+cvs.texi(,3997) @cindex What branches are good for
+cvs.texi(,3998) @cindex Motivation for branches
+cvs.texi(,3999)
+cvs.texi(,4000) @c FIXME: this node mentions one way to use branches,
+cvs.texi(,4001) @c but it is by no means the only way. For example,
+cvs.texi(,4002) @c the technique of committing a new feature on a branch,
+cvs.texi(,4003) @c until it is ready for the main trunk. The whole
+cvs.texi(,4004) @c thing is generally speaking more akin to the
+cvs.texi(,4005) @c "Revision management" node although it isn't clear to
+cvs.texi(,4006) @c me whether policy matters should be centralized or
+cvs.texi(,4007) @c distributed throughout the relevant sections.
+cvs.texi(,4008) Suppose that release 1.0 of tc has been made. You are
continuing to
+cvs.texi(,4009) develop tc, planning to create release 1.1 in a couple of
months. After a
+cvs.texi(,4010) while your customers start to complain about a fatal bug. You
check
+cvs.texi(,4011) out release 1.0 (@pxref{Tags}) and find the bug
+cvs.texi(,4012) (which turns out to have a trivial fix). However, the current
revision
+cvs.texi(,4013) of the sources are in a state of flux and are not expected to
be stable
+cvs.texi(,4014) for at least another month. There is no way to make a
+cvs.texi(,4015) bugfix release based on the newest sources.
+cvs.texi(,4016)
+cvs.texi(,4017) The thing to do in a situation like this is to create a
@dfn{branch} on
+cvs.texi(,4018) the revision trees for all the files that make up
+cvs.texi(,4019) release 1.0 of tc. You can then make
+cvs.texi(,4020) modifications to the branch without disturbing the main trunk.
When the
+cvs.texi(,4021) modifications are finished you can elect to either incorporate
them on
+cvs.texi(,4022) the main trunk, or leave them on the branch.
+cvs.texi(,4023)
+cvs.texi(,4024) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,4025) @node Creating a branch
+cvs.texi(,4026) @section Creating a branch
+cvs.texi(,4027) @cindex Creating a branch
+cvs.texi(,4028) @cindex Branch, creating a
+cvs.texi(,4029) @cindex tag (subcommand), creating a branch using
+cvs.texi(,4030) @cindex rtag (subcommand), creating a branch using
+cvs.texi(,4031)
+cvs.texi(,4032) You can create a branch with @code{tag -b}; for
+cvs.texi(,4033) example, assuming you're in a working copy:
+cvs.texi(,4034)
+cvs.texi(,4035) @example
+cvs.texi(,4036) $ cvs tag -b rel-1-0-patches
+cvs.texi(,4037) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4038)
+cvs.texi(,4039) @c FIXME: we should be more explicit about the value of
+cvs.texi(,4040) @c having a tag on the branchpoint. For example
+cvs.texi(,4041) @c "cvs tag rel-1-0-patches-branchpoint" before
+cvs.texi(,4042) @c the "cvs tag -b". This points out that
+cvs.texi(,4043) @c rel-1-0-patches is a pretty awkward name for
+cvs.texi(,4044) @c this example (more so than for the rtag example
+cvs.texi(,4045) @c below).
+cvs.texi(,4046)
+cvs.texi(,4047) This splits off a branch based on the current revisions
+cvs.texi(,4048) in the working copy, assigning that branch the name
+cvs.texi(,4049) @samp{rel-1-0-patches}.
+cvs.texi(,4050)
+cvs.texi(,4051) It is important to understand that branches get created
+cvs.texi(,4052) in the repository, not in the working copy. Creating a
+cvs.texi(,4053) branch based on current revisions, as the above example
+cvs.texi(,4054) does, will @emph{not} automatically switch the working
+cvs.texi(,4055) copy to be on the new branch. For information on how
+cvs.texi(,4056) to do that, see @ref{Accessing branches}.
+cvs.texi(,4057)
+cvs.texi(,4058) You can also create a branch without reference to any
+cvs.texi(,4059) working copy, by using @code{rtag}:
+cvs.texi(,4060)
+cvs.texi(,4061) @example
+cvs.texi(,4062) $ cvs rtag -b -r rel-1-0 rel-1-0-patches tc
+cvs.texi(,4063) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4064)
+cvs.texi(,4065) @samp{-r rel-1-0} says that this branch should be
+cvs.texi(,4066) rooted at the revision that
+cvs.texi(,4067) corresponds to the tag @samp{rel-1-0}. It need not
+cvs.texi(,4068) be the most recent revision -- it's often useful to
+cvs.texi(,4069) split a branch off an old revision (for example, when
+cvs.texi(,4070) fixing a bug in a past release otherwise known to be
+cvs.texi(,4071) stable).
cvs.texi(,4072)
-cvs.texi(,4073) So, the full effect of the command is to create a new
-cvs.texi(,4074) branch -- named @samp{rel-1-0-patches} -- in module
-cvs.texi(,4075) @samp{tc}, rooted in the revision tree at the point tagged
-cvs.texi(,4076) by @samp{rel-1-0}.
-cvs.texi(,4077)
-cvs.texi(,4078) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,4079) @node Accessing branches
-cvs.texi(,4080) @section Accessing branches
-cvs.texi(,4081) @cindex Check out a branch
-cvs.texi(,4082) @cindex Retrieve a branch
-cvs.texi(,4083) @cindex Access a branch
-cvs.texi(,4084) @cindex Identifying a branch
-cvs.texi(,4085) @cindex Branch, check out
-cvs.texi(,4086) @cindex Branch, retrieving
-cvs.texi(,4087) @cindex Branch, accessing
-cvs.texi(,4088) @cindex Branch, identifying
-cvs.texi(,4089)
-cvs.texi(,4090) You can retrieve a branch in one of two ways: by
-cvs.texi(,4091) checking it out fresh from the repository, or by
-cvs.texi(,4092) switching an existing working copy over to the branch.
-cvs.texi(,4093)
-cvs.texi(,4094) To check out a branch from the repository, invoke
-cvs.texi(,4095) @samp{checkout} with the @samp{-r} flag, followed by
-cvs.texi(,4096) the tag name of the branch (@pxref{Creating a branch}):
-cvs.texi(,4097)
-cvs.texi(,4098) @example
-cvs.texi(,4099) $ cvs checkout -r rel-1-0-patches tc
-cvs.texi(,4100) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4101)
-cvs.texi(,4102) Or, if you already have a working copy, you can switch
-cvs.texi(,4103) it to a given branch with @samp{update -r}:
-cvs.texi(,4104)
-cvs.texi(,4105) @example
-cvs.texi(,4106) $ cvs update -r rel-1-0-patches tc
-cvs.texi(,4107) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4108)
-cvs.texi(,4109) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,4110) or equivalently:
-cvs.texi(,4111)
-cvs.texi(,4112) @example
-cvs.texi(,4113) $ cd tc
-cvs.texi(,4114) $ cvs update -r rel-1-0-patches
-cvs.texi(,4115) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4116)
-cvs.texi(,4117) It does not matter if the working copy was originally
-cvs.texi(,4118) on the main trunk or on some other branch -- the above
-cvs.texi(,4119) command will switch it to the named branch. And
-cvs.texi(,4120) similarly to a regular @samp{update} command,
-cvs.texi(,4121) @samp{update -r} merges any changes you have made,
-cvs.texi(,4122) notifying you of conflicts where they occur.
-cvs.texi(,4123)
-cvs.texi(,4124) Once you have a working copy tied to a particular
-cvs.texi(,4125) branch, it remains there until you tell it otherwise.
-cvs.texi(,4126) This means that changes checked in from the working
-cvs.texi(,4127) copy will add new revisions on that branch, while
-cvs.texi(,4128) leaving the main trunk and other branches unaffected.
+cvs.texi(,4073) As with @samp{tag}, the @samp{-b} flag tells
+cvs.texi(,4074) @code{rtag} to create a branch (rather than just a
+cvs.texi(,4075) symbolic revision name). Note that the numeric
+cvs.texi(,4076) revision number that matches @samp{rel-1-0} will
+cvs.texi(,4077) probably be different from file to file.
+cvs.texi(,4078)
+cvs.texi(,4079) So, the full effect of the command is to create a new
+cvs.texi(,4080) branch -- named @samp{rel-1-0-patches} -- in module
+cvs.texi(,4081) @samp{tc}, rooted in the revision tree at the point tagged
+cvs.texi(,4082) by @samp{rel-1-0}.
+cvs.texi(,4083)
+cvs.texi(,4084) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,4085) @node Accessing branches
+cvs.texi(,4086) @section Accessing branches
+cvs.texi(,4087) @cindex Check out a branch
+cvs.texi(,4088) @cindex Retrieve a branch
+cvs.texi(,4089) @cindex Access a branch
+cvs.texi(,4090) @cindex Identifying a branch
+cvs.texi(,4091) @cindex Branch, check out
+cvs.texi(,4092) @cindex Branch, retrieving
+cvs.texi(,4093) @cindex Branch, accessing
+cvs.texi(,4094) @cindex Branch, identifying
+cvs.texi(,4095)
+cvs.texi(,4096) You can retrieve a branch in one of two ways: by
+cvs.texi(,4097) checking it out fresh from the repository, or by
+cvs.texi(,4098) switching an existing working copy over to the branch.
+cvs.texi(,4099)
+cvs.texi(,4100) To check out a branch from the repository, invoke
+cvs.texi(,4101) @samp{checkout} with the @samp{-r} flag, followed by
+cvs.texi(,4102) the tag name of the branch (@pxref{Creating a branch}):
+cvs.texi(,4103)
+cvs.texi(,4104) @example
+cvs.texi(,4105) $ cvs checkout -r rel-1-0-patches tc
+cvs.texi(,4106) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4107)
+cvs.texi(,4108) Or, if you already have a working copy, you can switch
+cvs.texi(,4109) it to a given branch with @samp{update -r}:
+cvs.texi(,4110)
+cvs.texi(,4111) @example
+cvs.texi(,4112) $ cvs update -r rel-1-0-patches tc
+cvs.texi(,4113) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4114)
+cvs.texi(,4115) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,4116) or equivalently:
+cvs.texi(,4117)
+cvs.texi(,4118) @example
+cvs.texi(,4119) $ cd tc
+cvs.texi(,4120) $ cvs update -r rel-1-0-patches
+cvs.texi(,4121) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4122)
+cvs.texi(,4123) It does not matter if the working copy was originally
+cvs.texi(,4124) on the main trunk or on some other branch -- the above
+cvs.texi(,4125) command will switch it to the named branch. And
+cvs.texi(,4126) similarly to a regular @samp{update} command,
+cvs.texi(,4127) @samp{update -r} merges any changes you have made,
+cvs.texi(,4128) notifying you of conflicts where they occur.
cvs.texi(,4129)
-cvs.texi(,4130) @cindex Branches, sticky
-cvs.texi(,4131) To find out what branch a working copy is on, you can
-cvs.texi(,4132) use the @samp{status} command. In its output, look for
-cvs.texi(,4133) the field named @samp{Sticky tag} (@pxref{Sticky tags})
-cvs.texi(,4134) -- that's @sc{cvs}'s way of telling you the branch, if
-cvs.texi(,4135) any, of the current working files:
-cvs.texi(,4136)
-cvs.texi(,4137) @example
-cvs.texi(,4138) $ cvs status -v driver.c backend.c
-cvs.texi(,4139)
===================================================================
-cvs.texi(,4140) File: driver.c Status: Up-to-date
-cvs.texi(,4141)
-cvs.texi(,4142) Version: 1.7 Sat Dec 5 18:25:54 1992
-cvs.texi(,4143) RCS Version: 1.7
/u/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/driver.c,v
-cvs.texi(,4144) Sticky Tag: rel-1-0-patches (branch: 1.7.2)
-cvs.texi(,4145) Sticky Date: (none)
-cvs.texi(,4146) Sticky Options: (none)
+cvs.texi(,4130) Once you have a working copy tied to a particular
+cvs.texi(,4131) branch, it remains there until you tell it otherwise.
+cvs.texi(,4132) This means that changes checked in from the working
+cvs.texi(,4133) copy will add new revisions on that branch, while
+cvs.texi(,4134) leaving the main trunk and other branches unaffected.
+cvs.texi(,4135)
+cvs.texi(,4136) @cindex Branches, sticky
+cvs.texi(,4137) To find out what branch a working copy is on, you can
+cvs.texi(,4138) use the @samp{status} command. In its output, look for
+cvs.texi(,4139) the field named @samp{Sticky tag} (@pxref{Sticky tags})
+cvs.texi(,4140) -- that's @sc{cvs}'s way of telling you the branch, if
+cvs.texi(,4141) any, of the current working files:
+cvs.texi(,4142)
+cvs.texi(,4143) @example
+cvs.texi(,4144) $ cvs status -v driver.c backend.c
+cvs.texi(,4145)
===================================================================
+cvs.texi(,4146) File: driver.c Status: Up-to-date
cvs.texi(,4147)
-cvs.texi(,4148) Existing Tags:
-cvs.texi(,4149) rel-1-0-patches (branch: 1.7.2)
-cvs.texi(,4150) rel-1-0 (revision: 1.7)
-cvs.texi(,4151)
-cvs.texi(,4152)
===================================================================
-cvs.texi(,4153) File: backend.c Status: Up-to-date
-cvs.texi(,4154)
-cvs.texi(,4155) Version: 1.4 Tue Dec 1 14:39:01 1992
-cvs.texi(,4156) RCS Version: 1.4
/u/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/backend.c,v
-cvs.texi(,4157) Sticky Tag: rel-1-0-patches (branch: 1.4.2)
-cvs.texi(,4158) Sticky Date: (none)
-cvs.texi(,4159) Sticky Options: (none)
+cvs.texi(,4148) Version: 1.7 Sat Dec 5 18:25:54 1992
+cvs.texi(,4149) RCS Version: 1.7
/u/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/driver.c,v
+cvs.texi(,4150) Sticky Tag: rel-1-0-patches (branch: 1.7.2)
+cvs.texi(,4151) Sticky Date: (none)
+cvs.texi(,4152) Sticky Options: (none)
+cvs.texi(,4153)
+cvs.texi(,4154) Existing Tags:
+cvs.texi(,4155) rel-1-0-patches (branch: 1.7.2)
+cvs.texi(,4156) rel-1-0 (revision: 1.7)
+cvs.texi(,4157)
+cvs.texi(,4158)
===================================================================
+cvs.texi(,4159) File: backend.c Status: Up-to-date
cvs.texi(,4160)
-cvs.texi(,4161) Existing Tags:
-cvs.texi(,4162) rel-1-0-patches (branch: 1.4.2)
-cvs.texi(,4163) rel-1-0 (revision: 1.4)
-cvs.texi(,4164) rel-0-4 (revision: 1.4)
-cvs.texi(,4165)
-cvs.texi(,4166) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4167)
-cvs.texi(,4168) Don't be confused by the fact that the branch numbers
-cvs.texi(,4169) for each file are different (@samp{1.7.2} and
-cvs.texi(,4170) @samp{1.4.2} respectively). The branch tag is the
-cvs.texi(,4171) same, @samp{rel-1-0-patches}, and the files are
-cvs.texi(,4172) indeed on the same branch. The numbers simply reflect
-cvs.texi(,4173) the point in each file's revision history at which the
-cvs.texi(,4174) branch was made. In the above example, one can deduce
-cvs.texi(,4175) that @samp{driver.c} had been through more changes than
-cvs.texi(,4176) @samp{backend.c} before this branch was created.
-cvs.texi(,4177)
-cvs.texi(,4178) See @ref{Branches and revisions} for details about how
-cvs.texi(,4179) branch numbers are constructed.
-cvs.texi(,4180)
-cvs.texi(,4181) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,4182) @node Branches and revisions
-cvs.texi(,4183) @section Branches and revisions
-cvs.texi(,4184) @cindex Branch number
-cvs.texi(,4185) @cindex Number, branch
-cvs.texi(,4186) @cindex Revision numbers (branches)
-cvs.texi(,4187)
-cvs.texi(,4188) Ordinarily, a file's revision history is a linear
-cvs.texi(,4189) series of increments (@pxref{Revision numbers}):
-cvs.texi(,4190)
-cvs.texi(,4191) @example
-cvs.texi(,4192) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,4193) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !----! 1.3 !----! 1.4 !----! 1.5 !
-cvs.texi(,4194) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,4195) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4161) Version: 1.4 Tue Dec 1 14:39:01 1992
+cvs.texi(,4162) RCS Version: 1.4
/u/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/backend.c,v
+cvs.texi(,4163) Sticky Tag: rel-1-0-patches (branch: 1.4.2)
+cvs.texi(,4164) Sticky Date: (none)
+cvs.texi(,4165) Sticky Options: (none)
+cvs.texi(,4166)
+cvs.texi(,4167) Existing Tags:
+cvs.texi(,4168) rel-1-0-patches (branch: 1.4.2)
+cvs.texi(,4169) rel-1-0 (revision: 1.4)
+cvs.texi(,4170) rel-0-4 (revision: 1.4)
+cvs.texi(,4171)
+cvs.texi(,4172) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4173)
+cvs.texi(,4174) Don't be confused by the fact that the branch numbers
+cvs.texi(,4175) for each file are different (@samp{1.7.2} and
+cvs.texi(,4176) @samp{1.4.2} respectively). The branch tag is the
+cvs.texi(,4177) same, @samp{rel-1-0-patches}, and the files are
+cvs.texi(,4178) indeed on the same branch. The numbers simply reflect
+cvs.texi(,4179) the point in each file's revision history at which the
+cvs.texi(,4180) branch was made. In the above example, one can deduce
+cvs.texi(,4181) that @samp{driver.c} had been through more changes than
+cvs.texi(,4182) @samp{backend.c} before this branch was created.
+cvs.texi(,4183)
+cvs.texi(,4184) See @ref{Branches and revisions} for details about how
+cvs.texi(,4185) branch numbers are constructed.
+cvs.texi(,4186)
+cvs.texi(,4187) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,4188) @node Branches and revisions
+cvs.texi(,4189) @section Branches and revisions
+cvs.texi(,4190) @cindex Branch number
+cvs.texi(,4191) @cindex Number, branch
+cvs.texi(,4192) @cindex Revision numbers (branches)
+cvs.texi(,4193)
+cvs.texi(,4194) Ordinarily, a file's revision history is a linear
+cvs.texi(,4195) series of increments (@pxref{Revision numbers}):
cvs.texi(,4196)
-cvs.texi(,4197) However, @sc{cvs} is not limited to linear development. The
-cvs.texi(,4198) @dfn{revision tree} can be split into @dfn{branches},
-cvs.texi(,4199) where each branch is a self-maintained line of
-cvs.texi(,4200) development. Changes made on one branch can easily be
-cvs.texi(,4201) moved back to the main trunk.
+cvs.texi(,4197) @example
+cvs.texi(,4198) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,4199) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !----! 1.3 !----! 1.4 !----! 1.5 !
+cvs.texi(,4200) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,4201) @end example
cvs.texi(,4202)
-cvs.texi(,4203) Each branch has a @dfn{branch number}, consisting of an
-cvs.texi(,4204) odd number of period-separated decimal integers. The
-cvs.texi(,4205) branch number is created by appending an integer to the
-cvs.texi(,4206) revision number where the corresponding branch forked
-cvs.texi(,4207) off. Having branch numbers allows more than one branch
-cvs.texi(,4208) to be forked off from a certain revision.
-cvs.texi(,4209)
-cvs.texi(,4210) @need 3500
-cvs.texi(,4211) All revisions on a branch have revision numbers formed
-cvs.texi(,4212) by appending an ordinal number to the branch number.
-cvs.texi(,4213) The following figure illustrates branching with an
-cvs.texi(,4214) example.
+cvs.texi(,4203) However, @sc{cvs} is not limited to linear development. The
+cvs.texi(,4204) @dfn{revision tree} can be split into @dfn{branches},
+cvs.texi(,4205) where each branch is a self-maintained line of
+cvs.texi(,4206) development. Changes made on one branch can easily be
+cvs.texi(,4207) moved back to the main trunk.
+cvs.texi(,4208)
+cvs.texi(,4209) Each branch has a @dfn{branch number}, consisting of an
+cvs.texi(,4210) odd number of period-separated decimal integers. The
+cvs.texi(,4211) branch number is created by appending an integer to the
+cvs.texi(,4212) revision number where the corresponding branch forked
+cvs.texi(,4213) off. Having branch numbers allows more than one branch
+cvs.texi(,4214) to be forked off from a certain revision.
cvs.texi(,4215)
-cvs.texi(,4216) @example
-cvs.texi(,4217) @c This example used to have a 1.2.2.4 revision, which
-cvs.texi(,4218) @c might help clarify that development can continue on
-cvs.texi(,4219) @c 1.2.2. Might be worth reinstating if it can be done
-cvs.texi(,4220) @c without overfull hboxes.
-cvs.texi(,4221) @group
-cvs.texi(,4222)
+-------------+
-cvs.texi(,4223) Branch 1.2.2.3.2 -> !
1.2.2.3.2.1 !
-cvs.texi(,4224) /
+-------------+
-cvs.texi(,4225) /
-cvs.texi(,4226) /
-cvs.texi(,4227) +---------+ +---------+ +---------+
-cvs.texi(,4228) Branch 1.2.2 -> _! 1.2.2.1 !----! 1.2.2.2 !----! 1.2.2.3 !
-cvs.texi(,4229) / +---------+ +---------+ +---------+
-cvs.texi(,4230) /
+cvs.texi(,4216) @need 3500
+cvs.texi(,4217) All revisions on a branch have revision numbers formed
+cvs.texi(,4218) by appending an ordinal number to the branch number.
+cvs.texi(,4219) The following figure illustrates branching with an
+cvs.texi(,4220) example.
+cvs.texi(,4221)
+cvs.texi(,4222) @example
+cvs.texi(,4223) @c This example used to have a 1.2.2.4 revision, which
+cvs.texi(,4224) @c might help clarify that development can continue on
+cvs.texi(,4225) @c 1.2.2. Might be worth reinstating if it can be done
+cvs.texi(,4226) @c without overfull hboxes.
+cvs.texi(,4227) @group
+cvs.texi(,4228)
+-------------+
+cvs.texi(,4229) Branch 1.2.2.3.2 -> !
1.2.2.3.2.1 !
+cvs.texi(,4230) /
+-------------+
cvs.texi(,4231) /
-cvs.texi(,4232) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,4233) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !----! 1.3 !----! 1.4 !----! 1.5 ! <- The
main trunk
-cvs.texi(,4234) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,4235) !
-cvs.texi(,4236) !
-cvs.texi(,4237) ! +---------+ +---------+ +---------+
-cvs.texi(,4238) Branch 1.2.4 -> +---! 1.2.4.1 !----! 1.2.4.2 !----! 1.2.4.3 !
-cvs.texi(,4239) +---------+ +---------+ +---------+
-cvs.texi(,4240)
-cvs.texi(,4241) @end group
-cvs.texi(,4242) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4243)
-cvs.texi(,4244) @c -- However, at least for me the figure is not enough. I
suggest more
-cvs.texi(,4245) @c -- text to accompany it. "A picture is worth a thousand
words", so you
-cvs.texi(,4246) @c -- have to make sure the reader notices the couple of
hundred words
-cvs.texi(,4247) @c -- *you* had in mind more than the others!
-cvs.texi(,4248)
-cvs.texi(,4249) @c -- Why an even number of segments? This section implies
that this is
-cvs.texi(,4250) @c -- how the main trunk is distinguished from branch roots,
but you never
-cvs.texi(,4251) @c -- explicitly say that this is the purpose of the [by
itself rather
-cvs.texi(,4252) @c -- surprising] restriction to an even number of segments.
-cvs.texi(,4253)
-cvs.texi(,4254) The exact details of how the branch number is
-cvs.texi(,4255) constructed is not something you normally need to be
-cvs.texi(,4256) concerned about, but here is how it works: When
-cvs.texi(,4257) @sc{cvs} creates a branch number it picks the first
-cvs.texi(,4258) unused even integer, starting with 2. So when you want
-cvs.texi(,4259) to create a branch from revision 6.4 it will be
-cvs.texi(,4260) numbered 6.4.2. All branch numbers ending in a zero
-cvs.texi(,4261) (such as 6.4.0) are used internally by @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,4262) (@pxref{Magic branch numbers}). The branch 1.1.1 has a
-cvs.texi(,4263) special meaning. @xref{Tracking sources}.
-cvs.texi(,4264)
-cvs.texi(,4265) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,4266) @node Magic branch numbers
-cvs.texi(,4267) @section Magic branch numbers
-cvs.texi(,4268)
-cvs.texi(,4269) @c Want xref to here from "log"?
+cvs.texi(,4232) /
+cvs.texi(,4233) +---------+ +---------+ +---------+
+cvs.texi(,4234) Branch 1.2.2 -> _! 1.2.2.1 !----! 1.2.2.2 !----! 1.2.2.3 !
+cvs.texi(,4235) / +---------+ +---------+ +---------+
+cvs.texi(,4236) /
+cvs.texi(,4237) /
+cvs.texi(,4238) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,4239) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !----! 1.3 !----! 1.4 !----! 1.5 ! <- The
main trunk
+cvs.texi(,4240) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,4241) !
+cvs.texi(,4242) !
+cvs.texi(,4243) ! +---------+ +---------+ +---------+
+cvs.texi(,4244) Branch 1.2.4 -> +---! 1.2.4.1 !----! 1.2.4.2 !----! 1.2.4.3 !
+cvs.texi(,4245) +---------+ +---------+ +---------+
+cvs.texi(,4246)
+cvs.texi(,4247) @end group
+cvs.texi(,4248) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4249)
+cvs.texi(,4250) @c -- However, at least for me the figure is not enough. I
suggest more
+cvs.texi(,4251) @c -- text to accompany it. "A picture is worth a thousand
words", so you
+cvs.texi(,4252) @c -- have to make sure the reader notices the couple of
hundred words
+cvs.texi(,4253) @c -- *you* had in mind more than the others!
+cvs.texi(,4254)
+cvs.texi(,4255) @c -- Why an even number of segments? This section implies
that this is
+cvs.texi(,4256) @c -- how the main trunk is distinguished from branch roots,
but you never
+cvs.texi(,4257) @c -- explicitly say that this is the purpose of the [by
itself rather
+cvs.texi(,4258) @c -- surprising] restriction to an even number of segments.
+cvs.texi(,4259)
+cvs.texi(,4260) The exact details of how the branch number is
+cvs.texi(,4261) constructed is not something you normally need to be
+cvs.texi(,4262) concerned about, but here is how it works: When
+cvs.texi(,4263) @sc{cvs} creates a branch number it picks the first
+cvs.texi(,4264) unused even integer, starting with 2. So when you want
+cvs.texi(,4265) to create a branch from revision 6.4 it will be
+cvs.texi(,4266) numbered 6.4.2. All branch numbers ending in a zero
+cvs.texi(,4267) (such as 6.4.0) are used internally by @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,4268) (@pxref{Magic branch numbers}). The branch 1.1.1 has a
+cvs.texi(,4269) special meaning. @xref{Tracking sources}.
cvs.texi(,4270)
-cvs.texi(,4271) This section describes a @sc{cvs} feature called
-cvs.texi(,4272) @dfn{magic branches}. For most purposes, you need not
-cvs.texi(,4273) worry about magic branches; @sc{cvs} handles them for
-cvs.texi(,4274) you. However, they are visible to you in certain
-cvs.texi(,4275) circumstances, so it may be useful to have some idea of
-cvs.texi(,4276) how it works.
-cvs.texi(,4277)
-cvs.texi(,4278) Externally, branch numbers consist of an odd number of
-cvs.texi(,4279) dot-separated decimal integers. @xref{Revision
-cvs.texi(,4280) numbers}. That is not the whole truth, however. For
-cvs.texi(,4281) efficiency reasons @sc{cvs} sometimes inserts an extra 0
-cvs.texi(,4282) in the second rightmost position (1.2.4 becomes
-cvs.texi(,4283) 1.2.0.4, 8.9.10.11.12 becomes 8.9.10.11.0.12 and so
-cvs.texi(,4284) on).
-cvs.texi(,4285)
-cvs.texi(,4286) @sc{cvs} does a pretty good job at hiding these so
-cvs.texi(,4287) called magic branches, but in a few places the hiding
-cvs.texi(,4288) is incomplete:
-cvs.texi(,4289)
-cvs.texi(,4290) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,4303) @item
-cvs.texi(,4304) The magic branch number appears in the output from
-cvs.texi(,4305) @code{cvs log}.
-cvs.texi(,4306) @c What output should appear instead?
-cvs.texi(,4307)
-cvs.texi(,4308) @item
-cvs.texi(,4309) You cannot specify a symbolic branch name to @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,4310) admin}.
-cvs.texi(,4311)
-cvs.texi(,4312) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,4271) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,4272) @node Magic branch numbers
+cvs.texi(,4273) @section Magic branch numbers
+cvs.texi(,4274)
+cvs.texi(,4275) @c Want xref to here from "log"?
+cvs.texi(,4276)
+cvs.texi(,4277) This section describes a @sc{cvs} feature called
+cvs.texi(,4278) @dfn{magic branches}. For most purposes, you need not
+cvs.texi(,4279) worry about magic branches; @sc{cvs} handles them for
+cvs.texi(,4280) you. However, they are visible to you in certain
+cvs.texi(,4281) circumstances, so it may be useful to have some idea of
+cvs.texi(,4282) how it works.
+cvs.texi(,4283)
+cvs.texi(,4284) Externally, branch numbers consist of an odd number of
+cvs.texi(,4285) dot-separated decimal integers. @xref{Revision
+cvs.texi(,4286) numbers}. That is not the whole truth, however. For
+cvs.texi(,4287) efficiency reasons @sc{cvs} sometimes inserts an extra 0
+cvs.texi(,4288) in the second rightmost position (1.2.4 becomes
+cvs.texi(,4289) 1.2.0.4, 8.9.10.11.12 becomes 8.9.10.11.0.12 and so
+cvs.texi(,4290) on).
+cvs.texi(,4291)
+cvs.texi(,4292) @sc{cvs} does a pretty good job at hiding these so
+cvs.texi(,4293) called magic branches, but in a few places the hiding
+cvs.texi(,4294) is incomplete:
+cvs.texi(,4295)
+cvs.texi(,4296) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,4309) @item
+cvs.texi(,4310) The magic branch number appears in the output from
+cvs.texi(,4311) @code{cvs log}.
+cvs.texi(,4312) @c What output should appear instead?
cvs.texi(,4313)
-cvs.texi(,4314) @c Can CVS do this automatically the first time
-cvs.texi(,4315) @c you check something in to that branch? Should
-cvs.texi(,4316) @c it?
-cvs.texi(,4317) You can use the @code{admin} command to reassign a
-cvs.texi(,4318) symbolic name to a branch the way @sc{rcs} expects it
-cvs.texi(,4319) to be. If @code{R4patches} is assigned to the branch
-cvs.texi(,4320) 1.4.2 (magic branch number 1.4.0.2) in file
-cvs.texi(,4321) @file{numbers.c} you can do this:
-cvs.texi(,4322)
-cvs.texi(,4323) @example
-cvs.texi(,4324) $ cvs admin -NR4patches:1.4.2 numbers.c
-cvs.texi(,4325) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4326)
-cvs.texi(,4327) It only works if at least one revision is already
-cvs.texi(,4328) committed on the branch. Be very careful so that you
-cvs.texi(,4329) do not assign the tag to the wrong number. (There is
-cvs.texi(,4330) no way to see how the tag was assigned yesterday).
-cvs.texi(,4331)
-cvs.texi(,4332) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,4333) @node Merging a branch
-cvs.texi(,4334) @section Merging an entire branch
-cvs.texi(,4335) @cindex Merging a branch
-cvs.texi(,4336) @cindex -j (merging branches)
+cvs.texi(,4314) @item
+cvs.texi(,4315) You cannot specify a symbolic branch name to @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,4316) admin}.
+cvs.texi(,4317)
+cvs.texi(,4318) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,4319)
+cvs.texi(,4320) @c Can CVS do this automatically the first time
+cvs.texi(,4321) @c you check something in to that branch? Should
+cvs.texi(,4322) @c it?
+cvs.texi(,4323) You can use the @code{admin} command to reassign a
+cvs.texi(,4324) symbolic name to a branch the way @sc{rcs} expects it
+cvs.texi(,4325) to be. If @code{R4patches} is assigned to the branch
+cvs.texi(,4326) 1.4.2 (magic branch number 1.4.0.2) in file
+cvs.texi(,4327) @file{numbers.c} you can do this:
+cvs.texi(,4328)
+cvs.texi(,4329) @example
+cvs.texi(,4330) $ cvs admin -NR4patches:1.4.2 numbers.c
+cvs.texi(,4331) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4332)
+cvs.texi(,4333) It only works if at least one revision is already
+cvs.texi(,4334) committed on the branch. Be very careful so that you
+cvs.texi(,4335) do not assign the tag to the wrong number. (There is
+cvs.texi(,4336) no way to see how the tag was assigned yesterday).
cvs.texi(,4337)
-cvs.texi(,4338) You can merge changes made on a branch into your working copy
by giving
-cvs.texi(,4339) the @samp{-j @var{branchname}} flag to the @code{update}
subcommand. With one
-cvs.texi(,4340) @samp{-j @var{branchname}} option it merges the changes made
between the
-cvs.texi(,4341) greatest common ancestor (GCA) of the branch and the
destination revision (in
-cvs.texi(,4342) the simple case below the GCA is the point where the branch
forked) and the
-cvs.texi(,4343) newest revision on that branch into your working copy.
-cvs.texi(,4344)
-cvs.texi(,4345) @cindex Join
-cvs.texi(,4346) The @samp{-j} stands for ``join''.
-cvs.texi(,4347)
-cvs.texi(,4348) @cindex Branch merge example
-cvs.texi(,4349) @cindex Example, branch merge
-cvs.texi(,4350) @cindex Merge, branch example
-cvs.texi(,4351) Consider this revision tree:
-cvs.texi(,4352)
-cvs.texi(,4353) @example
-cvs.texi(,4354) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,4355) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !----! 1.3 !----! 1.4 ! <- The main trunk
-cvs.texi(,4356) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,4357) !
-cvs.texi(,4358) !
-cvs.texi(,4359) ! +---------+ +---------+
-cvs.texi(,4360) Branch R1fix -> +---! 1.2.2.1 !----! 1.2.2.2 !
-cvs.texi(,4361) +---------+ +---------+
-cvs.texi(,4362) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4363)
-cvs.texi(,4364) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,4365) The branch 1.2.2 has been given the tag (symbolic name)
@samp{R1fix}. The
-cvs.texi(,4366) following example assumes that the module @samp{mod} contains
only one
-cvs.texi(,4367) file, @file{m.c}.
-cvs.texi(,4368)
-cvs.texi(,4369) @example
-cvs.texi(,4370) $ cvs checkout mod # @r{Retrieve the latest
revision, 1.4}
-cvs.texi(,4371)
-cvs.texi(,4372) $ cvs update -j R1fix m.c # @r{Merge all changes made
on the branch,}
-cvs.texi(,4373) # @r{i.e. the changes between
revision 1.2}
-cvs.texi(,4374) # @r{and 1.2.2.2, into your
working copy}
-cvs.texi(,4375) # @r{of the file.}
-cvs.texi(,4376)
-cvs.texi(,4377) $ cvs commit -m "Included R1fix" # @r{Create revision 1.5.}
-cvs.texi(,4378) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4379)
-cvs.texi(,4380) A conflict can result from a merge operation. If that
-cvs.texi(,4381) happens, you should resolve it before committing the
-cvs.texi(,4382) new revision. @xref{Conflicts example}.
-cvs.texi(,4383)
-cvs.texi(,4384) If your source files contain keywords (@pxref{Keyword
substitution}),
-cvs.texi(,4385) you might be getting more conflicts than strictly necessary.
See
-cvs.texi(,4386) @ref{Merging and keywords}, for information on how to avoid
this.
-cvs.texi(,4387)
-cvs.texi(,4388) The @code{checkout} command also supports the @samp{-j
@var{branchname}} flag. The
-cvs.texi(,4389) same effect as above could be achieved with this:
-cvs.texi(,4390)
-cvs.texi(,4391) @example
-cvs.texi(,4392) $ cvs checkout -j R1fix mod
-cvs.texi(,4393) $ cvs commit -m "Included R1fix"
-cvs.texi(,4394) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4395)
-cvs.texi(,4396) It should be noted that @code{update -j @var{tagname}} will
also work but may
-cvs.texi(,4397) not produce the desired result. @xref{Merging adds and
removals}, for more.
-cvs.texi(,4398)
-cvs.texi(,4399) @node Merging more than once
-cvs.texi(,4400) @section Merging from a branch several times
+cvs.texi(,4338) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,4339) @node Merging a branch
+cvs.texi(,4340) @section Merging an entire branch
+cvs.texi(,4341) @cindex Merging a branch
+cvs.texi(,4342) @cindex -j (merging branches)
+cvs.texi(,4343)
+cvs.texi(,4344) You can merge changes made on a branch into your working copy
by giving
+cvs.texi(,4345) the @samp{-j @var{branchname}} flag to the @code{update}
subcommand. With one
+cvs.texi(,4346) @samp{-j @var{branchname}} option it merges the changes made
between the
+cvs.texi(,4347) greatest common ancestor (GCA) of the branch and the
destination revision (in
+cvs.texi(,4348) the simple case below the GCA is the point where the branch
forked) and the
+cvs.texi(,4349) newest revision on that branch into your working copy.
+cvs.texi(,4350)
+cvs.texi(,4351) @cindex Join
+cvs.texi(,4352) The @samp{-j} stands for ``join''.
+cvs.texi(,4353)
+cvs.texi(,4354) @cindex Branch merge example
+cvs.texi(,4355) @cindex Example, branch merge
+cvs.texi(,4356) @cindex Merge, branch example
+cvs.texi(,4357) Consider this revision tree:
+cvs.texi(,4358)
+cvs.texi(,4359) @example
+cvs.texi(,4360) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,4361) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !----! 1.3 !----! 1.4 ! <- The main trunk
+cvs.texi(,4362) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,4363) !
+cvs.texi(,4364) !
+cvs.texi(,4365) ! +---------+ +---------+
+cvs.texi(,4366) Branch R1fix -> +---! 1.2.2.1 !----! 1.2.2.2 !
+cvs.texi(,4367) +---------+ +---------+
+cvs.texi(,4368) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4369)
+cvs.texi(,4370) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,4371) The branch 1.2.2 has been given the tag (symbolic name)
@samp{R1fix}. The
+cvs.texi(,4372) following example assumes that the module @samp{mod} contains
only one
+cvs.texi(,4373) file, @file{m.c}.
+cvs.texi(,4374)
+cvs.texi(,4375) @example
+cvs.texi(,4376) $ cvs checkout mod # @r{Retrieve the latest
revision, 1.4}
+cvs.texi(,4377)
+cvs.texi(,4378) $ cvs update -j R1fix m.c # @r{Merge all changes made
on the branch,}
+cvs.texi(,4379) # @r{i.e. the changes between
revision 1.2}
+cvs.texi(,4380) # @r{and 1.2.2.2, into your
working copy}
+cvs.texi(,4381) # @r{of the file.}
+cvs.texi(,4382)
+cvs.texi(,4383) $ cvs commit -m "Included R1fix" # @r{Create revision 1.5.}
+cvs.texi(,4384) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4385)
+cvs.texi(,4386) A conflict can result from a merge operation. If that
+cvs.texi(,4387) happens, you should resolve it before committing the
+cvs.texi(,4388) new revision. @xref{Conflicts example}.
+cvs.texi(,4389)
+cvs.texi(,4390) If your source files contain keywords (@pxref{Keyword
substitution}),
+cvs.texi(,4391) you might be getting more conflicts than strictly necessary.
See
+cvs.texi(,4392) @ref{Merging and keywords}, for information on how to avoid
this.
+cvs.texi(,4393)
+cvs.texi(,4394) The @code{checkout} command also supports the @samp{-j
@var{branchname}} flag. The
+cvs.texi(,4395) same effect as above could be achieved with this:
+cvs.texi(,4396)
+cvs.texi(,4397) @example
+cvs.texi(,4398) $ cvs checkout -j R1fix mod
+cvs.texi(,4399) $ cvs commit -m "Included R1fix"
+cvs.texi(,4400) @end example
cvs.texi(,4401)
-cvs.texi(,4402) Continuing our example, the revision tree now looks
-cvs.texi(,4403) like this:
+cvs.texi(,4402) It should be noted that @code{update -j @var{tagname}} will
also work but may
+cvs.texi(,4403) not produce the desired result. @xref{Merging adds and
removals}, for more.
cvs.texi(,4404)
-cvs.texi(,4405) @example
-cvs.texi(,4406) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,4407) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !----! 1.3 !----! 1.4 !----! 1.5 ! <- The
main trunk
-cvs.texi(,4408) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,4409) ! *
-cvs.texi(,4410) ! *
-cvs.texi(,4411) ! +---------+ +---------+
-cvs.texi(,4412) Branch R1fix -> +---! 1.2.2.1 !----! 1.2.2.2 !
-cvs.texi(,4413) +---------+ +---------+
-cvs.texi(,4414) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4415)
-cvs.texi(,4416) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,4417) where the starred line represents the merge from the
-cvs.texi(,4418) @samp{R1fix} branch to the main trunk, as just
-cvs.texi(,4419) discussed.
-cvs.texi(,4420)
-cvs.texi(,4421) Now suppose that development continues on the
-cvs.texi(,4422) @samp{R1fix} branch:
-cvs.texi(,4423)
-cvs.texi(,4424) @example
-cvs.texi(,4425) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,4426) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !----! 1.3 !----! 1.4 !----! 1.5 ! <- The
main trunk
-cvs.texi(,4427) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,4428) ! *
-cvs.texi(,4429) ! *
-cvs.texi(,4430) ! +---------+ +---------+ +---------+
-cvs.texi(,4431) Branch R1fix -> +---! 1.2.2.1 !----! 1.2.2.2 !----! 1.2.2.3 !
-cvs.texi(,4432) +---------+ +---------+ +---------+
-cvs.texi(,4433) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4434)
-cvs.texi(,4435) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,4436) and then you want to merge those new changes onto the
-cvs.texi(,4437) main trunk. If you just use the @code{cvs update -j
-cvs.texi(,4438) R1fix m.c} command again, @sc{cvs} will attempt to
-cvs.texi(,4439) merge again the changes which you have already merged,
-cvs.texi(,4440) which can have undesirable side effects.
-cvs.texi(,4441)
-cvs.texi(,4442) So instead you need to specify that you only want to
-cvs.texi(,4443) merge the changes on the branch which have not yet been
-cvs.texi(,4444) merged into the trunk. To do that you specify two
-cvs.texi(,4445) @samp{-j} options, and @sc{cvs} merges the changes from
-cvs.texi(,4446) the first revision to the second revision. For
-cvs.texi(,4447) example, in this case the simplest way would be
-cvs.texi(,4448)
-cvs.texi(,4449) @example
-cvs.texi(,4450) cvs update -j 1.2.2.2 -j R1fix m.c # @r{Merge changes from
1.2.2.2 to the}
-cvs.texi(,4451) # @r{head of the R1fix
branch}
-cvs.texi(,4452) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4453)
-cvs.texi(,4454) The problem with this is that you need to specify the
-cvs.texi(,4455) 1.2.2.2 revision manually. A slightly better approach
-cvs.texi(,4456) might be to use the date the last merge was done:
-cvs.texi(,4457)
-cvs.texi(,4458) @example
-cvs.texi(,4459) cvs update -j R1fix:yesterday -j R1fix m.c
-cvs.texi(,4460) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4461)
-cvs.texi(,4462) Better yet, tag the R1fix branch after every merge into
-cvs.texi(,4463) the trunk, and then use that tag for subsequent merges:
-cvs.texi(,4464)
-cvs.texi(,4465) @example
-cvs.texi(,4466) cvs update -j merged_from_R1fix_to_trunk -j R1fix m.c
-cvs.texi(,4467) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4468)
-cvs.texi(,4469) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,4470) @node Merging two revisions
-cvs.texi(,4471) @section Merging differences between any two revisions
-cvs.texi(,4472) @cindex Merging two revisions
-cvs.texi(,4473) @cindex Revisions, merging differences between
-cvs.texi(,4474) @cindex Differences, merging
-cvs.texi(,4475)
-cvs.texi(,4476) With two @samp{-j @var{revision}} flags, the @code{update}
-cvs.texi(,4477) (and @code{checkout}) command can merge the differences
-cvs.texi(,4478) between any two revisions into your working file.
-cvs.texi(,4479)
-cvs.texi(,4480) @cindex Undoing a change
-cvs.texi(,4481) @cindex Removing a change
-cvs.texi(,4482) @example
-cvs.texi(,4483) $ cvs update -j 1.5 -j 1.3 backend.c
-cvs.texi(,4484) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4405) @node Merging more than once
+cvs.texi(,4406) @section Merging from a branch several times
+cvs.texi(,4407)
+cvs.texi(,4408) Continuing our example, the revision tree now looks
+cvs.texi(,4409) like this:
+cvs.texi(,4410)
+cvs.texi(,4411) @example
+cvs.texi(,4412) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,4413) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !----! 1.3 !----! 1.4 !----! 1.5 ! <- The
main trunk
+cvs.texi(,4414) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,4415) ! *
+cvs.texi(,4416) ! *
+cvs.texi(,4417) ! +---------+ +---------+
+cvs.texi(,4418) Branch R1fix -> +---! 1.2.2.1 !----! 1.2.2.2 !
+cvs.texi(,4419) +---------+ +---------+
+cvs.texi(,4420) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4421)
+cvs.texi(,4422) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,4423) where the starred line represents the merge from the
+cvs.texi(,4424) @samp{R1fix} branch to the main trunk, as just
+cvs.texi(,4425) discussed.
+cvs.texi(,4426)
+cvs.texi(,4427) Now suppose that development continues on the
+cvs.texi(,4428) @samp{R1fix} branch:
+cvs.texi(,4429)
+cvs.texi(,4430) @example
+cvs.texi(,4431) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,4432) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !----! 1.3 !----! 1.4 !----! 1.5 ! <- The
main trunk
+cvs.texi(,4433) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,4434) ! *
+cvs.texi(,4435) ! *
+cvs.texi(,4436) ! +---------+ +---------+ +---------+
+cvs.texi(,4437) Branch R1fix -> +---! 1.2.2.1 !----! 1.2.2.2 !----! 1.2.2.3 !
+cvs.texi(,4438) +---------+ +---------+ +---------+
+cvs.texi(,4439) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4440)
+cvs.texi(,4441) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,4442) and then you want to merge those new changes onto the
+cvs.texi(,4443) main trunk. If you just use the @code{cvs update -j
+cvs.texi(,4444) R1fix m.c} command again, @sc{cvs} will attempt to
+cvs.texi(,4445) merge again the changes which you have already merged,
+cvs.texi(,4446) which can have undesirable side effects.
+cvs.texi(,4447)
+cvs.texi(,4448) So instead you need to specify that you only want to
+cvs.texi(,4449) merge the changes on the branch which have not yet been
+cvs.texi(,4450) merged into the trunk. To do that you specify two
+cvs.texi(,4451) @samp{-j} options, and @sc{cvs} merges the changes from
+cvs.texi(,4452) the first revision to the second revision. For
+cvs.texi(,4453) example, in this case the simplest way would be
+cvs.texi(,4454)
+cvs.texi(,4455) @example
+cvs.texi(,4456) cvs update -j 1.2.2.2 -j R1fix m.c # @r{Merge changes from
1.2.2.2 to the}
+cvs.texi(,4457) # @r{head of the R1fix
branch}
+cvs.texi(,4458) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4459)
+cvs.texi(,4460) The problem with this is that you need to specify the
+cvs.texi(,4461) 1.2.2.2 revision manually. A slightly better approach
+cvs.texi(,4462) might be to use the date the last merge was done:
+cvs.texi(,4463)
+cvs.texi(,4464) @example
+cvs.texi(,4465) cvs update -j R1fix:yesterday -j R1fix m.c
+cvs.texi(,4466) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4467)
+cvs.texi(,4468) Better yet, tag the R1fix branch after every merge into
+cvs.texi(,4469) the trunk, and then use that tag for subsequent merges:
+cvs.texi(,4470)
+cvs.texi(,4471) @example
+cvs.texi(,4472) cvs update -j merged_from_R1fix_to_trunk -j R1fix m.c
+cvs.texi(,4473) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4474)
+cvs.texi(,4475) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,4476) @node Merging two revisions
+cvs.texi(,4477) @section Merging differences between any two revisions
+cvs.texi(,4478) @cindex Merging two revisions
+cvs.texi(,4479) @cindex Revisions, merging differences between
+cvs.texi(,4480) @cindex Differences, merging
+cvs.texi(,4481)
+cvs.texi(,4482) With two @samp{-j @var{revision}} flags, the @code{update}
+cvs.texi(,4483) (and @code{checkout}) command can merge the differences
+cvs.texi(,4484) between any two revisions into your working file.
cvs.texi(,4485)
-cvs.texi(,4486) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,4487) will undo all changes made between revision
-cvs.texi(,4488) 1.3 and 1.5. Note the order of the revisions!
-cvs.texi(,4489)
-cvs.texi(,4490) If you try to use this option when operating on
-cvs.texi(,4491) multiple files, remember that the numeric revisions will
-cvs.texi(,4492) probably be very different between the various files.
-cvs.texi(,4493) You almost always use symbolic
-cvs.texi(,4494) tags rather than revision numbers when operating on
-cvs.texi(,4495) multiple files.
-cvs.texi(,4496)
-cvs.texi(,4497) @cindex Restoring old version of removed file
-cvs.texi(,4498) @cindex Resurrecting old version of dead file
-cvs.texi(,4499) Specifying two @samp{-j} options can also undo file
-cvs.texi(,4500) removals or additions. For example, suppose you have
-cvs.texi(,4501) a file
-cvs.texi(,4502) named @file{file1} which existed as revision 1.1, and
-cvs.texi(,4503) you then removed it (thus adding a dead revision 1.2).
-cvs.texi(,4504) Now suppose you want to add it again, with the same
-cvs.texi(,4505) contents it had previously. Here is how to do it:
-cvs.texi(,4506)
-cvs.texi(,4507) @example
-cvs.texi(,4508) $ cvs update -j 1.2 -j 1.1 file1
-cvs.texi(,4509) U file1
-cvs.texi(,4510) $ cvs commit -m test
-cvs.texi(,4511) Checking in file1;
-cvs.texi(,4512) /tmp/cvs-sanity/cvsroot/first-dir/file1,v <-- file1
-cvs.texi(,4513) new revision: 1.3; previous revision: 1.2
-cvs.texi(,4514) done
-cvs.texi(,4515) $
-cvs.texi(,4516) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4517)
-cvs.texi(,4518) @node Merging adds and removals
-cvs.texi(,4519) @section Merging can add or remove files
-cvs.texi(,4520)
-cvs.texi(,4521) If the changes which you are merging involve removing
-cvs.texi(,4522) or adding some files, @code{update -j} will reflect
-cvs.texi(,4523) such additions or removals.
-cvs.texi(,4524)
-cvs.texi(,4525) @c FIXME: This example needs a lot more explanation.
-cvs.texi(,4526) @c We also need other examples for some of the other
-cvs.texi(,4527) @c cases (not all--there are too many--as long as we present a
-cvs.texi(,4528) @c coherent general principle).
-cvs.texi(,4529) For example:
-cvs.texi(,4530) @example
-cvs.texi(,4531) cvs update -A
-cvs.texi(,4532) touch a b c
-cvs.texi(,4533) cvs add a b c ; cvs ci -m "added" a b c
-cvs.texi(,4534) cvs tag -b branchtag
-cvs.texi(,4535) cvs update -r branchtag
-cvs.texi(,4536) touch d ; cvs add d
-cvs.texi(,4537) rm a ; cvs rm a
-cvs.texi(,4538) cvs ci -m "added d, removed a"
-cvs.texi(,4539) cvs update -A
-cvs.texi(,4540) cvs update -jbranchtag
-cvs.texi(,4541) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4542)
-cvs.texi(,4543) After these commands are executed and a @samp{cvs commit} is
done,
-cvs.texi(,4544) file @file{a} will be removed and file @file{d} added in the
main branch.
-cvs.texi(,4545) @c (which was determined by trying it)
-cvs.texi(,4546)
-cvs.texi(,4547) Note that using a single static tag (@samp{-j @var{tagname}})
-cvs.texi(,4548) rather than a dynamic tag (@samp{-j @var{branchname}}) to merge
-cvs.texi(,4549) changes from a branch will usually not remove files which were
removed on the
-cvs.texi(,4550) branch since @sc{cvs} does not automatically add static tags
to dead revisions.
-cvs.texi(,4551) The exception to this rule occurs when
-cvs.texi(,4552) a static tag has been attached to a dead revision manually.
Use the branch tag
-cvs.texi(,4553) to merge all changes from the branch or use two static tags as
merge endpoints
-cvs.texi(,4554) to be sure that all intended changes are propagated in the
merge.
-cvs.texi(,4555)
-cvs.texi(,4556) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,4557) @node Merging and keywords
-cvs.texi(,4558) @section Merging and keywords
-cvs.texi(,4559) @cindex Merging, and keyword substitution
-cvs.texi(,4560) @cindex Keyword substitution, and merging
-cvs.texi(,4561) @cindex -j (merging branches), and keyword substitution
-cvs.texi(,4562) @cindex -kk, to avoid conflicts during a merge
-cvs.texi(,4563)
-cvs.texi(,4564) If you merge files containing keywords (@pxref{Keyword
-cvs.texi(,4565) substitution}), you will normally get numerous
-cvs.texi(,4566) conflicts during the merge, because the keywords are
-cvs.texi(,4567) expanded differently in the revisions which you are
-cvs.texi(,4568) merging.
+cvs.texi(,4486) @cindex Undoing a change
+cvs.texi(,4487) @cindex Removing a change
+cvs.texi(,4488) @example
+cvs.texi(,4489) $ cvs update -j 1.5 -j 1.3 backend.c
+cvs.texi(,4490) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4491)
+cvs.texi(,4492) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,4493) will undo all changes made between revision
+cvs.texi(,4494) 1.3 and 1.5. Note the order of the revisions!
+cvs.texi(,4495)
+cvs.texi(,4496) If you try to use this option when operating on
+cvs.texi(,4497) multiple files, remember that the numeric revisions will
+cvs.texi(,4498) probably be very different between the various files.
+cvs.texi(,4499) You almost always use symbolic
+cvs.texi(,4500) tags rather than revision numbers when operating on
+cvs.texi(,4501) multiple files.
+cvs.texi(,4502)
+cvs.texi(,4503) @cindex Restoring old version of removed file
+cvs.texi(,4504) @cindex Resurrecting old version of dead file
+cvs.texi(,4505) Specifying two @samp{-j} options can also undo file
+cvs.texi(,4506) removals or additions. For example, suppose you have
+cvs.texi(,4507) a file
+cvs.texi(,4508) named @file{file1} which existed as revision 1.1, and
+cvs.texi(,4509) you then removed it (thus adding a dead revision 1.2).
+cvs.texi(,4510) Now suppose you want to add it again, with the same
+cvs.texi(,4511) contents it had previously. Here is how to do it:
+cvs.texi(,4512)
+cvs.texi(,4513) @example
+cvs.texi(,4514) $ cvs update -j 1.2 -j 1.1 file1
+cvs.texi(,4515) U file1
+cvs.texi(,4516) $ cvs commit -m test
+cvs.texi(,4517) Checking in file1;
+cvs.texi(,4518) /tmp/cvs-sanity/cvsroot/first-dir/file1,v <-- file1
+cvs.texi(,4519) new revision: 1.3; previous revision: 1.2
+cvs.texi(,4520) done
+cvs.texi(,4521) $
+cvs.texi(,4522) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4523)
+cvs.texi(,4524) @node Merging adds and removals
+cvs.texi(,4525) @section Merging can add or remove files
+cvs.texi(,4526)
+cvs.texi(,4527) If the changes which you are merging involve removing
+cvs.texi(,4528) or adding some files, @code{update -j} will reflect
+cvs.texi(,4529) such additions or removals.
+cvs.texi(,4530)
+cvs.texi(,4531) @c FIXME: This example needs a lot more explanation.
+cvs.texi(,4532) @c We also need other examples for some of the other
+cvs.texi(,4533) @c cases (not all--there are too many--as long as we present a
+cvs.texi(,4534) @c coherent general principle).
+cvs.texi(,4535) For example:
+cvs.texi(,4536) @example
+cvs.texi(,4537) cvs update -A
+cvs.texi(,4538) touch a b c
+cvs.texi(,4539) cvs add a b c ; cvs ci -m "added" a b c
+cvs.texi(,4540) cvs tag -b branchtag
+cvs.texi(,4541) cvs update -r branchtag
+cvs.texi(,4542) touch d ; cvs add d
+cvs.texi(,4543) rm a ; cvs rm a
+cvs.texi(,4544) cvs ci -m "added d, removed a"
+cvs.texi(,4545) cvs update -A
+cvs.texi(,4546) cvs update -jbranchtag
+cvs.texi(,4547) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4548)
+cvs.texi(,4549) After these commands are executed and a @samp{cvs commit} is
done,
+cvs.texi(,4550) file @file{a} will be removed and file @file{d} added in the
main branch.
+cvs.texi(,4551) @c (which was determined by trying it)
+cvs.texi(,4552)
+cvs.texi(,4553) Note that using a single static tag (@samp{-j @var{tagname}})
+cvs.texi(,4554) rather than a dynamic tag (@samp{-j @var{branchname}}) to merge
+cvs.texi(,4555) changes from a branch will usually not remove files which were
removed on the
+cvs.texi(,4556) branch since @sc{cvs} does not automatically add static tags
to dead revisions.
+cvs.texi(,4557) The exception to this rule occurs when
+cvs.texi(,4558) a static tag has been attached to a dead revision manually.
Use the branch tag
+cvs.texi(,4559) to merge all changes from the branch or use two static tags as
merge endpoints
+cvs.texi(,4560) to be sure that all intended changes are propagated in the
merge.
+cvs.texi(,4561)
+cvs.texi(,4562) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,4563) @node Merging and keywords
+cvs.texi(,4564) @section Merging and keywords
+cvs.texi(,4565) @cindex Merging, and keyword substitution
+cvs.texi(,4566) @cindex Keyword substitution, and merging
+cvs.texi(,4567) @cindex -j (merging branches), and keyword substitution
+cvs.texi(,4568) @cindex -kk, to avoid conflicts during a merge
cvs.texi(,4569)
-cvs.texi(,4570) Therefore, you will often want to specify the
-cvs.texi(,4571) @samp{-kk} (@pxref{Substitution modes}) switch to the
-cvs.texi(,4572) merge command line. By substituting just the name of
-cvs.texi(,4573) the keyword, not the expanded value of that keyword,
-cvs.texi(,4574) this option ensures that the revisions which you are
-cvs.texi(,4575) merging will be the same as each other, and avoid
-cvs.texi(,4576) spurious conflicts.
-cvs.texi(,4577)
-cvs.texi(,4578) For example, suppose you have a file like this:
-cvs.texi(,4579)
-cvs.texi(,4580) @example
-cvs.texi(,4581) +---------+
-cvs.texi(,4582) _! 1.1.2.1 ! <- br1
-cvs.texi(,4583) / +---------+
-cvs.texi(,4584) /
-cvs.texi(,4585) /
-cvs.texi(,4586) +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,4587) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !
-cvs.texi(,4588) +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,4589) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4590)
-cvs.texi(,4591) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,4592) and your working directory is currently on the trunk
-cvs.texi(,4593) (revision 1.2). Then you might get the following
-cvs.texi(,4594) results from a merge:
-cvs.texi(,4595)
-cvs.texi(,4596) @example
-cvs.texi(,4597) $ cat file1
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4598) key address@hidden: 1.2 $
-cvs.texi(,4599) . . .
-cvs.texi(,4600) $ cvs update -j br1
-cvs.texi(,4601) U file1
-cvs.texi(,4602) RCS file: /cvsroot/first-dir/file1,v
-cvs.texi(,4603) retrieving revision 1.1
-cvs.texi(,4604) retrieving revision 1.1.2.1
-cvs.texi(,4605) Merging differences between 1.1 and 1.1.2.1 into file1
-cvs.texi(,4606) rcsmerge: warning: conflicts during merge
-cvs.texi(,4607) $ cat file1
-cvs.texi(,4608) @asis{}<<<<<<< file1
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4609) key address@hidden: 1.2 $
-cvs.texi(,4610) @asis{}=======
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4611) key address@hidden: 1.1.2.1 $
-cvs.texi(,4612) @asis{}>>>>>>> 1.1.2.1
-cvs.texi(,4613) . . .
-cvs.texi(,4614) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4615)
-cvs.texi(,4616) What happened was that the merge tried to merge the
-cvs.texi(,4617) differences between 1.1 and 1.1.2.1 into your working
-cvs.texi(,4618) directory. So, since the keyword changed from
-cvs.texi(,4619) @code{Revision: 1.1} to @code{Revision: 1.1.2.1},
-cvs.texi(,4620) @sc{cvs} tried to merge that change into your working
-cvs.texi(,4621) directory, which conflicted with the fact that your
-cvs.texi(,4622) working directory had contained @code{Revision: 1.2}.
-cvs.texi(,4623)
-cvs.texi(,4624) Here is what happens if you had used @samp{-kk}:
-cvs.texi(,4625)
-cvs.texi(,4626) @example
-cvs.texi(,4627) $ cat file1
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4628) key address@hidden: 1.2 $
-cvs.texi(,4629) . . .
-cvs.texi(,4630) $ cvs update -kk -j br1
-cvs.texi(,4631) U file1
-cvs.texi(,4632) RCS file: /cvsroot/first-dir/file1,v
-cvs.texi(,4633) retrieving revision 1.1
-cvs.texi(,4634) retrieving revision 1.1.2.1
-cvs.texi(,4635) Merging differences between 1.1 and 1.1.2.1 into file1
-cvs.texi(,4636) $ cat file1
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4637) key address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4638) . . .
-cvs.texi(,4639) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4640)
-cvs.texi(,4641) What is going on here is that revision 1.1 and 1.1.2.1
-cvs.texi(,4642) both expand as plain @code{Revision}, and therefore
-cvs.texi(,4643) merging the changes between them into the working
-cvs.texi(,4644) directory need not change anything. Therefore, there
-cvs.texi(,4645) is no conflict.
+cvs.texi(,4570) If you merge files containing keywords (@pxref{Keyword
+cvs.texi(,4571) substitution}), you will normally get numerous
+cvs.texi(,4572) conflicts during the merge, because the keywords are
+cvs.texi(,4573) expanded differently in the revisions which you are
+cvs.texi(,4574) merging.
+cvs.texi(,4575)
+cvs.texi(,4576) Therefore, you will often want to specify the
+cvs.texi(,4577) @samp{-kk} (@pxref{Substitution modes}) switch to the
+cvs.texi(,4578) merge command line. By substituting just the name of
+cvs.texi(,4579) the keyword, not the expanded value of that keyword,
+cvs.texi(,4580) this option ensures that the revisions which you are
+cvs.texi(,4581) merging will be the same as each other, and avoid
+cvs.texi(,4582) spurious conflicts.
+cvs.texi(,4583)
+cvs.texi(,4584) For example, suppose you have a file like this:
+cvs.texi(,4585)
+cvs.texi(,4586) @example
+cvs.texi(,4587) +---------+
+cvs.texi(,4588) _! 1.1.2.1 ! <- br1
+cvs.texi(,4589) / +---------+
+cvs.texi(,4590) /
+cvs.texi(,4591) /
+cvs.texi(,4592) +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,4593) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !
+cvs.texi(,4594) +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,4595) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4596)
+cvs.texi(,4597) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,4598) and your working directory is currently on the trunk
+cvs.texi(,4599) (revision 1.2). Then you might get the following
+cvs.texi(,4600) results from a merge:
+cvs.texi(,4601)
+cvs.texi(,4602) @example
+cvs.texi(,4603) $ cat file1
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4604) key address@hidden: 1.2 $
+cvs.texi(,4605) . . .
+cvs.texi(,4606) $ cvs update -j br1
+cvs.texi(,4607) U file1
+cvs.texi(,4608) RCS file: /cvsroot/first-dir/file1,v
+cvs.texi(,4609) retrieving revision 1.1
+cvs.texi(,4610) retrieving revision 1.1.2.1
+cvs.texi(,4611) Merging differences between 1.1 and 1.1.2.1 into file1
+cvs.texi(,4612) rcsmerge: warning: conflicts during merge
+cvs.texi(,4613) $ cat file1
+cvs.texi(,4614) @asis{}<<<<<<< file1
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4615) key address@hidden: 1.2 $
+cvs.texi(,4616) @asis{}=======
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4617) key address@hidden: 1.1.2.1 $
+cvs.texi(,4618) @asis{}>>>>>>> 1.1.2.1
+cvs.texi(,4619) . . .
+cvs.texi(,4620) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4621)
+cvs.texi(,4622) What happened was that the merge tried to merge the
+cvs.texi(,4623) differences between 1.1 and 1.1.2.1 into your working
+cvs.texi(,4624) directory. So, since the keyword changed from
+cvs.texi(,4625) @code{Revision: 1.1} to @code{Revision: 1.1.2.1},
+cvs.texi(,4626) @sc{cvs} tried to merge that change into your working
+cvs.texi(,4627) directory, which conflicted with the fact that your
+cvs.texi(,4628) working directory had contained @code{Revision: 1.2}.
+cvs.texi(,4629)
+cvs.texi(,4630) Here is what happens if you had used @samp{-kk}:
+cvs.texi(,4631)
+cvs.texi(,4632) @example
+cvs.texi(,4633) $ cat file1
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4634) key address@hidden: 1.2 $
+cvs.texi(,4635) . . .
+cvs.texi(,4636) $ cvs update -kk -j br1
+cvs.texi(,4637) U file1
+cvs.texi(,4638) RCS file: /cvsroot/first-dir/file1,v
+cvs.texi(,4639) retrieving revision 1.1
+cvs.texi(,4640) retrieving revision 1.1.2.1
+cvs.texi(,4641) Merging differences between 1.1 and 1.1.2.1 into file1
+cvs.texi(,4642) $ cat file1
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4643) key address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4644) . . .
+cvs.texi(,4645) @end example
cvs.texi(,4646)
-cvs.texi(,4647) @strong{WARNING: In versions of @sc{cvs} prior to 1.12.2,
there was a
-cvs.texi(,4648) major problem with using @samp{-kk} on merges. Namely,
@samp{-kk}
-cvs.texi(,4649) overrode any default keyword expansion mode set in the archive
file in
-cvs.texi(,4650) the repository. This could, unfortunately for some users,
cause data
-cvs.texi(,4651) corruption in binary files (with a default keyword expansion
mode set
-cvs.texi(,4652) to @samp{-kb}). Therefore, when a repository contained binary
files,
-cvs.texi(,4653) conflicts had to be dealt with manually rather than using
@samp{-kk} in
-cvs.texi(,4654) a merge command.}
-cvs.texi(,4655)
-cvs.texi(,4656) In @sc{cvs} version 1.12.2 and later, the keyword expansion
mode
-cvs.texi(,4657) provided on the command line to any @sc{cvs} command no longer
-cvs.texi(,4658) overrides the @samp{-kb} keyword expansion mode setting for
binary
-cvs.texi(,4659) files, though it will still override other default keyword
expansion
-cvs.texi(,4660) modes. You can now safely merge using @samp{-kk} to avoid
spurious conflicts
-cvs.texi(,4661) on lines containing RCS keywords, even when your repository
contains
-cvs.texi(,4662) binary files.
-cvs.texi(,4663)
-cvs.texi(,4664) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,4665) @node Recursive behavior
-cvs.texi(,4666) @chapter Recursive behavior
-cvs.texi(,4667) @cindex Recursive (directory descending)
-cvs.texi(,4668) @cindex Directory, descending
-cvs.texi(,4669) @cindex Descending directories
-cvs.texi(,4670) @cindex Subdirectories
-cvs.texi(,4671)
-cvs.texi(,4672) Almost all of the subcommands of @sc{cvs} work
-cvs.texi(,4673) recursively when you specify a directory as an
-cvs.texi(,4674) argument. For instance, consider this directory
-cvs.texi(,4675) structure:
-cvs.texi(,4676)
-cvs.texi(,4677) @example
-cvs.texi(,4678) @code{$HOME}
-cvs.texi(,4679) |
-cvs.texi(,4680) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4681) | |
-cvs.texi(,4682) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4683) | (internal @sc{cvs} files)
-cvs.texi(,4684) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4685) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4686) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4687) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4688) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4689) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4690) | |
-cvs.texi(,4691) | address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4692) | | (internal @sc{cvs} files)
-cvs.texi(,4693) | address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4694) |
-cvs.texi(,4695) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4696) |
-cvs.texi(,4697) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4698) | (internal @sc{cvs} files)
-cvs.texi(,4699) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4700) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4701) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4702)
-cvs.texi(,4703) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,4704) If @file{tc} is the current working directory, the
-cvs.texi(,4705) following is true:
-cvs.texi(,4706)
-cvs.texi(,4707) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,4708) @item
-cvs.texi(,4709) @samp{cvs update testing} is equivalent to
-cvs.texi(,4710)
-cvs.texi(,4711) @example
-cvs.texi(,4712) cvs update testing/testpgm.t testing/test2.t
-cvs.texi(,4713) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4714)
-cvs.texi(,4715) @item
-cvs.texi(,4716) @samp{cvs update testing man} updates all files in the
-cvs.texi(,4717) subdirectories
-cvs.texi(,4718)
-cvs.texi(,4719) @item
-cvs.texi(,4720) @samp{cvs update .} or just @samp{cvs update} updates
-cvs.texi(,4721) all files in the @code{tc} directory
-cvs.texi(,4722) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,4723)
-cvs.texi(,4724) If no arguments are given to @code{update} it will
-cvs.texi(,4725) update all files in the current working directory and
-cvs.texi(,4726) all its subdirectories. In other words, @file{.} is a
-cvs.texi(,4727) default argument to @code{update}. This is also true
-cvs.texi(,4728) for most of the @sc{cvs} subcommands, not only the
-cvs.texi(,4729) @code{update} command.
-cvs.texi(,4730)
-cvs.texi(,4731) The recursive behavior of the @sc{cvs} subcommands can be
-cvs.texi(,4732) turned off with the @samp{-l} option.
-cvs.texi(,4733) Conversely, the @samp{-R} option can be used to force
recursion if
-cvs.texi(,4734) @samp{-l} is specified in @file{~/.cvsrc} (@pxref{~/.cvsrc}).
-cvs.texi(,4735)
-cvs.texi(,4736) @example
-cvs.texi(,4737) $ cvs update -l # @r{Don't update files in
subdirectories}
-cvs.texi(,4738) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4739)
-cvs.texi(,4740) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,4741) @node Adding and removing
-cvs.texi(,4742) @chapter Adding, removing, and renaming files and directories
-cvs.texi(,4743)
-cvs.texi(,4744) In the course of a project, one will often add new
-cvs.texi(,4745) files. Likewise with removing or renaming, or with
-cvs.texi(,4746) directories. The general concept to keep in mind in
-cvs.texi(,4747) all these cases is that instead of making an
-cvs.texi(,4748) irreversible change you want @sc{cvs} to record the
-cvs.texi(,4749) fact that a change has taken place, just as with
-cvs.texi(,4750) modifying an existing file. The exact mechanisms to do
-cvs.texi(,4751) this in @sc{cvs} vary depending on the situation.
-cvs.texi(,4752)
-cvs.texi(,4753) @menu
-cvs.texi(,4754) * Adding files:: Adding files
-cvs.texi(,4755) * Removing files:: Removing files
-cvs.texi(,4756) * Removing directories:: Removing directories
-cvs.texi(,4757) * Moving files:: Moving and renaming files
-cvs.texi(,4758) * Moving directories:: Moving and renaming directories
-cvs.texi(,4759) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,4760)
-cvs.texi(,4761) @node Adding files
-cvs.texi(,4762) @section Adding files to a directory
-cvs.texi(,4763) @cindex Adding files
-cvs.texi(,4764)
-cvs.texi(,4765) To add a new file to a directory, follow these steps.
+cvs.texi(,4647) What is going on here is that revision 1.1 and 1.1.2.1
+cvs.texi(,4648) both expand as plain @code{Revision}, and therefore
+cvs.texi(,4649) merging the changes between them into the working
+cvs.texi(,4650) directory need not change anything. Therefore, there
+cvs.texi(,4651) is no conflict.
+cvs.texi(,4652)
+cvs.texi(,4653) @strong{WARNING: In versions of @sc{cvs} prior to 1.12.2,
there was a
+cvs.texi(,4654) major problem with using @samp{-kk} on merges. Namely,
@samp{-kk}
+cvs.texi(,4655) overrode any default keyword expansion mode set in the archive
file in
+cvs.texi(,4656) the repository. This could, unfortunately for some users,
cause data
+cvs.texi(,4657) corruption in binary files (with a default keyword expansion
mode set
+cvs.texi(,4658) to @samp{-kb}). Therefore, when a repository contained binary
files,
+cvs.texi(,4659) conflicts had to be dealt with manually rather than using
@samp{-kk} in
+cvs.texi(,4660) a merge command.}
+cvs.texi(,4661)
+cvs.texi(,4662) In @sc{cvs} version 1.12.2 and later, the keyword expansion
mode
+cvs.texi(,4663) provided on the command line to any @sc{cvs} command no longer
+cvs.texi(,4664) overrides the @samp{-kb} keyword expansion mode setting for
binary
+cvs.texi(,4665) files, though it will still override other default keyword
expansion
+cvs.texi(,4666) modes. You can now safely merge using @samp{-kk} to avoid
spurious conflicts
+cvs.texi(,4667) on lines containing RCS keywords, even when your repository
contains
+cvs.texi(,4668) binary files.
+cvs.texi(,4669)
+cvs.texi(,4670) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,4671) @node Recursive behavior
+cvs.texi(,4672) @chapter Recursive behavior
+cvs.texi(,4673) @cindex Recursive (directory descending)
+cvs.texi(,4674) @cindex Directory, descending
+cvs.texi(,4675) @cindex Descending directories
+cvs.texi(,4676) @cindex Subdirectories
+cvs.texi(,4677)
+cvs.texi(,4678) Almost all of the subcommands of @sc{cvs} work
+cvs.texi(,4679) recursively when you specify a directory as an
+cvs.texi(,4680) argument. For instance, consider this directory
+cvs.texi(,4681) structure:
+cvs.texi(,4682)
+cvs.texi(,4683) @example
+cvs.texi(,4684) @code{$HOME}
+cvs.texi(,4685) |
+cvs.texi(,4686) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4687) | |
+cvs.texi(,4688) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4689) | (internal @sc{cvs} files)
+cvs.texi(,4690) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4691) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4692) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4693) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4694) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4695) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4696) | |
+cvs.texi(,4697) | address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4698) | | (internal @sc{cvs} files)
+cvs.texi(,4699) | address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4700) |
+cvs.texi(,4701) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4702) |
+cvs.texi(,4703) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4704) | (internal @sc{cvs} files)
+cvs.texi(,4705) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4706) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4707) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4708)
+cvs.texi(,4709) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,4710) If @file{tc} is the current working directory, the
+cvs.texi(,4711) following is true:
+cvs.texi(,4712)
+cvs.texi(,4713) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,4714) @item
+cvs.texi(,4715) @samp{cvs update testing} is equivalent to
+cvs.texi(,4716)
+cvs.texi(,4717) @example
+cvs.texi(,4718) cvs update testing/testpgm.t testing/test2.t
+cvs.texi(,4719) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4720)
+cvs.texi(,4721) @item
+cvs.texi(,4722) @samp{cvs update testing man} updates all files in the
+cvs.texi(,4723) subdirectories
+cvs.texi(,4724)
+cvs.texi(,4725) @item
+cvs.texi(,4726) @samp{cvs update .} or just @samp{cvs update} updates
+cvs.texi(,4727) all files in the @code{tc} directory
+cvs.texi(,4728) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,4729)
+cvs.texi(,4730) If no arguments are given to @code{update} it will
+cvs.texi(,4731) update all files in the current working directory and
+cvs.texi(,4732) all its subdirectories. In other words, @file{.} is a
+cvs.texi(,4733) default argument to @code{update}. This is also true
+cvs.texi(,4734) for most of the @sc{cvs} subcommands, not only the
+cvs.texi(,4735) @code{update} command.
+cvs.texi(,4736)
+cvs.texi(,4737) The recursive behavior of the @sc{cvs} subcommands can be
+cvs.texi(,4738) turned off with the @samp{-l} option.
+cvs.texi(,4739) Conversely, the @samp{-R} option can be used to force
recursion if
+cvs.texi(,4740) @samp{-l} is specified in @file{~/.cvsrc} (@pxref{~/.cvsrc}).
+cvs.texi(,4741)
+cvs.texi(,4742) @example
+cvs.texi(,4743) $ cvs update -l # @r{Don't update files in
subdirectories}
+cvs.texi(,4744) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4745)
+cvs.texi(,4746) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,4747) @node Adding and removing
+cvs.texi(,4748) @chapter Adding, removing, and renaming files and directories
+cvs.texi(,4749)
+cvs.texi(,4750) In the course of a project, one will often add new
+cvs.texi(,4751) files. Likewise with removing or renaming, or with
+cvs.texi(,4752) directories. The general concept to keep in mind in
+cvs.texi(,4753) all these cases is that instead of making an
+cvs.texi(,4754) irreversible change you want @sc{cvs} to record the
+cvs.texi(,4755) fact that a change has taken place, just as with
+cvs.texi(,4756) modifying an existing file. The exact mechanisms to do
+cvs.texi(,4757) this in @sc{cvs} vary depending on the situation.
+cvs.texi(,4758)
+cvs.texi(,4759) @menu
+cvs.texi(,4760) * Adding files:: Adding files
+cvs.texi(,4761) * Removing files:: Removing files
+cvs.texi(,4762) * Removing directories:: Removing directories
+cvs.texi(,4763) * Moving files:: Moving and renaming files
+cvs.texi(,4764) * Moving directories:: Moving and renaming directories
+cvs.texi(,4765) @end menu
cvs.texi(,4766)
-cvs.texi(,4767) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,4768) @item
-cvs.texi(,4769) You must have a working copy of the directory.
-cvs.texi(,4770) @xref{Getting the source}.
-cvs.texi(,4771)
-cvs.texi(,4772) @item
-cvs.texi(,4773) Create the new file inside your working copy of the directory.
-cvs.texi(,4774)
-cvs.texi(,4775) @item
-cvs.texi(,4776) Use @samp{cvs add @var{filename}} to tell @sc{cvs} that you
-cvs.texi(,4777) want to version control the file. If the file contains
-cvs.texi(,4778) binary data, specify @samp{-kb} (@pxref{Binary files}).
-cvs.texi(,4779)
-cvs.texi(,4780) @item
-cvs.texi(,4781) Use @samp{cvs commit @var{filename}} to actually check
-cvs.texi(,4782) in the file into the repository. Other developers
-cvs.texi(,4783) cannot see the file until you perform this step.
-cvs.texi(,4784) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,4767) @node Adding files
+cvs.texi(,4768) @section Adding files to a directory
+cvs.texi(,4769) @cindex Adding files
+cvs.texi(,4770)
+cvs.texi(,4771) To add a new file to a directory, follow these steps.
+cvs.texi(,4772)
+cvs.texi(,4773) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,4774) @item
+cvs.texi(,4775) You must have a working copy of the directory.
+cvs.texi(,4776) @xref{Getting the source}.
+cvs.texi(,4777)
+cvs.texi(,4778) @item
+cvs.texi(,4779) Create the new file inside your working copy of the directory.
+cvs.texi(,4780)
+cvs.texi(,4781) @item
+cvs.texi(,4782) Use @samp{cvs add @var{filename}} to tell @sc{cvs} that you
+cvs.texi(,4783) want to version control the file. If the file contains
+cvs.texi(,4784) binary data, specify @samp{-kb} (@pxref{Binary files}).
cvs.texi(,4785)
-cvs.texi(,4786) You can also use the @code{add} command to add a new
-cvs.texi(,4787) directory.
-cvs.texi(,4788) @c FIXCVS and/or FIXME: Adding a directory doesn't
-cvs.texi(,4789) @c require the commit step. This probably can be
-cvs.texi(,4790) @c considered a CVS bug, but it is possible we should
-cvs.texi(,4791) @c warn people since this behavior probably won't be
-cvs.texi(,4792) @c changing right away.
-cvs.texi(,4793)
-cvs.texi(,4794) Unlike most other commands, the @code{add} command is
-cvs.texi(,4795) not recursive. You cannot even type @samp{cvs add
-cvs.texi(,4796) foo/bar}! Instead, you have to
-cvs.texi(,4797) @c FIXCVS: This is, of course, not a feature. It is
-cvs.texi(,4798) @c just that no one has gotten around to fixing "cvs add
-cvs.texi(,4799) @c foo/bar".
-cvs.texi(,4800)
-cvs.texi(,4801) @example
-cvs.texi(,4802) $ cd foo
-cvs.texi(,4803) $ cvs add bar
-cvs.texi(,4804) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4805)
-cvs.texi(,4806) @cindex add (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,4807) @deffn Command {cvs add} address@hidden kflag] address@hidden
message] files @dots{}
-cvs.texi(,4808)
-cvs.texi(,4809) Schedule @var{files} to be added to the repository.
-cvs.texi(,4810) The files or directories specified with @code{add} must
-cvs.texi(,4811) already exist in the current directory. To add a whole
-cvs.texi(,4812) new directory hierarchy to the source repository (for
-cvs.texi(,4813) example, files received from a third-party vendor), use
-cvs.texi(,4814) the @code{import} command instead. @xref{import}.
-cvs.texi(,4815)
-cvs.texi(,4816) The added files are not placed in the source repository
-cvs.texi(,4817) until you use @code{commit} to make the change
-cvs.texi(,4818) permanent. Doing an @code{add} on a file that was
-cvs.texi(,4819) removed with the @code{remove} command will undo the
-cvs.texi(,4820) effect of the @code{remove}, unless a @code{commit}
-cvs.texi(,4821) command intervened. @xref{Removing files}, for an
-cvs.texi(,4822) example.
-cvs.texi(,4823)
-cvs.texi(,4824) The @samp{-k} option specifies the default way that
-cvs.texi(,4825) this file will be checked out; for more information see
-cvs.texi(,4826) @ref{Substitution modes}.
-cvs.texi(,4827)
-cvs.texi(,4828) @c As noted in BUGS, -m is broken client/server (Nov
-cvs.texi(,4829) @c 96). Also see testsuite log2-* tests.
-cvs.texi(,4830) The @samp{-m} option specifies a description for the
-cvs.texi(,4831) file. This description appears in the history log (if
-cvs.texi(,4832) it is enabled, @pxref{history file}). It will also be
-cvs.texi(,4833) saved in the version history inside the repository when
-cvs.texi(,4834) the file is committed. The @code{log} command displays
-cvs.texi(,4835) this description. The description can be changed using
-cvs.texi(,4836) @samp{admin -t}. @xref{admin}. If you omit the
-cvs.texi(,4837) @samp{-m @var{description}} flag, an empty string will
-cvs.texi(,4838) be used. You will not be prompted for a description.
-cvs.texi(,4839) @end deffn
-cvs.texi(,4840)
-cvs.texi(,4841) For example, the following commands add the file
-cvs.texi(,4842) @file{backend.c} to the repository:
-cvs.texi(,4843)
-cvs.texi(,4844) @c This example used to specify
-cvs.texi(,4845) @c -m "Optimizer and code generation passes."
-cvs.texi(,4846) @c to the cvs add command, but that doesn't work
-cvs.texi(,4847) @c client/server (see log2 in sanity.sh). Should fix CVS,
-cvs.texi(,4848) @c but also seems strange to document things which
-cvs.texi(,4849) @c don't work...
-cvs.texi(,4850) @example
-cvs.texi(,4851) $ cvs add backend.c
-cvs.texi(,4852) $ cvs commit -m "Early version. Not yet compilable." backend.c
-cvs.texi(,4853) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4854)
-cvs.texi(,4855) When you add a file it is added only on the branch
-cvs.texi(,4856) which you are working on (@pxref{Branching and merging}). You
can
-cvs.texi(,4857) later merge the additions to another branch if you want
-cvs.texi(,4858) (@pxref{Merging adds and removals}).
-cvs.texi(,4859) @c Should we mention that earlier versions of CVS
-cvs.texi(,4860) @c lacked this feature (1.3) or implemented it in a buggy
-cvs.texi(,4861) @c way (well, 1.8 had many bugs in cvs update -j)?
-cvs.texi(,4862) @c Should we mention the bug/limitation regarding a
-cvs.texi(,4863) @c file being a regular file on one branch and a directory
-cvs.texi(,4864) @c on another?
-cvs.texi(,4865) @c FIXME: This needs an example, or several, here or
-cvs.texi(,4866) @c elsewhere, for it to make much sense.
-cvs.texi(,4867) @c Somewhere we need to discuss the aspects of death
-cvs.texi(,4868) @c support which don't involve branching, I guess.
-cvs.texi(,4869) @c Like the ability to re-create a release from a tag.
-cvs.texi(,4870)
-cvs.texi(,4871) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,4872) @node Removing files
-cvs.texi(,4873) @section Removing files
-cvs.texi(,4874) @cindex Removing files
-cvs.texi(,4875) @cindex Deleting files
+cvs.texi(,4786) @item
+cvs.texi(,4787) Use @samp{cvs commit @var{filename}} to actually check
+cvs.texi(,4788) in the file into the repository. Other developers
+cvs.texi(,4789) cannot see the file until you perform this step.
+cvs.texi(,4790) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,4791)
+cvs.texi(,4792) You can also use the @code{add} command to add a new
+cvs.texi(,4793) directory.
+cvs.texi(,4794) @c FIXCVS and/or FIXME: Adding a directory doesn't
+cvs.texi(,4795) @c require the commit step. This probably can be
+cvs.texi(,4796) @c considered a CVS bug, but it is possible we should
+cvs.texi(,4797) @c warn people since this behavior probably won't be
+cvs.texi(,4798) @c changing right away.
+cvs.texi(,4799)
+cvs.texi(,4800) Unlike most other commands, the @code{add} command is
+cvs.texi(,4801) not recursive. You cannot even type @samp{cvs add
+cvs.texi(,4802) foo/bar}! Instead, you have to
+cvs.texi(,4803) @c FIXCVS: This is, of course, not a feature. It is
+cvs.texi(,4804) @c just that no one has gotten around to fixing "cvs add
+cvs.texi(,4805) @c foo/bar".
+cvs.texi(,4806)
+cvs.texi(,4807) @example
+cvs.texi(,4808) $ cd foo
+cvs.texi(,4809) $ cvs add bar
+cvs.texi(,4810) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4811)
+cvs.texi(,4812) @cindex add (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,4813) @deffn Command {cvs add} address@hidden kflag] address@hidden
message] files @dots{}
+cvs.texi(,4814)
+cvs.texi(,4815) Schedule @var{files} to be added to the repository.
+cvs.texi(,4816) The files or directories specified with @code{add} must
+cvs.texi(,4817) already exist in the current directory. To add a whole
+cvs.texi(,4818) new directory hierarchy to the source repository (for
+cvs.texi(,4819) example, files received from a third-party vendor), use
+cvs.texi(,4820) the @code{import} command instead. @xref{import}.
+cvs.texi(,4821)
+cvs.texi(,4822) The added files are not placed in the source repository
+cvs.texi(,4823) until you use @code{commit} to make the change
+cvs.texi(,4824) permanent. Doing an @code{add} on a file that was
+cvs.texi(,4825) removed with the @code{remove} command will undo the
+cvs.texi(,4826) effect of the @code{remove}, unless a @code{commit}
+cvs.texi(,4827) command intervened. @xref{Removing files}, for an
+cvs.texi(,4828) example.
+cvs.texi(,4829)
+cvs.texi(,4830) The @samp{-k} option specifies the default way that
+cvs.texi(,4831) this file will be checked out; for more information see
+cvs.texi(,4832) @ref{Substitution modes}.
+cvs.texi(,4833)
+cvs.texi(,4834) @c As noted in BUGS, -m is broken client/server (Nov
+cvs.texi(,4835) @c 96). Also see testsuite log2-* tests.
+cvs.texi(,4836) The @samp{-m} option specifies a description for the
+cvs.texi(,4837) file. This description appears in the history log (if
+cvs.texi(,4838) it is enabled, @pxref{history file}). It will also be
+cvs.texi(,4839) saved in the version history inside the repository when
+cvs.texi(,4840) the file is committed. The @code{log} command displays
+cvs.texi(,4841) this description. The description can be changed using
+cvs.texi(,4842) @samp{admin -t}. @xref{admin}. If you omit the
+cvs.texi(,4843) @samp{-m @var{description}} flag, an empty string will
+cvs.texi(,4844) be used. You will not be prompted for a description.
+cvs.texi(,4845) @end deffn
+cvs.texi(,4846)
+cvs.texi(,4847) For example, the following commands add the file
+cvs.texi(,4848) @file{backend.c} to the repository:
+cvs.texi(,4849)
+cvs.texi(,4850) @c This example used to specify
+cvs.texi(,4851) @c -m "Optimizer and code generation passes."
+cvs.texi(,4852) @c to the cvs add command, but that doesn't work
+cvs.texi(,4853) @c client/server (see log2 in sanity.sh). Should fix CVS,
+cvs.texi(,4854) @c but also seems strange to document things which
+cvs.texi(,4855) @c don't work...
+cvs.texi(,4856) @example
+cvs.texi(,4857) $ cvs add backend.c
+cvs.texi(,4858) $ cvs commit -m "Early version. Not yet compilable." backend.c
+cvs.texi(,4859) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4860)
+cvs.texi(,4861) When you add a file it is added only on the branch
+cvs.texi(,4862) which you are working on (@pxref{Branching and merging}). You
can
+cvs.texi(,4863) later merge the additions to another branch if you want
+cvs.texi(,4864) (@pxref{Merging adds and removals}).
+cvs.texi(,4865) @c Should we mention that earlier versions of CVS
+cvs.texi(,4866) @c lacked this feature (1.3) or implemented it in a buggy
+cvs.texi(,4867) @c way (well, 1.8 had many bugs in cvs update -j)?
+cvs.texi(,4868) @c Should we mention the bug/limitation regarding a
+cvs.texi(,4869) @c file being a regular file on one branch and a directory
+cvs.texi(,4870) @c on another?
+cvs.texi(,4871) @c FIXME: This needs an example, or several, here or
+cvs.texi(,4872) @c elsewhere, for it to make much sense.
+cvs.texi(,4873) @c Somewhere we need to discuss the aspects of death
+cvs.texi(,4874) @c support which don't involve branching, I guess.
+cvs.texi(,4875) @c Like the ability to re-create a release from a tag.
cvs.texi(,4876)
-cvs.texi(,4877) @c FIXME: this node wants to be split into several
-cvs.texi(,4878) @c smaller nodes. Could make these children of
-cvs.texi(,4879) @c "Adding and removing", probably (death support could
-cvs.texi(,4880) @c be its own section, for example, as could the
-cvs.texi(,4881) @c various bits about undoing mistakes in adding and
-cvs.texi(,4882) @c removing).
-cvs.texi(,4883) Directories change. New files are added, and old files
-cvs.texi(,4884) disappear. Still, you want to be able to retrieve an
-cvs.texi(,4885) exact copy of old releases.
-cvs.texi(,4886)
-cvs.texi(,4887) Here is what you can do to remove a file,
-cvs.texi(,4888) but remain able to retrieve old revisions:
-cvs.texi(,4889)
-cvs.texi(,4890) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,4891) @c FIXME: should probably be saying something about
-cvs.texi(,4892) @c having a working directory in the first place.
-cvs.texi(,4893) @item
-cvs.texi(,4894) Make sure that you have not made any uncommitted
-cvs.texi(,4895) modifications to the file. @xref{Viewing differences},
-cvs.texi(,4896) for one way to do that. You can also use the
-cvs.texi(,4897) @code{status} or @code{update} command. If you remove
-cvs.texi(,4898) the file without committing your changes, you will of
-cvs.texi(,4899) course not be able to retrieve the file as it was
-cvs.texi(,4900) immediately before you deleted it.
-cvs.texi(,4901)
-cvs.texi(,4902) @item
-cvs.texi(,4903) Remove the file from your working copy of the directory.
-cvs.texi(,4904) You can for instance use @code{rm}.
-cvs.texi(,4905)
-cvs.texi(,4906) @item
-cvs.texi(,4907) Use @samp{cvs remove @var{filename}} to tell @sc{cvs} that
-cvs.texi(,4908) you really want to delete the file.
-cvs.texi(,4909)
-cvs.texi(,4910) @item
-cvs.texi(,4911) Use @samp{cvs commit @var{filename}} to actually
-cvs.texi(,4912) perform the removal of the file from the repository.
-cvs.texi(,4913) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,4914)
-cvs.texi(,4915) @c FIXME: Somehow this should be linked in with a more
-cvs.texi(,4916) @c general discussion of death support. I don't know
-cvs.texi(,4917) @c whether we want to use the term "death support" or
-cvs.texi(,4918) @c not (we can perhaps get by without it), but we do
-cvs.texi(,4919) @c need to discuss the "dead" state in "cvs log" and
-cvs.texi(,4920) @c related subjects. The current discussion is
-cvs.texi(,4921) @c scattered around, and not xref'd to each other.
-cvs.texi(,4922) @c FIXME: I think this paragraph wants to be moved
-cvs.texi(,4923) @c later down, at least after the first example.
-cvs.texi(,4924) When you commit the removal of the file, @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,4925) records the fact that the file no longer exists. It is
-cvs.texi(,4926) possible for a file to exist on only some branches and
-cvs.texi(,4927) not on others, or to re-add another file with the same
-cvs.texi(,4928) name later. @sc{cvs} will correctly create or not create
-cvs.texi(,4929) the file, based on the @samp{-r} and @samp{-D} options
-cvs.texi(,4930) specified to @code{checkout} or @code{update}.
-cvs.texi(,4931)
-cvs.texi(,4932) @c FIXME: This style seems to clash with how we
-cvs.texi(,4933) @c document things in general.
-cvs.texi(,4934) @cindex Remove (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,4935) @deffn Command {cvs remove} [options] files @dots{}
-cvs.texi(,4936)
-cvs.texi(,4937) Schedule file(s) to be removed from the repository
-cvs.texi(,4938) (files which have not already been removed from the
-cvs.texi(,4939) working directory are not processed). This command
-cvs.texi(,4940) does not actually remove the file from the repository
-cvs.texi(,4941) until you commit the removal. For a full list of
-cvs.texi(,4942) options, see @ref{Invoking CVS}.
-cvs.texi(,4943) @end deffn
-cvs.texi(,4944)
-cvs.texi(,4945) Here is an example of removing several files:
-cvs.texi(,4946)
-cvs.texi(,4947) @example
-cvs.texi(,4948) $ cd test
-cvs.texi(,4949) $ rm *.c
-cvs.texi(,4950) $ cvs remove
-cvs.texi(,4951) cvs remove: Removing .
-cvs.texi(,4952) cvs remove: scheduling a.c for removal
-cvs.texi(,4953) cvs remove: scheduling b.c for removal
-cvs.texi(,4954) cvs remove: use 'cvs commit' to remove these files permanently
-cvs.texi(,4955) $ cvs ci -m "Removed unneeded files"
-cvs.texi(,4956) cvs commit: Examining .
-cvs.texi(,4957) cvs commit: Committing .
-cvs.texi(,4958) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4959)
-cvs.texi(,4960) As a convenience you can remove the file and @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,4961) remove} it in one step, by specifying the @samp{-f}
-cvs.texi(,4962) option. For example, the above example could also be
-cvs.texi(,4963) done like this:
-cvs.texi(,4964)
-cvs.texi(,4965) @example
-cvs.texi(,4966) $ cd test
-cvs.texi(,4967) $ cvs remove -f *.c
-cvs.texi(,4968) cvs remove: scheduling a.c for removal
-cvs.texi(,4969) cvs remove: scheduling b.c for removal
-cvs.texi(,4970) cvs remove: use 'cvs commit' to remove these files permanently
-cvs.texi(,4971) $ cvs ci -m "Removed unneeded files"
-cvs.texi(,4972) cvs commit: Examining .
-cvs.texi(,4973) cvs commit: Committing .
-cvs.texi(,4974) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4975)
-cvs.texi(,4976) If you execute @code{remove} for a file, and then
-cvs.texi(,4977) change your mind before you commit, you can undo the
-cvs.texi(,4978) @code{remove} with an @code{add} command.
-cvs.texi(,4989)
-cvs.texi(,4990) @c FIXME: what if you change your mind after you commit
-cvs.texi(,4991) @c it? (answer is also "cvs add" but we don't say that...).
-cvs.texi(,4992) @c We need some index entries for thinks like "undoing
-cvs.texi(,4993) @c removal" too.
-cvs.texi(,4994)
-cvs.texi(,4995) @example
-cvs.texi(,4996) $ ls
-cvs.texi(,4997) CVS ja.h oj.c
-cvs.texi(,4998) $ rm oj.c
-cvs.texi(,4999) $ cvs remove oj.c
-cvs.texi(,5000) cvs remove: scheduling oj.c for removal
-cvs.texi(,5001) cvs remove: use 'cvs commit' to remove this file permanently
-cvs.texi(,5002) $ cvs add oj.c
-cvs.texi(,5003) U oj.c
-cvs.texi(,5004) cvs add: oj.c, version 1.1.1.1, resurrected
-cvs.texi(,5005) @end example
-cvs.texi(,5006)
-cvs.texi(,5007) If you realize your mistake before you run the
-cvs.texi(,5008) @code{remove} command you can use @code{update} to
-cvs.texi(,5009) resurrect the file:
-cvs.texi(,5010)
-cvs.texi(,5011) @example
-cvs.texi(,5012) $ rm oj.c
-cvs.texi(,5013) $ cvs update oj.c
-cvs.texi(,5014) cvs update: warning: oj.c was lost
-cvs.texi(,5015) U oj.c
-cvs.texi(,5016) @end example
-cvs.texi(,5017)
-cvs.texi(,5018) When you remove a file it is removed only on the branch
-cvs.texi(,5019) which you are working on (@pxref{Branching and merging}). You
can
-cvs.texi(,5020) later merge the removals to another branch if you want
-cvs.texi(,5021) (@pxref{Merging adds and removals}).
-cvs.texi(,5022)
-cvs.texi(,5023) @node Removing directories
-cvs.texi(,5024) @section Removing directories
-cvs.texi(,5025) @cindex Removing directories
-cvs.texi(,5026) @cindex Directories, removing
-cvs.texi(,5027)
-cvs.texi(,5028) In concept removing directories is somewhat similar to
-cvs.texi(,5029) removing files---you want the directory to not exist in
-cvs.texi(,5030) your current working directories, but you also want to
-cvs.texi(,5031) be able to retrieve old releases in which the directory
-cvs.texi(,5032) existed.
+cvs.texi(,4877) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,4878) @node Removing files
+cvs.texi(,4879) @section Removing files
+cvs.texi(,4880) @cindex Removing files
+cvs.texi(,4881) @cindex Deleting files
+cvs.texi(,4882)
+cvs.texi(,4883) @c FIXME: this node wants to be split into several
+cvs.texi(,4884) @c smaller nodes. Could make these children of
+cvs.texi(,4885) @c "Adding and removing", probably (death support could
+cvs.texi(,4886) @c be its own section, for example, as could the
+cvs.texi(,4887) @c various bits about undoing mistakes in adding and
+cvs.texi(,4888) @c removing).
+cvs.texi(,4889) Directories change. New files are added, and old files
+cvs.texi(,4890) disappear. Still, you want to be able to retrieve an
+cvs.texi(,4891) exact copy of old releases.
+cvs.texi(,4892)
+cvs.texi(,4893) Here is what you can do to remove a file,
+cvs.texi(,4894) but remain able to retrieve old revisions:
+cvs.texi(,4895)
+cvs.texi(,4896) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,4897) @c FIXME: should probably be saying something about
+cvs.texi(,4898) @c having a working directory in the first place.
+cvs.texi(,4899) @item
+cvs.texi(,4900) Make sure that you have not made any uncommitted
+cvs.texi(,4901) modifications to the file. @xref{Viewing differences},
+cvs.texi(,4902) for one way to do that. You can also use the
+cvs.texi(,4903) @code{status} or @code{update} command. If you remove
+cvs.texi(,4904) the file without committing your changes, you will of
+cvs.texi(,4905) course not be able to retrieve the file as it was
+cvs.texi(,4906) immediately before you deleted it.
+cvs.texi(,4907)
+cvs.texi(,4908) @item
+cvs.texi(,4909) Remove the file from your working copy of the directory.
+cvs.texi(,4910) You can for instance use @code{rm}.
+cvs.texi(,4911)
+cvs.texi(,4912) @item
+cvs.texi(,4913) Use @samp{cvs remove @var{filename}} to tell @sc{cvs} that
+cvs.texi(,4914) you really want to delete the file.
+cvs.texi(,4915)
+cvs.texi(,4916) @item
+cvs.texi(,4917) Use @samp{cvs commit @var{filename}} to actually
+cvs.texi(,4918) perform the removal of the file from the repository.
+cvs.texi(,4919) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,4920)
+cvs.texi(,4921) @c FIXME: Somehow this should be linked in with a more
+cvs.texi(,4922) @c general discussion of death support. I don't know
+cvs.texi(,4923) @c whether we want to use the term "death support" or
+cvs.texi(,4924) @c not (we can perhaps get by without it), but we do
+cvs.texi(,4925) @c need to discuss the "dead" state in "cvs log" and
+cvs.texi(,4926) @c related subjects. The current discussion is
+cvs.texi(,4927) @c scattered around, and not xref'd to each other.
+cvs.texi(,4928) @c FIXME: I think this paragraph wants to be moved
+cvs.texi(,4929) @c later down, at least after the first example.
+cvs.texi(,4930) When you commit the removal of the file, @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,4931) records the fact that the file no longer exists. It is
+cvs.texi(,4932) possible for a file to exist on only some branches and
+cvs.texi(,4933) not on others, or to re-add another file with the same
+cvs.texi(,4934) name later. @sc{cvs} will correctly create or not create
+cvs.texi(,4935) the file, based on the @samp{-r} and @samp{-D} options
+cvs.texi(,4936) specified to @code{checkout} or @code{update}.
+cvs.texi(,4937)
+cvs.texi(,4938) @c FIXME: This style seems to clash with how we
+cvs.texi(,4939) @c document things in general.
+cvs.texi(,4940) @cindex Remove (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,4941) @deffn Command {cvs remove} [options] files @dots{}
+cvs.texi(,4942)
+cvs.texi(,4943) Schedule file(s) to be removed from the repository
+cvs.texi(,4944) (files which have not already been removed from the
+cvs.texi(,4945) working directory are not processed). This command
+cvs.texi(,4946) does not actually remove the file from the repository
+cvs.texi(,4947) until you commit the removal. For a full list of
+cvs.texi(,4948) options, see @ref{Invoking CVS}.
+cvs.texi(,4949) @end deffn
+cvs.texi(,4950)
+cvs.texi(,4951) Here is an example of removing several files:
+cvs.texi(,4952)
+cvs.texi(,4953) @example
+cvs.texi(,4954) $ cd test
+cvs.texi(,4955) $ rm *.c
+cvs.texi(,4956) $ cvs remove
+cvs.texi(,4957) cvs remove: Removing .
+cvs.texi(,4958) cvs remove: scheduling a.c for removal
+cvs.texi(,4959) cvs remove: scheduling b.c for removal
+cvs.texi(,4960) cvs remove: use 'cvs commit' to remove these files permanently
+cvs.texi(,4961) $ cvs ci -m "Removed unneeded files"
+cvs.texi(,4962) cvs commit: Examining .
+cvs.texi(,4963) cvs commit: Committing .
+cvs.texi(,4964) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4965)
+cvs.texi(,4966) As a convenience you can remove the file and @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,4967) remove} it in one step, by specifying the @samp{-f}
+cvs.texi(,4968) option. For example, the above example could also be
+cvs.texi(,4969) done like this:
+cvs.texi(,4970)
+cvs.texi(,4971) @example
+cvs.texi(,4972) $ cd test
+cvs.texi(,4973) $ cvs remove -f *.c
+cvs.texi(,4974) cvs remove: scheduling a.c for removal
+cvs.texi(,4975) cvs remove: scheduling b.c for removal
+cvs.texi(,4976) cvs remove: use 'cvs commit' to remove these files permanently
+cvs.texi(,4977) $ cvs ci -m "Removed unneeded files"
+cvs.texi(,4978) cvs commit: Examining .
+cvs.texi(,4979) cvs commit: Committing .
+cvs.texi(,4980) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4981)
+cvs.texi(,4982) If you execute @code{remove} for a file, and then
+cvs.texi(,4983) change your mind before you commit, you can undo the
+cvs.texi(,4984) @code{remove} with an @code{add} command.
+cvs.texi(,4995)
+cvs.texi(,4996) @c FIXME: what if you change your mind after you commit
+cvs.texi(,4997) @c it? (answer is also "cvs add" but we don't say that...).
+cvs.texi(,4998) @c We need some index entries for thinks like "undoing
+cvs.texi(,4999) @c removal" too.
+cvs.texi(,5000)
+cvs.texi(,5001) @example
+cvs.texi(,5002) $ ls
+cvs.texi(,5003) CVS ja.h oj.c
+cvs.texi(,5004) $ rm oj.c
+cvs.texi(,5005) $ cvs remove oj.c
+cvs.texi(,5006) cvs remove: scheduling oj.c for removal
+cvs.texi(,5007) cvs remove: use 'cvs commit' to remove this file permanently
+cvs.texi(,5008) $ cvs add oj.c
+cvs.texi(,5009) U oj.c
+cvs.texi(,5010) cvs add: oj.c, version 1.1.1.1, resurrected
+cvs.texi(,5011) @end example
+cvs.texi(,5012)
+cvs.texi(,5013) If you realize your mistake before you run the
+cvs.texi(,5014) @code{remove} command you can use @code{update} to
+cvs.texi(,5015) resurrect the file:
+cvs.texi(,5016)
+cvs.texi(,5017) @example
+cvs.texi(,5018) $ rm oj.c
+cvs.texi(,5019) $ cvs update oj.c
+cvs.texi(,5020) cvs update: warning: oj.c was lost
+cvs.texi(,5021) U oj.c
+cvs.texi(,5022) @end example
+cvs.texi(,5023)
+cvs.texi(,5024) When you remove a file it is removed only on the branch
+cvs.texi(,5025) which you are working on (@pxref{Branching and merging}). You
can
+cvs.texi(,5026) later merge the removals to another branch if you want
+cvs.texi(,5027) (@pxref{Merging adds and removals}).
+cvs.texi(,5028)
+cvs.texi(,5029) @node Removing directories
+cvs.texi(,5030) @section Removing directories
+cvs.texi(,5031) @cindex Removing directories
+cvs.texi(,5032) @cindex Directories, removing
cvs.texi(,5033)
-cvs.texi(,5034) The way that you remove a directory is to remove all
-cvs.texi(,5035) the files in it. You don't remove the directory
-cvs.texi(,5036) itself; there is no way to do that.
-cvs.texi(,5037) Instead you specify the @samp{-P} option to
-cvs.texi(,5038) @code{cvs update} or @code{cvs checkout},
-cvs.texi(,5039) which will cause @sc{cvs} to remove empty
-cvs.texi(,5040) directories from working directories.
-cvs.texi(,5041) (Note that @code{cvs export} always removes empty directories.)
-cvs.texi(,5042) Probably the
-cvs.texi(,5043) best way to do this is to always specify @samp{-P}; if
-cvs.texi(,5044) you want an empty directory then put a dummy file (for
-cvs.texi(,5045) example @file{.keepme}) in it to prevent @samp{-P} from
-cvs.texi(,5046) removing it.
-cvs.texi(,5047)
-cvs.texi(,5048) @c I'd try to give a rationale for this, but I'm not
-cvs.texi(,5049) @c sure there is a particularly convincing one. What
-cvs.texi(,5050) @c we would _like_ is for CVS to do a better job of version
-cvs.texi(,5051) @c controlling whether directories exist, to eliminate the
-cvs.texi(,5052) @c need for -P and so that a file can be a directory in
-cvs.texi(,5053) @c one revision and a regular file in another.
-cvs.texi(,5054) Note that @samp{-P} is implied by the @samp{-r} or @samp{-D}
-cvs.texi(,5055) options of @code{checkout}. This way
-cvs.texi(,5056) @sc{cvs} will be able to correctly create the directory
-cvs.texi(,5057) or not depending on whether the particular version you
-cvs.texi(,5058) are checking out contains any files in that directory.
-cvs.texi(,5059)
-cvs.texi(,5060) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,5061) @node Moving files
-cvs.texi(,5062) @section Moving and renaming files
-cvs.texi(,5063) @cindex Moving files
-cvs.texi(,5064) @cindex Renaming files
-cvs.texi(,5065) @cindex Files, moving
-cvs.texi(,5066)
-cvs.texi(,5067) Moving files to a different directory or renaming them
-cvs.texi(,5068) is not difficult, but some of the ways in which this
-cvs.texi(,5069) works may be non-obvious. (Moving or renaming a
-cvs.texi(,5070) directory is even harder. @xref{Moving directories}.).
-cvs.texi(,5071)
-cvs.texi(,5072) The examples below assume that the file @var{old} is renamed to
-cvs.texi(,5073) @var{new}.
-cvs.texi(,5074)
-cvs.texi(,5075) @menu
-cvs.texi(,5076) * Outside:: The normal way to Rename
-cvs.texi(,5077) * Inside:: A tricky, alternative way
-cvs.texi(,5078) * Rename by copying:: Another tricky, alternative way
-cvs.texi(,5079) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,5034) In concept removing directories is somewhat similar to
+cvs.texi(,5035) removing files---you want the directory to not exist in
+cvs.texi(,5036) your current working directories, but you also want to
+cvs.texi(,5037) be able to retrieve old releases in which the directory
+cvs.texi(,5038) existed.
+cvs.texi(,5039)
+cvs.texi(,5040) The way that you remove a directory is to remove all
+cvs.texi(,5041) the files in it. You don't remove the directory
+cvs.texi(,5042) itself; there is no way to do that.
+cvs.texi(,5043) Instead you specify the @samp{-P} option to
+cvs.texi(,5044) @code{cvs update} or @code{cvs checkout},
+cvs.texi(,5045) which will cause @sc{cvs} to remove empty
+cvs.texi(,5046) directories from working directories.
+cvs.texi(,5047) (Note that @code{cvs export} always removes empty directories.)
+cvs.texi(,5048) Probably the
+cvs.texi(,5049) best way to do this is to always specify @samp{-P}; if
+cvs.texi(,5050) you want an empty directory then put a dummy file (for
+cvs.texi(,5051) example @file{.keepme}) in it to prevent @samp{-P} from
+cvs.texi(,5052) removing it.
+cvs.texi(,5053)
+cvs.texi(,5054) @c I'd try to give a rationale for this, but I'm not
+cvs.texi(,5055) @c sure there is a particularly convincing one. What
+cvs.texi(,5056) @c we would _like_ is for CVS to do a better job of version
+cvs.texi(,5057) @c controlling whether directories exist, to eliminate the
+cvs.texi(,5058) @c need for -P and so that a file can be a directory in
+cvs.texi(,5059) @c one revision and a regular file in another.
+cvs.texi(,5060) Note that @samp{-P} is implied by the @samp{-r} or @samp{-D}
+cvs.texi(,5061) options of @code{checkout}. This way
+cvs.texi(,5062) @sc{cvs} will be able to correctly create the directory
+cvs.texi(,5063) or not depending on whether the particular version you
+cvs.texi(,5064) are checking out contains any files in that directory.
+cvs.texi(,5065)
+cvs.texi(,5066) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,5067) @node Moving files
+cvs.texi(,5068) @section Moving and renaming files
+cvs.texi(,5069) @cindex Moving files
+cvs.texi(,5070) @cindex Renaming files
+cvs.texi(,5071) @cindex Files, moving
+cvs.texi(,5072)
+cvs.texi(,5073) Moving files to a different directory or renaming them
+cvs.texi(,5074) is not difficult, but some of the ways in which this
+cvs.texi(,5075) works may be non-obvious. (Moving or renaming a
+cvs.texi(,5076) directory is even harder. @xref{Moving directories}.).
+cvs.texi(,5077)
+cvs.texi(,5078) The examples below assume that the file @var{old} is renamed to
+cvs.texi(,5079) @var{new}.
cvs.texi(,5080)
-cvs.texi(,5081) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,5082) @node Outside
-cvs.texi(,5083) @subsection The Normal way to Rename
-cvs.texi(,5084)
-cvs.texi(,5085) @c More rename issues. Not sure whether these are
-cvs.texi(,5086) @c worth documenting; I'm putting them here because
-cvs.texi(,5087) @c it seems to be as good a place as any to try to
-cvs.texi(,5088) @c set down the issues.
-cvs.texi(,5089) @c * "cvs annotate" will annotate either the new
-cvs.texi(,5090) @c file or the old file; it cannot annotate _each
-cvs.texi(,5091) @c line_ based on whether it was last changed in the
-cvs.texi(,5092) @c new or old file. Unlike "cvs log", where the
-cvs.texi(,5093) @c consequences of having to select either the new
-cvs.texi(,5094) @c or old name seem fairly benign, this may be a
-cvs.texi(,5095) @c real advantage to having CVS know about renames
-cvs.texi(,5096) @c other than as a deletion and an addition.
-cvs.texi(,5097)
-cvs.texi(,5098) The normal way to move a file is to copy @var{old} to
-cvs.texi(,5099) @var{new}, and then issue the normal @sc{cvs} commands
-cvs.texi(,5100) to remove @var{old} from the repository, and add
-cvs.texi(,5101) @var{new} to it.
-cvs.texi(,5102) @c The following sentence is not true: one must cd into
-cvs.texi(,5103) @c the directory to run "cvs add".
-cvs.texi(,5104) @c (Both @var{old} and @var{new} could
-cvs.texi(,5105) @c contain relative paths, for example @file{foo/bar.c}).
-cvs.texi(,5106)
-cvs.texi(,5107) @example
-cvs.texi(,5108) $ mv @var{old} @var{new}
-cvs.texi(,5109) $ cvs remove @var{old}
-cvs.texi(,5110) $ cvs add @var{new}
-cvs.texi(,5111) $ cvs commit -m "Renamed @var{old} to @var{new}" @var{old}
@var{new}
-cvs.texi(,5112) @end example
-cvs.texi(,5113)
-cvs.texi(,5114) This is the simplest way to move a file, it is not
-cvs.texi(,5115) error-prone, and it preserves the history of what was
-cvs.texi(,5116) done. Note that to access the history of the file you
-cvs.texi(,5117) must specify the old or the new name, depending on what
-cvs.texi(,5118) portion of the history you are accessing. For example,
-cvs.texi(,5119) @code{cvs log @var{old}} will give the log up until the
-cvs.texi(,5120) time of the rename.
-cvs.texi(,5121)
-cvs.texi(,5122) When @var{new} is committed its revision numbers will
-cvs.texi(,5123) start again, usually at 1.1, so if that bothers you,
-cvs.texi(,5124) use the @samp{-r rev} option to commit. For more
-cvs.texi(,5125) information see @ref{Assigning revisions}.
-cvs.texi(,5126)
-cvs.texi(,5127) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,5128) @node Inside
-cvs.texi(,5129) @subsection Moving the history file
-cvs.texi(,5130)
-cvs.texi(,5131) This method is more dangerous, since it involves moving
-cvs.texi(,5132) files inside the repository. Read this entire section
-cvs.texi(,5133) before trying it out!
-cvs.texi(,5134)
-cvs.texi(,5135) @example
-cvs.texi(,5136) $ cd $CVSROOT/@var{dir}
-cvs.texi(,5137) $ mv @var{old},v @var{new},v
-cvs.texi(,5138) @end example
-cvs.texi(,5139)
-cvs.texi(,5140) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,5141) Advantages:
-cvs.texi(,5142)
-cvs.texi(,5143) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,5144) @item
-cvs.texi(,5145) The log of changes is maintained intact.
-cvs.texi(,5146)
-cvs.texi(,5147) @item
-cvs.texi(,5148) The revision numbers are not affected.
-cvs.texi(,5149) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,5150)
-cvs.texi(,5151) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,5152) Disadvantages:
-cvs.texi(,5153)
-cvs.texi(,5154) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,5155) @item
-cvs.texi(,5156) Old releases cannot easily be fetched from the
-cvs.texi(,5157) repository. (The file will show up as @var{new} even
-cvs.texi(,5158) in revisions from the time before it was renamed).
+cvs.texi(,5081) @menu
+cvs.texi(,5082) * Outside:: The normal way to Rename
+cvs.texi(,5083) * Inside:: A tricky, alternative way
+cvs.texi(,5084) * Rename by copying:: Another tricky, alternative way
+cvs.texi(,5085) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,5086)
+cvs.texi(,5087) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,5088) @node Outside
+cvs.texi(,5089) @subsection The Normal way to Rename
+cvs.texi(,5090)
+cvs.texi(,5091) @c More rename issues. Not sure whether these are
+cvs.texi(,5092) @c worth documenting; I'm putting them here because
+cvs.texi(,5093) @c it seems to be as good a place as any to try to
+cvs.texi(,5094) @c set down the issues.
+cvs.texi(,5095) @c * "cvs annotate" will annotate either the new
+cvs.texi(,5096) @c file or the old file; it cannot annotate _each
+cvs.texi(,5097) @c line_ based on whether it was last changed in the
+cvs.texi(,5098) @c new or old file. Unlike "cvs log", where the
+cvs.texi(,5099) @c consequences of having to select either the new
+cvs.texi(,5100) @c or old name seem fairly benign, this may be a
+cvs.texi(,5101) @c real advantage to having CVS know about renames
+cvs.texi(,5102) @c other than as a deletion and an addition.
+cvs.texi(,5103)
+cvs.texi(,5104) The normal way to move a file is to copy @var{old} to
+cvs.texi(,5105) @var{new}, and then issue the normal @sc{cvs} commands
+cvs.texi(,5106) to remove @var{old} from the repository, and add
+cvs.texi(,5107) @var{new} to it.
+cvs.texi(,5108) @c The following sentence is not true: one must cd into
+cvs.texi(,5109) @c the directory to run "cvs add".
+cvs.texi(,5110) @c (Both @var{old} and @var{new} could
+cvs.texi(,5111) @c contain relative paths, for example @file{foo/bar.c}).
+cvs.texi(,5112)
+cvs.texi(,5113) @example
+cvs.texi(,5114) $ mv @var{old} @var{new}
+cvs.texi(,5115) $ cvs remove @var{old}
+cvs.texi(,5116) $ cvs add @var{new}
+cvs.texi(,5117) $ cvs commit -m "Renamed @var{old} to @var{new}" @var{old}
@var{new}
+cvs.texi(,5118) @end example
+cvs.texi(,5119)
+cvs.texi(,5120) This is the simplest way to move a file, it is not
+cvs.texi(,5121) error-prone, and it preserves the history of what was
+cvs.texi(,5122) done. Note that to access the history of the file you
+cvs.texi(,5123) must specify the old or the new name, depending on what
+cvs.texi(,5124) portion of the history you are accessing. For example,
+cvs.texi(,5125) @code{cvs log @var{old}} will give the log up until the
+cvs.texi(,5126) time of the rename.
+cvs.texi(,5127)
+cvs.texi(,5128) When @var{new} is committed its revision numbers will
+cvs.texi(,5129) start again, usually at 1.1, so if that bothers you,
+cvs.texi(,5130) use the @samp{-r rev} option to commit. For more
+cvs.texi(,5131) information see @ref{Assigning revisions}.
+cvs.texi(,5132)
+cvs.texi(,5133) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,5134) @node Inside
+cvs.texi(,5135) @subsection Moving the history file
+cvs.texi(,5136)
+cvs.texi(,5137) This method is more dangerous, since it involves moving
+cvs.texi(,5138) files inside the repository. Read this entire section
+cvs.texi(,5139) before trying it out!
+cvs.texi(,5140)
+cvs.texi(,5141) @example
+cvs.texi(,5142) $ cd $CVSROOT/@var{dir}
+cvs.texi(,5143) $ mv @var{old},v @var{new},v
+cvs.texi(,5144) @end example
+cvs.texi(,5145)
+cvs.texi(,5146) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,5147) Advantages:
+cvs.texi(,5148)
+cvs.texi(,5149) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,5150) @item
+cvs.texi(,5151) The log of changes is maintained intact.
+cvs.texi(,5152)
+cvs.texi(,5153) @item
+cvs.texi(,5154) The revision numbers are not affected.
+cvs.texi(,5155) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,5156)
+cvs.texi(,5157) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,5158) Disadvantages:
cvs.texi(,5159)
-cvs.texi(,5160) @item
-cvs.texi(,5161) There is no log information of when the file was renamed.
-cvs.texi(,5162)
-cvs.texi(,5163) @item
-cvs.texi(,5164) Nasty things might happen if someone accesses the history file
-cvs.texi(,5165) while you are moving it. Make sure no one else runs any of
the @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,5166) commands while you move it.
-cvs.texi(,5167) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,5160) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,5161) @item
+cvs.texi(,5162) Old releases cannot easily be fetched from the
+cvs.texi(,5163) repository. (The file will show up as @var{new} even
+cvs.texi(,5164) in revisions from the time before it was renamed).
+cvs.texi(,5165)
+cvs.texi(,5166) @item
+cvs.texi(,5167) There is no log information of when the file was renamed.
cvs.texi(,5168)
-cvs.texi(,5169) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,5170) @node Rename by copying
-cvs.texi(,5171) @subsection Copying the history file
-cvs.texi(,5172)
-cvs.texi(,5173) This way also involves direct modifications to the
-cvs.texi(,5174) repository. It is safe, but not without drawbacks.
-cvs.texi(,5175)
-cvs.texi(,5176) @example
-cvs.texi(,5177) # @r{Copy the @sc{rcs} file inside the repository}
-cvs.texi(,5178) $ cd $CVSROOT/@var{dir}
-cvs.texi(,5179) $ cp @var{old},v @var{new},v
-cvs.texi(,5180) # @r{Remove the old file}
-cvs.texi(,5181) $ cd ~/@var{dir}
-cvs.texi(,5182) $ rm @var{old}
-cvs.texi(,5183) $ cvs remove @var{old}
-cvs.texi(,5184) $ cvs commit @var{old}
-cvs.texi(,5185) # @r{Remove all tags from @var{new}}
-cvs.texi(,5186) $ cvs update @var{new}
-cvs.texi(,5187) $ cvs log @var{new} # @r{Remember the non-branch
tag names}
-cvs.texi(,5188) $ cvs tag -d @var{tag1} @var{new}
-cvs.texi(,5189) $ cvs tag -d @var{tag2} @var{new}
-cvs.texi(,5190) @dots{}
-cvs.texi(,5191) @end example
-cvs.texi(,5192)
-cvs.texi(,5193) By removing the tags you will be able to check out old
-cvs.texi(,5194) revisions.
-cvs.texi(,5195)
-cvs.texi(,5196) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,5197) Advantages:
+cvs.texi(,5169) @item
+cvs.texi(,5170) Nasty things might happen if someone accesses the history file
+cvs.texi(,5171) while you are moving it. Make sure no one else runs any of
the @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,5172) commands while you move it.
+cvs.texi(,5173) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,5174)
+cvs.texi(,5175) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,5176) @node Rename by copying
+cvs.texi(,5177) @subsection Copying the history file
+cvs.texi(,5178)
+cvs.texi(,5179) This way also involves direct modifications to the
+cvs.texi(,5180) repository. It is safe, but not without drawbacks.
+cvs.texi(,5181)
+cvs.texi(,5182) @example
+cvs.texi(,5183) # @r{Copy the @sc{rcs} file inside the repository}
+cvs.texi(,5184) $ cd $CVSROOT/@var{dir}
+cvs.texi(,5185) $ cp @var{old},v @var{new},v
+cvs.texi(,5186) # @r{Remove the old file}
+cvs.texi(,5187) $ cd ~/@var{dir}
+cvs.texi(,5188) $ rm @var{old}
+cvs.texi(,5189) $ cvs remove @var{old}
+cvs.texi(,5190) $ cvs commit @var{old}
+cvs.texi(,5191) # @r{Remove all tags from @var{new}}
+cvs.texi(,5192) $ cvs update @var{new}
+cvs.texi(,5193) $ cvs log @var{new} # @r{Remember the non-branch
tag names}
+cvs.texi(,5194) $ cvs tag -d @var{tag1} @var{new}
+cvs.texi(,5195) $ cvs tag -d @var{tag2} @var{new}
+cvs.texi(,5196) @dots{}
+cvs.texi(,5197) @end example
cvs.texi(,5198)
-cvs.texi(,5199) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,5200) @item
-cvs.texi(,5201) @c FIXME: Is this true about -D now that we have death
-cvs.texi(,5202) @c support? See 5B.3 in the FAQ.
-cvs.texi(,5203) Checking out old revisions works correctly, as long as
-cvs.texi(,5204) you use @address@hidden and not @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,5205) to retrieve the revisions.
-cvs.texi(,5206)
-cvs.texi(,5207) @item
-cvs.texi(,5208) The log of changes is maintained intact.
-cvs.texi(,5209)
-cvs.texi(,5210) @item
-cvs.texi(,5211) The revision numbers are not affected.
-cvs.texi(,5212) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,5213)
-cvs.texi(,5214) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,5215) Disadvantages:
-cvs.texi(,5216)
-cvs.texi(,5217) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,5218) @item
-cvs.texi(,5219) You cannot easily see the history of the file across the
rename.
-cvs.texi(,5220)
-cvs.texi(,5233) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,5234)
-cvs.texi(,5235) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,5236) @node Moving directories
-cvs.texi(,5237) @section Moving and renaming directories
-cvs.texi(,5238) @cindex Moving directories
-cvs.texi(,5239) @cindex Renaming directories
-cvs.texi(,5240) @cindex Directories, moving
-cvs.texi(,5241)
-cvs.texi(,5242) The normal way to rename or move a directory is to
-cvs.texi(,5243) rename or move each file within it as described in
-cvs.texi(,5244) @ref{Outside}. Then check out with the @samp{-P}
-cvs.texi(,5245) option, as described in @ref{Removing directories}.
-cvs.texi(,5246)
-cvs.texi(,5247) If you really want to hack the repository to rename or
-cvs.texi(,5248) delete a directory in the repository, you can do it
-cvs.texi(,5249) like this:
-cvs.texi(,5250)
-cvs.texi(,5251) @enumerate
-cvs.texi(,5252) @item
-cvs.texi(,5253) Inform everyone who has a checked out copy of the directory
that the
-cvs.texi(,5254) directory will be renamed. They should commit all
-cvs.texi(,5255) their changes, and remove their working copies,
-cvs.texi(,5256) before you take the steps below.
-cvs.texi(,5257)
+cvs.texi(,5199) By removing the tags you will be able to check out old
+cvs.texi(,5200) revisions.
+cvs.texi(,5201)
+cvs.texi(,5202) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,5203) Advantages:
+cvs.texi(,5204)
+cvs.texi(,5205) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,5206) @item
+cvs.texi(,5207) @c FIXME: Is this true about -D now that we have death
+cvs.texi(,5208) @c support? See 5B.3 in the FAQ.
+cvs.texi(,5209) Checking out old revisions works correctly, as long as
+cvs.texi(,5210) you use @address@hidden and not @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,5211) to retrieve the revisions.
+cvs.texi(,5212)
+cvs.texi(,5213) @item
+cvs.texi(,5214) The log of changes is maintained intact.
+cvs.texi(,5215)
+cvs.texi(,5216) @item
+cvs.texi(,5217) The revision numbers are not affected.
+cvs.texi(,5218) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,5219)
+cvs.texi(,5220) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,5221) Disadvantages:
+cvs.texi(,5222)
+cvs.texi(,5223) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,5224) @item
+cvs.texi(,5225) You cannot easily see the history of the file across the
rename.
+cvs.texi(,5226)
+cvs.texi(,5239) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,5240)
+cvs.texi(,5241) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,5242) @node Moving directories
+cvs.texi(,5243) @section Moving and renaming directories
+cvs.texi(,5244) @cindex Moving directories
+cvs.texi(,5245) @cindex Renaming directories
+cvs.texi(,5246) @cindex Directories, moving
+cvs.texi(,5247)
+cvs.texi(,5248) The normal way to rename or move a directory is to
+cvs.texi(,5249) rename or move each file within it as described in
+cvs.texi(,5250) @ref{Outside}. Then check out with the @samp{-P}
+cvs.texi(,5251) option, as described in @ref{Removing directories}.
+cvs.texi(,5252)
+cvs.texi(,5253) If you really want to hack the repository to rename or
+cvs.texi(,5254) delete a directory in the repository, you can do it
+cvs.texi(,5255) like this:
+cvs.texi(,5256)
+cvs.texi(,5257) @enumerate
cvs.texi(,5258) @item
-cvs.texi(,5259) Rename the directory inside the repository.
-cvs.texi(,5260)
-cvs.texi(,5261) @example
-cvs.texi(,5262) $ cd $CVSROOT/@var{parent-dir}
-cvs.texi(,5263) $ mv @var{old-dir} @var{new-dir}
-cvs.texi(,5264) @end example
-cvs.texi(,5265)
-cvs.texi(,5266) @item
-cvs.texi(,5267) Fix the @sc{cvs} administrative files, if necessary (for
-cvs.texi(,5268) instance if you renamed an entire module).
-cvs.texi(,5269)
-cvs.texi(,5270) @item
-cvs.texi(,5271) Tell everyone that they can check out again and continue
-cvs.texi(,5272) working.
-cvs.texi(,5273)
-cvs.texi(,5274) @end enumerate
+cvs.texi(,5259) Inform everyone who has a checked out copy of the directory
that the
+cvs.texi(,5260) directory will be renamed. They should commit all
+cvs.texi(,5261) their changes, and remove their working copies,
+cvs.texi(,5262) before you take the steps below.
+cvs.texi(,5263)
+cvs.texi(,5264) @item
+cvs.texi(,5265) Rename the directory inside the repository.
+cvs.texi(,5266)
+cvs.texi(,5267) @example
+cvs.texi(,5268) $ cd $CVSROOT/@var{parent-dir}
+cvs.texi(,5269) $ mv @var{old-dir} @var{new-dir}
+cvs.texi(,5270) @end example
+cvs.texi(,5271)
+cvs.texi(,5272) @item
+cvs.texi(,5273) Fix the @sc{cvs} administrative files, if necessary (for
+cvs.texi(,5274) instance if you renamed an entire module).
cvs.texi(,5275)
-cvs.texi(,5276) If someone had a working copy the @sc{cvs} commands will
-cvs.texi(,5277) cease to work for him, until he removes the directory
-cvs.texi(,5278) that disappeared inside the repository.
+cvs.texi(,5276) @item
+cvs.texi(,5277) Tell everyone that they can check out again and continue
+cvs.texi(,5278) working.
cvs.texi(,5279)
-cvs.texi(,5280) It is almost always better to move the files in the
-cvs.texi(,5281) directory instead of moving the directory. If you move the
-cvs.texi(,5282) directory you are unlikely to be able to retrieve old
-cvs.texi(,5283) releases correctly, since they probably depend on the
-cvs.texi(,5284) name of the directories.
+cvs.texi(,5280) @end enumerate
+cvs.texi(,5281)
+cvs.texi(,5282) If someone had a working copy the @sc{cvs} commands will
+cvs.texi(,5283) cease to work for him, until he removes the directory
+cvs.texi(,5284) that disappeared inside the repository.
cvs.texi(,5285)
-cvs.texi(,5286) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,5287) @node History browsing
-cvs.texi(,5288) @chapter History browsing
-cvs.texi(,5289) @cindex History browsing
-cvs.texi(,5290) @cindex Traceability
-cvs.texi(,5291) @cindex Isolation
-cvs.texi(,5292)
-cvs.texi(,5344)
-cvs.texi(,5345) @c kind of lame, in a lot of ways the above text inside
-cvs.texi(,5346) @c the @ignore motivates this chapter better
-cvs.texi(,5347) Once you have used @sc{cvs} to store a version control
-cvs.texi(,5348) history---what files have changed when, how, and by
-cvs.texi(,5349) whom, there are a variety of mechanisms for looking
-cvs.texi(,5350) through the history.
-cvs.texi(,5351)
-cvs.texi(,5352) @c FIXME: should also be talking about how you look at
-cvs.texi(,5353) @c old revisions (e.g. "cvs update -p -r 1.2 foo.c").
-cvs.texi(,5354) @menu
-cvs.texi(,5355) * log messages:: Log messages
-cvs.texi(,5356) * history database:: The history database
-cvs.texi(,5357) * user-defined logging:: User-defined logging
-cvs.texi(,5358) * annotate:: What revision modified each
line of a file?
-cvs.texi(,5359) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,5360)
-cvs.texi(,5361) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,5362) @node log messages
-cvs.texi(,5363) @section Log messages
-cvs.texi(,5364)
-cvs.texi(,5365) @c FIXME: @xref to place where we talk about how to
-cvs.texi(,5366) @c specify message to commit.
-cvs.texi(,5367) Whenever you commit a file you specify a log message.
-cvs.texi(,5368)
-cvs.texi(,5369) @c FIXME: bring the information here, and get rid of or
-cvs.texi(,5370) @c greatly shrink the "log" node.
-cvs.texi(,5371) To look through the log messages which have been
-cvs.texi(,5372) specified for every revision which has been committed,
-cvs.texi(,5373) use the @code{cvs log} command (@pxref{log}).
+cvs.texi(,5286) It is almost always better to move the files in the
+cvs.texi(,5287) directory instead of moving the directory. If you move the
+cvs.texi(,5288) directory you are unlikely to be able to retrieve old
+cvs.texi(,5289) releases correctly, since they probably depend on the
+cvs.texi(,5290) name of the directories.
+cvs.texi(,5291)
+cvs.texi(,5292) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,5293) @node History browsing
+cvs.texi(,5294) @chapter History browsing
+cvs.texi(,5295) @cindex History browsing
+cvs.texi(,5296) @cindex Traceability
+cvs.texi(,5297) @cindex Isolation
+cvs.texi(,5298)
+cvs.texi(,5350)
+cvs.texi(,5351) @c kind of lame, in a lot of ways the above text inside
+cvs.texi(,5352) @c the @ignore motivates this chapter better
+cvs.texi(,5353) Once you have used @sc{cvs} to store a version control
+cvs.texi(,5354) history---what files have changed when, how, and by
+cvs.texi(,5355) whom, there are a variety of mechanisms for looking
+cvs.texi(,5356) through the history.
+cvs.texi(,5357)
+cvs.texi(,5358) @c FIXME: should also be talking about how you look at
+cvs.texi(,5359) @c old revisions (e.g. "cvs update -p -r 1.2 foo.c").
+cvs.texi(,5360) @menu
+cvs.texi(,5361) * log messages:: Log messages
+cvs.texi(,5362) * history database:: The history database
+cvs.texi(,5363) * user-defined logging:: User-defined logging
+cvs.texi(,5364) * annotate:: What revision modified each
line of a file?
+cvs.texi(,5365) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,5366)
+cvs.texi(,5367) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,5368) @node log messages
+cvs.texi(,5369) @section Log messages
+cvs.texi(,5370)
+cvs.texi(,5371) @c FIXME: @xref to place where we talk about how to
+cvs.texi(,5372) @c specify message to commit.
+cvs.texi(,5373) Whenever you commit a file you specify a log message.
cvs.texi(,5374)
-cvs.texi(,5375) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,5376) @node history database
-cvs.texi(,5377) @section The history database
-cvs.texi(,5378)
-cvs.texi(,5379) @c FIXME: bring the information from the history file
-cvs.texi(,5380) @c and history nodes here. Rewrite it to be motivated
-cvs.texi(,5381) @c better (start out by clearly explaining what gets
-cvs.texi(,5382) @c logged in history, for example).
-cvs.texi(,5383) You can use the history file (@pxref{history file}) to
-cvs.texi(,5384) log various @sc{cvs} actions. To retrieve the
-cvs.texi(,5385) information from the history file, use the @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,5386) history} command (@pxref{history}).
-cvs.texi(,5387)
-cvs.texi(,5388) Note: you can control what is logged to this file by using the
-cvs.texi(,5389) @samp{LogHistory} keyword in the @file{CVSROOT/config} file
-cvs.texi(,5390) (@pxref{config}).
-cvs.texi(,5391)
-cvs.texi(,5392) @c
-cvs.texi(,5393) @c The history database has many problems:
-cvs.texi(,5394) @c * It is very unclear what field means what. This
-cvs.texi(,5395) @c could be improved greatly by better documentation,
-cvs.texi(,5396) @c but there are still non-orthogonalities (for
-cvs.texi(,5397) @c example, tag does not record the "repository"
-cvs.texi(,5398) @c field but most records do).
-cvs.texi(,5399) @c * Confusion about files, directories, and modules.
-cvs.texi(,5400) @c Some commands record one, some record others.
-cvs.texi(,5401) @c * File removal is not logged. There is an 'R'
-cvs.texi(,5402) @c record type documented, but CVS never uses it.
-cvs.texi(,5403) @c * Tags are only logged for the "cvs rtag" command,
-cvs.texi(,5404) @c not "cvs tag". The fix for this is not completely
-cvs.texi(,5405) @c clear (see above about modules vs. files).
-cvs.texi(,5406) @c * Are there other cases of operations that are not
-cvs.texi(,5407) @c logged? One would hope for all changes to the
-cvs.texi(,5408) @c repository to be logged somehow (particularly
-cvs.texi(,5409) @c operations like tagging, "cvs admin -k", and other
-cvs.texi(,5410) @c operations which do not record a history that one
-cvs.texi(,5411) @c can get with "cvs log"). Operations on the working
-cvs.texi(,5412) @c directory, like export, get, and release, are a
-cvs.texi(,5413) @c second category also covered by the current "cvs
-cvs.texi(,5414) @c history".
-cvs.texi(,5415) @c * The history file does not record the options given
-cvs.texi(,5416) @c to a command. The most serious manifestation of
-cvs.texi(,5417) @c this is perhaps that it doesn't record whether a command
-cvs.texi(,5418) @c was recursive. It is not clear to me whether one
-cvs.texi(,5419) @c wants to log at a level very close to the command
-cvs.texi(,5420) @c line, as a sort of way of logging each command
-cvs.texi(,5421) @c (more or less), or whether one wants
-cvs.texi(,5422) @c to log more at the level of what was changed (or
-cvs.texi(,5423) @c something in between), but either way the current
-cvs.texi(,5424) @c information has pretty big gaps.
-cvs.texi(,5425) @c * Further details about a tag--like whether it is a
-cvs.texi(,5426) @c branch tag or, if a non-branch tag, which branch it
-cvs.texi(,5427) @c is on. One can find out this information about the
-cvs.texi(,5428) @c tag as it exists _now_, but if the tag has been
-cvs.texi(,5429) @c moved, one doesn't know what it was like at the time
-cvs.texi(,5430) @c the history record was written.
-cvs.texi(,5431) @c * Whether operating on a particular tag, date, or
-cvs.texi(,5432) @c options was implicit (sticky) or explicit.
-cvs.texi(,5433) @c
-cvs.texi(,5434) @c Another item, only somewhat related to the above, is a
-cvs.texi(,5435) @c way to control what is logged in the history file.
-cvs.texi(,5436) @c This is probably the only good way to handle
-cvs.texi(,5437) @c different people having different ideas about
-cvs.texi(,5438) @c information/space tradeoffs.
+cvs.texi(,5375) @c FIXME: bring the information here, and get rid of or
+cvs.texi(,5376) @c greatly shrink the "log" node.
+cvs.texi(,5377) To look through the log messages which have been
+cvs.texi(,5378) specified for every revision which has been committed,
+cvs.texi(,5379) use the @code{cvs log} command (@pxref{log}).
+cvs.texi(,5380)
+cvs.texi(,5381) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,5382) @node history database
+cvs.texi(,5383) @section The history database
+cvs.texi(,5384)
+cvs.texi(,5385) @c FIXME: bring the information from the history file
+cvs.texi(,5386) @c and history nodes here. Rewrite it to be motivated
+cvs.texi(,5387) @c better (start out by clearly explaining what gets
+cvs.texi(,5388) @c logged in history, for example).
+cvs.texi(,5389) You can use the history file (@pxref{history file}) to
+cvs.texi(,5390) log various @sc{cvs} actions. To retrieve the
+cvs.texi(,5391) information from the history file, use the @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,5392) history} command (@pxref{history}).
+cvs.texi(,5393)
+cvs.texi(,5394) Note: you can control what is logged to this file by using the
+cvs.texi(,5395) @samp{LogHistory} keyword in the @file{CVSROOT/config} file
+cvs.texi(,5396) (@pxref{config}).
+cvs.texi(,5397)
+cvs.texi(,5398) @c
+cvs.texi(,5399) @c The history database has many problems:
+cvs.texi(,5400) @c * It is very unclear what field means what. This
+cvs.texi(,5401) @c could be improved greatly by better documentation,
+cvs.texi(,5402) @c but there are still non-orthogonalities (for
+cvs.texi(,5403) @c example, tag does not record the "repository"
+cvs.texi(,5404) @c field but most records do).
+cvs.texi(,5405) @c * Confusion about files, directories, and modules.
+cvs.texi(,5406) @c Some commands record one, some record others.
+cvs.texi(,5407) @c * File removal is not logged. There is an 'R'
+cvs.texi(,5408) @c record type documented, but CVS never uses it.
+cvs.texi(,5409) @c * Tags are only logged for the "cvs rtag" command,
+cvs.texi(,5410) @c not "cvs tag". The fix for this is not completely
+cvs.texi(,5411) @c clear (see above about modules vs. files).
+cvs.texi(,5412) @c * Are there other cases of operations that are not
+cvs.texi(,5413) @c logged? One would hope for all changes to the
+cvs.texi(,5414) @c repository to be logged somehow (particularly
+cvs.texi(,5415) @c operations like tagging, "cvs admin -k", and other
+cvs.texi(,5416) @c operations which do not record a history that one
+cvs.texi(,5417) @c can get with "cvs log"). Operations on the working
+cvs.texi(,5418) @c directory, like export, get, and release, are a
+cvs.texi(,5419) @c second category also covered by the current "cvs
+cvs.texi(,5420) @c history".
+cvs.texi(,5421) @c * The history file does not record the options given
+cvs.texi(,5422) @c to a command. The most serious manifestation of
+cvs.texi(,5423) @c this is perhaps that it doesn't record whether a command
+cvs.texi(,5424) @c was recursive. It is not clear to me whether one
+cvs.texi(,5425) @c wants to log at a level very close to the command
+cvs.texi(,5426) @c line, as a sort of way of logging each command
+cvs.texi(,5427) @c (more or less), or whether one wants
+cvs.texi(,5428) @c to log more at the level of what was changed (or
+cvs.texi(,5429) @c something in between), but either way the current
+cvs.texi(,5430) @c information has pretty big gaps.
+cvs.texi(,5431) @c * Further details about a tag--like whether it is a
+cvs.texi(,5432) @c branch tag or, if a non-branch tag, which branch it
+cvs.texi(,5433) @c is on. One can find out this information about the
+cvs.texi(,5434) @c tag as it exists _now_, but if the tag has been
+cvs.texi(,5435) @c moved, one doesn't know what it was like at the time
+cvs.texi(,5436) @c the history record was written.
+cvs.texi(,5437) @c * Whether operating on a particular tag, date, or
+cvs.texi(,5438) @c options was implicit (sticky) or explicit.
cvs.texi(,5439) @c
-cvs.texi(,5440) @c It isn't really clear that it makes sense to try to
-cvs.texi(,5441) @c patch up the history file format as it exists now to
-cvs.texi(,5442) @c include all that stuff. It might be better to
-cvs.texi(,5443) @c design a whole new CVSROOT/nhistory file and "cvs
-cvs.texi(,5444) @c nhistory" command, or some such, or in some other
-cvs.texi(,5445) @c way trying to come up with a clean break from the
-cvs.texi(,5446) @c past, which can address the above concerns. Another
-cvs.texi(,5447) @c open question is how/whether this relates to
-cvs.texi(,5448) @c taginfo/loginfo/etc.
-cvs.texi(,5449)
-cvs.texi(,5450) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,5451) @node user-defined logging
-cvs.texi(,5452) @section User-defined logging
-cvs.texi(,5453)
-cvs.texi(,5454) @c FIXME: should probably also mention the fact the -l
-cvs.texi(,5455) @c global option can disable most of the mechanisms
-cvs.texi(,5456) @c discussed here (why? What is the -l global option for?).
-cvs.texi(,5457) @c
-cvs.texi(,5458) @c FIXME: probably should centralize this information
-cvs.texi(,5459) @c here, at least to some extent. Maybe by moving the
-cvs.texi(,5460) @c loginfo, etc., nodes here and replacing
-cvs.texi(,5461) @c the "user-defined logging" node with one node for
-cvs.texi(,5462) @c each method.
-cvs.texi(,5463) You can customize @sc{cvs} to log various kinds of
-cvs.texi(,5464) actions, in whatever manner you choose. These
-cvs.texi(,5465) mechanisms operate by executing a script at various
-cvs.texi(,5466) times. The script might append a message to a file
-cvs.texi(,5467) listing the information and the programmer who created
-cvs.texi(,5468) it, or send mail to a group of developers, or, perhaps,
-cvs.texi(,5469) post a message to a particular newsgroup. To log
-cvs.texi(,5470) commits, use the @file{loginfo} file (@pxref{loginfo}).
-cvs.texi(,5471) @c FIXME: What is difference between doing it in the
-cvs.texi(,5472) @c modules file and using loginfo/taginfo? Why should
-cvs.texi(,5473) @c user use one or the other?
-cvs.texi(,5474) To log commits, checkouts, exports, and tags,
-cvs.texi(,5475) respectively, you can also use the @samp{-i},
-cvs.texi(,5476) @samp{-o}, @samp{-e}, and @samp{-t} options in the
-cvs.texi(,5477) modules file. For a more flexible way of giving
-cvs.texi(,5478) notifications to various users, which requires less in
-cvs.texi(,5479) the way of keeping centralized scripts up to date, use
-cvs.texi(,5480) the @code{cvs watch add} command (@pxref{Getting
-cvs.texi(,5481) Notified}); this command is useful even if you are not
-cvs.texi(,5482) using @code{cvs watch on}.
-cvs.texi(,5483)
-cvs.texi(,5484) @cindex taginfo
-cvs.texi(,5485) @cindex Exit status, of taginfo
-cvs.texi(,5486) The @file{taginfo} file defines programs to execute
-cvs.texi(,5487) when someone executes a @code{tag} or @code{rtag}
-cvs.texi(,5488) command. The @file{taginfo} file has the standard form
-cvs.texi(,5489) for administrative files (@pxref{Administrative
-cvs.texi(,5490) files}), where each line is a regular expression
-cvs.texi(,5491) followed by a command to execute. The arguments passed
-cvs.texi(,5492) to the command are, in order, the @var{tagname},
-cvs.texi(,5493) @var{operation} (@code{add} for @code{tag},
-cvs.texi(,5494) @code{mov} for @code{tag -F}, and @code{del} for
-cvs.texi(,5495) @code{tag -d}), @var{repository}, and any remaining are
-cvs.texi(,5496) pairs of @var{filename} @var{revision}. A non-zero
-cvs.texi(,5497) exit of the filter program will cause the tag to be
-cvs.texi(,5498) aborted.
-cvs.texi(,5499)
-cvs.texi(,5500) Here is an example of using taginfo to log tag and rtag
-cvs.texi(,5501) commands. In the taginfo file put:
-cvs.texi(,5502)
-cvs.texi(,5503) @example
-cvs.texi(,5504) ALL /usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT/loggit
-cvs.texi(,5505) @end example
-cvs.texi(,5506)
-cvs.texi(,5507) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,5508) Where @file{/usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT/loggit} contains the
-cvs.texi(,5509) following script:
-cvs.texi(,5510)
-cvs.texi(,5511) @example
-cvs.texi(,5512) #!/bin/sh
-cvs.texi(,5513) echo "$@@" >>/home/kingdon/cvsroot/CVSROOT/taglog
-cvs.texi(,5514) @end example
-cvs.texi(,5515)
-cvs.texi(,5516) @node annotate
-cvs.texi(,5517) @section Annotate command
-cvs.texi(,5518) @cindex annotate (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,5519)
-cvs.texi(,5520) @deffn Command {cvs annotate} address@hidden address@hidden
rev}|@code{-D date}] files @dots{}
+cvs.texi(,5440) @c Another item, only somewhat related to the above, is a
+cvs.texi(,5441) @c way to control what is logged in the history file.
+cvs.texi(,5442) @c This is probably the only good way to handle
+cvs.texi(,5443) @c different people having different ideas about
+cvs.texi(,5444) @c information/space tradeoffs.
+cvs.texi(,5445) @c
+cvs.texi(,5446) @c It isn't really clear that it makes sense to try to
+cvs.texi(,5447) @c patch up the history file format as it exists now to
+cvs.texi(,5448) @c include all that stuff. It might be better to
+cvs.texi(,5449) @c design a whole new CVSROOT/nhistory file and "cvs
+cvs.texi(,5450) @c nhistory" command, or some such, or in some other
+cvs.texi(,5451) @c way trying to come up with a clean break from the
+cvs.texi(,5452) @c past, which can address the above concerns. Another
+cvs.texi(,5453) @c open question is how/whether this relates to
+cvs.texi(,5454) @c taginfo/loginfo/etc.
+cvs.texi(,5455)
+cvs.texi(,5456) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,5457) @node user-defined logging
+cvs.texi(,5458) @section User-defined logging
+cvs.texi(,5459)
+cvs.texi(,5460) @c FIXME: should probably also mention the fact the -l
+cvs.texi(,5461) @c global option can disable most of the mechanisms
+cvs.texi(,5462) @c discussed here (why? What is the -l global option for?).
+cvs.texi(,5463) @c
+cvs.texi(,5464) @c FIXME: probably should centralize this information
+cvs.texi(,5465) @c here, at least to some extent. Maybe by moving the
+cvs.texi(,5466) @c loginfo, etc., nodes here and replacing
+cvs.texi(,5467) @c the "user-defined logging" node with one node for
+cvs.texi(,5468) @c each method.
+cvs.texi(,5469) You can customize @sc{cvs} to log various kinds of
+cvs.texi(,5470) actions, in whatever manner you choose. These
+cvs.texi(,5471) mechanisms operate by executing a script at various
+cvs.texi(,5472) times. The script might append a message to a file
+cvs.texi(,5473) listing the information and the programmer who created
+cvs.texi(,5474) it, or send mail to a group of developers, or, perhaps,
+cvs.texi(,5475) post a message to a particular newsgroup. To log
+cvs.texi(,5476) commits, use the @file{loginfo} file (@pxref{loginfo}).
+cvs.texi(,5477) @c FIXME: What is difference between doing it in the
+cvs.texi(,5478) @c modules file and using loginfo/taginfo? Why should
+cvs.texi(,5479) @c user use one or the other?
+cvs.texi(,5480) To log commits, checkouts, exports, and tags,
+cvs.texi(,5481) respectively, you can also use the @samp{-i},
+cvs.texi(,5482) @samp{-o}, @samp{-e}, and @samp{-t} options in the
+cvs.texi(,5483) modules file. For a more flexible way of giving
+cvs.texi(,5484) notifications to various users, which requires less in
+cvs.texi(,5485) the way of keeping centralized scripts up to date, use
+cvs.texi(,5486) the @code{cvs watch add} command (@pxref{Getting
+cvs.texi(,5487) Notified}); this command is useful even if you are not
+cvs.texi(,5488) using @code{cvs watch on}.
+cvs.texi(,5489)
+cvs.texi(,5490) @cindex taginfo
+cvs.texi(,5491) @cindex Exit status, of taginfo
+cvs.texi(,5492) The @file{taginfo} file defines programs to execute
+cvs.texi(,5493) when someone executes a @code{tag} or @code{rtag}
+cvs.texi(,5494) command. The @file{taginfo} file has the standard form
+cvs.texi(,5495) for administrative files (@pxref{Administrative
+cvs.texi(,5496) files}), where each line is a regular expression
+cvs.texi(,5497) followed by a command to execute. The arguments passed
+cvs.texi(,5498) to the command are, in order, the @var{tagname},
+cvs.texi(,5499) @var{operation} (@code{add} for @code{tag},
+cvs.texi(,5500) @code{mov} for @code{tag -F}, and @code{del} for
+cvs.texi(,5501) @code{tag -d}), @var{repository}, and any remaining are
+cvs.texi(,5502) pairs of @var{filename} @var{revision}. A non-zero
+cvs.texi(,5503) exit of the filter program will cause the tag to be
+cvs.texi(,5504) aborted.
+cvs.texi(,5505)
+cvs.texi(,5506) Here is an example of using taginfo to log tag and rtag
+cvs.texi(,5507) commands. In the taginfo file put:
+cvs.texi(,5508)
+cvs.texi(,5509) @example
+cvs.texi(,5510) ALL /usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT/loggit
+cvs.texi(,5511) @end example
+cvs.texi(,5512)
+cvs.texi(,5513) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,5514) Where @file{/usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT/loggit} contains the
+cvs.texi(,5515) following script:
+cvs.texi(,5516)
+cvs.texi(,5517) @example
+cvs.texi(,5518) #!/bin/sh
+cvs.texi(,5519) echo "$@@" >>/home/kingdon/cvsroot/CVSROOT/taglog
+cvs.texi(,5520) @end example
cvs.texi(,5521)
-cvs.texi(,5522) For each file in @var{files}, print the head revision
-cvs.texi(,5523) of the trunk, together with information on the last
-cvs.texi(,5524) modification for each line. For example:
+cvs.texi(,5522) @node annotate
+cvs.texi(,5523) @section Annotate command
+cvs.texi(,5524) @cindex annotate (subcommand)
cvs.texi(,5525)
-cvs.texi(,5526) @example
-cvs.texi(,5527) $ cvs annotate ssfile
-cvs.texi(,5528) Annotations for ssfile
-cvs.texi(,5529) ***************
-cvs.texi(,5530) 1.1 (mary 27-Mar-96): ssfile line 1
-cvs.texi(,5531) 1.2 (joe 28-Mar-96): ssfile line 2
-cvs.texi(,5532) @end example
-cvs.texi(,5533)
-cvs.texi(,5534) The file @file{ssfile} currently contains two lines.
-cvs.texi(,5535) The @code{ssfile line 1} line was checked in by
-cvs.texi(,5536) @code{mary} on March 27. Then, on March 28, @code{joe}
-cvs.texi(,5537) added a line @code{ssfile line 2}, without modifying
-cvs.texi(,5538) the @code{ssfile line 1} line. This report doesn't
-cvs.texi(,5539) tell you anything about lines which have been deleted
-cvs.texi(,5540) or replaced; you need to use @code{cvs diff} for that
-cvs.texi(,5541) (@pxref{diff}).
-cvs.texi(,5542)
-cvs.texi(,5543) @end deffn
-cvs.texi(,5544)
-cvs.texi(,5545) The options to @code{cvs annotate} are listed in
-cvs.texi(,5546) @ref{Invoking CVS}, and can be used to select the files
-cvs.texi(,5547) and revisions to annotate. The options are described
-cvs.texi(,5548) in more detail there and in @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,5549)
-cvs.texi(,5550) @c FIXME: maybe an example using the options? Just
-cvs.texi(,5551) @c what it means to select a revision might be worth a
-cvs.texi(,5552) @c few words of explanation ("you want to see who
-cvs.texi(,5553) @c changed this line *before* 1.4"...).
-cvs.texi(,5554)
-cvs.texi(,5555) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,5556) @node Binary files
-cvs.texi(,5557) @chapter Handling binary files
-cvs.texi(,5558) @cindex Binary files
-cvs.texi(,5559)
-cvs.texi(,5560) The most common use for @sc{cvs} is to store text
-cvs.texi(,5561) files. With text files, @sc{cvs} can merge revisions,
-cvs.texi(,5562) display the differences between revisions in a
-cvs.texi(,5563) human-visible fashion, and other such operations.
-cvs.texi(,5564) However, if you are willing to give up a few of these
-cvs.texi(,5565) abilities, @sc{cvs} can store binary files. For
-cvs.texi(,5566) example, one might store a web site in @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,5567) including both text files and binary images.
-cvs.texi(,5568)
-cvs.texi(,5569) @menu
-cvs.texi(,5570) * Binary why:: More details on issues with binary files
-cvs.texi(,5571) * Binary howto:: How to store them
-cvs.texi(,5572) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,5573)
-cvs.texi(,5574) @node Binary why
-cvs.texi(,5575) @section The issues with binary files
-cvs.texi(,5576)
-cvs.texi(,5577) While the need to manage binary files may seem obvious
-cvs.texi(,5578) if the files that you customarily work with are binary,
-cvs.texi(,5579) putting them into version control does present some
-cvs.texi(,5580) additional issues.
-cvs.texi(,5581)
-cvs.texi(,5582) One basic function of version control is to show the
-cvs.texi(,5583) differences between two revisions. For example, if
-cvs.texi(,5584) someone else checked in a new version of a file, you
-cvs.texi(,5585) may wish to look at what they changed and determine
-cvs.texi(,5586) whether their changes are good. For text files,
-cvs.texi(,5587) @sc{cvs} provides this functionality via the @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,5588) diff} command. For binary files, it may be possible to
-cvs.texi(,5589) extract the two revisions and then compare them with a
-cvs.texi(,5590) tool external to @sc{cvs} (for example, word processing
-cvs.texi(,5591) software often has such a feature). If there is no
-cvs.texi(,5592) such tool, one must track changes via other mechanisms,
-cvs.texi(,5593) such as urging people to write good log messages, and
-cvs.texi(,5594) hoping that the changes they actually made were the
-cvs.texi(,5595) changes that they intended to make.
-cvs.texi(,5596)
-cvs.texi(,5597) Another ability of a version control system is the
-cvs.texi(,5598) ability to merge two revisions. For @sc{cvs} this
-cvs.texi(,5599) happens in two contexts. The first is when users make
-cvs.texi(,5600) changes in separate working directories
-cvs.texi(,5601) (@pxref{Multiple developers}). The second is when one
-cvs.texi(,5602) merges explicitly with the @samp{update -j} command
-cvs.texi(,5603) (@pxref{Branching and merging}).
-cvs.texi(,5604)
-cvs.texi(,5605) In the case of text
-cvs.texi(,5606) files, @sc{cvs} can merge changes made independently,
-cvs.texi(,5607) and signal a conflict if the changes conflict. With
-cvs.texi(,5608) binary files, the best that @sc{cvs} can do is present
-cvs.texi(,5609) the two different copies of the file, and leave it to
-cvs.texi(,5610) the user to resolve the conflict. The user may choose
-cvs.texi(,5611) one copy or the other, or may run an external merge
-cvs.texi(,5612) tool which knows about that particular file format, if
-cvs.texi(,5613) one exists.
-cvs.texi(,5614) Note that having the user merge relies primarily on the
-cvs.texi(,5615) user to not accidentally omit some changes, and thus is
-cvs.texi(,5616) potentially error prone.
-cvs.texi(,5617)
-cvs.texi(,5618) If this process is thought to be undesirable, the best
-cvs.texi(,5619) choice may be to avoid merging. To avoid the merges
-cvs.texi(,5620) that result from separate working directories, see the
-cvs.texi(,5621) discussion of reserved checkouts (file locking) in
-cvs.texi(,5622) @ref{Multiple developers}. To avoid the merges
-cvs.texi(,5623) resulting from branches, restrict use of branches.
-cvs.texi(,5624)
-cvs.texi(,5625) @node Binary howto
-cvs.texi(,5626) @section How to store binary files
-cvs.texi(,5627)
-cvs.texi(,5628) There are two issues with using @sc{cvs} to store
-cvs.texi(,5629) binary files. The first is that @sc{cvs} by default
-cvs.texi(,5630) converts line endings between the canonical form in
-cvs.texi(,5631) which they are stored in the repository (linefeed
-cvs.texi(,5632) only), and the form appropriate to the operating system
-cvs.texi(,5633) in use on the client (for example, carriage return
-cvs.texi(,5634) followed by line feed for Windows NT).
-cvs.texi(,5635)
-cvs.texi(,5636) The second is that a binary file might happen to
-cvs.texi(,5637) contain data which looks like a keyword (@pxref{Keyword
-cvs.texi(,5638) substitution}), so keyword expansion must be turned
-cvs.texi(,5639) off.
-cvs.texi(,5640)
-cvs.texi(,5641) @c FIXME: the third is that one can't do merges with
-cvs.texi(,5642) @c binary files. xref to Multiple Developers and the
-cvs.texi(,5643) @c reserved checkout issues.
-cvs.texi(,5644)
-cvs.texi(,5645) The @samp{-kb} option available with some @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,5646) commands insures that neither line ending conversion
-cvs.texi(,5647) nor keyword expansion will be done.
-cvs.texi(,5648)
-cvs.texi(,5649) Here is an example of how you can create a new file
-cvs.texi(,5650) using the @samp{-kb} flag:
-cvs.texi(,5651)
-cvs.texi(,5652) @example
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,5653) $ echo 'address@hidden' > kotest
-cvs.texi(,5654) $ cvs add -kb -m"A test file" kotest
-cvs.texi(,5655) $ cvs ci -m"First checkin; contains a keyword" kotest
-cvs.texi(,5656) @end example
+cvs.texi(,5526) @deffn Command {cvs annotate} address@hidden address@hidden
rev}|@code{-D date}] files @dots{}
+cvs.texi(,5527)
+cvs.texi(,5528) For each file in @var{files}, print the head revision
+cvs.texi(,5529) of the trunk, together with information on the last
+cvs.texi(,5530) modification for each line. For example:
+cvs.texi(,5531)
+cvs.texi(,5532) @example
+cvs.texi(,5533) $ cvs annotate ssfile
+cvs.texi(,5534) Annotations for ssfile
+cvs.texi(,5535) ***************
+cvs.texi(,5536) 1.1 (mary 27-Mar-96): ssfile line 1
+cvs.texi(,5537) 1.2 (joe 28-Mar-96): ssfile line 2
+cvs.texi(,5538) @end example
+cvs.texi(,5539)
+cvs.texi(,5540) The file @file{ssfile} currently contains two lines.
+cvs.texi(,5541) The @code{ssfile line 1} line was checked in by
+cvs.texi(,5542) @code{mary} on March 27. Then, on March 28, @code{joe}
+cvs.texi(,5543) added a line @code{ssfile line 2}, without modifying
+cvs.texi(,5544) the @code{ssfile line 1} line. This report doesn't
+cvs.texi(,5545) tell you anything about lines which have been deleted
+cvs.texi(,5546) or replaced; you need to use @code{cvs diff} for that
+cvs.texi(,5547) (@pxref{diff}).
+cvs.texi(,5548)
+cvs.texi(,5549) @end deffn
+cvs.texi(,5550)
+cvs.texi(,5551) The options to @code{cvs annotate} are listed in
+cvs.texi(,5552) @ref{Invoking CVS}, and can be used to select the files
+cvs.texi(,5553) and revisions to annotate. The options are described
+cvs.texi(,5554) in more detail there and in @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,5555)
+cvs.texi(,5556) @c FIXME: maybe an example using the options? Just
+cvs.texi(,5557) @c what it means to select a revision might be worth a
+cvs.texi(,5558) @c few words of explanation ("you want to see who
+cvs.texi(,5559) @c changed this line *before* 1.4"...).
+cvs.texi(,5560)
+cvs.texi(,5561) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,5562) @node Binary files
+cvs.texi(,5563) @chapter Handling binary files
+cvs.texi(,5564) @cindex Binary files
+cvs.texi(,5565)
+cvs.texi(,5566) The most common use for @sc{cvs} is to store text
+cvs.texi(,5567) files. With text files, @sc{cvs} can merge revisions,
+cvs.texi(,5568) display the differences between revisions in a
+cvs.texi(,5569) human-visible fashion, and other such operations.
+cvs.texi(,5570) However, if you are willing to give up a few of these
+cvs.texi(,5571) abilities, @sc{cvs} can store binary files. For
+cvs.texi(,5572) example, one might store a web site in @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,5573) including both text files and binary images.
+cvs.texi(,5574)
+cvs.texi(,5575) @menu
+cvs.texi(,5576) * Binary why:: More details on issues with binary files
+cvs.texi(,5577) * Binary howto:: How to store them
+cvs.texi(,5578) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,5579)
+cvs.texi(,5580) @node Binary why
+cvs.texi(,5581) @section The issues with binary files
+cvs.texi(,5582)
+cvs.texi(,5583) While the need to manage binary files may seem obvious
+cvs.texi(,5584) if the files that you customarily work with are binary,
+cvs.texi(,5585) putting them into version control does present some
+cvs.texi(,5586) additional issues.
+cvs.texi(,5587)
+cvs.texi(,5588) One basic function of version control is to show the
+cvs.texi(,5589) differences between two revisions. For example, if
+cvs.texi(,5590) someone else checked in a new version of a file, you
+cvs.texi(,5591) may wish to look at what they changed and determine
+cvs.texi(,5592) whether their changes are good. For text files,
+cvs.texi(,5593) @sc{cvs} provides this functionality via the @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,5594) diff} command. For binary files, it may be possible to
+cvs.texi(,5595) extract the two revisions and then compare them with a
+cvs.texi(,5596) tool external to @sc{cvs} (for example, word processing
+cvs.texi(,5597) software often has such a feature). If there is no
+cvs.texi(,5598) such tool, one must track changes via other mechanisms,
+cvs.texi(,5599) such as urging people to write good log messages, and
+cvs.texi(,5600) hoping that the changes they actually made were the
+cvs.texi(,5601) changes that they intended to make.
+cvs.texi(,5602)
+cvs.texi(,5603) Another ability of a version control system is the
+cvs.texi(,5604) ability to merge two revisions. For @sc{cvs} this
+cvs.texi(,5605) happens in two contexts. The first is when users make
+cvs.texi(,5606) changes in separate working directories
+cvs.texi(,5607) (@pxref{Multiple developers}). The second is when one
+cvs.texi(,5608) merges explicitly with the @samp{update -j} command
+cvs.texi(,5609) (@pxref{Branching and merging}).
+cvs.texi(,5610)
+cvs.texi(,5611) In the case of text
+cvs.texi(,5612) files, @sc{cvs} can merge changes made independently,
+cvs.texi(,5613) and signal a conflict if the changes conflict. With
+cvs.texi(,5614) binary files, the best that @sc{cvs} can do is present
+cvs.texi(,5615) the two different copies of the file, and leave it to
+cvs.texi(,5616) the user to resolve the conflict. The user may choose
+cvs.texi(,5617) one copy or the other, or may run an external merge
+cvs.texi(,5618) tool which knows about that particular file format, if
+cvs.texi(,5619) one exists.
+cvs.texi(,5620) Note that having the user merge relies primarily on the
+cvs.texi(,5621) user to not accidentally omit some changes, and thus is
+cvs.texi(,5622) potentially error prone.
+cvs.texi(,5623)
+cvs.texi(,5624) If this process is thought to be undesirable, the best
+cvs.texi(,5625) choice may be to avoid merging. To avoid the merges
+cvs.texi(,5626) that result from separate working directories, see the
+cvs.texi(,5627) discussion of reserved checkouts (file locking) in
+cvs.texi(,5628) @ref{Multiple developers}. To avoid the merges
+cvs.texi(,5629) resulting from branches, restrict use of branches.
+cvs.texi(,5630)
+cvs.texi(,5631) @node Binary howto
+cvs.texi(,5632) @section How to store binary files
+cvs.texi(,5633)
+cvs.texi(,5634) There are two issues with using @sc{cvs} to store
+cvs.texi(,5635) binary files. The first is that @sc{cvs} by default
+cvs.texi(,5636) converts line endings between the canonical form in
+cvs.texi(,5637) which they are stored in the repository (linefeed
+cvs.texi(,5638) only), and the form appropriate to the operating system
+cvs.texi(,5639) in use on the client (for example, carriage return
+cvs.texi(,5640) followed by line feed for Windows NT).
+cvs.texi(,5641)
+cvs.texi(,5642) The second is that a binary file might happen to
+cvs.texi(,5643) contain data which looks like a keyword (@pxref{Keyword
+cvs.texi(,5644) substitution}), so keyword expansion must be turned
+cvs.texi(,5645) off.
+cvs.texi(,5646)
+cvs.texi(,5647) @c FIXME: the third is that one can't do merges with
+cvs.texi(,5648) @c binary files. xref to Multiple Developers and the
+cvs.texi(,5649) @c reserved checkout issues.
+cvs.texi(,5650)
+cvs.texi(,5651) The @samp{-kb} option available with some @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,5652) commands insures that neither line ending conversion
+cvs.texi(,5653) nor keyword expansion will be done.
+cvs.texi(,5654)
+cvs.texi(,5655) Here is an example of how you can create a new file
+cvs.texi(,5656) using the @samp{-kb} flag:
cvs.texi(,5657)
-cvs.texi(,5658) If a file accidentally gets added without @samp{-kb},
-cvs.texi(,5659) one can use the @code{cvs admin} command to recover.
-cvs.texi(,5660) For example:
-cvs.texi(,5661)
-cvs.texi(,5662) @example
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,5663) $ echo 'address@hidden' > kotest
-cvs.texi(,5664) $ cvs add -m"A test file" kotest
-cvs.texi(,5665) $ cvs ci -m"First checkin; contains a keyword" kotest
-cvs.texi(,5666) $ cvs admin -kb kotest
-cvs.texi(,5667) $ cvs update -A kotest
-cvs.texi(,5668) # @r{For non-unix systems:}
-cvs.texi(,5669) # @r{Copy in a good copy of the file from outside CVS}
-cvs.texi(,5670) $ cvs commit -m "make it binary" kotest
-cvs.texi(,5671) @end example
-cvs.texi(,5672)
-cvs.texi(,5673) @c Trying to describe this for both unix and non-unix
-cvs.texi(,5674) @c in the same description is very confusing. Might
-cvs.texi(,5675) @c want to split the two, or just ditch the unix "shortcut"
-cvs.texi(,5676) @c (unixheads don't do much with binary files, anyway).
-cvs.texi(,5677) @c This used to say "(Try the above example, and do a
-cvs.texi(,5678) @c @code{cat kotest} after every command)". But that
-cvs.texi(,5679) @c only really makes sense for the unix case.
-cvs.texi(,5680) When you check in the file @file{kotest} the file is
-cvs.texi(,5681) not preserved as a binary file, because you did not
-cvs.texi(,5682) check it in as a binary file. The @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,5683) admin -kb} command sets the default keyword
-cvs.texi(,5684) substitution method for this file, but it does not
-cvs.texi(,5685) alter the working copy of the file that you have. If you need
to
-cvs.texi(,5686) cope with line endings (that is, you are using
-cvs.texi(,5687) @sc{cvs} on a non-unix system), then you need to
-cvs.texi(,5688) check in a new copy of the file, as shown by the
-cvs.texi(,5689) @code{cvs commit} command above.
-cvs.texi(,5690) On unix, the @code{cvs update -A} command suffices.
-cvs.texi(,5691) @c FIXME: should also describe what the *other users*
-cvs.texi(,5692) @c need to do, if they have checked out copies which
-cvs.texi(,5693) @c have been corrupted by lack of -kb. I think maybe
-cvs.texi(,5694) @c "cvs update -kb" or "cvs
-cvs.texi(,5695) @c update -A" would suffice, although the user who
-cvs.texi(,5696) @c reported this suggested removing the file, manually
-cvs.texi(,5697) @c removing it from CVS/Entries, and then "cvs update"
-cvs.texi(,5698) (Note that you can use @code{cvs log} to determine the default
keyword
-cvs.texi(,5699) substitution method for a file and @code{cvs status} to
determine
-cvs.texi(,5700) the keyword substitution method for a working copy.)
-cvs.texi(,5701)
-cvs.texi(,5702) However, in using @code{cvs admin -k} to change the
-cvs.texi(,5703) keyword expansion, be aware that the keyword expansion
-cvs.texi(,5704) mode is not version controlled. This means that, for
-cvs.texi(,5705) example, that if you have a text file in old releases,
-cvs.texi(,5706) and a binary file with the same name in new releases,
-cvs.texi(,5707) @sc{cvs} provides no way to check out the file in text
-cvs.texi(,5708) or binary mode depending on what version you are
-cvs.texi(,5709) checking out. There is no good workaround for this
-cvs.texi(,5710) problem.
-cvs.texi(,5711)
-cvs.texi(,5712) You can also set a default for whether @code{cvs add}
-cvs.texi(,5713) and @code{cvs import} treat a file as binary based on
-cvs.texi(,5714) its name; for example you could say that files who
-cvs.texi(,5715) names end in @samp{.exe} are binary. @xref{Wrappers}.
-cvs.texi(,5716) There is currently no way to have @sc{cvs} detect
-cvs.texi(,5717) whether a file is binary based on its contents. The
-cvs.texi(,5718) main difficulty with designing such a feature is that
-cvs.texi(,5719) it is not clear how to distinguish between binary and
-cvs.texi(,5720) non-binary files, and the rules to apply would vary
-cvs.texi(,5721) considerably with the operating system.
-cvs.texi(,5722) @c For example, it would be good on MS-DOS-family OSes
-cvs.texi(,5723) @c for anything containing ^Z to be binary. Having
-cvs.texi(,5724) @c characters with the 8th bit set imply binary is almost
-cvs.texi(,5725) @c surely a bad idea in the context of ISO-8859-* and
-cvs.texi(,5726) @c other such character sets. On VMS or the Mac, we
-cvs.texi(,5727) @c could use the OS's file typing. This is a
-cvs.texi(,5728) @c commonly-desired feature, and something of this sort
-cvs.texi(,5729) @c may make sense. But there are a lot of pitfalls here.
-cvs.texi(,5730) @c
-cvs.texi(,5731) @c Another, probably better, way to tell is to read the
-cvs.texi(,5732) @c file in text mode, write it to a temp file in text
-cvs.texi(,5733) @c mode, and then do a binary mode compare of the two
-cvs.texi(,5734) @c files. If they differ, it is a binary file. This
-cvs.texi(,5735) @c might have problems on VMS (or some other system
-cvs.texi(,5736) @c with several different text modes), but in general
-cvs.texi(,5737) @c should be relatively portable. The only other
-cvs.texi(,5738) @c downside I can think of is that it would be fairly
-cvs.texi(,5739) @c slow, but that is perhaps a small price to pay for
-cvs.texi(,5740) @c not having your files corrupted. Another issue is
-cvs.texi(,5741) @c what happens if you import a text file with bare
-cvs.texi(,5742) @c linefeeds on Windows. Such files will show up on
-cvs.texi(,5743) @c Windows sometimes (I think some native windows
-cvs.texi(,5744) @c programs even write them, on occasion). Perhaps it
-cvs.texi(,5745) @c is reasonable to treat such files as binary; after
-cvs.texi(,5746) @c all it is something of a presumption to assume that
-cvs.texi(,5747) @c the user would want the linefeeds converted to CRLF.
-cvs.texi(,5748)
-cvs.texi(,5749) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,5750) @node Multiple developers
-cvs.texi(,5751) @chapter Multiple developers
-cvs.texi(,5752) @cindex Multiple developers
-cvs.texi(,5753) @cindex Team of developers
-cvs.texi(,5754) @cindex File locking
-cvs.texi(,5755) @cindex Locking files
-cvs.texi(,5756) @cindex Working copy
-cvs.texi(,5757) @cindex Reserved checkouts
-cvs.texi(,5758) @cindex Unreserved checkouts
-cvs.texi(,5759) @cindex RCS-style locking
-cvs.texi(,5760)
-cvs.texi(,5761) When more than one person works on a software project
-cvs.texi(,5762) things often get complicated. Often, two people try to
-cvs.texi(,5763) edit the same file simultaneously. One solution, known
-cvs.texi(,5764) as @dfn{file locking} or @dfn{reserved checkouts}, is
-cvs.texi(,5765) to allow only one person to edit each file at a time.
-cvs.texi(,5766) This is the only solution with some version control
-cvs.texi(,5767) systems, including @sc{rcs} and @sc{sccs}. Currently
-cvs.texi(,5768) the usual way to get reserved checkouts with @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,5769) is the @code{cvs admin -l} command (@pxref{admin
-cvs.texi(,5770) options}). This is not as nicely integrated into
-cvs.texi(,5771) @sc{cvs} as the watch features, described below, but it
-cvs.texi(,5772) seems that most people with a need for reserved
-cvs.texi(,5773) checkouts find it adequate.
-cvs.texi(,5774) @c Or "find it better than worrying about implementing
-cvs.texi(,5775) @c nicely integrated reserved checkouts" or ...?
-cvs.texi(,5776) It also may be possible to use the watches
-cvs.texi(,5777) features described below, together with suitable
-cvs.texi(,5778) procedures (not enforced by software), to avoid having
-cvs.texi(,5779) two people edit at the same time.
-cvs.texi(,5780)
-cvs.texi(,5781) @c Our unreserved checkout model might not
-cvs.texi(,5782) @c be quite the same as others. For example, I
-cvs.texi(,5783) @c think that some systems will tend to create a branch
-cvs.texi(,5784) @c in the case where CVS prints "up-to-date check failed".
-cvs.texi(,5785) @c It isn't clear to me whether we should try to
-cvs.texi(,5786) @c explore these subtleties; it could easily just
-cvs.texi(,5787) @c confuse people.
-cvs.texi(,5788) The default model with @sc{cvs} is known as
-cvs.texi(,5789) @dfn{unreserved checkouts}. In this model, developers
-cvs.texi(,5790) can edit their own @dfn{working copy} of a file
-cvs.texi(,5791) simultaneously. The first person that commits his
-cvs.texi(,5792) changes has no automatic way of knowing that another
-cvs.texi(,5793) has started to edit it. Others will get an error
-cvs.texi(,5794) message when they try to commit the file. They must
-cvs.texi(,5795) then use @sc{cvs} commands to bring their working copy
-cvs.texi(,5796) up to date with the repository revision. This process
-cvs.texi(,5797) is almost automatic.
-cvs.texi(,5798)
-cvs.texi(,5799) @c FIXME? should probably use the word "watch" here, to
-cvs.texi(,5800) @c tie this into the text below and above.
-cvs.texi(,5801) @sc{cvs} also supports mechanisms which facilitate
-cvs.texi(,5802) various kinds of communication, without actually
-cvs.texi(,5803) enforcing rules like reserved checkouts do.
+cvs.texi(,5658) @example
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,5659) $ echo 'address@hidden' > kotest
+cvs.texi(,5660) $ cvs add -kb -m"A test file" kotest
+cvs.texi(,5661) $ cvs ci -m"First checkin; contains a keyword" kotest
+cvs.texi(,5662) @end example
+cvs.texi(,5663)
+cvs.texi(,5664) If a file accidentally gets added without @samp{-kb},
+cvs.texi(,5665) one can use the @code{cvs admin} command to recover.
+cvs.texi(,5666) For example:
+cvs.texi(,5667)
+cvs.texi(,5668) @example
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,5669) $ echo 'address@hidden' > kotest
+cvs.texi(,5670) $ cvs add -m"A test file" kotest
+cvs.texi(,5671) $ cvs ci -m"First checkin; contains a keyword" kotest
+cvs.texi(,5672) $ cvs admin -kb kotest
+cvs.texi(,5673) $ cvs update -A kotest
+cvs.texi(,5674) # @r{For non-unix systems:}
+cvs.texi(,5675) # @r{Copy in a good copy of the file from outside CVS}
+cvs.texi(,5676) $ cvs commit -m "make it binary" kotest
+cvs.texi(,5677) @end example
+cvs.texi(,5678)
+cvs.texi(,5679) @c Trying to describe this for both unix and non-unix
+cvs.texi(,5680) @c in the same description is very confusing. Might
+cvs.texi(,5681) @c want to split the two, or just ditch the unix "shortcut"
+cvs.texi(,5682) @c (unixheads don't do much with binary files, anyway).
+cvs.texi(,5683) @c This used to say "(Try the above example, and do a
+cvs.texi(,5684) @c @code{cat kotest} after every command)". But that
+cvs.texi(,5685) @c only really makes sense for the unix case.
+cvs.texi(,5686) When you check in the file @file{kotest} the file is
+cvs.texi(,5687) not preserved as a binary file, because you did not
+cvs.texi(,5688) check it in as a binary file. The @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,5689) admin -kb} command sets the default keyword
+cvs.texi(,5690) substitution method for this file, but it does not
+cvs.texi(,5691) alter the working copy of the file that you have. If you need
to
+cvs.texi(,5692) cope with line endings (that is, you are using
+cvs.texi(,5693) @sc{cvs} on a non-unix system), then you need to
+cvs.texi(,5694) check in a new copy of the file, as shown by the
+cvs.texi(,5695) @code{cvs commit} command above.
+cvs.texi(,5696) On unix, the @code{cvs update -A} command suffices.
+cvs.texi(,5697) @c FIXME: should also describe what the *other users*
+cvs.texi(,5698) @c need to do, if they have checked out copies which
+cvs.texi(,5699) @c have been corrupted by lack of -kb. I think maybe
+cvs.texi(,5700) @c "cvs update -kb" or "cvs
+cvs.texi(,5701) @c update -A" would suffice, although the user who
+cvs.texi(,5702) @c reported this suggested removing the file, manually
+cvs.texi(,5703) @c removing it from CVS/Entries, and then "cvs update"
+cvs.texi(,5704) (Note that you can use @code{cvs log} to determine the default
keyword
+cvs.texi(,5705) substitution method for a file and @code{cvs status} to
determine
+cvs.texi(,5706) the keyword substitution method for a working copy.)
+cvs.texi(,5707)
+cvs.texi(,5708) However, in using @code{cvs admin -k} to change the
+cvs.texi(,5709) keyword expansion, be aware that the keyword expansion
+cvs.texi(,5710) mode is not version controlled. This means that, for
+cvs.texi(,5711) example, that if you have a text file in old releases,
+cvs.texi(,5712) and a binary file with the same name in new releases,
+cvs.texi(,5713) @sc{cvs} provides no way to check out the file in text
+cvs.texi(,5714) or binary mode depending on what version you are
+cvs.texi(,5715) checking out. There is no good workaround for this
+cvs.texi(,5716) problem.
+cvs.texi(,5717)
+cvs.texi(,5718) You can also set a default for whether @code{cvs add}
+cvs.texi(,5719) and @code{cvs import} treat a file as binary based on
+cvs.texi(,5720) its name; for example you could say that files who
+cvs.texi(,5721) names end in @samp{.exe} are binary. @xref{Wrappers}.
+cvs.texi(,5722) There is currently no way to have @sc{cvs} detect
+cvs.texi(,5723) whether a file is binary based on its contents. The
+cvs.texi(,5724) main difficulty with designing such a feature is that
+cvs.texi(,5725) it is not clear how to distinguish between binary and
+cvs.texi(,5726) non-binary files, and the rules to apply would vary
+cvs.texi(,5727) considerably with the operating system.
+cvs.texi(,5728) @c For example, it would be good on MS-DOS-family OSes
+cvs.texi(,5729) @c for anything containing ^Z to be binary. Having
+cvs.texi(,5730) @c characters with the 8th bit set imply binary is almost
+cvs.texi(,5731) @c surely a bad idea in the context of ISO-8859-* and
+cvs.texi(,5732) @c other such character sets. On VMS or the Mac, we
+cvs.texi(,5733) @c could use the OS's file typing. This is a
+cvs.texi(,5734) @c commonly-desired feature, and something of this sort
+cvs.texi(,5735) @c may make sense. But there are a lot of pitfalls here.
+cvs.texi(,5736) @c
+cvs.texi(,5737) @c Another, probably better, way to tell is to read the
+cvs.texi(,5738) @c file in text mode, write it to a temp file in text
+cvs.texi(,5739) @c mode, and then do a binary mode compare of the two
+cvs.texi(,5740) @c files. If they differ, it is a binary file. This
+cvs.texi(,5741) @c might have problems on VMS (or some other system
+cvs.texi(,5742) @c with several different text modes), but in general
+cvs.texi(,5743) @c should be relatively portable. The only other
+cvs.texi(,5744) @c downside I can think of is that it would be fairly
+cvs.texi(,5745) @c slow, but that is perhaps a small price to pay for
+cvs.texi(,5746) @c not having your files corrupted. Another issue is
+cvs.texi(,5747) @c what happens if you import a text file with bare
+cvs.texi(,5748) @c linefeeds on Windows. Such files will show up on
+cvs.texi(,5749) @c Windows sometimes (I think some native windows
+cvs.texi(,5750) @c programs even write them, on occasion). Perhaps it
+cvs.texi(,5751) @c is reasonable to treat such files as binary; after
+cvs.texi(,5752) @c all it is something of a presumption to assume that
+cvs.texi(,5753) @c the user would want the linefeeds converted to CRLF.
+cvs.texi(,5754)
+cvs.texi(,5755) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,5756) @node Multiple developers
+cvs.texi(,5757) @chapter Multiple developers
+cvs.texi(,5758) @cindex Multiple developers
+cvs.texi(,5759) @cindex Team of developers
+cvs.texi(,5760) @cindex File locking
+cvs.texi(,5761) @cindex Locking files
+cvs.texi(,5762) @cindex Working copy
+cvs.texi(,5763) @cindex Reserved checkouts
+cvs.texi(,5764) @cindex Unreserved checkouts
+cvs.texi(,5765) @cindex RCS-style locking
+cvs.texi(,5766)
+cvs.texi(,5767) When more than one person works on a software project
+cvs.texi(,5768) things often get complicated. Often, two people try to
+cvs.texi(,5769) edit the same file simultaneously. One solution, known
+cvs.texi(,5770) as @dfn{file locking} or @dfn{reserved checkouts}, is
+cvs.texi(,5771) to allow only one person to edit each file at a time.
+cvs.texi(,5772) This is the only solution with some version control
+cvs.texi(,5773) systems, including @sc{rcs} and @sc{sccs}. Currently
+cvs.texi(,5774) the usual way to get reserved checkouts with @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,5775) is the @code{cvs admin -l} command (@pxref{admin
+cvs.texi(,5776) options}). This is not as nicely integrated into
+cvs.texi(,5777) @sc{cvs} as the watch features, described below, but it
+cvs.texi(,5778) seems that most people with a need for reserved
+cvs.texi(,5779) checkouts find it adequate.
+cvs.texi(,5780) @c Or "find it better than worrying about implementing
+cvs.texi(,5781) @c nicely integrated reserved checkouts" or ...?
+cvs.texi(,5782) It also may be possible to use the watches
+cvs.texi(,5783) features described below, together with suitable
+cvs.texi(,5784) procedures (not enforced by software), to avoid having
+cvs.texi(,5785) two people edit at the same time.
+cvs.texi(,5786)
+cvs.texi(,5787) @c Our unreserved checkout model might not
+cvs.texi(,5788) @c be quite the same as others. For example, I
+cvs.texi(,5789) @c think that some systems will tend to create a branch
+cvs.texi(,5790) @c in the case where CVS prints "up-to-date check failed".
+cvs.texi(,5791) @c It isn't clear to me whether we should try to
+cvs.texi(,5792) @c explore these subtleties; it could easily just
+cvs.texi(,5793) @c confuse people.
+cvs.texi(,5794) The default model with @sc{cvs} is known as
+cvs.texi(,5795) @dfn{unreserved checkouts}. In this model, developers
+cvs.texi(,5796) can edit their own @dfn{working copy} of a file
+cvs.texi(,5797) simultaneously. The first person that commits his
+cvs.texi(,5798) changes has no automatic way of knowing that another
+cvs.texi(,5799) has started to edit it. Others will get an error
+cvs.texi(,5800) message when they try to commit the file. They must
+cvs.texi(,5801) then use @sc{cvs} commands to bring their working copy
+cvs.texi(,5802) up to date with the repository revision. This process
+cvs.texi(,5803) is almost automatic.
cvs.texi(,5804)
-cvs.texi(,5805) The rest of this chapter describes how these various
-cvs.texi(,5806) models work, and some of the issues involved in
-cvs.texi(,5807) choosing between them.
-cvs.texi(,5808)
-cvs.texi(,5886)
-cvs.texi(,5887) @menu
-cvs.texi(,5888) * File status:: A file can be in several states
-cvs.texi(,5889) * Updating a file:: Bringing a file up-to-date
-cvs.texi(,5890) * Conflicts example:: An informative example
-cvs.texi(,5891) * Informing others:: To cooperate you must inform
-cvs.texi(,5892) * Concurrency:: Simultaneous repository access
-cvs.texi(,5893) * Watches:: Mechanisms to track who is
editing files
-cvs.texi(,5894) * Choosing a model:: Reserved or unreserved
checkouts?
-cvs.texi(,5895) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,5896)
-cvs.texi(,5897) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,5898) @node File status
-cvs.texi(,5899) @section File status
-cvs.texi(,5900) @cindex File status
-cvs.texi(,5901) @cindex Status of a file
+cvs.texi(,5805) @c FIXME? should probably use the word "watch" here, to
+cvs.texi(,5806) @c tie this into the text below and above.
+cvs.texi(,5807) @sc{cvs} also supports mechanisms which facilitate
+cvs.texi(,5808) various kinds of communication, without actually
+cvs.texi(,5809) enforcing rules like reserved checkouts do.
+cvs.texi(,5810)
+cvs.texi(,5811) The rest of this chapter describes how these various
+cvs.texi(,5812) models work, and some of the issues involved in
+cvs.texi(,5813) choosing between them.
+cvs.texi(,5814)
+cvs.texi(,5892)
+cvs.texi(,5893) @menu
+cvs.texi(,5894) * File status:: A file can be in several states
+cvs.texi(,5895) * Updating a file:: Bringing a file up-to-date
+cvs.texi(,5896) * Conflicts example:: An informative example
+cvs.texi(,5897) * Informing others:: To cooperate you must inform
+cvs.texi(,5898) * Concurrency:: Simultaneous repository access
+cvs.texi(,5899) * Watches:: Mechanisms to track who is
editing files
+cvs.texi(,5900) * Choosing a model:: Reserved or unreserved
checkouts?
+cvs.texi(,5901) @end menu
cvs.texi(,5902)
-cvs.texi(,5903) @c Shouldn't this start with an example or something,
-cvs.texi(,5904) @c introducing the unreserved checkout model? Before we
-cvs.texi(,5905) @c dive into listing states?
-cvs.texi(,5906) Based on what operations you have performed on a
-cvs.texi(,5907) checked out file, and what operations others have
-cvs.texi(,5908) performed to that file in the repository, one can
-cvs.texi(,5909) classify a file in a number of states. The states, as
-cvs.texi(,5910) reported by the @code{status} command, are:
-cvs.texi(,5911)
-cvs.texi(,5912) @c The order of items is chosen to group logically
-cvs.texi(,5913) @c similar outputs together.
-cvs.texi(,5914) @c People who want alphabetical can use the index...
-cvs.texi(,5915) @table @asis
-cvs.texi(,5916) @cindex Up-to-date
-cvs.texi(,5917) @item Up-to-date
-cvs.texi(,5918) The file is identical with the latest revision in the
-cvs.texi(,5919) repository for the branch in use.
-cvs.texi(,5920) @c FIXME: should we clarify "in use"? The answer is
-cvs.texi(,5921) @c sticky tags, and trying to distinguish branch sticky
-cvs.texi(,5922) @c tags from non-branch sticky tags seems rather awkward
-cvs.texi(,5923) @c here.
-cvs.texi(,5924) @c FIXME: What happens with non-branch sticky tags? Is
-cvs.texi(,5925) @c a stuck file "Up-to-date" or "Needs checkout" or what?
-cvs.texi(,5926)
-cvs.texi(,5927) @item Locally Modified
-cvs.texi(,5928) @cindex Locally Modified
-cvs.texi(,5929) You have edited the file, and not yet committed your changes.
-cvs.texi(,5930)
-cvs.texi(,5931) @item Locally Added
-cvs.texi(,5932) @cindex Locally Added
-cvs.texi(,5933) You have added the file with @code{add}, and not yet
-cvs.texi(,5934) committed your changes.
-cvs.texi(,5935) @c There are many cases involving the file being
-cvs.texi(,5936) @c added/removed/modified in the working directory, and
-cvs.texi(,5937) @c added/removed/modified in the repository, which we
-cvs.texi(,5938) @c don't try to describe here. I'm not sure that "cvs
-cvs.texi(,5939) @c status" produces a non-confusing output in most of
-cvs.texi(,5940) @c those cases.
-cvs.texi(,5941)
-cvs.texi(,5942) @item Locally Removed
-cvs.texi(,5943) @cindex Locally Removed
-cvs.texi(,5944) You have removed the file with @code{remove}, and not yet
-cvs.texi(,5945) committed your changes.
-cvs.texi(,5946)
-cvs.texi(,5947) @item Needs Checkout
-cvs.texi(,5948) @cindex Needs Checkout
-cvs.texi(,5949) Someone else has committed a newer revision to the
-cvs.texi(,5950) repository. The name is slightly misleading; you will
-cvs.texi(,5951) ordinarily use @code{update} rather than
-cvs.texi(,5952) @code{checkout} to get that newer revision.
-cvs.texi(,5953)
-cvs.texi(,5954) @item Needs Patch
-cvs.texi(,5955) @cindex Needs Patch
-cvs.texi(,5956) @c See also newb-123j0 in sanity.sh (although that case
-cvs.texi(,5957) @c should probably be changed rather than documented).
-cvs.texi(,5958) Like Needs Checkout, but the @sc{cvs} server will send
-cvs.texi(,5959) a patch rather than the entire file. Sending a patch or
-cvs.texi(,5960) sending an entire file accomplishes the same thing.
-cvs.texi(,5961)
-cvs.texi(,5962) @item Needs Merge
-cvs.texi(,5963) @cindex Needs Merge
-cvs.texi(,5964) Someone else has committed a newer revision to the repository,
and you
-cvs.texi(,5965) have also made modifications to the file.
-cvs.texi(,5966)
-cvs.texi(,5967) @item Unresolved Conflict
-cvs.texi(,5968) @cindex Unresolved Conflict
-cvs.texi(,5969) @c FIXCVS - This file status needs to be changed to some more
informative
-cvs.texi(,5970) @c text that distinguishes it more clearly from each of the
Locally Added,
-cvs.texi(,5971) @c File had conflicts on merge, and Unknown status types, but
an exact and
-cvs.texi(,5972) @c succinct wording escapes me at the moment.
-cvs.texi(,5973) A file with the same name as this new file has been added to
the repository
-cvs.texi(,5974) from a second workspace. This file will need to be moved out
of the way
-cvs.texi(,5975) to allow an @code{update} to complete.
-cvs.texi(,5976)
-cvs.texi(,5977) @item File had conflicts on merge
-cvs.texi(,5978) @cindex File had conflicts on merge
-cvs.texi(,5979) @c is it worth saying that this message was "Unresolved
-cvs.texi(,5980) @c Conflict" in CVS 1.9 and earlier? I'm inclined to
-cvs.texi(,5981) @c think that is unnecessarily confusing to new users.
-cvs.texi(,5982) This is like Locally Modified, except that a previous
-cvs.texi(,5983) @code{update} command gave a conflict. If you have not
-cvs.texi(,5984) already done so, you need to
-cvs.texi(,5985) resolve the conflict as described in @ref{Conflicts example}.
-cvs.texi(,5986)
-cvs.texi(,5987) @item Unknown
-cvs.texi(,5988) @cindex Unknown
-cvs.texi(,5989) @sc{cvs} doesn't know anything about this file. For
-cvs.texi(,5990) example, you have created a new file and have not run
-cvs.texi(,5991) @code{add}.
-cvs.texi(,5992) @c
-cvs.texi(,5993) @c "Entry Invalid" and "Classify Error" are also in the
-cvs.texi(,5994) @c status.c. The latter definitely indicates a CVS bug
-cvs.texi(,5995) @c (should it be worded more like "internal error" so
-cvs.texi(,5996) @c people submit bug reports if they see it?). The former
-cvs.texi(,5997) @c I'm not as sure; I haven't tracked down whether/when it
-cvs.texi(,5998) @c appears in "cvs status" output.
-cvs.texi(,5999)
-cvs.texi(,6000) @end table
-cvs.texi(,6001)
-cvs.texi(,6002) To help clarify the file status, @code{status} also
-cvs.texi(,6003) reports the @code{Working revision} which is the
-cvs.texi(,6004) revision that the file in the working directory derives
-cvs.texi(,6005) from, and the @code{Repository revision} which is the
-cvs.texi(,6006) latest revision in the repository for the branch in
-cvs.texi(,6007) use.
-cvs.texi(,6008) @c FIXME: should we clarify "in use"? The answer is
-cvs.texi(,6009) @c sticky tags, and trying to distinguish branch sticky
-cvs.texi(,6010) @c tags from non-branch sticky tags seems rather awkward
-cvs.texi(,6011) @c here.
-cvs.texi(,6012) @c FIXME: What happens with non-branch sticky tags?
-cvs.texi(,6013) @c What is the Repository Revision there? See the
-cvs.texi(,6014) @c comment at vn_rcs in cvs.h, which is kind of
-cvs.texi(,6015) @c confused--we really need to document better what this
-cvs.texi(,6016) @c field contains.
-cvs.texi(,6017) @c Q: Should we document "New file!" and other such
-cvs.texi(,6018) @c outputs or are they self-explanatory?
-cvs.texi(,6019) @c FIXME: what about the date to the right of "Working
-cvs.texi(,6020) @c revision"? It doesn't appear with client/server and
-cvs.texi(,6021) @c seems unnecessary (redundant with "ls -l") so
-cvs.texi(,6022) @c perhaps it should be removed for non-client/server too?
-cvs.texi(,6023) @c FIXME: Need some examples.
-cvs.texi(,6024) @c FIXME: Working revision can also be something like
-cvs.texi(,6025) @c "-1.3" for a locally removed file. Not at all
-cvs.texi(,6026) @c self-explanatory (and it is possible that CVS should
-cvs.texi(,6027) @c be changed rather than documenting this).
-cvs.texi(,6028)
-cvs.texi(,6029) @c Would be nice to have an @example showing output
-cvs.texi(,6030) @c from cvs status, with comments showing the xref
-cvs.texi(,6031) @c where each part of the output is described. This
-cvs.texi(,6032) @c might fit in nicely if it is desirable to split this
-cvs.texi(,6033) @c node in two; one to introduce "cvs status" and one
-cvs.texi(,6034) @c to list each of the states.
-cvs.texi(,6035) The options to @code{status} are listed in
-cvs.texi(,6036) @ref{Invoking CVS}. For information on its @code{Sticky tag}
-cvs.texi(,6037) and @code{Sticky date} output, see @ref{Sticky tags}.
-cvs.texi(,6038) For information on its @code{Sticky options} output,
-cvs.texi(,6039) see the @samp{-k} option in @ref{update options}.
-cvs.texi(,6040)
-cvs.texi(,6041) You can think of the @code{status} and @code{update}
-cvs.texi(,6042) commands as somewhat complementary. You use
-cvs.texi(,6043) @code{update} to bring your files up to date, and you
-cvs.texi(,6044) can use @code{status} to give you some idea of what an
-cvs.texi(,6045) @code{update} would do (of course, the state of the
-cvs.texi(,6046) repository might change before you actually run
-cvs.texi(,6047) @code{update}). In fact, if you want a command to
-cvs.texi(,6048) display file status in a more brief format than is
-cvs.texi(,6049) displayed by the @code{status} command, you can invoke
-cvs.texi(,6050)
-cvs.texi(,6051) @cindex update, to display file status
-cvs.texi(,6052) @example
-cvs.texi(,6053) $ cvs -n -q update
-cvs.texi(,6054) @end example
-cvs.texi(,6055)
-cvs.texi(,6056) The @samp{-n} option means to not actually do the
-cvs.texi(,6057) update, but merely to display statuses; the @samp{-q}
-cvs.texi(,6058) option avoids printing the name of each directory. For
-cvs.texi(,6059) more information on the @code{update} command, and
-cvs.texi(,6060) these options, see @ref{Invoking CVS}.
+cvs.texi(,5903) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,5904) @node File status
+cvs.texi(,5905) @section File status
+cvs.texi(,5906) @cindex File status
+cvs.texi(,5907) @cindex Status of a file
+cvs.texi(,5908)
+cvs.texi(,5909) @c Shouldn't this start with an example or something,
+cvs.texi(,5910) @c introducing the unreserved checkout model? Before we
+cvs.texi(,5911) @c dive into listing states?
+cvs.texi(,5912) Based on what operations you have performed on a
+cvs.texi(,5913) checked out file, and what operations others have
+cvs.texi(,5914) performed to that file in the repository, one can
+cvs.texi(,5915) classify a file in a number of states. The states, as
+cvs.texi(,5916) reported by the @code{status} command, are:
+cvs.texi(,5917)
+cvs.texi(,5918) @c The order of items is chosen to group logically
+cvs.texi(,5919) @c similar outputs together.
+cvs.texi(,5920) @c People who want alphabetical can use the index...
+cvs.texi(,5921) @table @asis
+cvs.texi(,5922) @cindex Up-to-date
+cvs.texi(,5923) @item Up-to-date
+cvs.texi(,5924) The file is identical with the latest revision in the
+cvs.texi(,5925) repository for the branch in use.
+cvs.texi(,5926) @c FIXME: should we clarify "in use"? The answer is
+cvs.texi(,5927) @c sticky tags, and trying to distinguish branch sticky
+cvs.texi(,5928) @c tags from non-branch sticky tags seems rather awkward
+cvs.texi(,5929) @c here.
+cvs.texi(,5930) @c FIXME: What happens with non-branch sticky tags? Is
+cvs.texi(,5931) @c a stuck file "Up-to-date" or "Needs checkout" or what?
+cvs.texi(,5932)
+cvs.texi(,5933) @item Locally Modified
+cvs.texi(,5934) @cindex Locally Modified
+cvs.texi(,5935) You have edited the file, and not yet committed your changes.
+cvs.texi(,5936)
+cvs.texi(,5937) @item Locally Added
+cvs.texi(,5938) @cindex Locally Added
+cvs.texi(,5939) You have added the file with @code{add}, and not yet
+cvs.texi(,5940) committed your changes.
+cvs.texi(,5941) @c There are many cases involving the file being
+cvs.texi(,5942) @c added/removed/modified in the working directory, and
+cvs.texi(,5943) @c added/removed/modified in the repository, which we
+cvs.texi(,5944) @c don't try to describe here. I'm not sure that "cvs
+cvs.texi(,5945) @c status" produces a non-confusing output in most of
+cvs.texi(,5946) @c those cases.
+cvs.texi(,5947)
+cvs.texi(,5948) @item Locally Removed
+cvs.texi(,5949) @cindex Locally Removed
+cvs.texi(,5950) You have removed the file with @code{remove}, and not yet
+cvs.texi(,5951) committed your changes.
+cvs.texi(,5952)
+cvs.texi(,5953) @item Needs Checkout
+cvs.texi(,5954) @cindex Needs Checkout
+cvs.texi(,5955) Someone else has committed a newer revision to the
+cvs.texi(,5956) repository. The name is slightly misleading; you will
+cvs.texi(,5957) ordinarily use @code{update} rather than
+cvs.texi(,5958) @code{checkout} to get that newer revision.
+cvs.texi(,5959)
+cvs.texi(,5960) @item Needs Patch
+cvs.texi(,5961) @cindex Needs Patch
+cvs.texi(,5962) @c See also newb-123j0 in sanity.sh (although that case
+cvs.texi(,5963) @c should probably be changed rather than documented).
+cvs.texi(,5964) Like Needs Checkout, but the @sc{cvs} server will send
+cvs.texi(,5965) a patch rather than the entire file. Sending a patch or
+cvs.texi(,5966) sending an entire file accomplishes the same thing.
+cvs.texi(,5967)
+cvs.texi(,5968) @item Needs Merge
+cvs.texi(,5969) @cindex Needs Merge
+cvs.texi(,5970) Someone else has committed a newer revision to the repository,
and you
+cvs.texi(,5971) have also made modifications to the file.
+cvs.texi(,5972)
+cvs.texi(,5973) @item Unresolved Conflict
+cvs.texi(,5974) @cindex Unresolved Conflict
+cvs.texi(,5975) @c FIXCVS - This file status needs to be changed to some more
informative
+cvs.texi(,5976) @c text that distinguishes it more clearly from each of the
Locally Added,
+cvs.texi(,5977) @c File had conflicts on merge, and Unknown status types, but
an exact and
+cvs.texi(,5978) @c succinct wording escapes me at the moment.
+cvs.texi(,5979) A file with the same name as this new file has been added to
the repository
+cvs.texi(,5980) from a second workspace. This file will need to be moved out
of the way
+cvs.texi(,5981) to allow an @code{update} to complete.
+cvs.texi(,5982)
+cvs.texi(,5983) @item File had conflicts on merge
+cvs.texi(,5984) @cindex File had conflicts on merge
+cvs.texi(,5985) @c is it worth saying that this message was "Unresolved
+cvs.texi(,5986) @c Conflict" in CVS 1.9 and earlier? I'm inclined to
+cvs.texi(,5987) @c think that is unnecessarily confusing to new users.
+cvs.texi(,5988) This is like Locally Modified, except that a previous
+cvs.texi(,5989) @code{update} command gave a conflict. If you have not
+cvs.texi(,5990) already done so, you need to
+cvs.texi(,5991) resolve the conflict as described in @ref{Conflicts example}.
+cvs.texi(,5992)
+cvs.texi(,5993) @item Unknown
+cvs.texi(,5994) @cindex Unknown
+cvs.texi(,5995) @sc{cvs} doesn't know anything about this file. For
+cvs.texi(,5996) example, you have created a new file and have not run
+cvs.texi(,5997) @code{add}.
+cvs.texi(,5998) @c
+cvs.texi(,5999) @c "Entry Invalid" and "Classify Error" are also in the
+cvs.texi(,6000) @c status.c. The latter definitely indicates a CVS bug
+cvs.texi(,6001) @c (should it be worded more like "internal error" so
+cvs.texi(,6002) @c people submit bug reports if they see it?). The former
+cvs.texi(,6003) @c I'm not as sure; I haven't tracked down whether/when it
+cvs.texi(,6004) @c appears in "cvs status" output.
+cvs.texi(,6005)
+cvs.texi(,6006) @end table
+cvs.texi(,6007)
+cvs.texi(,6008) To help clarify the file status, @code{status} also
+cvs.texi(,6009) reports the @code{Working revision} which is the
+cvs.texi(,6010) revision that the file in the working directory derives
+cvs.texi(,6011) from, and the @code{Repository revision} which is the
+cvs.texi(,6012) latest revision in the repository for the branch in
+cvs.texi(,6013) use.
+cvs.texi(,6014) @c FIXME: should we clarify "in use"? The answer is
+cvs.texi(,6015) @c sticky tags, and trying to distinguish branch sticky
+cvs.texi(,6016) @c tags from non-branch sticky tags seems rather awkward
+cvs.texi(,6017) @c here.
+cvs.texi(,6018) @c FIXME: What happens with non-branch sticky tags?
+cvs.texi(,6019) @c What is the Repository Revision there? See the
+cvs.texi(,6020) @c comment at vn_rcs in cvs.h, which is kind of
+cvs.texi(,6021) @c confused--we really need to document better what this
+cvs.texi(,6022) @c field contains.
+cvs.texi(,6023) @c Q: Should we document "New file!" and other such
+cvs.texi(,6024) @c outputs or are they self-explanatory?
+cvs.texi(,6025) @c FIXME: what about the date to the right of "Working
+cvs.texi(,6026) @c revision"? It doesn't appear with client/server and
+cvs.texi(,6027) @c seems unnecessary (redundant with "ls -l") so
+cvs.texi(,6028) @c perhaps it should be removed for non-client/server too?
+cvs.texi(,6029) @c FIXME: Need some examples.
+cvs.texi(,6030) @c FIXME: Working revision can also be something like
+cvs.texi(,6031) @c "-1.3" for a locally removed file. Not at all
+cvs.texi(,6032) @c self-explanatory (and it is possible that CVS should
+cvs.texi(,6033) @c be changed rather than documenting this).
+cvs.texi(,6034)
+cvs.texi(,6035) @c Would be nice to have an @example showing output
+cvs.texi(,6036) @c from cvs status, with comments showing the xref
+cvs.texi(,6037) @c where each part of the output is described. This
+cvs.texi(,6038) @c might fit in nicely if it is desirable to split this
+cvs.texi(,6039) @c node in two; one to introduce "cvs status" and one
+cvs.texi(,6040) @c to list each of the states.
+cvs.texi(,6041) The options to @code{status} are listed in
+cvs.texi(,6042) @ref{Invoking CVS}. For information on its @code{Sticky tag}
+cvs.texi(,6043) and @code{Sticky date} output, see @ref{Sticky tags}.
+cvs.texi(,6044) For information on its @code{Sticky options} output,
+cvs.texi(,6045) see the @samp{-k} option in @ref{update options}.
+cvs.texi(,6046)
+cvs.texi(,6047) You can think of the @code{status} and @code{update}
+cvs.texi(,6048) commands as somewhat complementary. You use
+cvs.texi(,6049) @code{update} to bring your files up to date, and you
+cvs.texi(,6050) can use @code{status} to give you some idea of what an
+cvs.texi(,6051) @code{update} would do (of course, the state of the
+cvs.texi(,6052) repository might change before you actually run
+cvs.texi(,6053) @code{update}). In fact, if you want a command to
+cvs.texi(,6054) display file status in a more brief format than is
+cvs.texi(,6055) displayed by the @code{status} command, you can invoke
+cvs.texi(,6056)
+cvs.texi(,6057) @cindex update, to display file status
+cvs.texi(,6058) @example
+cvs.texi(,6059) $ cvs -n -q update
+cvs.texi(,6060) @end example
cvs.texi(,6061)
-cvs.texi(,6062) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,6063) @node Updating a file
-cvs.texi(,6064) @section Bringing a file up to date
-cvs.texi(,6065) @cindex Bringing a file up to date
-cvs.texi(,6066) @cindex Updating a file
-cvs.texi(,6067) @cindex Merging a file
-cvs.texi(,6068) @cindex Update, introduction
-cvs.texi(,6069)
-cvs.texi(,6070) When you want to update or merge a file, use the @code{update}
-cvs.texi(,6071) command. For files that are not up to date this is roughly
equivalent
-cvs.texi(,6072) to a @code{checkout} command: the newest revision of the file
is
-cvs.texi(,6073) extracted from the repository and put in your working
directory.
-cvs.texi(,6074)
-cvs.texi(,6075) Your modifications to a file are never lost when you
-cvs.texi(,6076) use @code{update}. If no newer revision exists,
-cvs.texi(,6077) running @code{update} has no effect. If you have
-cvs.texi(,6078) edited the file, and a newer revision is available,
-cvs.texi(,6079) @sc{cvs} will merge all changes into your working copy.
+cvs.texi(,6062) The @samp{-n} option means to not actually do the
+cvs.texi(,6063) update, but merely to display statuses; the @samp{-q}
+cvs.texi(,6064) option avoids printing the name of each directory. For
+cvs.texi(,6065) more information on the @code{update} command, and
+cvs.texi(,6066) these options, see @ref{Invoking CVS}.
+cvs.texi(,6067)
+cvs.texi(,6068) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,6069) @node Updating a file
+cvs.texi(,6070) @section Bringing a file up to date
+cvs.texi(,6071) @cindex Bringing a file up to date
+cvs.texi(,6072) @cindex Updating a file
+cvs.texi(,6073) @cindex Merging a file
+cvs.texi(,6074) @cindex Update, introduction
+cvs.texi(,6075)
+cvs.texi(,6076) When you want to update or merge a file, use the @code{update}
+cvs.texi(,6077) command. For files that are not up to date this is roughly
equivalent
+cvs.texi(,6078) to a @code{checkout} command: the newest revision of the file
is
+cvs.texi(,6079) extracted from the repository and put in your working
directory.
cvs.texi(,6080)
-cvs.texi(,6081) For instance, imagine that you checked out revision 1.4 and
started
-cvs.texi(,6082) editing it. In the meantime someone else committed revision
1.5, and
-cvs.texi(,6083) shortly after that revision 1.6. If you run @code{update} on
the file
-cvs.texi(,6084) now, @sc{cvs} will incorporate all changes between revision
1.4 and 1.6 into
-cvs.texi(,6085) your file.
+cvs.texi(,6081) Your modifications to a file are never lost when you
+cvs.texi(,6082) use @code{update}. If no newer revision exists,
+cvs.texi(,6083) running @code{update} has no effect. If you have
+cvs.texi(,6084) edited the file, and a newer revision is available,
+cvs.texi(,6085) @sc{cvs} will merge all changes into your working copy.
cvs.texi(,6086)
-cvs.texi(,6087) @cindex Overlap
-cvs.texi(,6088) If any of the changes between 1.4 and 1.6 were made too
-cvs.texi(,6089) close to any of the changes you have made, an
-cvs.texi(,6090) @dfn{overlap} occurs. In such cases a warning is
-cvs.texi(,6091) printed, and the resulting file includes both
-cvs.texi(,6092) versions of the lines that overlap, delimited by
-cvs.texi(,6093) special markers.
-cvs.texi(,6094) @xref{update}, for a complete description of the
-cvs.texi(,6095) @code{update} command.
-cvs.texi(,6096)
-cvs.texi(,6097) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,6098) @node Conflicts example
-cvs.texi(,6099) @section Conflicts example
-cvs.texi(,6100) @cindex Merge, an example
-cvs.texi(,6101) @cindex Example of merge
-cvs.texi(,6102) @cindex driver.c (merge example)
-cvs.texi(,6103)
-cvs.texi(,6104) Suppose revision 1.4 of @file{driver.c} contains this:
-cvs.texi(,6105)
-cvs.texi(,6106) @example
-cvs.texi(,6107) #include <stdio.h>
-cvs.texi(,6108)
-cvs.texi(,6109) void main()
-cvs.texi(,6110) @{
-cvs.texi(,6111) parse();
-cvs.texi(,6112) if (nerr == 0)
-cvs.texi(,6113) gencode();
-cvs.texi(,6114) else
-cvs.texi(,6115) fprintf(stderr, "No code generated.\n");
-cvs.texi(,6116) exit(nerr == 0 ? 0 : 1);
-cvs.texi(,6117) @}
-cvs.texi(,6118) @end example
-cvs.texi(,6119)
-cvs.texi(,6120) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,6121) Revision 1.6 of @file{driver.c} contains this:
-cvs.texi(,6122)
-cvs.texi(,6123) @example
-cvs.texi(,6124) #include <stdio.h>
+cvs.texi(,6087) For instance, imagine that you checked out revision 1.4 and
started
+cvs.texi(,6088) editing it. In the meantime someone else committed revision
1.5, and
+cvs.texi(,6089) shortly after that revision 1.6. If you run @code{update} on
the file
+cvs.texi(,6090) now, @sc{cvs} will incorporate all changes between revision
1.4 and 1.6 into
+cvs.texi(,6091) your file.
+cvs.texi(,6092)
+cvs.texi(,6093) @cindex Overlap
+cvs.texi(,6094) If any of the changes between 1.4 and 1.6 were made too
+cvs.texi(,6095) close to any of the changes you have made, an
+cvs.texi(,6096) @dfn{overlap} occurs. In such cases a warning is
+cvs.texi(,6097) printed, and the resulting file includes both
+cvs.texi(,6098) versions of the lines that overlap, delimited by
+cvs.texi(,6099) special markers.
+cvs.texi(,6100) @xref{update}, for a complete description of the
+cvs.texi(,6101) @code{update} command.
+cvs.texi(,6102)
+cvs.texi(,6103) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,6104) @node Conflicts example
+cvs.texi(,6105) @section Conflicts example
+cvs.texi(,6106) @cindex Merge, an example
+cvs.texi(,6107) @cindex Example of merge
+cvs.texi(,6108) @cindex driver.c (merge example)
+cvs.texi(,6109)
+cvs.texi(,6110) Suppose revision 1.4 of @file{driver.c} contains this:
+cvs.texi(,6111)
+cvs.texi(,6112) @example
+cvs.texi(,6113) #include <stdio.h>
+cvs.texi(,6114)
+cvs.texi(,6115) void main()
+cvs.texi(,6116) @{
+cvs.texi(,6117) parse();
+cvs.texi(,6118) if (nerr == 0)
+cvs.texi(,6119) gencode();
+cvs.texi(,6120) else
+cvs.texi(,6121) fprintf(stderr, "No code generated.\n");
+cvs.texi(,6122) exit(nerr == 0 ? 0 : 1);
+cvs.texi(,6123) @}
+cvs.texi(,6124) @end example
cvs.texi(,6125)
-cvs.texi(,6126) int main(int argc,
-cvs.texi(,6127) char **argv)
-cvs.texi(,6128) @{
-cvs.texi(,6129) parse();
-cvs.texi(,6130) if (argc != 1)
-cvs.texi(,6131) @{
-cvs.texi(,6132) fprintf(stderr, "tc: No args expected.\n");
-cvs.texi(,6133) exit(1);
-cvs.texi(,6134) @}
-cvs.texi(,6135) if (nerr == 0)
-cvs.texi(,6136) gencode();
-cvs.texi(,6137) else
-cvs.texi(,6138) fprintf(stderr, "No code generated.\n");
-cvs.texi(,6139) exit(!!nerr);
+cvs.texi(,6126) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,6127) Revision 1.6 of @file{driver.c} contains this:
+cvs.texi(,6128)
+cvs.texi(,6129) @example
+cvs.texi(,6130) #include <stdio.h>
+cvs.texi(,6131)
+cvs.texi(,6132) int main(int argc,
+cvs.texi(,6133) char **argv)
+cvs.texi(,6134) @{
+cvs.texi(,6135) parse();
+cvs.texi(,6136) if (argc != 1)
+cvs.texi(,6137) @{
+cvs.texi(,6138) fprintf(stderr, "tc: No args expected.\n");
+cvs.texi(,6139) exit(1);
cvs.texi(,6140) @}
-cvs.texi(,6141) @end example
-cvs.texi(,6142)
-cvs.texi(,6143) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,6144) Your working copy of @file{driver.c}, based on revision
-cvs.texi(,6145) 1.4, contains this before you run @samp{cvs update}:
-cvs.texi(,6146) @c -- Really include "cvs"?
-cvs.texi(,6147)
-cvs.texi(,6148) @example
-cvs.texi(,6149) #include <stdlib.h>
-cvs.texi(,6150) #include <stdio.h>
-cvs.texi(,6151)
-cvs.texi(,6152) void main()
-cvs.texi(,6153) @{
-cvs.texi(,6154) init_scanner();
-cvs.texi(,6155) parse();
-cvs.texi(,6156) if (nerr == 0)
-cvs.texi(,6157) gencode();
-cvs.texi(,6158) else
-cvs.texi(,6159) fprintf(stderr, "No code generated.\n");
-cvs.texi(,6160) exit(nerr == 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);
-cvs.texi(,6161) @}
-cvs.texi(,6162) @end example
-cvs.texi(,6163)
-cvs.texi(,6164) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,6165) You run @samp{cvs update}:
-cvs.texi(,6166) @c -- Really include "cvs"?
-cvs.texi(,6167)
-cvs.texi(,6168) @example
-cvs.texi(,6169) $ cvs update driver.c
-cvs.texi(,6170) RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/driver.c,v
-cvs.texi(,6171) retrieving revision 1.4
-cvs.texi(,6172) retrieving revision 1.6
-cvs.texi(,6173) Merging differences between 1.4 and 1.6 into driver.c
-cvs.texi(,6174) rcsmerge warning: overlaps during merge
-cvs.texi(,6175) cvs update: conflicts found in driver.c
-cvs.texi(,6176) C driver.c
-cvs.texi(,6177) @end example
-cvs.texi(,6178)
-cvs.texi(,6179) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,6180) @cindex Conflicts (merge example)
-cvs.texi(,6181) @sc{cvs} tells you that there were some conflicts.
-cvs.texi(,6182) Your original working file is saved unmodified in
-cvs.texi(,6183) @file{.#driver.c.1.4}. The new version of
-cvs.texi(,6184) @file{driver.c} contains this:
-cvs.texi(,6185)
-cvs.texi(,6186) @example
-cvs.texi(,6187) #include <stdlib.h>
-cvs.texi(,6188) #include <stdio.h>
-cvs.texi(,6189)
-cvs.texi(,6190) int main(int argc,
-cvs.texi(,6191) char **argv)
-cvs.texi(,6192) @{
-cvs.texi(,6193) init_scanner();
-cvs.texi(,6194) parse();
-cvs.texi(,6195) if (argc != 1)
-cvs.texi(,6196) @{
-cvs.texi(,6197) fprintf(stderr, "tc: No args expected.\n");
-cvs.texi(,6198) exit(1);
-cvs.texi(,6199) @}
-cvs.texi(,6200) if (nerr == 0)
-cvs.texi(,6201) gencode();
-cvs.texi(,6202) else
-cvs.texi(,6203) fprintf(stderr, "No code generated.\n");
-cvs.texi(,6204) @asis{}<<<<<<< driver.c
-cvs.texi(,6205) exit(nerr == 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);
-cvs.texi(,6206) @asis{}=======
-cvs.texi(,6207) exit(!!nerr);
-cvs.texi(,6208) @asis{}>>>>>>> 1.6
-cvs.texi(,6209) @}
-cvs.texi(,6210) @end example
-cvs.texi(,6211)
-cvs.texi(,6212) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,6213) @cindex Markers, conflict
-cvs.texi(,6214) @cindex Conflict markers
-cvs.texi(,6215) @cindex <<<<<<<
-cvs.texi(,6216) @cindex >>>>>>>
-cvs.texi(,6217) @cindex =======
-cvs.texi(,6218)
-cvs.texi(,6219) Note how all non-overlapping modifications are incorporated in
your working
-cvs.texi(,6220) copy, and that the overlapping section is clearly marked with
-cvs.texi(,6221) @samp{<<<<<<<}, @samp{=======} and @samp{>>>>>>>}.
-cvs.texi(,6222)
-cvs.texi(,6223) @cindex Resolving a conflict
-cvs.texi(,6224) @cindex Conflict resolution
-cvs.texi(,6225) You resolve the conflict by editing the file, removing the
markers and
-cvs.texi(,6226) the erroneous line. Suppose you end up with this file:
-cvs.texi(,6227) @c -- Add xref to the pcl-cvs manual when it talks
-cvs.texi(,6228) @c -- about this.
-cvs.texi(,6229) @example
-cvs.texi(,6230) #include <stdlib.h>
-cvs.texi(,6231) #include <stdio.h>
-cvs.texi(,6232)
-cvs.texi(,6233) int main(int argc,
-cvs.texi(,6234) char **argv)
-cvs.texi(,6235) @{
-cvs.texi(,6236) init_scanner();
-cvs.texi(,6237) parse();
-cvs.texi(,6238) if (argc != 1)
-cvs.texi(,6239) @{
-cvs.texi(,6240) fprintf(stderr, "tc: No args expected.\n");
-cvs.texi(,6241) exit(1);
-cvs.texi(,6242) @}
-cvs.texi(,6243) if (nerr == 0)
-cvs.texi(,6244) gencode();
-cvs.texi(,6245) else
-cvs.texi(,6246) fprintf(stderr, "No code generated.\n");
-cvs.texi(,6247) exit(nerr == 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);
+cvs.texi(,6141) if (nerr == 0)
+cvs.texi(,6142) gencode();
+cvs.texi(,6143) else
+cvs.texi(,6144) fprintf(stderr, "No code generated.\n");
+cvs.texi(,6145) exit(!!nerr);
+cvs.texi(,6146) @}
+cvs.texi(,6147) @end example
+cvs.texi(,6148)
+cvs.texi(,6149) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,6150) Your working copy of @file{driver.c}, based on revision
+cvs.texi(,6151) 1.4, contains this before you run @samp{cvs update}:
+cvs.texi(,6152) @c -- Really include "cvs"?
+cvs.texi(,6153)
+cvs.texi(,6154) @example
+cvs.texi(,6155) #include <stdlib.h>
+cvs.texi(,6156) #include <stdio.h>
+cvs.texi(,6157)
+cvs.texi(,6158) void main()
+cvs.texi(,6159) @{
+cvs.texi(,6160) init_scanner();
+cvs.texi(,6161) parse();
+cvs.texi(,6162) if (nerr == 0)
+cvs.texi(,6163) gencode();
+cvs.texi(,6164) else
+cvs.texi(,6165) fprintf(stderr, "No code generated.\n");
+cvs.texi(,6166) exit(nerr == 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);
+cvs.texi(,6167) @}
+cvs.texi(,6168) @end example
+cvs.texi(,6169)
+cvs.texi(,6170) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,6171) You run @samp{cvs update}:
+cvs.texi(,6172) @c -- Really include "cvs"?
+cvs.texi(,6173)
+cvs.texi(,6174) @example
+cvs.texi(,6175) $ cvs update driver.c
+cvs.texi(,6176) RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/driver.c,v
+cvs.texi(,6177) retrieving revision 1.4
+cvs.texi(,6178) retrieving revision 1.6
+cvs.texi(,6179) Merging differences between 1.4 and 1.6 into driver.c
+cvs.texi(,6180) rcsmerge warning: overlaps during merge
+cvs.texi(,6181) cvs update: conflicts found in driver.c
+cvs.texi(,6182) C driver.c
+cvs.texi(,6183) @end example
+cvs.texi(,6184)
+cvs.texi(,6185) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,6186) @cindex Conflicts (merge example)
+cvs.texi(,6187) @sc{cvs} tells you that there were some conflicts.
+cvs.texi(,6188) Your original working file is saved unmodified in
+cvs.texi(,6189) @file{.#driver.c.1.4}. The new version of
+cvs.texi(,6190) @file{driver.c} contains this:
+cvs.texi(,6191)
+cvs.texi(,6192) @example
+cvs.texi(,6193) #include <stdlib.h>
+cvs.texi(,6194) #include <stdio.h>
+cvs.texi(,6195)
+cvs.texi(,6196) int main(int argc,
+cvs.texi(,6197) char **argv)
+cvs.texi(,6198) @{
+cvs.texi(,6199) init_scanner();
+cvs.texi(,6200) parse();
+cvs.texi(,6201) if (argc != 1)
+cvs.texi(,6202) @{
+cvs.texi(,6203) fprintf(stderr, "tc: No args expected.\n");
+cvs.texi(,6204) exit(1);
+cvs.texi(,6205) @}
+cvs.texi(,6206) if (nerr == 0)
+cvs.texi(,6207) gencode();
+cvs.texi(,6208) else
+cvs.texi(,6209) fprintf(stderr, "No code generated.\n");
+cvs.texi(,6210) @asis{}<<<<<<< driver.c
+cvs.texi(,6211) exit(nerr == 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);
+cvs.texi(,6212) @asis{}=======
+cvs.texi(,6213) exit(!!nerr);
+cvs.texi(,6214) @asis{}>>>>>>> 1.6
+cvs.texi(,6215) @}
+cvs.texi(,6216) @end example
+cvs.texi(,6217)
+cvs.texi(,6218) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,6219) @cindex Markers, conflict
+cvs.texi(,6220) @cindex Conflict markers
+cvs.texi(,6221) @cindex <<<<<<<
+cvs.texi(,6222) @cindex >>>>>>>
+cvs.texi(,6223) @cindex =======
+cvs.texi(,6224)
+cvs.texi(,6225) Note how all non-overlapping modifications are incorporated in
your working
+cvs.texi(,6226) copy, and that the overlapping section is clearly marked with
+cvs.texi(,6227) @samp{<<<<<<<}, @samp{=======} and @samp{>>>>>>>}.
+cvs.texi(,6228)
+cvs.texi(,6229) @cindex Resolving a conflict
+cvs.texi(,6230) @cindex Conflict resolution
+cvs.texi(,6231) You resolve the conflict by editing the file, removing the
markers and
+cvs.texi(,6232) the erroneous line. Suppose you end up with this file:
+cvs.texi(,6233) @c -- Add xref to the pcl-cvs manual when it talks
+cvs.texi(,6234) @c -- about this.
+cvs.texi(,6235) @example
+cvs.texi(,6236) #include <stdlib.h>
+cvs.texi(,6237) #include <stdio.h>
+cvs.texi(,6238)
+cvs.texi(,6239) int main(int argc,
+cvs.texi(,6240) char **argv)
+cvs.texi(,6241) @{
+cvs.texi(,6242) init_scanner();
+cvs.texi(,6243) parse();
+cvs.texi(,6244) if (argc != 1)
+cvs.texi(,6245) @{
+cvs.texi(,6246) fprintf(stderr, "tc: No args expected.\n");
+cvs.texi(,6247) exit(1);
cvs.texi(,6248) @}
-cvs.texi(,6249) @end example
-cvs.texi(,6250)
-cvs.texi(,6251) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,6252) You can now go ahead and commit this as revision 1.7.
-cvs.texi(,6253)
-cvs.texi(,6254) @example
-cvs.texi(,6255) $ cvs commit -m "Initialize scanner. Use symbolic exit
values." driver.c
-cvs.texi(,6256) Checking in driver.c;
-cvs.texi(,6257) /usr/local/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/driver.c,v <-- driver.c
-cvs.texi(,6258) new revision: 1.7; previous revision: 1.6
-cvs.texi(,6259) done
-cvs.texi(,6260) @end example
-cvs.texi(,6261)
-cvs.texi(,6262) For your protection, @sc{cvs} will refuse to check in a
-cvs.texi(,6263) file if a conflict occurred and you have not resolved
-cvs.texi(,6264) the conflict. Currently to resolve a conflict, you
-cvs.texi(,6265) must change the timestamp on the file. In previous
-cvs.texi(,6266) versions of @sc{cvs}, you also needed to
-cvs.texi(,6267) insure that the file contains no conflict markers.
-cvs.texi(,6268) Because
-cvs.texi(,6269) your file may legitimately contain conflict markers (that
-cvs.texi(,6270) is, occurrences of @samp{>>>>>>> } at the start of a
-cvs.texi(,6271) line that don't mark a conflict), the current
-cvs.texi(,6272) version of @sc{cvs} will print a warning and proceed to
-cvs.texi(,6273) check in the file.
-cvs.texi(,6274) @c The old behavior was really icky; the only way out
-cvs.texi(,6275) @c was to start hacking on
-cvs.texi(,6276) @c the @code{CVS/Entries} file or other such workarounds.
-cvs.texi(,6277) @c
-cvs.texi(,6278) @c If the timestamp thing isn't considered nice enough,
-cvs.texi(,6279) @c maybe there should be a "cvs resolved" command
-cvs.texi(,6280) @c which clears the conflict indication. For a nice user
-cvs.texi(,6281) @c interface, this should be invoked by an interactive
-cvs.texi(,6282) @c merge tool like emerge rather than by the user
-cvs.texi(,6283) @c directly--such a tool can verify that the user has
-cvs.texi(,6284) @c really dealt with each conflict.
-cvs.texi(,6285)
-cvs.texi(,6286) @cindex emerge
-cvs.texi(,6287) If you use release 1.04 or later of pcl-cvs (a @sc{gnu}
-cvs.texi(,6288) Emacs front-end for @sc{cvs}) you can use an Emacs
-cvs.texi(,6289) package called emerge to help you resolve conflicts.
-cvs.texi(,6290) See the documentation for pcl-cvs.
+cvs.texi(,6249) if (nerr == 0)
+cvs.texi(,6250) gencode();
+cvs.texi(,6251) else
+cvs.texi(,6252) fprintf(stderr, "No code generated.\n");
+cvs.texi(,6253) exit(nerr == 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);
+cvs.texi(,6254) @}
+cvs.texi(,6255) @end example
+cvs.texi(,6256)
+cvs.texi(,6257) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,6258) You can now go ahead and commit this as revision 1.7.
+cvs.texi(,6259)
+cvs.texi(,6260) @example
+cvs.texi(,6261) $ cvs commit -m "Initialize scanner. Use symbolic exit
values." driver.c
+cvs.texi(,6262) Checking in driver.c;
+cvs.texi(,6263) /usr/local/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/driver.c,v <-- driver.c
+cvs.texi(,6264) new revision: 1.7; previous revision: 1.6
+cvs.texi(,6265) done
+cvs.texi(,6266) @end example
+cvs.texi(,6267)
+cvs.texi(,6268) For your protection, @sc{cvs} will refuse to check in a
+cvs.texi(,6269) file if a conflict occurred and you have not resolved
+cvs.texi(,6270) the conflict. Currently to resolve a conflict, you
+cvs.texi(,6271) must change the timestamp on the file. In previous
+cvs.texi(,6272) versions of @sc{cvs}, you also needed to
+cvs.texi(,6273) insure that the file contains no conflict markers.
+cvs.texi(,6274) Because
+cvs.texi(,6275) your file may legitimately contain conflict markers (that
+cvs.texi(,6276) is, occurrences of @samp{>>>>>>> } at the start of a
+cvs.texi(,6277) line that don't mark a conflict), the current
+cvs.texi(,6278) version of @sc{cvs} will print a warning and proceed to
+cvs.texi(,6279) check in the file.
+cvs.texi(,6280) @c The old behavior was really icky; the only way out
+cvs.texi(,6281) @c was to start hacking on
+cvs.texi(,6282) @c the @code{CVS/Entries} file or other such workarounds.
+cvs.texi(,6283) @c
+cvs.texi(,6284) @c If the timestamp thing isn't considered nice enough,
+cvs.texi(,6285) @c maybe there should be a "cvs resolved" command
+cvs.texi(,6286) @c which clears the conflict indication. For a nice user
+cvs.texi(,6287) @c interface, this should be invoked by an interactive
+cvs.texi(,6288) @c merge tool like emerge rather than by the user
+cvs.texi(,6289) @c directly--such a tool can verify that the user has
+cvs.texi(,6290) @c really dealt with each conflict.
cvs.texi(,6291)
-cvs.texi(,6292) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,6293) @node Informing others
-cvs.texi(,6294) @section Informing others about commits
-cvs.texi(,6295) @cindex Informing others
-cvs.texi(,6296) @cindex Spreading information
-cvs.texi(,6297) @cindex Mail, automatic mail on commit
-cvs.texi(,6298)
-cvs.texi(,6299) It is often useful to inform others when you commit a
-cvs.texi(,6300) new revision of a file. The @samp{-i} option of the
-cvs.texi(,6301) @file{modules} file, or the @file{loginfo} file, can be
-cvs.texi(,6302) used to automate this process. @xref{modules}.
-cvs.texi(,6303) @xref{loginfo}. You can use these features of @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,6304) to, for instance, instruct @sc{cvs} to mail a
-cvs.texi(,6305) message to all developers, or post a message to a local
-cvs.texi(,6306) newsgroup.
-cvs.texi(,6307) @c -- More text would be nice here.
-cvs.texi(,6308)
-cvs.texi(,6309) @node Concurrency
-cvs.texi(,6310) @section Several developers simultaneously attempting to run
CVS
-cvs.texi(,6311)
-cvs.texi(,6312) @cindex Locks, cvs, introduction
-cvs.texi(,6313) @c For a discussion of *why* CVS creates locks, see
-cvs.texi(,6314) @c the comment at the start of src/lock.c
-cvs.texi(,6315) If several developers try to run @sc{cvs} at the same
-cvs.texi(,6316) time, one may get the following message:
+cvs.texi(,6292) @cindex emerge
+cvs.texi(,6293) If you use release 1.04 or later of pcl-cvs (a @sc{gnu}
+cvs.texi(,6294) Emacs front-end for @sc{cvs}) you can use an Emacs
+cvs.texi(,6295) package called emerge to help you resolve conflicts.
+cvs.texi(,6296) See the documentation for pcl-cvs.
+cvs.texi(,6297)
+cvs.texi(,6298) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,6299) @node Informing others
+cvs.texi(,6300) @section Informing others about commits
+cvs.texi(,6301) @cindex Informing others
+cvs.texi(,6302) @cindex Spreading information
+cvs.texi(,6303) @cindex Mail, automatic mail on commit
+cvs.texi(,6304)
+cvs.texi(,6305) It is often useful to inform others when you commit a
+cvs.texi(,6306) new revision of a file. The @samp{-i} option of the
+cvs.texi(,6307) @file{modules} file, or the @file{loginfo} file, can be
+cvs.texi(,6308) used to automate this process. @xref{modules}.
+cvs.texi(,6309) @xref{loginfo}. You can use these features of @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,6310) to, for instance, instruct @sc{cvs} to mail a
+cvs.texi(,6311) message to all developers, or post a message to a local
+cvs.texi(,6312) newsgroup.
+cvs.texi(,6313) @c -- More text would be nice here.
+cvs.texi(,6314)
+cvs.texi(,6315) @node Concurrency
+cvs.texi(,6316) @section Several developers simultaneously attempting to run
CVS
cvs.texi(,6317)
-cvs.texi(,6318) @example
-cvs.texi(,6319) [11:43:23] waiting for bach's lock in /usr/local/cvsroot/foo
-cvs.texi(,6320) @end example
-cvs.texi(,6321)
-cvs.texi(,6322) @cindex #cvs.rfl, removing
-cvs.texi(,6323) @cindex #cvs.wfl, removing
-cvs.texi(,6324) @cindex #cvs.lock, removing
-cvs.texi(,6325) @sc{cvs} will try again every 30 seconds, and either
-cvs.texi(,6326) continue with the operation or print the message again,
-cvs.texi(,6327) if it still needs to wait. If a lock seems to stick
-cvs.texi(,6328) around for an undue amount of time, find the person
-cvs.texi(,6329) holding the lock and ask them about the cvs command
-cvs.texi(,6330) they are running. If they aren't running a cvs
-cvs.texi(,6331) command, look in the repository directory mentioned in
-cvs.texi(,6332) the message and remove files which they own whose names
-cvs.texi(,6333) start with @file{#cvs.rfl},
-cvs.texi(,6334) @file{#cvs.wfl}, or @file{#cvs.lock}.
-cvs.texi(,6335)
-cvs.texi(,6336) Note that these locks are to protect @sc{cvs}'s
-cvs.texi(,6337) internal data structures and have no relationship to
-cvs.texi(,6338) the word @dfn{lock} in the sense used by
-cvs.texi(,6339) @sc{rcs}---which refers to reserved checkouts
-cvs.texi(,6340) (@pxref{Multiple developers}).
+cvs.texi(,6318) @cindex Locks, cvs, introduction
+cvs.texi(,6319) @c For a discussion of *why* CVS creates locks, see
+cvs.texi(,6320) @c the comment at the start of src/lock.c
+cvs.texi(,6321) If several developers try to run @sc{cvs} at the same
+cvs.texi(,6322) time, one may get the following message:
+cvs.texi(,6323)
+cvs.texi(,6324) @example
+cvs.texi(,6325) [11:43:23] waiting for bach's lock in /usr/local/cvsroot/foo
+cvs.texi(,6326) @end example
+cvs.texi(,6327)
+cvs.texi(,6328) @cindex #cvs.rfl, removing
+cvs.texi(,6329) @cindex #cvs.wfl, removing
+cvs.texi(,6330) @cindex #cvs.lock, removing
+cvs.texi(,6331) @sc{cvs} will try again every 30 seconds, and either
+cvs.texi(,6332) continue with the operation or print the message again,
+cvs.texi(,6333) if it still needs to wait. If a lock seems to stick
+cvs.texi(,6334) around for an undue amount of time, find the person
+cvs.texi(,6335) holding the lock and ask them about the cvs command
+cvs.texi(,6336) they are running. If they aren't running a cvs
+cvs.texi(,6337) command, look in the repository directory mentioned in
+cvs.texi(,6338) the message and remove files which they own whose names
+cvs.texi(,6339) start with @file{#cvs.rfl},
+cvs.texi(,6340) @file{#cvs.wfl}, or @file{#cvs.lock}.
cvs.texi(,6341)
-cvs.texi(,6342) Any number of people can be reading from a given
-cvs.texi(,6343) repository at a time; only when someone is writing do
-cvs.texi(,6344) the locks prevent other people from reading or writing.
-cvs.texi(,6345)
-cvs.texi(,6346) @cindex Atomic transactions, lack of
-cvs.texi(,6347) @cindex Transactions, atomic, lack of
-cvs.texi(,6348) @c the following talks about what one might call commit/update
-cvs.texi(,6349) @c atomicity.
-cvs.texi(,6350) @c Probably also should say something about
-cvs.texi(,6351) @c commit/commit atomicity, that is, "An update will
-cvs.texi(,6352) @c not get partial versions of more than one commit".
-cvs.texi(,6353) @c CVS currently has this property and I guess we can
-cvs.texi(,6354) @c make it a documented feature.
-cvs.texi(,6355) @c For example one person commits
-cvs.texi(,6356) @c a/one.c and b/four.c and another commits a/two.c and
-cvs.texi(,6357) @c b/three.c. Then an update cannot get the new a/one.c
-cvs.texi(,6358) @c and a/two.c and the old b/four.c and b/three.c.
-cvs.texi(,6359) One might hope for the following property:
-cvs.texi(,6360)
-cvs.texi(,6361) @quotation
-cvs.texi(,6362) If someone commits some changes in one cvs command,
-cvs.texi(,6363) then an update by someone else will either get all the
-cvs.texi(,6364) changes, or none of them.
-cvs.texi(,6365) @end quotation
+cvs.texi(,6342) Note that these locks are to protect @sc{cvs}'s
+cvs.texi(,6343) internal data structures and have no relationship to
+cvs.texi(,6344) the word @dfn{lock} in the sense used by
+cvs.texi(,6345) @sc{rcs}---which refers to reserved checkouts
+cvs.texi(,6346) (@pxref{Multiple developers}).
+cvs.texi(,6347)
+cvs.texi(,6348) Any number of people can be reading from a given
+cvs.texi(,6349) repository at a time; only when someone is writing do
+cvs.texi(,6350) the locks prevent other people from reading or writing.
+cvs.texi(,6351)
+cvs.texi(,6352) @cindex Atomic transactions, lack of
+cvs.texi(,6353) @cindex Transactions, atomic, lack of
+cvs.texi(,6354) @c the following talks about what one might call commit/update
+cvs.texi(,6355) @c atomicity.
+cvs.texi(,6356) @c Probably also should say something about
+cvs.texi(,6357) @c commit/commit atomicity, that is, "An update will
+cvs.texi(,6358) @c not get partial versions of more than one commit".
+cvs.texi(,6359) @c CVS currently has this property and I guess we can
+cvs.texi(,6360) @c make it a documented feature.
+cvs.texi(,6361) @c For example one person commits
+cvs.texi(,6362) @c a/one.c and b/four.c and another commits a/two.c and
+cvs.texi(,6363) @c b/three.c. Then an update cannot get the new a/one.c
+cvs.texi(,6364) @c and a/two.c and the old b/four.c and b/three.c.
+cvs.texi(,6365) One might hope for the following property:
cvs.texi(,6366)
-cvs.texi(,6367) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,6368) but @sc{cvs} does @emph{not} have this property. For
-cvs.texi(,6369) example, given the files
-cvs.texi(,6370)
-cvs.texi(,6371) @example
-cvs.texi(,6372) a/one.c
-cvs.texi(,6373) a/two.c
-cvs.texi(,6374) b/three.c
-cvs.texi(,6375) b/four.c
-cvs.texi(,6376) @end example
-cvs.texi(,6377)
-cvs.texi(,6378) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,6379) if someone runs
-cvs.texi(,6380)
-cvs.texi(,6381) @example
-cvs.texi(,6382) cvs ci a/two.c b/three.c
-cvs.texi(,6383) @end example
-cvs.texi(,6384)
-cvs.texi(,6385) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,6386) and someone else runs @code{cvs update} at the same
-cvs.texi(,6387) time, the person running @code{update} might get only
-cvs.texi(,6388) the change to @file{b/three.c} and not the change to
-cvs.texi(,6389) @file{a/two.c}.
+cvs.texi(,6367) @quotation
+cvs.texi(,6368) If someone commits some changes in one cvs command,
+cvs.texi(,6369) then an update by someone else will either get all the
+cvs.texi(,6370) changes, or none of them.
+cvs.texi(,6371) @end quotation
+cvs.texi(,6372)
+cvs.texi(,6373) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,6374) but @sc{cvs} does @emph{not} have this property. For
+cvs.texi(,6375) example, given the files
+cvs.texi(,6376)
+cvs.texi(,6377) @example
+cvs.texi(,6378) a/one.c
+cvs.texi(,6379) a/two.c
+cvs.texi(,6380) b/three.c
+cvs.texi(,6381) b/four.c
+cvs.texi(,6382) @end example
+cvs.texi(,6383)
+cvs.texi(,6384) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,6385) if someone runs
+cvs.texi(,6386)
+cvs.texi(,6387) @example
+cvs.texi(,6388) cvs ci a/two.c b/three.c
+cvs.texi(,6389) @end example
cvs.texi(,6390)
-cvs.texi(,6391) @node Watches
-cvs.texi(,6392) @section Mechanisms to track who is editing files
-cvs.texi(,6393) @cindex Watches
-cvs.texi(,6394)
-cvs.texi(,6395) For many groups, use of @sc{cvs} in its default mode is
-cvs.texi(,6396) perfectly satisfactory. Users may sometimes go to
-cvs.texi(,6397) check in a modification only to find that another
-cvs.texi(,6398) modification has intervened, but they deal with it and
-cvs.texi(,6399) proceed with their check in. Other groups prefer to be
-cvs.texi(,6400) able to know who is editing what files, so that if two
-cvs.texi(,6401) people try to edit the same file they can choose to
-cvs.texi(,6402) talk about who is doing what when rather than be
-cvs.texi(,6403) surprised at check in time. The features in this
-cvs.texi(,6404) section allow such coordination, while retaining the
-cvs.texi(,6405) ability of two developers to edit the same file at the
-cvs.texi(,6406) same time.
-cvs.texi(,6407)
-cvs.texi(,6408) @c Some people might ask why CVS does not enforce the
-cvs.texi(,6409) @c rule on chmod, by requiring a cvs edit before a cvs
-cvs.texi(,6410) @c commit. The main reason is that it could always be
-cvs.texi(,6411) @c circumvented--one could edit the file, and
-cvs.texi(,6412) @c then when ready to check it in, do the cvs edit and put
-cvs.texi(,6413) @c in the new contents and do the cvs commit. One
-cvs.texi(,6414) @c implementation note: if we _do_ want to have cvs commit
-cvs.texi(,6415) @c require a cvs edit, we should store the state on
-cvs.texi(,6416) @c whether the cvs edit has occurred in the working
-cvs.texi(,6417) @c directory, rather than having the server try to keep
-cvs.texi(,6418) @c track of what working directories exist.
-cvs.texi(,6419) @c FIXME: should the above discussion be part of the
-cvs.texi(,6420) @c manual proper, somewhere, not just in a comment?
-cvs.texi(,6421) For maximum benefit developers should use @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,6422) edit} (not @code{chmod}) to make files read-write to
-cvs.texi(,6423) edit them, and @code{cvs release} (not @code{rm}) to
-cvs.texi(,6424) discard a working directory which is no longer in use,
-cvs.texi(,6425) but @sc{cvs} is not able to enforce this behavior.
-cvs.texi(,6426)
-cvs.texi(,6427) @c I'm a little dissatisfied with this presentation,
-cvs.texi(,6428) @c because "watch on"/"edit"/"editors" are one set of
-cvs.texi(,6429) @c functionality, and "watch add"/"watchers" is another
-cvs.texi(,6430) @c which is somewhat orthogonal even though they interact in
-cvs.texi(,6431) @c various ways. But I think it might be
-cvs.texi(,6432) @c confusing to describe them separately (e.g. "watch
-cvs.texi(,6433) @c add" with loginfo). I don't know.
-cvs.texi(,6434)
-cvs.texi(,6435) @menu
-cvs.texi(,6436) * Setting a watch:: Telling CVS to watch certain
files
-cvs.texi(,6437) * Getting Notified:: Telling CVS to notify you
-cvs.texi(,6438) * Editing files:: How to edit a file which is
being watched
-cvs.texi(,6439) * Watch information:: Information about who is
watching and editing
-cvs.texi(,6440) * Watches Compatibility:: Watches interact poorly with
CVS 1.6 or earlier
-cvs.texi(,6441) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,6442)
-cvs.texi(,6443) @node Setting a watch
-cvs.texi(,6444) @subsection Telling CVS to watch certain files
-cvs.texi(,6445)
-cvs.texi(,6446) To enable the watch features, you first specify that
-cvs.texi(,6447) certain files are to be watched.
+cvs.texi(,6391) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,6392) and someone else runs @code{cvs update} at the same
+cvs.texi(,6393) time, the person running @code{update} might get only
+cvs.texi(,6394) the change to @file{b/three.c} and not the change to
+cvs.texi(,6395) @file{a/two.c}.
+cvs.texi(,6396)
+cvs.texi(,6397) @node Watches
+cvs.texi(,6398) @section Mechanisms to track who is editing files
+cvs.texi(,6399) @cindex Watches
+cvs.texi(,6400)
+cvs.texi(,6401) For many groups, use of @sc{cvs} in its default mode is
+cvs.texi(,6402) perfectly satisfactory. Users may sometimes go to
+cvs.texi(,6403) check in a modification only to find that another
+cvs.texi(,6404) modification has intervened, but they deal with it and
+cvs.texi(,6405) proceed with their check in. Other groups prefer to be
+cvs.texi(,6406) able to know who is editing what files, so that if two
+cvs.texi(,6407) people try to edit the same file they can choose to
+cvs.texi(,6408) talk about who is doing what when rather than be
+cvs.texi(,6409) surprised at check in time. The features in this
+cvs.texi(,6410) section allow such coordination, while retaining the
+cvs.texi(,6411) ability of two developers to edit the same file at the
+cvs.texi(,6412) same time.
+cvs.texi(,6413)
+cvs.texi(,6414) @c Some people might ask why CVS does not enforce the
+cvs.texi(,6415) @c rule on chmod, by requiring a cvs edit before a cvs
+cvs.texi(,6416) @c commit. The main reason is that it could always be
+cvs.texi(,6417) @c circumvented--one could edit the file, and
+cvs.texi(,6418) @c then when ready to check it in, do the cvs edit and put
+cvs.texi(,6419) @c in the new contents and do the cvs commit. One
+cvs.texi(,6420) @c implementation note: if we _do_ want to have cvs commit
+cvs.texi(,6421) @c require a cvs edit, we should store the state on
+cvs.texi(,6422) @c whether the cvs edit has occurred in the working
+cvs.texi(,6423) @c directory, rather than having the server try to keep
+cvs.texi(,6424) @c track of what working directories exist.
+cvs.texi(,6425) @c FIXME: should the above discussion be part of the
+cvs.texi(,6426) @c manual proper, somewhere, not just in a comment?
+cvs.texi(,6427) For maximum benefit developers should use @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,6428) edit} (not @code{chmod}) to make files read-write to
+cvs.texi(,6429) edit them, and @code{cvs release} (not @code{rm}) to
+cvs.texi(,6430) discard a working directory which is no longer in use,
+cvs.texi(,6431) but @sc{cvs} is not able to enforce this behavior.
+cvs.texi(,6432)
+cvs.texi(,6433) @c I'm a little dissatisfied with this presentation,
+cvs.texi(,6434) @c because "watch on"/"edit"/"editors" are one set of
+cvs.texi(,6435) @c functionality, and "watch add"/"watchers" is another
+cvs.texi(,6436) @c which is somewhat orthogonal even though they interact in
+cvs.texi(,6437) @c various ways. But I think it might be
+cvs.texi(,6438) @c confusing to describe them separately (e.g. "watch
+cvs.texi(,6439) @c add" with loginfo). I don't know.
+cvs.texi(,6440)
+cvs.texi(,6441) @menu
+cvs.texi(,6442) * Setting a watch:: Telling CVS to watch certain
files
+cvs.texi(,6443) * Getting Notified:: Telling CVS to notify you
+cvs.texi(,6444) * Editing files:: How to edit a file which is
being watched
+cvs.texi(,6445) * Watch information:: Information about who is
watching and editing
+cvs.texi(,6446) * Watches Compatibility:: Watches interact poorly with
CVS 1.6 or earlier
+cvs.texi(,6447) @end menu
cvs.texi(,6448)
-cvs.texi(,6449) @cindex watch on (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,6450) @deffn Command {cvs watch on} address@hidden
address@hidden@dots{}
+cvs.texi(,6449) @node Setting a watch
+cvs.texi(,6450) @subsection Telling CVS to watch certain files
cvs.texi(,6451)
-cvs.texi(,6452) @cindex Read-only files, and watches
-cvs.texi(,6453) Specify that developers should run @code{cvs edit}
-cvs.texi(,6454) before editing @var{files}. @sc{cvs} will create working
-cvs.texi(,6455) copies of @var{files} read-only, to remind developers
-cvs.texi(,6456) to run the @code{cvs edit} command before working on
-cvs.texi(,6457) them.
-cvs.texi(,6458)
-cvs.texi(,6459) If @var{files} includes the name of a directory, @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,6460) arranges to watch all files added to the corresponding
-cvs.texi(,6461) repository directory, and sets a default for files
-cvs.texi(,6462) added in the future; this allows the user to set
-cvs.texi(,6463) notification policies on a per-directory basis. The
-cvs.texi(,6464) contents of the directory are processed recursively,
-cvs.texi(,6465) unless the @code{-l} option is given.
-cvs.texi(,6466) The @code{-R} option can be used to force recursion if the
@code{-l}
-cvs.texi(,6467) option is set in @file{~/.cvsrc} (@pxref{~/.cvsrc}).
-cvs.texi(,6468)
-cvs.texi(,6469) If @var{files} is omitted, it defaults to the current
directory.
-cvs.texi(,6470)
-cvs.texi(,6471) @cindex watch off (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,6472) @end deffn
-cvs.texi(,6473)
-cvs.texi(,6474) @deffn Command {cvs watch off} address@hidden
address@hidden@dots{}
-cvs.texi(,6475)
-cvs.texi(,6476) Do not create @var{files} read-only on checkout; thus,
-cvs.texi(,6477) developers will not be reminded to use @code{cvs edit}
-cvs.texi(,6478) and @code{cvs unedit}.
-cvs.texi(,6486)
-cvs.texi(,6487) The @var{files} and options are processed as for @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,6488) watch on}.
-cvs.texi(,6489)
-cvs.texi(,6490) @end deffn
-cvs.texi(,6491)
-cvs.texi(,6492) @node Getting Notified
-cvs.texi(,6493) @subsection Telling CVS to notify you
-cvs.texi(,6494)
-cvs.texi(,6495) You can tell @sc{cvs} that you want to receive
-cvs.texi(,6496) notifications about various actions taken on a file.
-cvs.texi(,6497) You can do this without using @code{cvs watch on} for
-cvs.texi(,6498) the file, but generally you will want to use @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,6499) watch on}, to remind developers to use the @code{cvs edit}
-cvs.texi(,6500) command.
-cvs.texi(,6501)
-cvs.texi(,6502) @cindex watch add (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,6503) @deffn Command {cvs watch add} address@hidden address@hidden
@address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}
-cvs.texi(,6504)
-cvs.texi(,6505) Add the current user to the list of people to receive
notification of
-cvs.texi(,6506) work done on @var{files}.
+cvs.texi(,6452) To enable the watch features, you first specify that
+cvs.texi(,6453) certain files are to be watched.
+cvs.texi(,6454)
+cvs.texi(,6455) @cindex watch on (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,6456) @deffn Command {cvs watch on} address@hidden
address@hidden@dots{}
+cvs.texi(,6457)
+cvs.texi(,6458) @cindex Read-only files, and watches
+cvs.texi(,6459) Specify that developers should run @code{cvs edit}
+cvs.texi(,6460) before editing @var{files}. @sc{cvs} will create working
+cvs.texi(,6461) copies of @var{files} read-only, to remind developers
+cvs.texi(,6462) to run the @code{cvs edit} command before working on
+cvs.texi(,6463) them.
+cvs.texi(,6464)
+cvs.texi(,6465) If @var{files} includes the name of a directory, @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,6466) arranges to watch all files added to the corresponding
+cvs.texi(,6467) repository directory, and sets a default for files
+cvs.texi(,6468) added in the future; this allows the user to set
+cvs.texi(,6469) notification policies on a per-directory basis. The
+cvs.texi(,6470) contents of the directory are processed recursively,
+cvs.texi(,6471) unless the @code{-l} option is given.
+cvs.texi(,6472) The @code{-R} option can be used to force recursion if the
@code{-l}
+cvs.texi(,6473) option is set in @file{~/.cvsrc} (@pxref{~/.cvsrc}).
+cvs.texi(,6474)
+cvs.texi(,6475) If @var{files} is omitted, it defaults to the current
directory.
+cvs.texi(,6476)
+cvs.texi(,6477) @cindex watch off (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,6478) @end deffn
+cvs.texi(,6479)
+cvs.texi(,6480) @deffn Command {cvs watch off} address@hidden
address@hidden@dots{}
+cvs.texi(,6481)
+cvs.texi(,6482) Do not create @var{files} read-only on checkout; thus,
+cvs.texi(,6483) developers will not be reminded to use @code{cvs edit}
+cvs.texi(,6484) and @code{cvs unedit}.
+cvs.texi(,6492)
+cvs.texi(,6493) The @var{files} and options are processed as for @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,6494) watch on}.
+cvs.texi(,6495)
+cvs.texi(,6496) @end deffn
+cvs.texi(,6497)
+cvs.texi(,6498) @node Getting Notified
+cvs.texi(,6499) @subsection Telling CVS to notify you
+cvs.texi(,6500)
+cvs.texi(,6501) You can tell @sc{cvs} that you want to receive
+cvs.texi(,6502) notifications about various actions taken on a file.
+cvs.texi(,6503) You can do this without using @code{cvs watch on} for
+cvs.texi(,6504) the file, but generally you will want to use @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,6505) watch on}, to remind developers to use the @code{cvs edit}
+cvs.texi(,6506) command.
cvs.texi(,6507)
-cvs.texi(,6508) The @code{-a} option specifies what kinds of events @sc{cvs}
should notify
-cvs.texi(,6509) the user about. @var{action} is one of the following:
+cvs.texi(,6508) @cindex watch add (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,6509) @deffn Command {cvs watch add} address@hidden address@hidden
@address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}
cvs.texi(,6510)
-cvs.texi(,6511) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,6512)
-cvs.texi(,6513) @item edit
-cvs.texi(,6514) Another user has applied the @code{cvs edit} command (described
-cvs.texi(,6515) below) to a watched file.
+cvs.texi(,6511) Add the current user to the list of people to receive
notification of
+cvs.texi(,6512) work done on @var{files}.
+cvs.texi(,6513)
+cvs.texi(,6514) The @code{-a} option specifies what kinds of events @sc{cvs}
should notify
+cvs.texi(,6515) the user about. @var{action} is one of the following:
cvs.texi(,6516)
-cvs.texi(,6517) @item commit
-cvs.texi(,6518) Another user has committed changes to one of the named
@var{files}.
-cvs.texi(,6519)
-cvs.texi(,6520) @item unedit
-cvs.texi(,6521) Another user has abandoned editing a file (other than by
committing changes).
-cvs.texi(,6522) They can do this in several ways, by:
-cvs.texi(,6523)
-cvs.texi(,6524) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,6517) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,6518)
+cvs.texi(,6519) @item edit
+cvs.texi(,6520) Another user has applied the @code{cvs edit} command (described
+cvs.texi(,6521) below) to a watched file.
+cvs.texi(,6522)
+cvs.texi(,6523) @item commit
+cvs.texi(,6524) Another user has committed changes to one of the named
@var{files}.
cvs.texi(,6525)
-cvs.texi(,6526) @item
-cvs.texi(,6527) applying the @code{cvs unedit} command (described below) to
the file
-cvs.texi(,6528)
-cvs.texi(,6529) @item
-cvs.texi(,6530) applying the @code{cvs release} command (@pxref{release}) to
the file's parent directory
-cvs.texi(,6531) (or recursively to a directory more than one level up)
-cvs.texi(,6532)
-cvs.texi(,6533) @item
-cvs.texi(,6534) deleting the file and allowing @code{cvs update} to recreate it
-cvs.texi(,6535)
-cvs.texi(,6536) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,6537)
-cvs.texi(,6538) @item all
-cvs.texi(,6539) All of the above.
-cvs.texi(,6540)
-cvs.texi(,6541) @item none
-cvs.texi(,6542) None of the above. (This is useful with @code{cvs edit},
-cvs.texi(,6543) described below.)
-cvs.texi(,6544)
-cvs.texi(,6545) @end table
+cvs.texi(,6526) @item unedit
+cvs.texi(,6527) Another user has abandoned editing a file (other than by
committing changes).
+cvs.texi(,6528) They can do this in several ways, by:
+cvs.texi(,6529)
+cvs.texi(,6530) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,6531)
+cvs.texi(,6532) @item
+cvs.texi(,6533) applying the @code{cvs unedit} command (described below) to
the file
+cvs.texi(,6534)
+cvs.texi(,6535) @item
+cvs.texi(,6536) applying the @code{cvs release} command (@pxref{release}) to
the file's parent directory
+cvs.texi(,6537) (or recursively to a directory more than one level up)
+cvs.texi(,6538)
+cvs.texi(,6539) @item
+cvs.texi(,6540) deleting the file and allowing @code{cvs update} to recreate it
+cvs.texi(,6541)
+cvs.texi(,6542) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,6543)
+cvs.texi(,6544) @item all
+cvs.texi(,6545) All of the above.
cvs.texi(,6546)
-cvs.texi(,6547) The @code{-a} option may appear more than once, or not at all.
If
-cvs.texi(,6548) omitted, the action defaults to @code{all}.
-cvs.texi(,6549)
-cvs.texi(,6550) The @var{files} and options are processed as for
-cvs.texi(,6551) @code{cvs watch on}.
+cvs.texi(,6547) @item none
+cvs.texi(,6548) None of the above. (This is useful with @code{cvs edit},
+cvs.texi(,6549) described below.)
+cvs.texi(,6550)
+cvs.texi(,6551) @end table
cvs.texi(,6552)
-cvs.texi(,6553) @end deffn
-cvs.texi(,6554)
+cvs.texi(,6553) The @code{-a} option may appear more than once, or not at all.
If
+cvs.texi(,6554) omitted, the action defaults to @code{all}.
cvs.texi(,6555)
-cvs.texi(,6556) @cindex watch remove (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,6557) @deffn Command {cvs watch remove} address@hidden
address@hidden @address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}
+cvs.texi(,6556) The @var{files} and options are processed as for
+cvs.texi(,6557) @code{cvs watch on}.
cvs.texi(,6558)
-cvs.texi(,6559) Remove a notification request established using @code{cvs
watch add};
-cvs.texi(,6560) the arguments are the same. If the @code{-a} option is
present, only
-cvs.texi(,6561) watches for the specified actions are removed.
-cvs.texi(,6562)
-cvs.texi(,6563) @end deffn
+cvs.texi(,6559) @end deffn
+cvs.texi(,6560)
+cvs.texi(,6561)
+cvs.texi(,6562) @cindex watch remove (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,6563) @deffn Command {cvs watch remove} address@hidden
address@hidden @address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}
cvs.texi(,6564)
-cvs.texi(,6565) @cindex notify (admin file)
-cvs.texi(,6566) When the conditions exist for notification, @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,6567) calls the @file{notify} administrative file. Edit
-cvs.texi(,6568) @file{notify} as one edits the other administrative
-cvs.texi(,6569) files (@pxref{Intro administrative files}). This
-cvs.texi(,6570) file follows the usual conventions for administrative
-cvs.texi(,6571) files (@pxref{syntax}), where each line is a regular
-cvs.texi(,6572) expression followed by a command to execute. The
-cvs.texi(,6573) command should contain a single occurrence of @samp{%s}
-cvs.texi(,6574) which will be replaced by the user to notify; the rest
-cvs.texi(,6575) of the information regarding the notification will be
-cvs.texi(,6576) supplied to the command on standard input. The
-cvs.texi(,6577) standard thing to put in the @code{notify} file is the
-cvs.texi(,6578) single line:
-cvs.texi(,6579)
-cvs.texi(,6580) @example
-cvs.texi(,6581) ALL mail %s -s "CVS notification"
-cvs.texi(,6582) @end example
-cvs.texi(,6583)
-cvs.texi(,6584) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,6585) This causes users to be notified by electronic mail.
-cvs.texi(,6586) @c FIXME: should it be this hard to set up this
-cvs.texi(,6587) @c behavior (and the result when one fails to do so,
-cvs.texi(,6588) @c silent failure to notify, so non-obvious)? Should
-cvs.texi(,6589) @c CVS give a warning if no line in notify matches (and
-cvs.texi(,6590) @c document the use of "DEFAULT :" for the case where
-cvs.texi(,6591) @c skipping the notification is indeed desired)?
-cvs.texi(,6592)
-cvs.texi(,6593) @cindex users (admin file)
-cvs.texi(,6594) Note that if you set this up in the straightforward
-cvs.texi(,6595) way, users receive notifications on the server machine.
-cvs.texi(,6596) One could of course write a @file{notify} script which
-cvs.texi(,6597) directed notifications elsewhere, but to make this
-cvs.texi(,6598) easy, @sc{cvs} allows you to associate a notification
-cvs.texi(,6599) address for each user. To do so create a file
-cvs.texi(,6600) @file{users} in @file{CVSROOT} with a line for each
-cvs.texi(,6601) user in the format @var{user}:@var{value}. Then
-cvs.texi(,6602) instead of passing the name of the user to be notified
-cvs.texi(,6603) to @file{notify}, @sc{cvs} will pass the @var{value}
-cvs.texi(,6604) (normally an email address on some other machine).
-cvs.texi(,6605)
-cvs.texi(,6606) @sc{cvs} does not notify you for your own changes.
-cvs.texi(,6607) Currently this check is done based on whether the user
-cvs.texi(,6608) name of the person taking the action which triggers
-cvs.texi(,6609) notification matches the user name of the person
-cvs.texi(,6610) getting notification. In fact, in general, the watches
-cvs.texi(,6611) features only track one edit by each user. It probably
-cvs.texi(,6612) would be more useful if watches tracked each working
-cvs.texi(,6613) directory separately, so this behavior might be worth
-cvs.texi(,6614) changing.
-cvs.texi(,6615) @c "behavior might be worth changing" is an effort to
-cvs.texi(,6616) @c point to future directions while also not promising
-cvs.texi(,6617) @c that "they" (as in "why don't they fix CVS to....")
-cvs.texi(,6618) @c will do this.
-cvs.texi(,6619) @c one implementation issue is identifying whether a
-cvs.texi(,6620) @c working directory is same or different. Comparing
-cvs.texi(,6621) @c pathnames/hostnames is hopeless, but having the server
-cvs.texi(,6622) @c supply a serial number which the client stores in the
-cvs.texi(,6623) @c CVS directory as a magic cookie should work.
-cvs.texi(,6624)
-cvs.texi(,6625) @node Editing files
-cvs.texi(,6626) @subsection How to edit a file which is being watched
-cvs.texi(,6627)
-cvs.texi(,6628) @cindex Checkout, as term for getting ready to edit
-cvs.texi(,6629) Since a file which is being watched is checked out
-cvs.texi(,6630) read-only, you cannot simply edit it. To make it
-cvs.texi(,6631) read-write, and inform others that you are planning to
-cvs.texi(,6632) edit it, use the @code{cvs edit} command. Some systems
-cvs.texi(,6633) call this a @dfn{checkout}, but @sc{cvs} uses that term
-cvs.texi(,6634) for obtaining a copy of the sources (@pxref{Getting the
-cvs.texi(,6635) source}), an operation which those systems call a
-cvs.texi(,6636) @dfn{get} or a @dfn{fetch}.
-cvs.texi(,6637) @c Issue to think about: should we transition CVS
-cvs.texi(,6638) @c towards the "get" terminology? "cvs get" is already a
-cvs.texi(,6639) @c synonym for "cvs checkout" and that section of the
-cvs.texi(,6640) @c manual refers to "Getting the source". If this is
-cvs.texi(,6641) @c done, needs to be done gingerly (for example, we should
-cvs.texi(,6642) @c still accept "checkout" in .cvsrc files indefinitely
-cvs.texi(,6643) @c even if the CVS's messages are changed from "cvs checkout: "
-cvs.texi(,6644) @c to "cvs get: ").
-cvs.texi(,6645) @c There is a concern about whether "get" is not as
-cvs.texi(,6646) @c good for novices because it is a more general term
-cvs.texi(,6647) @c than "checkout" (and thus arguably harder to assign
-cvs.texi(,6648) @c a technical meaning for).
-cvs.texi(,6649)
-cvs.texi(,6650) @cindex edit (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,6651) @deffn Command {cvs edit} address@hidden address@hidden
@address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}
-cvs.texi(,6652)
-cvs.texi(,6653) Prepare to edit the working files @var{files}. @sc{cvs} makes
the
-cvs.texi(,6654) @var{files} read-write, and notifies users who have requested
-cvs.texi(,6655) @code{edit} notification for any of @var{files}.
-cvs.texi(,6656)
-cvs.texi(,6657) The @code{cvs edit} command accepts the same options as the
-cvs.texi(,6658) @code{cvs watch add} command, and establishes a temporary
watch for the
-cvs.texi(,6659) user on @var{files}; @sc{cvs} will remove the watch when
@var{files} are
-cvs.texi(,6660) @code{unedit}ed or @code{commit}ted. If the user does not
wish to
-cvs.texi(,6661) receive notifications, she should specify @code{-a none}.
+cvs.texi(,6565) Remove a notification request established using @code{cvs
watch add};
+cvs.texi(,6566) the arguments are the same. If the @code{-a} option is
present, only
+cvs.texi(,6567) watches for the specified actions are removed.
+cvs.texi(,6568)
+cvs.texi(,6569) @end deffn
+cvs.texi(,6570)
+cvs.texi(,6571) @cindex notify (admin file)
+cvs.texi(,6572) When the conditions exist for notification, @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,6573) calls the @file{notify} administrative file. Edit
+cvs.texi(,6574) @file{notify} as one edits the other administrative
+cvs.texi(,6575) files (@pxref{Intro administrative files}). This
+cvs.texi(,6576) file follows the usual conventions for administrative
+cvs.texi(,6577) files (@pxref{syntax}), where each line is a regular
+cvs.texi(,6578) expression followed by a command to execute. The
+cvs.texi(,6579) command should contain a single occurrence of @samp{%s}
+cvs.texi(,6580) which will be replaced by the user to notify; the rest
+cvs.texi(,6581) of the information regarding the notification will be
+cvs.texi(,6582) supplied to the command on standard input. The
+cvs.texi(,6583) standard thing to put in the @code{notify} file is the
+cvs.texi(,6584) single line:
+cvs.texi(,6585)
+cvs.texi(,6586) @example
+cvs.texi(,6587) ALL mail %s -s "CVS notification"
+cvs.texi(,6588) @end example
+cvs.texi(,6589)
+cvs.texi(,6590) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,6591) This causes users to be notified by electronic mail.
+cvs.texi(,6592) @c FIXME: should it be this hard to set up this
+cvs.texi(,6593) @c behavior (and the result when one fails to do so,
+cvs.texi(,6594) @c silent failure to notify, so non-obvious)? Should
+cvs.texi(,6595) @c CVS give a warning if no line in notify matches (and
+cvs.texi(,6596) @c document the use of "DEFAULT :" for the case where
+cvs.texi(,6597) @c skipping the notification is indeed desired)?
+cvs.texi(,6598)
+cvs.texi(,6599) @cindex users (admin file)
+cvs.texi(,6600) Note that if you set this up in the straightforward
+cvs.texi(,6601) way, users receive notifications on the server machine.
+cvs.texi(,6602) One could of course write a @file{notify} script which
+cvs.texi(,6603) directed notifications elsewhere, but to make this
+cvs.texi(,6604) easy, @sc{cvs} allows you to associate a notification
+cvs.texi(,6605) address for each user. To do so create a file
+cvs.texi(,6606) @file{users} in @file{CVSROOT} with a line for each
+cvs.texi(,6607) user in the format @var{user}:@var{value}. Then
+cvs.texi(,6608) instead of passing the name of the user to be notified
+cvs.texi(,6609) to @file{notify}, @sc{cvs} will pass the @var{value}
+cvs.texi(,6610) (normally an email address on some other machine).
+cvs.texi(,6611)
+cvs.texi(,6612) @sc{cvs} does not notify you for your own changes.
+cvs.texi(,6613) Currently this check is done based on whether the user
+cvs.texi(,6614) name of the person taking the action which triggers
+cvs.texi(,6615) notification matches the user name of the person
+cvs.texi(,6616) getting notification. In fact, in general, the watches
+cvs.texi(,6617) features only track one edit by each user. It probably
+cvs.texi(,6618) would be more useful if watches tracked each working
+cvs.texi(,6619) directory separately, so this behavior might be worth
+cvs.texi(,6620) changing.
+cvs.texi(,6621) @c "behavior might be worth changing" is an effort to
+cvs.texi(,6622) @c point to future directions while also not promising
+cvs.texi(,6623) @c that "they" (as in "why don't they fix CVS to....")
+cvs.texi(,6624) @c will do this.
+cvs.texi(,6625) @c one implementation issue is identifying whether a
+cvs.texi(,6626) @c working directory is same or different. Comparing
+cvs.texi(,6627) @c pathnames/hostnames is hopeless, but having the server
+cvs.texi(,6628) @c supply a serial number which the client stores in the
+cvs.texi(,6629) @c CVS directory as a magic cookie should work.
+cvs.texi(,6630)
+cvs.texi(,6631) @node Editing files
+cvs.texi(,6632) @subsection How to edit a file which is being watched
+cvs.texi(,6633)
+cvs.texi(,6634) @cindex Checkout, as term for getting ready to edit
+cvs.texi(,6635) Since a file which is being watched is checked out
+cvs.texi(,6636) read-only, you cannot simply edit it. To make it
+cvs.texi(,6637) read-write, and inform others that you are planning to
+cvs.texi(,6638) edit it, use the @code{cvs edit} command. Some systems
+cvs.texi(,6639) call this a @dfn{checkout}, but @sc{cvs} uses that term
+cvs.texi(,6640) for obtaining a copy of the sources (@pxref{Getting the
+cvs.texi(,6641) source}), an operation which those systems call a
+cvs.texi(,6642) @dfn{get} or a @dfn{fetch}.
+cvs.texi(,6643) @c Issue to think about: should we transition CVS
+cvs.texi(,6644) @c towards the "get" terminology? "cvs get" is already a
+cvs.texi(,6645) @c synonym for "cvs checkout" and that section of the
+cvs.texi(,6646) @c manual refers to "Getting the source". If this is
+cvs.texi(,6647) @c done, needs to be done gingerly (for example, we should
+cvs.texi(,6648) @c still accept "checkout" in .cvsrc files indefinitely
+cvs.texi(,6649) @c even if the CVS's messages are changed from "cvs checkout: "
+cvs.texi(,6650) @c to "cvs get: ").
+cvs.texi(,6651) @c There is a concern about whether "get" is not as
+cvs.texi(,6652) @c good for novices because it is a more general term
+cvs.texi(,6653) @c than "checkout" (and thus arguably harder to assign
+cvs.texi(,6654) @c a technical meaning for).
+cvs.texi(,6655)
+cvs.texi(,6656) @cindex edit (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,6657) @deffn Command {cvs edit} address@hidden address@hidden
@address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}
+cvs.texi(,6658)
+cvs.texi(,6659) Prepare to edit the working files @var{files}. @sc{cvs} makes
the
+cvs.texi(,6660) @var{files} read-write, and notifies users who have requested
+cvs.texi(,6661) @code{edit} notification for any of @var{files}.
cvs.texi(,6662)
-cvs.texi(,6663) The @var{files} and the options are processed as for the
@code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,6664) watch} commands.
-cvs.texi(,6665)
-cvs.texi(,6675)
-cvs.texi(,6676) @end deffn
-cvs.texi(,6677)
-cvs.texi(,6678) Normally when you are done with a set of changes, you
-cvs.texi(,6679) use the @code{cvs commit} command, which checks in your
-cvs.texi(,6680) changes and returns the watched files to their usual
-cvs.texi(,6681) read-only state. But if you instead decide to abandon
-cvs.texi(,6682) your changes, or not to make any changes, you can use
-cvs.texi(,6683) the @code{cvs unedit} command.
-cvs.texi(,6684)
-cvs.texi(,6685) @cindex unedit (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,6686) @cindex Abandoning work
-cvs.texi(,6687) @cindex Reverting to repository version
-cvs.texi(,6688) @deffn Command {cvs unedit} address@hidden
address@hidden@dots{}
-cvs.texi(,6689)
-cvs.texi(,6690) Abandon work on the working files @var{files}, and revert them
to the
-cvs.texi(,6691) repository versions on which they are based. @sc{cvs} makes
those
-cvs.texi(,6692) @var{files} read-only for which users have requested
notification using
-cvs.texi(,6693) @code{cvs watch on}. @sc{cvs} notifies users who have
requested @code{unedit}
-cvs.texi(,6694) notification for any of @var{files}.
+cvs.texi(,6663) The @code{cvs edit} command accepts the same options as the
+cvs.texi(,6664) @code{cvs watch add} command, and establishes a temporary
watch for the
+cvs.texi(,6665) user on @var{files}; @sc{cvs} will remove the watch when
@var{files} are
+cvs.texi(,6666) @code{unedit}ed or @code{commit}ted. If the user does not
wish to
+cvs.texi(,6667) receive notifications, she should specify @code{-a none}.
+cvs.texi(,6668)
+cvs.texi(,6669) The @var{files} and the options are processed as for the
@code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,6670) watch} commands.
+cvs.texi(,6671)
+cvs.texi(,6681)
+cvs.texi(,6682) @end deffn
+cvs.texi(,6683)
+cvs.texi(,6684) Normally when you are done with a set of changes, you
+cvs.texi(,6685) use the @code{cvs commit} command, which checks in your
+cvs.texi(,6686) changes and returns the watched files to their usual
+cvs.texi(,6687) read-only state. But if you instead decide to abandon
+cvs.texi(,6688) your changes, or not to make any changes, you can use
+cvs.texi(,6689) the @code{cvs unedit} command.
+cvs.texi(,6690)
+cvs.texi(,6691) @cindex unedit (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,6692) @cindex Abandoning work
+cvs.texi(,6693) @cindex Reverting to repository version
+cvs.texi(,6694) @deffn Command {cvs unedit} address@hidden
address@hidden@dots{}
cvs.texi(,6695)
-cvs.texi(,6696) The @var{files} and options are processed as for the
-cvs.texi(,6697) @code{cvs watch} commands.
-cvs.texi(,6698)
-cvs.texi(,6699) If watches are not in use, the @code{unedit} command
-cvs.texi(,6700) probably does not work, and the way to revert to the
-cvs.texi(,6701) repository version is with the command @code{cvs update -C
file}
-cvs.texi(,6702) (@pxref{update}).
-cvs.texi(,6703) The meaning is
-cvs.texi(,6704) not precisely the same; the latter may also
-cvs.texi(,6705) bring in some changes which have been made in the
-cvs.texi(,6706) repository since the last time you updated.
-cvs.texi(,6707) @c It would be a useful enhancement to CVS to make
-cvs.texi(,6708) @c unedit work in the non-watch case as well.
-cvs.texi(,6709) @end deffn
-cvs.texi(,6710)
-cvs.texi(,6711) When using client/server @sc{cvs}, you can use the
-cvs.texi(,6712) @code{cvs edit} and @code{cvs unedit} commands even if
-cvs.texi(,6713) @sc{cvs} is unable to successfully communicate with the
-cvs.texi(,6714) server; the notifications will be sent upon the next
-cvs.texi(,6715) successful @sc{cvs} command.
+cvs.texi(,6696) Abandon work on the working files @var{files}, and revert them
to the
+cvs.texi(,6697) repository versions on which they are based. @sc{cvs} makes
those
+cvs.texi(,6698) @var{files} read-only for which users have requested
notification using
+cvs.texi(,6699) @code{cvs watch on}. @sc{cvs} notifies users who have
requested @code{unedit}
+cvs.texi(,6700) notification for any of @var{files}.
+cvs.texi(,6701)
+cvs.texi(,6702) The @var{files} and options are processed as for the
+cvs.texi(,6703) @code{cvs watch} commands.
+cvs.texi(,6704)
+cvs.texi(,6705) If watches are not in use, the @code{unedit} command
+cvs.texi(,6706) probably does not work, and the way to revert to the
+cvs.texi(,6707) repository version is with the command @code{cvs update -C
file}
+cvs.texi(,6708) (@pxref{update}).
+cvs.texi(,6709) The meaning is
+cvs.texi(,6710) not precisely the same; the latter may also
+cvs.texi(,6711) bring in some changes which have been made in the
+cvs.texi(,6712) repository since the last time you updated.
+cvs.texi(,6713) @c It would be a useful enhancement to CVS to make
+cvs.texi(,6714) @c unedit work in the non-watch case as well.
+cvs.texi(,6715) @end deffn
cvs.texi(,6716)
-cvs.texi(,6717) @node Watch information
-cvs.texi(,6718) @subsection Information about who is watching and editing
-cvs.texi(,6719)
-cvs.texi(,6720) @cindex watchers (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,6721) @deffn Command {cvs watchers} address@hidden
address@hidden@dots{}
+cvs.texi(,6717) When using client/server @sc{cvs}, you can use the
+cvs.texi(,6718) @code{cvs edit} and @code{cvs unedit} commands even if
+cvs.texi(,6719) @sc{cvs} is unable to successfully communicate with the
+cvs.texi(,6720) server; the notifications will be sent upon the next
+cvs.texi(,6721) successful @sc{cvs} command.
cvs.texi(,6722)
-cvs.texi(,6723) List the users currently watching changes to @var{files}. The
report
-cvs.texi(,6724) includes the files being watched, and the mail address of each
watcher.
+cvs.texi(,6723) @node Watch information
+cvs.texi(,6724) @subsection Information about who is watching and editing
cvs.texi(,6725)
-cvs.texi(,6726) The @var{files} and options are processed as for the
-cvs.texi(,6727) @code{cvs watch} commands.
+cvs.texi(,6726) @cindex watchers (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,6727) @deffn Command {cvs watchers} address@hidden
address@hidden@dots{}
cvs.texi(,6728)
-cvs.texi(,6729) @end deffn
-cvs.texi(,6730)
+cvs.texi(,6729) List the users currently watching changes to @var{files}. The
report
+cvs.texi(,6730) includes the files being watched, and the mail address of each
watcher.
cvs.texi(,6731)
-cvs.texi(,6732) @cindex editors (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,6733) @deffn Command {cvs editors} address@hidden
address@hidden@dots{}
+cvs.texi(,6732) The @var{files} and options are processed as for the
+cvs.texi(,6733) @code{cvs watch} commands.
cvs.texi(,6734)
-cvs.texi(,6735) List the users currently working on @var{files}. The report
-cvs.texi(,6736) includes the mail address of each user, the time when the user
began
-cvs.texi(,6737) working with the file, and the host and path of the working
directory
-cvs.texi(,6738) containing the file.
-cvs.texi(,6739)
-cvs.texi(,6740) The @var{files} and options are processed as for the
-cvs.texi(,6741) @code{cvs watch} commands.
-cvs.texi(,6742)
-cvs.texi(,6743) @end deffn
-cvs.texi(,6744)
-cvs.texi(,6745) @node Watches Compatibility
-cvs.texi(,6746) @subsection Using watches with old versions of CVS
-cvs.texi(,6747)
-cvs.texi(,6748) @cindex CVS 1.6, and watches
-cvs.texi(,6749) If you use the watch features on a repository, it
-cvs.texi(,6750) creates @file{CVS} directories in the repository and
-cvs.texi(,6751) stores the information about watches in that directory.
-cvs.texi(,6752) If you attempt to use @sc{cvs} 1.6 or earlier with the
-cvs.texi(,6753) repository, you get an error message such as the
-cvs.texi(,6754) following (all on one line):
-cvs.texi(,6755)
-cvs.texi(,6756) @example
-cvs.texi(,6757) cvs update: cannot open CVS/Entries for reading:
-cvs.texi(,6758) No such file or directory
-cvs.texi(,6759) @end example
-cvs.texi(,6760)
-cvs.texi(,6761) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,6762) and your operation will likely be aborted. To use the
-cvs.texi(,6763) watch features, you must upgrade all copies of @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,6764) which use that repository in local or server mode. If
-cvs.texi(,6765) you cannot upgrade, use the @code{watch off} and
-cvs.texi(,6766) @code{watch remove} commands to remove all watches, and
-cvs.texi(,6767) that will restore the repository to a state which
-cvs.texi(,6768) @sc{cvs} 1.6 can cope with.
-cvs.texi(,6769)
-cvs.texi(,6770) @node Choosing a model
-cvs.texi(,6771) @section Choosing between reserved or unreserved checkouts
-cvs.texi(,6772) @cindex Choosing, reserved or unreserved checkouts
-cvs.texi(,6773)
-cvs.texi(,6774) Reserved and unreserved checkouts each have pros and
-cvs.texi(,6775) cons. Let it be said that a lot of this is a matter of
-cvs.texi(,6776) opinion or what works given different groups' working
-cvs.texi(,6777) styles, but here is a brief description of some of the
-cvs.texi(,6778) issues. There are many ways to organize a team of
-cvs.texi(,6779) developers. @sc{cvs} does not try to enforce a certain
-cvs.texi(,6780) organization. It is a tool that can be used in several
-cvs.texi(,6781) ways.
-cvs.texi(,6782)
-cvs.texi(,6783) Reserved checkouts can be very counter-productive. If
-cvs.texi(,6784) two persons want to edit different parts of a file,
-cvs.texi(,6785) there may be no reason to prevent either of them from
-cvs.texi(,6786) doing so. Also, it is common for someone to take out a
-cvs.texi(,6787) lock on a file, because they are planning to edit it,
-cvs.texi(,6788) but then forget to release the lock.
-cvs.texi(,6789)
-cvs.texi(,6790) @c "many groups"? specifics? cites to papers on this?
-cvs.texi(,6791) @c some way to weasel-word it a bit more so we don't
-cvs.texi(,6792) @c need facts :-)?
-cvs.texi(,6793) People, especially people who are familiar with
-cvs.texi(,6794) reserved checkouts, often wonder how often conflicts
-cvs.texi(,6795) occur if unreserved checkouts are used, and how
-cvs.texi(,6796) difficult they are to resolve. The experience with
-cvs.texi(,6797) many groups is that they occur rarely and usually are
-cvs.texi(,6798) relatively straightforward to resolve.
-cvs.texi(,6799)
-cvs.texi(,6800) The rarity of serious conflicts may be surprising, until one
realizes
-cvs.texi(,6801) that they occur only when two developers disagree on the
proper design
-cvs.texi(,6802) for a given section of code; such a disagreement suggests that
the
-cvs.texi(,6803) team has not been communicating properly in the first place.
In order
-cvs.texi(,6804) to collaborate under @emph{any} source management regimen,
developers
-cvs.texi(,6805) must agree on the general design of the system; given this
agreement,
-cvs.texi(,6806) overlapping changes are usually straightforward to merge.
-cvs.texi(,6807)
-cvs.texi(,6808) In some cases unreserved checkouts are clearly
-cvs.texi(,6809) inappropriate. If no merge tool exists for the kind of
-cvs.texi(,6810) file you are managing (for example word processor files
-cvs.texi(,6811) or files edited by Computer Aided Design programs), and
-cvs.texi(,6812) it is not desirable to change to a program which uses a
-cvs.texi(,6813) mergeable data format, then resolving conflicts is
-cvs.texi(,6814) going to be unpleasant enough that you generally will
-cvs.texi(,6815) be better off to simply avoid the conflicts instead, by
-cvs.texi(,6816) using reserved checkouts.
-cvs.texi(,6817)
-cvs.texi(,6818) The watches features described above in @ref{Watches}
-cvs.texi(,6819) can be considered to be an intermediate model between
-cvs.texi(,6820) reserved checkouts and unreserved checkouts. When you
-cvs.texi(,6821) go to edit a file, it is possible to find out who else
-cvs.texi(,6822) is editing it. And rather than having the system
-cvs.texi(,6823) simply forbid both people editing the file, it can tell
-cvs.texi(,6824) you what the situation is and let you figure out
-cvs.texi(,6825) whether it is a problem in that particular case or not.
-cvs.texi(,6826) Therefore, for some groups it can be considered the
-cvs.texi(,6827) best of both the reserved checkout and unreserved
-cvs.texi(,6828) checkout worlds.
-cvs.texi(,6829)
-cvs.texi(,6830) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,6831) @node Revision management
-cvs.texi(,6832) @chapter Revision management
-cvs.texi(,6833) @cindex Revision management
-cvs.texi(,6834)
-cvs.texi(,6835) @c -- This chapter could be expanded a lot.
-cvs.texi(,6836) @c -- Experiences are very welcome!
-cvs.texi(,6837)
-cvs.texi(,6838) If you have read this far, you probably have a pretty
-cvs.texi(,6839) good grasp on what @sc{cvs} can do for you. This
-cvs.texi(,6840) chapter talks a little about things that you still have
-cvs.texi(,6841) to decide.
-cvs.texi(,6842)
-cvs.texi(,6843) If you are doing development on your own using @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,6844) you could probably skip this chapter. The questions
-cvs.texi(,6845) this chapter takes up become more important when more
-cvs.texi(,6846) than one person is working in a repository.
-cvs.texi(,6847)
-cvs.texi(,6848) @menu
-cvs.texi(,6849) * When to commit:: Some discussion on the subject
-cvs.texi(,6850) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,6851)
-cvs.texi(,6852) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,6853) @node When to commit
-cvs.texi(,6854) @section When to commit?
-cvs.texi(,6855) @cindex When to commit
-cvs.texi(,6856) @cindex Committing, when to
-cvs.texi(,6857) @cindex Policy
-cvs.texi(,6858)
-cvs.texi(,6859) Your group should decide which policy to use regarding
-cvs.texi(,6860) commits. Several policies are possible, and as your
-cvs.texi(,6861) experience with @sc{cvs} grows you will probably find
-cvs.texi(,6862) out what works for you.
-cvs.texi(,6863)
-cvs.texi(,6864) If you commit files too quickly you might commit files
-cvs.texi(,6865) that do not even compile. If your partner updates his
-cvs.texi(,6866) working sources to include your buggy file, he will be
-cvs.texi(,6867) unable to compile the code. On the other hand, other
-cvs.texi(,6868) persons will not be able to benefit from the
-cvs.texi(,6869) improvements you make to the code if you commit very
-cvs.texi(,6870) seldom, and conflicts will probably be more common.
-cvs.texi(,6871)
-cvs.texi(,6872) It is common to only commit files after making sure
-cvs.texi(,6873) that they can be compiled. Some sites require that the
-cvs.texi(,6874) files pass a test suite. Policies like this can be
-cvs.texi(,6875) enforced using the commitinfo file
-cvs.texi(,6876) (@pxref{commitinfo}), but you should think twice before
-cvs.texi(,6877) you enforce such a convention. By making the
-cvs.texi(,6878) development environment too controlled it might become
-cvs.texi(,6879) too regimented and thus counter-productive to the real
-cvs.texi(,6880) goal, which is to get software written.
-cvs.texi(,6881)
-cvs.texi(,6882) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,6883) @node Keyword substitution
-cvs.texi(,6884) @chapter Keyword substitution
-cvs.texi(,6885) @cindex Keyword substitution
-cvs.texi(,6886) @cindex Keyword expansion
-cvs.texi(,6887) @cindex Identifying files
-cvs.texi(,6888)
-cvs.texi(,6889) @comment Be careful when editing this chapter.
-cvs.texi(,6890) @comment Remember that this file is kept under
-cvs.texi(,6891) @comment version control, so we must not accidentally
-cvs.texi(,6892) @comment include a valid keyword in the running text.
-cvs.texi(,6893)
-cvs.texi(,6894) As long as you edit source files inside a working
-cvs.texi(,6895) directory you can always find out the state of
-cvs.texi(,6896) your files via @samp{cvs status} and @samp{cvs log}.
-cvs.texi(,6897) But as soon as you export the files from your
-cvs.texi(,6898) development environment it becomes harder to identify
-cvs.texi(,6899) which revisions they are.
-cvs.texi(,6900)
-cvs.texi(,6901) @sc{cvs} can use a mechanism known as @dfn{keyword
-cvs.texi(,6902) substitution} (or @dfn{keyword expansion}) to help
-cvs.texi(,6903) identifying the files. Embedded strings of the form
-cvs.texi(,6904) @address@hidden and
-cvs.texi(,6905) @address@hidden:@dots{}$} in a file are replaced
-cvs.texi(,6906) with strings of the form
-cvs.texi(,6907) @address@hidden:@var{value}$} whenever you obtain
-cvs.texi(,6908) a new revision of the file.
-cvs.texi(,6909)
-cvs.texi(,6910) @menu
-cvs.texi(,6911) * Keyword list:: Keywords
-cvs.texi(,6912) * Using keywords:: Using keywords
-cvs.texi(,6913) * Avoiding substitution:: Avoiding substitution
-cvs.texi(,6914) * Substitution modes:: Substitution modes
-cvs.texi(,6915) * Configuring keyword expansion:: Configuring keyword
expansion
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6916) * Log keyword:: Problems
with the address@hidden keyword.
-cvs.texi(,6917) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,6918)
-cvs.texi(,6919) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,6920) @node Keyword list
-cvs.texi(,6921) @section Keyword List
-cvs.texi(,6922) @cindex Keyword List
-cvs.texi(,6923)
-cvs.texi(,6924) @c FIXME: need some kind of example here I think,
-cvs.texi(,6925) @c perhaps in a
-cvs.texi(,6926) @c "Keyword intro" node. The intro in the "Keyword
-cvs.texi(,6927) @c substitution" node itself seems OK, but to launch
-cvs.texi(,6928) @c into a list of the keywords somehow seems too abrupt.
+cvs.texi(,6735) @end deffn
+cvs.texi(,6736)
+cvs.texi(,6737)
+cvs.texi(,6738) @cindex editors (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,6739) @deffn Command {cvs editors} address@hidden
address@hidden@dots{}
+cvs.texi(,6740)
+cvs.texi(,6741) List the users currently working on @var{files}. The report
+cvs.texi(,6742) includes the mail address of each user, the time when the user
began
+cvs.texi(,6743) working with the file, and the host and path of the working
directory
+cvs.texi(,6744) containing the file.
+cvs.texi(,6745)
+cvs.texi(,6746) The @var{files} and options are processed as for the
+cvs.texi(,6747) @code{cvs watch} commands.
+cvs.texi(,6748)
+cvs.texi(,6749) @end deffn
+cvs.texi(,6750)
+cvs.texi(,6751) @node Watches Compatibility
+cvs.texi(,6752) @subsection Using watches with old versions of CVS
+cvs.texi(,6753)
+cvs.texi(,6754) @cindex CVS 1.6, and watches
+cvs.texi(,6755) If you use the watch features on a repository, it
+cvs.texi(,6756) creates @file{CVS} directories in the repository and
+cvs.texi(,6757) stores the information about watches in that directory.
+cvs.texi(,6758) If you attempt to use @sc{cvs} 1.6 or earlier with the
+cvs.texi(,6759) repository, you get an error message such as the
+cvs.texi(,6760) following (all on one line):
+cvs.texi(,6761)
+cvs.texi(,6762) @example
+cvs.texi(,6763) cvs update: cannot open CVS/Entries for reading:
+cvs.texi(,6764) No such file or directory
+cvs.texi(,6765) @end example
+cvs.texi(,6766)
+cvs.texi(,6767) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,6768) and your operation will likely be aborted. To use the
+cvs.texi(,6769) watch features, you must upgrade all copies of @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,6770) which use that repository in local or server mode. If
+cvs.texi(,6771) you cannot upgrade, use the @code{watch off} and
+cvs.texi(,6772) @code{watch remove} commands to remove all watches, and
+cvs.texi(,6773) that will restore the repository to a state which
+cvs.texi(,6774) @sc{cvs} 1.6 can cope with.
+cvs.texi(,6775)
+cvs.texi(,6776) @node Choosing a model
+cvs.texi(,6777) @section Choosing between reserved or unreserved checkouts
+cvs.texi(,6778) @cindex Choosing, reserved or unreserved checkouts
+cvs.texi(,6779)
+cvs.texi(,6780) Reserved and unreserved checkouts each have pros and
+cvs.texi(,6781) cons. Let it be said that a lot of this is a matter of
+cvs.texi(,6782) opinion or what works given different groups' working
+cvs.texi(,6783) styles, but here is a brief description of some of the
+cvs.texi(,6784) issues. There are many ways to organize a team of
+cvs.texi(,6785) developers. @sc{cvs} does not try to enforce a certain
+cvs.texi(,6786) organization. It is a tool that can be used in several
+cvs.texi(,6787) ways.
+cvs.texi(,6788)
+cvs.texi(,6789) Reserved checkouts can be very counter-productive. If
+cvs.texi(,6790) two persons want to edit different parts of a file,
+cvs.texi(,6791) there may be no reason to prevent either of them from
+cvs.texi(,6792) doing so. Also, it is common for someone to take out a
+cvs.texi(,6793) lock on a file, because they are planning to edit it,
+cvs.texi(,6794) but then forget to release the lock.
+cvs.texi(,6795)
+cvs.texi(,6796) @c "many groups"? specifics? cites to papers on this?
+cvs.texi(,6797) @c some way to weasel-word it a bit more so we don't
+cvs.texi(,6798) @c need facts :-)?
+cvs.texi(,6799) People, especially people who are familiar with
+cvs.texi(,6800) reserved checkouts, often wonder how often conflicts
+cvs.texi(,6801) occur if unreserved checkouts are used, and how
+cvs.texi(,6802) difficult they are to resolve. The experience with
+cvs.texi(,6803) many groups is that they occur rarely and usually are
+cvs.texi(,6804) relatively straightforward to resolve.
+cvs.texi(,6805)
+cvs.texi(,6806) The rarity of serious conflicts may be surprising, until one
realizes
+cvs.texi(,6807) that they occur only when two developers disagree on the
proper design
+cvs.texi(,6808) for a given section of code; such a disagreement suggests that
the
+cvs.texi(,6809) team has not been communicating properly in the first place.
In order
+cvs.texi(,6810) to collaborate under @emph{any} source management regimen,
developers
+cvs.texi(,6811) must agree on the general design of the system; given this
agreement,
+cvs.texi(,6812) overlapping changes are usually straightforward to merge.
+cvs.texi(,6813)
+cvs.texi(,6814) In some cases unreserved checkouts are clearly
+cvs.texi(,6815) inappropriate. If no merge tool exists for the kind of
+cvs.texi(,6816) file you are managing (for example word processor files
+cvs.texi(,6817) or files edited by Computer Aided Design programs), and
+cvs.texi(,6818) it is not desirable to change to a program which uses a
+cvs.texi(,6819) mergeable data format, then resolving conflicts is
+cvs.texi(,6820) going to be unpleasant enough that you generally will
+cvs.texi(,6821) be better off to simply avoid the conflicts instead, by
+cvs.texi(,6822) using reserved checkouts.
+cvs.texi(,6823)
+cvs.texi(,6824) The watches features described above in @ref{Watches}
+cvs.texi(,6825) can be considered to be an intermediate model between
+cvs.texi(,6826) reserved checkouts and unreserved checkouts. When you
+cvs.texi(,6827) go to edit a file, it is possible to find out who else
+cvs.texi(,6828) is editing it. And rather than having the system
+cvs.texi(,6829) simply forbid both people editing the file, it can tell
+cvs.texi(,6830) you what the situation is and let you figure out
+cvs.texi(,6831) whether it is a problem in that particular case or not.
+cvs.texi(,6832) Therefore, for some groups it can be considered the
+cvs.texi(,6833) best of both the reserved checkout and unreserved
+cvs.texi(,6834) checkout worlds.
+cvs.texi(,6835)
+cvs.texi(,6836) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,6837) @node Revision management
+cvs.texi(,6838) @chapter Revision management
+cvs.texi(,6839) @cindex Revision management
+cvs.texi(,6840)
+cvs.texi(,6841) @c -- This chapter could be expanded a lot.
+cvs.texi(,6842) @c -- Experiences are very welcome!
+cvs.texi(,6843)
+cvs.texi(,6844) If you have read this far, you probably have a pretty
+cvs.texi(,6845) good grasp on what @sc{cvs} can do for you. This
+cvs.texi(,6846) chapter talks a little about things that you still have
+cvs.texi(,6847) to decide.
+cvs.texi(,6848)
+cvs.texi(,6849) If you are doing development on your own using @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,6850) you could probably skip this chapter. The questions
+cvs.texi(,6851) this chapter takes up become more important when more
+cvs.texi(,6852) than one person is working in a repository.
+cvs.texi(,6853)
+cvs.texi(,6854) @menu
+cvs.texi(,6855) * When to commit:: Some discussion on the subject
+cvs.texi(,6856) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,6857)
+cvs.texi(,6858) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,6859) @node When to commit
+cvs.texi(,6860) @section When to commit?
+cvs.texi(,6861) @cindex When to commit
+cvs.texi(,6862) @cindex Committing, when to
+cvs.texi(,6863) @cindex Policy
+cvs.texi(,6864)
+cvs.texi(,6865) Your group should decide which policy to use regarding
+cvs.texi(,6866) commits. Several policies are possible, and as your
+cvs.texi(,6867) experience with @sc{cvs} grows you will probably find
+cvs.texi(,6868) out what works for you.
+cvs.texi(,6869)
+cvs.texi(,6870) If you commit files too quickly you might commit files
+cvs.texi(,6871) that do not even compile. If your partner updates his
+cvs.texi(,6872) working sources to include your buggy file, he will be
+cvs.texi(,6873) unable to compile the code. On the other hand, other
+cvs.texi(,6874) persons will not be able to benefit from the
+cvs.texi(,6875) improvements you make to the code if you commit very
+cvs.texi(,6876) seldom, and conflicts will probably be more common.
+cvs.texi(,6877)
+cvs.texi(,6878) It is common to only commit files after making sure
+cvs.texi(,6879) that they can be compiled. Some sites require that the
+cvs.texi(,6880) files pass a test suite. Policies like this can be
+cvs.texi(,6881) enforced using the commitinfo file
+cvs.texi(,6882) (@pxref{commitinfo}), but you should think twice before
+cvs.texi(,6883) you enforce such a convention. By making the
+cvs.texi(,6884) development environment too controlled it might become
+cvs.texi(,6885) too regimented and thus counter-productive to the real
+cvs.texi(,6886) goal, which is to get software written.
+cvs.texi(,6887)
+cvs.texi(,6888) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,6889) @node Keyword substitution
+cvs.texi(,6890) @chapter Keyword substitution
+cvs.texi(,6891) @cindex Keyword substitution
+cvs.texi(,6892) @cindex Keyword expansion
+cvs.texi(,6893) @cindex Identifying files
+cvs.texi(,6894)
+cvs.texi(,6895) @comment Be careful when editing this chapter.
+cvs.texi(,6896) @comment Remember that this file is kept under
+cvs.texi(,6897) @comment version control, so we must not accidentally
+cvs.texi(,6898) @comment include a valid keyword in the running text.
+cvs.texi(,6899)
+cvs.texi(,6900) As long as you edit source files inside a working
+cvs.texi(,6901) directory you can always find out the state of
+cvs.texi(,6902) your files via @samp{cvs status} and @samp{cvs log}.
+cvs.texi(,6903) But as soon as you export the files from your
+cvs.texi(,6904) development environment it becomes harder to identify
+cvs.texi(,6905) which revisions they are.
+cvs.texi(,6906)
+cvs.texi(,6907) @sc{cvs} can use a mechanism known as @dfn{keyword
+cvs.texi(,6908) substitution} (or @dfn{keyword expansion}) to help
+cvs.texi(,6909) identifying the files. Embedded strings of the form
+cvs.texi(,6910) @address@hidden and
+cvs.texi(,6911) @address@hidden:@dots{}$} in a file are replaced
+cvs.texi(,6912) with strings of the form
+cvs.texi(,6913) @address@hidden:@var{value}$} whenever you obtain
+cvs.texi(,6914) a new revision of the file.
+cvs.texi(,6915)
+cvs.texi(,6916) @menu
+cvs.texi(,6917) * Keyword list:: Keywords
+cvs.texi(,6918) * Using keywords:: Using keywords
+cvs.texi(,6919) * Avoiding substitution:: Avoiding substitution
+cvs.texi(,6920) * Substitution modes:: Substitution modes
+cvs.texi(,6921) * Configuring keyword expansion:: Configuring keyword
expansion
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6922) * Log keyword:: Problems
with the address@hidden keyword.
+cvs.texi(,6923) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,6924)
+cvs.texi(,6925) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,6926) @node Keyword list
+cvs.texi(,6927) @section Keyword List
+cvs.texi(,6928) @cindex Keyword List
cvs.texi(,6929)
-cvs.texi(,6930) This is a list of the keywords:
-cvs.texi(,6931)
-cvs.texi(,6932) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,6933) @cindex Author keyword
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6934) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,6935) The login name of the user who checked in the revision.
-cvs.texi(,6936)
-cvs.texi(,6937) @cindex CVSHeader keyword
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6938) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6939) A standard header (similar to address@hidden,
but with
-cvs.texi(,6940) the CVS root stripped off). It contains the relative
-cvs.texi(,6941) pathname of the @sc{rcs} file to the CVS root, the
-cvs.texi(,6942) revision number, the date (UTC), the author, the state,
-cvs.texi(,6943) and the locker (if locked). Files will normally never
-cvs.texi(,6944) be locked when you use @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,6945)
-cvs.texi(,6946) Note that this keyword has only been recently
-cvs.texi(,6947) introduced to @sc{cvs} and may cause problems with
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6948) existing installations if address@hidden is
already
-cvs.texi(,6949) in the files for a different purpose. This keyword may
-cvs.texi(,6950) be excluded using the @code{KeywordExpansion=eCVSHeader}
-cvs.texi(,6951) in the @file{CVSROOT/config} file.
-cvs.texi(,6952) See @ref{Configuring keyword expansion} for more details.
-cvs.texi(,6953)
-cvs.texi(,6954) @cindex Date keyword
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6955) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,6956) The date and time (UTC) the revision was checked in.
-cvs.texi(,6957)
-cvs.texi(,6958) @cindex Header keyword
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6959) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,6960) A standard header containing the full pathname of the
-cvs.texi(,6961) @sc{rcs} file, the revision number, the date (UTC), the
-cvs.texi(,6962) author, the state, and the locker (if locked). Files
-cvs.texi(,6963) will normally never be locked when you use @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,6964)
-cvs.texi(,6965) @cindex Id keyword
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6966) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6967) Same as @address@hidden, except that the
@sc{rcs}
-cvs.texi(,6968) filename is without a path.
-cvs.texi(,6969)
-cvs.texi(,6970) @cindex Name keyword
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6971) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,6972) Tag name used to check out this file. The keyword is
-cvs.texi(,6973) expanded only if one checks out with an explicit tag
-cvs.texi(,6974) name. For example, when running the command @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,6975) co -r first}, the keyword expands to @samp{Name: first}.
-cvs.texi(,6976)
-cvs.texi(,6977) @cindex Locker keyword
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6978) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,6979) The login name of the user who locked the revision
-cvs.texi(,6980) (empty if not locked, which is the normal case unless
-cvs.texi(,6981) @code{cvs admin -l} is in use).
+cvs.texi(,6930) @c FIXME: need some kind of example here I think,
+cvs.texi(,6931) @c perhaps in a
+cvs.texi(,6932) @c "Keyword intro" node. The intro in the "Keyword
+cvs.texi(,6933) @c substitution" node itself seems OK, but to launch
+cvs.texi(,6934) @c into a list of the keywords somehow seems too abrupt.
+cvs.texi(,6935)
+cvs.texi(,6936) This is a list of the keywords:
+cvs.texi(,6937)
+cvs.texi(,6938) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,6939) @cindex Author keyword
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6940) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,6941) The login name of the user who checked in the revision.
+cvs.texi(,6942)
+cvs.texi(,6943) @cindex CVSHeader keyword
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6944) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6945) A standard header (similar to address@hidden,
but with
+cvs.texi(,6946) the CVS root stripped off). It contains the relative
+cvs.texi(,6947) pathname of the @sc{rcs} file to the CVS root, the
+cvs.texi(,6948) revision number, the date (UTC), the author, the state,
+cvs.texi(,6949) and the locker (if locked). Files will normally never
+cvs.texi(,6950) be locked when you use @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,6951)
+cvs.texi(,6952) Note that this keyword has only been recently
+cvs.texi(,6953) introduced to @sc{cvs} and may cause problems with
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6954) existing installations if address@hidden is
already
+cvs.texi(,6955) in the files for a different purpose. This keyword may
+cvs.texi(,6956) be excluded using the @code{KeywordExpansion=eCVSHeader}
+cvs.texi(,6957) in the @file{CVSROOT/config} file.
+cvs.texi(,6958) See @ref{Configuring keyword expansion} for more details.
+cvs.texi(,6959)
+cvs.texi(,6960) @cindex Date keyword
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6961) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,6962) The date and time (UTC) the revision was checked in.
+cvs.texi(,6963)
+cvs.texi(,6964) @cindex Header keyword
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6965) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,6966) A standard header containing the full pathname of the
+cvs.texi(,6967) @sc{rcs} file, the revision number, the date (UTC), the
+cvs.texi(,6968) author, the state, and the locker (if locked). Files
+cvs.texi(,6969) will normally never be locked when you use @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,6970)
+cvs.texi(,6971) @cindex Id keyword
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6972) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6973) Same as @address@hidden, except that the
@sc{rcs}
+cvs.texi(,6974) filename is without a path.
+cvs.texi(,6975)
+cvs.texi(,6976) @cindex Name keyword
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6977) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,6978) Tag name used to check out this file. The keyword is
+cvs.texi(,6979) expanded only if one checks out with an explicit tag
+cvs.texi(,6980) name. For example, when running the command @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,6981) co -r first}, the keyword expands to @samp{Name: first}.
cvs.texi(,6982)
-cvs.texi(,6983) @cindex Log keyword
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6984) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,6985) The log message supplied during commit, preceded by a
-cvs.texi(,6986) header containing the @sc{rcs} filename, the revision
-cvs.texi(,6987) number, the author, and the date (UTC). Existing log
-cvs.texi(,6988) messages are @emph{not} replaced. Instead, the new log
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6989) message is inserted after
@address@hidden:@dots{}$}.
-cvs.texi(,6990) Each new line is prefixed with the same string which
-cvs.texi(,6991) precedes the @code{$Log} keyword. For example, if the
-cvs.texi(,6992) file contains:
-cvs.texi(,6993)
-cvs.texi(,6994) @example
-cvs.texi(,6995) /* Here is what people have been up to:
-cvs.texi(,6996) *
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6997) * address@hidden: frob.c,v $
-cvs.texi(,6998) * Revision 1.1 1997/01/03 14:23:51 joe
-cvs.texi(,6999) * Add the superfrobnicate option
-cvs.texi(,7000) *
-cvs.texi(,7001) */
-cvs.texi(,7002) @end example
-cvs.texi(,7003)
-cvs.texi(,7004) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,7005) then additional lines which are added when expanding
-cvs.texi(,7006) the @code{$Log} keyword will be preceded by @samp{ * }.
-cvs.texi(,7007) Unlike previous versions of @sc{cvs} and @sc{rcs}, the
-cvs.texi(,7008) @dfn{comment leader} from the @sc{rcs} file is not used.
-cvs.texi(,7009) The @code{$Log} keyword is useful for
-cvs.texi(,7010) accumulating a complete change log in a source file,
-cvs.texi(,7011) but for several reasons it can be problematic.
-cvs.texi(,7012) @xref{Log keyword}.
-cvs.texi(,7013)
-cvs.texi(,7014) @cindex RCSfile keyword
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7015) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,7016) The name of the RCS file without a path.
-cvs.texi(,7017)
-cvs.texi(,7018) @cindex Revision keyword
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7019) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,7020) The revision number assigned to the revision.
-cvs.texi(,7021)
-cvs.texi(,7022) @cindex Source keyword
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7023) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,7024) The full pathname of the RCS file.
-cvs.texi(,7025)
-cvs.texi(,7026) @cindex State keyword
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7027) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,7028) The state assigned to the revision. States can be
-cvs.texi(,7029) assigned with @code{cvs admin -s}---see @ref{admin options}.
-cvs.texi(,7030)
-cvs.texi(,7031) @cindex Local keyword
-cvs.texi(,7032) @item Local keyword
-cvs.texi(,7033) The @code{LocalKeyword} option in the @file{CVSROOT/config}
file
-cvs.texi(,7034) may be used to specify a local keyword which is to be
-cvs.texi(,7035) used as an alias for one of the other keywords. For
-cvs.texi(,7036) example, if the @file{CVSROOT/config} file contains
-cvs.texi(,7037) a line with @code{LocalKeyword=MYBSD=CVSHeader}, then a
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7038) file with the local keyword address@hidden will
be
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7039) expanded as if it were a address@hidden
keyword. If
-cvs.texi(,7040) the src/frob.c file contained this keyword, it might
-cvs.texi(,7041) look something like this:
-cvs.texi(,7042)
-cvs.texi(,7043) @example
-cvs.texi(,7044) /*
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7045) * address@hidden: src/frob.c,v 1.1
2003/05/04 09:27:45 john Exp $
-cvs.texi(,7046) */
-cvs.texi(,7047) @end example
+cvs.texi(,6983) @cindex Locker keyword
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6984) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,6985) The login name of the user who locked the revision
+cvs.texi(,6986) (empty if not locked, which is the normal case unless
+cvs.texi(,6987) @code{cvs admin -l} is in use).
+cvs.texi(,6988)
+cvs.texi(,6989) @cindex Log keyword
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6990) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,6991) The log message supplied during commit, preceded by a
+cvs.texi(,6992) header containing the @sc{rcs} filename, the revision
+cvs.texi(,6993) number, the author, and the date (UTC). Existing log
+cvs.texi(,6994) messages are @emph{not} replaced. Instead, the new log
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6995) message is inserted after
@address@hidden:@dots{}$}.
+cvs.texi(,6996) Each new line is prefixed with the same string which
+cvs.texi(,6997) precedes the @code{$Log} keyword. For example, if the
+cvs.texi(,6998) file contains:
+cvs.texi(,6999)
+cvs.texi(,7000) @example
+cvs.texi(,7001) /* Here is what people have been up to:
+cvs.texi(,7002) *
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7003) * address@hidden: frob.c,v $
+cvs.texi(,7004) * Revision 1.1 1997/01/03 14:23:51 joe
+cvs.texi(,7005) * Add the superfrobnicate option
+cvs.texi(,7006) *
+cvs.texi(,7007) */
+cvs.texi(,7008) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7009)
+cvs.texi(,7010) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,7011) then additional lines which are added when expanding
+cvs.texi(,7012) the @code{$Log} keyword will be preceded by @samp{ * }.
+cvs.texi(,7013) Unlike previous versions of @sc{cvs} and @sc{rcs}, the
+cvs.texi(,7014) @dfn{comment leader} from the @sc{rcs} file is not used.
+cvs.texi(,7015) The @code{$Log} keyword is useful for
+cvs.texi(,7016) accumulating a complete change log in a source file,
+cvs.texi(,7017) but for several reasons it can be problematic.
+cvs.texi(,7018) @xref{Log keyword}.
+cvs.texi(,7019)
+cvs.texi(,7020) @cindex RCSfile keyword
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7021) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,7022) The name of the RCS file without a path.
+cvs.texi(,7023)
+cvs.texi(,7024) @cindex Revision keyword
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7025) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,7026) The revision number assigned to the revision.
+cvs.texi(,7027)
+cvs.texi(,7028) @cindex Source keyword
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7029) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,7030) The full pathname of the RCS file.
+cvs.texi(,7031)
+cvs.texi(,7032) @cindex State keyword
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7033) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,7034) The state assigned to the revision. States can be
+cvs.texi(,7035) assigned with @code{cvs admin -s}---see @ref{admin options}.
+cvs.texi(,7036)
+cvs.texi(,7037) @cindex Local keyword
+cvs.texi(,7038) @item Local keyword
+cvs.texi(,7039) The @code{LocalKeyword} option in the @file{CVSROOT/config}
file
+cvs.texi(,7040) may be used to specify a local keyword which is to be
+cvs.texi(,7041) used as an alias for one of the other keywords. For
+cvs.texi(,7042) example, if the @file{CVSROOT/config} file contains
+cvs.texi(,7043) a line with @code{LocalKeyword=MYBSD=CVSHeader}, then a
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7044) file with the local keyword address@hidden will
be
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7045) expanded as if it were a address@hidden
keyword. If
+cvs.texi(,7046) the src/frob.c file contained this keyword, it might
+cvs.texi(,7047) look something like this:
cvs.texi(,7048)
-cvs.texi(,7049) Many repositories make use of a such a ``local
-cvs.texi(,7050) keyword'' feature. An old patch to @sc{cvs} provided
-cvs.texi(,7051) the @code{LocalKeyword} feature using a @code{tag=}
-cvs.texi(,7052) option and called this the ``custom tag'' or ``local
-cvs.texi(,7053) tag'' feature. It was used in conjunction with the
-cvs.texi(,7054) what they called the @code{tagexpand=} option. In
-cvs.texi(,7055) @sc{cvs} this other option is known as the
-cvs.texi(,7056) @code{KeywordExpand} option.
-cvs.texi(,7057) See @ref{Configuring keyword expansion} for more
-cvs.texi(,7058) details.
-cvs.texi(,7059)
-cvs.texi(,7060) Examples from popular projects include:
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7061) address@hidden, address@hidden,
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7062) address@hidden, address@hidden,
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7063) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,7064)
-cvs.texi(,7065) The advantage of this is that you can include your
-cvs.texi(,7066) local version information in a file using this local
-cvs.texi(,7067) keyword without disrupting the upstream version
-cvs.texi(,7068) information (which may be a different local keyword or
-cvs.texi(,7069) a standard keyword). Allowing bug reports and the like
-cvs.texi(,7070) to more properly identify the source of the original
-cvs.texi(,7071) bug to the third-party and reducing the number of
-cvs.texi(,7072) conflicts that arise during an import of a new version.
-cvs.texi(,7073)
-cvs.texi(,7074) All keyword expansion except the local keyword may be
-cvs.texi(,7075) disabled using the @code{KeywordExpansion} option in
-cvs.texi(,7076) the @file{CVSROOT/config} file---see
-cvs.texi(,7077) @ref{Configuring keyword expansion} for more details.
-cvs.texi(,7078)
-cvs.texi(,7079) @end table
-cvs.texi(,7080)
-cvs.texi(,7081) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,7082) @node Using keywords
-cvs.texi(,7083) @section Using keywords
+cvs.texi(,7049) @example
+cvs.texi(,7050) /*
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7051) * address@hidden: src/frob.c,v 1.1
2003/05/04 09:27:45 john Exp $
+cvs.texi(,7052) */
+cvs.texi(,7053) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7054)
+cvs.texi(,7055) Many repositories make use of a such a ``local
+cvs.texi(,7056) keyword'' feature. An old patch to @sc{cvs} provided
+cvs.texi(,7057) the @code{LocalKeyword} feature using a @code{tag=}
+cvs.texi(,7058) option and called this the ``custom tag'' or ``local
+cvs.texi(,7059) tag'' feature. It was used in conjunction with the
+cvs.texi(,7060) what they called the @code{tagexpand=} option. In
+cvs.texi(,7061) @sc{cvs} this other option is known as the
+cvs.texi(,7062) @code{KeywordExpand} option.
+cvs.texi(,7063) See @ref{Configuring keyword expansion} for more
+cvs.texi(,7064) details.
+cvs.texi(,7065)
+cvs.texi(,7066) Examples from popular projects include:
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7067) address@hidden, address@hidden,
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7068) address@hidden, address@hidden,
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7069) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,7070)
+cvs.texi(,7071) The advantage of this is that you can include your
+cvs.texi(,7072) local version information in a file using this local
+cvs.texi(,7073) keyword without disrupting the upstream version
+cvs.texi(,7074) information (which may be a different local keyword or
+cvs.texi(,7075) a standard keyword). Allowing bug reports and the like
+cvs.texi(,7076) to more properly identify the source of the original
+cvs.texi(,7077) bug to the third-party and reducing the number of
+cvs.texi(,7078) conflicts that arise during an import of a new version.
+cvs.texi(,7079)
+cvs.texi(,7080) All keyword expansion except the local keyword may be
+cvs.texi(,7081) disabled using the @code{KeywordExpansion} option in
+cvs.texi(,7082) the @file{CVSROOT/config} file---see
+cvs.texi(,7083) @ref{Configuring keyword expansion} for more details.
cvs.texi(,7084)
-cvs.texi(,7085) To include a keyword string you simply include the
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7086) relevant text string, such as @address@hidden,
inside the
-cvs.texi(,7087) file, and commit the file. @sc{cvs} will automatically
-cvs.texi(,7088) expand the string as part of the commit operation.
-cvs.texi(,7089)
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7090) It is common to embed the @address@hidden
string in
-cvs.texi(,7091) the source files so that it gets passed through to
-cvs.texi(,7092) generated files. For example, if you are managing
-cvs.texi(,7093) computer program source code, you might include a
-cvs.texi(,7094) variable which is initialized to contain that string.
-cvs.texi(,7095) Or some C compilers may provide a @code{#pragma ident}
-cvs.texi(,7096) directive. Or a document management system might
-cvs.texi(,7097) provide a way to pass a string through to generated
-cvs.texi(,7098) files.
-cvs.texi(,7099)
-cvs.texi(,7100) @c Would be nice to give an example, but doing this in
-cvs.texi(,7101) @c portable C is not possible and the problem with
-cvs.texi(,7102) @c picking any one language (VMS HELP files, Ada,
-cvs.texi(,7103) @c troff, whatever) is that people use CVS for all
-cvs.texi(,7104) @c kinds of files.
+cvs.texi(,7085) @end table
+cvs.texi(,7086)
+cvs.texi(,7087) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,7088) @node Using keywords
+cvs.texi(,7089) @section Using keywords
+cvs.texi(,7090)
+cvs.texi(,7091) To include a keyword string you simply include the
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7092) relevant text string, such as @address@hidden,
inside the
+cvs.texi(,7093) file, and commit the file. @sc{cvs} will automatically
+cvs.texi(,7094) expand the string as part of the commit operation.
+cvs.texi(,7095)
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7096) It is common to embed the @address@hidden
string in
+cvs.texi(,7097) the source files so that it gets passed through to
+cvs.texi(,7098) generated files. For example, if you are managing
+cvs.texi(,7099) computer program source code, you might include a
+cvs.texi(,7100) variable which is initialized to contain that string.
+cvs.texi(,7101) Or some C compilers may provide a @code{#pragma ident}
+cvs.texi(,7102) directive. Or a document management system might
+cvs.texi(,7103) provide a way to pass a string through to generated
+cvs.texi(,7104) files.
cvs.texi(,7105)
-cvs.texi(,7106) @cindex Ident (shell command)
-cvs.texi(,7107) The @code{ident} command (which is part of the @sc{rcs}
-cvs.texi(,7108) package) can be used to extract keywords and their
-cvs.texi(,7109) values from a file. This can be handy for text files,
-cvs.texi(,7110) but it is even more useful for extracting keywords from
-cvs.texi(,7111) binary files.
-cvs.texi(,7112)
-cvs.texi(,7113) @example
-cvs.texi(,7114) $ ident samp.c
-cvs.texi(,7115) samp.c:
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7116) address@hidden: samp.c,v 1.5 1993/10/19
14:57:32 ceder Exp $
-cvs.texi(,7117) $ gcc samp.c
-cvs.texi(,7118) $ ident a.out
-cvs.texi(,7119) a.out:
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7120) address@hidden: samp.c,v 1.5 1993/10/19
14:57:32 ceder Exp $
-cvs.texi(,7121) @end example
-cvs.texi(,7122)
-cvs.texi(,7123) @cindex What (shell command)
-cvs.texi(,7124) address@hidden is another popular revision control system.
-cvs.texi(,7125) It has a command, @code{what}, which is very similar to
-cvs.texi(,7126) @code{ident} and used for the same purpose. Many sites
-cvs.texi(,7127) without @sc{rcs} have @sc{sccs}. Since @code{what}
-cvs.texi(,7128) looks for the character sequence @code{@@(#)} it is
-cvs.texi(,7129) easy to include keywords that are detected by either
-cvs.texi(,7130) command. Simply prefix the keyword with the
-cvs.texi(,7131) magic @sc{sccs} phrase, like this:
-cvs.texi(,7132)
-cvs.texi(,7133) @example
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7134) static char *id="@@(#) address@hidden: ab.c,v
1.5 1993/10/19 14:57:32 ceder Exp $";
-cvs.texi(,7135) @end example
-cvs.texi(,7136)
-cvs.texi(,7137) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,7138) @node Avoiding substitution
-cvs.texi(,7139) @section Avoiding substitution
-cvs.texi(,7140)
-cvs.texi(,7141) Keyword substitution has its disadvantages. Sometimes
-cvs.texi(,7142) you might want the literal text string
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7143) @address@hidden to appear inside a file without
-cvs.texi(,7144) @sc{cvs} interpreting it as a keyword and expanding it
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7145) into something like @address@hidden: ceder $}.
+cvs.texi(,7106) @c Would be nice to give an example, but doing this in
+cvs.texi(,7107) @c portable C is not possible and the problem with
+cvs.texi(,7108) @c picking any one language (VMS HELP files, Ada,
+cvs.texi(,7109) @c troff, whatever) is that people use CVS for all
+cvs.texi(,7110) @c kinds of files.
+cvs.texi(,7111)
+cvs.texi(,7112) @cindex Ident (shell command)
+cvs.texi(,7113) The @code{ident} command (which is part of the @sc{rcs}
+cvs.texi(,7114) package) can be used to extract keywords and their
+cvs.texi(,7115) values from a file. This can be handy for text files,
+cvs.texi(,7116) but it is even more useful for extracting keywords from
+cvs.texi(,7117) binary files.
+cvs.texi(,7118)
+cvs.texi(,7119) @example
+cvs.texi(,7120) $ ident samp.c
+cvs.texi(,7121) samp.c:
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7122) address@hidden: samp.c,v 1.5 1993/10/19
14:57:32 ceder Exp $
+cvs.texi(,7123) $ gcc samp.c
+cvs.texi(,7124) $ ident a.out
+cvs.texi(,7125) a.out:
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7126) address@hidden: samp.c,v 1.5 1993/10/19
14:57:32 ceder Exp $
+cvs.texi(,7127) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7128)
+cvs.texi(,7129) @cindex What (shell command)
+cvs.texi(,7130) address@hidden is another popular revision control system.
+cvs.texi(,7131) It has a command, @code{what}, which is very similar to
+cvs.texi(,7132) @code{ident} and used for the same purpose. Many sites
+cvs.texi(,7133) without @sc{rcs} have @sc{sccs}. Since @code{what}
+cvs.texi(,7134) looks for the character sequence @code{@@(#)} it is
+cvs.texi(,7135) easy to include keywords that are detected by either
+cvs.texi(,7136) command. Simply prefix the keyword with the
+cvs.texi(,7137) magic @sc{sccs} phrase, like this:
+cvs.texi(,7138)
+cvs.texi(,7139) @example
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7140) static char *id="@@(#) address@hidden: ab.c,v
1.5 1993/10/19 14:57:32 ceder Exp $";
+cvs.texi(,7141) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7142)
+cvs.texi(,7143) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,7144) @node Avoiding substitution
+cvs.texi(,7145) @section Avoiding substitution
cvs.texi(,7146)
-cvs.texi(,7147) There is unfortunately no way to selectively turn off
-cvs.texi(,7148) keyword substitution. You can use @samp{-ko}
-cvs.texi(,7149) (@pxref{Substitution modes}) to turn off keyword
-cvs.texi(,7150) substitution entirely.
-cvs.texi(,7151)
-cvs.texi(,7152) In many cases you can avoid using keywords in
-cvs.texi(,7153) the source, even though they appear in the final
-cvs.texi(,7154) product. For example, the source for this manual
-cvs.texi(,7155) contains @samp{$@@address@hidden@}Author$} whenever the text
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7156) @address@hidden should appear. In @code{nroff}
-cvs.texi(,7157) and @code{troff} you can embed the null-character
-cvs.texi(,7158) @code{\&} inside the keyword for a similar effect.
-cvs.texi(,7159)
-cvs.texi(,7160) It is also possible to specify an explicit list of
-cvs.texi(,7161) keywords to include or exclude using the
-cvs.texi(,7162) @code{KeywordExpand} option in the
-cvs.texi(,7163) @file{CVSROOT/config} file--see @ref{Configuring keyword
expansion}
-cvs.texi(,7164) for more details. This feature is intended primarily
-cvs.texi(,7165) for use with the @code{LocalKeyword} option--see
-cvs.texi(,7166) @ref{Keyword list}.
-cvs.texi(,7167)
-cvs.texi(,7168) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,7169) @node Substitution modes
-cvs.texi(,7170) @section Substitution modes
-cvs.texi(,7171) @cindex Keyword substitution, changing modes
-cvs.texi(,7172) @cindex -k (keyword substitution)
-cvs.texi(,7173) @cindex Kflag
-cvs.texi(,7174)
-cvs.texi(,7175) @c FIXME: This could be made more coherent, by expanding it
-cvs.texi(,7176) @c with more examples or something.
-cvs.texi(,7177) Each file has a stored default substitution mode, and
-cvs.texi(,7178) each working directory copy of a file also has a
-cvs.texi(,7179) substitution mode. The former is set by the @samp{-k}
-cvs.texi(,7180) option to @code{cvs add} and @code{cvs admin}; the
-cvs.texi(,7181) latter is set by the @samp{-k} or @samp{-A} options to
@code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,7182) checkout} or @code{cvs update}. @code{cvs diff} also
-cvs.texi(,7183) has a @samp{-k} option. For some examples,
-cvs.texi(,7184) see @ref{Binary files}, and @ref{Merging and keywords}.
-cvs.texi(,7185) @c The fact that -A is overloaded to mean both reset
-cvs.texi(,7186) @c sticky options and reset sticky tags/dates is
-cvs.texi(,7187) @c somewhat questionable. Perhaps there should be
-cvs.texi(,7188) @c separate options to reset sticky options (e.g. -k
-cvs.texi(,7189) @c A") and tags/dates (someone suggested -r HEAD could
-cvs.texi(,7190) @c do this instead of setting a sticky tag of "HEAD"
-cvs.texi(,7191) @c as in the status quo but I haven't thought much
-cvs.texi(,7192) @c about that idea. Of course -r .reset or something
-cvs.texi(,7193) @c could be coined if this needs to be a new option).
-cvs.texi(,7194) @c On the other hand, having -A mean "get things back
-cvs.texi(,7195) @c into the state after a fresh checkout" has a certain
-cvs.texi(,7196) @c appeal, and maybe there is no sufficient reason for
-cvs.texi(,7197) @c creeping featurism in this area.
-cvs.texi(,7198)
-cvs.texi(,7199) The modes available are:
-cvs.texi(,7200)
-cvs.texi(,7201) @table @samp
-cvs.texi(,7202) @item -kkv
-cvs.texi(,7203) Generate keyword strings using the default form, e.g.
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7204) @address@hidden: 5.7 $} for the @code{Revision}
-cvs.texi(,7205) keyword.
+cvs.texi(,7147) Keyword substitution has its disadvantages. Sometimes
+cvs.texi(,7148) you might want the literal text string
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7149) @address@hidden to appear inside a file without
+cvs.texi(,7150) @sc{cvs} interpreting it as a keyword and expanding it
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7151) into something like @address@hidden: ceder $}.
+cvs.texi(,7152)
+cvs.texi(,7153) There is unfortunately no way to selectively turn off
+cvs.texi(,7154) keyword substitution. You can use @samp{-ko}
+cvs.texi(,7155) (@pxref{Substitution modes}) to turn off keyword
+cvs.texi(,7156) substitution entirely.
+cvs.texi(,7157)
+cvs.texi(,7158) In many cases you can avoid using keywords in
+cvs.texi(,7159) the source, even though they appear in the final
+cvs.texi(,7160) product. For example, the source for this manual
+cvs.texi(,7161) contains @samp{$@@address@hidden@}Author$} whenever the text
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7162) @address@hidden should appear. In @code{nroff}
+cvs.texi(,7163) and @code{troff} you can embed the null-character
+cvs.texi(,7164) @code{\&} inside the keyword for a similar effect.
+cvs.texi(,7165)
+cvs.texi(,7166) It is also possible to specify an explicit list of
+cvs.texi(,7167) keywords to include or exclude using the
+cvs.texi(,7168) @code{KeywordExpand} option in the
+cvs.texi(,7169) @file{CVSROOT/config} file--see @ref{Configuring keyword
expansion}
+cvs.texi(,7170) for more details. This feature is intended primarily
+cvs.texi(,7171) for use with the @code{LocalKeyword} option--see
+cvs.texi(,7172) @ref{Keyword list}.
+cvs.texi(,7173)
+cvs.texi(,7174) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,7175) @node Substitution modes
+cvs.texi(,7176) @section Substitution modes
+cvs.texi(,7177) @cindex Keyword substitution, changing modes
+cvs.texi(,7178) @cindex -k (keyword substitution)
+cvs.texi(,7179) @cindex Kflag
+cvs.texi(,7180)
+cvs.texi(,7181) @c FIXME: This could be made more coherent, by expanding it
+cvs.texi(,7182) @c with more examples or something.
+cvs.texi(,7183) Each file has a stored default substitution mode, and
+cvs.texi(,7184) each working directory copy of a file also has a
+cvs.texi(,7185) substitution mode. The former is set by the @samp{-k}
+cvs.texi(,7186) option to @code{cvs add} and @code{cvs admin}; the
+cvs.texi(,7187) latter is set by the @samp{-k} or @samp{-A} options to
@code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,7188) checkout} or @code{cvs update}. @code{cvs diff} also
+cvs.texi(,7189) has a @samp{-k} option. For some examples,
+cvs.texi(,7190) see @ref{Binary files}, and @ref{Merging and keywords}.
+cvs.texi(,7191) @c The fact that -A is overloaded to mean both reset
+cvs.texi(,7192) @c sticky options and reset sticky tags/dates is
+cvs.texi(,7193) @c somewhat questionable. Perhaps there should be
+cvs.texi(,7194) @c separate options to reset sticky options (e.g. -k
+cvs.texi(,7195) @c A") and tags/dates (someone suggested -r HEAD could
+cvs.texi(,7196) @c do this instead of setting a sticky tag of "HEAD"
+cvs.texi(,7197) @c as in the status quo but I haven't thought much
+cvs.texi(,7198) @c about that idea. Of course -r .reset or something
+cvs.texi(,7199) @c could be coined if this needs to be a new option).
+cvs.texi(,7200) @c On the other hand, having -A mean "get things back
+cvs.texi(,7201) @c into the state after a fresh checkout" has a certain
+cvs.texi(,7202) @c appeal, and maybe there is no sufficient reason for
+cvs.texi(,7203) @c creeping featurism in this area.
+cvs.texi(,7204)
+cvs.texi(,7205) The modes available are:
cvs.texi(,7206)
-cvs.texi(,7207) @item -kkvl
-cvs.texi(,7208) Like @samp{-kkv}, except that a locker's name is always
-cvs.texi(,7209) inserted if the given revision is currently locked.
-cvs.texi(,7210) The locker's name is only relevant if @code{cvs admin
-cvs.texi(,7211) -l} is in use.
+cvs.texi(,7207) @table @samp
+cvs.texi(,7208) @item -kkv
+cvs.texi(,7209) Generate keyword strings using the default form, e.g.
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7210) @address@hidden: 5.7 $} for the @code{Revision}
+cvs.texi(,7211) keyword.
cvs.texi(,7212)
-cvs.texi(,7213) @item -kk
-cvs.texi(,7214) Generate only keyword names in keyword strings; omit
-cvs.texi(,7215) their values. For example, for the @code{Revision}
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7216) keyword, generate the string @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7217) instead of @address@hidden: 5.7 $}. This option
-cvs.texi(,7218) is useful to ignore differences due to keyword
-cvs.texi(,7219) substitution when comparing different revisions of a
-cvs.texi(,7220) file (@pxref{Merging and keywords}).
-cvs.texi(,7221)
-cvs.texi(,7222) @item -ko
-cvs.texi(,7223) Generate the old keyword string, present in the working
-cvs.texi(,7224) file just before it was checked in. For example, for
-cvs.texi(,7225) the @code{Revision} keyword, generate the string
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7226) @address@hidden: 1.1 $} instead of
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7227) @address@hidden: 5.7 $} if that is how the
-cvs.texi(,7228) string appeared when the file was checked in.
-cvs.texi(,7229)
-cvs.texi(,7230) @item -kb
-cvs.texi(,7231) Like @samp{-ko}, but also inhibit conversion of line
-cvs.texi(,7232) endings between the canonical form in which they are
-cvs.texi(,7233) stored in the repository (linefeed only), and the form
-cvs.texi(,7234) appropriate to the operating system in use on the
-cvs.texi(,7235) client. For systems, like unix, which use linefeed
-cvs.texi(,7236) only to terminate lines, this is very similar to
-cvs.texi(,7237) @samp{-ko}. For more information on binary files, see
-cvs.texi(,7238) @ref{Binary files}. In @sc{cvs} version 1.12.2 and later
-cvs.texi(,7239) @samp{-kb}, as set by @code{cvs add}, @code{cvs admin}, or
-cvs.texi(,7240) @code{cvs import} may not be overridden by a @samp{-k} option
-cvs.texi(,7241) specified on the command line.
-cvs.texi(,7242)
-cvs.texi(,7243) @item -kv
-cvs.texi(,7244) Generate only keyword values for keyword strings. For
-cvs.texi(,7245) example, for the @code{Revision} keyword, generate the string
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7246) @code{5.7} instead of @address@hidden: 5.7 $}.
-cvs.texi(,7247) This can help generate files in programming languages
-cvs.texi(,7248) where it is hard to strip keyword delimiters like
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7249) @address@hidden: $} from a string. However,
-cvs.texi(,7250) further keyword substitution cannot be performed once
-cvs.texi(,7251) the keyword names are removed, so this option should be
-cvs.texi(,7252) used with care.
-cvs.texi(,7253)
-cvs.texi(,7254) One often would like to use @samp{-kv} with @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,7255) address@hidden But be aware that doesn't
-cvs.texi(,7256) handle an export containing binary files correctly.
-cvs.texi(,7257)
-cvs.texi(,7258) @end table
+cvs.texi(,7213) @item -kkvl
+cvs.texi(,7214) Like @samp{-kkv}, except that a locker's name is always
+cvs.texi(,7215) inserted if the given revision is currently locked.
+cvs.texi(,7216) The locker's name is only relevant if @code{cvs admin
+cvs.texi(,7217) -l} is in use.
+cvs.texi(,7218)
+cvs.texi(,7219) @item -kk
+cvs.texi(,7220) Generate only keyword names in keyword strings; omit
+cvs.texi(,7221) their values. For example, for the @code{Revision}
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7222) keyword, generate the string @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7223) instead of @address@hidden: 5.7 $}. This option
+cvs.texi(,7224) is useful to ignore differences due to keyword
+cvs.texi(,7225) substitution when comparing different revisions of a
+cvs.texi(,7226) file (@pxref{Merging and keywords}).
+cvs.texi(,7227)
+cvs.texi(,7228) @item -ko
+cvs.texi(,7229) Generate the old keyword string, present in the working
+cvs.texi(,7230) file just before it was checked in. For example, for
+cvs.texi(,7231) the @code{Revision} keyword, generate the string
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7232) @address@hidden: 1.1 $} instead of
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7233) @address@hidden: 5.7 $} if that is how the
+cvs.texi(,7234) string appeared when the file was checked in.
+cvs.texi(,7235)
+cvs.texi(,7236) @item -kb
+cvs.texi(,7237) Like @samp{-ko}, but also inhibit conversion of line
+cvs.texi(,7238) endings between the canonical form in which they are
+cvs.texi(,7239) stored in the repository (linefeed only), and the form
+cvs.texi(,7240) appropriate to the operating system in use on the
+cvs.texi(,7241) client. For systems, like unix, which use linefeed
+cvs.texi(,7242) only to terminate lines, this is very similar to
+cvs.texi(,7243) @samp{-ko}. For more information on binary files, see
+cvs.texi(,7244) @ref{Binary files}. In @sc{cvs} version 1.12.2 and later
+cvs.texi(,7245) @samp{-kb}, as set by @code{cvs add}, @code{cvs admin}, or
+cvs.texi(,7246) @code{cvs import} may not be overridden by a @samp{-k} option
+cvs.texi(,7247) specified on the command line.
+cvs.texi(,7248)
+cvs.texi(,7249) @item -kv
+cvs.texi(,7250) Generate only keyword values for keyword strings. For
+cvs.texi(,7251) example, for the @code{Revision} keyword, generate the string
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7252) @code{5.7} instead of @address@hidden: 5.7 $}.
+cvs.texi(,7253) This can help generate files in programming languages
+cvs.texi(,7254) where it is hard to strip keyword delimiters like
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7255) @address@hidden: $} from a string. However,
+cvs.texi(,7256) further keyword substitution cannot be performed once
+cvs.texi(,7257) the keyword names are removed, so this option should be
+cvs.texi(,7258) used with care.
cvs.texi(,7259)
-cvs.texi(,7260) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,7261) @node Configuring keyword expansion
-cvs.texi(,7262) @section Configuring Keyord Expansion
-cvs.texi(,7263) @cindex Configuring keyword expansion
-cvs.texi(,7264)
-cvs.texi(,7265) In a repository that includes third-party software on
-cvs.texi(,7266) vendor branches, it is sometimes helpful to configure
-cvs.texi(,7267) CVS to use a local keyword instead of the standard
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7268) address@hidden or address@hidden keywords.
Examples from
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7269) real projects includ, address@hidden,
address@hidden,
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7270) address@hidden, address@hidden,
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7271) address@hidden, and even address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,7272) The advantage of this is that
-cvs.texi(,7273) you can include your local version information in a
-cvs.texi(,7274) file using this local keyword (sometimes called a
-cvs.texi(,7275) ``custom tag'' or a ``local tag'') without disrupting
-cvs.texi(,7276) the upstream version information (which may be a
-cvs.texi(,7277) different local keyword or a standard keyword). In
-cvs.texi(,7278) these cases, it is typically desirable to disable the
-cvs.texi(,7279) expansion of all keywords except the configured local
-cvs.texi(,7280) keyword.
-cvs.texi(,7281)
-cvs.texi(,7282) The @code{KeywordExpansion} option in the
-cvs.texi(,7283) @file{CVSROOT/config} file is intended to allow for the
-cvs.texi(,7284) either the explicit exclusion of a keyword or list of
-cvs.texi(,7285) keywords, or for the explicit inclusion of a keyword or
-cvs.texi(,7286) a list of keywords. This list may include the
-cvs.texi(,7287) @code{LocalKeyword} that has been configured.
-cvs.texi(,7288)
-cvs.texi(,7289) The @code{KeywordExpansion} option is followed by
-cvs.texi(,7290) @code{=} and the next character may either be @code{i}
-cvs.texi(,7291) to start an inclusion list or @code{e} to start an
-cvs.texi(,7292) exclusion list. If the following lines were added to
-cvs.texi(,7293) the @file{CVSROOT/config} file:
+cvs.texi(,7260) One often would like to use @samp{-kv} with @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,7261) address@hidden But be aware that doesn't
+cvs.texi(,7262) handle an export containing binary files correctly.
+cvs.texi(,7263)
+cvs.texi(,7264) @end table
+cvs.texi(,7265)
+cvs.texi(,7266) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,7267) @node Configuring keyword expansion
+cvs.texi(,7268) @section Configuring Keyord Expansion
+cvs.texi(,7269) @cindex Configuring keyword expansion
+cvs.texi(,7270)
+cvs.texi(,7271) In a repository that includes third-party software on
+cvs.texi(,7272) vendor branches, it is sometimes helpful to configure
+cvs.texi(,7273) CVS to use a local keyword instead of the standard
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7274) address@hidden or address@hidden keywords.
Examples from
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7275) real projects includ, address@hidden,
address@hidden,
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7276) address@hidden, address@hidden,
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7277) address@hidden, and even address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,7278) The advantage of this is that
+cvs.texi(,7279) you can include your local version information in a
+cvs.texi(,7280) file using this local keyword (sometimes called a
+cvs.texi(,7281) ``custom tag'' or a ``local tag'') without disrupting
+cvs.texi(,7282) the upstream version information (which may be a
+cvs.texi(,7283) different local keyword or a standard keyword). In
+cvs.texi(,7284) these cases, it is typically desirable to disable the
+cvs.texi(,7285) expansion of all keywords except the configured local
+cvs.texi(,7286) keyword.
+cvs.texi(,7287)
+cvs.texi(,7288) The @code{KeywordExpansion} option in the
+cvs.texi(,7289) @file{CVSROOT/config} file is intended to allow for the
+cvs.texi(,7290) either the explicit exclusion of a keyword or list of
+cvs.texi(,7291) keywords, or for the explicit inclusion of a keyword or
+cvs.texi(,7292) a list of keywords. This list may include the
+cvs.texi(,7293) @code{LocalKeyword} that has been configured.
cvs.texi(,7294)
-cvs.texi(,7295) @example
-cvs.texi(,7296) # Add a "MyBSD" keyword and restrict keyword
-cvs.texi(,7297) # expansion
-cvs.texi(,7298) LocalKeyword=MyBSD=CVSHeader
-cvs.texi(,7299) KeywordExpand=iMyBSD
-cvs.texi(,7300) @end example
-cvs.texi(,7301)
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7302) then only the address@hidden keyword would be
expanded.
-cvs.texi(,7303) A list may be used. The this example:
-cvs.texi(,7304)
-cvs.texi(,7305) @example
-cvs.texi(,7306) # Add a "MyBSD" keyword and restrict keyword
-cvs.texi(,7307) # expansion to the MyBSD, Name and Date keywords.
-cvs.texi(,7308) LocalKeyword=MyBSD=CVSHeader
-cvs.texi(,7309) KeywordExpand=iMyBSD,Name,Date
-cvs.texi(,7310) @end example
-cvs.texi(,7311)
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7312) would allow address@hidden, address@hidden, and
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7313) address@hidden to be expanded.
-cvs.texi(,7314)
-cvs.texi(,7315) It is also possible to configure an exclusion list
-cvs.texi(,7316) using the following:
+cvs.texi(,7295) The @code{KeywordExpansion} option is followed by
+cvs.texi(,7296) @code{=} and the next character may either be @code{i}
+cvs.texi(,7297) to start an inclusion list or @code{e} to start an
+cvs.texi(,7298) exclusion list. If the following lines were added to
+cvs.texi(,7299) the @file{CVSROOT/config} file:
+cvs.texi(,7300)
+cvs.texi(,7301) @example
+cvs.texi(,7302) # Add a "MyBSD" keyword and restrict keyword
+cvs.texi(,7303) # expansion
+cvs.texi(,7304) LocalKeyword=MyBSD=CVSHeader
+cvs.texi(,7305) KeywordExpand=iMyBSD
+cvs.texi(,7306) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7307)
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7308) then only the address@hidden keyword would be
expanded.
+cvs.texi(,7309) A list may be used. The this example:
+cvs.texi(,7310)
+cvs.texi(,7311) @example
+cvs.texi(,7312) # Add a "MyBSD" keyword and restrict keyword
+cvs.texi(,7313) # expansion to the MyBSD, Name and Date keywords.
+cvs.texi(,7314) LocalKeyword=MyBSD=CVSHeader
+cvs.texi(,7315) KeywordExpand=iMyBSD,Name,Date
+cvs.texi(,7316) @end example
cvs.texi(,7317)
-cvs.texi(,7318) @example
-cvs.texi(,7319) # Do not expand the non-RCS keyword CVSHeader
-cvs.texi(,7320) KeywordExpand=eCVSHeader
-cvs.texi(,7321) @end example
-cvs.texi(,7322)
-cvs.texi(,7323) This allows @sc{cvs} to ignore the recently introduced
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7324) address@hidden keyword and retain all of the
-cvs.texi(,7325) others. The exclusion entry could also contain the
-cvs.texi(,7326) standard RCS keyword list, but this could be confusing
-cvs.texi(,7327) to users that expect RCS keywords to be expanded, so
-cvs.texi(,7328) ycare should be taken to properly set user expectations
-cvs.texi(,7329) for a repository that is configured in that manner.
-cvs.texi(,7330)
-cvs.texi(,7331) If there is a desire to not have any RCS keywords
-cvs.texi(,7332) expanded and not use the @code{-ko} flags everywhere,
-cvs.texi(,7333) an administrator may disable all keyword expansion
-cvs.texi(,7334) using the @file{CVSROOT/config} line:
-cvs.texi(,7335)
-cvs.texi(,7336) @example
-cvs.texi(,7337) # Do not expand any RCS keywords
-cvs.texi(,7338) KeywordExpand=i
-cvs.texi(,7339) @end example
-cvs.texi(,7340)
-cvs.texi(,7341) this could be confusing to users that expect RCS
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7342) keywords like address@hidden to be expanded
properly,
-cvs.texi(,7343) so care should be taken to properly set user
-cvs.texi(,7344) expectations for a repository so configured.
-cvs.texi(,7345)
-cvs.texi(,7346) It should be noted that a patch to provide both the
-cvs.texi(,7347) @code{KeywordExpand} and @code{LocalKeyword} features
-cvs.texi(,7348) has been around a long time. However, that patch
-cvs.texi(,7349) implemented these features using @code{tag=} and
-cvs.texi(,7350) @code{tagexpand=} keywords and those keywords are NOT
-cvs.texi(,7351) recognized.
-cvs.texi(,7352)
-cvs.texi(,7353) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,7354) @node Log keyword
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7355) @section Problems with the address@hidden
keyword.
-cvs.texi(,7356)
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7357) The @address@hidden keyword is somewhat
-cvs.texi(,7358) controversial. As long as you are working on your
-cvs.texi(,7359) development system the information is easily accessible
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7360) even if you do not use the @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,7361) keyword---just do a @code{cvs log}. Once you export
-cvs.texi(,7362) the file the history information might be useless
-cvs.texi(,7363) anyhow.
-cvs.texi(,7364)
-cvs.texi(,7365) A more serious concern is that @sc{cvs} is not good at
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7366) handling @address@hidden entries when a branch
is
-cvs.texi(,7367) merged onto the main trunk. Conflicts often result
-cvs.texi(,7368) from the merging operation.
-cvs.texi(,7369) @c Might want to check whether the CVS implementation
-cvs.texi(,7370) @c of RCS_merge has this problem the same way rcsmerge
-cvs.texi(,7371) @c does. I would assume so....
-cvs.texi(,7372)
-cvs.texi(,7373) People also tend to "fix" the log entries in the file
-cvs.texi(,7374) (correcting spelling mistakes and maybe even factual
-cvs.texi(,7375) errors). If that is done the information from
-cvs.texi(,7376) @code{cvs log} will not be consistent with the
-cvs.texi(,7377) information inside the file. This may or may not be a
-cvs.texi(,7378) problem in real life.
-cvs.texi(,7379)
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7380) It has been suggested that the @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,7381) keyword should be inserted @emph{last} in the file, and
-cvs.texi(,7382) not in the files header, if it is to be used at all.
-cvs.texi(,7383) That way the long list of change messages will not
-cvs.texi(,7384) interfere with everyday source file browsing.
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7318) would allow address@hidden, address@hidden, and
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7319) address@hidden to be expanded.
+cvs.texi(,7320)
+cvs.texi(,7321) It is also possible to configure an exclusion list
+cvs.texi(,7322) using the following:
+cvs.texi(,7323)
+cvs.texi(,7324) @example
+cvs.texi(,7325) # Do not expand the non-RCS keyword CVSHeader
+cvs.texi(,7326) KeywordExpand=eCVSHeader
+cvs.texi(,7327) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7328)
+cvs.texi(,7329) This allows @sc{cvs} to ignore the recently introduced
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7330) address@hidden keyword and retain all of the
+cvs.texi(,7331) others. The exclusion entry could also contain the
+cvs.texi(,7332) standard RCS keyword list, but this could be confusing
+cvs.texi(,7333) to users that expect RCS keywords to be expanded, so
+cvs.texi(,7334) ycare should be taken to properly set user expectations
+cvs.texi(,7335) for a repository that is configured in that manner.
+cvs.texi(,7336)
+cvs.texi(,7337) If there is a desire to not have any RCS keywords
+cvs.texi(,7338) expanded and not use the @code{-ko} flags everywhere,
+cvs.texi(,7339) an administrator may disable all keyword expansion
+cvs.texi(,7340) using the @file{CVSROOT/config} line:
+cvs.texi(,7341)
+cvs.texi(,7342) @example
+cvs.texi(,7343) # Do not expand any RCS keywords
+cvs.texi(,7344) KeywordExpand=i
+cvs.texi(,7345) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7346)
+cvs.texi(,7347) this could be confusing to users that expect RCS
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7348) keywords like address@hidden to be expanded
properly,
+cvs.texi(,7349) so care should be taken to properly set user
+cvs.texi(,7350) expectations for a repository so configured.
+cvs.texi(,7351)
+cvs.texi(,7352) It should be noted that a patch to provide both the
+cvs.texi(,7353) @code{KeywordExpand} and @code{LocalKeyword} features
+cvs.texi(,7354) has been around a long time. However, that patch
+cvs.texi(,7355) implemented these features using @code{tag=} and
+cvs.texi(,7356) @code{tagexpand=} keywords and those keywords are NOT
+cvs.texi(,7357) recognized.
+cvs.texi(,7358)
+cvs.texi(,7359) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,7360) @node Log keyword
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7361) @section Problems with the address@hidden
keyword.
+cvs.texi(,7362)
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7363) The @address@hidden keyword is somewhat
+cvs.texi(,7364) controversial. As long as you are working on your
+cvs.texi(,7365) development system the information is easily accessible
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7366) even if you do not use the @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,7367) keyword---just do a @code{cvs log}. Once you export
+cvs.texi(,7368) the file the history information might be useless
+cvs.texi(,7369) anyhow.
+cvs.texi(,7370)
+cvs.texi(,7371) A more serious concern is that @sc{cvs} is not good at
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7372) handling @address@hidden entries when a branch
is
+cvs.texi(,7373) merged onto the main trunk. Conflicts often result
+cvs.texi(,7374) from the merging operation.
+cvs.texi(,7375) @c Might want to check whether the CVS implementation
+cvs.texi(,7376) @c of RCS_merge has this problem the same way rcsmerge
+cvs.texi(,7377) @c does. I would assume so....
+cvs.texi(,7378)
+cvs.texi(,7379) People also tend to "fix" the log entries in the file
+cvs.texi(,7380) (correcting spelling mistakes and maybe even factual
+cvs.texi(,7381) errors). If that is done the information from
+cvs.texi(,7382) @code{cvs log} will not be consistent with the
+cvs.texi(,7383) information inside the file. This may or may not be a
+cvs.texi(,7384) problem in real life.
cvs.texi(,7385)
-cvs.texi(,7386) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,7387) @node Tracking sources
-cvs.texi(,7388) @chapter Tracking third-party sources
-cvs.texi(,7389) @cindex Third-party sources
-cvs.texi(,7390) @cindex Tracking sources
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7386) It has been suggested that the @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,7387) keyword should be inserted @emph{last} in the file, and
+cvs.texi(,7388) not in the files header, if it is to be used at all.
+cvs.texi(,7389) That way the long list of change messages will not
+cvs.texi(,7390) interfere with everyday source file browsing.
cvs.texi(,7391)
-cvs.texi(,7392) @c FIXME: Need discussion of added and removed files.
-cvs.texi(,7393) @c FIXME: This doesn't really adequately introduce the
-cvs.texi(,7394) @c concepts of "vendor" and "you". They don't *have*
-cvs.texi(,7395) @c to be separate organizations or separate people.
-cvs.texi(,7396) @c We want a description which is somewhat more based on
-cvs.texi(,7397) @c the technical issues of which sources go where, but
-cvs.texi(,7398) @c also with enough examples of how this relates to
-cvs.texi(,7399) @c relationships like customer-supplier, developer-QA,
-cvs.texi(,7400) @c maintainer-contributor, or whatever, to make it
-cvs.texi(,7401) @c seem concrete.
-cvs.texi(,7402) If you modify a program to better fit your site, you
-cvs.texi(,7403) probably want to include your modifications when the next
-cvs.texi(,7404) release of the program arrives. @sc{cvs} can help you with
-cvs.texi(,7405) this task.
-cvs.texi(,7406)
-cvs.texi(,7407) @cindex Vendor
-cvs.texi(,7408) @cindex Vendor branch
-cvs.texi(,7409) @cindex Branch, vendor-
-cvs.texi(,7410) In the terminology used in @sc{cvs}, the supplier of the
-cvs.texi(,7411) program is called a @dfn{vendor}. The unmodified
-cvs.texi(,7412) distribution from the vendor is checked in on its own
-cvs.texi(,7413) branch, the @dfn{vendor branch}. @sc{cvs} reserves branch
-cvs.texi(,7414) 1.1.1 for this use.
-cvs.texi(,7415)
-cvs.texi(,7416) When you modify the source and commit it, your revision
-cvs.texi(,7417) will end up on the main trunk. When a new release is
-cvs.texi(,7418) made by the vendor, you commit it on the vendor branch
-cvs.texi(,7419) and copy the modifications onto the main trunk.
-cvs.texi(,7420)
-cvs.texi(,7421) Use the @code{import} command to create and update
-cvs.texi(,7422) the vendor branch. When you import a new file,
-cvs.texi(,7423) the vendor branch is made the `head' revision, so
-cvs.texi(,7424) anyone that checks out a copy of the file gets that
-cvs.texi(,7425) revision. When a local modification is committed it is
-cvs.texi(,7426) placed on the main trunk, and made the `head'
-cvs.texi(,7427) revision.
-cvs.texi(,7428)
-cvs.texi(,7429) @menu
-cvs.texi(,7430) * First import:: Importing for the first time
-cvs.texi(,7431) * Update imports:: Updating with the import
command
-cvs.texi(,7432) * Reverting local changes:: Reverting to the latest vendor
release
-cvs.texi(,7433) * Binary files in imports:: Binary files require special
handling
-cvs.texi(,7434) * Keywords in imports:: Keyword substitution might be
undesirable
-cvs.texi(,7435) * Multiple vendor branches:: What if you get sources from
several places?
-cvs.texi(,7436) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,7437)
-cvs.texi(,7438) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,7439) @node First import
-cvs.texi(,7440) @section Importing for the first time
-cvs.texi(,7441) @cindex Importing modules
-cvs.texi(,7442)
-cvs.texi(,7443) @c Should mention naming conventions for vendor tags,
-cvs.texi(,7444) @c release tags, and perhaps directory names.
-cvs.texi(,7445) Use the @code{import} command to check in the sources
-cvs.texi(,7446) for the first time. When you use the @code{import}
-cvs.texi(,7447) command to track third-party sources, the @dfn{vendor
-cvs.texi(,7448) tag} and @dfn{release tags} are useful. The
-cvs.texi(,7449) @dfn{vendor tag} is a symbolic name for the branch
-cvs.texi(,7450) (which is always 1.1.1, unless you use the @samp{-b
-cvs.texi(,7451) @var{branch}} flag---see @ref{Multiple vendor branches}.). The
-cvs.texi(,7452) @dfn{release tags} are symbolic names for a particular
-cvs.texi(,7453) release, such as @samp{FSF_0_04}.
-cvs.texi(,7454)
-cvs.texi(,7455) @c I'm not completely sure this belongs here. But
-cvs.texi(,7456) @c we need to say it _somewhere_ reasonably obvious; it
-cvs.texi(,7457) @c is a common misconception among people first learning CVS
-cvs.texi(,7458) Note that @code{import} does @emph{not} change the
-cvs.texi(,7459) directory in which you invoke it. In particular, it
-cvs.texi(,7460) does not set up that directory as a @sc{cvs} working
-cvs.texi(,7461) directory; if you want to work with the sources import
-cvs.texi(,7462) them first and then check them out into a different
-cvs.texi(,7463) directory (@pxref{Getting the source}).
-cvs.texi(,7464)
-cvs.texi(,7465) @cindex wdiff (import example)
-cvs.texi(,7466) Suppose you have the sources to a program called
-cvs.texi(,7467) @code{wdiff} in a directory @file{wdiff-0.04},
-cvs.texi(,7468) and are going to make private modifications that you
-cvs.texi(,7469) want to be able to use even when new releases are made
-cvs.texi(,7470) in the future. You start by importing the source to
-cvs.texi(,7471) your repository:
-cvs.texi(,7472)
-cvs.texi(,7473) @example
-cvs.texi(,7474) $ cd wdiff-0.04
-cvs.texi(,7475) $ cvs import -m "Import of FSF v. 0.04" fsf/wdiff FSF_DIST
WDIFF_0_04
-cvs.texi(,7476) @end example
-cvs.texi(,7477)
-cvs.texi(,7478) The vendor tag is named @samp{FSF_DIST} in the above
-cvs.texi(,7479) example, and the only release tag assigned is
-cvs.texi(,7480) @samp{WDIFF_0_04}.
-cvs.texi(,7481) @c FIXME: Need to say where fsf/wdiff comes from.
-cvs.texi(,7482)
-cvs.texi(,7483) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,7484) @node Update imports
-cvs.texi(,7485) @section Updating with the import command
-cvs.texi(,7486)
-cvs.texi(,7487) When a new release of the source arrives, you import it into
the
-cvs.texi(,7488) repository with the same @code{import} command that you used
to set up
-cvs.texi(,7489) the repository in the first place. The only difference is
that you
-cvs.texi(,7490) specify a different release tag this time:
-cvs.texi(,7491)
-cvs.texi(,7492) @example
-cvs.texi(,7493) $ tar xfz wdiff-0.05.tar.gz
-cvs.texi(,7494) $ cd wdiff-0.05
-cvs.texi(,7495) $ cvs import -m "Import of FSF v. 0.05" fsf/wdiff FSF_DIST
WDIFF_0_05
-cvs.texi(,7496) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7392) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,7393) @node Tracking sources
+cvs.texi(,7394) @chapter Tracking third-party sources
+cvs.texi(,7395) @cindex Third-party sources
+cvs.texi(,7396) @cindex Tracking sources
+cvs.texi(,7397)
+cvs.texi(,7398) @c FIXME: Need discussion of added and removed files.
+cvs.texi(,7399) @c FIXME: This doesn't really adequately introduce the
+cvs.texi(,7400) @c concepts of "vendor" and "you". They don't *have*
+cvs.texi(,7401) @c to be separate organizations or separate people.
+cvs.texi(,7402) @c We want a description which is somewhat more based on
+cvs.texi(,7403) @c the technical issues of which sources go where, but
+cvs.texi(,7404) @c also with enough examples of how this relates to
+cvs.texi(,7405) @c relationships like customer-supplier, developer-QA,
+cvs.texi(,7406) @c maintainer-contributor, or whatever, to make it
+cvs.texi(,7407) @c seem concrete.
+cvs.texi(,7408) If you modify a program to better fit your site, you
+cvs.texi(,7409) probably want to include your modifications when the next
+cvs.texi(,7410) release of the program arrives. @sc{cvs} can help you with
+cvs.texi(,7411) this task.
+cvs.texi(,7412)
+cvs.texi(,7413) @cindex Vendor
+cvs.texi(,7414) @cindex Vendor branch
+cvs.texi(,7415) @cindex Branch, vendor-
+cvs.texi(,7416) In the terminology used in @sc{cvs}, the supplier of the
+cvs.texi(,7417) program is called a @dfn{vendor}. The unmodified
+cvs.texi(,7418) distribution from the vendor is checked in on its own
+cvs.texi(,7419) branch, the @dfn{vendor branch}. @sc{cvs} reserves branch
+cvs.texi(,7420) 1.1.1 for this use.
+cvs.texi(,7421)
+cvs.texi(,7422) When you modify the source and commit it, your revision
+cvs.texi(,7423) will end up on the main trunk. When a new release is
+cvs.texi(,7424) made by the vendor, you commit it on the vendor branch
+cvs.texi(,7425) and copy the modifications onto the main trunk.
+cvs.texi(,7426)
+cvs.texi(,7427) Use the @code{import} command to create and update
+cvs.texi(,7428) the vendor branch. When you import a new file,
+cvs.texi(,7429) the vendor branch is made the `head' revision, so
+cvs.texi(,7430) anyone that checks out a copy of the file gets that
+cvs.texi(,7431) revision. When a local modification is committed it is
+cvs.texi(,7432) placed on the main trunk, and made the `head'
+cvs.texi(,7433) revision.
+cvs.texi(,7434)
+cvs.texi(,7435) @menu
+cvs.texi(,7436) * First import:: Importing for the first time
+cvs.texi(,7437) * Update imports:: Updating with the import
command
+cvs.texi(,7438) * Reverting local changes:: Reverting to the latest vendor
release
+cvs.texi(,7439) * Binary files in imports:: Binary files require special
handling
+cvs.texi(,7440) * Keywords in imports:: Keyword substitution might be
undesirable
+cvs.texi(,7441) * Multiple vendor branches:: What if you get sources from
several places?
+cvs.texi(,7442) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,7443)
+cvs.texi(,7444) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,7445) @node First import
+cvs.texi(,7446) @section Importing for the first time
+cvs.texi(,7447) @cindex Importing modules
+cvs.texi(,7448)
+cvs.texi(,7449) @c Should mention naming conventions for vendor tags,
+cvs.texi(,7450) @c release tags, and perhaps directory names.
+cvs.texi(,7451) Use the @code{import} command to check in the sources
+cvs.texi(,7452) for the first time. When you use the @code{import}
+cvs.texi(,7453) command to track third-party sources, the @dfn{vendor
+cvs.texi(,7454) tag} and @dfn{release tags} are useful. The
+cvs.texi(,7455) @dfn{vendor tag} is a symbolic name for the branch
+cvs.texi(,7456) (which is always 1.1.1, unless you use the @samp{-b
+cvs.texi(,7457) @var{branch}} flag---see @ref{Multiple vendor branches}.). The
+cvs.texi(,7458) @dfn{release tags} are symbolic names for a particular
+cvs.texi(,7459) release, such as @samp{FSF_0_04}.
+cvs.texi(,7460)
+cvs.texi(,7461) @c I'm not completely sure this belongs here. But
+cvs.texi(,7462) @c we need to say it _somewhere_ reasonably obvious; it
+cvs.texi(,7463) @c is a common misconception among people first learning CVS
+cvs.texi(,7464) Note that @code{import} does @emph{not} change the
+cvs.texi(,7465) directory in which you invoke it. In particular, it
+cvs.texi(,7466) does not set up that directory as a @sc{cvs} working
+cvs.texi(,7467) directory; if you want to work with the sources import
+cvs.texi(,7468) them first and then check them out into a different
+cvs.texi(,7469) directory (@pxref{Getting the source}).
+cvs.texi(,7470)
+cvs.texi(,7471) @cindex wdiff (import example)
+cvs.texi(,7472) Suppose you have the sources to a program called
+cvs.texi(,7473) @code{wdiff} in a directory @file{wdiff-0.04},
+cvs.texi(,7474) and are going to make private modifications that you
+cvs.texi(,7475) want to be able to use even when new releases are made
+cvs.texi(,7476) in the future. You start by importing the source to
+cvs.texi(,7477) your repository:
+cvs.texi(,7478)
+cvs.texi(,7479) @example
+cvs.texi(,7480) $ cd wdiff-0.04
+cvs.texi(,7481) $ cvs import -m "Import of FSF v. 0.04" fsf/wdiff FSF_DIST
WDIFF_0_04
+cvs.texi(,7482) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7483)
+cvs.texi(,7484) The vendor tag is named @samp{FSF_DIST} in the above
+cvs.texi(,7485) example, and the only release tag assigned is
+cvs.texi(,7486) @samp{WDIFF_0_04}.
+cvs.texi(,7487) @c FIXME: Need to say where fsf/wdiff comes from.
+cvs.texi(,7488)
+cvs.texi(,7489) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,7490) @node Update imports
+cvs.texi(,7491) @section Updating with the import command
+cvs.texi(,7492)
+cvs.texi(,7493) When a new release of the source arrives, you import it into
the
+cvs.texi(,7494) repository with the same @code{import} command that you used
to set up
+cvs.texi(,7495) the repository in the first place. The only difference is
that you
+cvs.texi(,7496) specify a different release tag this time:
cvs.texi(,7497)
-cvs.texi(,7498) For files that have not been modified locally, the newly
created
-cvs.texi(,7499) revision becomes the head revision. If you have made local
-cvs.texi(,7500) changes, @code{import} will warn you that you must merge the
changes
-cvs.texi(,7501) into the main trunk, and tell you to use @samp{checkout -j} to
do so:
-cvs.texi(,7502)
-cvs.texi(,7503) @c FIXME: why "wdiff" here and "fsf/wdiff" in the
-cvs.texi(,7504) @c "import"? I think the assumption is that one has
-cvs.texi(,7505) @c "wdiff fsf/wdiff" or some such in modules, but it
-cvs.texi(,7506) @c would be better to not use modules in this example.
-cvs.texi(,7507) @example
-cvs.texi(,7508) $ cvs checkout -jFSF_DIST:yesterday -jFSF_DIST wdiff
-cvs.texi(,7509) @end example
-cvs.texi(,7510)
-cvs.texi(,7511) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,7512) The above command will check out the latest revision of
-cvs.texi(,7513) @samp{wdiff}, merging the changes made on the vendor branch
@samp{FSF_DIST}
-cvs.texi(,7514) since yesterday into the working copy. If any conflicts arise
during
-cvs.texi(,7515) the merge they should be resolved in the normal way
(@pxref{Conflicts
-cvs.texi(,7516) example}). Then, the modified files may be committed.
-cvs.texi(,7517)
-cvs.texi(,7518) However, it is much better to use the two release tags rather
than using
-cvs.texi(,7519) a date on the branch as suggested above:
-cvs.texi(,7520)
-cvs.texi(,7521) @example
-cvs.texi(,7522) $ cvs checkout -jWDIFF_0_04 -jWDIFF_0_05 wdiff
-cvs.texi(,7523) @end example
-cvs.texi(,7524)
-cvs.texi(,7525) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,7526) The reason this is better is that
-cvs.texi(,7527) using a date, as suggested above, assumes that you do
-cvs.texi(,7528) not import more than one release of a product per day.
-cvs.texi(,7529) More importantly, using the release tags allows @sc{cvs} to
detect files
-cvs.texi(,7530) that were removed between the two vendor releases and mark
them for
-cvs.texi(,7531) removal. Since @code{import} has no way to detect removed
files, you
-cvs.texi(,7532) should do a merge like this even if @code{import} doesn't tell
you to.
-cvs.texi(,7533)
-cvs.texi(,7534) @node Reverting local changes
-cvs.texi(,7535) @section Reverting to the latest vendor release
-cvs.texi(,7536)
-cvs.texi(,7537) You can also revert local changes completely and return
-cvs.texi(,7538) to the latest vendor release by changing the `head'
-cvs.texi(,7539) revision back to the vendor branch on all files. For
-cvs.texi(,7540) example, if you have a checked-out copy of the sources
-cvs.texi(,7541) in @file{~/work.d/wdiff}, and you want to revert to the
-cvs.texi(,7542) vendor's version for all the files in that directory,
-cvs.texi(,7543) you would type:
-cvs.texi(,7544)
-cvs.texi(,7545) @example
-cvs.texi(,7546) $ cd ~/work.d/wdiff
-cvs.texi(,7547) $ cvs admin -bWDIFF .
-cvs.texi(,7548) @end example
-cvs.texi(,7549)
-cvs.texi(,7550) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,7551) You must specify the @samp{-bWDIFF} without any space
-cvs.texi(,7552) after the @samp{-b}. @xref{admin options}.
-cvs.texi(,7553)
-cvs.texi(,7554) @node Binary files in imports
-cvs.texi(,7555) @section How to handle binary files with cvs import
-cvs.texi(,7556)
-cvs.texi(,7557) Use the @samp{-k} wrapper option to tell import which
-cvs.texi(,7558) files are binary. @xref{Wrappers}.
+cvs.texi(,7498) @example
+cvs.texi(,7499) $ tar xfz wdiff-0.05.tar.gz
+cvs.texi(,7500) $ cd wdiff-0.05
+cvs.texi(,7501) $ cvs import -m "Import of FSF v. 0.05" fsf/wdiff FSF_DIST
WDIFF_0_05
+cvs.texi(,7502) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7503)
+cvs.texi(,7504) For files that have not been modified locally, the newly
created
+cvs.texi(,7505) revision becomes the head revision. If you have made local
+cvs.texi(,7506) changes, @code{import} will warn you that you must merge the
changes
+cvs.texi(,7507) into the main trunk, and tell you to use @samp{checkout -j} to
do so:
+cvs.texi(,7508)
+cvs.texi(,7509) @c FIXME: why "wdiff" here and "fsf/wdiff" in the
+cvs.texi(,7510) @c "import"? I think the assumption is that one has
+cvs.texi(,7511) @c "wdiff fsf/wdiff" or some such in modules, but it
+cvs.texi(,7512) @c would be better to not use modules in this example.
+cvs.texi(,7513) @example
+cvs.texi(,7514) $ cvs checkout -jFSF_DIST:yesterday -jFSF_DIST wdiff
+cvs.texi(,7515) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7516)
+cvs.texi(,7517) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,7518) The above command will check out the latest revision of
+cvs.texi(,7519) @samp{wdiff}, merging the changes made on the vendor branch
@samp{FSF_DIST}
+cvs.texi(,7520) since yesterday into the working copy. If any conflicts arise
during
+cvs.texi(,7521) the merge they should be resolved in the normal way
(@pxref{Conflicts
+cvs.texi(,7522) example}). Then, the modified files may be committed.
+cvs.texi(,7523)
+cvs.texi(,7524) However, it is much better to use the two release tags rather
than using
+cvs.texi(,7525) a date on the branch as suggested above:
+cvs.texi(,7526)
+cvs.texi(,7527) @example
+cvs.texi(,7528) $ cvs checkout -jWDIFF_0_04 -jWDIFF_0_05 wdiff
+cvs.texi(,7529) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7530)
+cvs.texi(,7531) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,7532) The reason this is better is that
+cvs.texi(,7533) using a date, as suggested above, assumes that you do
+cvs.texi(,7534) not import more than one release of a product per day.
+cvs.texi(,7535) More importantly, using the release tags allows @sc{cvs} to
detect files
+cvs.texi(,7536) that were removed between the two vendor releases and mark
them for
+cvs.texi(,7537) removal. Since @code{import} has no way to detect removed
files, you
+cvs.texi(,7538) should do a merge like this even if @code{import} doesn't tell
you to.
+cvs.texi(,7539)
+cvs.texi(,7540) @node Reverting local changes
+cvs.texi(,7541) @section Reverting to the latest vendor release
+cvs.texi(,7542)
+cvs.texi(,7543) You can also revert local changes completely and return
+cvs.texi(,7544) to the latest vendor release by changing the `head'
+cvs.texi(,7545) revision back to the vendor branch on all files. For
+cvs.texi(,7546) example, if you have a checked-out copy of the sources
+cvs.texi(,7547) in @file{~/work.d/wdiff}, and you want to revert to the
+cvs.texi(,7548) vendor's version for all the files in that directory,
+cvs.texi(,7549) you would type:
+cvs.texi(,7550)
+cvs.texi(,7551) @example
+cvs.texi(,7552) $ cd ~/work.d/wdiff
+cvs.texi(,7553) $ cvs admin -bWDIFF .
+cvs.texi(,7554) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7555)
+cvs.texi(,7556) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,7557) You must specify the @samp{-bWDIFF} without any space
+cvs.texi(,7558) after the @samp{-b}. @xref{admin options}.
cvs.texi(,7559)
-cvs.texi(,7560) @node Keywords in imports
-cvs.texi(,7561) @section How to handle keyword substitution with cvs import
+cvs.texi(,7560) @node Binary files in imports
+cvs.texi(,7561) @section How to handle binary files with cvs import
cvs.texi(,7562)
-cvs.texi(,7563) The sources which you are importing may contain
-cvs.texi(,7564) keywords (@pxref{Keyword substitution}). For example,
-cvs.texi(,7565) the vendor may use @sc{cvs} or some other system
-cvs.texi(,7566) which uses similar keyword expansion syntax. If you
-cvs.texi(,7567) just import the files in the default fashion, then
-cvs.texi(,7568) the keyword expansions supplied by the vendor will
-cvs.texi(,7569) be replaced by keyword expansions supplied by your
-cvs.texi(,7570) own copy of @sc{cvs}. It may be more convenient to
-cvs.texi(,7571) maintain the expansions supplied by the vendor, so
-cvs.texi(,7572) that this information can supply information about
-cvs.texi(,7573) the sources that you imported from the vendor.
-cvs.texi(,7574)
-cvs.texi(,7575) To maintain the keyword expansions supplied by the
-cvs.texi(,7576) vendor, supply the @samp{-ko} option to @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,7577) import} the first time you import the file.
-cvs.texi(,7578) This will turn off keyword expansion
-cvs.texi(,7579) for that file entirely, so if you want to be more
-cvs.texi(,7580) selective you'll have to think about what you want
-cvs.texi(,7581) and use the @samp{-k} option to @code{cvs update} or
-cvs.texi(,7582) @code{cvs admin} as appropriate.
-cvs.texi(,7583) @c Supplying -ko to import if the file already existed
-cvs.texi(,7584) @c has no effect. Not clear to me whether it should
-cvs.texi(,7585) @c or not.
-cvs.texi(,7586)
-cvs.texi(,7587) @node Multiple vendor branches
-cvs.texi(,7588) @section Multiple vendor branches
-cvs.texi(,7589)
-cvs.texi(,7590) All the examples so far assume that there is only one
-cvs.texi(,7591) vendor from which you are getting sources. In some
-cvs.texi(,7592) situations you might get sources from a variety of
-cvs.texi(,7593) places. For example, suppose that you are dealing with
-cvs.texi(,7594) a project where many different people and teams are
-cvs.texi(,7595) modifying the software. There are a variety of ways to
-cvs.texi(,7596) handle this, but in some cases you have a bunch of
-cvs.texi(,7597) source trees lying around and what you want to do more
-cvs.texi(,7598) than anything else is just to all put them in @sc{cvs} so
-cvs.texi(,7599) that you at least have them in one place.
-cvs.texi(,7600)
-cvs.texi(,7601) For handling situations in which there may be more than
-cvs.texi(,7602) one vendor, you may specify the @samp{-b} option to
-cvs.texi(,7603) @code{cvs import}. It takes as an argument the vendor
-cvs.texi(,7604) branch to import to. The default is @samp{-b 1.1.1}.
-cvs.texi(,7605)
-cvs.texi(,7606) For example, suppose that there are two teams, the red
-cvs.texi(,7607) team and the blue team, that are sending you sources.
-cvs.texi(,7608) You want to import the red team's efforts to branch
-cvs.texi(,7609) 1.1.1 and use the vendor tag RED. You want to import
-cvs.texi(,7610) the blue team's efforts to branch 1.1.3 and use the
-cvs.texi(,7611) vendor tag BLUE. So the commands you might use are:
-cvs.texi(,7612)
-cvs.texi(,7613) @example
-cvs.texi(,7614) $ cvs import dir RED RED_1-0
-cvs.texi(,7615) $ cvs import -b 1.1.3 dir BLUE BLUE_1-5
-cvs.texi(,7616) @end example
-cvs.texi(,7617)
-cvs.texi(,7618) Note that if your vendor tag does not match your
-cvs.texi(,7619) @samp{-b} option, @sc{cvs} will not detect this case! For
-cvs.texi(,7620) example,
-cvs.texi(,7621)
-cvs.texi(,7622) @example
-cvs.texi(,7623) $ cvs import -b 1.1.3 dir RED RED_1-0
-cvs.texi(,7624) @end example
-cvs.texi(,7625)
-cvs.texi(,7626) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,7627) Be careful; this kind of mismatch is sure to sow
-cvs.texi(,7628) confusion or worse. I can't think of a useful purpose
-cvs.texi(,7629) for the ability to specify a mismatch here, but if you
-cvs.texi(,7630) discover such a use, don't. @sc{cvs} is likely to make this
-cvs.texi(,7631) an error in some future release.
-cvs.texi(,7632)
-cvs.texi(,7633) @c Probably should say more about the semantics of
-cvs.texi(,7634) @c multiple branches. What about the default branch?
-cvs.texi(,7635) @c What about joining (perhaps not as useful with
-cvs.texi(,7636) @c multiple branches, or perhaps it is. Either way
-cvs.texi(,7637) @c should be mentioned).
+cvs.texi(,7563) Use the @samp{-k} wrapper option to tell import which
+cvs.texi(,7564) files are binary. @xref{Wrappers}.
+cvs.texi(,7565)
+cvs.texi(,7566) @node Keywords in imports
+cvs.texi(,7567) @section How to handle keyword substitution with cvs import
+cvs.texi(,7568)
+cvs.texi(,7569) The sources which you are importing may contain
+cvs.texi(,7570) keywords (@pxref{Keyword substitution}). For example,
+cvs.texi(,7571) the vendor may use @sc{cvs} or some other system
+cvs.texi(,7572) which uses similar keyword expansion syntax. If you
+cvs.texi(,7573) just import the files in the default fashion, then
+cvs.texi(,7574) the keyword expansions supplied by the vendor will
+cvs.texi(,7575) be replaced by keyword expansions supplied by your
+cvs.texi(,7576) own copy of @sc{cvs}. It may be more convenient to
+cvs.texi(,7577) maintain the expansions supplied by the vendor, so
+cvs.texi(,7578) that this information can supply information about
+cvs.texi(,7579) the sources that you imported from the vendor.
+cvs.texi(,7580)
+cvs.texi(,7581) To maintain the keyword expansions supplied by the
+cvs.texi(,7582) vendor, supply the @samp{-ko} option to @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,7583) import} the first time you import the file.
+cvs.texi(,7584) This will turn off keyword expansion
+cvs.texi(,7585) for that file entirely, so if you want to be more
+cvs.texi(,7586) selective you'll have to think about what you want
+cvs.texi(,7587) and use the @samp{-k} option to @code{cvs update} or
+cvs.texi(,7588) @code{cvs admin} as appropriate.
+cvs.texi(,7589) @c Supplying -ko to import if the file already existed
+cvs.texi(,7590) @c has no effect. Not clear to me whether it should
+cvs.texi(,7591) @c or not.
+cvs.texi(,7592)
+cvs.texi(,7593) @node Multiple vendor branches
+cvs.texi(,7594) @section Multiple vendor branches
+cvs.texi(,7595)
+cvs.texi(,7596) All the examples so far assume that there is only one
+cvs.texi(,7597) vendor from which you are getting sources. In some
+cvs.texi(,7598) situations you might get sources from a variety of
+cvs.texi(,7599) places. For example, suppose that you are dealing with
+cvs.texi(,7600) a project where many different people and teams are
+cvs.texi(,7601) modifying the software. There are a variety of ways to
+cvs.texi(,7602) handle this, but in some cases you have a bunch of
+cvs.texi(,7603) source trees lying around and what you want to do more
+cvs.texi(,7604) than anything else is just to all put them in @sc{cvs} so
+cvs.texi(,7605) that you at least have them in one place.
+cvs.texi(,7606)
+cvs.texi(,7607) For handling situations in which there may be more than
+cvs.texi(,7608) one vendor, you may specify the @samp{-b} option to
+cvs.texi(,7609) @code{cvs import}. It takes as an argument the vendor
+cvs.texi(,7610) branch to import to. The default is @samp{-b 1.1.1}.
+cvs.texi(,7611)
+cvs.texi(,7612) For example, suppose that there are two teams, the red
+cvs.texi(,7613) team and the blue team, that are sending you sources.
+cvs.texi(,7614) You want to import the red team's efforts to branch
+cvs.texi(,7615) 1.1.1 and use the vendor tag RED. You want to import
+cvs.texi(,7616) the blue team's efforts to branch 1.1.3 and use the
+cvs.texi(,7617) vendor tag BLUE. So the commands you might use are:
+cvs.texi(,7618)
+cvs.texi(,7619) @example
+cvs.texi(,7620) $ cvs import dir RED RED_1-0
+cvs.texi(,7621) $ cvs import -b 1.1.3 dir BLUE BLUE_1-5
+cvs.texi(,7622) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7623)
+cvs.texi(,7624) Note that if your vendor tag does not match your
+cvs.texi(,7625) @samp{-b} option, @sc{cvs} will not detect this case! For
+cvs.texi(,7626) example,
+cvs.texi(,7627)
+cvs.texi(,7628) @example
+cvs.texi(,7629) $ cvs import -b 1.1.3 dir RED RED_1-0
+cvs.texi(,7630) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7631)
+cvs.texi(,7632) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,7633) Be careful; this kind of mismatch is sure to sow
+cvs.texi(,7634) confusion or worse. I can't think of a useful purpose
+cvs.texi(,7635) for the ability to specify a mismatch here, but if you
+cvs.texi(,7636) discover such a use, don't. @sc{cvs} is likely to make this
+cvs.texi(,7637) an error in some future release.
cvs.texi(,7638)
-cvs.texi(,7639) @c I'm not sure about the best location for this. In
-cvs.texi(,7640) @c one sense, it might belong right after we've introduced
-cvs.texi(,7641) @c CVS's basic version control model, because people need
-cvs.texi(,7642) @c to figure out builds right away. The current location
-cvs.texi(,7643) @c is based on the theory that it kind of akin to the
-cvs.texi(,7644) @c "Revision management" section.
-cvs.texi(,7645) @node Builds
-cvs.texi(,7646) @chapter How your build system interacts with CVS
-cvs.texi(,7647) @cindex Builds
-cvs.texi(,7648) @cindex make
-cvs.texi(,7649)
-cvs.texi(,7650) As mentioned in the introduction, @sc{cvs} does not
-cvs.texi(,7651) contain software for building your software from source
-cvs.texi(,7652) code. This section describes how various aspects of
-cvs.texi(,7653) your build system might interact with @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,7654)
-cvs.texi(,7655) @c Is there a way to discuss this without reference to
-cvs.texi(,7656) @c tools other than CVS? I'm not sure there is; I
-cvs.texi(,7657) @c wouldn't think that people who learn CVS first would
-cvs.texi(,7658) @c even have this concern.
-cvs.texi(,7659) One common question, especially from people who are
-cvs.texi(,7660) accustomed to @sc{rcs}, is how to make their build get
-cvs.texi(,7661) an up to date copy of the sources. The answer to this
-cvs.texi(,7662) with @sc{cvs} is two-fold. First of all, since
-cvs.texi(,7663) @sc{cvs} itself can recurse through directories, there
-cvs.texi(,7664) is no need to modify your @file{Makefile} (or whatever
-cvs.texi(,7665) configuration file your build tool uses) to make sure
-cvs.texi(,7666) each file is up to date. Instead, just use two
-cvs.texi(,7667) commands, first @code{cvs -q update} and then
-cvs.texi(,7668) @code{make} or whatever the command is to invoke your
-cvs.texi(,7669) build tool. Secondly, you do not necessarily
-cvs.texi(,7670) @emph{want} to get a copy of a change someone else made
-cvs.texi(,7671) until you have finished your own work. One suggested
-cvs.texi(,7672) approach is to first update your sources, then
-cvs.texi(,7673) implement, build and
-cvs.texi(,7674) test the change you were thinking of, and then commit
-cvs.texi(,7675) your sources (updating first if necessary). By
-cvs.texi(,7676) periodically (in between changes, using the approach
-cvs.texi(,7677) just described) updating your entire tree, you ensure
-cvs.texi(,7678) that your sources are sufficiently up to date.
-cvs.texi(,7679)
-cvs.texi(,7680) @cindex Bill of materials
-cvs.texi(,7681) One common need is to record which versions of which
-cvs.texi(,7682) source files went into a particular build. This kind
-cvs.texi(,7683) of functionality is sometimes called @dfn{bill of
-cvs.texi(,7684) materials} or something similar. The best way to do
-cvs.texi(,7685) this with @sc{cvs} is to use the @code{tag} command to
-cvs.texi(,7686) record which versions went into a given build
-cvs.texi(,7687) (@pxref{Tags}).
-cvs.texi(,7688)
-cvs.texi(,7689) Using @sc{cvs} in the most straightforward manner
-cvs.texi(,7690) possible, each developer will have a copy of the entire
-cvs.texi(,7691) source tree which is used in a particular build. If
-cvs.texi(,7692) the source tree is small, or if developers are
-cvs.texi(,7693) geographically dispersed, this is the preferred
-cvs.texi(,7694) solution. In fact one approach for larger projects is
-cvs.texi(,7695) to break a project down into smaller
-cvs.texi(,7696) @c I say subsystem instead of module because they may or
-cvs.texi(,7697) @c may not use the modules file.
-cvs.texi(,7698) separately-compiled subsystems, and arrange a way of
-cvs.texi(,7699) releasing them internally so that each developer need
-cvs.texi(,7700) check out only those subsystems which they are
-cvs.texi(,7701) actively working on.
-cvs.texi(,7702)
-cvs.texi(,7703) Another approach is to set up a structure which allows
-cvs.texi(,7704) developers to have their own copies of some files, and
-cvs.texi(,7705) for other files to access source files from a central
-cvs.texi(,7706) location. Many people have come up with some such a
-cvs.texi(,7707) @c two such people are address@hidden (for
-cvs.texi(,7708) @c a previous employer)
-cvs.texi(,7709) @c and address@hidden (spicm and related tools),
-cvs.texi(,7710) @c but as far as I know
-cvs.texi(,7711) @c no one has nicely packaged or released such a system (or
-cvs.texi(,7712) @c instructions for constructing one).
-cvs.texi(,7713) system using features such as the symbolic link feature
-cvs.texi(,7714) found in many operating systems, or the @code{VPATH}
-cvs.texi(,7715) feature found in many versions of @code{make}. One build
-cvs.texi(,7716) tool which is designed to help with this kind of thing
-cvs.texi(,7717) is Odin (see
-cvs.texi(,7718) @code{ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/distribs/odin}).
-cvs.texi(,7719) @c Should we be saying more about Odin? Or how you use
-cvs.texi(,7720) @c it with CVS? Also, the Prime Time Freeware for Unix
-cvs.texi(,7721) @c disk (see http://www.ptf.com/) has Odin (with a nice
-cvs.texi(,7722) @c paragraph summarizing it on the web), so that might be a
-cvs.texi(,7723) @c semi-"official" place to point people.
-cvs.texi(,7724) @c
-cvs.texi(,7725) @c Of course, many non-CVS systems have this kind of
-cvs.texi(,7726) @c functionality, for example OSF's ODE
-cvs.texi(,7727) @c (http://www.osf.org/ode/) or mk
-cvs.texi(,7728) @c (http://www.grin.net/~pzi/mk-3.18.4.docs/mk_toc.html
-cvs.texi(,7729) @c He has changed providers in the past; a search engine search
-cvs.texi(,7730) @c for "Peter Ziobrzynski" probably won't get too many
-cvs.texi(,7731) @c spurious hits :-). A more stable URL might be
-cvs.texi(,7732) @c ftp://ftp.uu.net/pub/cmvc/mk). But I'm not sure
-cvs.texi(,7733) @c there is any point in mentioning them here unless they
-cvs.texi(,7734) @c can work with CVS.
-cvs.texi(,7735)
-cvs.texi(,7736) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,7737) @node Special Files
-cvs.texi(,7738) @chapter Special Files
-cvs.texi(,7739)
-cvs.texi(,7740) @cindex Special files
-cvs.texi(,7741) @cindex Device nodes
-cvs.texi(,7742) @cindex Ownership, saving in CVS
-cvs.texi(,7743) @cindex Permissions, saving in CVS
-cvs.texi(,7744) @cindex Hard links
-cvs.texi(,7745) @cindex Symbolic links
-cvs.texi(,7746)
-cvs.texi(,7747) In normal circumstances, @sc{cvs} works only with regular
-cvs.texi(,7748) files. Every file in a project is assumed to be
-cvs.texi(,7749) persistent; it must be possible to open, read and close
-cvs.texi(,7750) them; and so on. @sc{cvs} also ignores file permissions and
-cvs.texi(,7751) ownerships, leaving such issues to be resolved by the
-cvs.texi(,7752) developer at installation time. In other words, it is
-cvs.texi(,7753) not possible to "check in" a device into a repository;
-cvs.texi(,7754) if the device file cannot be opened, @sc{cvs} will refuse to
-cvs.texi(,7755) handle it. Files also lose their ownerships and
-cvs.texi(,7756) permissions during repository transactions.
-cvs.texi(,7757)
-cvs.texi(,7838)
-cvs.texi(,7839) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,7840) @node CVS commands
-cvs.texi(,7841) @appendix Guide to CVS commands
-cvs.texi(,7842)
-cvs.texi(,7843) This appendix describes the overall structure of
-cvs.texi(,7844) @sc{cvs} commands, and describes some commands in
-cvs.texi(,7845) detail (others are described elsewhere; for a quick
-cvs.texi(,7846) reference to @sc{cvs} commands, @pxref{Invoking CVS}).
-cvs.texi(,7847) @c The idea is that we want to move the commands which
-cvs.texi(,7848) @c are described here into the main body of the manual,
-cvs.texi(,7849) @c in the process reorganizing the manual to be
-cvs.texi(,7850) @c organized around what the user wants to do, not
-cvs.texi(,7851) @c organized around CVS commands.
-cvs.texi(,7852) @c
-cvs.texi(,7853) @c Note that many users do expect a manual which is
-cvs.texi(,7854) @c organized by command. At least some users do.
-cvs.texi(,7855) @c One good addition to the "organized by command"
-cvs.texi(,7856) @c section (if any) would be "see also" links.
-cvs.texi(,7857) @c The awk manual might be a good example; it has a
-cvs.texi(,7858) @c reference manual which is more verbose than Invoking
-cvs.texi(,7859) @c CVS but probably somewhat less verbose than CVS
-cvs.texi(,7860) @c Commands.
-cvs.texi(,7861)
-cvs.texi(,7862) @menu
-cvs.texi(,7863) * Structure:: Overall structure of CVS
commands
-cvs.texi(,7864) * Exit status:: Indicating CVS's success or
failure
-cvs.texi(,7865) * ~/.cvsrc:: Default options with the
~/.csvrc file
-cvs.texi(,7866) * Global options:: Options you give to the left
of cvs_command
-cvs.texi(,7867) * Common options:: Options you give to the right
of cvs_command
-cvs.texi(,7868) * admin:: Administration
-cvs.texi(,7869) * checkout:: Checkout sources for editing
-cvs.texi(,7870) * commit:: Check files into the repository
-cvs.texi(,7871) * diff:: Show differences between
revisions
-cvs.texi(,7872) * export:: Export sources from CVS,
similar to checkout
-cvs.texi(,7873) * history:: Show status of files and users
-cvs.texi(,7874) * import:: Import sources into CVS, using
vendor branches
-cvs.texi(,7875) * log:: Show log messages for files
-cvs.texi(,7876) * rdiff:: 'patch' format diffs between
releases
-cvs.texi(,7877) * release:: Indicate that a directory is
no longer in use
-cvs.texi(,7878) * update:: Bring work tree in sync with
repository
-cvs.texi(,7879) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,7880)
-cvs.texi(,7881) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,7882) @node Structure
-cvs.texi(,7883) @appendixsec Overall structure of CVS commands
-cvs.texi(,7884) @cindex Structure
-cvs.texi(,7885) @cindex CVS command structure
-cvs.texi(,7886) @cindex Command structure
-cvs.texi(,7887) @cindex Format of CVS commands
-cvs.texi(,7888)
-cvs.texi(,7889) The overall format of all @sc{cvs} commands is:
-cvs.texi(,7890)
-cvs.texi(,7891) @example
-cvs.texi(,7892) cvs [ cvs_options ] cvs_command [ command_options ] [
command_args ]
-cvs.texi(,7893) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7639) @c Probably should say more about the semantics of
+cvs.texi(,7640) @c multiple branches. What about the default branch?
+cvs.texi(,7641) @c What about joining (perhaps not as useful with
+cvs.texi(,7642) @c multiple branches, or perhaps it is. Either way
+cvs.texi(,7643) @c should be mentioned).
+cvs.texi(,7644)
+cvs.texi(,7645) @c I'm not sure about the best location for this. In
+cvs.texi(,7646) @c one sense, it might belong right after we've introduced
+cvs.texi(,7647) @c CVS's basic version control model, because people need
+cvs.texi(,7648) @c to figure out builds right away. The current location
+cvs.texi(,7649) @c is based on the theory that it kind of akin to the
+cvs.texi(,7650) @c "Revision management" section.
+cvs.texi(,7651) @node Builds
+cvs.texi(,7652) @chapter How your build system interacts with CVS
+cvs.texi(,7653) @cindex Builds
+cvs.texi(,7654) @cindex make
+cvs.texi(,7655)
+cvs.texi(,7656) As mentioned in the introduction, @sc{cvs} does not
+cvs.texi(,7657) contain software for building your software from source
+cvs.texi(,7658) code. This section describes how various aspects of
+cvs.texi(,7659) your build system might interact with @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,7660)
+cvs.texi(,7661) @c Is there a way to discuss this without reference to
+cvs.texi(,7662) @c tools other than CVS? I'm not sure there is; I
+cvs.texi(,7663) @c wouldn't think that people who learn CVS first would
+cvs.texi(,7664) @c even have this concern.
+cvs.texi(,7665) One common question, especially from people who are
+cvs.texi(,7666) accustomed to @sc{rcs}, is how to make their build get
+cvs.texi(,7667) an up to date copy of the sources. The answer to this
+cvs.texi(,7668) with @sc{cvs} is two-fold. First of all, since
+cvs.texi(,7669) @sc{cvs} itself can recurse through directories, there
+cvs.texi(,7670) is no need to modify your @file{Makefile} (or whatever
+cvs.texi(,7671) configuration file your build tool uses) to make sure
+cvs.texi(,7672) each file is up to date. Instead, just use two
+cvs.texi(,7673) commands, first @code{cvs -q update} and then
+cvs.texi(,7674) @code{make} or whatever the command is to invoke your
+cvs.texi(,7675) build tool. Secondly, you do not necessarily
+cvs.texi(,7676) @emph{want} to get a copy of a change someone else made
+cvs.texi(,7677) until you have finished your own work. One suggested
+cvs.texi(,7678) approach is to first update your sources, then
+cvs.texi(,7679) implement, build and
+cvs.texi(,7680) test the change you were thinking of, and then commit
+cvs.texi(,7681) your sources (updating first if necessary). By
+cvs.texi(,7682) periodically (in between changes, using the approach
+cvs.texi(,7683) just described) updating your entire tree, you ensure
+cvs.texi(,7684) that your sources are sufficiently up to date.
+cvs.texi(,7685)
+cvs.texi(,7686) @cindex Bill of materials
+cvs.texi(,7687) One common need is to record which versions of which
+cvs.texi(,7688) source files went into a particular build. This kind
+cvs.texi(,7689) of functionality is sometimes called @dfn{bill of
+cvs.texi(,7690) materials} or something similar. The best way to do
+cvs.texi(,7691) this with @sc{cvs} is to use the @code{tag} command to
+cvs.texi(,7692) record which versions went into a given build
+cvs.texi(,7693) (@pxref{Tags}).
+cvs.texi(,7694)
+cvs.texi(,7695) Using @sc{cvs} in the most straightforward manner
+cvs.texi(,7696) possible, each developer will have a copy of the entire
+cvs.texi(,7697) source tree which is used in a particular build. If
+cvs.texi(,7698) the source tree is small, or if developers are
+cvs.texi(,7699) geographically dispersed, this is the preferred
+cvs.texi(,7700) solution. In fact one approach for larger projects is
+cvs.texi(,7701) to break a project down into smaller
+cvs.texi(,7702) @c I say subsystem instead of module because they may or
+cvs.texi(,7703) @c may not use the modules file.
+cvs.texi(,7704) separately-compiled subsystems, and arrange a way of
+cvs.texi(,7705) releasing them internally so that each developer need
+cvs.texi(,7706) check out only those subsystems which they are
+cvs.texi(,7707) actively working on.
+cvs.texi(,7708)
+cvs.texi(,7709) Another approach is to set up a structure which allows
+cvs.texi(,7710) developers to have their own copies of some files, and
+cvs.texi(,7711) for other files to access source files from a central
+cvs.texi(,7712) location. Many people have come up with some such a
+cvs.texi(,7713) @c two such people are address@hidden (for
+cvs.texi(,7714) @c a previous employer)
+cvs.texi(,7715) @c and address@hidden (spicm and related tools),
+cvs.texi(,7716) @c but as far as I know
+cvs.texi(,7717) @c no one has nicely packaged or released such a system (or
+cvs.texi(,7718) @c instructions for constructing one).
+cvs.texi(,7719) system using features such as the symbolic link feature
+cvs.texi(,7720) found in many operating systems, or the @code{VPATH}
+cvs.texi(,7721) feature found in many versions of @code{make}. One build
+cvs.texi(,7722) tool which is designed to help with this kind of thing
+cvs.texi(,7723) is Odin (see
+cvs.texi(,7724) @code{ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/distribs/odin}).
+cvs.texi(,7725) @c Should we be saying more about Odin? Or how you use
+cvs.texi(,7726) @c it with CVS? Also, the Prime Time Freeware for Unix
+cvs.texi(,7727) @c disk (see http://www.ptf.com/) has Odin (with a nice
+cvs.texi(,7728) @c paragraph summarizing it on the web), so that might be a
+cvs.texi(,7729) @c semi-"official" place to point people.
+cvs.texi(,7730) @c
+cvs.texi(,7731) @c Of course, many non-CVS systems have this kind of
+cvs.texi(,7732) @c functionality, for example OSF's ODE
+cvs.texi(,7733) @c (http://www.osf.org/ode/) or mk
+cvs.texi(,7734) @c (http://www.grin.net/~pzi/mk-3.18.4.docs/mk_toc.html
+cvs.texi(,7735) @c He has changed providers in the past; a search engine search
+cvs.texi(,7736) @c for "Peter Ziobrzynski" probably won't get too many
+cvs.texi(,7737) @c spurious hits :-). A more stable URL might be
+cvs.texi(,7738) @c ftp://ftp.uu.net/pub/cmvc/mk). But I'm not sure
+cvs.texi(,7739) @c there is any point in mentioning them here unless they
+cvs.texi(,7740) @c can work with CVS.
+cvs.texi(,7741)
+cvs.texi(,7742) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,7743) @node Special Files
+cvs.texi(,7744) @chapter Special Files
+cvs.texi(,7745)
+cvs.texi(,7746) @cindex Special files
+cvs.texi(,7747) @cindex Device nodes
+cvs.texi(,7748) @cindex Ownership, saving in CVS
+cvs.texi(,7749) @cindex Permissions, saving in CVS
+cvs.texi(,7750) @cindex Hard links
+cvs.texi(,7751) @cindex Symbolic links
+cvs.texi(,7752)
+cvs.texi(,7753) In normal circumstances, @sc{cvs} works only with regular
+cvs.texi(,7754) files. Every file in a project is assumed to be
+cvs.texi(,7755) persistent; it must be possible to open, read and close
+cvs.texi(,7756) them; and so on. @sc{cvs} also ignores file permissions and
+cvs.texi(,7757) ownerships, leaving such issues to be resolved by the
+cvs.texi(,7758) developer at installation time. In other words, it is
+cvs.texi(,7759) not possible to "check in" a device into a repository;
+cvs.texi(,7760) if the device file cannot be opened, @sc{cvs} will refuse to
+cvs.texi(,7761) handle it. Files also lose their ownerships and
+cvs.texi(,7762) permissions during repository transactions.
+cvs.texi(,7763)
+cvs.texi(,7844)
+cvs.texi(,7845) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,7846) @node CVS commands
+cvs.texi(,7847) @appendix Guide to CVS commands
+cvs.texi(,7848)
+cvs.texi(,7849) This appendix describes the overall structure of
+cvs.texi(,7850) @sc{cvs} commands, and describes some commands in
+cvs.texi(,7851) detail (others are described elsewhere; for a quick
+cvs.texi(,7852) reference to @sc{cvs} commands, @pxref{Invoking CVS}).
+cvs.texi(,7853) @c The idea is that we want to move the commands which
+cvs.texi(,7854) @c are described here into the main body of the manual,
+cvs.texi(,7855) @c in the process reorganizing the manual to be
+cvs.texi(,7856) @c organized around what the user wants to do, not
+cvs.texi(,7857) @c organized around CVS commands.
+cvs.texi(,7858) @c
+cvs.texi(,7859) @c Note that many users do expect a manual which is
+cvs.texi(,7860) @c organized by command. At least some users do.
+cvs.texi(,7861) @c One good addition to the "organized by command"
+cvs.texi(,7862) @c section (if any) would be "see also" links.
+cvs.texi(,7863) @c The awk manual might be a good example; it has a
+cvs.texi(,7864) @c reference manual which is more verbose than Invoking
+cvs.texi(,7865) @c CVS but probably somewhat less verbose than CVS
+cvs.texi(,7866) @c Commands.
+cvs.texi(,7867)
+cvs.texi(,7868) @menu
+cvs.texi(,7869) * Structure:: Overall structure of CVS
commands
+cvs.texi(,7870) * Exit status:: Indicating CVS's success or
failure
+cvs.texi(,7871) * ~/.cvsrc:: Default options with the
~/.csvrc file
+cvs.texi(,7872) * Global options:: Options you give to the left
of cvs_command
+cvs.texi(,7873) * Common options:: Options you give to the right
of cvs_command
+cvs.texi(,7874) * admin:: Administration
+cvs.texi(,7875) * checkout:: Checkout sources for editing
+cvs.texi(,7876) * commit:: Check files into the repository
+cvs.texi(,7877) * diff:: Show differences between
revisions
+cvs.texi(,7878) * export:: Export sources from CVS,
similar to checkout
+cvs.texi(,7879) * history:: Show status of files and users
+cvs.texi(,7880) * import:: Import sources into CVS, using
vendor branches
+cvs.texi(,7881) * log:: Show log messages for files
+cvs.texi(,7882) * rdiff:: 'patch' format diffs between
releases
+cvs.texi(,7883) * release:: Indicate that a directory is
no longer in use
+cvs.texi(,7884) * update:: Bring work tree in sync with
repository
+cvs.texi(,7885) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,7886)
+cvs.texi(,7887) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,7888) @node Structure
+cvs.texi(,7889) @appendixsec Overall structure of CVS commands
+cvs.texi(,7890) @cindex Structure
+cvs.texi(,7891) @cindex CVS command structure
+cvs.texi(,7892) @cindex Command structure
+cvs.texi(,7893) @cindex Format of CVS commands
cvs.texi(,7894)
-cvs.texi(,7895) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,7896) @item cvs
-cvs.texi(,7897) The name of the @sc{cvs} program.
-cvs.texi(,7898)
-cvs.texi(,7899) @item cvs_options
-cvs.texi(,7900) Some options that affect all sub-commands of @sc{cvs}. These
are
-cvs.texi(,7901) described below.
-cvs.texi(,7902)
-cvs.texi(,7903) @item cvs_command
-cvs.texi(,7904) One of several different sub-commands. Some of the commands
have
-cvs.texi(,7905) aliases that can be used instead; those aliases are noted in
the
-cvs.texi(,7906) reference manual for that command. There are only two
situations
-cvs.texi(,7907) where you may omit @samp{cvs_command}: @samp{cvs -H} elicits a
-cvs.texi(,7908) list of available commands, and @samp{cvs -v} displays version
-cvs.texi(,7909) information on @sc{cvs} itself.
-cvs.texi(,7910)
-cvs.texi(,7911) @item command_options
-cvs.texi(,7912) Options that are specific for the command.
-cvs.texi(,7913)
-cvs.texi(,7914) @item command_args
-cvs.texi(,7915) Arguments to the commands.
-cvs.texi(,7916) @end table
-cvs.texi(,7917)
-cvs.texi(,7918) There is unfortunately some confusion between
-cvs.texi(,7919) @code{cvs_options} and @code{command_options}.
-cvs.texi(,7920) @samp{-l}, when given as a @code{cvs_option}, only
-cvs.texi(,7921) affects some of the commands. When it is given as a
-cvs.texi(,7922) @code{command_option} is has a different meaning, and
-cvs.texi(,7923) is accepted by more commands. In other words, do not
-cvs.texi(,7924) take the above categorization too seriously. Look at
-cvs.texi(,7925) the documentation instead.
-cvs.texi(,7926)
-cvs.texi(,7927) @node Exit status
-cvs.texi(,7928) @appendixsec CVS's exit status
-cvs.texi(,7929) @cindex Exit status, of CVS
-cvs.texi(,7930)
-cvs.texi(,7931) @sc{cvs} can indicate to the calling environment whether it
-cvs.texi(,7932) succeeded or failed by setting its @dfn{exit status}.
-cvs.texi(,7933) The exact way of testing the exit status will vary from
-cvs.texi(,7934) one operating system to another. For example in a unix
-cvs.texi(,7935) shell script the @samp{$?} variable will be 0 if the
-cvs.texi(,7936) last command returned a successful exit status, or
-cvs.texi(,7937) greater than 0 if the exit status indicated failure.
-cvs.texi(,7938)
-cvs.texi(,7939) If @sc{cvs} is successful, it returns a successful status;
-cvs.texi(,7940) if there is an error, it prints an error message and
-cvs.texi(,7941) returns a failure status. The one exception to this is
-cvs.texi(,7942) the @code{cvs diff} command. It will return a
-cvs.texi(,7943) successful status if it found no differences, or a
-cvs.texi(,7944) failure status if there were differences or if there
-cvs.texi(,7945) was an error. Because this behavior provides no good
-cvs.texi(,7946) way to detect errors, in the future it is possible that
-cvs.texi(,7947) @code{cvs diff} will be changed to behave like the
-cvs.texi(,7948) other @sc{cvs} commands.
-cvs.texi(,7949) @c It might seem like checking whether cvs -q diff
-cvs.texi(,7950) @c produces empty or non-empty output can tell whether
-cvs.texi(,7951) @c there were differences or not. But it seems like
-cvs.texi(,7952) @c there are cases with output but no differences
-cvs.texi(,7953) @c (testsuite basica-8b). It is not clear to me how
-cvs.texi(,7954) @c useful it is for a script to be able to check
-cvs.texi(,7955) @c whether there were differences.
-cvs.texi(,7956) @c FIXCVS? In previous versions of CVS, cvs diff
-cvs.texi(,7957) @c returned 0 for no differences, 1 for differences, or
-cvs.texi(,7958) @c 2 for errors. Is this behavior worth trying to
-cvs.texi(,7959) @c bring back (but what does it mean for VMS?)?
-cvs.texi(,7960)
-cvs.texi(,7961) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,7962) @node ~/.cvsrc
-cvs.texi(,7963) @appendixsec Default options and the ~/.cvsrc file
-cvs.texi(,7964) @cindex .cvsrc file
-cvs.texi(,7965) @cindex Option defaults
+cvs.texi(,7895) The overall format of all @sc{cvs} commands is:
+cvs.texi(,7896)
+cvs.texi(,7897) @example
+cvs.texi(,7898) cvs [ cvs_options ] cvs_command [ command_options ] [
command_args ]
+cvs.texi(,7899) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7900)
+cvs.texi(,7901) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,7902) @item cvs
+cvs.texi(,7903) The name of the @sc{cvs} program.
+cvs.texi(,7904)
+cvs.texi(,7905) @item cvs_options
+cvs.texi(,7906) Some options that affect all sub-commands of @sc{cvs}. These
are
+cvs.texi(,7907) described below.
+cvs.texi(,7908)
+cvs.texi(,7909) @item cvs_command
+cvs.texi(,7910) One of several different sub-commands. Some of the commands
have
+cvs.texi(,7911) aliases that can be used instead; those aliases are noted in
the
+cvs.texi(,7912) reference manual for that command. There are only two
situations
+cvs.texi(,7913) where you may omit @samp{cvs_command}: @samp{cvs -H} elicits a
+cvs.texi(,7914) list of available commands, and @samp{cvs -v} displays version
+cvs.texi(,7915) information on @sc{cvs} itself.
+cvs.texi(,7916)
+cvs.texi(,7917) @item command_options
+cvs.texi(,7918) Options that are specific for the command.
+cvs.texi(,7919)
+cvs.texi(,7920) @item command_args
+cvs.texi(,7921) Arguments to the commands.
+cvs.texi(,7922) @end table
+cvs.texi(,7923)
+cvs.texi(,7924) There is unfortunately some confusion between
+cvs.texi(,7925) @code{cvs_options} and @code{command_options}.
+cvs.texi(,7926) @samp{-l}, when given as a @code{cvs_option}, only
+cvs.texi(,7927) affects some of the commands. When it is given as a
+cvs.texi(,7928) @code{command_option} is has a different meaning, and
+cvs.texi(,7929) is accepted by more commands. In other words, do not
+cvs.texi(,7930) take the above categorization too seriously. Look at
+cvs.texi(,7931) the documentation instead.
+cvs.texi(,7932)
+cvs.texi(,7933) @node Exit status
+cvs.texi(,7934) @appendixsec CVS's exit status
+cvs.texi(,7935) @cindex Exit status, of CVS
+cvs.texi(,7936)
+cvs.texi(,7937) @sc{cvs} can indicate to the calling environment whether it
+cvs.texi(,7938) succeeded or failed by setting its @dfn{exit status}.
+cvs.texi(,7939) The exact way of testing the exit status will vary from
+cvs.texi(,7940) one operating system to another. For example in a unix
+cvs.texi(,7941) shell script the @samp{$?} variable will be 0 if the
+cvs.texi(,7942) last command returned a successful exit status, or
+cvs.texi(,7943) greater than 0 if the exit status indicated failure.
+cvs.texi(,7944)
+cvs.texi(,7945) If @sc{cvs} is successful, it returns a successful status;
+cvs.texi(,7946) if there is an error, it prints an error message and
+cvs.texi(,7947) returns a failure status. The one exception to this is
+cvs.texi(,7948) the @code{cvs diff} command. It will return a
+cvs.texi(,7949) successful status if it found no differences, or a
+cvs.texi(,7950) failure status if there were differences or if there
+cvs.texi(,7951) was an error. Because this behavior provides no good
+cvs.texi(,7952) way to detect errors, in the future it is possible that
+cvs.texi(,7953) @code{cvs diff} will be changed to behave like the
+cvs.texi(,7954) other @sc{cvs} commands.
+cvs.texi(,7955) @c It might seem like checking whether cvs -q diff
+cvs.texi(,7956) @c produces empty or non-empty output can tell whether
+cvs.texi(,7957) @c there were differences or not. But it seems like
+cvs.texi(,7958) @c there are cases with output but no differences
+cvs.texi(,7959) @c (testsuite basica-8b). It is not clear to me how
+cvs.texi(,7960) @c useful it is for a script to be able to check
+cvs.texi(,7961) @c whether there were differences.
+cvs.texi(,7962) @c FIXCVS? In previous versions of CVS, cvs diff
+cvs.texi(,7963) @c returned 0 for no differences, 1 for differences, or
+cvs.texi(,7964) @c 2 for errors. Is this behavior worth trying to
+cvs.texi(,7965) @c bring back (but what does it mean for VMS?)?
cvs.texi(,7966)
-cvs.texi(,7967) There are some @code{command_options} that are used so
-cvs.texi(,7968) often that you might have set up an alias or some other
-cvs.texi(,7969) means to make sure you always specify that option. One
-cvs.texi(,7970) example (the one that drove the implementation of the
-cvs.texi(,7971) @file{.cvsrc} support, actually) is that many people find the
-cvs.texi(,7972) default output of the @samp{diff} command to be very
-cvs.texi(,7973) hard to read, and that either context diffs or unidiffs
-cvs.texi(,7974) are much easier to understand.
-cvs.texi(,7975)
-cvs.texi(,7976) The @file{~/.cvsrc} file is a way that you can add
-cvs.texi(,7977) default options to @code{cvs_commands} within cvs,
-cvs.texi(,7978) instead of relying on aliases or other shell scripts.
-cvs.texi(,7979)
-cvs.texi(,7980) The format of the @file{~/.cvsrc} file is simple. The
-cvs.texi(,7981) file is searched for a line that begins with the same
-cvs.texi(,7982) name as the @code{cvs_command} being executed. If a
-cvs.texi(,7983) match is found, then the remainder of the line is split
-cvs.texi(,7984) up (at whitespace characters) into separate options and
-cvs.texi(,7985) added to the command arguments @emph{before} any
-cvs.texi(,7986) options from the command line.
-cvs.texi(,7987)
-cvs.texi(,7988) If a command has two names (e.g., @code{checkout} and
-cvs.texi(,7989) @code{co}), the official name, not necessarily the one
-cvs.texi(,7990) used on the command line, will be used to match against
-cvs.texi(,7991) the file. So if this is the contents of the user's
-cvs.texi(,7992) @file{~/.cvsrc} file:
+cvs.texi(,7967) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,7968) @node ~/.cvsrc
+cvs.texi(,7969) @appendixsec Default options and the ~/.cvsrc file
+cvs.texi(,7970) @cindex .cvsrc file
+cvs.texi(,7971) @cindex Option defaults
+cvs.texi(,7972)
+cvs.texi(,7973) There are some @code{command_options} that are used so
+cvs.texi(,7974) often that you might have set up an alias or some other
+cvs.texi(,7975) means to make sure you always specify that option. One
+cvs.texi(,7976) example (the one that drove the implementation of the
+cvs.texi(,7977) @file{.cvsrc} support, actually) is that many people find the
+cvs.texi(,7978) default output of the @samp{diff} command to be very
+cvs.texi(,7979) hard to read, and that either context diffs or unidiffs
+cvs.texi(,7980) are much easier to understand.
+cvs.texi(,7981)
+cvs.texi(,7982) The @file{~/.cvsrc} file is a way that you can add
+cvs.texi(,7983) default options to @code{cvs_commands} within cvs,
+cvs.texi(,7984) instead of relying on aliases or other shell scripts.
+cvs.texi(,7985)
+cvs.texi(,7986) The format of the @file{~/.cvsrc} file is simple. The
+cvs.texi(,7987) file is searched for a line that begins with the same
+cvs.texi(,7988) name as the @code{cvs_command} being executed. If a
+cvs.texi(,7989) match is found, then the remainder of the line is split
+cvs.texi(,7990) up (at whitespace characters) into separate options and
+cvs.texi(,7991) added to the command arguments @emph{before} any
+cvs.texi(,7992) options from the command line.
cvs.texi(,7993)
-cvs.texi(,7994) @example
-cvs.texi(,7995) log -N
-cvs.texi(,7996) diff -uN
-cvs.texi(,7997) rdiff -u
-cvs.texi(,7998) update -Pd
-cvs.texi(,7999) checkout -P
-cvs.texi(,8000) release -d
-cvs.texi(,8001) @end example
-cvs.texi(,8002)
-cvs.texi(,8003) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,8004) the command @samp{cvs checkout foo} would have the
-cvs.texi(,8005) @samp{-P} option added to the arguments, as well as
-cvs.texi(,8006) @samp{cvs co foo}.
-cvs.texi(,8007)
-cvs.texi(,8008) With the example file above, the output from @samp{cvs
-cvs.texi(,8009) diff foobar} will be in unidiff format. @samp{cvs diff
-cvs.texi(,8010) -c foobar} will provide context diffs, as usual.
-cvs.texi(,8011) Getting "old" format diffs would be slightly more
-cvs.texi(,8012) complicated, because @code{diff} doesn't have an option
-cvs.texi(,8013) to specify use of the "old" format, so you would need
-cvs.texi(,8014) @samp{cvs -f diff foobar}.
-cvs.texi(,8015)
-cvs.texi(,8016) In place of the command name you can use @code{cvs} to
-cvs.texi(,8017) specify global options (@pxref{Global options}). For
-cvs.texi(,8018) example the following line in @file{.cvsrc}
-cvs.texi(,8019)
-cvs.texi(,8020) @example
-cvs.texi(,8021) cvs -z6
-cvs.texi(,8022) @end example
-cvs.texi(,8023)
-cvs.texi(,8024) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,8025) causes @sc{cvs} to use compression level 6.
-cvs.texi(,8026)
-cvs.texi(,8027) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,8028) @node Global options
-cvs.texi(,8029) @appendixsec Global options
-cvs.texi(,8030) @cindex Options, global
-cvs.texi(,8031) @cindex Global options
-cvs.texi(,8032) @cindex Left-hand options
-cvs.texi(,8033)
-cvs.texi(,8034) The available @samp{cvs_options} (that are given to the
-cvs.texi(,8035) left of @samp{cvs_command}) are:
-cvs.texi(,8036)
-cvs.texi(,8037) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,8038) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8039) Specify legal @sc{cvsroot} directory. See
-cvs.texi(,8040) @ref{Password authentication server}.
-cvs.texi(,8041)
-cvs.texi(,8042) @cindex Authentication, stream
-cvs.texi(,8043) @cindex Stream authentication
-cvs.texi(,8044) @item -a
-cvs.texi(,8045) Authenticate all communication between the client and
-cvs.texi(,8046) the server. Only has an effect on the @sc{cvs} client.
-cvs.texi(,8047) As of this writing, this is only implemented when using
-cvs.texi(,8048) a GSSAPI connection (@pxref{GSSAPI authenticated}).
-cvs.texi(,8049) Authentication prevents certain sorts of attacks
-cvs.texi(,8050) involving hijacking the active @sc{tcp} connection.
-cvs.texi(,8051) Enabling authentication does not enable encryption.
-cvs.texi(,8052)
-cvs.texi(,8053) @cindex RCSBIN, overriding
-cvs.texi(,8054) @cindex Overriding RCSBIN
-cvs.texi(,8055) @item -b @var{bindir}
-cvs.texi(,8056) In @sc{cvs} 1.9.18 and older, this specified that
-cvs.texi(,8057) @sc{rcs} programs are in the @var{bindir} directory.
-cvs.texi(,8058) Current versions of @sc{cvs} do not run @sc{rcs}
-cvs.texi(,8059) programs; for compatibility this option is accepted,
-cvs.texi(,8060) but it does nothing.
-cvs.texi(,8061)
-cvs.texi(,8062) @cindex TMPDIR, overriding
-cvs.texi(,8063) @cindex Overriding TMPDIR
-cvs.texi(,8064) @item -T @var{tempdir}
-cvs.texi(,8065) Use @var{tempdir} as the directory where temporary files are
-cvs.texi(,8066) located. Overrides the setting of the @code{$TMPDIR}
environment
-cvs.texi(,8067) variable and any precompiled directory. This parameter should
be
-cvs.texi(,8068) specified as an absolute pathname.
-cvs.texi(,8069) (When running client/server, @samp{-T} affects only the local
process;
-cvs.texi(,8070) specifying @samp{-T} for the client has no effect on the
server and
-cvs.texi(,8071) vice versa.)
-cvs.texi(,8072)
-cvs.texi(,8073) @cindex CVSROOT, overriding
-cvs.texi(,8074) @cindex Overriding CVSROOT
-cvs.texi(,8075) @item -d @var{cvs_root_directory}
-cvs.texi(,8076) Use @var{cvs_root_directory} as the root directory
-cvs.texi(,8077) pathname of the repository. Overrides the setting of
-cvs.texi(,8078) the @code{$CVSROOT} environment variable. @xref{Repository}.
-cvs.texi(,8079)
-cvs.texi(,8080) @cindex EDITOR, overriding
-cvs.texi(,8081) @cindex Overriding EDITOR
-cvs.texi(,8082) @item -e @var{editor}
-cvs.texi(,8083) Use @var{editor} to enter revision log information. Overrides
the
-cvs.texi(,8084) setting of the @code{$CVSEDITOR} and @code{$EDITOR}
-cvs.texi(,8085) environment variables. For more information, see
-cvs.texi(,8086) @ref{Committing your changes}.
-cvs.texi(,8087)
-cvs.texi(,8088) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,8089) Do not read the @file{~/.cvsrc} file. This
-cvs.texi(,8090) option is most often used because of the
-cvs.texi(,8091) non-orthogonality of the @sc{cvs} option set. For
-cvs.texi(,8092) example, the @samp{cvs log} option @samp{-N} (turn off
-cvs.texi(,8093) display of tag names) does not have a corresponding
-cvs.texi(,8094) option to turn the display on. So if you have
-cvs.texi(,8095) @samp{-N} in the @file{~/.cvsrc} entry for @samp{log},
-cvs.texi(,8096) you may need to use @samp{-f} to show the tag names.
-cvs.texi(,8097)
-cvs.texi(,8098) @item -H
-cvs.texi(,8099) @itemx --help
-cvs.texi(,8100) Display usage information about the specified
@samp{cvs_command}
-cvs.texi(,8101) (but do not actually execute the command). If you don't
specify
-cvs.texi(,8102) a command name, @samp{cvs -H} displays overall help for
-cvs.texi(,8103) @sc{cvs}, including a list of other help options.
-cvs.texi(,8104) @c It seems to me it is better to document it this way
-cvs.texi(,8105) @c rather than trying to update this documentation
-cvs.texi(,8106) @c every time that we add a --help-foo option. But
-cvs.texi(,8107) @c perhaps that is confusing...
-cvs.texi(,8108)
-cvs.texi(,8109) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,8110) Do not log the @samp{cvs_command} in the command history (but
execute it
-cvs.texi(,8111) anyway). @xref{history}, for information on command history.
-cvs.texi(,8112)
-cvs.texi(,8113) @cindex Read-only repository mode
-cvs.texi(,8114) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,8115) Turns on read-only repository mode. This allows one to check
out from a
-cvs.texi(,8116) read-only repository, such as within an anoncvs server, or
from a CDROM
-cvs.texi(,8117) repository.
+cvs.texi(,7994) If a command has two names (e.g., @code{checkout} and
+cvs.texi(,7995) @code{co}), the official name, not necessarily the one
+cvs.texi(,7996) used on the command line, will be used to match against
+cvs.texi(,7997) the file. So if this is the contents of the user's
+cvs.texi(,7998) @file{~/.cvsrc} file:
+cvs.texi(,7999)
+cvs.texi(,8000) @example
+cvs.texi(,8001) log -N
+cvs.texi(,8002) diff -uN
+cvs.texi(,8003) rdiff -u
+cvs.texi(,8004) update -Pd
+cvs.texi(,8005) checkout -P
+cvs.texi(,8006) release -d
+cvs.texi(,8007) @end example
+cvs.texi(,8008)
+cvs.texi(,8009) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,8010) the command @samp{cvs checkout foo} would have the
+cvs.texi(,8011) @samp{-P} option added to the arguments, as well as
+cvs.texi(,8012) @samp{cvs co foo}.
+cvs.texi(,8013)
+cvs.texi(,8014) With the example file above, the output from @samp{cvs
+cvs.texi(,8015) diff foobar} will be in unidiff format. @samp{cvs diff
+cvs.texi(,8016) -c foobar} will provide context diffs, as usual.
+cvs.texi(,8017) Getting "old" format diffs would be slightly more
+cvs.texi(,8018) complicated, because @code{diff} doesn't have an option
+cvs.texi(,8019) to specify use of the "old" format, so you would need
+cvs.texi(,8020) @samp{cvs -f diff foobar}.
+cvs.texi(,8021)
+cvs.texi(,8022) In place of the command name you can use @code{cvs} to
+cvs.texi(,8023) specify global options (@pxref{Global options}). For
+cvs.texi(,8024) example the following line in @file{.cvsrc}
+cvs.texi(,8025)
+cvs.texi(,8026) @example
+cvs.texi(,8027) cvs -z6
+cvs.texi(,8028) @end example
+cvs.texi(,8029)
+cvs.texi(,8030) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,8031) causes @sc{cvs} to use compression level 6.
+cvs.texi(,8032)
+cvs.texi(,8033) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,8034) @node Global options
+cvs.texi(,8035) @appendixsec Global options
+cvs.texi(,8036) @cindex Options, global
+cvs.texi(,8037) @cindex Global options
+cvs.texi(,8038) @cindex Left-hand options
+cvs.texi(,8039)
+cvs.texi(,8040) The available @samp{cvs_options} (that are given to the
+cvs.texi(,8041) left of @samp{cvs_command}) are:
+cvs.texi(,8042)
+cvs.texi(,8043) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,8044) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8045) Specify legal @sc{cvsroot} directory. See
+cvs.texi(,8046) @ref{Password authentication server}.
+cvs.texi(,8047)
+cvs.texi(,8048) @cindex Authentication, stream
+cvs.texi(,8049) @cindex Stream authentication
+cvs.texi(,8050) @item -a
+cvs.texi(,8051) Authenticate all communication between the client and
+cvs.texi(,8052) the server. Only has an effect on the @sc{cvs} client.
+cvs.texi(,8053) As of this writing, this is only implemented when using
+cvs.texi(,8054) a GSSAPI connection (@pxref{GSSAPI authenticated}).
+cvs.texi(,8055) Authentication prevents certain sorts of attacks
+cvs.texi(,8056) involving hijacking the active @sc{tcp} connection.
+cvs.texi(,8057) Enabling authentication does not enable encryption.
+cvs.texi(,8058)
+cvs.texi(,8059) @cindex RCSBIN, overriding
+cvs.texi(,8060) @cindex Overriding RCSBIN
+cvs.texi(,8061) @item -b @var{bindir}
+cvs.texi(,8062) In @sc{cvs} 1.9.18 and older, this specified that
+cvs.texi(,8063) @sc{rcs} programs are in the @var{bindir} directory.
+cvs.texi(,8064) Current versions of @sc{cvs} do not run @sc{rcs}
+cvs.texi(,8065) programs; for compatibility this option is accepted,
+cvs.texi(,8066) but it does nothing.
+cvs.texi(,8067)
+cvs.texi(,8068) @cindex TMPDIR, overriding
+cvs.texi(,8069) @cindex Overriding TMPDIR
+cvs.texi(,8070) @item -T @var{tempdir}
+cvs.texi(,8071) Use @var{tempdir} as the directory where temporary files are
+cvs.texi(,8072) located. Overrides the setting of the @code{$TMPDIR}
environment
+cvs.texi(,8073) variable and any precompiled directory. This parameter should
be
+cvs.texi(,8074) specified as an absolute pathname.
+cvs.texi(,8075) (When running client/server, @samp{-T} affects only the local
process;
+cvs.texi(,8076) specifying @samp{-T} for the client has no effect on the
server and
+cvs.texi(,8077) vice versa.)
+cvs.texi(,8078)
+cvs.texi(,8079) @cindex CVSROOT, overriding
+cvs.texi(,8080) @cindex Overriding CVSROOT
+cvs.texi(,8081) @item -d @var{cvs_root_directory}
+cvs.texi(,8082) Use @var{cvs_root_directory} as the root directory
+cvs.texi(,8083) pathname of the repository. Overrides the setting of
+cvs.texi(,8084) the @code{$CVSROOT} environment variable. @xref{Repository}.
+cvs.texi(,8085)
+cvs.texi(,8086) @cindex EDITOR, overriding
+cvs.texi(,8087) @cindex Overriding EDITOR
+cvs.texi(,8088) @item -e @var{editor}
+cvs.texi(,8089) Use @var{editor} to enter revision log information. Overrides
the
+cvs.texi(,8090) setting of the @code{$CVSEDITOR} and @code{$EDITOR}
+cvs.texi(,8091) environment variables. For more information, see
+cvs.texi(,8092) @ref{Committing your changes}.
+cvs.texi(,8093)
+cvs.texi(,8094) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,8095) Do not read the @file{~/.cvsrc} file. This
+cvs.texi(,8096) option is most often used because of the
+cvs.texi(,8097) non-orthogonality of the @sc{cvs} option set. For
+cvs.texi(,8098) example, the @samp{cvs log} option @samp{-N} (turn off
+cvs.texi(,8099) display of tag names) does not have a corresponding
+cvs.texi(,8100) option to turn the display on. So if you have
+cvs.texi(,8101) @samp{-N} in the @file{~/.cvsrc} entry for @samp{log},
+cvs.texi(,8102) you may need to use @samp{-f} to show the tag names.
+cvs.texi(,8103)
+cvs.texi(,8104) @item -H
+cvs.texi(,8105) @itemx --help
+cvs.texi(,8106) Display usage information about the specified
@samp{cvs_command}
+cvs.texi(,8107) (but do not actually execute the command). If you don't
specify
+cvs.texi(,8108) a command name, @samp{cvs -H} displays overall help for
+cvs.texi(,8109) @sc{cvs}, including a list of other help options.
+cvs.texi(,8110) @c It seems to me it is better to document it this way
+cvs.texi(,8111) @c rather than trying to update this documentation
+cvs.texi(,8112) @c every time that we add a --help-foo option. But
+cvs.texi(,8113) @c perhaps that is confusing...
+cvs.texi(,8114)
+cvs.texi(,8115) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,8116) Do not log the @samp{cvs_command} in the command history (but
execute it
+cvs.texi(,8117) anyway). @xref{history}, for information on command history.
cvs.texi(,8118)
-cvs.texi(,8119) Same effect as if the @code{CVSREADONLYFS} environment
-cvs.texi(,8120) variable is set. Using @samp{-R} can also considerably
-cvs.texi(,8121) speed up checkout's over NFS.
-cvs.texi(,8122)
-cvs.texi(,8123) @cindex Read-only mode
-cvs.texi(,8124) @item -n
-cvs.texi(,8125) Do not change any files. Attempt to execute the
-cvs.texi(,8126) @samp{cvs_command}, but only to issue reports; do not remove,
-cvs.texi(,8127) update, or merge any existing files, or create any new files.
+cvs.texi(,8119) @cindex Read-only repository mode
+cvs.texi(,8120) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,8121) Turns on read-only repository mode. This allows one to check
out from a
+cvs.texi(,8122) read-only repository, such as within an anoncvs server, or
from a CDROM
+cvs.texi(,8123) repository.
+cvs.texi(,8124)
+cvs.texi(,8125) Same effect as if the @code{CVSREADONLYFS} environment
+cvs.texi(,8126) variable is set. Using @samp{-R} can also considerably
+cvs.texi(,8127) speed up checkout's over NFS.
cvs.texi(,8128)
-cvs.texi(,8129) Note that @sc{cvs} will not necessarily produce exactly
-cvs.texi(,8130) the same output as without @samp{-n}. In some cases
-cvs.texi(,8131) the output will be the same, but in other cases
-cvs.texi(,8132) @sc{cvs} will skip some of the processing that would
-cvs.texi(,8133) have been required to produce the exact same output.
+cvs.texi(,8129) @cindex Read-only mode
+cvs.texi(,8130) @item -n
+cvs.texi(,8131) Do not change any files. Attempt to execute the
+cvs.texi(,8132) @samp{cvs_command}, but only to issue reports; do not remove,
+cvs.texi(,8133) update, or merge any existing files, or create any new files.
cvs.texi(,8134)
-cvs.texi(,8135) @item -Q
-cvs.texi(,8136) Cause the command to be really quiet; the command will only
-cvs.texi(,8137) generate output for serious problems.
-cvs.texi(,8138)
-cvs.texi(,8139) @item -q
-cvs.texi(,8140) Cause the command to be somewhat quiet; informational messages,
-cvs.texi(,8141) such as reports of recursion through subdirectories, are
-cvs.texi(,8142) suppressed.
-cvs.texi(,8143)
-cvs.texi(,8144) @cindex Read-only files, and -r
-cvs.texi(,8145) @item -r
-cvs.texi(,8146) Make new working files read-only. Same effect
-cvs.texi(,8147) as if the @code{$CVSREAD} environment variable is set
-cvs.texi(,8148) (@pxref{Environment variables}). The default is to
-cvs.texi(,8149) make working files writable, unless watches are on
-cvs.texi(,8150) (@pxref{Watches}).
-cvs.texi(,8151)
-cvs.texi(,8152) @item -s @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8153) Set a user variable (@pxref{Variables}).
-cvs.texi(,8154)
-cvs.texi(,8155) @cindex Trace
-cvs.texi(,8156) @item -t
-cvs.texi(,8157) Trace program execution; display messages showing the steps of
-cvs.texi(,8158) @sc{cvs} activity. Particularly useful with @samp{-n} to
explore the
-cvs.texi(,8159) potential impact of an unfamiliar command.
+cvs.texi(,8135) Note that @sc{cvs} will not necessarily produce exactly
+cvs.texi(,8136) the same output as without @samp{-n}. In some cases
+cvs.texi(,8137) the output will be the same, but in other cases
+cvs.texi(,8138) @sc{cvs} will skip some of the processing that would
+cvs.texi(,8139) have been required to produce the exact same output.
+cvs.texi(,8140)
+cvs.texi(,8141) @item -Q
+cvs.texi(,8142) Cause the command to be really quiet; the command will only
+cvs.texi(,8143) generate output for serious problems.
+cvs.texi(,8144)
+cvs.texi(,8145) @item -q
+cvs.texi(,8146) Cause the command to be somewhat quiet; informational messages,
+cvs.texi(,8147) such as reports of recursion through subdirectories, are
+cvs.texi(,8148) suppressed.
+cvs.texi(,8149)
+cvs.texi(,8150) @cindex Read-only files, and -r
+cvs.texi(,8151) @item -r
+cvs.texi(,8152) Make new working files read-only. Same effect
+cvs.texi(,8153) as if the @code{$CVSREAD} environment variable is set
+cvs.texi(,8154) (@pxref{Environment variables}). The default is to
+cvs.texi(,8155) make working files writable, unless watches are on
+cvs.texi(,8156) (@pxref{Watches}).
+cvs.texi(,8157)
+cvs.texi(,8158) @item -s @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8159) Set a user variable (@pxref{Variables}).
cvs.texi(,8160)
-cvs.texi(,8161) @item -v
-cvs.texi(,8162) @item --version
-cvs.texi(,8163) Display version and copyright information for @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,8164)
-cvs.texi(,8165) @cindex CVSREAD, overriding
-cvs.texi(,8166) @cindex Overriding CVSREAD
-cvs.texi(,8167) @item -w
-cvs.texi(,8168) Make new working files read-write. Overrides the
-cvs.texi(,8169) setting of the @code{$CVSREAD} environment variable.
-cvs.texi(,8170) Files are created read-write by default, unless
@code{$CVSREAD} is
-cvs.texi(,8171) set or @samp{-r} is given.
-cvs.texi(,8172) @c Note that -w only overrides -r and CVSREAD; it has
-cvs.texi(,8173) @c no effect on files which are readonly because of
-cvs.texi(,8174) @c "cvs watch on". My guess is that is the way it
-cvs.texi(,8175) @c should be (or should "cvs -w get" on a watched file
-cvs.texi(,8176) @c be the same as a get and a cvs edit?), but I'm not
-cvs.texi(,8177) @c completely sure whether to document it this way.
-cvs.texi(,8178)
-cvs.texi(,8179) @item -x
-cvs.texi(,8180) @cindex Encryption
-cvs.texi(,8181) Encrypt all communication between the client and the
-cvs.texi(,8182) server. Only has an effect on the @sc{cvs} client. As
-cvs.texi(,8183) of this writing, this is only implemented when using a
-cvs.texi(,8184) GSSAPI connection (@pxref{GSSAPI authenticated}) or a
-cvs.texi(,8185) Kerberos connection (@pxref{Kerberos authenticated}).
-cvs.texi(,8186) Enabling encryption implies that message traffic is
-cvs.texi(,8187) also authenticated. Encryption support is not
-cvs.texi(,8188) available by default; it must be enabled using a
-cvs.texi(,8189) special configure option, @file{--enable-encryption},
-cvs.texi(,8190) when you build @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,8191)
-cvs.texi(,8192) @item -z @var{gzip-level}
-cvs.texi(,8193) @cindex Compression
-cvs.texi(,8194) @cindex Gzip
-cvs.texi(,8195) Set the compression level.
-cvs.texi(,8196) Valid levels are 1 (high speed, low compression) to
-cvs.texi(,8197) 9 (low speed, high compression), or 0 to disable
-cvs.texi(,8198) compression (the default).
-cvs.texi(,8199) Only has an effect on the @sc{cvs} client.
-cvs.texi(,8200)
-cvs.texi(,8201) @end table
-cvs.texi(,8202)
-cvs.texi(,8203) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,8204) @node Common options
-cvs.texi(,8205) @appendixsec Common command options
-cvs.texi(,8206) @cindex Common options
-cvs.texi(,8207) @cindex Right-hand options
+cvs.texi(,8161) @cindex Trace
+cvs.texi(,8162) @item -t
+cvs.texi(,8163) Trace program execution; display messages showing the steps of
+cvs.texi(,8164) @sc{cvs} activity. Particularly useful with @samp{-n} to
explore the
+cvs.texi(,8165) potential impact of an unfamiliar command.
+cvs.texi(,8166)
+cvs.texi(,8167) @item -v
+cvs.texi(,8168) @item --version
+cvs.texi(,8169) Display version and copyright information for @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,8170)
+cvs.texi(,8171) @cindex CVSREAD, overriding
+cvs.texi(,8172) @cindex Overriding CVSREAD
+cvs.texi(,8173) @item -w
+cvs.texi(,8174) Make new working files read-write. Overrides the
+cvs.texi(,8175) setting of the @code{$CVSREAD} environment variable.
+cvs.texi(,8176) Files are created read-write by default, unless
@code{$CVSREAD} is
+cvs.texi(,8177) set or @samp{-r} is given.
+cvs.texi(,8178) @c Note that -w only overrides -r and CVSREAD; it has
+cvs.texi(,8179) @c no effect on files which are readonly because of
+cvs.texi(,8180) @c "cvs watch on". My guess is that is the way it
+cvs.texi(,8181) @c should be (or should "cvs -w get" on a watched file
+cvs.texi(,8182) @c be the same as a get and a cvs edit?), but I'm not
+cvs.texi(,8183) @c completely sure whether to document it this way.
+cvs.texi(,8184)
+cvs.texi(,8185) @item -x
+cvs.texi(,8186) @cindex Encryption
+cvs.texi(,8187) Encrypt all communication between the client and the
+cvs.texi(,8188) server. Only has an effect on the @sc{cvs} client. As
+cvs.texi(,8189) of this writing, this is only implemented when using a
+cvs.texi(,8190) GSSAPI connection (@pxref{GSSAPI authenticated}) or a
+cvs.texi(,8191) Kerberos connection (@pxref{Kerberos authenticated}).
+cvs.texi(,8192) Enabling encryption implies that message traffic is
+cvs.texi(,8193) also authenticated. Encryption support is not
+cvs.texi(,8194) available by default; it must be enabled using a
+cvs.texi(,8195) special configure option, @file{--enable-encryption},
+cvs.texi(,8196) when you build @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,8197)
+cvs.texi(,8198) @item -z @var{gzip-level}
+cvs.texi(,8199) @cindex Compression
+cvs.texi(,8200) @cindex Gzip
+cvs.texi(,8201) Set the compression level.
+cvs.texi(,8202) Valid levels are 1 (high speed, low compression) to
+cvs.texi(,8203) 9 (low speed, high compression), or 0 to disable
+cvs.texi(,8204) compression (the default).
+cvs.texi(,8205) Only has an effect on the @sc{cvs} client.
+cvs.texi(,8206)
+cvs.texi(,8207) @end table
cvs.texi(,8208)
-cvs.texi(,8209) This section describes the @samp{command_options} that
-cvs.texi(,8210) are available across several @sc{cvs} commands. These
-cvs.texi(,8211) options are always given to the right of
-cvs.texi(,8212) @samp{cvs_command}. Not all
-cvs.texi(,8213) commands support all of these options; each option is
-cvs.texi(,8214) only supported for commands where it makes sense.
-cvs.texi(,8215) However, when a command has one of these options you
-cvs.texi(,8216) can almost always count on the same behavior of the
-cvs.texi(,8217) option as in other commands. (Other command options,
-cvs.texi(,8218) which are listed with the individual commands, may have
-cvs.texi(,8219) different behavior from one @sc{cvs} command to the other).
-cvs.texi(,8220)
-cvs.texi(,8221) @strong{Note: the @samp{history} command is an exception; it
supports
-cvs.texi(,8222) many options that conflict even with these standard options.}
-cvs.texi(,8223)
-cvs.texi(,8224) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,8225) @cindex Dates
-cvs.texi(,8226) @cindex Time
-cvs.texi(,8227) @cindex Specifying dates
-cvs.texi(,8228) @item -D @var{date_spec}
-cvs.texi(,8229) Use the most recent revision no later than @var{date_spec}.
-cvs.texi(,8230) @var{date_spec} is a single argument, a date description
-cvs.texi(,8231) specifying a date in the past.
-cvs.texi(,8232)
-cvs.texi(,8233) The specification is @dfn{sticky} when you use it to make a
-cvs.texi(,8234) private copy of a source file; that is, when you get a working
-cvs.texi(,8235) file using @samp{-D}, @sc{cvs} records the date you specified,
so that
-cvs.texi(,8236) further updates in the same directory will use the same date
-cvs.texi(,8237) (for more information on sticky tags/dates, @pxref{Sticky
tags}).
+cvs.texi(,8209) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,8210) @node Common options
+cvs.texi(,8211) @appendixsec Common command options
+cvs.texi(,8212) @cindex Common options
+cvs.texi(,8213) @cindex Right-hand options
+cvs.texi(,8214)
+cvs.texi(,8215) This section describes the @samp{command_options} that
+cvs.texi(,8216) are available across several @sc{cvs} commands. These
+cvs.texi(,8217) options are always given to the right of
+cvs.texi(,8218) @samp{cvs_command}. Not all
+cvs.texi(,8219) commands support all of these options; each option is
+cvs.texi(,8220) only supported for commands where it makes sense.
+cvs.texi(,8221) However, when a command has one of these options you
+cvs.texi(,8222) can almost always count on the same behavior of the
+cvs.texi(,8223) option as in other commands. (Other command options,
+cvs.texi(,8224) which are listed with the individual commands, may have
+cvs.texi(,8225) different behavior from one @sc{cvs} command to the other).
+cvs.texi(,8226)
+cvs.texi(,8227) @strong{Note: the @samp{history} command is an exception; it
supports
+cvs.texi(,8228) many options that conflict even with these standard options.}
+cvs.texi(,8229)
+cvs.texi(,8230) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,8231) @cindex Dates
+cvs.texi(,8232) @cindex Time
+cvs.texi(,8233) @cindex Specifying dates
+cvs.texi(,8234) @item -D @var{date_spec}
+cvs.texi(,8235) Use the most recent revision no later than @var{date_spec}.
+cvs.texi(,8236) @var{date_spec} is a single argument, a date description
+cvs.texi(,8237) specifying a date in the past.
cvs.texi(,8238)
-cvs.texi(,8239) @samp{-D} is available with the @code{annotate},
@code{checkout},
-cvs.texi(,8240) @code{diff}, @code{export}, @code{history},
-cvs.texi(,8241) @code{rdiff}, @code{rtag}, @code{tag}, and @code{update}
commands.
-cvs.texi(,8242) (The @code{history} command uses this option in a
-cvs.texi(,8243) slightly different way; @pxref{history options}).
+cvs.texi(,8239) The specification is @dfn{sticky} when you use it to make a
+cvs.texi(,8240) private copy of a source file; that is, when you get a working
+cvs.texi(,8241) file using @samp{-D}, @sc{cvs} records the date you specified,
so that
+cvs.texi(,8242) further updates in the same directory will use the same date
+cvs.texi(,8243) (for more information on sticky tags/dates, @pxref{Sticky
tags}).
cvs.texi(,8244)
-cvs.texi(,8245) @c What other formats should we accept? I don't want
-cvs.texi(,8246) @c to start accepting a whole mess of non-standard
-cvs.texi(,8247) @c new formats (there are a lot which are in wide use in
-cvs.texi(,8248) @c one context or another), but practicality does
-cvs.texi(,8249) @c dictate some level of flexibility.
-cvs.texi(,8250) @c * POSIX.2 (e.g. touch, ls output, date) and other
-cvs.texi(,8251) @c POSIX and/or de facto unix standards (e.g. at). The
-cvs.texi(,8252) @c practice here is too inconsistent to be of any use.
-cvs.texi(,8253) @c * VMS dates. This is not a formal standard, but
-cvs.texi(,8254) @c there is a published specification (see SYS$ASCTIM
-cvs.texi(,8255) @c and SYS$BINTIM in the _VMS System Services Reference
-cvs.texi(,8256) @c Manual_), it is implemented consistently in VMS
-cvs.texi(,8257) @c utilities, and VMS users will expect CVS running on
-cvs.texi(,8258) @c VMS to support this format (and if we're going to do
-cvs.texi(,8259) @c that, better to make CVS support it on all
-cvs.texi(,8260) @c platforms. Maybe).
-cvs.texi(,8261) @c
-cvs.texi(,8262) @c NOTE: The tar manual has some documentation for
-cvs.texi(,8263) @c getdate.y (just for our info; we don't want to
-cvs.texi(,8264) @c attempt to document all the formats accepted by
-cvs.texi(,8265) @c getdate.y).
-cvs.texi(,8266) @c
-cvs.texi(,8267) @c One more note: In output, CVS should consistently
-cvs.texi(,8268) @c use one date format, and that format should be one that
-cvs.texi(,8269) @c it accepts in input as well. The former isn't
-cvs.texi(,8270) @c really true (see survey below), and I'm not
-cvs.texi(,8271) @c sure that either of those formats is accepted in
-cvs.texi(,8272) @c input.
-cvs.texi(,8273) @c
-cvs.texi(,8274) @c cvs log
-cvs.texi(,8275) @c current 1996/01/02 13:45:31
-cvs.texi(,8276) @c Internet 02 Jan 1996 13:45:31 UT
-cvs.texi(,8277) @c ISO 1996-01-02 13:45:31
-cvs.texi(,8278) @c cvs ann
-cvs.texi(,8279) @c current 02-Jan-96
-cvs.texi(,8280) @c Internet-like 02 Jan 96
-cvs.texi(,8281) @c ISO 96-01-02
-cvs.texi(,8282) @c cvs status
-cvs.texi(,8283) @c current Tue Jun 11 02:54:53 1996
-cvs.texi(,8284) @c Internet [Tue,] 11 Jun 1996 02:54:53
-cvs.texi(,8285) @c ISO 1996-06-11 02:54:53
-cvs.texi(,8286) @c note: date possibly should be omitted entirely for
-cvs.texi(,8287) @c other reasons.
-cvs.texi(,8288) @c cvs editors
-cvs.texi(,8289) @c current Tue Jun 11 02:54:53 1996 GMT
-cvs.texi(,8290) @c cvs history
-cvs.texi(,8291) @c current 06/11 02:54 +0000
-cvs.texi(,8292) @c any others?
-cvs.texi(,8293) @c There is a good chance the proper solution has to
-cvs.texi(,8294) @c involve at least some level of letting the user
-cvs.texi(,8295) @c decide which format (with the default being the
-cvs.texi(,8296) @c formats CVS has always used; changing these might be
-cvs.texi(,8297) @c _very_ disruptive since scripts may very well be
-cvs.texi(,8298) @c parsing them).
-cvs.texi(,8299) @c
-cvs.texi(,8300) @c Another random bit of prior art concerning dates is
-cvs.texi(,8301) @c the strptime function which takes templates such as
-cvs.texi(,8302) @c "%m/%d/%y", and apparent a variant of getdate()
-cvs.texi(,8303) @c which also honors them. See
-cvs.texi(,8304) @c X/Open CAE Specification, System Interfaces and
-cvs.texi(,8305) @c Headers Issue 4, Version 2 (September 1994), in the
-cvs.texi(,8306) @c entry for getdate() on page 231
-cvs.texi(,8307)
-cvs.texi(,8308) @cindex Timezone, in input
-cvs.texi(,8309) @cindex Zone, time, in input
-cvs.texi(,8310) A wide variety of date formats are supported by
-cvs.texi(,8311) @sc{cvs}. The most standard ones are ISO8601 (from the
-cvs.texi(,8312) International Standards Organization) and the Internet
-cvs.texi(,8313) e-mail standard (specified in RFC822 as amended by
-cvs.texi(,8314) RFC1123).
-cvs.texi(,8315)
-cvs.texi(,8316) @c Probably should be doing more to spell out just what
-cvs.texi(,8317) @c the rules are, rather than just giving examples.
-cvs.texi(,8318) @c But I want to keep this simple too.
-cvs.texi(,8319) @c So I don't know....
-cvs.texi(,8320) @c A few specific issues: (1) Maybe should reassure
-cvs.texi(,8321) @c people that years after 2000
-cvs.texi(,8322) @c work (they are in the testsuite, so they do indeed
-cvs.texi(,8323) @c work). (2) What do two digit years
-cvs.texi(,8324) @c mean? Where do we accept them? (3) Local times can
-cvs.texi(,8325) @c be ambiguous or nonexistent if they fall during the
-cvs.texi(,8326) @c hour when daylight savings time goes into or out of
-cvs.texi(,8327) @c effect. Pretty obscure, so I'm not at all sure we
-cvs.texi(,8328) @c should be documenting the behavior in that case.
-cvs.texi(,8329) ISO8601 dates have many variants but a few examples
-cvs.texi(,8330) are:
-cvs.texi(,8331)
-cvs.texi(,8332) @example
-cvs.texi(,8333) 1972-09-24
-cvs.texi(,8334) 1972-09-24 20:05
-cvs.texi(,8335) @end example
-cvs.texi(,8336) @c I doubt we really accept all ISO8601 format dates
-cvs.texi(,8337) @c (for example, decimal hours like 1972-09-24 20,2)
-cvs.texi(,8338) @c I'm not sure we should, many of them are pretty
-cvs.texi(,8339) @c bizarre and it has lots of gratuitous multiple ways
-cvs.texi(,8340) @c to specify the same thing.
-cvs.texi(,8341)
-cvs.texi(,8342) There are a lot more ISO8601 date formats, and @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,8343) accepts many of them, but you probably don't want to
-cvs.texi(,8344) hear the @emph{whole} long story :-).
-cvs.texi(,8345)
-cvs.texi(,8346) @c Citing a URL here is kind of problematic given how
-cvs.texi(,8347) @c much they change and people who have old versions of
-cvs.texi(,8348) @c this manual, but in case we want to reinstate an
-cvs.texi(,8349) @c ISO8601 URL, a few are:
-cvs.texi(,8350) @c http://www.saqqara.demon.co.uk/datefmt.htm
-cvs.texi(,8351) @c http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html
-cvs.texi(,8352) @c Citing some other ISO8601 source is probably even
-cvs.texi(,8353) @c worse :-).
-cvs.texi(,8354)
-cvs.texi(,8355) In addition to the dates allowed in Internet e-mail
-cvs.texi(,8356) itself, @sc{cvs} also allows some of the fields to be
-cvs.texi(,8357) omitted. For example:
-cvs.texi(,8358) @c FIXME: Need to figure out better, and document,
-cvs.texi(,8359) @c what we want to allow the user to omit.
-cvs.texi(,8360) @c NOTE: "omit" does not imply "reorder".
-cvs.texi(,8361) @c FIXME: Need to cite a web page describing how to get
-cvs.texi(,8362) @c RFC's.
-cvs.texi(,8363)
-cvs.texi(,8364) @example
-cvs.texi(,8365) 24 Sep 1972 20:05
-cvs.texi(,8366) 24 Sep
-cvs.texi(,8367) @end example
-cvs.texi(,8368)
-cvs.texi(,8369) The date is interpreted as being in the
-cvs.texi(,8370) local timezone, unless a specific timezone is
-cvs.texi(,8371) specified.
-cvs.texi(,8372)
-cvs.texi(,8373) These two date formats are preferred. However,
-cvs.texi(,8374) @sc{cvs} currently accepts a wide variety of other date
-cvs.texi(,8375) formats. They are intentionally not documented here in
-cvs.texi(,8376) any detail, and future versions of @sc{cvs} might not
-cvs.texi(,8377) accept all of them.
-cvs.texi(,8378) @c We should document and testsuite "now" and
-cvs.texi(,8379) @c "yesterday". "now" is mentioned in the FAQ and
-cvs.texi(,8380) @c "yesterday" is mentioned in this document (and the
-cvs.texi(,8381) @c message from "cvs import" suggesting a merge
-cvs.texi(,8382) @c command). What else? Probably some/all of the "3
-cvs.texi(,8383) @c weeks ago" family.
-cvs.texi(,8384) @c
-cvs.texi(,8385) @c Maybe at
-cvs.texi(,8386) @c some point have CVS start give warnings on "unofficial"
-cvs.texi(,8387) @c formats (many of which might be typos or user
-cvs.texi(,8388) @c misunderstandings, and/or formats people never/rarely
-cvs.texi(,8389) @c use to specify dates)?
-cvs.texi(,8390)
-cvs.texi(,8391) One such format is
-cvs.texi(,8392) @address@hidden/@var{day}/@var{year}}. This may
-cvs.texi(,8393) confuse people who are accustomed to having the month
-cvs.texi(,8394) and day in the other order; @samp{1/4/96} is January 4,
-cvs.texi(,8395) not April 1.
+cvs.texi(,8245) @samp{-D} is available with the @code{annotate},
@code{checkout},
+cvs.texi(,8246) @code{diff}, @code{export}, @code{history},
+cvs.texi(,8247) @code{rdiff}, @code{rtag}, @code{tag}, and @code{update}
commands.
+cvs.texi(,8248) (The @code{history} command uses this option in a
+cvs.texi(,8249) slightly different way; @pxref{history options}).
+cvs.texi(,8250)
+cvs.texi(,8251) @c What other formats should we accept? I don't want
+cvs.texi(,8252) @c to start accepting a whole mess of non-standard
+cvs.texi(,8253) @c new formats (there are a lot which are in wide use in
+cvs.texi(,8254) @c one context or another), but practicality does
+cvs.texi(,8255) @c dictate some level of flexibility.
+cvs.texi(,8256) @c * POSIX.2 (e.g. touch, ls output, date) and other
+cvs.texi(,8257) @c POSIX and/or de facto unix standards (e.g. at). The
+cvs.texi(,8258) @c practice here is too inconsistent to be of any use.
+cvs.texi(,8259) @c * VMS dates. This is not a formal standard, but
+cvs.texi(,8260) @c there is a published specification (see SYS$ASCTIM
+cvs.texi(,8261) @c and SYS$BINTIM in the _VMS System Services Reference
+cvs.texi(,8262) @c Manual_), it is implemented consistently in VMS
+cvs.texi(,8263) @c utilities, and VMS users will expect CVS running on
+cvs.texi(,8264) @c VMS to support this format (and if we're going to do
+cvs.texi(,8265) @c that, better to make CVS support it on all
+cvs.texi(,8266) @c platforms. Maybe).
+cvs.texi(,8267) @c
+cvs.texi(,8268) @c NOTE: The tar manual has some documentation for
+cvs.texi(,8269) @c getdate.y (just for our info; we don't want to
+cvs.texi(,8270) @c attempt to document all the formats accepted by
+cvs.texi(,8271) @c getdate.y).
+cvs.texi(,8272) @c
+cvs.texi(,8273) @c One more note: In output, CVS should consistently
+cvs.texi(,8274) @c use one date format, and that format should be one that
+cvs.texi(,8275) @c it accepts in input as well. The former isn't
+cvs.texi(,8276) @c really true (see survey below), and I'm not
+cvs.texi(,8277) @c sure that either of those formats is accepted in
+cvs.texi(,8278) @c input.
+cvs.texi(,8279) @c
+cvs.texi(,8280) @c cvs log
+cvs.texi(,8281) @c current 1996/01/02 13:45:31
+cvs.texi(,8282) @c Internet 02 Jan 1996 13:45:31 UT
+cvs.texi(,8283) @c ISO 1996-01-02 13:45:31
+cvs.texi(,8284) @c cvs ann
+cvs.texi(,8285) @c current 02-Jan-96
+cvs.texi(,8286) @c Internet-like 02 Jan 96
+cvs.texi(,8287) @c ISO 96-01-02
+cvs.texi(,8288) @c cvs status
+cvs.texi(,8289) @c current Tue Jun 11 02:54:53 1996
+cvs.texi(,8290) @c Internet [Tue,] 11 Jun 1996 02:54:53
+cvs.texi(,8291) @c ISO 1996-06-11 02:54:53
+cvs.texi(,8292) @c note: date possibly should be omitted entirely for
+cvs.texi(,8293) @c other reasons.
+cvs.texi(,8294) @c cvs editors
+cvs.texi(,8295) @c current Tue Jun 11 02:54:53 1996 GMT
+cvs.texi(,8296) @c cvs history
+cvs.texi(,8297) @c current 06/11 02:54 +0000
+cvs.texi(,8298) @c any others?
+cvs.texi(,8299) @c There is a good chance the proper solution has to
+cvs.texi(,8300) @c involve at least some level of letting the user
+cvs.texi(,8301) @c decide which format (with the default being the
+cvs.texi(,8302) @c formats CVS has always used; changing these might be
+cvs.texi(,8303) @c _very_ disruptive since scripts may very well be
+cvs.texi(,8304) @c parsing them).
+cvs.texi(,8305) @c
+cvs.texi(,8306) @c Another random bit of prior art concerning dates is
+cvs.texi(,8307) @c the strptime function which takes templates such as
+cvs.texi(,8308) @c "%m/%d/%y", and apparent a variant of getdate()
+cvs.texi(,8309) @c which also honors them. See
+cvs.texi(,8310) @c X/Open CAE Specification, System Interfaces and
+cvs.texi(,8311) @c Headers Issue 4, Version 2 (September 1994), in the
+cvs.texi(,8312) @c entry for getdate() on page 231
+cvs.texi(,8313)
+cvs.texi(,8314) @cindex Timezone, in input
+cvs.texi(,8315) @cindex Zone, time, in input
+cvs.texi(,8316) A wide variety of date formats are supported by
+cvs.texi(,8317) @sc{cvs}. The most standard ones are ISO8601 (from the
+cvs.texi(,8318) International Standards Organization) and the Internet
+cvs.texi(,8319) e-mail standard (specified in RFC822 as amended by
+cvs.texi(,8320) RFC1123).
+cvs.texi(,8321)
+cvs.texi(,8322) @c Probably should be doing more to spell out just what
+cvs.texi(,8323) @c the rules are, rather than just giving examples.
+cvs.texi(,8324) @c But I want to keep this simple too.
+cvs.texi(,8325) @c So I don't know....
+cvs.texi(,8326) @c A few specific issues: (1) Maybe should reassure
+cvs.texi(,8327) @c people that years after 2000
+cvs.texi(,8328) @c work (they are in the testsuite, so they do indeed
+cvs.texi(,8329) @c work). (2) What do two digit years
+cvs.texi(,8330) @c mean? Where do we accept them? (3) Local times can
+cvs.texi(,8331) @c be ambiguous or nonexistent if they fall during the
+cvs.texi(,8332) @c hour when daylight savings time goes into or out of
+cvs.texi(,8333) @c effect. Pretty obscure, so I'm not at all sure we
+cvs.texi(,8334) @c should be documenting the behavior in that case.
+cvs.texi(,8335) ISO8601 dates have many variants but a few examples
+cvs.texi(,8336) are:
+cvs.texi(,8337)
+cvs.texi(,8338) @example
+cvs.texi(,8339) 1972-09-24
+cvs.texi(,8340) 1972-09-24 20:05
+cvs.texi(,8341) @end example
+cvs.texi(,8342) @c I doubt we really accept all ISO8601 format dates
+cvs.texi(,8343) @c (for example, decimal hours like 1972-09-24 20,2)
+cvs.texi(,8344) @c I'm not sure we should, many of them are pretty
+cvs.texi(,8345) @c bizarre and it has lots of gratuitous multiple ways
+cvs.texi(,8346) @c to specify the same thing.
+cvs.texi(,8347)
+cvs.texi(,8348) There are a lot more ISO8601 date formats, and @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,8349) accepts many of them, but you probably don't want to
+cvs.texi(,8350) hear the @emph{whole} long story :-).
+cvs.texi(,8351)
+cvs.texi(,8352) @c Citing a URL here is kind of problematic given how
+cvs.texi(,8353) @c much they change and people who have old versions of
+cvs.texi(,8354) @c this manual, but in case we want to reinstate an
+cvs.texi(,8355) @c ISO8601 URL, a few are:
+cvs.texi(,8356) @c http://www.saqqara.demon.co.uk/datefmt.htm
+cvs.texi(,8357) @c http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html
+cvs.texi(,8358) @c Citing some other ISO8601 source is probably even
+cvs.texi(,8359) @c worse :-).
+cvs.texi(,8360)
+cvs.texi(,8361) In addition to the dates allowed in Internet e-mail
+cvs.texi(,8362) itself, @sc{cvs} also allows some of the fields to be
+cvs.texi(,8363) omitted. For example:
+cvs.texi(,8364) @c FIXME: Need to figure out better, and document,
+cvs.texi(,8365) @c what we want to allow the user to omit.
+cvs.texi(,8366) @c NOTE: "omit" does not imply "reorder".
+cvs.texi(,8367) @c FIXME: Need to cite a web page describing how to get
+cvs.texi(,8368) @c RFC's.
+cvs.texi(,8369)
+cvs.texi(,8370) @example
+cvs.texi(,8371) 24 Sep 1972 20:05
+cvs.texi(,8372) 24 Sep
+cvs.texi(,8373) @end example
+cvs.texi(,8374)
+cvs.texi(,8375) The date is interpreted as being in the
+cvs.texi(,8376) local timezone, unless a specific timezone is
+cvs.texi(,8377) specified.
+cvs.texi(,8378)
+cvs.texi(,8379) These two date formats are preferred. However,
+cvs.texi(,8380) @sc{cvs} currently accepts a wide variety of other date
+cvs.texi(,8381) formats. They are intentionally not documented here in
+cvs.texi(,8382) any detail, and future versions of @sc{cvs} might not
+cvs.texi(,8383) accept all of them.
+cvs.texi(,8384) @c We should document and testsuite "now" and
+cvs.texi(,8385) @c "yesterday". "now" is mentioned in the FAQ and
+cvs.texi(,8386) @c "yesterday" is mentioned in this document (and the
+cvs.texi(,8387) @c message from "cvs import" suggesting a merge
+cvs.texi(,8388) @c command). What else? Probably some/all of the "3
+cvs.texi(,8389) @c weeks ago" family.
+cvs.texi(,8390) @c
+cvs.texi(,8391) @c Maybe at
+cvs.texi(,8392) @c some point have CVS start give warnings on "unofficial"
+cvs.texi(,8393) @c formats (many of which might be typos or user
+cvs.texi(,8394) @c misunderstandings, and/or formats people never/rarely
+cvs.texi(,8395) @c use to specify dates)?
cvs.texi(,8396)
-cvs.texi(,8397) Remember to quote the argument to the @samp{-D}
-cvs.texi(,8398) flag so that your shell doesn't interpret spaces as
-cvs.texi(,8399) argument separators. A command using the @samp{-D}
-cvs.texi(,8400) flag can look like this:
-cvs.texi(,8401)
-cvs.texi(,8402) @example
-cvs.texi(,8403) $ cvs diff -D "1 hour ago" cvs.texinfo
-cvs.texi(,8404) @end example
-cvs.texi(,8405)
-cvs.texi(,8406) @cindex Forcing a tag match
-cvs.texi(,8407) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,8408) When you specify a particular date or tag to @sc{cvs}
commands, they
-cvs.texi(,8409) normally ignore files that do not contain the tag (or did not
-cvs.texi(,8410) exist prior to the date) that you specified. Use the
@samp{-f} option
-cvs.texi(,8411) if you want files retrieved even when there is no match for the
-cvs.texi(,8412) tag or date. (The most recent revision of the file
-cvs.texi(,8413) will be used).
-cvs.texi(,8414)
-cvs.texi(,8415) Note that even with @samp{-f}, a tag that you specify
-cvs.texi(,8416) must exist (that is, in some file, not necessary in
-cvs.texi(,8417) every file). This is so that @sc{cvs} will continue to
-cvs.texi(,8418) give an error if you mistype a tag name.
-cvs.texi(,8419)
-cvs.texi(,8420) @need 800
-cvs.texi(,8421) @samp{-f} is available with these commands:
-cvs.texi(,8422) @code{annotate}, @code{checkout}, @code{export},
-cvs.texi(,8423) @code{rdiff}, @code{rtag}, and @code{update}.
-cvs.texi(,8424)
-cvs.texi(,8425) @strong{WARNING: The @code{commit} and @code{remove}
-cvs.texi(,8426) commands also have a
-cvs.texi(,8427) @samp{-f} option, but it has a different behavior for
-cvs.texi(,8428) those commands. See @ref{commit options}, and
-cvs.texi(,8429) @ref{Removing files}.}
+cvs.texi(,8397) One such format is
+cvs.texi(,8398) @address@hidden/@var{day}/@var{year}}. This may
+cvs.texi(,8399) confuse people who are accustomed to having the month
+cvs.texi(,8400) and day in the other order; @samp{1/4/96} is January 4,
+cvs.texi(,8401) not April 1.
+cvs.texi(,8402)
+cvs.texi(,8403) Remember to quote the argument to the @samp{-D}
+cvs.texi(,8404) flag so that your shell doesn't interpret spaces as
+cvs.texi(,8405) argument separators. A command using the @samp{-D}
+cvs.texi(,8406) flag can look like this:
+cvs.texi(,8407)
+cvs.texi(,8408) @example
+cvs.texi(,8409) $ cvs diff -D "1 hour ago" cvs.texinfo
+cvs.texi(,8410) @end example
+cvs.texi(,8411)
+cvs.texi(,8412) @cindex Forcing a tag match
+cvs.texi(,8413) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,8414) When you specify a particular date or tag to @sc{cvs}
commands, they
+cvs.texi(,8415) normally ignore files that do not contain the tag (or did not
+cvs.texi(,8416) exist prior to the date) that you specified. Use the
@samp{-f} option
+cvs.texi(,8417) if you want files retrieved even when there is no match for the
+cvs.texi(,8418) tag or date. (The most recent revision of the file
+cvs.texi(,8419) will be used).
+cvs.texi(,8420)
+cvs.texi(,8421) Note that even with @samp{-f}, a tag that you specify
+cvs.texi(,8422) must exist (that is, in some file, not necessary in
+cvs.texi(,8423) every file). This is so that @sc{cvs} will continue to
+cvs.texi(,8424) give an error if you mistype a tag name.
+cvs.texi(,8425)
+cvs.texi(,8426) @need 800
+cvs.texi(,8427) @samp{-f} is available with these commands:
+cvs.texi(,8428) @code{annotate}, @code{checkout}, @code{export},
+cvs.texi(,8429) @code{rdiff}, @code{rtag}, and @code{update}.
cvs.texi(,8430)
-cvs.texi(,8431) @item -k @var{kflag}
-cvs.texi(,8432) Override the default processing of RCS keywords other than
-cvs.texi(,8433) @samp{-kb}. @xref{Keyword substitution}, for the meaning of
-cvs.texi(,8434) @var{kflag}. Used with the @code{checkout} and @code{update}
-cvs.texi(,8435) commands, your @var{kflag} specification is
-cvs.texi(,8436) @dfn{sticky}; that is, when you use this option
-cvs.texi(,8437) with a @code{checkout} or @code{update} command,
-cvs.texi(,8438) @sc{cvs} associates your selected @var{kflag} with any files
-cvs.texi(,8439) it operates on, and continues to use that @var{kflag} with
future
-cvs.texi(,8440) commands on the same files until you specify otherwise.
-cvs.texi(,8441)
-cvs.texi(,8442) The @samp{-k} option is available with the @code{add},
-cvs.texi(,8443) @code{checkout}, @code{diff}, @code{export}, @code{import} and
-cvs.texi(,8444) @code{update} commands.
-cvs.texi(,8445)
-cvs.texi(,8446) @strong{WARNING: Prior to CVS version 1.12.2, the @samp{-k}
flag
-cvs.texi(,8447) overrode the @samp{-kb} indication for a binary file. This
could
-cvs.texi(,8448) sometimes corrupt binary files. @xref{Merging and keywords},
for
-cvs.texi(,8449) more.}
-cvs.texi(,8450)
-cvs.texi(,8451) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,8452) Local; run only in current working directory, rather than
-cvs.texi(,8453) recursing through subdirectories.
-cvs.texi(,8454)
-cvs.texi(,8455) Available with the following commands: @code{annotate},
@code{checkout},
-cvs.texi(,8456) @code{commit}, @code{diff}, @code{edit}, @code{editors},
@code{export},
-cvs.texi(,8457) @code{log}, @code{rdiff}, @code{remove}, @code{rtag},
-cvs.texi(,8458) @code{status}, @code{tag}, @code{unedit}, @code{update},
@code{watch},
-cvs.texi(,8459) and @code{watchers}.
+cvs.texi(,8431) @strong{WARNING: The @code{commit} and @code{remove}
+cvs.texi(,8432) commands also have a
+cvs.texi(,8433) @samp{-f} option, but it has a different behavior for
+cvs.texi(,8434) those commands. See @ref{commit options}, and
+cvs.texi(,8435) @ref{Removing files}.}
+cvs.texi(,8436)
+cvs.texi(,8437) @item -k @var{kflag}
+cvs.texi(,8438) Override the default processing of RCS keywords other than
+cvs.texi(,8439) @samp{-kb}. @xref{Keyword substitution}, for the meaning of
+cvs.texi(,8440) @var{kflag}. Used with the @code{checkout} and @code{update}
+cvs.texi(,8441) commands, your @var{kflag} specification is
+cvs.texi(,8442) @dfn{sticky}; that is, when you use this option
+cvs.texi(,8443) with a @code{checkout} or @code{update} command,
+cvs.texi(,8444) @sc{cvs} associates your selected @var{kflag} with any files
+cvs.texi(,8445) it operates on, and continues to use that @var{kflag} with
future
+cvs.texi(,8446) commands on the same files until you specify otherwise.
+cvs.texi(,8447)
+cvs.texi(,8448) The @samp{-k} option is available with the @code{add},
+cvs.texi(,8449) @code{checkout}, @code{diff}, @code{export}, @code{import} and
+cvs.texi(,8450) @code{update} commands.
+cvs.texi(,8451)
+cvs.texi(,8452) @strong{WARNING: Prior to CVS version 1.12.2, the @samp{-k}
flag
+cvs.texi(,8453) overrode the @samp{-kb} indication for a binary file. This
could
+cvs.texi(,8454) sometimes corrupt binary files. @xref{Merging and keywords},
for
+cvs.texi(,8455) more.}
+cvs.texi(,8456)
+cvs.texi(,8457) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,8458) Local; run only in current working directory, rather than
+cvs.texi(,8459) recursing through subdirectories.
cvs.texi(,8460)
-cvs.texi(,8461) @cindex Editor, avoiding invocation of
-cvs.texi(,8462) @cindex Avoiding editor invocation
-cvs.texi(,8463) @item -m @var{message}
-cvs.texi(,8464) Use @var{message} as log information, instead of
-cvs.texi(,8465) invoking an editor.
+cvs.texi(,8461) Available with the following commands: @code{annotate},
@code{checkout},
+cvs.texi(,8462) @code{commit}, @code{diff}, @code{edit}, @code{editors},
@code{export},
+cvs.texi(,8463) @code{log}, @code{rdiff}, @code{remove}, @code{rtag},
+cvs.texi(,8464) @code{status}, @code{tag}, @code{unedit}, @code{update},
@code{watch},
+cvs.texi(,8465) and @code{watchers}.
cvs.texi(,8466)
-cvs.texi(,8467) Available with the following commands: @code{add},
-cvs.texi(,8468) @code{commit} and @code{import}.
-cvs.texi(,8469)
-cvs.texi(,8470) @item -n
-cvs.texi(,8471) Do not run any tag program. (A program can be
-cvs.texi(,8472) specified to run in the modules
-cvs.texi(,8473) database (@pxref{modules}); this option bypasses it).
-cvs.texi(,8474)
-cvs.texi(,8475) @strong{Note: this is not the same as the @samp{cvs -n}
-cvs.texi(,8476) program option, which you can specify to the left of a cvs
command!}
-cvs.texi(,8477)
-cvs.texi(,8478) Available with the @code{checkout}, @code{commit},
@code{export},
-cvs.texi(,8479) and @code{rtag} commands.
+cvs.texi(,8467) @cindex Editor, avoiding invocation of
+cvs.texi(,8468) @cindex Avoiding editor invocation
+cvs.texi(,8469) @item -m @var{message}
+cvs.texi(,8470) Use @var{message} as log information, instead of
+cvs.texi(,8471) invoking an editor.
+cvs.texi(,8472)
+cvs.texi(,8473) Available with the following commands: @code{add},
+cvs.texi(,8474) @code{commit} and @code{import}.
+cvs.texi(,8475)
+cvs.texi(,8476) @item -n
+cvs.texi(,8477) Do not run any tag program. (A program can be
+cvs.texi(,8478) specified to run in the modules
+cvs.texi(,8479) database (@pxref{modules}); this option bypasses it).
cvs.texi(,8480)
-cvs.texi(,8481) @item -P
-cvs.texi(,8482) Prune empty directories. See @ref{Removing directories}.
+cvs.texi(,8481) @strong{Note: this is not the same as the @samp{cvs -n}
+cvs.texi(,8482) program option, which you can specify to the left of a cvs
command!}
cvs.texi(,8483)
-cvs.texi(,8484) @item -p
-cvs.texi(,8485) Pipe the files retrieved from the repository to standard
output,
-cvs.texi(,8486) rather than writing them in the current directory. Available
-cvs.texi(,8487) with the @code{checkout} and @code{update} commands.
-cvs.texi(,8488)
-cvs.texi(,8489) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,8490) Process directories recursively. This is on by default.
-cvs.texi(,8491)
-cvs.texi(,8492) Available with the following commands: @code{annotate},
@code{checkout},
-cvs.texi(,8493) @code{commit}, @code{diff}, @code{edit}, @code{editors},
@code{export},
-cvs.texi(,8494) @code{rdiff}, @code{remove}, @code{rtag},
-cvs.texi(,8495) @code{status}, @code{tag}, @code{unedit}, @code{update},
@code{watch},
-cvs.texi(,8496) and @code{watchers}.
+cvs.texi(,8484) Available with the @code{checkout}, @code{commit},
@code{export},
+cvs.texi(,8485) and @code{rtag} commands.
+cvs.texi(,8486)
+cvs.texi(,8487) @item -P
+cvs.texi(,8488) Prune empty directories. See @ref{Removing directories}.
+cvs.texi(,8489)
+cvs.texi(,8490) @item -p
+cvs.texi(,8491) Pipe the files retrieved from the repository to standard
output,
+cvs.texi(,8492) rather than writing them in the current directory. Available
+cvs.texi(,8493) with the @code{checkout} and @code{update} commands.
+cvs.texi(,8494)
+cvs.texi(,8495) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,8496) Process directories recursively. This is on by default.
cvs.texi(,8497)
-cvs.texi(,8498) @item -r @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,8499) @cindex HEAD, special tag
-cvs.texi(,8500) @cindex BASE, special tag
-cvs.texi(,8501) Use the revision specified by the @var{tag} argument instead
of the
-cvs.texi(,8502) default @dfn{head} revision. As well as arbitrary tags defined
-cvs.texi(,8503) with the @code{tag} or @code{rtag} command, two special tags
are
-cvs.texi(,8504) always available: @samp{HEAD} refers to the most recent version
-cvs.texi(,8505) available in the repository, and @samp{BASE} refers to the
-cvs.texi(,8506) revision you last checked out into the current working
directory.
-cvs.texi(,8507)
-cvs.texi(,8508) @c FIXME: What does HEAD really mean? I believe that
-cvs.texi(,8509) @c the current answer is the head of the default branch
-cvs.texi(,8510) @c for all cvs commands except diff. For diff, it
-cvs.texi(,8511) @c seems to be (a) the head of the trunk (or the default
-cvs.texi(,8512) @c branch?) if there is no sticky tag, (b) the head of the
-cvs.texi(,8513) @c branch for the sticky tag, if there is a sticky tag.
-cvs.texi(,8514) @c (b) is ugly as it differs
-cvs.texi(,8515) @c from what HEAD means for other commands, but people
-cvs.texi(,8516) @c and/or scripts are quite possibly used to it.
-cvs.texi(,8517) @c See "head" tests in sanity.sh.
-cvs.texi(,8518) @c Probably the best fix is to introduce two new
-cvs.texi(,8519) @c special tags, ".thead" for the head of the trunk,
-cvs.texi(,8520) @c and ".bhead" for the head of the current branch.
-cvs.texi(,8521) @c Then deprecate HEAD. This has the advantage of
-cvs.texi(,8522) @c not surprising people with a change to HEAD, and a
-cvs.texi(,8523) @c side benefit of also phasing out the poorly-named
-cvs.texi(,8524) @c HEAD (see discussion of reserved tag names in node
-cvs.texi(,8525) @c "Tags"). Of course, .thead and .bhead should be
-cvs.texi(,8526) @c carefully implemented (with the implementation the
-cvs.texi(,8527) @c same for "diff" as for everyone else), test cases
-cvs.texi(,8528) @c written (similar to the ones in "head"), new tests
-cvs.texi(,8529) @c cases written for things like default branches, &c.
-cvs.texi(,8530)
-cvs.texi(,8531) The tag specification is sticky when you use this
-cvs.texi(,8532) @c option
-cvs.texi(,8533) with @code{checkout} or @code{update} to make your own
-cvs.texi(,8534) copy of a file: @sc{cvs} remembers the tag and continues to
use it on
-cvs.texi(,8535) future update commands, until you specify otherwise (for more
information
-cvs.texi(,8536) on sticky tags/dates, @pxref{Sticky tags}).
-cvs.texi(,8537)
-cvs.texi(,8538) The tag can be either a symbolic or numeric tag, as
-cvs.texi(,8539) described in @ref{Tags}, or the name of a branch, as
-cvs.texi(,8540) described in @ref{Branching and merging}.
-cvs.texi(,8541)
-cvs.texi(,8542) Specifying the @samp{-q} global option along with the
-cvs.texi(,8543) @samp{-r} command option is often useful, to suppress
-cvs.texi(,8544) the warning messages when the @sc{rcs} file
-cvs.texi(,8545) does not contain the specified tag.
-cvs.texi(,8546)
-cvs.texi(,8547) @strong{Note: this is not the same as the overall @samp{cvs
-r} option,
-cvs.texi(,8548) which you can specify to the left of a @sc{cvs} command!}
-cvs.texi(,8549)
-cvs.texi(,8550) @samp{-r} is available with the @code{checkout}, @code{commit},
-cvs.texi(,8551) @code{diff}, @code{history}, @code{export}, @code{rdiff},
-cvs.texi(,8552) @code{rtag}, and @code{update} commands.
-cvs.texi(,8553)
-cvs.texi(,8554) @item -W
-cvs.texi(,8555) Specify file names that should be filtered. You can
-cvs.texi(,8556) use this option repeatedly. The spec can be a file
-cvs.texi(,8557) name pattern of the same type that you can specify in
-cvs.texi(,8558) the @file{.cvswrappers} file.
-cvs.texi(,8559) Available with the following commands: @code{import},
-cvs.texi(,8560) and @code{update}.
-cvs.texi(,8561)
-cvs.texi(,8562) @end table
-cvs.texi(,8563)
-cvs.texi(,8564) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,8565) @node admin
-cvs.texi(,8566) @appendixsec admin---Administration
-cvs.texi(,8567) @cindex Admin (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,8568)
-cvs.texi(,8569) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,8570) @item
-cvs.texi(,8571) Requires: repository, working directory.
-cvs.texi(,8572) @item
-cvs.texi(,8573) Changes: repository.
-cvs.texi(,8574) @item
-cvs.texi(,8575) Synonym: rcs
-cvs.texi(,8576) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,8577)
-cvs.texi(,8578) This is the @sc{cvs} interface to assorted
-cvs.texi(,8579) administrative facilities. Some of them have
-cvs.texi(,8580) questionable usefulness for @sc{cvs} but exist for
-cvs.texi(,8581) historical purposes. Some of the questionable options
-cvs.texi(,8582) are likely to disappear in the future. This command
-cvs.texi(,8583) @emph{does} work recursively, so extreme care should be
-cvs.texi(,8584) used.
-cvs.texi(,8585)
-cvs.texi(,8586) @cindex cvsadmin
-cvs.texi(,8587) @cindex UserAdminOptions, in CVSROOT/config
-cvs.texi(,8588) On unix, if there is a group named @code{cvsadmin},
-cvs.texi(,8589) only members of that group can run @code{cvs admin}
-cvs.texi(,8590) commands, except for those specified using the
-cvs.texi(,8591) @code{UserAdminOptions} configuration option in the
-cvs.texi(,8592) @file{CVSROOT/config} file. Options specified using
-cvs.texi(,8593) @code{UserAdminOptions} can be run by any user. See
-cvs.texi(,8594) @ref{config} for more on @code{UserAdminOptions}.
-cvs.texi(,8595)
-cvs.texi(,8596) The @code{cvsadmin} group should exist on the server,
-cvs.texi(,8597) or any system running the non-client/server @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,8598) To disallow @code{cvs admin} for all users, create a
-cvs.texi(,8599) group with no users in it. On NT, the @code{cvsadmin}
-cvs.texi(,8600) feature does not exist and all users
-cvs.texi(,8601) can run @code{cvs admin}.
-cvs.texi(,8602)
-cvs.texi(,8603) @menu
-cvs.texi(,8604) * admin options:: admin options
-cvs.texi(,8605) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,8606)
-cvs.texi(,8607) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
-cvs.texi(,8608) @node admin options
-cvs.texi(,8609) @appendixsubsec admin options
-cvs.texi(,8610)
-cvs.texi(,8611) Some of these options have questionable usefulness for
-cvs.texi(,8612) @sc{cvs} but exist for historical purposes. Some even
-cvs.texi(,8613) make it impossible to use @sc{cvs} until you undo the
-cvs.texi(,8614) effect!
-cvs.texi(,8615)
-cvs.texi(,8616) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,8617) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8618) Might not work together with @sc{cvs}. Append the
-cvs.texi(,8619) access list of @var{oldfile} to the access list of the
-cvs.texi(,8620) @sc{rcs} file.
+cvs.texi(,8498) Available with the following commands: @code{annotate},
@code{checkout},
+cvs.texi(,8499) @code{commit}, @code{diff}, @code{edit}, @code{editors},
@code{export},
+cvs.texi(,8500) @code{rdiff}, @code{remove}, @code{rtag},
+cvs.texi(,8501) @code{status}, @code{tag}, @code{unedit}, @code{update},
@code{watch},
+cvs.texi(,8502) and @code{watchers}.
+cvs.texi(,8503)
+cvs.texi(,8504) @item -r @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,8505) @cindex HEAD, special tag
+cvs.texi(,8506) @cindex BASE, special tag
+cvs.texi(,8507) Use the revision specified by the @var{tag} argument instead
of the
+cvs.texi(,8508) default @dfn{head} revision. As well as arbitrary tags defined
+cvs.texi(,8509) with the @code{tag} or @code{rtag} command, two special tags
are
+cvs.texi(,8510) always available: @samp{HEAD} refers to the most recent version
+cvs.texi(,8511) available in the repository, and @samp{BASE} refers to the
+cvs.texi(,8512) revision you last checked out into the current working
directory.
+cvs.texi(,8513)
+cvs.texi(,8514) @c FIXME: What does HEAD really mean? I believe that
+cvs.texi(,8515) @c the current answer is the head of the default branch
+cvs.texi(,8516) @c for all cvs commands except diff. For diff, it
+cvs.texi(,8517) @c seems to be (a) the head of the trunk (or the default
+cvs.texi(,8518) @c branch?) if there is no sticky tag, (b) the head of the
+cvs.texi(,8519) @c branch for the sticky tag, if there is a sticky tag.
+cvs.texi(,8520) @c (b) is ugly as it differs
+cvs.texi(,8521) @c from what HEAD means for other commands, but people
+cvs.texi(,8522) @c and/or scripts are quite possibly used to it.
+cvs.texi(,8523) @c See "head" tests in sanity.sh.
+cvs.texi(,8524) @c Probably the best fix is to introduce two new
+cvs.texi(,8525) @c special tags, ".thead" for the head of the trunk,
+cvs.texi(,8526) @c and ".bhead" for the head of the current branch.
+cvs.texi(,8527) @c Then deprecate HEAD. This has the advantage of
+cvs.texi(,8528) @c not surprising people with a change to HEAD, and a
+cvs.texi(,8529) @c side benefit of also phasing out the poorly-named
+cvs.texi(,8530) @c HEAD (see discussion of reserved tag names in node
+cvs.texi(,8531) @c "Tags"). Of course, .thead and .bhead should be
+cvs.texi(,8532) @c carefully implemented (with the implementation the
+cvs.texi(,8533) @c same for "diff" as for everyone else), test cases
+cvs.texi(,8534) @c written (similar to the ones in "head"), new tests
+cvs.texi(,8535) @c cases written for things like default branches, &c.
+cvs.texi(,8536)
+cvs.texi(,8537) The tag specification is sticky when you use this
+cvs.texi(,8538) @c option
+cvs.texi(,8539) with @code{checkout} or @code{update} to make your own
+cvs.texi(,8540) copy of a file: @sc{cvs} remembers the tag and continues to
use it on
+cvs.texi(,8541) future update commands, until you specify otherwise (for more
information
+cvs.texi(,8542) on sticky tags/dates, @pxref{Sticky tags}).
+cvs.texi(,8543)
+cvs.texi(,8544) The tag can be either a symbolic or numeric tag, as
+cvs.texi(,8545) described in @ref{Tags}, or the name of a branch, as
+cvs.texi(,8546) described in @ref{Branching and merging}.
+cvs.texi(,8547)
+cvs.texi(,8548) Specifying the @samp{-q} global option along with the
+cvs.texi(,8549) @samp{-r} command option is often useful, to suppress
+cvs.texi(,8550) the warning messages when the @sc{rcs} file
+cvs.texi(,8551) does not contain the specified tag.
+cvs.texi(,8552)
+cvs.texi(,8553) @strong{Note: this is not the same as the overall @samp{cvs
-r} option,
+cvs.texi(,8554) which you can specify to the left of a @sc{cvs} command!}
+cvs.texi(,8555)
+cvs.texi(,8556) @samp{-r} is available with the @code{checkout}, @code{commit},
+cvs.texi(,8557) @code{diff}, @code{history}, @code{export}, @code{rdiff},
+cvs.texi(,8558) @code{rtag}, and @code{update} commands.
+cvs.texi(,8559)
+cvs.texi(,8560) @item -W
+cvs.texi(,8561) Specify file names that should be filtered. You can
+cvs.texi(,8562) use this option repeatedly. The spec can be a file
+cvs.texi(,8563) name pattern of the same type that you can specify in
+cvs.texi(,8564) the @file{.cvswrappers} file.
+cvs.texi(,8565) Available with the following commands: @code{import},
+cvs.texi(,8566) and @code{update}.
+cvs.texi(,8567)
+cvs.texi(,8568) @end table
+cvs.texi(,8569)
+cvs.texi(,8570) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,8571) @node admin
+cvs.texi(,8572) @appendixsec admin---Administration
+cvs.texi(,8573) @cindex Admin (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,8574)
+cvs.texi(,8575) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,8576) @item
+cvs.texi(,8577) Requires: repository, working directory.
+cvs.texi(,8578) @item
+cvs.texi(,8579) Changes: repository.
+cvs.texi(,8580) @item
+cvs.texi(,8581) Synonym: rcs
+cvs.texi(,8582) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,8583)
+cvs.texi(,8584) This is the @sc{cvs} interface to assorted
+cvs.texi(,8585) administrative facilities. Some of them have
+cvs.texi(,8586) questionable usefulness for @sc{cvs} but exist for
+cvs.texi(,8587) historical purposes. Some of the questionable options
+cvs.texi(,8588) are likely to disappear in the future. This command
+cvs.texi(,8589) @emph{does} work recursively, so extreme care should be
+cvs.texi(,8590) used.
+cvs.texi(,8591)
+cvs.texi(,8592) @cindex cvsadmin
+cvs.texi(,8593) @cindex UserAdminOptions, in CVSROOT/config
+cvs.texi(,8594) On unix, if there is a group named @code{cvsadmin},
+cvs.texi(,8595) only members of that group can run @code{cvs admin}
+cvs.texi(,8596) commands, except for those specified using the
+cvs.texi(,8597) @code{UserAdminOptions} configuration option in the
+cvs.texi(,8598) @file{CVSROOT/config} file. Options specified using
+cvs.texi(,8599) @code{UserAdminOptions} can be run by any user. See
+cvs.texi(,8600) @ref{config} for more on @code{UserAdminOptions}.
+cvs.texi(,8601)
+cvs.texi(,8602) The @code{cvsadmin} group should exist on the server,
+cvs.texi(,8603) or any system running the non-client/server @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,8604) To disallow @code{cvs admin} for all users, create a
+cvs.texi(,8605) group with no users in it. On NT, the @code{cvsadmin}
+cvs.texi(,8606) feature does not exist and all users
+cvs.texi(,8607) can run @code{cvs admin}.
+cvs.texi(,8608)
+cvs.texi(,8609) @menu
+cvs.texi(,8610) * admin options:: admin options
+cvs.texi(,8611) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,8612)
+cvs.texi(,8613) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
+cvs.texi(,8614) @node admin options
+cvs.texi(,8615) @appendixsubsec admin options
+cvs.texi(,8616)
+cvs.texi(,8617) Some of these options have questionable usefulness for
+cvs.texi(,8618) @sc{cvs} but exist for historical purposes. Some even
+cvs.texi(,8619) make it impossible to use @sc{cvs} until you undo the
+cvs.texi(,8620) effect!
cvs.texi(,8621)
-cvs.texi(,8622) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8623) Might not work together with @sc{cvs}. Append the
-cvs.texi(,8624) login names appearing in the comma-separated list
-cvs.texi(,8625) @var{logins} to the access list of the @sc{rcs} file.
-cvs.texi(,8626)
-cvs.texi(,8627) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8628) Set the default branch to @var{rev}. In @sc{cvs}, you
-cvs.texi(,8629) normally do not manipulate default branches; sticky
-cvs.texi(,8630) tags (@pxref{Sticky tags}) are a better way to decide
-cvs.texi(,8631) which branch you want to work on. There is one reason
-cvs.texi(,8632) to run @code{cvs admin -b}: to revert to the vendor's
-cvs.texi(,8633) version when using vendor branches (@pxref{Reverting
-cvs.texi(,8634) local changes}).
-cvs.texi(,8635) There can be no space between @samp{-b} and its argument.
-cvs.texi(,8636) @c Hmm, we don't document the usage where rev is
-cvs.texi(,8637) @c omitted. Maybe that usage can/should be deprecated
-cvs.texi(,8638) @c (and replaced with -bHEAD or something?) (so we can toss
-cvs.texi(,8639) @c the optional argument). Note that -bHEAD does not
-cvs.texi(,8640) @c work, as of 17 Sep 1997, but probably will once "cvs
-cvs.texi(,8641) @c admin" is internal to CVS.
-cvs.texi(,8642)
-cvs.texi(,8643) @cindex Comment leader
-cvs.texi(,8644) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8645) Sets the comment leader to @var{string}. The comment
-cvs.texi(,8646) leader is not used by current versions of @sc{cvs} or
-cvs.texi(,8647) @sc{rcs} 5.7. Therefore, you can almost surely not
-cvs.texi(,8648) worry about it. @xref{Keyword substitution}.
-cvs.texi(,8649)
-cvs.texi(,8650) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8651) Might not work together with @sc{cvs}. Erase the login
-cvs.texi(,8652) names appearing in the comma-separated list
-cvs.texi(,8653) @var{logins} from the access list of the RCS file. If
-cvs.texi(,8654) @var{logins} is omitted, erase the entire access list.
-cvs.texi(,8655) There can be no space between @samp{-e} and its argument.
-cvs.texi(,8656)
-cvs.texi(,8657) @item -I
-cvs.texi(,8658) Run interactively, even if the standard input is not a
-cvs.texi(,8659) terminal. This option does not work with the
-cvs.texi(,8660) client/server @sc{cvs} and is likely to disappear in
-cvs.texi(,8661) a future release of @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,8622) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,8623) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8624) Might not work together with @sc{cvs}. Append the
+cvs.texi(,8625) access list of @var{oldfile} to the access list of the
+cvs.texi(,8626) @sc{rcs} file.
+cvs.texi(,8627)
+cvs.texi(,8628) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8629) Might not work together with @sc{cvs}. Append the
+cvs.texi(,8630) login names appearing in the comma-separated list
+cvs.texi(,8631) @var{logins} to the access list of the @sc{rcs} file.
+cvs.texi(,8632)
+cvs.texi(,8633) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8634) Set the default branch to @var{rev}. In @sc{cvs}, you
+cvs.texi(,8635) normally do not manipulate default branches; sticky
+cvs.texi(,8636) tags (@pxref{Sticky tags}) are a better way to decide
+cvs.texi(,8637) which branch you want to work on. There is one reason
+cvs.texi(,8638) to run @code{cvs admin -b}: to revert to the vendor's
+cvs.texi(,8639) version when using vendor branches (@pxref{Reverting
+cvs.texi(,8640) local changes}).
+cvs.texi(,8641) There can be no space between @samp{-b} and its argument.
+cvs.texi(,8642) @c Hmm, we don't document the usage where rev is
+cvs.texi(,8643) @c omitted. Maybe that usage can/should be deprecated
+cvs.texi(,8644) @c (and replaced with -bHEAD or something?) (so we can toss
+cvs.texi(,8645) @c the optional argument). Note that -bHEAD does not
+cvs.texi(,8646) @c work, as of 17 Sep 1997, but probably will once "cvs
+cvs.texi(,8647) @c admin" is internal to CVS.
+cvs.texi(,8648)
+cvs.texi(,8649) @cindex Comment leader
+cvs.texi(,8650) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8651) Sets the comment leader to @var{string}. The comment
+cvs.texi(,8652) leader is not used by current versions of @sc{cvs} or
+cvs.texi(,8653) @sc{rcs} 5.7. Therefore, you can almost surely not
+cvs.texi(,8654) worry about it. @xref{Keyword substitution}.
+cvs.texi(,8655)
+cvs.texi(,8656) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8657) Might not work together with @sc{cvs}. Erase the login
+cvs.texi(,8658) names appearing in the comma-separated list
+cvs.texi(,8659) @var{logins} from the access list of the RCS file. If
+cvs.texi(,8660) @var{logins} is omitted, erase the entire access list.
+cvs.texi(,8661) There can be no space between @samp{-e} and its argument.
cvs.texi(,8662)
-cvs.texi(,8663) @item -i
-cvs.texi(,8664) Useless with @sc{cvs}. This creates and initializes a
-cvs.texi(,8665) new @sc{rcs} file, without depositing a revision. With
-cvs.texi(,8666) @sc{cvs}, add files with the @code{cvs add} command
-cvs.texi(,8667) (@pxref{Adding files}).
+cvs.texi(,8663) @item -I
+cvs.texi(,8664) Run interactively, even if the standard input is not a
+cvs.texi(,8665) terminal. This option does not work with the
+cvs.texi(,8666) client/server @sc{cvs} and is likely to disappear in
+cvs.texi(,8667) a future release of @sc{cvs}.
cvs.texi(,8668)
-cvs.texi(,8669) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8670) Set the default keyword
-cvs.texi(,8671) substitution to @var{subst}. @xref{Keyword
-cvs.texi(,8672) substitution}. Giving an explicit @samp{-k} option to
-cvs.texi(,8673) @code{cvs update}, @code{cvs export}, or @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,8674) checkout} overrides this default.
-cvs.texi(,8675)
-cvs.texi(,8676) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8677) Lock the revision with number @var{rev}. If a branch
-cvs.texi(,8678) is given, lock the latest revision on that branch. If
-cvs.texi(,8679) @var{rev} is omitted, lock the latest revision on the
-cvs.texi(,8680) default branch. There can be no space between
-cvs.texi(,8681) @samp{-l} and its argument.
-cvs.texi(,8682)
-cvs.texi(,8683) This can be used in conjunction with the
-cvs.texi(,8684) @file{rcslock.pl} script in the @file{contrib}
-cvs.texi(,8685) directory of the @sc{cvs} source distribution to
-cvs.texi(,8686) provide reserved checkouts (where only one user can be
-cvs.texi(,8687) editing a given file at a time). See the comments in
-cvs.texi(,8688) that file for details (and see the @file{README} file
-cvs.texi(,8689) in that directory for disclaimers about the unsupported
-cvs.texi(,8690) nature of contrib). According to comments in that
-cvs.texi(,8691) file, locking must set to strict (which is the default).
-cvs.texi(,8692)
-cvs.texi(,8693) @item -L
-cvs.texi(,8694) Set locking to strict. Strict locking means that the
-cvs.texi(,8695) owner of an RCS file is not exempt from locking for
-cvs.texi(,8696) checkin. For use with @sc{cvs}, strict locking must be
-cvs.texi(,8697) set; see the discussion under the @samp{-l} option above.
+cvs.texi(,8669) @item -i
+cvs.texi(,8670) Useless with @sc{cvs}. This creates and initializes a
+cvs.texi(,8671) new @sc{rcs} file, without depositing a revision. With
+cvs.texi(,8672) @sc{cvs}, add files with the @code{cvs add} command
+cvs.texi(,8673) (@pxref{Adding files}).
+cvs.texi(,8674)
+cvs.texi(,8675) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8676) Set the default keyword
+cvs.texi(,8677) substitution to @var{subst}. @xref{Keyword
+cvs.texi(,8678) substitution}. Giving an explicit @samp{-k} option to
+cvs.texi(,8679) @code{cvs update}, @code{cvs export}, or @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,8680) checkout} overrides this default.
+cvs.texi(,8681)
+cvs.texi(,8682) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8683) Lock the revision with number @var{rev}. If a branch
+cvs.texi(,8684) is given, lock the latest revision on that branch. If
+cvs.texi(,8685) @var{rev} is omitted, lock the latest revision on the
+cvs.texi(,8686) default branch. There can be no space between
+cvs.texi(,8687) @samp{-l} and its argument.
+cvs.texi(,8688)
+cvs.texi(,8689) This can be used in conjunction with the
+cvs.texi(,8690) @file{rcslock.pl} script in the @file{contrib}
+cvs.texi(,8691) directory of the @sc{cvs} source distribution to
+cvs.texi(,8692) provide reserved checkouts (where only one user can be
+cvs.texi(,8693) editing a given file at a time). See the comments in
+cvs.texi(,8694) that file for details (and see the @file{README} file
+cvs.texi(,8695) in that directory for disclaimers about the unsupported
+cvs.texi(,8696) nature of contrib). According to comments in that
+cvs.texi(,8697) file, locking must set to strict (which is the default).
cvs.texi(,8698)
-cvs.texi(,8699) @cindex Changing a log message
-cvs.texi(,8700) @cindex Replacing a log message
-cvs.texi(,8701) @cindex Correcting a log message
-cvs.texi(,8702) @cindex Fixing a log message
-cvs.texi(,8703) @cindex Log message, correcting
-cvs.texi(,8704) @item address@hidden:@var{msg}
-cvs.texi(,8705) Replace the log message of revision @var{rev} with
-cvs.texi(,8706) @var{msg}.
-cvs.texi(,8707)
-cvs.texi(,8708) @c The rcs -M option, to suppress sending mail, has never been
-cvs.texi(,8709) @c documented as a cvs admin option.
-cvs.texi(,8710)
-cvs.texi(,8711) @item address@hidden:address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8712) Act like @samp{-n}, except override any previous
-cvs.texi(,8713) assignment of @var{name}. For use with magic branches,
-cvs.texi(,8714) see @ref{Magic branch numbers}.
-cvs.texi(,8715)
-cvs.texi(,8716) @item address@hidden:address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8717) Associate the symbolic name @var{name} with the branch
-cvs.texi(,8718) or revision @var{rev}. It is normally better to use
-cvs.texi(,8719) @samp{cvs tag} or @samp{cvs rtag} instead. Delete the
-cvs.texi(,8720) symbolic name if both @samp{:} and @var{rev} are
-cvs.texi(,8721) omitted; otherwise, print an error message if
-cvs.texi(,8722) @var{name} is already associated with another number.
-cvs.texi(,8723) If @var{rev} is symbolic, it is expanded before
-cvs.texi(,8724) association. A @var{rev} consisting of a branch number
-cvs.texi(,8725) followed by a @samp{.} stands for the current latest
-cvs.texi(,8726) revision in the branch. A @samp{:} with an empty
-cvs.texi(,8727) @var{rev} stands for the current latest revision on the
-cvs.texi(,8728) default branch, normally the trunk. For example,
-cvs.texi(,8729) @samp{cvs admin address@hidden:} associates @var{name} with the
-cvs.texi(,8730) current latest revision of all the RCS files;
-cvs.texi(,8731) this contrasts with @samp{cvs admin address@hidden:$} which
-cvs.texi(,8732) associates @var{name} with the revision numbers
-cvs.texi(,8733) extracted from keyword strings in the corresponding
-cvs.texi(,8734) working files.
-cvs.texi(,8735)
-cvs.texi(,8736) @cindex Deleting revisions
-cvs.texi(,8737) @cindex Outdating revisions
-cvs.texi(,8738) @cindex Saving space
-cvs.texi(,8739) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8740) Deletes (@dfn{outdates}) the revisions given by
-cvs.texi(,8741) @var{range}.
-cvs.texi(,8742)
-cvs.texi(,8743) Note that this command can be quite dangerous unless
-cvs.texi(,8744) you know @emph{exactly} what you are doing (for example
-cvs.texi(,8745) see the warnings below about how the
-cvs.texi(,8746) @var{rev1}:@var{rev2} syntax is confusing).
-cvs.texi(,8747)
-cvs.texi(,8748) If you are short on disc this option might help you.
-cvs.texi(,8749) But think twice before using it---there is no way short
-cvs.texi(,8750) of restoring the latest backup to undo this command!
-cvs.texi(,8751) If you delete different revisions than you planned,
-cvs.texi(,8752) either due to carelessness or (heaven forbid) a @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,8753) bug, there is no opportunity to correct the error
-cvs.texi(,8754) before the revisions are deleted. It probably would be
-cvs.texi(,8755) a good idea to experiment on a copy of the repository
-cvs.texi(,8756) first.
-cvs.texi(,8757)
-cvs.texi(,8758) Specify @var{range} in one of the following ways:
-cvs.texi(,8759)
-cvs.texi(,8760) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,8761) @item @var{rev1}::@var{rev2}
-cvs.texi(,8762) Collapse all revisions between rev1 and rev2, so that
-cvs.texi(,8763) @sc{cvs} only stores the differences associated with going
-cvs.texi(,8764) from rev1 to rev2, not intermediate steps. For
-cvs.texi(,8765) example, after @samp{-o 1.3::1.5} one can retrieve
-cvs.texi(,8766) revision 1.3, revision 1.5, or the differences to get
-cvs.texi(,8767) from 1.3 to 1.5, but not the revision 1.4, or the
-cvs.texi(,8768) differences between 1.3 and 1.4. Other examples:
-cvs.texi(,8769) @samp{-o 1.3::1.4} and @samp{-o 1.3::1.3} have no
-cvs.texi(,8770) effect, because there are no intermediate revisions to
-cvs.texi(,8771) remove.
-cvs.texi(,8772)
-cvs.texi(,8773) @item ::@var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,8774) Collapse revisions between the beginning of the branch
-cvs.texi(,8775) containing @var{rev} and @var{rev} itself. The
-cvs.texi(,8776) branchpoint and @var{rev} are left intact. For
-cvs.texi(,8777) example, @samp{-o ::1.3.2.6} deletes revision 1.3.2.1,
-cvs.texi(,8778) revision 1.3.2.5, and everything in between, but leaves
-cvs.texi(,8779) 1.3 and 1.3.2.6 intact.
-cvs.texi(,8780)
-cvs.texi(,8781) @item @var{rev}::
-cvs.texi(,8782) Collapse revisions between @var{rev} and the end of the
-cvs.texi(,8783) branch containing @var{rev}. Revision @var{rev} is
-cvs.texi(,8784) left intact but the head revision is deleted.
-cvs.texi(,8785)
-cvs.texi(,8786) @item @var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,8787) Delete the revision @var{rev}. For example, @samp{-o
-cvs.texi(,8788) 1.3} is equivalent to @samp{-o 1.2::1.4}.
-cvs.texi(,8789)
-cvs.texi(,8790) @item @var{rev1}:@var{rev2}
-cvs.texi(,8791) Delete the revisions from @var{rev1} to @var{rev2},
-cvs.texi(,8792) inclusive, on the same branch. One will not be able to
-cvs.texi(,8793) retrieve @var{rev1} or @var{rev2} or any of the
-cvs.texi(,8794) revisions in between. For example, the command
-cvs.texi(,8795) @samp{cvs admin -oR_1_01:R_1_02 .} is rarely useful.
-cvs.texi(,8796) It means to delete revisions up to, and including, the
-cvs.texi(,8797) tag R_1_02. But beware! If there are files that have not
-cvs.texi(,8798) changed between R_1_02 and R_1_03 the file will have
-cvs.texi(,8799) @emph{the same} numerical revision number assigned to
-cvs.texi(,8800) the tags R_1_02 and R_1_03. So not only will it be
-cvs.texi(,8801) impossible to retrieve R_1_02; R_1_03 will also have to
-cvs.texi(,8802) be restored from the tapes! In most cases you want to
-cvs.texi(,8803) specify @var{rev1}::@var{rev2} instead.
-cvs.texi(,8804)
-cvs.texi(,8805) @item :@var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,8806) Delete revisions from the beginning of the
-cvs.texi(,8807) branch containing @var{rev} up to and including
-cvs.texi(,8808) @var{rev}.
-cvs.texi(,8809)
-cvs.texi(,8810) @item @var{rev}:
-cvs.texi(,8811) Delete revisions from revision @var{rev}, including
-cvs.texi(,8812) @var{rev} itself, to the end of the branch containing
-cvs.texi(,8813) @var{rev}.
-cvs.texi(,8814) @end table
+cvs.texi(,8699) @item -L
+cvs.texi(,8700) Set locking to strict. Strict locking means that the
+cvs.texi(,8701) owner of an RCS file is not exempt from locking for
+cvs.texi(,8702) checkin. For use with @sc{cvs}, strict locking must be
+cvs.texi(,8703) set; see the discussion under the @samp{-l} option above.
+cvs.texi(,8704)
+cvs.texi(,8705) @cindex Changing a log message
+cvs.texi(,8706) @cindex Replacing a log message
+cvs.texi(,8707) @cindex Correcting a log message
+cvs.texi(,8708) @cindex Fixing a log message
+cvs.texi(,8709) @cindex Log message, correcting
+cvs.texi(,8710) @item address@hidden:@var{msg}
+cvs.texi(,8711) Replace the log message of revision @var{rev} with
+cvs.texi(,8712) @var{msg}.
+cvs.texi(,8713)
+cvs.texi(,8714) @c The rcs -M option, to suppress sending mail, has never been
+cvs.texi(,8715) @c documented as a cvs admin option.
+cvs.texi(,8716)
+cvs.texi(,8717) @item address@hidden:address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8718) Act like @samp{-n}, except override any previous
+cvs.texi(,8719) assignment of @var{name}. For use with magic branches,
+cvs.texi(,8720) see @ref{Magic branch numbers}.
+cvs.texi(,8721)
+cvs.texi(,8722) @item address@hidden:address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8723) Associate the symbolic name @var{name} with the branch
+cvs.texi(,8724) or revision @var{rev}. It is normally better to use
+cvs.texi(,8725) @samp{cvs tag} or @samp{cvs rtag} instead. Delete the
+cvs.texi(,8726) symbolic name if both @samp{:} and @var{rev} are
+cvs.texi(,8727) omitted; otherwise, print an error message if
+cvs.texi(,8728) @var{name} is already associated with another number.
+cvs.texi(,8729) If @var{rev} is symbolic, it is expanded before
+cvs.texi(,8730) association. A @var{rev} consisting of a branch number
+cvs.texi(,8731) followed by a @samp{.} stands for the current latest
+cvs.texi(,8732) revision in the branch. A @samp{:} with an empty
+cvs.texi(,8733) @var{rev} stands for the current latest revision on the
+cvs.texi(,8734) default branch, normally the trunk. For example,
+cvs.texi(,8735) @samp{cvs admin address@hidden:} associates @var{name} with the
+cvs.texi(,8736) current latest revision of all the RCS files;
+cvs.texi(,8737) this contrasts with @samp{cvs admin address@hidden:$} which
+cvs.texi(,8738) associates @var{name} with the revision numbers
+cvs.texi(,8739) extracted from keyword strings in the corresponding
+cvs.texi(,8740) working files.
+cvs.texi(,8741)
+cvs.texi(,8742) @cindex Deleting revisions
+cvs.texi(,8743) @cindex Outdating revisions
+cvs.texi(,8744) @cindex Saving space
+cvs.texi(,8745) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8746) Deletes (@dfn{outdates}) the revisions given by
+cvs.texi(,8747) @var{range}.
+cvs.texi(,8748)
+cvs.texi(,8749) Note that this command can be quite dangerous unless
+cvs.texi(,8750) you know @emph{exactly} what you are doing (for example
+cvs.texi(,8751) see the warnings below about how the
+cvs.texi(,8752) @var{rev1}:@var{rev2} syntax is confusing).
+cvs.texi(,8753)
+cvs.texi(,8754) If you are short on disc this option might help you.
+cvs.texi(,8755) But think twice before using it---there is no way short
+cvs.texi(,8756) of restoring the latest backup to undo this command!
+cvs.texi(,8757) If you delete different revisions than you planned,
+cvs.texi(,8758) either due to carelessness or (heaven forbid) a @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,8759) bug, there is no opportunity to correct the error
+cvs.texi(,8760) before the revisions are deleted. It probably would be
+cvs.texi(,8761) a good idea to experiment on a copy of the repository
+cvs.texi(,8762) first.
+cvs.texi(,8763)
+cvs.texi(,8764) Specify @var{range} in one of the following ways:
+cvs.texi(,8765)
+cvs.texi(,8766) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,8767) @item @var{rev1}::@var{rev2}
+cvs.texi(,8768) Collapse all revisions between rev1 and rev2, so that
+cvs.texi(,8769) @sc{cvs} only stores the differences associated with going
+cvs.texi(,8770) from rev1 to rev2, not intermediate steps. For
+cvs.texi(,8771) example, after @samp{-o 1.3::1.5} one can retrieve
+cvs.texi(,8772) revision 1.3, revision 1.5, or the differences to get
+cvs.texi(,8773) from 1.3 to 1.5, but not the revision 1.4, or the
+cvs.texi(,8774) differences between 1.3 and 1.4. Other examples:
+cvs.texi(,8775) @samp{-o 1.3::1.4} and @samp{-o 1.3::1.3} have no
+cvs.texi(,8776) effect, because there are no intermediate revisions to
+cvs.texi(,8777) remove.
+cvs.texi(,8778)
+cvs.texi(,8779) @item ::@var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,8780) Collapse revisions between the beginning of the branch
+cvs.texi(,8781) containing @var{rev} and @var{rev} itself. The
+cvs.texi(,8782) branchpoint and @var{rev} are left intact. For
+cvs.texi(,8783) example, @samp{-o ::1.3.2.6} deletes revision 1.3.2.1,
+cvs.texi(,8784) revision 1.3.2.5, and everything in between, but leaves
+cvs.texi(,8785) 1.3 and 1.3.2.6 intact.
+cvs.texi(,8786)
+cvs.texi(,8787) @item @var{rev}::
+cvs.texi(,8788) Collapse revisions between @var{rev} and the end of the
+cvs.texi(,8789) branch containing @var{rev}. Revision @var{rev} is
+cvs.texi(,8790) left intact but the head revision is deleted.
+cvs.texi(,8791)
+cvs.texi(,8792) @item @var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,8793) Delete the revision @var{rev}. For example, @samp{-o
+cvs.texi(,8794) 1.3} is equivalent to @samp{-o 1.2::1.4}.
+cvs.texi(,8795)
+cvs.texi(,8796) @item @var{rev1}:@var{rev2}
+cvs.texi(,8797) Delete the revisions from @var{rev1} to @var{rev2},
+cvs.texi(,8798) inclusive, on the same branch. One will not be able to
+cvs.texi(,8799) retrieve @var{rev1} or @var{rev2} or any of the
+cvs.texi(,8800) revisions in between. For example, the command
+cvs.texi(,8801) @samp{cvs admin -oR_1_01:R_1_02 .} is rarely useful.
+cvs.texi(,8802) It means to delete revisions up to, and including, the
+cvs.texi(,8803) tag R_1_02. But beware! If there are files that have not
+cvs.texi(,8804) changed between R_1_02 and R_1_03 the file will have
+cvs.texi(,8805) @emph{the same} numerical revision number assigned to
+cvs.texi(,8806) the tags R_1_02 and R_1_03. So not only will it be
+cvs.texi(,8807) impossible to retrieve R_1_02; R_1_03 will also have to
+cvs.texi(,8808) be restored from the tapes! In most cases you want to
+cvs.texi(,8809) specify @var{rev1}::@var{rev2} instead.
+cvs.texi(,8810)
+cvs.texi(,8811) @item :@var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,8812) Delete revisions from the beginning of the
+cvs.texi(,8813) branch containing @var{rev} up to and including
+cvs.texi(,8814) @var{rev}.
cvs.texi(,8815)
-cvs.texi(,8816) None of the revisions to be deleted may have
-cvs.texi(,8817) branches or locks.
-cvs.texi(,8818)
-cvs.texi(,8819) If any of the revisions to be deleted have symbolic
-cvs.texi(,8820) names, and one specifies one of the @samp{::} syntaxes,
-cvs.texi(,8821) then @sc{cvs} will give an error and not delete any
-cvs.texi(,8822) revisions. If you really want to delete both the
-cvs.texi(,8823) symbolic names and the revisions, first delete the
-cvs.texi(,8824) symbolic names with @code{cvs tag -d}, then run
-cvs.texi(,8825) @code{cvs admin -o}. If one specifies the
-cvs.texi(,8826) address@hidden::} syntaxes, then @sc{cvs} will delete the
-cvs.texi(,8827) revisions but leave the symbolic names pointing to
-cvs.texi(,8828) nonexistent revisions. This behavior is preserved for
-cvs.texi(,8829) compatibility with previous versions of @sc{cvs}, but
-cvs.texi(,8830) because it isn't very useful, in the future it may
-cvs.texi(,8831) change to be like the @samp{::} case.
-cvs.texi(,8832)
-cvs.texi(,8833) Due to the way @sc{cvs} handles branches @var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,8834) cannot be specified symbolically if it is a branch.
-cvs.texi(,8835) @xref{Magic branch numbers}, for an explanation.
-cvs.texi(,8836) @c FIXME: is this still true? I suspect not.
-cvs.texi(,8837)
-cvs.texi(,8838) Make sure that no-one has checked out a copy of the
-cvs.texi(,8839) revision you outdate. Strange things will happen if he
-cvs.texi(,8840) starts to edit it and tries to check it back in. For
-cvs.texi(,8841) this reason, this option is not a good way to take back
-cvs.texi(,8842) a bogus commit; commit a new revision undoing the bogus
-cvs.texi(,8843) change instead (@pxref{Merging two revisions}).
-cvs.texi(,8844)
-cvs.texi(,8845) @item -q
-cvs.texi(,8846) Run quietly; do not print diagnostics.
-cvs.texi(,8847)
-cvs.texi(,8848) @item address@hidden:@var{rev}]
-cvs.texi(,8849) Useful with @sc{cvs}. Set the state attribute of the
-cvs.texi(,8850) revision @var{rev} to @var{state}. If @var{rev} is a
-cvs.texi(,8851) branch number, assume the latest revision on that
-cvs.texi(,8852) branch. If @var{rev} is omitted, assume the latest
-cvs.texi(,8853) revision on the default branch. Any identifier is
-cvs.texi(,8854) acceptable for @var{state}. A useful set of states is
-cvs.texi(,8855) @samp{Exp} (for experimental), @samp{Stab} (for
-cvs.texi(,8856) stable), and @samp{Rel} (for released). By default,
-cvs.texi(,8857) the state of a new revision is set to @samp{Exp} when
-cvs.texi(,8858) it is created. The state is visible in the output from
-cvs.texi(,8859) @var{cvs log} (@pxref{log}), and in the
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,8860) @address@hidden and @address@hidden keywords
-cvs.texi(,8861) (@pxref{Keyword substitution}). Note that @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,8862) uses the @code{dead} state for its own purposes; to
-cvs.texi(,8863) take a file to or from the @code{dead} state use
-cvs.texi(,8864) commands like @code{cvs remove} and @code{cvs add}, not
-cvs.texi(,8865) @code{cvs admin -s}.
-cvs.texi(,8866)
-cvs.texi(,8867) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8868) Useful with @sc{cvs}. Write descriptive text from the
-cvs.texi(,8869) contents of the named @var{file} into the RCS file,
-cvs.texi(,8870) deleting the existing text. The @var{file} pathname
-cvs.texi(,8871) may not begin with @samp{-}. The descriptive text can be seen
in the
-cvs.texi(,8872) output from @samp{cvs log} (@pxref{log}).
-cvs.texi(,8873) There can be no space between @samp{-t} and its argument.
-cvs.texi(,8874)
-cvs.texi(,8875) If @var{file} is omitted,
-cvs.texi(,8876) obtain the text from standard input, terminated by
-cvs.texi(,8877) end-of-file or by a line containing @samp{.} by itself.
-cvs.texi(,8878) Prompt for the text if interaction is possible; see
-cvs.texi(,8879) @samp{-I}.
+cvs.texi(,8816) @item @var{rev}:
+cvs.texi(,8817) Delete revisions from revision @var{rev}, including
+cvs.texi(,8818) @var{rev} itself, to the end of the branch containing
+cvs.texi(,8819) @var{rev}.
+cvs.texi(,8820) @end table
+cvs.texi(,8821)
+cvs.texi(,8822) None of the revisions to be deleted may have
+cvs.texi(,8823) branches or locks.
+cvs.texi(,8824)
+cvs.texi(,8825) If any of the revisions to be deleted have symbolic
+cvs.texi(,8826) names, and one specifies one of the @samp{::} syntaxes,
+cvs.texi(,8827) then @sc{cvs} will give an error and not delete any
+cvs.texi(,8828) revisions. If you really want to delete both the
+cvs.texi(,8829) symbolic names and the revisions, first delete the
+cvs.texi(,8830) symbolic names with @code{cvs tag -d}, then run
+cvs.texi(,8831) @code{cvs admin -o}. If one specifies the
+cvs.texi(,8832) address@hidden::} syntaxes, then @sc{cvs} will delete the
+cvs.texi(,8833) revisions but leave the symbolic names pointing to
+cvs.texi(,8834) nonexistent revisions. This behavior is preserved for
+cvs.texi(,8835) compatibility with previous versions of @sc{cvs}, but
+cvs.texi(,8836) because it isn't very useful, in the future it may
+cvs.texi(,8837) change to be like the @samp{::} case.
+cvs.texi(,8838)
+cvs.texi(,8839) Due to the way @sc{cvs} handles branches @var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,8840) cannot be specified symbolically if it is a branch.
+cvs.texi(,8841) @xref{Magic branch numbers}, for an explanation.
+cvs.texi(,8842) @c FIXME: is this still true? I suspect not.
+cvs.texi(,8843)
+cvs.texi(,8844) Make sure that no-one has checked out a copy of the
+cvs.texi(,8845) revision you outdate. Strange things will happen if he
+cvs.texi(,8846) starts to edit it and tries to check it back in. For
+cvs.texi(,8847) this reason, this option is not a good way to take back
+cvs.texi(,8848) a bogus commit; commit a new revision undoing the bogus
+cvs.texi(,8849) change instead (@pxref{Merging two revisions}).
+cvs.texi(,8850)
+cvs.texi(,8851) @item -q
+cvs.texi(,8852) Run quietly; do not print diagnostics.
+cvs.texi(,8853)
+cvs.texi(,8854) @item address@hidden:@var{rev}]
+cvs.texi(,8855) Useful with @sc{cvs}. Set the state attribute of the
+cvs.texi(,8856) revision @var{rev} to @var{state}. If @var{rev} is a
+cvs.texi(,8857) branch number, assume the latest revision on that
+cvs.texi(,8858) branch. If @var{rev} is omitted, assume the latest
+cvs.texi(,8859) revision on the default branch. Any identifier is
+cvs.texi(,8860) acceptable for @var{state}. A useful set of states is
+cvs.texi(,8861) @samp{Exp} (for experimental), @samp{Stab} (for
+cvs.texi(,8862) stable), and @samp{Rel} (for released). By default,
+cvs.texi(,8863) the state of a new revision is set to @samp{Exp} when
+cvs.texi(,8864) it is created. The state is visible in the output from
+cvs.texi(,8865) @var{cvs log} (@pxref{log}), and in the
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,8866) @address@hidden and @address@hidden keywords
+cvs.texi(,8867) (@pxref{Keyword substitution}). Note that @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,8868) uses the @code{dead} state for its own purposes; to
+cvs.texi(,8869) take a file to or from the @code{dead} state use
+cvs.texi(,8870) commands like @code{cvs remove} and @code{cvs add}, not
+cvs.texi(,8871) @code{cvs admin -s}.
+cvs.texi(,8872)
+cvs.texi(,8873) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8874) Useful with @sc{cvs}. Write descriptive text from the
+cvs.texi(,8875) contents of the named @var{file} into the RCS file,
+cvs.texi(,8876) deleting the existing text. The @var{file} pathname
+cvs.texi(,8877) may not begin with @samp{-}. The descriptive text can be seen
in the
+cvs.texi(,8878) output from @samp{cvs log} (@pxref{log}).
+cvs.texi(,8879) There can be no space between @samp{-t} and its argument.
cvs.texi(,8880)
-cvs.texi(,8881) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8882) Similar to @address@hidden Write descriptive text
-cvs.texi(,8883) from the @var{string} into the @sc{rcs} file, deleting
-cvs.texi(,8884) the existing text.
-cvs.texi(,8885) There can be no space between @samp{-t} and its argument.
+cvs.texi(,8881) If @var{file} is omitted,
+cvs.texi(,8882) obtain the text from standard input, terminated by
+cvs.texi(,8883) end-of-file or by a line containing @samp{.} by itself.
+cvs.texi(,8884) Prompt for the text if interaction is possible; see
+cvs.texi(,8885) @samp{-I}.
cvs.texi(,8886)
-cvs.texi(,8887) @c The rcs -T option, do not update last-mod time for
-cvs.texi(,8888) @c minor changes, has never been documented as a
-cvs.texi(,8889) @c cvs admin option.
-cvs.texi(,8890)
-cvs.texi(,8891) @item -U
-cvs.texi(,8892) Set locking to non-strict. Non-strict locking means
-cvs.texi(,8893) that the owner of a file need not lock a revision for
-cvs.texi(,8894) checkin. For use with @sc{cvs}, strict locking must be
-cvs.texi(,8895) set; see the discussion under the @samp{-l} option
-cvs.texi(,8896) above.
-cvs.texi(,8897)
-cvs.texi(,8898) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8899) See the option @samp{-l} above, for a discussion of
-cvs.texi(,8900) using this option with @sc{cvs}. Unlock the revision
-cvs.texi(,8901) with number @var{rev}. If a branch is given, unlock
-cvs.texi(,8902) the latest revision on that branch. If @var{rev} is
-cvs.texi(,8903) omitted, remove the latest lock held by the caller.
-cvs.texi(,8904) Normally, only the locker of a revision may unlock it;
-cvs.texi(,8905) somebody else unlocking a revision breaks the lock.
-cvs.texi(,8906) This causes the original locker to be sent a @code{commit}
-cvs.texi(,8907) notification (@pxref{Getting Notified}).
-cvs.texi(,8908) There can be no space between @samp{-u} and its argument.
-cvs.texi(,8909)
-cvs.texi(,8910) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8911) In previous versions of @sc{cvs}, this option meant to
-cvs.texi(,8912) write an @sc{rcs} file which would be acceptable to
-cvs.texi(,8913) @sc{rcs} version @var{n}, but it is now obsolete and
-cvs.texi(,8914) specifying it will produce an error.
-cvs.texi(,8915) @c Note that -V without an argument has never been
-cvs.texi(,8916) @c documented as a cvs admin option.
-cvs.texi(,8917)
-cvs.texi(,8918) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8919) In previous versions of @sc{cvs}, this was documented
-cvs.texi(,8920) as a way of specifying the names of the @sc{rcs}
-cvs.texi(,8921) files. However, @sc{cvs} has always required that the
-cvs.texi(,8922) @sc{rcs} files used by @sc{cvs} end in @samp{,v}, so
-cvs.texi(,8923) this option has never done anything useful.
-cvs.texi(,8924)
-cvs.texi(,8925) @c The rcs -z option, to specify the timezone, has
-cvs.texi(,8926) @c never been documented as a cvs admin option.
-cvs.texi(,8927) @end table
-cvs.texi(,8928)
-cvs.texi(,8929)
-cvs.texi(,8930) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,8931) @node checkout
-cvs.texi(,8932) @appendixsec checkout---Check out sources for editing
-cvs.texi(,8933) @cindex checkout (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,8934) @cindex co (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,8887) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8888) Similar to @address@hidden Write descriptive text
+cvs.texi(,8889) from the @var{string} into the @sc{rcs} file, deleting
+cvs.texi(,8890) the existing text.
+cvs.texi(,8891) There can be no space between @samp{-t} and its argument.
+cvs.texi(,8892)
+cvs.texi(,8893) @c The rcs -T option, do not update last-mod time for
+cvs.texi(,8894) @c minor changes, has never been documented as a
+cvs.texi(,8895) @c cvs admin option.
+cvs.texi(,8896)
+cvs.texi(,8897) @item -U
+cvs.texi(,8898) Set locking to non-strict. Non-strict locking means
+cvs.texi(,8899) that the owner of a file need not lock a revision for
+cvs.texi(,8900) checkin. For use with @sc{cvs}, strict locking must be
+cvs.texi(,8901) set; see the discussion under the @samp{-l} option
+cvs.texi(,8902) above.
+cvs.texi(,8903)
+cvs.texi(,8904) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8905) See the option @samp{-l} above, for a discussion of
+cvs.texi(,8906) using this option with @sc{cvs}. Unlock the revision
+cvs.texi(,8907) with number @var{rev}. If a branch is given, unlock
+cvs.texi(,8908) the latest revision on that branch. If @var{rev} is
+cvs.texi(,8909) omitted, remove the latest lock held by the caller.
+cvs.texi(,8910) Normally, only the locker of a revision may unlock it;
+cvs.texi(,8911) somebody else unlocking a revision breaks the lock.
+cvs.texi(,8912) This causes the original locker to be sent a @code{commit}
+cvs.texi(,8913) notification (@pxref{Getting Notified}).
+cvs.texi(,8914) There can be no space between @samp{-u} and its argument.
+cvs.texi(,8915)
+cvs.texi(,8916) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8917) In previous versions of @sc{cvs}, this option meant to
+cvs.texi(,8918) write an @sc{rcs} file which would be acceptable to
+cvs.texi(,8919) @sc{rcs} version @var{n}, but it is now obsolete and
+cvs.texi(,8920) specifying it will produce an error.
+cvs.texi(,8921) @c Note that -V without an argument has never been
+cvs.texi(,8922) @c documented as a cvs admin option.
+cvs.texi(,8923)
+cvs.texi(,8924) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8925) In previous versions of @sc{cvs}, this was documented
+cvs.texi(,8926) as a way of specifying the names of the @sc{rcs}
+cvs.texi(,8927) files. However, @sc{cvs} has always required that the
+cvs.texi(,8928) @sc{rcs} files used by @sc{cvs} end in @samp{,v}, so
+cvs.texi(,8929) this option has never done anything useful.
+cvs.texi(,8930)
+cvs.texi(,8931) @c The rcs -z option, to specify the timezone, has
+cvs.texi(,8932) @c never been documented as a cvs admin option.
+cvs.texi(,8933) @end table
+cvs.texi(,8934)
cvs.texi(,8935)
-cvs.texi(,8936) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,8937) @item
-cvs.texi(,8938) Synopsis: checkout [options] address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8939) @item
-cvs.texi(,8940) Requires: repository.
-cvs.texi(,8941) @item
-cvs.texi(,8942) Changes: working directory.
+cvs.texi(,8936) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,8937) @node checkout
+cvs.texi(,8938) @appendixsec checkout---Check out sources for editing
+cvs.texi(,8939) @cindex checkout (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,8940) @cindex co (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,8941)
+cvs.texi(,8942) @itemize @bullet
cvs.texi(,8943) @item
-cvs.texi(,8944) Synonyms: co, get
-cvs.texi(,8945) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,8946)
-cvs.texi(,8947) Create or update a working directory containing copies of the
-cvs.texi(,8948) source files specified by @var{modules}. You must execute
-cvs.texi(,8949) @code{checkout} before using most of the other @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,8950) commands, since most of them operate on your working
-cvs.texi(,8951) directory.
+cvs.texi(,8944) Synopsis: checkout [options] address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8945) @item
+cvs.texi(,8946) Requires: repository.
+cvs.texi(,8947) @item
+cvs.texi(,8948) Changes: working directory.
+cvs.texi(,8949) @item
+cvs.texi(,8950) Synonyms: co, get
+cvs.texi(,8951) @end itemize
cvs.texi(,8952)
-cvs.texi(,8953) The @var{modules} are either
-cvs.texi(,8954) symbolic names for some
-cvs.texi(,8955) collection of source directories and files, or paths to
-cvs.texi(,8956) directories or files in the repository. The symbolic
-cvs.texi(,8957) names are defined in the @samp{modules} file.
-cvs.texi(,8958) @xref{modules}.
-cvs.texi(,8959) @c Needs an example, particularly of the non-"modules"
-cvs.texi(,8960) @c case but probably of both.
-cvs.texi(,8961)
-cvs.texi(,8962) @c FIXME: this seems like a very odd place to introduce
-cvs.texi(,8963) @c people to how CVS works. The bit about unreserved
-cvs.texi(,8964) @c checkouts is also misleading as it depends on how
-cvs.texi(,8965) @c things are set up.
-cvs.texi(,8966) Depending on the modules you specify, @code{checkout} may
-cvs.texi(,8967) recursively create directories and populate them with
-cvs.texi(,8968) the appropriate source files. You can then edit these
-cvs.texi(,8969) source files at any time (regardless of whether other
-cvs.texi(,8970) software developers are editing their own copies of the
-cvs.texi(,8971) sources); update them to include new changes applied by
-cvs.texi(,8972) others to the source repository; or commit your work as
-cvs.texi(,8973) a permanent change to the source repository.
-cvs.texi(,8974)
-cvs.texi(,8975) Note that @code{checkout} is used to create
-cvs.texi(,8976) directories. The top-level directory created is always
-cvs.texi(,8977) added to the directory where @code{checkout} is
-cvs.texi(,8978) invoked, and usually has the same name as the specified
-cvs.texi(,8979) module. In the case of a module alias, the created
-cvs.texi(,8980) sub-directory may have a different name, but you can be
-cvs.texi(,8981) sure that it will be a sub-directory, and that
-cvs.texi(,8982) @code{checkout} will show the relative path leading to
-cvs.texi(,8983) each file as it is extracted into your private work
-cvs.texi(,8984) area (unless you specify the @samp{-Q} global option).
-cvs.texi(,8985)
-cvs.texi(,8986) The files created by @code{checkout} are created
-cvs.texi(,8987) read-write, unless the @samp{-r} option to @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,8988) (@pxref{Global options}) is specified, the
-cvs.texi(,8989) @code{CVSREAD} environment variable is specified
-cvs.texi(,8990) (@pxref{Environment variables}), or a watch is in
-cvs.texi(,8991) effect for that file (@pxref{Watches}).
-cvs.texi(,8992)
-cvs.texi(,8993) Note that running @code{checkout} on a directory that was
already
-cvs.texi(,8994) built by a prior @code{checkout} is also permitted.
-cvs.texi(,8995) This is similar to specifying the @samp{-d} option
-cvs.texi(,8996) to the @code{update} command in the sense that new
-cvs.texi(,8997) directories that have been created in the repository
-cvs.texi(,8998) will appear in your work area.
-cvs.texi(,8999) However, @code{checkout} takes a module name whereas
-cvs.texi(,9000) @code{update} takes a directory name. Also
-cvs.texi(,9001) to use @code{checkout} this way it must be run from the
-cvs.texi(,9002) top level directory (where you originally ran
-cvs.texi(,9003) @code{checkout} from), so before you run
-cvs.texi(,9004) @code{checkout} to update an existing directory, don't
-cvs.texi(,9005) forget to change your directory to the top level
-cvs.texi(,9006) directory.
-cvs.texi(,9007)
-cvs.texi(,9008) For the output produced by the @code{checkout} command
-cvs.texi(,9009) see @ref{update output}.
-cvs.texi(,9010)
-cvs.texi(,9011) @menu
-cvs.texi(,9012) * checkout options:: checkout options
-cvs.texi(,9013) * checkout examples:: checkout examples
-cvs.texi(,9014) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,9015)
-cvs.texi(,9016) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
-cvs.texi(,9017) @node checkout options
-cvs.texi(,9018) @appendixsubsec checkout options
-cvs.texi(,9019)
-cvs.texi(,9020) These standard options are supported by @code{checkout}
-cvs.texi(,9021) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description of
-cvs.texi(,9022) them):
-cvs.texi(,9023)
-cvs.texi(,9024) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,9025) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,9026) Use the most recent revision no later than @var{date}.
-cvs.texi(,9027) This option is sticky, and implies @samp{-P}. See
-cvs.texi(,9028) @ref{Sticky tags}, for more information on sticky tags/dates.
+cvs.texi(,8953) Create or update a working directory containing copies of the
+cvs.texi(,8954) source files specified by @var{modules}. You must execute
+cvs.texi(,8955) @code{checkout} before using most of the other @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,8956) commands, since most of them operate on your working
+cvs.texi(,8957) directory.
+cvs.texi(,8958)
+cvs.texi(,8959) The @var{modules} are either
+cvs.texi(,8960) symbolic names for some
+cvs.texi(,8961) collection of source directories and files, or paths to
+cvs.texi(,8962) directories or files in the repository. The symbolic
+cvs.texi(,8963) names are defined in the @samp{modules} file.
+cvs.texi(,8964) @xref{modules}.
+cvs.texi(,8965) @c Needs an example, particularly of the non-"modules"
+cvs.texi(,8966) @c case but probably of both.
+cvs.texi(,8967)
+cvs.texi(,8968) @c FIXME: this seems like a very odd place to introduce
+cvs.texi(,8969) @c people to how CVS works. The bit about unreserved
+cvs.texi(,8970) @c checkouts is also misleading as it depends on how
+cvs.texi(,8971) @c things are set up.
+cvs.texi(,8972) Depending on the modules you specify, @code{checkout} may
+cvs.texi(,8973) recursively create directories and populate them with
+cvs.texi(,8974) the appropriate source files. You can then edit these
+cvs.texi(,8975) source files at any time (regardless of whether other
+cvs.texi(,8976) software developers are editing their own copies of the
+cvs.texi(,8977) sources); update them to include new changes applied by
+cvs.texi(,8978) others to the source repository; or commit your work as
+cvs.texi(,8979) a permanent change to the source repository.
+cvs.texi(,8980)
+cvs.texi(,8981) Note that @code{checkout} is used to create
+cvs.texi(,8982) directories. The top-level directory created is always
+cvs.texi(,8983) added to the directory where @code{checkout} is
+cvs.texi(,8984) invoked, and usually has the same name as the specified
+cvs.texi(,8985) module. In the case of a module alias, the created
+cvs.texi(,8986) sub-directory may have a different name, but you can be
+cvs.texi(,8987) sure that it will be a sub-directory, and that
+cvs.texi(,8988) @code{checkout} will show the relative path leading to
+cvs.texi(,8989) each file as it is extracted into your private work
+cvs.texi(,8990) area (unless you specify the @samp{-Q} global option).
+cvs.texi(,8991)
+cvs.texi(,8992) The files created by @code{checkout} are created
+cvs.texi(,8993) read-write, unless the @samp{-r} option to @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,8994) (@pxref{Global options}) is specified, the
+cvs.texi(,8995) @code{CVSREAD} environment variable is specified
+cvs.texi(,8996) (@pxref{Environment variables}), or a watch is in
+cvs.texi(,8997) effect for that file (@pxref{Watches}).
+cvs.texi(,8998)
+cvs.texi(,8999) Note that running @code{checkout} on a directory that was
already
+cvs.texi(,9000) built by a prior @code{checkout} is also permitted.
+cvs.texi(,9001) This is similar to specifying the @samp{-d} option
+cvs.texi(,9002) to the @code{update} command in the sense that new
+cvs.texi(,9003) directories that have been created in the repository
+cvs.texi(,9004) will appear in your work area.
+cvs.texi(,9005) However, @code{checkout} takes a module name whereas
+cvs.texi(,9006) @code{update} takes a directory name. Also
+cvs.texi(,9007) to use @code{checkout} this way it must be run from the
+cvs.texi(,9008) top level directory (where you originally ran
+cvs.texi(,9009) @code{checkout} from), so before you run
+cvs.texi(,9010) @code{checkout} to update an existing directory, don't
+cvs.texi(,9011) forget to change your directory to the top level
+cvs.texi(,9012) directory.
+cvs.texi(,9013)
+cvs.texi(,9014) For the output produced by the @code{checkout} command
+cvs.texi(,9015) see @ref{update output}.
+cvs.texi(,9016)
+cvs.texi(,9017) @menu
+cvs.texi(,9018) * checkout options:: checkout options
+cvs.texi(,9019) * checkout examples:: checkout examples
+cvs.texi(,9020) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,9021)
+cvs.texi(,9022) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
+cvs.texi(,9023) @node checkout options
+cvs.texi(,9024) @appendixsubsec checkout options
+cvs.texi(,9025)
+cvs.texi(,9026) These standard options are supported by @code{checkout}
+cvs.texi(,9027) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description of
+cvs.texi(,9028) them):
cvs.texi(,9029)
-cvs.texi(,9030) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,9031) Only useful with the @samp{-D @var{date}} or @samp{-r
-cvs.texi(,9032) @var{tag}} flags. If no matching revision is found,
-cvs.texi(,9033) retrieve the most recent revision (instead of ignoring
-cvs.texi(,9034) the file).
+cvs.texi(,9030) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,9031) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,9032) Use the most recent revision no later than @var{date}.
+cvs.texi(,9033) This option is sticky, and implies @samp{-P}. See
+cvs.texi(,9034) @ref{Sticky tags}, for more information on sticky tags/dates.
cvs.texi(,9035)
-cvs.texi(,9036) @item -k @var{kflag}
-cvs.texi(,9037) Process keywords according to @var{kflag}. See
-cvs.texi(,9038) @ref{Keyword substitution}.
-cvs.texi(,9039) This option is sticky; future updates of
-cvs.texi(,9040) this file in this working directory will use the same
-cvs.texi(,9041) @var{kflag}. The @code{status} command can be viewed
-cvs.texi(,9042) to see the sticky options. See @ref{Invoking CVS}, for
-cvs.texi(,9043) more information on the @code{status} command.
-cvs.texi(,9044)
-cvs.texi(,9045) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,9046) Local; run only in current working directory.
-cvs.texi(,9047)
-cvs.texi(,9048) @item -n
-cvs.texi(,9049) Do not run any checkout program (as specified
-cvs.texi(,9050) with the @samp{-o} option in the modules file;
-cvs.texi(,9051) @pxref{modules}).
-cvs.texi(,9052)
-cvs.texi(,9053) @item -P
-cvs.texi(,9054) Prune empty directories. See @ref{Moving directories}.
-cvs.texi(,9055)
-cvs.texi(,9056) @item -p
-cvs.texi(,9057) Pipe files to the standard output.
+cvs.texi(,9036) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,9037) Only useful with the @samp{-D @var{date}} or @samp{-r
+cvs.texi(,9038) @var{tag}} flags. If no matching revision is found,
+cvs.texi(,9039) retrieve the most recent revision (instead of ignoring
+cvs.texi(,9040) the file).
+cvs.texi(,9041)
+cvs.texi(,9042) @item -k @var{kflag}
+cvs.texi(,9043) Process keywords according to @var{kflag}. See
+cvs.texi(,9044) @ref{Keyword substitution}.
+cvs.texi(,9045) This option is sticky; future updates of
+cvs.texi(,9046) this file in this working directory will use the same
+cvs.texi(,9047) @var{kflag}. The @code{status} command can be viewed
+cvs.texi(,9048) to see the sticky options. See @ref{Invoking CVS}, for
+cvs.texi(,9049) more information on the @code{status} command.
+cvs.texi(,9050)
+cvs.texi(,9051) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,9052) Local; run only in current working directory.
+cvs.texi(,9053)
+cvs.texi(,9054) @item -n
+cvs.texi(,9055) Do not run any checkout program (as specified
+cvs.texi(,9056) with the @samp{-o} option in the modules file;
+cvs.texi(,9057) @pxref{modules}).
cvs.texi(,9058)
-cvs.texi(,9059) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,9060) Checkout directories recursively. This option is on by
default.
+cvs.texi(,9059) @item -P
+cvs.texi(,9060) Prune empty directories. See @ref{Moving directories}.
cvs.texi(,9061)
-cvs.texi(,9062) @item -r @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,9063) Use revision @var{tag}. This option is sticky, and implies
@samp{-P}.
-cvs.texi(,9064) See @ref{Sticky tags}, for more information on sticky
tags/dates.
-cvs.texi(,9065) @end table
-cvs.texi(,9066)
-cvs.texi(,9067) In addition to those, you can use these special command
-cvs.texi(,9068) options with @code{checkout}:
-cvs.texi(,9069)
-cvs.texi(,9070) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,9071) @item -A
-cvs.texi(,9072) Reset any sticky tags, dates, or @samp{-k} options.
-cvs.texi(,9073) See @ref{Sticky tags}, for more information on sticky
tags/dates.
-cvs.texi(,9074)
-cvs.texi(,9075) @item -c
-cvs.texi(,9076) Copy the module file, sorted, to the standard output,
-cvs.texi(,9077) instead of creating or modifying any files or
-cvs.texi(,9078) directories in your working directory.
-cvs.texi(,9079)
-cvs.texi(,9080) @item -d @var{dir}
-cvs.texi(,9081) Create a directory called @var{dir} for the working
-cvs.texi(,9082) files, instead of using the module name. In general,
-cvs.texi(,9083) using this flag is equivalent to using @samp{mkdir
-cvs.texi(,9084) @var{dir}; cd @var{dir}} followed by the checkout
-cvs.texi(,9085) command without the @samp{-d} flag.
-cvs.texi(,9086)
-cvs.texi(,9087) There is an important exception, however. It is very
-cvs.texi(,9088) convenient when checking out a single item to have the
-cvs.texi(,9089) output appear in a directory that doesn't contain empty
-cvs.texi(,9090) intermediate directories. In this case @emph{only},
-cvs.texi(,9091) @sc{cvs} tries to ``shorten'' pathnames to avoid those empty
-cvs.texi(,9092) directories.
-cvs.texi(,9093)
-cvs.texi(,9094) For example, given a module @samp{foo} that contains
-cvs.texi(,9095) the file @samp{bar.c}, the command @samp{cvs co -d dir
-cvs.texi(,9096) foo} will create directory @samp{dir} and place
-cvs.texi(,9097) @samp{bar.c} inside. Similarly, given a module
-cvs.texi(,9098) @samp{bar} which has subdirectory @samp{baz} wherein
-cvs.texi(,9099) there is a file @samp{quux.c}, the command @samp{cvs co
-cvs.texi(,9100) -d dir bar/baz} will create directory @samp{dir} and
-cvs.texi(,9101) place @samp{quux.c} inside.
-cvs.texi(,9102)
-cvs.texi(,9103) Using the @samp{-N} flag will defeat this behavior.
-cvs.texi(,9104) Given the same module definitions above, @samp{cvs co
-cvs.texi(,9105) -N -d dir foo} will create directories @samp{dir/foo}
-cvs.texi(,9106) and place @samp{bar.c} inside, while @samp{cvs co -N -d
-cvs.texi(,9107) dir bar/baz} will create directories @samp{dir/bar/baz}
-cvs.texi(,9108) and place @samp{quux.c} inside.
-cvs.texi(,9109)
-cvs.texi(,9110) @item -j @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,9111) With two @samp{-j} options, merge changes from the
-cvs.texi(,9112) revision specified with the first @samp{-j} option to
-cvs.texi(,9113) the revision specified with the second @samp{j} option,
-cvs.texi(,9114) into the working directory.
+cvs.texi(,9062) @item -p
+cvs.texi(,9063) Pipe files to the standard output.
+cvs.texi(,9064)
+cvs.texi(,9065) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,9066) Checkout directories recursively. This option is on by
default.
+cvs.texi(,9067)
+cvs.texi(,9068) @item -r @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,9069) Use revision @var{tag}. This option is sticky, and implies
@samp{-P}.
+cvs.texi(,9070) See @ref{Sticky tags}, for more information on sticky
tags/dates.
+cvs.texi(,9071) @end table
+cvs.texi(,9072)
+cvs.texi(,9073) In addition to those, you can use these special command
+cvs.texi(,9074) options with @code{checkout}:
+cvs.texi(,9075)
+cvs.texi(,9076) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,9077) @item -A
+cvs.texi(,9078) Reset any sticky tags, dates, or @samp{-k} options.
+cvs.texi(,9079) See @ref{Sticky tags}, for more information on sticky
tags/dates.
+cvs.texi(,9080)
+cvs.texi(,9081) @item -c
+cvs.texi(,9082) Copy the module file, sorted, to the standard output,
+cvs.texi(,9083) instead of creating or modifying any files or
+cvs.texi(,9084) directories in your working directory.
+cvs.texi(,9085)
+cvs.texi(,9086) @item -d @var{dir}
+cvs.texi(,9087) Create a directory called @var{dir} for the working
+cvs.texi(,9088) files, instead of using the module name. In general,
+cvs.texi(,9089) using this flag is equivalent to using @samp{mkdir
+cvs.texi(,9090) @var{dir}; cd @var{dir}} followed by the checkout
+cvs.texi(,9091) command without the @samp{-d} flag.
+cvs.texi(,9092)
+cvs.texi(,9093) There is an important exception, however. It is very
+cvs.texi(,9094) convenient when checking out a single item to have the
+cvs.texi(,9095) output appear in a directory that doesn't contain empty
+cvs.texi(,9096) intermediate directories. In this case @emph{only},
+cvs.texi(,9097) @sc{cvs} tries to ``shorten'' pathnames to avoid those empty
+cvs.texi(,9098) directories.
+cvs.texi(,9099)
+cvs.texi(,9100) For example, given a module @samp{foo} that contains
+cvs.texi(,9101) the file @samp{bar.c}, the command @samp{cvs co -d dir
+cvs.texi(,9102) foo} will create directory @samp{dir} and place
+cvs.texi(,9103) @samp{bar.c} inside. Similarly, given a module
+cvs.texi(,9104) @samp{bar} which has subdirectory @samp{baz} wherein
+cvs.texi(,9105) there is a file @samp{quux.c}, the command @samp{cvs co
+cvs.texi(,9106) -d dir bar/baz} will create directory @samp{dir} and
+cvs.texi(,9107) place @samp{quux.c} inside.
+cvs.texi(,9108)
+cvs.texi(,9109) Using the @samp{-N} flag will defeat this behavior.
+cvs.texi(,9110) Given the same module definitions above, @samp{cvs co
+cvs.texi(,9111) -N -d dir foo} will create directories @samp{dir/foo}
+cvs.texi(,9112) and place @samp{bar.c} inside, while @samp{cvs co -N -d
+cvs.texi(,9113) dir bar/baz} will create directories @samp{dir/bar/baz}
+cvs.texi(,9114) and place @samp{quux.c} inside.
cvs.texi(,9115)
-cvs.texi(,9116) With one @samp{-j} option, merge changes from the
-cvs.texi(,9117) ancestor revision to the revision specified with the
-cvs.texi(,9118) @samp{-j} option, into the working directory. The
-cvs.texi(,9119) ancestor revision is the common ancestor of the
-cvs.texi(,9120) revision which the working directory is based on, and
-cvs.texi(,9121) the revision specified in the @samp{-j} option.
-cvs.texi(,9122)
-cvs.texi(,9123) In addition, each -j option can contain an optional
-cvs.texi(,9124) date specification which, when used with branches, can
-cvs.texi(,9125) limit the chosen revision to one within a specific
-cvs.texi(,9126) date. An optional date is specified by adding a colon
-cvs.texi(,9127) (:) to the tag:
-cvs.texi(,9128) @address@hidden:@var{Date_Specifier}}.
-cvs.texi(,9129)
-cvs.texi(,9130) @xref{Branching and merging}.
-cvs.texi(,9131)
-cvs.texi(,9132) @item -N
-cvs.texi(,9133) Only useful together with @samp{-d @var{dir}}. With
-cvs.texi(,9134) this option, @sc{cvs} will not ``shorten'' module paths
-cvs.texi(,9135) in your working directory when you check out a single
-cvs.texi(,9136) module. See the @samp{-d} flag for examples and a
-cvs.texi(,9137) discussion.
-cvs.texi(,9138)
-cvs.texi(,9139) @item -s
-cvs.texi(,9140) Like @samp{-c}, but include the status of all modules,
-cvs.texi(,9141) and sort it by the status string. @xref{modules}, for
-cvs.texi(,9142) info about the @samp{-s} option that is used inside the
-cvs.texi(,9143) modules file to set the module status.
-cvs.texi(,9144) @end table
-cvs.texi(,9145)
-cvs.texi(,9146) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
-cvs.texi(,9147) @node checkout examples
-cvs.texi(,9148) @appendixsubsec checkout examples
-cvs.texi(,9149)
-cvs.texi(,9150) Get a copy of the module @samp{tc}:
+cvs.texi(,9116) @item -j @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,9117) With two @samp{-j} options, merge changes from the
+cvs.texi(,9118) revision specified with the first @samp{-j} option to
+cvs.texi(,9119) the revision specified with the second @samp{j} option,
+cvs.texi(,9120) into the working directory.
+cvs.texi(,9121)
+cvs.texi(,9122) With one @samp{-j} option, merge changes from the
+cvs.texi(,9123) ancestor revision to the revision specified with the
+cvs.texi(,9124) @samp{-j} option, into the working directory. The
+cvs.texi(,9125) ancestor revision is the common ancestor of the
+cvs.texi(,9126) revision which the working directory is based on, and
+cvs.texi(,9127) the revision specified in the @samp{-j} option.
+cvs.texi(,9128)
+cvs.texi(,9129) In addition, each -j option can contain an optional
+cvs.texi(,9130) date specification which, when used with branches, can
+cvs.texi(,9131) limit the chosen revision to one within a specific
+cvs.texi(,9132) date. An optional date is specified by adding a colon
+cvs.texi(,9133) (:) to the tag:
+cvs.texi(,9134) @address@hidden:@var{Date_Specifier}}.
+cvs.texi(,9135)
+cvs.texi(,9136) @xref{Branching and merging}.
+cvs.texi(,9137)
+cvs.texi(,9138) @item -N
+cvs.texi(,9139) Only useful together with @samp{-d @var{dir}}. With
+cvs.texi(,9140) this option, @sc{cvs} will not ``shorten'' module paths
+cvs.texi(,9141) in your working directory when you check out a single
+cvs.texi(,9142) module. See the @samp{-d} flag for examples and a
+cvs.texi(,9143) discussion.
+cvs.texi(,9144)
+cvs.texi(,9145) @item -s
+cvs.texi(,9146) Like @samp{-c}, but include the status of all modules,
+cvs.texi(,9147) and sort it by the status string. @xref{modules}, for
+cvs.texi(,9148) info about the @samp{-s} option that is used inside the
+cvs.texi(,9149) modules file to set the module status.
+cvs.texi(,9150) @end table
cvs.texi(,9151)
-cvs.texi(,9152) @example
-cvs.texi(,9153) $ cvs checkout tc
-cvs.texi(,9154) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9152) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
+cvs.texi(,9153) @node checkout examples
+cvs.texi(,9154) @appendixsubsec checkout examples
cvs.texi(,9155)
-cvs.texi(,9156) Get a copy of the module @samp{tc} as it looked one day
-cvs.texi(,9157) ago:
-cvs.texi(,9158)
-cvs.texi(,9159) @example
-cvs.texi(,9160) $ cvs checkout -D yesterday tc
-cvs.texi(,9161) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9162)
-cvs.texi(,9163) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,9164) @node commit
-cvs.texi(,9165) @appendixsec commit---Check files into the repository
-cvs.texi(,9166) @cindex commit (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,9167)
-cvs.texi(,9168) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,9169) @item
-cvs.texi(,9170) Synopsis: commit [-lnRf] [-m 'log_message' |
-cvs.texi(,9171) -F file] [-r revision] address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9172) @item
-cvs.texi(,9173) Requires: working directory, repository.
-cvs.texi(,9174) @item
-cvs.texi(,9175) Changes: repository.
-cvs.texi(,9176) @item
-cvs.texi(,9177) Synonym: ci
-cvs.texi(,9178) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,9179)
-cvs.texi(,9180) Use @code{commit} when you want to incorporate changes
-cvs.texi(,9181) from your working source files into the source
-cvs.texi(,9182) repository.
-cvs.texi(,9183)
-cvs.texi(,9184) If you don't specify particular files to commit, all of
-cvs.texi(,9185) the files in your working current directory are
-cvs.texi(,9186) examined. @code{commit} is careful to change in the
-cvs.texi(,9187) repository only those files that you have really
-cvs.texi(,9188) changed. By default (or if you explicitly specify the
-cvs.texi(,9189) @samp{-R} option), files in subdirectories are also
-cvs.texi(,9190) examined and committed if they have changed; you can
-cvs.texi(,9191) use the @samp{-l} option to limit @code{commit} to the
-cvs.texi(,9192) current directory only.
-cvs.texi(,9193)
-cvs.texi(,9194) @code{commit} verifies that the selected files are up
-cvs.texi(,9195) to date with the current revisions in the source
-cvs.texi(,9196) repository; it will notify you, and exit without
-cvs.texi(,9197) committing, if any of the specified files must be made
-cvs.texi(,9198) current first with @code{update} (@pxref{update}).
-cvs.texi(,9199) @code{commit} does not call the @code{update} command
-cvs.texi(,9200) for you, but rather leaves that for you to do when the
-cvs.texi(,9201) time is right.
-cvs.texi(,9202)
-cvs.texi(,9203) When all is well, an editor is invoked to allow you to
-cvs.texi(,9204) enter a log message that will be written to one or more
-cvs.texi(,9205) logging programs (@pxref{modules}, and @pxref{loginfo})
-cvs.texi(,9206) and placed in the @sc{rcs} file inside the
-cvs.texi(,9207) repository. This log message can be retrieved with the
-cvs.texi(,9208) @code{log} command; see @ref{log}. You can specify the
-cvs.texi(,9209) log message on the command line with the @samp{-m
-cvs.texi(,9210) @var{message}} option, and thus avoid the editor invocation,
-cvs.texi(,9211) or use the @samp{-F @var{file}} option to specify
-cvs.texi(,9212) that the argument file contains the log message.
-cvs.texi(,9213)
-cvs.texi(,9214) @menu
-cvs.texi(,9215) * commit options:: commit options
-cvs.texi(,9216) * commit examples:: commit examples
-cvs.texi(,9217) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,9218)
-cvs.texi(,9219) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
-cvs.texi(,9220) @node commit options
-cvs.texi(,9221) @appendixsubsec commit options
-cvs.texi(,9222)
-cvs.texi(,9223) These standard options are supported by @code{commit}
-cvs.texi(,9224) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description of
-cvs.texi(,9225) them):
-cvs.texi(,9226)
-cvs.texi(,9227) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,9228) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,9229) Local; run only in current working directory.
-cvs.texi(,9230)
-cvs.texi(,9231) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,9232) Commit directories recursively. This is on by default.
-cvs.texi(,9233)
-cvs.texi(,9234) @item -r @var{revision}
-cvs.texi(,9235) Commit to @var{revision}. @var{revision} must be
-cvs.texi(,9236) either a branch, or a revision on the main trunk that
-cvs.texi(,9237) is higher than any existing revision number
-cvs.texi(,9238) (@pxref{Assigning revisions}). You
-cvs.texi(,9239) cannot commit to a specific revision on a branch.
-cvs.texi(,9240) @c FIXME: Need xref for branch case.
-cvs.texi(,9241) @end table
-cvs.texi(,9242)
-cvs.texi(,9243) @code{commit} also supports these options:
-cvs.texi(,9244)
-cvs.texi(,9245) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,9246) @item -F @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,9247) Read the log message from @var{file}, instead
-cvs.texi(,9248) of invoking an editor.
-cvs.texi(,9249)
-cvs.texi(,9250) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,9251) Note that this is not the standard behavior of
-cvs.texi(,9252) the @samp{-f} option as defined in @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,9253)
-cvs.texi(,9254) Force @sc{cvs} to commit a new revision even if you haven't
-cvs.texi(,9255) made any changes to the file. If the current revision
-cvs.texi(,9256) of @var{file} is 1.7, then the following two commands
-cvs.texi(,9257) are equivalent:
-cvs.texi(,9258)
-cvs.texi(,9259) @example
-cvs.texi(,9260) $ cvs commit -f @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,9261) $ cvs commit -r 1.8 @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,9262) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9263)
-cvs.texi(,9264) @c This is odd, but it's how CVS has worked for some
-cvs.texi(,9265) @c time.
-cvs.texi(,9266) The @samp{-f} option disables recursion (i.e., it
-cvs.texi(,9267) implies @samp{-l}). To force @sc{cvs} to commit a new
-cvs.texi(,9268) revision for all files in all subdirectories, you must
-cvs.texi(,9269) use @samp{-f -R}.
-cvs.texi(,9270)
-cvs.texi(,9271) @item -m @var{message}
-cvs.texi(,9272) Use @var{message} as the log message, instead of
-cvs.texi(,9273) invoking an editor.
-cvs.texi(,9274) @end table
-cvs.texi(,9275)
-cvs.texi(,9276) @need 2000
-cvs.texi(,9277) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
-cvs.texi(,9278) @node commit examples
-cvs.texi(,9279) @appendixsubsec commit examples
-cvs.texi(,9280)
-cvs.texi(,9281) @c FIXME: this material wants to be somewhere
-cvs.texi(,9282) @c in "Branching and merging".
-cvs.texi(,9283)
-cvs.texi(,9284) @appendixsubsubsec Committing to a branch
-cvs.texi(,9285)
-cvs.texi(,9286) You can commit to a branch revision (one that has an
-cvs.texi(,9287) even number of dots) with the @samp{-r} option. To
-cvs.texi(,9288) create a branch revision, use the @samp{-b} option
-cvs.texi(,9289) of the @code{rtag} or @code{tag} commands
-cvs.texi(,9290) (@pxref{Branching and merging}). Then, either @code{checkout}
or
-cvs.texi(,9291) @code{update} can be used to base your sources on the
-cvs.texi(,9292) newly created branch. From that point on, all
-cvs.texi(,9293) @code{commit} changes made within these working sources
-cvs.texi(,9294) will be automatically added to a branch revision,
-cvs.texi(,9295) thereby not disturbing main-line development in any
-cvs.texi(,9296) way. For example, if you had to create a patch to the
-cvs.texi(,9297) 1.2 version of the product, even though the 2.0 version
-cvs.texi(,9298) is already under development, you might do:
-cvs.texi(,9299)
-cvs.texi(,9300) @example
-cvs.texi(,9301) $ cvs rtag -b -r FCS1_2 FCS1_2_Patch product_module
-cvs.texi(,9302) $ cvs checkout -r FCS1_2_Patch product_module
-cvs.texi(,9303) $ cd product_module
-cvs.texi(,9304) [[ hack away ]]
-cvs.texi(,9305) $ cvs commit
-cvs.texi(,9306) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9307)
-cvs.texi(,9308) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,9309) This works automatically since the @samp{-r} option is
-cvs.texi(,9310) sticky.
-cvs.texi(,9311)
-cvs.texi(,9312) @appendixsubsubsec Creating the branch after editing
+cvs.texi(,9156) Get a copy of the module @samp{tc}:
+cvs.texi(,9157)
+cvs.texi(,9158) @example
+cvs.texi(,9159) $ cvs checkout tc
+cvs.texi(,9160) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9161)
+cvs.texi(,9162) Get a copy of the module @samp{tc} as it looked one day
+cvs.texi(,9163) ago:
+cvs.texi(,9164)
+cvs.texi(,9165) @example
+cvs.texi(,9166) $ cvs checkout -D yesterday tc
+cvs.texi(,9167) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9168)
+cvs.texi(,9169) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,9170) @node commit
+cvs.texi(,9171) @appendixsec commit---Check files into the repository
+cvs.texi(,9172) @cindex commit (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,9173)
+cvs.texi(,9174) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,9175) @item
+cvs.texi(,9176) Synopsis: commit [-lnRf] [-m 'log_message' |
+cvs.texi(,9177) -F file] [-r revision] address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9178) @item
+cvs.texi(,9179) Requires: working directory, repository.
+cvs.texi(,9180) @item
+cvs.texi(,9181) Changes: repository.
+cvs.texi(,9182) @item
+cvs.texi(,9183) Synonym: ci
+cvs.texi(,9184) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,9185)
+cvs.texi(,9186) Use @code{commit} when you want to incorporate changes
+cvs.texi(,9187) from your working source files into the source
+cvs.texi(,9188) repository.
+cvs.texi(,9189)
+cvs.texi(,9190) If you don't specify particular files to commit, all of
+cvs.texi(,9191) the files in your working current directory are
+cvs.texi(,9192) examined. @code{commit} is careful to change in the
+cvs.texi(,9193) repository only those files that you have really
+cvs.texi(,9194) changed. By default (or if you explicitly specify the
+cvs.texi(,9195) @samp{-R} option), files in subdirectories are also
+cvs.texi(,9196) examined and committed if they have changed; you can
+cvs.texi(,9197) use the @samp{-l} option to limit @code{commit} to the
+cvs.texi(,9198) current directory only.
+cvs.texi(,9199)
+cvs.texi(,9200) @code{commit} verifies that the selected files are up
+cvs.texi(,9201) to date with the current revisions in the source
+cvs.texi(,9202) repository; it will notify you, and exit without
+cvs.texi(,9203) committing, if any of the specified files must be made
+cvs.texi(,9204) current first with @code{update} (@pxref{update}).
+cvs.texi(,9205) @code{commit} does not call the @code{update} command
+cvs.texi(,9206) for you, but rather leaves that for you to do when the
+cvs.texi(,9207) time is right.
+cvs.texi(,9208)
+cvs.texi(,9209) When all is well, an editor is invoked to allow you to
+cvs.texi(,9210) enter a log message that will be written to one or more
+cvs.texi(,9211) logging programs (@pxref{modules}, and @pxref{loginfo})
+cvs.texi(,9212) and placed in the @sc{rcs} file inside the
+cvs.texi(,9213) repository. This log message can be retrieved with the
+cvs.texi(,9214) @code{log} command; see @ref{log}. You can specify the
+cvs.texi(,9215) log message on the command line with the @samp{-m
+cvs.texi(,9216) @var{message}} option, and thus avoid the editor invocation,
+cvs.texi(,9217) or use the @samp{-F @var{file}} option to specify
+cvs.texi(,9218) that the argument file contains the log message.
+cvs.texi(,9219)
+cvs.texi(,9220) @menu
+cvs.texi(,9221) * commit options:: commit options
+cvs.texi(,9222) * commit examples:: commit examples
+cvs.texi(,9223) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,9224)
+cvs.texi(,9225) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
+cvs.texi(,9226) @node commit options
+cvs.texi(,9227) @appendixsubsec commit options
+cvs.texi(,9228)
+cvs.texi(,9229) These standard options are supported by @code{commit}
+cvs.texi(,9230) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description of
+cvs.texi(,9231) them):
+cvs.texi(,9232)
+cvs.texi(,9233) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,9234) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,9235) Local; run only in current working directory.
+cvs.texi(,9236)
+cvs.texi(,9237) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,9238) Commit directories recursively. This is on by default.
+cvs.texi(,9239)
+cvs.texi(,9240) @item -r @var{revision}
+cvs.texi(,9241) Commit to @var{revision}. @var{revision} must be
+cvs.texi(,9242) either a branch, or a revision on the main trunk that
+cvs.texi(,9243) is higher than any existing revision number
+cvs.texi(,9244) (@pxref{Assigning revisions}). You
+cvs.texi(,9245) cannot commit to a specific revision on a branch.
+cvs.texi(,9246) @c FIXME: Need xref for branch case.
+cvs.texi(,9247) @end table
+cvs.texi(,9248)
+cvs.texi(,9249) @code{commit} also supports these options:
+cvs.texi(,9250)
+cvs.texi(,9251) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,9252) @item -F @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,9253) Read the log message from @var{file}, instead
+cvs.texi(,9254) of invoking an editor.
+cvs.texi(,9255)
+cvs.texi(,9256) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,9257) Note that this is not the standard behavior of
+cvs.texi(,9258) the @samp{-f} option as defined in @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,9259)
+cvs.texi(,9260) Force @sc{cvs} to commit a new revision even if you haven't
+cvs.texi(,9261) made any changes to the file. If the current revision
+cvs.texi(,9262) of @var{file} is 1.7, then the following two commands
+cvs.texi(,9263) are equivalent:
+cvs.texi(,9264)
+cvs.texi(,9265) @example
+cvs.texi(,9266) $ cvs commit -f @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,9267) $ cvs commit -r 1.8 @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,9268) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9269)
+cvs.texi(,9270) @c This is odd, but it's how CVS has worked for some
+cvs.texi(,9271) @c time.
+cvs.texi(,9272) The @samp{-f} option disables recursion (i.e., it
+cvs.texi(,9273) implies @samp{-l}). To force @sc{cvs} to commit a new
+cvs.texi(,9274) revision for all files in all subdirectories, you must
+cvs.texi(,9275) use @samp{-f -R}.
+cvs.texi(,9276)
+cvs.texi(,9277) @item -m @var{message}
+cvs.texi(,9278) Use @var{message} as the log message, instead of
+cvs.texi(,9279) invoking an editor.
+cvs.texi(,9280) @end table
+cvs.texi(,9281)
+cvs.texi(,9282) @need 2000
+cvs.texi(,9283) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
+cvs.texi(,9284) @node commit examples
+cvs.texi(,9285) @appendixsubsec commit examples
+cvs.texi(,9286)
+cvs.texi(,9287) @c FIXME: this material wants to be somewhere
+cvs.texi(,9288) @c in "Branching and merging".
+cvs.texi(,9289)
+cvs.texi(,9290) @appendixsubsubsec Committing to a branch
+cvs.texi(,9291)
+cvs.texi(,9292) You can commit to a branch revision (one that has an
+cvs.texi(,9293) even number of dots) with the @samp{-r} option. To
+cvs.texi(,9294) create a branch revision, use the @samp{-b} option
+cvs.texi(,9295) of the @code{rtag} or @code{tag} commands
+cvs.texi(,9296) (@pxref{Branching and merging}). Then, either @code{checkout}
or
+cvs.texi(,9297) @code{update} can be used to base your sources on the
+cvs.texi(,9298) newly created branch. From that point on, all
+cvs.texi(,9299) @code{commit} changes made within these working sources
+cvs.texi(,9300) will be automatically added to a branch revision,
+cvs.texi(,9301) thereby not disturbing main-line development in any
+cvs.texi(,9302) way. For example, if you had to create a patch to the
+cvs.texi(,9303) 1.2 version of the product, even though the 2.0 version
+cvs.texi(,9304) is already under development, you might do:
+cvs.texi(,9305)
+cvs.texi(,9306) @example
+cvs.texi(,9307) $ cvs rtag -b -r FCS1_2 FCS1_2_Patch product_module
+cvs.texi(,9308) $ cvs checkout -r FCS1_2_Patch product_module
+cvs.texi(,9309) $ cd product_module
+cvs.texi(,9310) [[ hack away ]]
+cvs.texi(,9311) $ cvs commit
+cvs.texi(,9312) @end example
cvs.texi(,9313)
-cvs.texi(,9314) Say you have been working on some extremely
-cvs.texi(,9315) experimental software, based on whatever revision you
-cvs.texi(,9316) happened to checkout last week. If others in your
-cvs.texi(,9317) group would like to work on this software with you, but
-cvs.texi(,9318) without disturbing main-line development, you could
-cvs.texi(,9319) commit your change to a new branch. Others can then
-cvs.texi(,9320) checkout your experimental stuff and utilize the full
-cvs.texi(,9321) benefit of @sc{cvs} conflict resolution. The scenario might
-cvs.texi(,9322) look like:
-cvs.texi(,9323)
-cvs.texi(,9324) @c FIXME: Should we be recommending tagging the branchpoint?
-cvs.texi(,9325) @example
-cvs.texi(,9326) [[ hacked sources are present ]]
-cvs.texi(,9327) $ cvs tag -b EXPR1
-cvs.texi(,9328) $ cvs update -r EXPR1
-cvs.texi(,9329) $ cvs commit
-cvs.texi(,9330) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9331)
-cvs.texi(,9332) The @code{update} command will make the @samp{-r
-cvs.texi(,9333) EXPR1} option sticky on all files. Note that your
-cvs.texi(,9334) changes to the files will never be removed by the
-cvs.texi(,9335) @code{update} command. The @code{commit} will
-cvs.texi(,9336) automatically commit to the correct branch, because the
-cvs.texi(,9337) @samp{-r} is sticky. You could also do like this:
-cvs.texi(,9338)
-cvs.texi(,9339) @c FIXME: Should we be recommending tagging the branchpoint?
-cvs.texi(,9340) @example
-cvs.texi(,9341) [[ hacked sources are present ]]
-cvs.texi(,9342) $ cvs tag -b EXPR1
-cvs.texi(,9343) $ cvs commit -r EXPR1
-cvs.texi(,9344) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9345)
-cvs.texi(,9346) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,9347) but then, only those files that were changed by you
-cvs.texi(,9348) will have the @samp{-r EXPR1} sticky flag. If you hack
-cvs.texi(,9349) away, and commit without specifying the @samp{-r EXPR1}
-cvs.texi(,9350) flag, some files may accidentally end up on the main
-cvs.texi(,9351) trunk.
-cvs.texi(,9352)
-cvs.texi(,9353) To work with you on the experimental change, others
-cvs.texi(,9354) would simply do
-cvs.texi(,9355)
-cvs.texi(,9356) @example
-cvs.texi(,9357) $ cvs checkout -r EXPR1 whatever_module
-cvs.texi(,9358) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9359)
-cvs.texi(,9360) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,9361) @node diff
-cvs.texi(,9362) @appendixsec diff---Show differences between revisions
-cvs.texi(,9363) @cindex diff (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,9364)
-cvs.texi(,9365) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,9366) @item
-cvs.texi(,9367) Synopsis: diff [-lR] [-k kflag] [format_options] [[-r rev1 |
-D date1] [-r rev2 | -D date2]] address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9368) @item
-cvs.texi(,9369) Requires: working directory, repository.
-cvs.texi(,9370) @item
-cvs.texi(,9371) Changes: nothing.
-cvs.texi(,9372) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,9373)
-cvs.texi(,9374) The @code{diff} command is used to compare different
-cvs.texi(,9375) revisions of files. The default action is to compare
-cvs.texi(,9376) your working files with the revisions they were based
-cvs.texi(,9377) on, and report any differences that are found.
-cvs.texi(,9378)
-cvs.texi(,9379) If any file names are given, only those files are
-cvs.texi(,9380) compared. If any directories are given, all files
-cvs.texi(,9381) under them will be compared.
-cvs.texi(,9382)
-cvs.texi(,9383) The exit status for diff is different than for other
-cvs.texi(,9384) @sc{cvs} commands; for details @ref{Exit status}.
-cvs.texi(,9385)
-cvs.texi(,9386) @menu
-cvs.texi(,9387) * diff options:: diff options
-cvs.texi(,9388) * diff examples:: diff examples
-cvs.texi(,9389) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,9390)
-cvs.texi(,9391) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
-cvs.texi(,9392) @node diff options
-cvs.texi(,9393) @appendixsubsec diff options
-cvs.texi(,9394)
-cvs.texi(,9395) These standard options are supported by @code{diff}
-cvs.texi(,9396) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description of
-cvs.texi(,9397) them):
-cvs.texi(,9398)
-cvs.texi(,9399) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,9400) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,9401) Use the most recent revision no later than @var{date}.
-cvs.texi(,9402) See @samp{-r} for how this affects the comparison.
-cvs.texi(,9403)
-cvs.texi(,9404) @item -k @var{kflag}
-cvs.texi(,9405) Process keywords according to @var{kflag}. See
-cvs.texi(,9406) @ref{Keyword substitution}.
-cvs.texi(,9407)
-cvs.texi(,9408) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,9409) Local; run only in current working directory.
-cvs.texi(,9410)
-cvs.texi(,9411) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,9412) Examine directories recursively. This option is on by
-cvs.texi(,9413) default.
-cvs.texi(,9414)
-cvs.texi(,9415) @item -r @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,9416) Compare with revision @var{tag}. Zero, one or two
-cvs.texi(,9417) @samp{-r} options can be present. With no @samp{-r}
-cvs.texi(,9418) option, the working file will be compared with the
-cvs.texi(,9419) revision it was based on. With one @samp{-r}, that
-cvs.texi(,9420) revision will be compared to your current working file.
-cvs.texi(,9421) With two @samp{-r} options those two revisions will be
-cvs.texi(,9422) compared (and your working file will not affect the
-cvs.texi(,9423) outcome in any way).
-cvs.texi(,9424) @c We should be a lot more explicit, with examples,
-cvs.texi(,9425) @c about the difference between "cvs diff" and "cvs
-cvs.texi(,9426) @c diff -r HEAD". This often confuses new users.
-cvs.texi(,9427)
-cvs.texi(,9428) One or both @samp{-r} options can be replaced by a
-cvs.texi(,9429) @samp{-D @var{date}} option, described above.
-cvs.texi(,9430) @end table
-cvs.texi(,9431)
-cvs.texi(,9432) @c Conceptually, this is a disaster. There are 3
-cvs.texi(,9433) @c zillion diff formats that we support via the diff
-cvs.texi(,9434) @c library. It is not obvious to me that we should
-cvs.texi(,9435) @c document them all. Maybe just the most common ones
-cvs.texi(,9436) @c like -c and -u, and think about phasing out the
-cvs.texi(,9437) @c obscure ones.
-cvs.texi(,9438) @c FIXCVS: also should be a way to specify an external
-cvs.texi(,9439) @c diff program (which can be different for different
-cvs.texi(,9440) @c file types) and pass through
-cvs.texi(,9441) @c arbitrary options, so that the user can do
-cvs.texi(,9442) @c "--pass=-Z --pass=foo" or something even if CVS
-cvs.texi(,9443) @c doesn't know about the "-Z foo" option to diff.
-cvs.texi(,9444) @c This would fit nicely with deprecating/eliminating
-cvs.texi(,9445) @c the obscure options of the diff library, because it
-cvs.texi(,9446) @c would let people specify an external GNU diff if
-cvs.texi(,9447) @c they are into that sort of thing.
-cvs.texi(,9448) The following options specify the format of the
-cvs.texi(,9449) output. They have the same meaning as in GNU diff.
-cvs.texi(,9450) Most options have two equivalent names, one of which is a
single letter
-cvs.texi(,9451) preceded by @samp{-}, and the other of which is a long name
preceded by
-cvs.texi(,9452) @samp{--}.
-cvs.texi(,9453)
-cvs.texi(,9454) @table @samp
-cvs.texi(,9455) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9456) Show @var{lines} (an integer) lines of context. This option
does not
-cvs.texi(,9457) specify an output format by itself; it has no effect unless it
is
-cvs.texi(,9458) combined with @samp{-c} or @samp{-u}. This option is
obsolete. For proper
-cvs.texi(,9459) operation, @code{patch} typically needs at least two lines of
context.
-cvs.texi(,9460)
-cvs.texi(,9461) @item -a
-cvs.texi(,9462) Treat all files as text and compare them line-by-line, even if
they
-cvs.texi(,9463) do not seem to be text.
-cvs.texi(,9464)
-cvs.texi(,9465) @item -b
-cvs.texi(,9466) Ignore trailing white space and consider all other sequences
of one or
-cvs.texi(,9467) more white space characters to be equivalent.
-cvs.texi(,9468)
-cvs.texi(,9469) @item -B
-cvs.texi(,9470) Ignore changes that just insert or delete blank lines.
-cvs.texi(,9471)
-cvs.texi(,9472) @item --binary
-cvs.texi(,9473) Read and write data in binary mode.
+cvs.texi(,9314) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,9315) This works automatically since the @samp{-r} option is
+cvs.texi(,9316) sticky.
+cvs.texi(,9317)
+cvs.texi(,9318) @appendixsubsubsec Creating the branch after editing
+cvs.texi(,9319)
+cvs.texi(,9320) Say you have been working on some extremely
+cvs.texi(,9321) experimental software, based on whatever revision you
+cvs.texi(,9322) happened to checkout last week. If others in your
+cvs.texi(,9323) group would like to work on this software with you, but
+cvs.texi(,9324) without disturbing main-line development, you could
+cvs.texi(,9325) commit your change to a new branch. Others can then
+cvs.texi(,9326) checkout your experimental stuff and utilize the full
+cvs.texi(,9327) benefit of @sc{cvs} conflict resolution. The scenario might
+cvs.texi(,9328) look like:
+cvs.texi(,9329)
+cvs.texi(,9330) @c FIXME: Should we be recommending tagging the branchpoint?
+cvs.texi(,9331) @example
+cvs.texi(,9332) [[ hacked sources are present ]]
+cvs.texi(,9333) $ cvs tag -b EXPR1
+cvs.texi(,9334) $ cvs update -r EXPR1
+cvs.texi(,9335) $ cvs commit
+cvs.texi(,9336) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9337)
+cvs.texi(,9338) The @code{update} command will make the @samp{-r
+cvs.texi(,9339) EXPR1} option sticky on all files. Note that your
+cvs.texi(,9340) changes to the files will never be removed by the
+cvs.texi(,9341) @code{update} command. The @code{commit} will
+cvs.texi(,9342) automatically commit to the correct branch, because the
+cvs.texi(,9343) @samp{-r} is sticky. You could also do like this:
+cvs.texi(,9344)
+cvs.texi(,9345) @c FIXME: Should we be recommending tagging the branchpoint?
+cvs.texi(,9346) @example
+cvs.texi(,9347) [[ hacked sources are present ]]
+cvs.texi(,9348) $ cvs tag -b EXPR1
+cvs.texi(,9349) $ cvs commit -r EXPR1
+cvs.texi(,9350) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9351)
+cvs.texi(,9352) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,9353) but then, only those files that were changed by you
+cvs.texi(,9354) will have the @samp{-r EXPR1} sticky flag. If you hack
+cvs.texi(,9355) away, and commit without specifying the @samp{-r EXPR1}
+cvs.texi(,9356) flag, some files may accidentally end up on the main
+cvs.texi(,9357) trunk.
+cvs.texi(,9358)
+cvs.texi(,9359) To work with you on the experimental change, others
+cvs.texi(,9360) would simply do
+cvs.texi(,9361)
+cvs.texi(,9362) @example
+cvs.texi(,9363) $ cvs checkout -r EXPR1 whatever_module
+cvs.texi(,9364) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9365)
+cvs.texi(,9366) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,9367) @node diff
+cvs.texi(,9368) @appendixsec diff---Show differences between revisions
+cvs.texi(,9369) @cindex diff (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,9370)
+cvs.texi(,9371) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,9372) @item
+cvs.texi(,9373) Synopsis: diff [-lR] [-k kflag] [format_options] [[-r rev1 |
-D date1] [-r rev2 | -D date2]] address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9374) @item
+cvs.texi(,9375) Requires: working directory, repository.
+cvs.texi(,9376) @item
+cvs.texi(,9377) Changes: nothing.
+cvs.texi(,9378) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,9379)
+cvs.texi(,9380) The @code{diff} command is used to compare different
+cvs.texi(,9381) revisions of files. The default action is to compare
+cvs.texi(,9382) your working files with the revisions they were based
+cvs.texi(,9383) on, and report any differences that are found.
+cvs.texi(,9384)
+cvs.texi(,9385) If any file names are given, only those files are
+cvs.texi(,9386) compared. If any directories are given, all files
+cvs.texi(,9387) under them will be compared.
+cvs.texi(,9388)
+cvs.texi(,9389) The exit status for diff is different than for other
+cvs.texi(,9390) @sc{cvs} commands; for details @ref{Exit status}.
+cvs.texi(,9391)
+cvs.texi(,9392) @menu
+cvs.texi(,9393) * diff options:: diff options
+cvs.texi(,9394) * diff examples:: diff examples
+cvs.texi(,9395) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,9396)
+cvs.texi(,9397) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
+cvs.texi(,9398) @node diff options
+cvs.texi(,9399) @appendixsubsec diff options
+cvs.texi(,9400)
+cvs.texi(,9401) These standard options are supported by @code{diff}
+cvs.texi(,9402) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description of
+cvs.texi(,9403) them):
+cvs.texi(,9404)
+cvs.texi(,9405) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,9406) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,9407) Use the most recent revision no later than @var{date}.
+cvs.texi(,9408) See @samp{-r} for how this affects the comparison.
+cvs.texi(,9409)
+cvs.texi(,9410) @item -k @var{kflag}
+cvs.texi(,9411) Process keywords according to @var{kflag}. See
+cvs.texi(,9412) @ref{Keyword substitution}.
+cvs.texi(,9413)
+cvs.texi(,9414) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,9415) Local; run only in current working directory.
+cvs.texi(,9416)
+cvs.texi(,9417) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,9418) Examine directories recursively. This option is on by
+cvs.texi(,9419) default.
+cvs.texi(,9420)
+cvs.texi(,9421) @item -r @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,9422) Compare with revision @var{tag}. Zero, one or two
+cvs.texi(,9423) @samp{-r} options can be present. With no @samp{-r}
+cvs.texi(,9424) option, the working file will be compared with the
+cvs.texi(,9425) revision it was based on. With one @samp{-r}, that
+cvs.texi(,9426) revision will be compared to your current working file.
+cvs.texi(,9427) With two @samp{-r} options those two revisions will be
+cvs.texi(,9428) compared (and your working file will not affect the
+cvs.texi(,9429) outcome in any way).
+cvs.texi(,9430) @c We should be a lot more explicit, with examples,
+cvs.texi(,9431) @c about the difference between "cvs diff" and "cvs
+cvs.texi(,9432) @c diff -r HEAD". This often confuses new users.
+cvs.texi(,9433)
+cvs.texi(,9434) One or both @samp{-r} options can be replaced by a
+cvs.texi(,9435) @samp{-D @var{date}} option, described above.
+cvs.texi(,9436) @end table
+cvs.texi(,9437)
+cvs.texi(,9438) @c Conceptually, this is a disaster. There are 3
+cvs.texi(,9439) @c zillion diff formats that we support via the diff
+cvs.texi(,9440) @c library. It is not obvious to me that we should
+cvs.texi(,9441) @c document them all. Maybe just the most common ones
+cvs.texi(,9442) @c like -c and -u, and think about phasing out the
+cvs.texi(,9443) @c obscure ones.
+cvs.texi(,9444) @c FIXCVS: also should be a way to specify an external
+cvs.texi(,9445) @c diff program (which can be different for different
+cvs.texi(,9446) @c file types) and pass through
+cvs.texi(,9447) @c arbitrary options, so that the user can do
+cvs.texi(,9448) @c "--pass=-Z --pass=foo" or something even if CVS
+cvs.texi(,9449) @c doesn't know about the "-Z foo" option to diff.
+cvs.texi(,9450) @c This would fit nicely with deprecating/eliminating
+cvs.texi(,9451) @c the obscure options of the diff library, because it
+cvs.texi(,9452) @c would let people specify an external GNU diff if
+cvs.texi(,9453) @c they are into that sort of thing.
+cvs.texi(,9454) The following options specify the format of the
+cvs.texi(,9455) output. They have the same meaning as in GNU diff.
+cvs.texi(,9456) Most options have two equivalent names, one of which is a
single letter
+cvs.texi(,9457) preceded by @samp{-}, and the other of which is a long name
preceded by
+cvs.texi(,9458) @samp{--}.
+cvs.texi(,9459)
+cvs.texi(,9460) @table @samp
+cvs.texi(,9461) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9462) Show @var{lines} (an integer) lines of context. This option
does not
+cvs.texi(,9463) specify an output format by itself; it has no effect unless it
is
+cvs.texi(,9464) combined with @samp{-c} or @samp{-u}. This option is
obsolete. For proper
+cvs.texi(,9465) operation, @code{patch} typically needs at least two lines of
context.
+cvs.texi(,9466)
+cvs.texi(,9467) @item -a
+cvs.texi(,9468) Treat all files as text and compare them line-by-line, even if
they
+cvs.texi(,9469) do not seem to be text.
+cvs.texi(,9470)
+cvs.texi(,9471) @item -b
+cvs.texi(,9472) Ignore trailing white space and consider all other sequences
of one or
+cvs.texi(,9473) more white space characters to be equivalent.
cvs.texi(,9474)
-cvs.texi(,9475) @item --brief
-cvs.texi(,9476) Report only whether the files differ, not the details of the
-cvs.texi(,9477) differences.
-cvs.texi(,9478)
-cvs.texi(,9479) @item -c
-cvs.texi(,9480) Use the context output format.
-cvs.texi(,9481)
-cvs.texi(,9482) @item -C @var{lines}
-cvs.texi(,9483) @itemx address@hidden@address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9484) Use the context output format, showing @var{lines} (an
integer) lines of
-cvs.texi(,9485) context, or three if @var{lines} is not given.
-cvs.texi(,9486) For proper operation, @code{patch} typically needs at least
two lines of
-cvs.texi(,9487) context.
-cvs.texi(,9488)
-cvs.texi(,9489) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9490) Use @var{format} to output a line group containing differing
lines from
-cvs.texi(,9491) both files in if-then-else format. @xref{Line group formats}.
-cvs.texi(,9492)
-cvs.texi(,9493) @item -d
-cvs.texi(,9494) Change the algorithm to perhaps find a smaller set of changes.
This makes
-cvs.texi(,9495) @code{diff} slower (sometimes much slower).
-cvs.texi(,9496)
-cvs.texi(,9497) @item -e
-cvs.texi(,9498) @itemx --ed
-cvs.texi(,9499) Make output that is a valid @code{ed} script.
-cvs.texi(,9500)
-cvs.texi(,9501) @item --expand-tabs
-cvs.texi(,9502) Expand tabs to spaces in the output, to preserve the alignment
of tabs
-cvs.texi(,9503) in the input files.
-cvs.texi(,9504)
-cvs.texi(,9505) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,9506) Make output that looks vaguely like an @code{ed} script but
has changes
-cvs.texi(,9507) in the order they appear in the file.
-cvs.texi(,9508)
-cvs.texi(,9509) @item -F @var{regexp}
-cvs.texi(,9510) In context and unified format, for each hunk of differences,
show some
-cvs.texi(,9511) of the last preceding line that matches @var{regexp}.
-cvs.texi(,9512)
-cvs.texi(,9513) @item --forward-ed
-cvs.texi(,9514) Make output that looks vaguely like an @code{ed} script but
has changes
-cvs.texi(,9515) in the order they appear in the file.
-cvs.texi(,9516)
-cvs.texi(,9517) @item -H
-cvs.texi(,9518) Use heuristics to speed handling of large files that have
numerous
-cvs.texi(,9519) scattered small changes.
-cvs.texi(,9520)
-cvs.texi(,9521) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9522) Do not discard the last @var{lines} lines of the common prefix
-cvs.texi(,9523) and the first @var{lines} lines of the common suffix.
-cvs.texi(,9524)
-cvs.texi(,9525) @item -i
-cvs.texi(,9526) Ignore changes in case; consider upper- and lower-case letters
-cvs.texi(,9527) equivalent.
-cvs.texi(,9528)
-cvs.texi(,9529) @item -I @var{regexp}
-cvs.texi(,9530) Ignore changes that just insert or delete lines that match
@var{regexp}.
-cvs.texi(,9531)
-cvs.texi(,9532) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9533) Make merged if-then-else output using @var{name}.
+cvs.texi(,9475) @item -B
+cvs.texi(,9476) Ignore changes that just insert or delete blank lines.
+cvs.texi(,9477)
+cvs.texi(,9478) @item --binary
+cvs.texi(,9479) Read and write data in binary mode.
+cvs.texi(,9480)
+cvs.texi(,9481) @item --brief
+cvs.texi(,9482) Report only whether the files differ, not the details of the
+cvs.texi(,9483) differences.
+cvs.texi(,9484)
+cvs.texi(,9485) @item -c
+cvs.texi(,9486) Use the context output format.
+cvs.texi(,9487)
+cvs.texi(,9488) @item -C @var{lines}
+cvs.texi(,9489) @itemx address@hidden@address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9490) Use the context output format, showing @var{lines} (an
integer) lines of
+cvs.texi(,9491) context, or three if @var{lines} is not given.
+cvs.texi(,9492) For proper operation, @code{patch} typically needs at least
two lines of
+cvs.texi(,9493) context.
+cvs.texi(,9494)
+cvs.texi(,9495) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9496) Use @var{format} to output a line group containing differing
lines from
+cvs.texi(,9497) both files in if-then-else format. @xref{Line group formats}.
+cvs.texi(,9498)
+cvs.texi(,9499) @item -d
+cvs.texi(,9500) Change the algorithm to perhaps find a smaller set of changes.
This makes
+cvs.texi(,9501) @code{diff} slower (sometimes much slower).
+cvs.texi(,9502)
+cvs.texi(,9503) @item -e
+cvs.texi(,9504) @itemx --ed
+cvs.texi(,9505) Make output that is a valid @code{ed} script.
+cvs.texi(,9506)
+cvs.texi(,9507) @item --expand-tabs
+cvs.texi(,9508) Expand tabs to spaces in the output, to preserve the alignment
of tabs
+cvs.texi(,9509) in the input files.
+cvs.texi(,9510)
+cvs.texi(,9511) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,9512) Make output that looks vaguely like an @code{ed} script but
has changes
+cvs.texi(,9513) in the order they appear in the file.
+cvs.texi(,9514)
+cvs.texi(,9515) @item -F @var{regexp}
+cvs.texi(,9516) In context and unified format, for each hunk of differences,
show some
+cvs.texi(,9517) of the last preceding line that matches @var{regexp}.
+cvs.texi(,9518)
+cvs.texi(,9519) @item --forward-ed
+cvs.texi(,9520) Make output that looks vaguely like an @code{ed} script but
has changes
+cvs.texi(,9521) in the order they appear in the file.
+cvs.texi(,9522)
+cvs.texi(,9523) @item -H
+cvs.texi(,9524) Use heuristics to speed handling of large files that have
numerous
+cvs.texi(,9525) scattered small changes.
+cvs.texi(,9526)
+cvs.texi(,9527) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9528) Do not discard the last @var{lines} lines of the common prefix
+cvs.texi(,9529) and the first @var{lines} lines of the common suffix.
+cvs.texi(,9530)
+cvs.texi(,9531) @item -i
+cvs.texi(,9532) Ignore changes in case; consider upper- and lower-case letters
+cvs.texi(,9533) equivalent.
cvs.texi(,9534)
-cvs.texi(,9535) @item --ignore-all-space
-cvs.texi(,9536) Ignore white space when comparing lines.
+cvs.texi(,9535) @item -I @var{regexp}
+cvs.texi(,9536) Ignore changes that just insert or delete lines that match
@var{regexp}.
cvs.texi(,9537)
-cvs.texi(,9538) @item --ignore-blank-lines
-cvs.texi(,9539) Ignore changes that just insert or delete blank lines.
+cvs.texi(,9538) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9539) Make merged if-then-else output using @var{name}.
cvs.texi(,9540)
-cvs.texi(,9541) @item --ignore-case
-cvs.texi(,9542) Ignore changes in case; consider upper- and lower-case to be
the same.
+cvs.texi(,9541) @item --ignore-all-space
+cvs.texi(,9542) Ignore white space when comparing lines.
cvs.texi(,9543)
-cvs.texi(,9544) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9545) Ignore changes that just insert or delete lines that match
@var{regexp}.
+cvs.texi(,9544) @item --ignore-blank-lines
+cvs.texi(,9545) Ignore changes that just insert or delete blank lines.
cvs.texi(,9546)
-cvs.texi(,9547) @item --ignore-space-change
-cvs.texi(,9548) Ignore trailing white space and consider all other sequences
of one or
-cvs.texi(,9549) more white space characters to be equivalent.
-cvs.texi(,9550)
-cvs.texi(,9551) @item --initial-tab
-cvs.texi(,9552) Output a tab rather than a space before the text of a line in
normal or
-cvs.texi(,9553) context format. This causes the alignment of tabs in the line
to look
-cvs.texi(,9554) normal.
-cvs.texi(,9555)
-cvs.texi(,9556) @item -L @var{label}
-cvs.texi(,9557) Use @var{label} instead of the file name in the context format
-cvs.texi(,9558) and unified format headers.
-cvs.texi(,9559)
-cvs.texi(,9560) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9561) Use @var{label} instead of the file name in the context format
-cvs.texi(,9562) and unified format headers.
-cvs.texi(,9563)
-cvs.texi(,9564) @item --left-column
-cvs.texi(,9565) Print only the left column of two common lines in side by side
format.
-cvs.texi(,9566)
-cvs.texi(,9567) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9568) Use @var{format} to output all input lines in if-then-else
format.
-cvs.texi(,9569) @xref{Line formats}.
-cvs.texi(,9570)
-cvs.texi(,9571) @item --minimal
-cvs.texi(,9572) Change the algorithm to perhaps find a smaller set of changes.
This
-cvs.texi(,9573) makes @code{diff} slower (sometimes much slower).
-cvs.texi(,9574)
-cvs.texi(,9575) @item -n
-cvs.texi(,9576) Output RCS-format diffs; like @samp{-f} except that each
command
-cvs.texi(,9577) specifies the number of lines affected.
-cvs.texi(,9578)
-cvs.texi(,9579) @item -N
-cvs.texi(,9580) @itemx --new-file
-cvs.texi(,9581) In directory comparison, if a file is found in only one
directory,
-cvs.texi(,9582) treat it as present but empty in the other directory.
-cvs.texi(,9583)
-cvs.texi(,9584) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9585) Use @var{format} to output a group of lines taken from just
the second
-cvs.texi(,9586) file in if-then-else format. @xref{Line group formats}.
-cvs.texi(,9587)
-cvs.texi(,9588) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9589) Use @var{format} to output a line taken from just the second
file in
-cvs.texi(,9590) if-then-else format. @xref{Line formats}.
-cvs.texi(,9591)
-cvs.texi(,9592) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9593) Use @var{format} to output a group of lines taken from just
the first
-cvs.texi(,9594) file in if-then-else format. @xref{Line group formats}.
-cvs.texi(,9595)
-cvs.texi(,9596) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9597) Use @var{format} to output a line taken from just the first
file in
-cvs.texi(,9598) if-then-else format. @xref{Line formats}.
-cvs.texi(,9599)
-cvs.texi(,9600) @item -p
-cvs.texi(,9601) Show which C function each change is in.
-cvs.texi(,9602)
-cvs.texi(,9603) @item --rcs
-cvs.texi(,9604) Output RCS-format diffs; like @samp{-f} except that each
command
-cvs.texi(,9605) specifies the number of lines affected.
-cvs.texi(,9606)
-cvs.texi(,9607) @item --report-identical-files
-cvs.texi(,9608) @itemx -s
-cvs.texi(,9609) Report when two files are the same.
-cvs.texi(,9610)
-cvs.texi(,9611) @item --show-c-function
-cvs.texi(,9612) Show which C function each change is in.
-cvs.texi(,9613)
-cvs.texi(,9614) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9615) In context and unified format, for each hunk of differences,
show some
-cvs.texi(,9616) of the last preceding line that matches @var{regexp}.
-cvs.texi(,9617)
-cvs.texi(,9618) @item --side-by-side
-cvs.texi(,9619) Use the side by side output format.
-cvs.texi(,9620)
-cvs.texi(,9621) @item --speed-large-files
-cvs.texi(,9622) Use heuristics to speed handling of large files that have
numerous
-cvs.texi(,9623) scattered small changes.
-cvs.texi(,9624)
-cvs.texi(,9625) @item --suppress-common-lines
-cvs.texi(,9626) Do not print common lines in side by side format.
-cvs.texi(,9627)
-cvs.texi(,9628) @item -t
-cvs.texi(,9629) Expand tabs to spaces in the output, to preserve the alignment
of tabs
-cvs.texi(,9630) in the input files.
-cvs.texi(,9631)
-cvs.texi(,9632) @item -T
-cvs.texi(,9633) Output a tab rather than a space before the text of a line in
normal or
-cvs.texi(,9634) context format. This causes the alignment of tabs in the line
to look
-cvs.texi(,9635) normal.
-cvs.texi(,9636)
-cvs.texi(,9637) @item --text
-cvs.texi(,9638) Treat all files as text and compare them line-by-line, even if
they
-cvs.texi(,9639) do not appear to be text.
-cvs.texi(,9640)
-cvs.texi(,9641) @item -u
-cvs.texi(,9642) Use the unified output format.
-cvs.texi(,9643)
-cvs.texi(,9644) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9645) Use @var{format} to output a group of common lines taken from
both files
-cvs.texi(,9646) in if-then-else format. @xref{Line group formats}.
-cvs.texi(,9647)
-cvs.texi(,9648) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9649) Use @var{format} to output a line common to both files in
if-then-else
-cvs.texi(,9650) format. @xref{Line formats}.
-cvs.texi(,9651)
-cvs.texi(,9652) @item -U @var{lines}
-cvs.texi(,9653) @itemx address@hidden@address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9654) Use the unified output format, showing @var{lines} (an
integer) lines of
-cvs.texi(,9655) context, or three if @var{lines} is not given.
-cvs.texi(,9656) For proper operation, @code{patch} typically needs at least
two lines of
-cvs.texi(,9657) context.
-cvs.texi(,9658)
-cvs.texi(,9659) @item -w
-cvs.texi(,9660) Ignore white space when comparing lines.
-cvs.texi(,9661)
-cvs.texi(,9662) @item -W @var{columns}
-cvs.texi(,9663) @itemx address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9664) Use an output width of @var{columns} in side by side format.
-cvs.texi(,9665)
-cvs.texi(,9666) @item -y
-cvs.texi(,9667) Use the side by side output format.
-cvs.texi(,9668) @end table
-cvs.texi(,9669)
-cvs.texi(,9670) @menu
-cvs.texi(,9671) * Line group formats:: Line group formats
-cvs.texi(,9672) * Line formats:: Line formats
-cvs.texi(,9673) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,9674)
-cvs.texi(,9675) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
-cvs.texi(,9676) @node Line group formats
-cvs.texi(,9677) @appendixsubsubsec Line group formats
-cvs.texi(,9678)
-cvs.texi(,9679) Line group formats let you specify formats suitable for many
-cvs.texi(,9680) applications that allow if-then-else input, including
programming
-cvs.texi(,9681) languages and text formatting languages. A line group format
specifies
-cvs.texi(,9682) the output format for a contiguous group of similar lines.
-cvs.texi(,9683)
-cvs.texi(,9684) For example, the following command compares the TeX file
@file{myfile}
-cvs.texi(,9685) with the original version from the repository,
-cvs.texi(,9686) and outputs a merged file in which old regions are
-cvs.texi(,9687) surrounded by @address@hidden@address@hidden@address@hidden
lines, and new
-cvs.texi(,9688) regions are surrounded by
@address@hidden@address@hidden@address@hidden lines.
+cvs.texi(,9547) @item --ignore-case
+cvs.texi(,9548) Ignore changes in case; consider upper- and lower-case to be
the same.
+cvs.texi(,9549)
+cvs.texi(,9550) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9551) Ignore changes that just insert or delete lines that match
@var{regexp}.
+cvs.texi(,9552)
+cvs.texi(,9553) @item --ignore-space-change
+cvs.texi(,9554) Ignore trailing white space and consider all other sequences
of one or
+cvs.texi(,9555) more white space characters to be equivalent.
+cvs.texi(,9556)
+cvs.texi(,9557) @item --initial-tab
+cvs.texi(,9558) Output a tab rather than a space before the text of a line in
normal or
+cvs.texi(,9559) context format. This causes the alignment of tabs in the line
to look
+cvs.texi(,9560) normal.
+cvs.texi(,9561)
+cvs.texi(,9562) @item -L @var{label}
+cvs.texi(,9563) Use @var{label} instead of the file name in the context format
+cvs.texi(,9564) and unified format headers.
+cvs.texi(,9565)
+cvs.texi(,9566) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9567) Use @var{label} instead of the file name in the context format
+cvs.texi(,9568) and unified format headers.
+cvs.texi(,9569)
+cvs.texi(,9570) @item --left-column
+cvs.texi(,9571) Print only the left column of two common lines in side by side
format.
+cvs.texi(,9572)
+cvs.texi(,9573) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9574) Use @var{format} to output all input lines in if-then-else
format.
+cvs.texi(,9575) @xref{Line formats}.
+cvs.texi(,9576)
+cvs.texi(,9577) @item --minimal
+cvs.texi(,9578) Change the algorithm to perhaps find a smaller set of changes.
This
+cvs.texi(,9579) makes @code{diff} slower (sometimes much slower).
+cvs.texi(,9580)
+cvs.texi(,9581) @item -n
+cvs.texi(,9582) Output RCS-format diffs; like @samp{-f} except that each
command
+cvs.texi(,9583) specifies the number of lines affected.
+cvs.texi(,9584)
+cvs.texi(,9585) @item -N
+cvs.texi(,9586) @itemx --new-file
+cvs.texi(,9587) In directory comparison, if a file is found in only one
directory,
+cvs.texi(,9588) treat it as present but empty in the other directory.
+cvs.texi(,9589)
+cvs.texi(,9590) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9591) Use @var{format} to output a group of lines taken from just
the second
+cvs.texi(,9592) file in if-then-else format. @xref{Line group formats}.
+cvs.texi(,9593)
+cvs.texi(,9594) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9595) Use @var{format} to output a line taken from just the second
file in
+cvs.texi(,9596) if-then-else format. @xref{Line formats}.
+cvs.texi(,9597)
+cvs.texi(,9598) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9599) Use @var{format} to output a group of lines taken from just
the first
+cvs.texi(,9600) file in if-then-else format. @xref{Line group formats}.
+cvs.texi(,9601)
+cvs.texi(,9602) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9603) Use @var{format} to output a line taken from just the first
file in
+cvs.texi(,9604) if-then-else format. @xref{Line formats}.
+cvs.texi(,9605)
+cvs.texi(,9606) @item -p
+cvs.texi(,9607) Show which C function each change is in.
+cvs.texi(,9608)
+cvs.texi(,9609) @item --rcs
+cvs.texi(,9610) Output RCS-format diffs; like @samp{-f} except that each
command
+cvs.texi(,9611) specifies the number of lines affected.
+cvs.texi(,9612)
+cvs.texi(,9613) @item --report-identical-files
+cvs.texi(,9614) @itemx -s
+cvs.texi(,9615) Report when two files are the same.
+cvs.texi(,9616)
+cvs.texi(,9617) @item --show-c-function
+cvs.texi(,9618) Show which C function each change is in.
+cvs.texi(,9619)
+cvs.texi(,9620) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9621) In context and unified format, for each hunk of differences,
show some
+cvs.texi(,9622) of the last preceding line that matches @var{regexp}.
+cvs.texi(,9623)
+cvs.texi(,9624) @item --side-by-side
+cvs.texi(,9625) Use the side by side output format.
+cvs.texi(,9626)
+cvs.texi(,9627) @item --speed-large-files
+cvs.texi(,9628) Use heuristics to speed handling of large files that have
numerous
+cvs.texi(,9629) scattered small changes.
+cvs.texi(,9630)
+cvs.texi(,9631) @item --suppress-common-lines
+cvs.texi(,9632) Do not print common lines in side by side format.
+cvs.texi(,9633)
+cvs.texi(,9634) @item -t
+cvs.texi(,9635) Expand tabs to spaces in the output, to preserve the alignment
of tabs
+cvs.texi(,9636) in the input files.
+cvs.texi(,9637)
+cvs.texi(,9638) @item -T
+cvs.texi(,9639) Output a tab rather than a space before the text of a line in
normal or
+cvs.texi(,9640) context format. This causes the alignment of tabs in the line
to look
+cvs.texi(,9641) normal.
+cvs.texi(,9642)
+cvs.texi(,9643) @item --text
+cvs.texi(,9644) Treat all files as text and compare them line-by-line, even if
they
+cvs.texi(,9645) do not appear to be text.
+cvs.texi(,9646)
+cvs.texi(,9647) @item -u
+cvs.texi(,9648) Use the unified output format.
+cvs.texi(,9649)
+cvs.texi(,9650) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9651) Use @var{format} to output a group of common lines taken from
both files
+cvs.texi(,9652) in if-then-else format. @xref{Line group formats}.
+cvs.texi(,9653)
+cvs.texi(,9654) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9655) Use @var{format} to output a line common to both files in
if-then-else
+cvs.texi(,9656) format. @xref{Line formats}.
+cvs.texi(,9657)
+cvs.texi(,9658) @item -U @var{lines}
+cvs.texi(,9659) @itemx address@hidden@address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9660) Use the unified output format, showing @var{lines} (an
integer) lines of
+cvs.texi(,9661) context, or three if @var{lines} is not given.
+cvs.texi(,9662) For proper operation, @code{patch} typically needs at least
two lines of
+cvs.texi(,9663) context.
+cvs.texi(,9664)
+cvs.texi(,9665) @item -w
+cvs.texi(,9666) Ignore white space when comparing lines.
+cvs.texi(,9667)
+cvs.texi(,9668) @item -W @var{columns}
+cvs.texi(,9669) @itemx address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9670) Use an output width of @var{columns} in side by side format.
+cvs.texi(,9671)
+cvs.texi(,9672) @item -y
+cvs.texi(,9673) Use the side by side output format.
+cvs.texi(,9674) @end table
+cvs.texi(,9675)
+cvs.texi(,9676) @menu
+cvs.texi(,9677) * Line group formats:: Line group formats
+cvs.texi(,9678) * Line formats:: Line formats
+cvs.texi(,9679) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,9680)
+cvs.texi(,9681) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
+cvs.texi(,9682) @node Line group formats
+cvs.texi(,9683) @appendixsubsubsec Line group formats
+cvs.texi(,9684)
+cvs.texi(,9685) Line group formats let you specify formats suitable for many
+cvs.texi(,9686) applications that allow if-then-else input, including
programming
+cvs.texi(,9687) languages and text formatting languages. A line group format
specifies
+cvs.texi(,9688) the output format for a contiguous group of similar lines.
cvs.texi(,9689)
-cvs.texi(,9690) @example
-cvs.texi(,9691) cvs diff \
-cvs.texi(,9692) --old-group-format='address@hidden@}
-cvs.texi(,9693) %<address@hidden@}
-cvs.texi(,9694) ' \
-cvs.texi(,9695) --new-group-format='address@hidden@}
-cvs.texi(,9696) %>address@hidden@}
-cvs.texi(,9697) ' \
-cvs.texi(,9698) myfile
-cvs.texi(,9699) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9700)
-cvs.texi(,9701) The following command is equivalent to the above example, but
it is a
-cvs.texi(,9702) little more verbose, because it spells out the default line
group formats.
-cvs.texi(,9703)
-cvs.texi(,9704) @example
-cvs.texi(,9705) cvs diff \
-cvs.texi(,9706) --old-group-format='address@hidden@}
-cvs.texi(,9707) %<address@hidden@}
-cvs.texi(,9708) ' \
-cvs.texi(,9709) --new-group-format='address@hidden@}
-cvs.texi(,9710) %>address@hidden@}
-cvs.texi(,9711) ' \
-cvs.texi(,9712) --unchanged-group-format='%=' \
-cvs.texi(,9713) --changed-group-format='address@hidden@}
-cvs.texi(,9714) %<address@hidden@}
-cvs.texi(,9715) address@hidden@}
+cvs.texi(,9690) For example, the following command compares the TeX file
@file{myfile}
+cvs.texi(,9691) with the original version from the repository,
+cvs.texi(,9692) and outputs a merged file in which old regions are
+cvs.texi(,9693) surrounded by @address@hidden@address@hidden@address@hidden
lines, and new
+cvs.texi(,9694) regions are surrounded by
@address@hidden@address@hidden@address@hidden lines.
+cvs.texi(,9695)
+cvs.texi(,9696) @example
+cvs.texi(,9697) cvs diff \
+cvs.texi(,9698) --old-group-format='address@hidden@}
+cvs.texi(,9699) %<address@hidden@}
+cvs.texi(,9700) ' \
+cvs.texi(,9701) --new-group-format='address@hidden@}
+cvs.texi(,9702) %>address@hidden@}
+cvs.texi(,9703) ' \
+cvs.texi(,9704) myfile
+cvs.texi(,9705) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9706)
+cvs.texi(,9707) The following command is equivalent to the above example, but
it is a
+cvs.texi(,9708) little more verbose, because it spells out the default line
group formats.
+cvs.texi(,9709)
+cvs.texi(,9710) @example
+cvs.texi(,9711) cvs diff \
+cvs.texi(,9712) --old-group-format='address@hidden@}
+cvs.texi(,9713) %<address@hidden@}
+cvs.texi(,9714) ' \
+cvs.texi(,9715) --new-group-format='address@hidden@}
cvs.texi(,9716) %>address@hidden@}
cvs.texi(,9717) ' \
-cvs.texi(,9718) myfile
-cvs.texi(,9719) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9720)
-cvs.texi(,9721) Here is a more advanced example, which outputs a diff listing
with
-cvs.texi(,9722) headers containing line numbers in a ``plain English'' style.
-cvs.texi(,9723)
-cvs.texi(,9724) @example
-cvs.texi(,9725) cvs diff \
-cvs.texi(,9726) --unchanged-group-format='' \
-cvs.texi(,9727) --old-group-format='-------- %dn line%(n=1?:s) deleted at
%df:
-cvs.texi(,9728) %<' \
-cvs.texi(,9729) --new-group-format='-------- %dN line%(N=1?:s) added after
%de:
-cvs.texi(,9730) %>' \
-cvs.texi(,9731) --changed-group-format='-------- %dn line%(n=1?:s) changed
at %df:
-cvs.texi(,9732) %<-------- to:
-cvs.texi(,9733) %>' \
-cvs.texi(,9734) myfile
-cvs.texi(,9735) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9736)
-cvs.texi(,9737) To specify a line group format, use one of the options
-cvs.texi(,9738) listed below. You can specify up to four line group formats,
one for
-cvs.texi(,9739) each kind of line group. You should quote @var{format},
because it
-cvs.texi(,9740) typically contains shell metacharacters.
-cvs.texi(,9741)
-cvs.texi(,9742) @table @samp
-cvs.texi(,9743) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9744) These line groups are hunks containing only lines from the
first file.
-cvs.texi(,9745) The default old group format is the same as the changed group
format if
-cvs.texi(,9746) it is specified; otherwise it is a format that outputs the
line group as-is.
+cvs.texi(,9718) --unchanged-group-format='%=' \
+cvs.texi(,9719) --changed-group-format='address@hidden@}
+cvs.texi(,9720) %<address@hidden@}
+cvs.texi(,9721) address@hidden@}
+cvs.texi(,9722) %>address@hidden@}
+cvs.texi(,9723) ' \
+cvs.texi(,9724) myfile
+cvs.texi(,9725) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9726)
+cvs.texi(,9727) Here is a more advanced example, which outputs a diff listing
with
+cvs.texi(,9728) headers containing line numbers in a ``plain English'' style.
+cvs.texi(,9729)
+cvs.texi(,9730) @example
+cvs.texi(,9731) cvs diff \
+cvs.texi(,9732) --unchanged-group-format='' \
+cvs.texi(,9733) --old-group-format='-------- %dn line%(n=1?:s) deleted at
%df:
+cvs.texi(,9734) %<' \
+cvs.texi(,9735) --new-group-format='-------- %dN line%(N=1?:s) added after
%de:
+cvs.texi(,9736) %>' \
+cvs.texi(,9737) --changed-group-format='-------- %dn line%(n=1?:s) changed
at %df:
+cvs.texi(,9738) %<-------- to:
+cvs.texi(,9739) %>' \
+cvs.texi(,9740) myfile
+cvs.texi(,9741) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9742)
+cvs.texi(,9743) To specify a line group format, use one of the options
+cvs.texi(,9744) listed below. You can specify up to four line group formats,
one for
+cvs.texi(,9745) each kind of line group. You should quote @var{format},
because it
+cvs.texi(,9746) typically contains shell metacharacters.
cvs.texi(,9747)
-cvs.texi(,9748) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9749) These line groups are hunks containing only lines from the
second
-cvs.texi(,9750) file. The default new group format is same as the changed
group
-cvs.texi(,9751) format if it is specified; otherwise it is a format that
outputs the
-cvs.texi(,9752) line group as-is.
+cvs.texi(,9748) @table @samp
+cvs.texi(,9749) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9750) These line groups are hunks containing only lines from the
first file.
+cvs.texi(,9751) The default old group format is the same as the changed group
format if
+cvs.texi(,9752) it is specified; otherwise it is a format that outputs the
line group as-is.
cvs.texi(,9753)
-cvs.texi(,9754) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9755) These line groups are hunks containing lines from both files.
The
-cvs.texi(,9756) default changed group format is the concatenation of the old
and new
-cvs.texi(,9757) group formats.
-cvs.texi(,9758)
-cvs.texi(,9759) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9760) These line groups contain lines common to both files. The
default
-cvs.texi(,9761) unchanged group format is a format that outputs the line group
as-is.
-cvs.texi(,9762) @end table
-cvs.texi(,9763)
-cvs.texi(,9764) In a line group format, ordinary characters represent
themselves;
-cvs.texi(,9765) conversion specifications start with @samp{%} and have one of
the
-cvs.texi(,9766) following forms.
-cvs.texi(,9767)
-cvs.texi(,9768) @table @samp
-cvs.texi(,9769) @item %<
-cvs.texi(,9770) stands for the lines from the first file, including the
trailing newline.
-cvs.texi(,9771) Each line is formatted according to the old line format
(@pxref{Line formats}).
-cvs.texi(,9772)
-cvs.texi(,9773) @item %>
-cvs.texi(,9774) stands for the lines from the second file, including the
trailing newline.
-cvs.texi(,9775) Each line is formatted according to the new line format.
-cvs.texi(,9776)
-cvs.texi(,9777) @item %=
-cvs.texi(,9778) stands for the lines common to both files, including the
trailing newline.
-cvs.texi(,9779) Each line is formatted according to the unchanged line format.
-cvs.texi(,9780)
-cvs.texi(,9781) @item %%
-cvs.texi(,9782) stands for @samp{%}.
-cvs.texi(,9783)
-cvs.texi(,9784) @item %c'@var{C}'
-cvs.texi(,9785) where @var{C} is a single character, stands for @var{C}.
-cvs.texi(,9786) @var{C} may not be a backslash or an apostrophe.
-cvs.texi(,9787) For example, @samp{%c':'} stands for a colon, even inside
-cvs.texi(,9788) the then-part of an if-then-else format, which a colon would
-cvs.texi(,9789) normally terminate.
-cvs.texi(,9790)
-cvs.texi(,9791) @item %c'address@hidden'
-cvs.texi(,9792) where @var{O} is a string of 1, 2, or 3 octal digits,
-cvs.texi(,9793) stands for the character with octal code @var{O}.
-cvs.texi(,9794) For example, @samp{%c'\0'} stands for a null character.
-cvs.texi(,9795)
-cvs.texi(,9796) @item @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9797) where @var{F} is a @code{printf} conversion specification and
@var{n} is one
-cvs.texi(,9798) of the following letters, stands for @var{n}'s value formatted
with @var{F}.
-cvs.texi(,9799)
-cvs.texi(,9800) @table @samp
-cvs.texi(,9801) @item e
-cvs.texi(,9802) The line number of the line just before the group in the old
file.
-cvs.texi(,9803)
-cvs.texi(,9804) @item f
-cvs.texi(,9805) The line number of the first line in the group in the old file;
-cvs.texi(,9806) equals @var{e} + 1.
-cvs.texi(,9807)
-cvs.texi(,9808) @item l
-cvs.texi(,9809) The line number of the last line in the group in the old file.
-cvs.texi(,9810)
-cvs.texi(,9811) @item m
-cvs.texi(,9812) The line number of the line just after the group in the old
file;
-cvs.texi(,9813) equals @var{l} + 1.
-cvs.texi(,9814)
-cvs.texi(,9815) @item n
-cvs.texi(,9816) The number of lines in the group in the old file; equals
@var{l} - @var{f} + 1.
-cvs.texi(,9817)
-cvs.texi(,9818) @item E, F, L, M, N
-cvs.texi(,9819) Likewise, for lines in the new file.
+cvs.texi(,9754) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9755) These line groups are hunks containing only lines from the
second
+cvs.texi(,9756) file. The default new group format is same as the changed
group
+cvs.texi(,9757) format if it is specified; otherwise it is a format that
outputs the
+cvs.texi(,9758) line group as-is.
+cvs.texi(,9759)
+cvs.texi(,9760) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9761) These line groups are hunks containing lines from both files.
The
+cvs.texi(,9762) default changed group format is the concatenation of the old
and new
+cvs.texi(,9763) group formats.
+cvs.texi(,9764)
+cvs.texi(,9765) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9766) These line groups contain lines common to both files. The
default
+cvs.texi(,9767) unchanged group format is a format that outputs the line group
as-is.
+cvs.texi(,9768) @end table
+cvs.texi(,9769)
+cvs.texi(,9770) In a line group format, ordinary characters represent
themselves;
+cvs.texi(,9771) conversion specifications start with @samp{%} and have one of
the
+cvs.texi(,9772) following forms.
+cvs.texi(,9773)
+cvs.texi(,9774) @table @samp
+cvs.texi(,9775) @item %<
+cvs.texi(,9776) stands for the lines from the first file, including the
trailing newline.
+cvs.texi(,9777) Each line is formatted according to the old line format
(@pxref{Line formats}).
+cvs.texi(,9778)
+cvs.texi(,9779) @item %>
+cvs.texi(,9780) stands for the lines from the second file, including the
trailing newline.
+cvs.texi(,9781) Each line is formatted according to the new line format.
+cvs.texi(,9782)
+cvs.texi(,9783) @item %=
+cvs.texi(,9784) stands for the lines common to both files, including the
trailing newline.
+cvs.texi(,9785) Each line is formatted according to the unchanged line format.
+cvs.texi(,9786)
+cvs.texi(,9787) @item %%
+cvs.texi(,9788) stands for @samp{%}.
+cvs.texi(,9789)
+cvs.texi(,9790) @item %c'@var{C}'
+cvs.texi(,9791) where @var{C} is a single character, stands for @var{C}.
+cvs.texi(,9792) @var{C} may not be a backslash or an apostrophe.
+cvs.texi(,9793) For example, @samp{%c':'} stands for a colon, even inside
+cvs.texi(,9794) the then-part of an if-then-else format, which a colon would
+cvs.texi(,9795) normally terminate.
+cvs.texi(,9796)
+cvs.texi(,9797) @item %c'address@hidden'
+cvs.texi(,9798) where @var{O} is a string of 1, 2, or 3 octal digits,
+cvs.texi(,9799) stands for the character with octal code @var{O}.
+cvs.texi(,9800) For example, @samp{%c'\0'} stands for a null character.
+cvs.texi(,9801)
+cvs.texi(,9802) @item @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9803) where @var{F} is a @code{printf} conversion specification and
@var{n} is one
+cvs.texi(,9804) of the following letters, stands for @var{n}'s value formatted
with @var{F}.
+cvs.texi(,9805)
+cvs.texi(,9806) @table @samp
+cvs.texi(,9807) @item e
+cvs.texi(,9808) The line number of the line just before the group in the old
file.
+cvs.texi(,9809)
+cvs.texi(,9810) @item f
+cvs.texi(,9811) The line number of the first line in the group in the old file;
+cvs.texi(,9812) equals @var{e} + 1.
+cvs.texi(,9813)
+cvs.texi(,9814) @item l
+cvs.texi(,9815) The line number of the last line in the group in the old file.
+cvs.texi(,9816)
+cvs.texi(,9817) @item m
+cvs.texi(,9818) The line number of the line just after the group in the old
file;
+cvs.texi(,9819) equals @var{l} + 1.
cvs.texi(,9820)
-cvs.texi(,9821) @end table
-cvs.texi(,9822)
-cvs.texi(,9823) The @code{printf} conversion specification can be @samp{%d},
-cvs.texi(,9824) @samp{%o}, @samp{%x}, or @samp{%X}, specifying decimal, octal,
-cvs.texi(,9825) lower case hexadecimal, or upper case hexadecimal output
-cvs.texi(,9826) respectively. After the @samp{%} the following options can
appear in
-cvs.texi(,9827) sequence: a @samp{-} specifying left-justification; an integer
-cvs.texi(,9828) specifying the minimum field width; and a period followed by an
-cvs.texi(,9829) optional integer specifying the minimum number of digits.
-cvs.texi(,9830) For example, @samp{%5dN} prints the number of new lines in the
group
-cvs.texi(,9831) in a field of width 5 characters, using the @code{printf}
format @code{"%5d"}.
-cvs.texi(,9832)
-cvs.texi(,9833) @item (@address@hidden@var{T}:@var{E})
-cvs.texi(,9834) If @var{A} equals @var{B} then @var{T} else @var{E}.
-cvs.texi(,9835) @var{A} and @var{B} are each either a decimal constant
-cvs.texi(,9836) or a single letter interpreted as above.
-cvs.texi(,9837) This format spec is equivalent to @var{T} if
-cvs.texi(,9838) @var{A}'s value equals @var{B}'s; otherwise it is equivalent
to @var{E}.
-cvs.texi(,9839)
-cvs.texi(,9840) For example, @samp{%(N=0?no:%dN) line%(N=1?:s)} is equivalent
to
-cvs.texi(,9841) @samp{no lines} if @var{N} (the number of lines in the group
in the
-cvs.texi(,9842) new file) is 0, to @samp{1 line} if @var{N} is 1, and to
@samp{%dN lines}
-cvs.texi(,9843) otherwise.
-cvs.texi(,9844) @end table
+cvs.texi(,9821) @item n
+cvs.texi(,9822) The number of lines in the group in the old file; equals
@var{l} - @var{f} + 1.
+cvs.texi(,9823)
+cvs.texi(,9824) @item E, F, L, M, N
+cvs.texi(,9825) Likewise, for lines in the new file.
+cvs.texi(,9826)
+cvs.texi(,9827) @end table
+cvs.texi(,9828)
+cvs.texi(,9829) The @code{printf} conversion specification can be @samp{%d},
+cvs.texi(,9830) @samp{%o}, @samp{%x}, or @samp{%X}, specifying decimal, octal,
+cvs.texi(,9831) lower case hexadecimal, or upper case hexadecimal output
+cvs.texi(,9832) respectively. After the @samp{%} the following options can
appear in
+cvs.texi(,9833) sequence: a @samp{-} specifying left-justification; an integer
+cvs.texi(,9834) specifying the minimum field width; and a period followed by an
+cvs.texi(,9835) optional integer specifying the minimum number of digits.
+cvs.texi(,9836) For example, @samp{%5dN} prints the number of new lines in the
group
+cvs.texi(,9837) in a field of width 5 characters, using the @code{printf}
format @code{"%5d"}.
+cvs.texi(,9838)
+cvs.texi(,9839) @item (@address@hidden@var{T}:@var{E})
+cvs.texi(,9840) If @var{A} equals @var{B} then @var{T} else @var{E}.
+cvs.texi(,9841) @var{A} and @var{B} are each either a decimal constant
+cvs.texi(,9842) or a single letter interpreted as above.
+cvs.texi(,9843) This format spec is equivalent to @var{T} if
+cvs.texi(,9844) @var{A}'s value equals @var{B}'s; otherwise it is equivalent
to @var{E}.
cvs.texi(,9845)
-cvs.texi(,9846) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
-cvs.texi(,9847) @node Line formats
-cvs.texi(,9848) @appendixsubsubsec Line formats
-cvs.texi(,9849)
-cvs.texi(,9850) Line formats control how each line taken from an input file is
-cvs.texi(,9851) output as part of a line group in if-then-else format.
-cvs.texi(,9852)
-cvs.texi(,9853) For example, the following command outputs text with a
one-column
-cvs.texi(,9854) change indicator to the left of the text. The first column of
output
-cvs.texi(,9855) is @samp{-} for deleted lines, @samp{|} for added lines, and a
space
-cvs.texi(,9856) for unchanged lines. The formats contain newline characters
where
-cvs.texi(,9857) newlines are desired on output.
+cvs.texi(,9846) For example, @samp{%(N=0?no:%dN) line%(N=1?:s)} is equivalent
to
+cvs.texi(,9847) @samp{no lines} if @var{N} (the number of lines in the group
in the
+cvs.texi(,9848) new file) is 0, to @samp{1 line} if @var{N} is 1, and to
@samp{%dN lines}
+cvs.texi(,9849) otherwise.
+cvs.texi(,9850) @end table
+cvs.texi(,9851)
+cvs.texi(,9852) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
+cvs.texi(,9853) @node Line formats
+cvs.texi(,9854) @appendixsubsubsec Line formats
+cvs.texi(,9855)
+cvs.texi(,9856) Line formats control how each line taken from an input file is
+cvs.texi(,9857) output as part of a line group in if-then-else format.
cvs.texi(,9858)
-cvs.texi(,9859) @example
-cvs.texi(,9860) cvs diff \
-cvs.texi(,9861) --old-line-format='-%l
-cvs.texi(,9862) ' \
-cvs.texi(,9863) --new-line-format='|%l
-cvs.texi(,9864) ' \
-cvs.texi(,9865) --unchanged-line-format=' %l
-cvs.texi(,9866) ' \
-cvs.texi(,9867) myfile
-cvs.texi(,9868) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9869)
-cvs.texi(,9870) To specify a line format, use one of the following options.
You should
-cvs.texi(,9871) quote @var{format}, since it often contains shell
metacharacters.
-cvs.texi(,9872)
-cvs.texi(,9873) @table @samp
-cvs.texi(,9874) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9875) formats lines just from the first file.
-cvs.texi(,9876)
-cvs.texi(,9877) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9878) formats lines just from the second file.
-cvs.texi(,9879)
-cvs.texi(,9880) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9881) formats lines common to both files.
+cvs.texi(,9859) For example, the following command outputs text with a
one-column
+cvs.texi(,9860) change indicator to the left of the text. The first column of
output
+cvs.texi(,9861) is @samp{-} for deleted lines, @samp{|} for added lines, and a
space
+cvs.texi(,9862) for unchanged lines. The formats contain newline characters
where
+cvs.texi(,9863) newlines are desired on output.
+cvs.texi(,9864)
+cvs.texi(,9865) @example
+cvs.texi(,9866) cvs diff \
+cvs.texi(,9867) --old-line-format='-%l
+cvs.texi(,9868) ' \
+cvs.texi(,9869) --new-line-format='|%l
+cvs.texi(,9870) ' \
+cvs.texi(,9871) --unchanged-line-format=' %l
+cvs.texi(,9872) ' \
+cvs.texi(,9873) myfile
+cvs.texi(,9874) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9875)
+cvs.texi(,9876) To specify a line format, use one of the following options.
You should
+cvs.texi(,9877) quote @var{format}, since it often contains shell
metacharacters.
+cvs.texi(,9878)
+cvs.texi(,9879) @table @samp
+cvs.texi(,9880) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9881) formats lines just from the first file.
cvs.texi(,9882)
-cvs.texi(,9883) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9884) formats all lines; in effect, it sets all three above options
simultaneously.
-cvs.texi(,9885) @end table
-cvs.texi(,9886)
-cvs.texi(,9887) In a line format, ordinary characters represent themselves;
-cvs.texi(,9888) conversion specifications start with @samp{%} and have one of
the
-cvs.texi(,9889) following forms.
-cvs.texi(,9890)
-cvs.texi(,9891) @table @samp
-cvs.texi(,9892) @item %l
-cvs.texi(,9893) stands for the contents of the line, not counting its trailing
-cvs.texi(,9894) newline (if any). This format ignores whether the line is
incomplete.
-cvs.texi(,9895)
-cvs.texi(,9896) @item %L
-cvs.texi(,9897) stands for the contents of the line, including its trailing
newline
-cvs.texi(,9898) (if any). If a line is incomplete, this format preserves its
-cvs.texi(,9899) incompleteness.
-cvs.texi(,9900)
-cvs.texi(,9901) @item %%
-cvs.texi(,9902) stands for @samp{%}.
-cvs.texi(,9903)
-cvs.texi(,9904) @item %c'@var{C}'
-cvs.texi(,9905) where @var{C} is a single character, stands for @var{C}.
-cvs.texi(,9906) @var{C} may not be a backslash or an apostrophe.
-cvs.texi(,9907) For example, @samp{%c':'} stands for a colon.
-cvs.texi(,9908)
-cvs.texi(,9909) @item %c'address@hidden'
-cvs.texi(,9910) where @var{O} is a string of 1, 2, or 3 octal digits,
-cvs.texi(,9911) stands for the character with octal code @var{O}.
-cvs.texi(,9912) For example, @samp{%c'\0'} stands for a null character.
-cvs.texi(,9913)
-cvs.texi(,9914) @item @var{F}n
-cvs.texi(,9915) where @var{F} is a @code{printf} conversion specification,
-cvs.texi(,9916) stands for the line number formatted with @var{F}.
-cvs.texi(,9917) For example, @samp{%.5dn} prints the line number using the
-cvs.texi(,9918) @code{printf} format @code{"%.5d"}. @xref{Line group
formats}, for
-cvs.texi(,9919) more about printf conversion specifications.
-cvs.texi(,9920)
-cvs.texi(,9921) @end table
-cvs.texi(,9922)
-cvs.texi(,9923) The default line format is @samp{%l} followed by a newline
character.
-cvs.texi(,9924)
-cvs.texi(,9925) If the input contains tab characters and it is important that
they line
-cvs.texi(,9926) up on output, you should ensure that @samp{%l} or @samp{%L} in
a line
-cvs.texi(,9927) format is just after a tab stop (e.g.@: by preceding @samp{%l}
or
-cvs.texi(,9928) @samp{%L} with a tab character), or you should use the
@samp{-t} or
-cvs.texi(,9929) @samp{--expand-tabs} option.
+cvs.texi(,9883) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9884) formats lines just from the second file.
+cvs.texi(,9885)
+cvs.texi(,9886) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9887) formats lines common to both files.
+cvs.texi(,9888)
+cvs.texi(,9889) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9890) formats all lines; in effect, it sets all three above options
simultaneously.
+cvs.texi(,9891) @end table
+cvs.texi(,9892)
+cvs.texi(,9893) In a line format, ordinary characters represent themselves;
+cvs.texi(,9894) conversion specifications start with @samp{%} and have one of
the
+cvs.texi(,9895) following forms.
+cvs.texi(,9896)
+cvs.texi(,9897) @table @samp
+cvs.texi(,9898) @item %l
+cvs.texi(,9899) stands for the contents of the line, not counting its trailing
+cvs.texi(,9900) newline (if any). This format ignores whether the line is
incomplete.
+cvs.texi(,9901)
+cvs.texi(,9902) @item %L
+cvs.texi(,9903) stands for the contents of the line, including its trailing
newline
+cvs.texi(,9904) (if any). If a line is incomplete, this format preserves its
+cvs.texi(,9905) incompleteness.
+cvs.texi(,9906)
+cvs.texi(,9907) @item %%
+cvs.texi(,9908) stands for @samp{%}.
+cvs.texi(,9909)
+cvs.texi(,9910) @item %c'@var{C}'
+cvs.texi(,9911) where @var{C} is a single character, stands for @var{C}.
+cvs.texi(,9912) @var{C} may not be a backslash or an apostrophe.
+cvs.texi(,9913) For example, @samp{%c':'} stands for a colon.
+cvs.texi(,9914)
+cvs.texi(,9915) @item %c'address@hidden'
+cvs.texi(,9916) where @var{O} is a string of 1, 2, or 3 octal digits,
+cvs.texi(,9917) stands for the character with octal code @var{O}.
+cvs.texi(,9918) For example, @samp{%c'\0'} stands for a null character.
+cvs.texi(,9919)
+cvs.texi(,9920) @item @var{F}n
+cvs.texi(,9921) where @var{F} is a @code{printf} conversion specification,
+cvs.texi(,9922) stands for the line number formatted with @var{F}.
+cvs.texi(,9923) For example, @samp{%.5dn} prints the line number using the
+cvs.texi(,9924) @code{printf} format @code{"%.5d"}. @xref{Line group
formats}, for
+cvs.texi(,9925) more about printf conversion specifications.
+cvs.texi(,9926)
+cvs.texi(,9927) @end table
+cvs.texi(,9928)
+cvs.texi(,9929) The default line format is @samp{%l} followed by a newline
character.
cvs.texi(,9930)
-cvs.texi(,9931) Taken together, the line and line group formats let you
specify many
-cvs.texi(,9932) different formats. For example, the following command uses a
format
-cvs.texi(,9933) similar to @code{diff}'s normal format. You can tailor this
command
-cvs.texi(,9934) to get fine control over @code{diff}'s output.
-cvs.texi(,9935)
-cvs.texi(,9936) @example
-cvs.texi(,9937) cvs diff \
-cvs.texi(,9938) --old-line-format='< %l
-cvs.texi(,9939) ' \
-cvs.texi(,9940) --new-line-format='> %l
-cvs.texi(,9941) ' \
-cvs.texi(,9942) --old-group-format='%df%(f=l?:,%dl)d%dE
-cvs.texi(,9943) %<' \
-cvs.texi(,9944) --new-group-format='%dea%dF%(F=L?:,%dL)
-cvs.texi(,9945) %>' \
-cvs.texi(,9946) --changed-group-format='%df%(f=l?:,%dl)c%dF%(F=L?:,%dL)
-cvs.texi(,9947) %<---
-cvs.texi(,9948) %>' \
-cvs.texi(,9949) --unchanged-group-format='' \
-cvs.texi(,9950) myfile
-cvs.texi(,9951) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9952)
-cvs.texi(,9953) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
-cvs.texi(,9954) @node diff examples
-cvs.texi(,9955) @appendixsubsec diff examples
-cvs.texi(,9956)
-cvs.texi(,9957) The following line produces a Unidiff (@samp{-u} flag)
-cvs.texi(,9958) between revision 1.14 and 1.19 of
-cvs.texi(,9959) @file{backend.c}. Due to the @samp{-kk} flag no
-cvs.texi(,9960) keywords are substituted, so differences that only depend
-cvs.texi(,9961) on keyword substitution are ignored.
+cvs.texi(,9931) If the input contains tab characters and it is important that
they line
+cvs.texi(,9932) up on output, you should ensure that @samp{%l} or @samp{%L} in
a line
+cvs.texi(,9933) format is just after a tab stop (e.g.@: by preceding @samp{%l}
or
+cvs.texi(,9934) @samp{%L} with a tab character), or you should use the
@samp{-t} or
+cvs.texi(,9935) @samp{--expand-tabs} option.
+cvs.texi(,9936)
+cvs.texi(,9937) Taken together, the line and line group formats let you
specify many
+cvs.texi(,9938) different formats. For example, the following command uses a
format
+cvs.texi(,9939) similar to @code{diff}'s normal format. You can tailor this
command
+cvs.texi(,9940) to get fine control over @code{diff}'s output.
+cvs.texi(,9941)
+cvs.texi(,9942) @example
+cvs.texi(,9943) cvs diff \
+cvs.texi(,9944) --old-line-format='< %l
+cvs.texi(,9945) ' \
+cvs.texi(,9946) --new-line-format='> %l
+cvs.texi(,9947) ' \
+cvs.texi(,9948) --old-group-format='%df%(f=l?:,%dl)d%dE
+cvs.texi(,9949) %<' \
+cvs.texi(,9950) --new-group-format='%dea%dF%(F=L?:,%dL)
+cvs.texi(,9951) %>' \
+cvs.texi(,9952) --changed-group-format='%df%(f=l?:,%dl)c%dF%(F=L?:,%dL)
+cvs.texi(,9953) %<---
+cvs.texi(,9954) %>' \
+cvs.texi(,9955) --unchanged-group-format='' \
+cvs.texi(,9956) myfile
+cvs.texi(,9957) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9958)
+cvs.texi(,9959) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
+cvs.texi(,9960) @node diff examples
+cvs.texi(,9961) @appendixsubsec diff examples
cvs.texi(,9962)
-cvs.texi(,9963) @example
-cvs.texi(,9964) $ cvs diff -kk -u -r 1.14 -r 1.19 backend.c
-cvs.texi(,9965) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9966)
-cvs.texi(,9967) Suppose the experimental branch EXPR1 was based on a
-cvs.texi(,9968) set of files tagged RELEASE_1_0. To see what has
-cvs.texi(,9969) happened on that branch, the following can be used:
-cvs.texi(,9970)
-cvs.texi(,9971) @example
-cvs.texi(,9972) $ cvs diff -r RELEASE_1_0 -r EXPR1
-cvs.texi(,9973) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9974)
-cvs.texi(,9975) A command like this can be used to produce a context
-cvs.texi(,9976) diff between two releases:
-cvs.texi(,9977)
-cvs.texi(,9978) @example
-cvs.texi(,9979) $ cvs diff -c -r RELEASE_1_0 -r RELEASE_1_1 > diffs
-cvs.texi(,9980) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9981)
-cvs.texi(,9982) If you are maintaining ChangeLogs, a command like the following
-cvs.texi(,9983) just before you commit your changes may help you write
-cvs.texi(,9984) the ChangeLog entry. All local modifications that have
-cvs.texi(,9985) not yet been committed will be printed.
-cvs.texi(,9986)
-cvs.texi(,9987) @example
-cvs.texi(,9988) $ cvs diff -u | less
-cvs.texi(,9989) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9990)
-cvs.texi(,9991) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,9992) @node export
-cvs.texi(,9993) @appendixsec export---Export sources from CVS, similar to
checkout
-cvs.texi(,9994) @cindex export (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,9995)
-cvs.texi(,9996) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,9997) @item
-cvs.texi(,9998) Synopsis: export [-flNnR] [-r rev|-D date] [-k subst] [-d dir]
address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9999) @item
-cvs.texi(,10000) Requires: repository.
-cvs.texi(,10001) @item
-cvs.texi(,10002) Changes: current directory.
-cvs.texi(,10003) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,10004)
-cvs.texi(,10005) This command is a variant of @code{checkout}; use it
-cvs.texi(,10006) when you want a copy of the source for module without
-cvs.texi(,10007) the @sc{cvs} administrative directories. For example, you
-cvs.texi(,10008) might use @code{export} to prepare source for shipment
-cvs.texi(,10009) off-site. This command requires that you specify a
-cvs.texi(,10010) date or tag (with @samp{-D} or @samp{-r}), so that you
-cvs.texi(,10011) can count on reproducing the source you ship to others
-cvs.texi(,10012) (and thus it always prunes empty directories).
-cvs.texi(,10013)
-cvs.texi(,10014) One often would like to use @samp{-kv} with @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,10015) export}. This causes any keywords to be
-cvs.texi(,10016) expanded such that an import done at some other site
-cvs.texi(,10017) will not lose the keyword revision information. But be
-cvs.texi(,10018) aware that doesn't handle an export containing binary
-cvs.texi(,10019) files correctly. Also be aware that after having used
-cvs.texi(,10020) @samp{-kv}, one can no longer use the @code{ident}
-cvs.texi(,10021) command (which is part of the @sc{rcs} suite---see
-cvs.texi(,10022) ident(1)) which looks for keyword strings. If
-cvs.texi(,10023) you want to be able to use @code{ident} you must not
-cvs.texi(,10024) use @samp{-kv}.
-cvs.texi(,10025)
-cvs.texi(,10026) @menu
-cvs.texi(,10027) * export options:: export options
-cvs.texi(,10028) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,10029)
-cvs.texi(,10030) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,10031) @node export options
-cvs.texi(,10032) @appendixsubsec export options
-cvs.texi(,10033)
-cvs.texi(,10034) These standard options are supported by @code{export}
-cvs.texi(,10035) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description of
-cvs.texi(,10036) them):
-cvs.texi(,10037)
-cvs.texi(,10038) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10039) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,10040) Use the most recent revision no later than @var{date}.
-cvs.texi(,10041)
-cvs.texi(,10042) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,10043) If no matching revision is found, retrieve the most
-cvs.texi(,10044) recent revision (instead of ignoring the file).
-cvs.texi(,10045)
-cvs.texi(,10046) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,10047) Local; run only in current working directory.
-cvs.texi(,10048)
-cvs.texi(,10049) @item -n
-cvs.texi(,10050) Do not run any checkout program.
+cvs.texi(,9963) The following line produces a Unidiff (@samp{-u} flag)
+cvs.texi(,9964) between revision 1.14 and 1.19 of
+cvs.texi(,9965) @file{backend.c}. Due to the @samp{-kk} flag no
+cvs.texi(,9966) keywords are substituted, so differences that only depend
+cvs.texi(,9967) on keyword substitution are ignored.
+cvs.texi(,9968)
+cvs.texi(,9969) @example
+cvs.texi(,9970) $ cvs diff -kk -u -r 1.14 -r 1.19 backend.c
+cvs.texi(,9971) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9972)
+cvs.texi(,9973) Suppose the experimental branch EXPR1 was based on a
+cvs.texi(,9974) set of files tagged RELEASE_1_0. To see what has
+cvs.texi(,9975) happened on that branch, the following can be used:
+cvs.texi(,9976)
+cvs.texi(,9977) @example
+cvs.texi(,9978) $ cvs diff -r RELEASE_1_0 -r EXPR1
+cvs.texi(,9979) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9980)
+cvs.texi(,9981) A command like this can be used to produce a context
+cvs.texi(,9982) diff between two releases:
+cvs.texi(,9983)
+cvs.texi(,9984) @example
+cvs.texi(,9985) $ cvs diff -c -r RELEASE_1_0 -r RELEASE_1_1 > diffs
+cvs.texi(,9986) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9987)
+cvs.texi(,9988) If you are maintaining ChangeLogs, a command like the following
+cvs.texi(,9989) just before you commit your changes may help you write
+cvs.texi(,9990) the ChangeLog entry. All local modifications that have
+cvs.texi(,9991) not yet been committed will be printed.
+cvs.texi(,9992)
+cvs.texi(,9993) @example
+cvs.texi(,9994) $ cvs diff -u | less
+cvs.texi(,9995) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9996)
+cvs.texi(,9997) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,9998) @node export
+cvs.texi(,9999) @appendixsec export---Export sources from CVS, similar to
checkout
+cvs.texi(,10000) @cindex export (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,10001)
+cvs.texi(,10002) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,10003) @item
+cvs.texi(,10004) Synopsis: export [-flNnR] [-r rev|-D date] [-k subst] [-d
dir] address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,10005) @item
+cvs.texi(,10006) Requires: repository.
+cvs.texi(,10007) @item
+cvs.texi(,10008) Changes: current directory.
+cvs.texi(,10009) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,10010)
+cvs.texi(,10011) This command is a variant of @code{checkout}; use it
+cvs.texi(,10012) when you want a copy of the source for module without
+cvs.texi(,10013) the @sc{cvs} administrative directories. For example, you
+cvs.texi(,10014) might use @code{export} to prepare source for shipment
+cvs.texi(,10015) off-site. This command requires that you specify a
+cvs.texi(,10016) date or tag (with @samp{-D} or @samp{-r}), so that you
+cvs.texi(,10017) can count on reproducing the source you ship to others
+cvs.texi(,10018) (and thus it always prunes empty directories).
+cvs.texi(,10019)
+cvs.texi(,10020) One often would like to use @samp{-kv} with @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,10021) export}. This causes any keywords to be
+cvs.texi(,10022) expanded such that an import done at some other site
+cvs.texi(,10023) will not lose the keyword revision information. But be
+cvs.texi(,10024) aware that doesn't handle an export containing binary
+cvs.texi(,10025) files correctly. Also be aware that after having used
+cvs.texi(,10026) @samp{-kv}, one can no longer use the @code{ident}
+cvs.texi(,10027) command (which is part of the @sc{rcs} suite---see
+cvs.texi(,10028) ident(1)) which looks for keyword strings. If
+cvs.texi(,10029) you want to be able to use @code{ident} you must not
+cvs.texi(,10030) use @samp{-kv}.
+cvs.texi(,10031)
+cvs.texi(,10032) @menu
+cvs.texi(,10033) * export options:: export options
+cvs.texi(,10034) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,10035)
+cvs.texi(,10036) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,10037) @node export options
+cvs.texi(,10038) @appendixsubsec export options
+cvs.texi(,10039)
+cvs.texi(,10040) These standard options are supported by @code{export}
+cvs.texi(,10041) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description of
+cvs.texi(,10042) them):
+cvs.texi(,10043)
+cvs.texi(,10044) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10045) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,10046) Use the most recent revision no later than @var{date}.
+cvs.texi(,10047)
+cvs.texi(,10048) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,10049) If no matching revision is found, retrieve the most
+cvs.texi(,10050) recent revision (instead of ignoring the file).
cvs.texi(,10051)
-cvs.texi(,10052) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,10053) Export directories recursively. This is on by default.
+cvs.texi(,10052) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,10053) Local; run only in current working directory.
cvs.texi(,10054)
-cvs.texi(,10055) @item -r @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,10056) Use revision @var{tag}.
-cvs.texi(,10057) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10058)
-cvs.texi(,10059) In addition, these options (that are common to
-cvs.texi(,10060) @code{checkout} and @code{export}) are also supported:
-cvs.texi(,10061)
-cvs.texi(,10062) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10063) @item -d @var{dir}
-cvs.texi(,10064) Create a directory called @var{dir} for the working
-cvs.texi(,10065) files, instead of using the module name.
-cvs.texi(,10066) @xref{checkout options}, for complete details on how
-cvs.texi(,10067) @sc{cvs} handles this flag.
-cvs.texi(,10068)
-cvs.texi(,10069) @item -k @var{subst}
-cvs.texi(,10070) Set keyword expansion mode (@pxref{Substitution modes}).
-cvs.texi(,10071)
-cvs.texi(,10072) @item -N
-cvs.texi(,10073) Only useful together with @samp{-d @var{dir}}.
-cvs.texi(,10074) @xref{checkout options}, for complete details on how
-cvs.texi(,10075) @sc{cvs} handles this flag.
-cvs.texi(,10076) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10055) @item -n
+cvs.texi(,10056) Do not run any checkout program.
+cvs.texi(,10057)
+cvs.texi(,10058) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,10059) Export directories recursively. This is on by default.
+cvs.texi(,10060)
+cvs.texi(,10061) @item -r @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,10062) Use revision @var{tag}.
+cvs.texi(,10063) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10064)
+cvs.texi(,10065) In addition, these options (that are common to
+cvs.texi(,10066) @code{checkout} and @code{export}) are also supported:
+cvs.texi(,10067)
+cvs.texi(,10068) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10069) @item -d @var{dir}
+cvs.texi(,10070) Create a directory called @var{dir} for the working
+cvs.texi(,10071) files, instead of using the module name.
+cvs.texi(,10072) @xref{checkout options}, for complete details on how
+cvs.texi(,10073) @sc{cvs} handles this flag.
+cvs.texi(,10074)
+cvs.texi(,10075) @item -k @var{subst}
+cvs.texi(,10076) Set keyword expansion mode (@pxref{Substitution modes}).
cvs.texi(,10077)
-cvs.texi(,10086)
-cvs.texi(,10087) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,10088) @node history
-cvs.texi(,10089) @appendixsec history---Show status of files and users
-cvs.texi(,10090) @cindex history (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,10091)
-cvs.texi(,10092) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,10093) @item
-cvs.texi(,10094) Synopsis: history [-report] [-flags] [-options args]
address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,10095) @item
-cvs.texi(,10096) Requires: the file @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/history}
-cvs.texi(,10097) @item
-cvs.texi(,10098) Changes: nothing.
-cvs.texi(,10099) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,10100)
-cvs.texi(,10101) @sc{cvs} can keep a history file that tracks each use of the
-cvs.texi(,10102) @code{checkout}, @code{commit}, @code{rtag},
-cvs.texi(,10103) @code{update}, and @code{release} commands. You can
-cvs.texi(,10104) use @code{history} to display this information in
-cvs.texi(,10105) various formats.
+cvs.texi(,10078) @item -N
+cvs.texi(,10079) Only useful together with @samp{-d @var{dir}}.
+cvs.texi(,10080) @xref{checkout options}, for complete details on how
+cvs.texi(,10081) @sc{cvs} handles this flag.
+cvs.texi(,10082) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10083)
+cvs.texi(,10092)
+cvs.texi(,10093) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,10094) @node history
+cvs.texi(,10095) @appendixsec history---Show status of files and users
+cvs.texi(,10096) @cindex history (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,10097)
+cvs.texi(,10098) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,10099) @item
+cvs.texi(,10100) Synopsis: history [-report] [-flags] [-options args]
address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,10101) @item
+cvs.texi(,10102) Requires: the file @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/history}
+cvs.texi(,10103) @item
+cvs.texi(,10104) Changes: nothing.
+cvs.texi(,10105) @end itemize
cvs.texi(,10106)
-cvs.texi(,10107) Logging must be enabled by creating the file
-cvs.texi(,10108) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/history}.
-cvs.texi(,10109)
-cvs.texi(,10110) @strong{Note: @code{history} uses @samp{-f}, @samp{-l},
-cvs.texi(,10111) @samp{-n}, and @samp{-p} in ways that conflict with the
-cvs.texi(,10112) normal use inside @sc{cvs} (@pxref{Common options}).}
-cvs.texi(,10113)
-cvs.texi(,10114) @menu
-cvs.texi(,10115) * history options:: history options
-cvs.texi(,10116) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,10117)
-cvs.texi(,10118) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,10119) @node history options
-cvs.texi(,10120) @appendixsubsec history options
-cvs.texi(,10121)
-cvs.texi(,10122) Several options (shown above as @samp{-report}) control what
-cvs.texi(,10123) kind of report is generated:
-cvs.texi(,10124)
-cvs.texi(,10125) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10126) @item -c
-cvs.texi(,10127) Report on each time commit was used (i.e., each time
-cvs.texi(,10128) the repository was modified).
-cvs.texi(,10129)
-cvs.texi(,10130) @item -e
-cvs.texi(,10131) Everything (all record types). Equivalent to
-cvs.texi(,10132) specifying @samp{-x} with all record types. Of course,
-cvs.texi(,10133) @samp{-e} will also include record types which are
-cvs.texi(,10134) added in a future version of @sc{cvs}; if you are
-cvs.texi(,10135) writing a script which can only handle certain record
-cvs.texi(,10136) types, you'll want to specify @samp{-x}.
-cvs.texi(,10137)
-cvs.texi(,10138) @item -m @var{module}
-cvs.texi(,10139) Report on a particular module. (You can meaningfully
-cvs.texi(,10140) use @samp{-m} more than once on the command line.)
-cvs.texi(,10141)
-cvs.texi(,10142) @item -o
-cvs.texi(,10143) Report on checked-out modules. This is the default report
type.
-cvs.texi(,10144)
-cvs.texi(,10145) @item -T
-cvs.texi(,10146) Report on all tags.
+cvs.texi(,10107) @sc{cvs} can keep a history file that tracks each use of the
+cvs.texi(,10108) @code{checkout}, @code{commit}, @code{rtag},
+cvs.texi(,10109) @code{update}, and @code{release} commands. You can
+cvs.texi(,10110) use @code{history} to display this information in
+cvs.texi(,10111) various formats.
+cvs.texi(,10112)
+cvs.texi(,10113) Logging must be enabled by creating the file
+cvs.texi(,10114) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/history}.
+cvs.texi(,10115)
+cvs.texi(,10116) @strong{Note: @code{history} uses @samp{-f}, @samp{-l},
+cvs.texi(,10117) @samp{-n}, and @samp{-p} in ways that conflict with the
+cvs.texi(,10118) normal use inside @sc{cvs} (@pxref{Common options}).}
+cvs.texi(,10119)
+cvs.texi(,10120) @menu
+cvs.texi(,10121) * history options:: history options
+cvs.texi(,10122) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,10123)
+cvs.texi(,10124) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,10125) @node history options
+cvs.texi(,10126) @appendixsubsec history options
+cvs.texi(,10127)
+cvs.texi(,10128) Several options (shown above as @samp{-report}) control what
+cvs.texi(,10129) kind of report is generated:
+cvs.texi(,10130)
+cvs.texi(,10131) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10132) @item -c
+cvs.texi(,10133) Report on each time commit was used (i.e., each time
+cvs.texi(,10134) the repository was modified).
+cvs.texi(,10135)
+cvs.texi(,10136) @item -e
+cvs.texi(,10137) Everything (all record types). Equivalent to
+cvs.texi(,10138) specifying @samp{-x} with all record types. Of course,
+cvs.texi(,10139) @samp{-e} will also include record types which are
+cvs.texi(,10140) added in a future version of @sc{cvs}; if you are
+cvs.texi(,10141) writing a script which can only handle certain record
+cvs.texi(,10142) types, you'll want to specify @samp{-x}.
+cvs.texi(,10143)
+cvs.texi(,10144) @item -m @var{module}
+cvs.texi(,10145) Report on a particular module. (You can meaningfully
+cvs.texi(,10146) use @samp{-m} more than once on the command line.)
cvs.texi(,10147)
-cvs.texi(,10148) @item -x @var{type}
-cvs.texi(,10149) Extract a particular set of record types @var{type} from the
@sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,10150) history. The types are indicated by single letters,
-cvs.texi(,10151) which you may specify in combination.
-cvs.texi(,10152)
-cvs.texi(,10153) Certain commands have a single record type:
-cvs.texi(,10154)
-cvs.texi(,10155) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10156) @item F
-cvs.texi(,10157) release
-cvs.texi(,10158) @item O
-cvs.texi(,10159) checkout
-cvs.texi(,10160) @item E
-cvs.texi(,10161) export
-cvs.texi(,10162) @item T
-cvs.texi(,10163) rtag
-cvs.texi(,10164) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10165)
-cvs.texi(,10166) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,10167) One of four record types may result from an update:
-cvs.texi(,10168)
-cvs.texi(,10169) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10170) @item C
-cvs.texi(,10171) A merge was necessary but collisions were
-cvs.texi(,10172) detected (requiring manual merging).
-cvs.texi(,10173) @item G
-cvs.texi(,10174) A merge was necessary and it succeeded.
-cvs.texi(,10175) @item U
-cvs.texi(,10176) A working file was copied from the repository.
-cvs.texi(,10177) @item W
-cvs.texi(,10178) The working copy of a file was deleted during
-cvs.texi(,10179) update (because it was gone from the repository).
-cvs.texi(,10180) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10181)
-cvs.texi(,10182) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,10183) One of three record types results from commit:
-cvs.texi(,10184)
-cvs.texi(,10185) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10186) @item A
-cvs.texi(,10187) A file was added for the first time.
-cvs.texi(,10188) @item M
-cvs.texi(,10189) A file was modified.
-cvs.texi(,10190) @item R
-cvs.texi(,10191) A file was removed.
-cvs.texi(,10192) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10193) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10194)
-cvs.texi(,10195) The options shown as @samp{-flags} constrain or expand
-cvs.texi(,10196) the report without requiring option arguments:
-cvs.texi(,10197)
-cvs.texi(,10198) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10199) @item -a
-cvs.texi(,10200) Show data for all users (the default is to show data
-cvs.texi(,10201) only for the user executing @code{history}).
-cvs.texi(,10202)
-cvs.texi(,10203) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,10204) Show last modification only.
-cvs.texi(,10205)
-cvs.texi(,10206) @item -w
-cvs.texi(,10207) Show only the records for modifications done from the
-cvs.texi(,10208) same working directory where @code{history} is
-cvs.texi(,10209) executing.
-cvs.texi(,10210) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10148) @item -o
+cvs.texi(,10149) Report on checked-out modules. This is the default report
type.
+cvs.texi(,10150)
+cvs.texi(,10151) @item -T
+cvs.texi(,10152) Report on all tags.
+cvs.texi(,10153)
+cvs.texi(,10154) @item -x @var{type}
+cvs.texi(,10155) Extract a particular set of record types @var{type} from the
@sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,10156) history. The types are indicated by single letters,
+cvs.texi(,10157) which you may specify in combination.
+cvs.texi(,10158)
+cvs.texi(,10159) Certain commands have a single record type:
+cvs.texi(,10160)
+cvs.texi(,10161) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10162) @item F
+cvs.texi(,10163) release
+cvs.texi(,10164) @item O
+cvs.texi(,10165) checkout
+cvs.texi(,10166) @item E
+cvs.texi(,10167) export
+cvs.texi(,10168) @item T
+cvs.texi(,10169) rtag
+cvs.texi(,10170) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10171)
+cvs.texi(,10172) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,10173) One of four record types may result from an update:
+cvs.texi(,10174)
+cvs.texi(,10175) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10176) @item C
+cvs.texi(,10177) A merge was necessary but collisions were
+cvs.texi(,10178) detected (requiring manual merging).
+cvs.texi(,10179) @item G
+cvs.texi(,10180) A merge was necessary and it succeeded.
+cvs.texi(,10181) @item U
+cvs.texi(,10182) A working file was copied from the repository.
+cvs.texi(,10183) @item W
+cvs.texi(,10184) The working copy of a file was deleted during
+cvs.texi(,10185) update (because it was gone from the repository).
+cvs.texi(,10186) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10187)
+cvs.texi(,10188) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,10189) One of three record types results from commit:
+cvs.texi(,10190)
+cvs.texi(,10191) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10192) @item A
+cvs.texi(,10193) A file was added for the first time.
+cvs.texi(,10194) @item M
+cvs.texi(,10195) A file was modified.
+cvs.texi(,10196) @item R
+cvs.texi(,10197) A file was removed.
+cvs.texi(,10198) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10199) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10200)
+cvs.texi(,10201) The options shown as @samp{-flags} constrain or expand
+cvs.texi(,10202) the report without requiring option arguments:
+cvs.texi(,10203)
+cvs.texi(,10204) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10205) @item -a
+cvs.texi(,10206) Show data for all users (the default is to show data
+cvs.texi(,10207) only for the user executing @code{history}).
+cvs.texi(,10208)
+cvs.texi(,10209) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,10210) Show last modification only.
cvs.texi(,10211)
-cvs.texi(,10212) The options shown as @samp{-options @var{args}} constrain the
report
-cvs.texi(,10213) based on an argument:
-cvs.texi(,10214)
-cvs.texi(,10215) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10216) @item -b @var{str}
-cvs.texi(,10217) Show data back to a record containing the string
-cvs.texi(,10218) @var{str} in either the module name, the file name, or
-cvs.texi(,10219) the repository path.
+cvs.texi(,10212) @item -w
+cvs.texi(,10213) Show only the records for modifications done from the
+cvs.texi(,10214) same working directory where @code{history} is
+cvs.texi(,10215) executing.
+cvs.texi(,10216) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10217)
+cvs.texi(,10218) The options shown as @samp{-options @var{args}} constrain the
report
+cvs.texi(,10219) based on an argument:
cvs.texi(,10220)
-cvs.texi(,10221) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,10222) Show data since @var{date}. This is slightly different
-cvs.texi(,10223) from the normal use of @samp{-D @var{date}}, which
-cvs.texi(,10224) selects the newest revision older than @var{date}.
-cvs.texi(,10225)
-cvs.texi(,10226) @item -f @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,10227) Show data for a particular file
-cvs.texi(,10228) (you can specify several @samp{-f} options on the same
command line).
-cvs.texi(,10229) This is equivalent to specifying the file on the command line.
-cvs.texi(,10230)
-cvs.texi(,10231) @item -n @var{module}
-cvs.texi(,10232) Show data for a particular module
-cvs.texi(,10233) (you can specify several @samp{-n} options on the same
command line).
-cvs.texi(,10234)
-cvs.texi(,10235) @item -p @var{repository}
-cvs.texi(,10236) Show data for a particular source repository (you
-cvs.texi(,10237) can specify several @samp{-p} options on the same command
-cvs.texi(,10238) line).
-cvs.texi(,10239)
-cvs.texi(,10240) @item -r @var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,10241) Show records referring to revisions since the revision
-cvs.texi(,10242) or tag named @var{rev} appears in individual @sc{rcs}
-cvs.texi(,10243) files. Each @sc{rcs} file is searched for the revision or
-cvs.texi(,10244) tag.
+cvs.texi(,10221) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10222) @item -b @var{str}
+cvs.texi(,10223) Show data back to a record containing the string
+cvs.texi(,10224) @var{str} in either the module name, the file name, or
+cvs.texi(,10225) the repository path.
+cvs.texi(,10226)
+cvs.texi(,10227) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,10228) Show data since @var{date}. This is slightly different
+cvs.texi(,10229) from the normal use of @samp{-D @var{date}}, which
+cvs.texi(,10230) selects the newest revision older than @var{date}.
+cvs.texi(,10231)
+cvs.texi(,10232) @item -f @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,10233) Show data for a particular file
+cvs.texi(,10234) (you can specify several @samp{-f} options on the same
command line).
+cvs.texi(,10235) This is equivalent to specifying the file on the command line.
+cvs.texi(,10236)
+cvs.texi(,10237) @item -n @var{module}
+cvs.texi(,10238) Show data for a particular module
+cvs.texi(,10239) (you can specify several @samp{-n} options on the same
command line).
+cvs.texi(,10240)
+cvs.texi(,10241) @item -p @var{repository}
+cvs.texi(,10242) Show data for a particular source repository (you
+cvs.texi(,10243) can specify several @samp{-p} options on the same command
+cvs.texi(,10244) line).
cvs.texi(,10245)
-cvs.texi(,10246) @item -t @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,10247) Show records since tag @var{tag} was last added to the
-cvs.texi(,10248) history file. This differs from the @samp{-r} flag
-cvs.texi(,10249) above in that it reads only the history file, not the
-cvs.texi(,10250) @sc{rcs} files, and is much faster.
+cvs.texi(,10246) @item -r @var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,10247) Show records referring to revisions since the revision
+cvs.texi(,10248) or tag named @var{rev} appears in individual @sc{rcs}
+cvs.texi(,10249) files. Each @sc{rcs} file is searched for the revision or
+cvs.texi(,10250) tag.
cvs.texi(,10251)
-cvs.texi(,10252) @item -u @var{name}
-cvs.texi(,10253) Show records for user @var{name}.
-cvs.texi(,10254)
-cvs.texi(,10255) @item -z @var{timezone}
-cvs.texi(,10256) Show times in the selected records using the specified
-cvs.texi(,10257) time zone instead of UTC.
-cvs.texi(,10258) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10259)
-cvs.texi(,10268)
-cvs.texi(,10269) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,10270) @node import
-cvs.texi(,10271) @appendixsec import---Import sources into CVS, using vendor
branches
-cvs.texi(,10272) @cindex import (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,10273)
-cvs.texi(,10274) @c FIXME: This node is way too long for one which has
subnodes.
-cvs.texi(,10275)
-cvs.texi(,10276) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,10277) @item
-cvs.texi(,10278) Synopsis: import [-options] repository vendortag
address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,10279) @item
-cvs.texi(,10280) Requires: Repository, source distribution directory.
-cvs.texi(,10281) @item
-cvs.texi(,10282) Changes: repository.
-cvs.texi(,10283) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,10284)
-cvs.texi(,10285) Use @code{import} to incorporate an entire source
-cvs.texi(,10286) distribution from an outside source (e.g., a source
-cvs.texi(,10287) vendor) into your source repository directory. You can
-cvs.texi(,10288) use this command both for initial creation of a
-cvs.texi(,10289) repository, and for wholesale updates to the module
-cvs.texi(,10290) from the outside source. @xref{Tracking sources}, for
-cvs.texi(,10291) a discussion on this subject.
-cvs.texi(,10292)
-cvs.texi(,10293) The @var{repository} argument gives a directory name
-cvs.texi(,10294) (or a path to a directory) under the @sc{cvs} root directory
-cvs.texi(,10295) for repositories; if the directory did not exist,
-cvs.texi(,10296) import creates it.
-cvs.texi(,10297)
-cvs.texi(,10298) When you use import for updates to source that has been
-cvs.texi(,10299) modified in your source repository (since a prior
-cvs.texi(,10300) import), it will notify you of any files that conflict
-cvs.texi(,10301) in the two branches of development; use @samp{checkout
-cvs.texi(,10302) -j} to reconcile the differences, as import instructs
-cvs.texi(,10303) you to do.
-cvs.texi(,10304)
-cvs.texi(,10305) If @sc{cvs} decides a file should be ignored
-cvs.texi(,10306) (@pxref{cvsignore}), it does not import it and prints
-cvs.texi(,10307) @samp{I } followed by the filename (@pxref{import output},
for a
-cvs.texi(,10308) complete description of the output).
-cvs.texi(,10309)
-cvs.texi(,10310) If the file @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/cvswrappers} exists,
-cvs.texi(,10311) any file whose names match the specifications in that
-cvs.texi(,10312) file will be treated as packages and the appropriate
-cvs.texi(,10313) filtering will be performed on the file/directory
-cvs.texi(,10314) before being imported. @xref{Wrappers}.
+cvs.texi(,10252) @item -t @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,10253) Show records since tag @var{tag} was last added to the
+cvs.texi(,10254) history file. This differs from the @samp{-r} flag
+cvs.texi(,10255) above in that it reads only the history file, not the
+cvs.texi(,10256) @sc{rcs} files, and is much faster.
+cvs.texi(,10257)
+cvs.texi(,10258) @item -u @var{name}
+cvs.texi(,10259) Show records for user @var{name}.
+cvs.texi(,10260)
+cvs.texi(,10261) @item -z @var{timezone}
+cvs.texi(,10262) Show times in the selected records using the specified
+cvs.texi(,10263) time zone instead of UTC.
+cvs.texi(,10264) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10265)
+cvs.texi(,10274)
+cvs.texi(,10275) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,10276) @node import
+cvs.texi(,10277) @appendixsec import---Import sources into CVS, using vendor
branches
+cvs.texi(,10278) @cindex import (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,10279)
+cvs.texi(,10280) @c FIXME: This node is way too long for one which has
subnodes.
+cvs.texi(,10281)
+cvs.texi(,10282) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,10283) @item
+cvs.texi(,10284) Synopsis: import [-options] repository vendortag
address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,10285) @item
+cvs.texi(,10286) Requires: Repository, source distribution directory.
+cvs.texi(,10287) @item
+cvs.texi(,10288) Changes: repository.
+cvs.texi(,10289) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,10290)
+cvs.texi(,10291) Use @code{import} to incorporate an entire source
+cvs.texi(,10292) distribution from an outside source (e.g., a source
+cvs.texi(,10293) vendor) into your source repository directory. You can
+cvs.texi(,10294) use this command both for initial creation of a
+cvs.texi(,10295) repository, and for wholesale updates to the module
+cvs.texi(,10296) from the outside source. @xref{Tracking sources}, for
+cvs.texi(,10297) a discussion on this subject.
+cvs.texi(,10298)
+cvs.texi(,10299) The @var{repository} argument gives a directory name
+cvs.texi(,10300) (or a path to a directory) under the @sc{cvs} root directory
+cvs.texi(,10301) for repositories; if the directory did not exist,
+cvs.texi(,10302) import creates it.
+cvs.texi(,10303)
+cvs.texi(,10304) When you use import for updates to source that has been
+cvs.texi(,10305) modified in your source repository (since a prior
+cvs.texi(,10306) import), it will notify you of any files that conflict
+cvs.texi(,10307) in the two branches of development; use @samp{checkout
+cvs.texi(,10308) -j} to reconcile the differences, as import instructs
+cvs.texi(,10309) you to do.
+cvs.texi(,10310)
+cvs.texi(,10311) If @sc{cvs} decides a file should be ignored
+cvs.texi(,10312) (@pxref{cvsignore}), it does not import it and prints
+cvs.texi(,10313) @samp{I } followed by the filename (@pxref{import output},
for a
+cvs.texi(,10314) complete description of the output).
cvs.texi(,10315)
-cvs.texi(,10316) The outside source is saved in a first-level
-cvs.texi(,10317) branch, by default 1.1.1. Updates are leaves of this
-cvs.texi(,10318) branch; for example, files from the first imported
-cvs.texi(,10319) collection of source will be revision 1.1.1.1, then
-cvs.texi(,10320) files from the first imported update will be revision
-cvs.texi(,10321) 1.1.1.2, and so on.
-cvs.texi(,10322)
-cvs.texi(,10323) At least three arguments are required.
-cvs.texi(,10324) @var{repository} is needed to identify the collection
-cvs.texi(,10325) of source. @var{vendortag} is a tag for the entire
-cvs.texi(,10326) branch (e.g., for 1.1.1). You must also specify at
-cvs.texi(,10327) least one @var{releasetag} to identify the files at
-cvs.texi(,10328) the leaves created each time you execute @code{import}.
-cvs.texi(,10329)
-cvs.texi(,10330) @c I'm not completely sure this belongs here. But
-cvs.texi(,10331) @c we need to say it _somewhere_ reasonably obvious; it
-cvs.texi(,10332) @c is a common misconception among people first learning CVS
-cvs.texi(,10333) Note that @code{import} does @emph{not} change the
-cvs.texi(,10334) directory in which you invoke it. In particular, it
-cvs.texi(,10335) does not set up that directory as a @sc{cvs} working
-cvs.texi(,10336) directory; if you want to work with the sources import
-cvs.texi(,10337) them first and then check them out into a different
-cvs.texi(,10338) directory (@pxref{Getting the source}).
-cvs.texi(,10339)
-cvs.texi(,10340) @menu
-cvs.texi(,10341) * import options:: import options
-cvs.texi(,10342) * import output:: import output
-cvs.texi(,10343) * import examples:: import examples
-cvs.texi(,10344) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,10316) If the file @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/cvswrappers} exists,
+cvs.texi(,10317) any file whose names match the specifications in that
+cvs.texi(,10318) file will be treated as packages and the appropriate
+cvs.texi(,10319) filtering will be performed on the file/directory
+cvs.texi(,10320) before being imported. @xref{Wrappers}.
+cvs.texi(,10321)
+cvs.texi(,10322) The outside source is saved in a first-level
+cvs.texi(,10323) branch, by default 1.1.1. Updates are leaves of this
+cvs.texi(,10324) branch; for example, files from the first imported
+cvs.texi(,10325) collection of source will be revision 1.1.1.1, then
+cvs.texi(,10326) files from the first imported update will be revision
+cvs.texi(,10327) 1.1.1.2, and so on.
+cvs.texi(,10328)
+cvs.texi(,10329) At least three arguments are required.
+cvs.texi(,10330) @var{repository} is needed to identify the collection
+cvs.texi(,10331) of source. @var{vendortag} is a tag for the entire
+cvs.texi(,10332) branch (e.g., for 1.1.1). You must also specify at
+cvs.texi(,10333) least one @var{releasetag} to identify the files at
+cvs.texi(,10334) the leaves created each time you execute @code{import}.
+cvs.texi(,10335)
+cvs.texi(,10336) @c I'm not completely sure this belongs here. But
+cvs.texi(,10337) @c we need to say it _somewhere_ reasonably obvious; it
+cvs.texi(,10338) @c is a common misconception among people first learning CVS
+cvs.texi(,10339) Note that @code{import} does @emph{not} change the
+cvs.texi(,10340) directory in which you invoke it. In particular, it
+cvs.texi(,10341) does not set up that directory as a @sc{cvs} working
+cvs.texi(,10342) directory; if you want to work with the sources import
+cvs.texi(,10343) them first and then check them out into a different
+cvs.texi(,10344) directory (@pxref{Getting the source}).
cvs.texi(,10345)
-cvs.texi(,10346) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,10347) @node import options
-cvs.texi(,10348) @appendixsubsec import options
-cvs.texi(,10349)
-cvs.texi(,10350) This standard option is supported by @code{import}
-cvs.texi(,10351) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description):
-cvs.texi(,10352)
-cvs.texi(,10353) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10354) @item -m @var{message}
-cvs.texi(,10355) Use @var{message} as log information, instead of
-cvs.texi(,10356) invoking an editor.
-cvs.texi(,10357) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10346) @menu
+cvs.texi(,10347) * import options:: import options
+cvs.texi(,10348) * import output:: import output
+cvs.texi(,10349) * import examples:: import examples
+cvs.texi(,10350) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,10351)
+cvs.texi(,10352) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,10353) @node import options
+cvs.texi(,10354) @appendixsubsec import options
+cvs.texi(,10355)
+cvs.texi(,10356) This standard option is supported by @code{import}
+cvs.texi(,10357) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description):
cvs.texi(,10358)
-cvs.texi(,10359) There are the following additional special options.
-cvs.texi(,10360)
-cvs.texi(,10361) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10362) @item -b @var{branch}
-cvs.texi(,10363) See @ref{Multiple vendor branches}.
+cvs.texi(,10359) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10360) @item -m @var{message}
+cvs.texi(,10361) Use @var{message} as log information, instead of
+cvs.texi(,10362) invoking an editor.
+cvs.texi(,10363) @end table
cvs.texi(,10364)
-cvs.texi(,10365) @item -k @var{subst}
-cvs.texi(,10366) Indicate the keyword expansion mode desired. This
-cvs.texi(,10367) setting will apply to all files created during the
-cvs.texi(,10368) import, but not to any files that previously existed in
-cvs.texi(,10369) the repository. See @ref{Substitution modes}, for a
-cvs.texi(,10370) list of valid @samp{-k} settings.
-cvs.texi(,10371)
-cvs.texi(,10372) @item -I @var{name}
-cvs.texi(,10373) Specify file names that should be ignored during
-cvs.texi(,10374) import. You can use this option repeatedly. To avoid
-cvs.texi(,10375) ignoring any files at all (even those ignored by
-cvs.texi(,10376) default), specify `-I !'.
+cvs.texi(,10365) There are the following additional special options.
+cvs.texi(,10366)
+cvs.texi(,10367) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10368) @item -b @var{branch}
+cvs.texi(,10369) See @ref{Multiple vendor branches}.
+cvs.texi(,10370)
+cvs.texi(,10371) @item -k @var{subst}
+cvs.texi(,10372) Indicate the keyword expansion mode desired. This
+cvs.texi(,10373) setting will apply to all files created during the
+cvs.texi(,10374) import, but not to any files that previously existed in
+cvs.texi(,10375) the repository. See @ref{Substitution modes}, for a
+cvs.texi(,10376) list of valid @samp{-k} settings.
cvs.texi(,10377)
-cvs.texi(,10378) @var{name} can be a file name pattern of the same type
-cvs.texi(,10379) that you can specify in the @file{.cvsignore} file.
-cvs.texi(,10380) @xref{cvsignore}.
-cvs.texi(,10381) @c -- Is this really true?
-cvs.texi(,10382)
-cvs.texi(,10383) @item -W @var{spec}
-cvs.texi(,10384) Specify file names that should be filtered during
-cvs.texi(,10385) import. You can use this option repeatedly.
-cvs.texi(,10386)
-cvs.texi(,10387) @var{spec} can be a file name pattern of the same type
-cvs.texi(,10388) that you can specify in the @file{.cvswrappers}
-cvs.texi(,10389) file. @xref{Wrappers}.
-cvs.texi(,10390) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10391)
-cvs.texi(,10392) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,10393) @node import output
-cvs.texi(,10394) @appendixsubsec import output
-cvs.texi(,10395)
-cvs.texi(,10396) @code{import} keeps you informed of its progress by printing
a line
-cvs.texi(,10397) for each file, preceded by one character indicating the
status of the file:
-cvs.texi(,10398)
-cvs.texi(,10399) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10400) @item U @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,10401) The file already exists in the repository and has not been
locally
-cvs.texi(,10402) modified; a new revision has been created (if necessary).
-cvs.texi(,10403)
-cvs.texi(,10404) @item N @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,10405) The file is a new file which has been added to the repository.
-cvs.texi(,10406)
-cvs.texi(,10407) @item C @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,10408) The file already exists in the repository but has been
locally modified;
-cvs.texi(,10409) you will have to merge the changes.
-cvs.texi(,10410)
-cvs.texi(,10411) @item I @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,10412) The file is being ignored (@pxref{cvsignore}).
-cvs.texi(,10413)
-cvs.texi(,10414) @cindex Symbolic link, importing
-cvs.texi(,10415) @cindex Link, symbolic, importing
-cvs.texi(,10416) @c FIXME: also (somewhere else) probably
-cvs.texi(,10417) @c should be documenting what happens if you "cvs add"
-cvs.texi(,10418) @c a symbolic link. Also maybe what happens if
-cvs.texi(,10419) @c you manually create symbolic links within the
-cvs.texi(,10420) @c repository (? - not sure why we'd want to suggest
-cvs.texi(,10421) @c doing that).
-cvs.texi(,10422) @item L @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,10423) The file is a symbolic link; @code{cvs import} ignores
symbolic links.
-cvs.texi(,10424) People periodically suggest that this behavior should
-cvs.texi(,10425) be changed, but if there is a consensus on what it
-cvs.texi(,10426) should be changed to, it is not apparent.
-cvs.texi(,10427) (Various options in the @file{modules} file can be used
-cvs.texi(,10428) to recreate symbolic links on checkout, update, etc.;
-cvs.texi(,10429) @pxref{modules}.)
-cvs.texi(,10430) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10431)
-cvs.texi(,10432) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,10433) @node import examples
-cvs.texi(,10434) @appendixsubsec import examples
-cvs.texi(,10435)
-cvs.texi(,10436) See @ref{Tracking sources}, and @ref{From files}.
+cvs.texi(,10378) @item -I @var{name}
+cvs.texi(,10379) Specify file names that should be ignored during
+cvs.texi(,10380) import. You can use this option repeatedly. To avoid
+cvs.texi(,10381) ignoring any files at all (even those ignored by
+cvs.texi(,10382) default), specify `-I !'.
+cvs.texi(,10383)
+cvs.texi(,10384) @var{name} can be a file name pattern of the same type
+cvs.texi(,10385) that you can specify in the @file{.cvsignore} file.
+cvs.texi(,10386) @xref{cvsignore}.
+cvs.texi(,10387) @c -- Is this really true?
+cvs.texi(,10388)
+cvs.texi(,10389) @item -W @var{spec}
+cvs.texi(,10390) Specify file names that should be filtered during
+cvs.texi(,10391) import. You can use this option repeatedly.
+cvs.texi(,10392)
+cvs.texi(,10393) @var{spec} can be a file name pattern of the same type
+cvs.texi(,10394) that you can specify in the @file{.cvswrappers}
+cvs.texi(,10395) file. @xref{Wrappers}.
+cvs.texi(,10396) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10397)
+cvs.texi(,10398) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,10399) @node import output
+cvs.texi(,10400) @appendixsubsec import output
+cvs.texi(,10401)
+cvs.texi(,10402) @code{import} keeps you informed of its progress by printing
a line
+cvs.texi(,10403) for each file, preceded by one character indicating the
status of the file:
+cvs.texi(,10404)
+cvs.texi(,10405) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10406) @item U @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,10407) The file already exists in the repository and has not been
locally
+cvs.texi(,10408) modified; a new revision has been created (if necessary).
+cvs.texi(,10409)
+cvs.texi(,10410) @item N @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,10411) The file is a new file which has been added to the repository.
+cvs.texi(,10412)
+cvs.texi(,10413) @item C @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,10414) The file already exists in the repository but has been
locally modified;
+cvs.texi(,10415) you will have to merge the changes.
+cvs.texi(,10416)
+cvs.texi(,10417) @item I @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,10418) The file is being ignored (@pxref{cvsignore}).
+cvs.texi(,10419)
+cvs.texi(,10420) @cindex Symbolic link, importing
+cvs.texi(,10421) @cindex Link, symbolic, importing
+cvs.texi(,10422) @c FIXME: also (somewhere else) probably
+cvs.texi(,10423) @c should be documenting what happens if you "cvs add"
+cvs.texi(,10424) @c a symbolic link. Also maybe what happens if
+cvs.texi(,10425) @c you manually create symbolic links within the
+cvs.texi(,10426) @c repository (? - not sure why we'd want to suggest
+cvs.texi(,10427) @c doing that).
+cvs.texi(,10428) @item L @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,10429) The file is a symbolic link; @code{cvs import} ignores
symbolic links.
+cvs.texi(,10430) People periodically suggest that this behavior should
+cvs.texi(,10431) be changed, but if there is a consensus on what it
+cvs.texi(,10432) should be changed to, it is not apparent.
+cvs.texi(,10433) (Various options in the @file{modules} file can be used
+cvs.texi(,10434) to recreate symbolic links on checkout, update, etc.;
+cvs.texi(,10435) @pxref{modules}.)
+cvs.texi(,10436) @end table
cvs.texi(,10437)
-cvs.texi(,10438) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,10439) @node log
-cvs.texi(,10440) @appendixsec log---Print out log information for files
-cvs.texi(,10441) @cindex log (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,10442)
-cvs.texi(,10443) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,10444) @item
-cvs.texi(,10445) Synopsis: log [options] address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,10446) @item
-cvs.texi(,10447) Requires: repository, working directory.
-cvs.texi(,10448) @item
-cvs.texi(,10449) Changes: nothing.
-cvs.texi(,10450) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,10451)
-cvs.texi(,10452) Display log information for files. @code{log} used to
-cvs.texi(,10453) call the @sc{rcs} utility @code{rlog}. Although this
-cvs.texi(,10454) is no longer true in the current sources, this history
-cvs.texi(,10455) determines the format of the output and the options,
-cvs.texi(,10456) which are not quite in the style of the other @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,10457) commands.
-cvs.texi(,10458)
-cvs.texi(,10459) @cindex Timezone, in output
-cvs.texi(,10460) @cindex Zone, time, in output
-cvs.texi(,10461) @c Kind of a funny place to document the timezone used
-cvs.texi(,10462) @c in output from commands other than @code{log}.
-cvs.texi(,10463) @c There is also more we need to say about this,
-cvs.texi(,10464) @c including what happens in a client/server environment.
-cvs.texi(,10465) The output includes the location of the @sc{rcs} file,
-cvs.texi(,10466) the @dfn{head} revision (the latest revision on the
-cvs.texi(,10467) trunk), all symbolic names (tags) and some other
-cvs.texi(,10468) things. For each revision, the revision number, the
-cvs.texi(,10469) author, the number of lines added/deleted and the log
-cvs.texi(,10470) message are printed. All times are displayed in
-cvs.texi(,10471) Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). (Other parts of
-cvs.texi(,10472) @sc{cvs} print times in the local timezone).
-cvs.texi(,10473) @c FIXCVS: need a better way to control the timezone
-cvs.texi(,10474) @c used in output. Previous/current versions of CVS did/do
-cvs.texi(,10475) @c sometimes support -z in RCSINIT, and/or an
-cvs.texi(,10476) @c undocumented (except by reference to 'rlog') -z option
-cvs.texi(,10477) @c to cvs log, but this has not been a consistent,
-cvs.texi(,10478) @c documented feature. Perhaps a new global option,
-cvs.texi(,10479) @c where LT means the client's timezone, which the
-cvs.texi(,10480) @c client then communicates to the server, is the
-cvs.texi(,10481) @c right solution.
-cvs.texi(,10482)
-cvs.texi(,10483) @strong{Note: @code{log} uses @samp{-R} in a way that
conflicts
-cvs.texi(,10484) with the normal use inside @sc{cvs} (@pxref{Common options}).}
-cvs.texi(,10485)
-cvs.texi(,10486) @menu
-cvs.texi(,10487) * log options:: log options
-cvs.texi(,10488) * log examples:: log examples
-cvs.texi(,10489) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,10490)
-cvs.texi(,10491) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,10492) @node log options
-cvs.texi(,10493) @appendixsubsec log options
-cvs.texi(,10494)
-cvs.texi(,10495) By default, @code{log} prints all information that is
-cvs.texi(,10496) available. All other options restrict the output.
-cvs.texi(,10497)
-cvs.texi(,10498) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10499) @item -b
-cvs.texi(,10500) Print information about the revisions on the default
-cvs.texi(,10501) branch, normally the highest branch on the trunk.
-cvs.texi(,10502)
-cvs.texi(,10503) @item -d @var{dates}
-cvs.texi(,10504) Print information about revisions with a checkin
-cvs.texi(,10505) date/time in the range given by the
-cvs.texi(,10506) semicolon-separated list of dates. The date formats
-cvs.texi(,10507) accepted are those accepted by the @samp{-D} option to
-cvs.texi(,10508) many other @sc{cvs} commands (@pxref{Common options}).
-cvs.texi(,10509) Dates can be combined into ranges as follows:
-cvs.texi(,10510)
-cvs.texi(,10511) @c Should we be thinking about accepting ISO8601
-cvs.texi(,10512) @c ranges? For example "1972-09-10/1972-09-12".
-cvs.texi(,10513) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10514) @item @var{d1}<@var{d2}
-cvs.texi(,10515) @itemx @var{d2}>@var{d1}
-cvs.texi(,10516) Select the revisions that were deposited between
-cvs.texi(,10517) @var{d1} and @var{d2}.
-cvs.texi(,10518)
-cvs.texi(,10519) @item <@var{d}
-cvs.texi(,10520) @itemx @var{d}>
-cvs.texi(,10521) Select all revisions dated @var{d} or earlier.
-cvs.texi(,10522)
-cvs.texi(,10523) @item @var{d}<
-cvs.texi(,10524) @itemx >@var{d}
-cvs.texi(,10525) Select all revisions dated @var{d} or later.
-cvs.texi(,10526)
-cvs.texi(,10527) @item @var{d}
-cvs.texi(,10528) Select the single, latest revision dated @var{d} or
-cvs.texi(,10529) earlier.
-cvs.texi(,10530) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10531)
-cvs.texi(,10532) The @samp{>} or @samp{<} characters may be followed by
-cvs.texi(,10533) @samp{=} to indicate an inclusive range rather than an
-cvs.texi(,10534) exclusive one.
-cvs.texi(,10535)
-cvs.texi(,10536) Note that the separator is a semicolon (;).
+cvs.texi(,10438) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,10439) @node import examples
+cvs.texi(,10440) @appendixsubsec import examples
+cvs.texi(,10441)
+cvs.texi(,10442) See @ref{Tracking sources}, and @ref{From files}.
+cvs.texi(,10443)
+cvs.texi(,10444) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,10445) @node log
+cvs.texi(,10446) @appendixsec log---Print out log information for files
+cvs.texi(,10447) @cindex log (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,10448)
+cvs.texi(,10449) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,10450) @item
+cvs.texi(,10451) Synopsis: log [options] address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,10452) @item
+cvs.texi(,10453) Requires: repository, working directory.
+cvs.texi(,10454) @item
+cvs.texi(,10455) Changes: nothing.
+cvs.texi(,10456) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,10457)
+cvs.texi(,10458) Display log information for files. @code{log} used to
+cvs.texi(,10459) call the @sc{rcs} utility @code{rlog}. Although this
+cvs.texi(,10460) is no longer true in the current sources, this history
+cvs.texi(,10461) determines the format of the output and the options,
+cvs.texi(,10462) which are not quite in the style of the other @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,10463) commands.
+cvs.texi(,10464)
+cvs.texi(,10465) @cindex Timezone, in output
+cvs.texi(,10466) @cindex Zone, time, in output
+cvs.texi(,10467) @c Kind of a funny place to document the timezone used
+cvs.texi(,10468) @c in output from commands other than @code{log}.
+cvs.texi(,10469) @c There is also more we need to say about this,
+cvs.texi(,10470) @c including what happens in a client/server environment.
+cvs.texi(,10471) The output includes the location of the @sc{rcs} file,
+cvs.texi(,10472) the @dfn{head} revision (the latest revision on the
+cvs.texi(,10473) trunk), all symbolic names (tags) and some other
+cvs.texi(,10474) things. For each revision, the revision number, the
+cvs.texi(,10475) author, the number of lines added/deleted and the log
+cvs.texi(,10476) message are printed. All times are displayed in
+cvs.texi(,10477) Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). (Other parts of
+cvs.texi(,10478) @sc{cvs} print times in the local timezone).
+cvs.texi(,10479) @c FIXCVS: need a better way to control the timezone
+cvs.texi(,10480) @c used in output. Previous/current versions of CVS did/do
+cvs.texi(,10481) @c sometimes support -z in RCSINIT, and/or an
+cvs.texi(,10482) @c undocumented (except by reference to 'rlog') -z option
+cvs.texi(,10483) @c to cvs log, but this has not been a consistent,
+cvs.texi(,10484) @c documented feature. Perhaps a new global option,
+cvs.texi(,10485) @c where LT means the client's timezone, which the
+cvs.texi(,10486) @c client then communicates to the server, is the
+cvs.texi(,10487) @c right solution.
+cvs.texi(,10488)
+cvs.texi(,10489) @strong{Note: @code{log} uses @samp{-R} in a way that
conflicts
+cvs.texi(,10490) with the normal use inside @sc{cvs} (@pxref{Common options}).}
+cvs.texi(,10491)
+cvs.texi(,10492) @menu
+cvs.texi(,10493) * log options:: log options
+cvs.texi(,10494) * log examples:: log examples
+cvs.texi(,10495) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,10496)
+cvs.texi(,10497) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,10498) @node log options
+cvs.texi(,10499) @appendixsubsec log options
+cvs.texi(,10500)
+cvs.texi(,10501) By default, @code{log} prints all information that is
+cvs.texi(,10502) available. All other options restrict the output.
+cvs.texi(,10503)
+cvs.texi(,10504) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10505) @item -b
+cvs.texi(,10506) Print information about the revisions on the default
+cvs.texi(,10507) branch, normally the highest branch on the trunk.
+cvs.texi(,10508)
+cvs.texi(,10509) @item -d @var{dates}
+cvs.texi(,10510) Print information about revisions with a checkin
+cvs.texi(,10511) date/time in the range given by the
+cvs.texi(,10512) semicolon-separated list of dates. The date formats
+cvs.texi(,10513) accepted are those accepted by the @samp{-D} option to
+cvs.texi(,10514) many other @sc{cvs} commands (@pxref{Common options}).
+cvs.texi(,10515) Dates can be combined into ranges as follows:
+cvs.texi(,10516)
+cvs.texi(,10517) @c Should we be thinking about accepting ISO8601
+cvs.texi(,10518) @c ranges? For example "1972-09-10/1972-09-12".
+cvs.texi(,10519) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10520) @item @var{d1}<@var{d2}
+cvs.texi(,10521) @itemx @var{d2}>@var{d1}
+cvs.texi(,10522) Select the revisions that were deposited between
+cvs.texi(,10523) @var{d1} and @var{d2}.
+cvs.texi(,10524)
+cvs.texi(,10525) @item <@var{d}
+cvs.texi(,10526) @itemx @var{d}>
+cvs.texi(,10527) Select all revisions dated @var{d} or earlier.
+cvs.texi(,10528)
+cvs.texi(,10529) @item @var{d}<
+cvs.texi(,10530) @itemx >@var{d}
+cvs.texi(,10531) Select all revisions dated @var{d} or later.
+cvs.texi(,10532)
+cvs.texi(,10533) @item @var{d}
+cvs.texi(,10534) Select the single, latest revision dated @var{d} or
+cvs.texi(,10535) earlier.
+cvs.texi(,10536) @end table
cvs.texi(,10537)
-cvs.texi(,10538) @item -h
-cvs.texi(,10539) Print only the name of the @sc{rcs} file, name
-cvs.texi(,10540) of the file in the working directory, head,
-cvs.texi(,10541) default branch, access list, locks, symbolic names, and
-cvs.texi(,10542) suffix.
+cvs.texi(,10538) The @samp{>} or @samp{<} characters may be followed by
+cvs.texi(,10539) @samp{=} to indicate an inclusive range rather than an
+cvs.texi(,10540) exclusive one.
+cvs.texi(,10541)
+cvs.texi(,10542) Note that the separator is a semicolon (;).
cvs.texi(,10543)
-cvs.texi(,10544) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,10545) Local; run only in current working directory. (Default
-cvs.texi(,10546) is to run recursively).
-cvs.texi(,10547)
-cvs.texi(,10548) @item -N
-cvs.texi(,10549) Do not print the list of tags for this file. This
-cvs.texi(,10550) option can be very useful when your site uses a lot of
-cvs.texi(,10551) tags, so rather than "more"'ing over 3 pages of tag
-cvs.texi(,10552) information, the log information is presented without
-cvs.texi(,10553) tags at all.
-cvs.texi(,10554)
-cvs.texi(,10555) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,10556) Print only the name of the @sc{rcs} file.
-cvs.texi(,10557)
-cvs.texi(,10558) @c Note that using a bare revision (in addition to not
-cvs.texi(,10559) @c being explicitly documented here) is potentially
-cvs.texi(,10560) @c confusing; it shows the log message to get from the
-cvs.texi(,10561) @c previous revision to that revision. "-r1.3 -r1.6"
-cvs.texi(,10562) @c (equivalent to "-r1.3,1.6") is even worse; it
-cvs.texi(,10563) @c prints the messages to get from 1.2 to 1.3 and 1.5
-cvs.texi(,10564) @c to 1.6. By analogy with "cvs diff", users might
-cvs.texi(,10565) @c expect that it is more like specifying a range.
-cvs.texi(,10566) @c It is not 100% clear to me how much of this should
-cvs.texi(,10567) @c be documented (for example, multiple -r options
-cvs.texi(,10568) @c perhaps could/should be deprecated given the false
-cvs.texi(,10569) @c analogy with "cvs diff").
-cvs.texi(,10570) @c In general, this section should be rewritten to talk
-cvs.texi(,10571) @c about messages to get from revision rev1 to rev2,
-cvs.texi(,10572) @c rather than messages for revision rev2 (that is, the
-cvs.texi(,10573) @c messages are associated with a change not a static
-cvs.texi(,10574) @c revision and failing to make this distinction causes
-cvs.texi(,10575) @c much confusion).
-cvs.texi(,10576) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,10577) Print information about revisions given in the
-cvs.texi(,10578) comma-separated list @var{revisions} of revisions and
-cvs.texi(,10579) ranges. The following table explains the available
-cvs.texi(,10580) range formats:
-cvs.texi(,10581)
-cvs.texi(,10582) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10583) @item @var{rev1}:@var{rev2}
-cvs.texi(,10584) Revisions @var{rev1} to @var{rev2} (which must be on
-cvs.texi(,10585) the same branch).
-cvs.texi(,10586)
-cvs.texi(,10587) @item @var{rev1}::@var{rev2}
-cvs.texi(,10588) The same, but excluding @var{rev1}.
-cvs.texi(,10589)
-cvs.texi(,10590) @item :@var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,10591) @itemx ::@var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,10592) Revisions from the beginning of the branch up to
-cvs.texi(,10593) and including @var{rev}.
-cvs.texi(,10594)
-cvs.texi(,10595) @item @var{rev}:
-cvs.texi(,10596) Revisions starting with @var{rev} to the end of the
-cvs.texi(,10597) branch containing @var{rev}.
-cvs.texi(,10598)
-cvs.texi(,10599) @item @var{rev}::
-cvs.texi(,10600) Revisions starting just after @var{rev} to the end of the
-cvs.texi(,10601) branch containing @var{rev}.
-cvs.texi(,10602)
-cvs.texi(,10603) @item @var{branch}
-cvs.texi(,10604) An argument that is a branch means all revisions on
-cvs.texi(,10605) that branch.
-cvs.texi(,10606)
-cvs.texi(,10607) @item @var{branch1}:@var{branch2}
-cvs.texi(,10608) @itemx @var{branch1}::@var{branch2}
-cvs.texi(,10609) A range of branches means all revisions
-cvs.texi(,10610) on the branches in that range.
-cvs.texi(,10611)
-cvs.texi(,10612) @item @var{branch}.
-cvs.texi(,10613) The latest revision in @var{branch}.
-cvs.texi(,10614) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10615)
-cvs.texi(,10616) A bare @samp{-r} with no revisions means the latest
-cvs.texi(,10617) revision on the default branch, normally the trunk.
-cvs.texi(,10618) There can be no space between the @samp{-r} option and
-cvs.texi(,10619) its argument.
-cvs.texi(,10620)
-cvs.texi(,10621) @item -S
-cvs.texi(,10622) Suppress the header if no revisions are selected.
-cvs.texi(,10623)
-cvs.texi(,10624) @item -s @var{states}
-cvs.texi(,10625) Print information about revisions whose state
-cvs.texi(,10626) attributes match one of the states given in the
-cvs.texi(,10627) comma-separated list @var{states}.
-cvs.texi(,10628)
-cvs.texi(,10629) @item -t
-cvs.texi(,10630) Print the same as @samp{-h}, plus the descriptive text.
-cvs.texi(,10631)
-cvs.texi(,10632) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,10633) Print information about revisions checked in by users
-cvs.texi(,10634) with login names appearing in the comma-separated list
-cvs.texi(,10635) @var{logins}. If @var{logins} is omitted, the user's
-cvs.texi(,10636) login is assumed. There can be no space between the
-cvs.texi(,10637) @samp{-w} option and its argument.
-cvs.texi(,10638) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10639)
-cvs.texi(,10640) @code{log} prints the intersection of the revisions
-cvs.texi(,10641) selected with the options @samp{-d}, @samp{-s}, and
-cvs.texi(,10642) @samp{-w}, intersected with the union of the revisions
-cvs.texi(,10643) selected by @samp{-b} and @samp{-r}.
-cvs.texi(,10644)
-cvs.texi(,10645) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,10646) @node log examples
-cvs.texi(,10647) @appendixsubsec log examples
-cvs.texi(,10648)
-cvs.texi(,10649) Contributed examples are gratefully accepted.
+cvs.texi(,10544) @item -h
+cvs.texi(,10545) Print only the name of the @sc{rcs} file, name
+cvs.texi(,10546) of the file in the working directory, head,
+cvs.texi(,10547) default branch, access list, locks, symbolic names, and
+cvs.texi(,10548) suffix.
+cvs.texi(,10549)
+cvs.texi(,10550) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,10551) Local; run only in current working directory. (Default
+cvs.texi(,10552) is to run recursively).
+cvs.texi(,10553)
+cvs.texi(,10554) @item -N
+cvs.texi(,10555) Do not print the list of tags for this file. This
+cvs.texi(,10556) option can be very useful when your site uses a lot of
+cvs.texi(,10557) tags, so rather than "more"'ing over 3 pages of tag
+cvs.texi(,10558) information, the log information is presented without
+cvs.texi(,10559) tags at all.
+cvs.texi(,10560)
+cvs.texi(,10561) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,10562) Print only the name of the @sc{rcs} file.
+cvs.texi(,10563)
+cvs.texi(,10564) @c Note that using a bare revision (in addition to not
+cvs.texi(,10565) @c being explicitly documented here) is potentially
+cvs.texi(,10566) @c confusing; it shows the log message to get from the
+cvs.texi(,10567) @c previous revision to that revision. "-r1.3 -r1.6"
+cvs.texi(,10568) @c (equivalent to "-r1.3,1.6") is even worse; it
+cvs.texi(,10569) @c prints the messages to get from 1.2 to 1.3 and 1.5
+cvs.texi(,10570) @c to 1.6. By analogy with "cvs diff", users might
+cvs.texi(,10571) @c expect that it is more like specifying a range.
+cvs.texi(,10572) @c It is not 100% clear to me how much of this should
+cvs.texi(,10573) @c be documented (for example, multiple -r options
+cvs.texi(,10574) @c perhaps could/should be deprecated given the false
+cvs.texi(,10575) @c analogy with "cvs diff").
+cvs.texi(,10576) @c In general, this section should be rewritten to talk
+cvs.texi(,10577) @c about messages to get from revision rev1 to rev2,
+cvs.texi(,10578) @c rather than messages for revision rev2 (that is, the
+cvs.texi(,10579) @c messages are associated with a change not a static
+cvs.texi(,10580) @c revision and failing to make this distinction causes
+cvs.texi(,10581) @c much confusion).
+cvs.texi(,10582) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,10583) Print information about revisions given in the
+cvs.texi(,10584) comma-separated list @var{revisions} of revisions and
+cvs.texi(,10585) ranges. The following table explains the available
+cvs.texi(,10586) range formats:
+cvs.texi(,10587)
+cvs.texi(,10588) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10589) @item @var{rev1}:@var{rev2}
+cvs.texi(,10590) Revisions @var{rev1} to @var{rev2} (which must be on
+cvs.texi(,10591) the same branch).
+cvs.texi(,10592)
+cvs.texi(,10593) @item @var{rev1}::@var{rev2}
+cvs.texi(,10594) The same, but excluding @var{rev1}.
+cvs.texi(,10595)
+cvs.texi(,10596) @item :@var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,10597) @itemx ::@var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,10598) Revisions from the beginning of the branch up to
+cvs.texi(,10599) and including @var{rev}.
+cvs.texi(,10600)
+cvs.texi(,10601) @item @var{rev}:
+cvs.texi(,10602) Revisions starting with @var{rev} to the end of the
+cvs.texi(,10603) branch containing @var{rev}.
+cvs.texi(,10604)
+cvs.texi(,10605) @item @var{rev}::
+cvs.texi(,10606) Revisions starting just after @var{rev} to the end of the
+cvs.texi(,10607) branch containing @var{rev}.
+cvs.texi(,10608)
+cvs.texi(,10609) @item @var{branch}
+cvs.texi(,10610) An argument that is a branch means all revisions on
+cvs.texi(,10611) that branch.
+cvs.texi(,10612)
+cvs.texi(,10613) @item @var{branch1}:@var{branch2}
+cvs.texi(,10614) @itemx @var{branch1}::@var{branch2}
+cvs.texi(,10615) A range of branches means all revisions
+cvs.texi(,10616) on the branches in that range.
+cvs.texi(,10617)
+cvs.texi(,10618) @item @var{branch}.
+cvs.texi(,10619) The latest revision in @var{branch}.
+cvs.texi(,10620) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10621)
+cvs.texi(,10622) A bare @samp{-r} with no revisions means the latest
+cvs.texi(,10623) revision on the default branch, normally the trunk.
+cvs.texi(,10624) There can be no space between the @samp{-r} option and
+cvs.texi(,10625) its argument.
+cvs.texi(,10626)
+cvs.texi(,10627) @item -S
+cvs.texi(,10628) Suppress the header if no revisions are selected.
+cvs.texi(,10629)
+cvs.texi(,10630) @item -s @var{states}
+cvs.texi(,10631) Print information about revisions whose state
+cvs.texi(,10632) attributes match one of the states given in the
+cvs.texi(,10633) comma-separated list @var{states}.
+cvs.texi(,10634)
+cvs.texi(,10635) @item -t
+cvs.texi(,10636) Print the same as @samp{-h}, plus the descriptive text.
+cvs.texi(,10637)
+cvs.texi(,10638) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,10639) Print information about revisions checked in by users
+cvs.texi(,10640) with login names appearing in the comma-separated list
+cvs.texi(,10641) @var{logins}. If @var{logins} is omitted, the user's
+cvs.texi(,10642) login is assumed. There can be no space between the
+cvs.texi(,10643) @samp{-w} option and its argument.
+cvs.texi(,10644) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10645)
+cvs.texi(,10646) @code{log} prints the intersection of the revisions
+cvs.texi(,10647) selected with the options @samp{-d}, @samp{-s}, and
+cvs.texi(,10648) @samp{-w}, intersected with the union of the revisions
+cvs.texi(,10649) selected by @samp{-b} and @samp{-r}.
cvs.texi(,10650)
-cvs.texi(,10651) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,10652) @node rdiff
-cvs.texi(,10653) @appendixsec rdiff---'patch' format diffs between releases
-cvs.texi(,10654) @cindex rdiff (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,10655)
-cvs.texi(,10656) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,10657) @item
-cvs.texi(,10658) rdiff [-flags] [-V vn] [-r t|-D d [-r t2|-D d2]]
address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,10659) @item
-cvs.texi(,10660) Requires: repository.
-cvs.texi(,10661) @item
-cvs.texi(,10662) Changes: nothing.
+cvs.texi(,10651) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,10652) @node log examples
+cvs.texi(,10653) @appendixsubsec log examples
+cvs.texi(,10654)
+cvs.texi(,10655) Contributed examples are gratefully accepted.
+cvs.texi(,10656)
+cvs.texi(,10657) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,10658) @node rdiff
+cvs.texi(,10659) @appendixsec rdiff---'patch' format diffs between releases
+cvs.texi(,10660) @cindex rdiff (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,10661)
+cvs.texi(,10662) @itemize @bullet
cvs.texi(,10663) @item
-cvs.texi(,10664) Synonym: patch
-cvs.texi(,10665) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,10666)
-cvs.texi(,10667) Builds a Larry Wall format patch(1) file between two
-cvs.texi(,10668) releases, that can be fed directly into the @code{patch}
-cvs.texi(,10669) program to bring an old release up-to-date with the new
-cvs.texi(,10670) release. (This is one of the few @sc{cvs} commands that
-cvs.texi(,10671) operates directly from the repository, and doesn't
-cvs.texi(,10672) require a prior checkout.) The diff output is sent to
-cvs.texi(,10673) the standard output device.
-cvs.texi(,10674)
-cvs.texi(,10675) You can specify (using the standard @samp{-r} and
-cvs.texi(,10676) @samp{-D} options) any combination of one or two
-cvs.texi(,10677) revisions or dates. If only one revision or date is
-cvs.texi(,10678) specified, the patch file reflects differences between
-cvs.texi(,10679) that revision or date and the current head revisions in
-cvs.texi(,10680) the @sc{rcs} file.
-cvs.texi(,10681)
-cvs.texi(,10682) Note that if the software release affected is contained
-cvs.texi(,10683) in more than one directory, then it may be necessary to
-cvs.texi(,10684) specify the @samp{-p} option to the @code{patch} command when
-cvs.texi(,10685) patching the old sources, so that @code{patch} is able to find
-cvs.texi(,10686) the files that are located in other directories.
+cvs.texi(,10664) rdiff [-flags] [-V vn] [-r t|-D d [-r t2|-D d2]]
address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,10665) @item
+cvs.texi(,10666) Requires: repository.
+cvs.texi(,10667) @item
+cvs.texi(,10668) Changes: nothing.
+cvs.texi(,10669) @item
+cvs.texi(,10670) Synonym: patch
+cvs.texi(,10671) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,10672)
+cvs.texi(,10673) Builds a Larry Wall format patch(1) file between two
+cvs.texi(,10674) releases, that can be fed directly into the @code{patch}
+cvs.texi(,10675) program to bring an old release up-to-date with the new
+cvs.texi(,10676) release. (This is one of the few @sc{cvs} commands that
+cvs.texi(,10677) operates directly from the repository, and doesn't
+cvs.texi(,10678) require a prior checkout.) The diff output is sent to
+cvs.texi(,10679) the standard output device.
+cvs.texi(,10680)
+cvs.texi(,10681) You can specify (using the standard @samp{-r} and
+cvs.texi(,10682) @samp{-D} options) any combination of one or two
+cvs.texi(,10683) revisions or dates. If only one revision or date is
+cvs.texi(,10684) specified, the patch file reflects differences between
+cvs.texi(,10685) that revision or date and the current head revisions in
+cvs.texi(,10686) the @sc{rcs} file.
cvs.texi(,10687)
-cvs.texi(,10688) @menu
-cvs.texi(,10689) * rdiff options:: rdiff options
-cvs.texi(,10690) * rdiff examples:: rdiff examples
-cvs.texi(,10691) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,10692)
-cvs.texi(,10693) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,10694) @node rdiff options
-cvs.texi(,10695) @appendixsubsec rdiff options
-cvs.texi(,10696)
-cvs.texi(,10697) These standard options are supported by @code{rdiff}
-cvs.texi(,10698) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description of
-cvs.texi(,10699) them):
-cvs.texi(,10700)
-cvs.texi(,10701) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10702) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,10703) Use the most recent revision no later than @var{date}.
-cvs.texi(,10704)
-cvs.texi(,10705) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,10706) If no matching revision is found, retrieve the most
-cvs.texi(,10707) recent revision (instead of ignoring the file).
-cvs.texi(,10708)
-cvs.texi(,10709) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,10710) Local; don't descend subdirectories.
-cvs.texi(,10711)
-cvs.texi(,10712) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,10713) Examine directories recursively. This option is on by
default.
+cvs.texi(,10688) Note that if the software release affected is contained
+cvs.texi(,10689) in more than one directory, then it may be necessary to
+cvs.texi(,10690) specify the @samp{-p} option to the @code{patch} command when
+cvs.texi(,10691) patching the old sources, so that @code{patch} is able to find
+cvs.texi(,10692) the files that are located in other directories.
+cvs.texi(,10693)
+cvs.texi(,10694) @menu
+cvs.texi(,10695) * rdiff options:: rdiff options
+cvs.texi(,10696) * rdiff examples:: rdiff examples
+cvs.texi(,10697) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,10698)
+cvs.texi(,10699) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,10700) @node rdiff options
+cvs.texi(,10701) @appendixsubsec rdiff options
+cvs.texi(,10702)
+cvs.texi(,10703) These standard options are supported by @code{rdiff}
+cvs.texi(,10704) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description of
+cvs.texi(,10705) them):
+cvs.texi(,10706)
+cvs.texi(,10707) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10708) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,10709) Use the most recent revision no later than @var{date}.
+cvs.texi(,10710)
+cvs.texi(,10711) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,10712) If no matching revision is found, retrieve the most
+cvs.texi(,10713) recent revision (instead of ignoring the file).
cvs.texi(,10714)
-cvs.texi(,10715) @item -r @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,10716) Use revision @var{tag}.
-cvs.texi(,10717) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10718)
-cvs.texi(,10719) In addition to the above, these options are available:
+cvs.texi(,10715) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,10716) Local; don't descend subdirectories.
+cvs.texi(,10717)
+cvs.texi(,10718) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,10719) Examine directories recursively. This option is on by
default.
cvs.texi(,10720)
-cvs.texi(,10721) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10722) @item -c
-cvs.texi(,10723) Use the context diff format. This is the default format.
+cvs.texi(,10721) @item -r @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,10722) Use revision @var{tag}.
+cvs.texi(,10723) @end table
cvs.texi(,10724)
-cvs.texi(,10725) @item -s
-cvs.texi(,10726) Create a summary change report instead of a patch. The
-cvs.texi(,10727) summary includes information about files that were
-cvs.texi(,10728) changed or added between the releases. It is sent to
-cvs.texi(,10729) the standard output device. This is useful for finding
-cvs.texi(,10730) out, for example, which files have changed between two
-cvs.texi(,10731) dates or revisions.
-cvs.texi(,10732)
-cvs.texi(,10733) @item -t
-cvs.texi(,10734) A diff of the top two revisions is sent to the standard
-cvs.texi(,10735) output device. This is most useful for seeing what the
-cvs.texi(,10736) last change to a file was.
-cvs.texi(,10737)
-cvs.texi(,10738) @item -u
-cvs.texi(,10739) Use the unidiff format for the context diffs.
-cvs.texi(,10740) Remember that old versions
-cvs.texi(,10741) of the @code{patch} program can't handle the unidiff
-cvs.texi(,10742) format, so if you plan to post this patch to the net
-cvs.texi(,10743) you should probably not use @samp{-u}.
-cvs.texi(,10744)
-cvs.texi(,10745) @item -V @var{vn}
-cvs.texi(,10746) Expand keywords according to the rules current in
-cvs.texi(,10747) @sc{rcs} version @var{vn} (the expansion format changed with
-cvs.texi(,10748) @sc{rcs} version 5). Note that this option is no
-cvs.texi(,10749) longer accepted. @sc{cvs} will always expand keywords the
-cvs.texi(,10750) way that @sc{rcs} version 5 does.
-cvs.texi(,10751) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10752)
-cvs.texi(,10753) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,10754) @node rdiff examples
-cvs.texi(,10755) @appendixsubsec rdiff examples
-cvs.texi(,10756)
-cvs.texi(,10757) Suppose you receive mail from @t{foo@@example.net} asking for
an
-cvs.texi(,10758) update from release 1.2 to 1.4 of the tc compiler. You
-cvs.texi(,10759) have no such patches on hand, but with @sc{cvs} that can
-cvs.texi(,10760) easily be fixed with a command such as this:
-cvs.texi(,10761)
-cvs.texi(,10762) @example
-cvs.texi(,10763) $ cvs rdiff -c -r FOO1_2 -r FOO1_4 tc | \
-cvs.texi(,10764) $$ Mail -s 'The patches you asked for' foo@@example.net
-cvs.texi(,10765) @end example
-cvs.texi(,10766)
-cvs.texi(,10767) Suppose you have made release 1.3, and forked a branch
-cvs.texi(,10768) called @samp{R_1_3fix} for bugfixes. @samp{R_1_3_1}
-cvs.texi(,10769) corresponds to release 1.3.1, which was made some time
-cvs.texi(,10770) ago. Now, you want to see how much development has been
-cvs.texi(,10771) done on the branch. This command can be used:
+cvs.texi(,10725) In addition to the above, these options are available:
+cvs.texi(,10726)
+cvs.texi(,10727) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10728) @item -c
+cvs.texi(,10729) Use the context diff format. This is the default format.
+cvs.texi(,10730)
+cvs.texi(,10731) @item -s
+cvs.texi(,10732) Create a summary change report instead of a patch. The
+cvs.texi(,10733) summary includes information about files that were
+cvs.texi(,10734) changed or added between the releases. It is sent to
+cvs.texi(,10735) the standard output device. This is useful for finding
+cvs.texi(,10736) out, for example, which files have changed between two
+cvs.texi(,10737) dates or revisions.
+cvs.texi(,10738)
+cvs.texi(,10739) @item -t
+cvs.texi(,10740) A diff of the top two revisions is sent to the standard
+cvs.texi(,10741) output device. This is most useful for seeing what the
+cvs.texi(,10742) last change to a file was.
+cvs.texi(,10743)
+cvs.texi(,10744) @item -u
+cvs.texi(,10745) Use the unidiff format for the context diffs.
+cvs.texi(,10746) Remember that old versions
+cvs.texi(,10747) of the @code{patch} program can't handle the unidiff
+cvs.texi(,10748) format, so if you plan to post this patch to the net
+cvs.texi(,10749) you should probably not use @samp{-u}.
+cvs.texi(,10750)
+cvs.texi(,10751) @item -V @var{vn}
+cvs.texi(,10752) Expand keywords according to the rules current in
+cvs.texi(,10753) @sc{rcs} version @var{vn} (the expansion format changed with
+cvs.texi(,10754) @sc{rcs} version 5). Note that this option is no
+cvs.texi(,10755) longer accepted. @sc{cvs} will always expand keywords the
+cvs.texi(,10756) way that @sc{rcs} version 5 does.
+cvs.texi(,10757) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10758)
+cvs.texi(,10759) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,10760) @node rdiff examples
+cvs.texi(,10761) @appendixsubsec rdiff examples
+cvs.texi(,10762)
+cvs.texi(,10763) Suppose you receive mail from @t{foo@@example.net} asking for
an
+cvs.texi(,10764) update from release 1.2 to 1.4 of the tc compiler. You
+cvs.texi(,10765) have no such patches on hand, but with @sc{cvs} that can
+cvs.texi(,10766) easily be fixed with a command such as this:
+cvs.texi(,10767)
+cvs.texi(,10768) @example
+cvs.texi(,10769) $ cvs rdiff -c -r FOO1_2 -r FOO1_4 tc | \
+cvs.texi(,10770) $$ Mail -s 'The patches you asked for' foo@@example.net
+cvs.texi(,10771) @end example
cvs.texi(,10772)
-cvs.texi(,10773) @example
-cvs.texi(,10774) $ cvs patch -s -r R_1_3_1 -r R_1_3fix module-name
-cvs.texi(,10775) cvs rdiff: Diffing module-name
-cvs.texi(,10776) File ChangeLog,v changed from revision 1.52.2.5 to 1.52.2.6
-cvs.texi(,10777) File foo.c,v changed from revision 1.52.2.3 to 1.52.2.4
-cvs.texi(,10778) File bar.h,v changed from revision 1.29.2.1 to 1.2
-cvs.texi(,10779) @end example
-cvs.texi(,10780)
-cvs.texi(,10781) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,10782) @node release
-cvs.texi(,10783) @appendixsec release---Indicate that a Module is no longer in
use
-cvs.texi(,10784) @cindex release (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,10785)
-cvs.texi(,10786) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,10787) @item
-cvs.texi(,10788) release [-d] address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,10789) @item
-cvs.texi(,10790) Requires: Working directory.
-cvs.texi(,10791) @item
-cvs.texi(,10792) Changes: Working directory, history log.
-cvs.texi(,10793) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,10794)
-cvs.texi(,10795) This command is meant to safely cancel the effect of
-cvs.texi(,10796) @samp{cvs checkout}. Since @sc{cvs} doesn't lock files, it
-cvs.texi(,10797) isn't strictly necessary to use this command. You can
-cvs.texi(,10798) always simply delete your working directory, if you
-cvs.texi(,10799) like; but you risk losing changes you may have
-cvs.texi(,10800) forgotten, and you leave no trace in the @sc{cvs} history
-cvs.texi(,10801) file (@pxref{history file}) that you've abandoned your
-cvs.texi(,10802) checkout.
-cvs.texi(,10803)
-cvs.texi(,10804) Use @samp{cvs release} to avoid these problems. This
-cvs.texi(,10805) command checks that no uncommitted changes are
-cvs.texi(,10806) present; that you are executing it from immediately
-cvs.texi(,10807) above a @sc{cvs} working directory; and that the repository
-cvs.texi(,10808) recorded for your files is the same as the repository
-cvs.texi(,10809) defined in the module database.
-cvs.texi(,10810)
-cvs.texi(,10811) If all these conditions are true, @samp{cvs release}
-cvs.texi(,10812) leaves a record of its execution (attesting to your
-cvs.texi(,10813) intentionally abandoning your checkout) in the @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,10814) history log.
-cvs.texi(,10815)
-cvs.texi(,10816) @menu
-cvs.texi(,10817) * release options:: release options
-cvs.texi(,10818) * release output:: release output
-cvs.texi(,10819) * release examples:: release examples
-cvs.texi(,10820) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,10773) Suppose you have made release 1.3, and forked a branch
+cvs.texi(,10774) called @samp{R_1_3fix} for bugfixes. @samp{R_1_3_1}
+cvs.texi(,10775) corresponds to release 1.3.1, which was made some time
+cvs.texi(,10776) ago. Now, you want to see how much development has been
+cvs.texi(,10777) done on the branch. This command can be used:
+cvs.texi(,10778)
+cvs.texi(,10779) @example
+cvs.texi(,10780) $ cvs patch -s -r R_1_3_1 -r R_1_3fix module-name
+cvs.texi(,10781) cvs rdiff: Diffing module-name
+cvs.texi(,10782) File ChangeLog,v changed from revision 1.52.2.5 to 1.52.2.6
+cvs.texi(,10783) File foo.c,v changed from revision 1.52.2.3 to 1.52.2.4
+cvs.texi(,10784) File bar.h,v changed from revision 1.29.2.1 to 1.2
+cvs.texi(,10785) @end example
+cvs.texi(,10786)
+cvs.texi(,10787) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,10788) @node release
+cvs.texi(,10789) @appendixsec release---Indicate that a Module is no longer in
use
+cvs.texi(,10790) @cindex release (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,10791)
+cvs.texi(,10792) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,10793) @item
+cvs.texi(,10794) release [-d] address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,10795) @item
+cvs.texi(,10796) Requires: Working directory.
+cvs.texi(,10797) @item
+cvs.texi(,10798) Changes: Working directory, history log.
+cvs.texi(,10799) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,10800)
+cvs.texi(,10801) This command is meant to safely cancel the effect of
+cvs.texi(,10802) @samp{cvs checkout}. Since @sc{cvs} doesn't lock files, it
+cvs.texi(,10803) isn't strictly necessary to use this command. You can
+cvs.texi(,10804) always simply delete your working directory, if you
+cvs.texi(,10805) like; but you risk losing changes you may have
+cvs.texi(,10806) forgotten, and you leave no trace in the @sc{cvs} history
+cvs.texi(,10807) file (@pxref{history file}) that you've abandoned your
+cvs.texi(,10808) checkout.
+cvs.texi(,10809)
+cvs.texi(,10810) Use @samp{cvs release} to avoid these problems. This
+cvs.texi(,10811) command checks that no uncommitted changes are
+cvs.texi(,10812) present; that you are executing it from immediately
+cvs.texi(,10813) above a @sc{cvs} working directory; and that the repository
+cvs.texi(,10814) recorded for your files is the same as the repository
+cvs.texi(,10815) defined in the module database.
+cvs.texi(,10816)
+cvs.texi(,10817) If all these conditions are true, @samp{cvs release}
+cvs.texi(,10818) leaves a record of its execution (attesting to your
+cvs.texi(,10819) intentionally abandoning your checkout) in the @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,10820) history log.
cvs.texi(,10821)
-cvs.texi(,10822) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,10823) @node release options
-cvs.texi(,10824) @appendixsubsec release options
-cvs.texi(,10825)
-cvs.texi(,10826) The @code{release} command supports one command option:
+cvs.texi(,10822) @menu
+cvs.texi(,10823) * release options:: release options
+cvs.texi(,10824) * release output:: release output
+cvs.texi(,10825) * release examples:: release examples
+cvs.texi(,10826) @end menu
cvs.texi(,10827)
-cvs.texi(,10828) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10829) @item -d
-cvs.texi(,10830) Delete your working copy of the file if the release
-cvs.texi(,10831) succeeds. If this flag is not given your files will
-cvs.texi(,10832) remain in your working directory.
+cvs.texi(,10828) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,10829) @node release options
+cvs.texi(,10830) @appendixsubsec release options
+cvs.texi(,10831)
+cvs.texi(,10832) The @code{release} command supports one command option:
cvs.texi(,10833)
-cvs.texi(,10834) @strong{WARNING: The @code{release} command deletes
-cvs.texi(,10835) all directories and files recursively. This
-cvs.texi(,10836) has the very serious side-effect that any directory
-cvs.texi(,10837) that you have created inside your checked-out sources,
-cvs.texi(,10838) and not added to the repository (using the @code{add}
-cvs.texi(,10839) command; @pxref{Adding files}) will be silently deleted---even
-cvs.texi(,10840) if it is non-empty!}
-cvs.texi(,10841) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10842)
-cvs.texi(,10843) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,10844) @node release output
-cvs.texi(,10845) @appendixsubsec release output
-cvs.texi(,10846)
-cvs.texi(,10847) Before @code{release} releases your sources it will
-cvs.texi(,10848) print a one-line message for any file that is not
-cvs.texi(,10849) up-to-date.
-cvs.texi(,10850)
-cvs.texi(,10851) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10852) @item U @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,10853) @itemx P @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,10854) There exists a newer revision of this file in the
-cvs.texi(,10855) repository, and you have not modified your local copy
-cvs.texi(,10856) of the file (@samp{U} and @samp{P} mean the same thing).
-cvs.texi(,10857)
-cvs.texi(,10858) @item A @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,10859) The file has been added to your private copy of the
-cvs.texi(,10860) sources, but has not yet been committed to the
-cvs.texi(,10861) repository. If you delete your copy of the sources
-cvs.texi(,10862) this file will be lost.
+cvs.texi(,10834) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10835) @item -d
+cvs.texi(,10836) Delete your working copy of the file if the release
+cvs.texi(,10837) succeeds. If this flag is not given your files will
+cvs.texi(,10838) remain in your working directory.
+cvs.texi(,10839)
+cvs.texi(,10840) @strong{WARNING: The @code{release} command deletes
+cvs.texi(,10841) all directories and files recursively. This
+cvs.texi(,10842) has the very serious side-effect that any directory
+cvs.texi(,10843) that you have created inside your checked-out sources,
+cvs.texi(,10844) and not added to the repository (using the @code{add}
+cvs.texi(,10845) command; @pxref{Adding files}) will be silently deleted---even
+cvs.texi(,10846) if it is non-empty!}
+cvs.texi(,10847) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10848)
+cvs.texi(,10849) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,10850) @node release output
+cvs.texi(,10851) @appendixsubsec release output
+cvs.texi(,10852)
+cvs.texi(,10853) Before @code{release} releases your sources it will
+cvs.texi(,10854) print a one-line message for any file that is not
+cvs.texi(,10855) up-to-date.
+cvs.texi(,10856)
+cvs.texi(,10857) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10858) @item U @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,10859) @itemx P @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,10860) There exists a newer revision of this file in the
+cvs.texi(,10861) repository, and you have not modified your local copy
+cvs.texi(,10862) of the file (@samp{U} and @samp{P} mean the same thing).
cvs.texi(,10863)
-cvs.texi(,10864) @item R @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,10865) The file has been removed from your private copy of the
-cvs.texi(,10866) sources, but has not yet been removed from the
-cvs.texi(,10867) repository, since you have not yet committed the
-cvs.texi(,10868) removal. @xref{commit}.
+cvs.texi(,10864) @item A @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,10865) The file has been added to your private copy of the
+cvs.texi(,10866) sources, but has not yet been committed to the
+cvs.texi(,10867) repository. If you delete your copy of the sources
+cvs.texi(,10868) this file will be lost.
cvs.texi(,10869)
-cvs.texi(,10870) @item M @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,10871) The file is modified in your working directory. There
-cvs.texi(,10872) might also be a newer revision inside the repository.
-cvs.texi(,10873)
-cvs.texi(,10874) @item ? @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,10875) @var{file} is in your working directory, but does not
-cvs.texi(,10876) correspond to anything in the source repository, and is
-cvs.texi(,10877) not in the list of files for @sc{cvs} to ignore (see the
-cvs.texi(,10878) description of the @samp{-I} option, and
-cvs.texi(,10879) @pxref{cvsignore}). If you remove your working
-cvs.texi(,10880) sources, this file will be lost.
-cvs.texi(,10881) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10882)
-cvs.texi(,10883) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,10884) @node release examples
-cvs.texi(,10885) @appendixsubsec release examples
-cvs.texi(,10886)
-cvs.texi(,10887) Release the @file{tc} directory, and delete your local
working copy
-cvs.texi(,10888) of the files.
-cvs.texi(,10889)
-cvs.texi(,10890) @example
-cvs.texi(,10891) $ cd .. # @r{You must stand immediately above the}
-cvs.texi(,10892) # @r{sources when you issue @samp{cvs
release}.}
-cvs.texi(,10893) $ cvs release -d tc
-cvs.texi(,10894) You have [0] altered files in this repository.
-cvs.texi(,10895) Are you sure you want to release (and delete) directory `tc':
y
-cvs.texi(,10896) $
-cvs.texi(,10897) @end example
-cvs.texi(,10898)
-cvs.texi(,10899) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,10900) @node update
-cvs.texi(,10901) @appendixsec update---Bring work tree in sync with repository
-cvs.texi(,10902) @cindex update (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,10903)
-cvs.texi(,10904) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,10905) @item
-cvs.texi(,10906) update [-ACdflPpR] [-I name] [-j rev [-j rev]] [-k kflag] [-r
tag|-D date] [-W spec] address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,10907) @item
-cvs.texi(,10908) Requires: repository, working directory.
-cvs.texi(,10909) @item
-cvs.texi(,10910) Changes: working directory.
-cvs.texi(,10911) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,10912)
-cvs.texi(,10913) After you've run checkout to create your private copy
-cvs.texi(,10914) of source from the common repository, other developers
-cvs.texi(,10915) will continue changing the central source. From time
-cvs.texi(,10916) to time, when it is convenient in your development
-cvs.texi(,10917) process, you can use the @code{update} command from
-cvs.texi(,10918) within your working directory to reconcile your work
-cvs.texi(,10919) with any revisions applied to the source repository
-cvs.texi(,10920) since your last checkout or update. Without the @code{-C}
-cvs.texi(,10921) option, @code{update} will also merge any differences
-cvs.texi(,10922) between the local copy of files and their base revisions
-cvs.texi(,10923) into any destination revisions specified with @code{-r},
-cvs.texi(,10924) @code{-D}, or @code{-A}.
-cvs.texi(,10925)
-cvs.texi(,10926) @menu
-cvs.texi(,10927) * update options:: update options
-cvs.texi(,10928) * update output:: update output
-cvs.texi(,10929) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,10930)
-cvs.texi(,10931) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,10932) @node update options
-cvs.texi(,10933) @appendixsubsec update options
-cvs.texi(,10934)
-cvs.texi(,10935) These standard options are available with @code{update}
-cvs.texi(,10936) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description of
-cvs.texi(,10937) them):
-cvs.texi(,10938)
-cvs.texi(,10939) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10940) @item -D date
-cvs.texi(,10941) Use the most recent revision no later than @var{date}.
-cvs.texi(,10942) This option is sticky, and implies @samp{-P}.
-cvs.texi(,10943) See @ref{Sticky tags}, for more information on sticky
tags/dates.
+cvs.texi(,10870) @item R @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,10871) The file has been removed from your private copy of the
+cvs.texi(,10872) sources, but has not yet been removed from the
+cvs.texi(,10873) repository, since you have not yet committed the
+cvs.texi(,10874) removal. @xref{commit}.
+cvs.texi(,10875)
+cvs.texi(,10876) @item M @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,10877) The file is modified in your working directory. There
+cvs.texi(,10878) might also be a newer revision inside the repository.
+cvs.texi(,10879)
+cvs.texi(,10880) @item ? @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,10881) @var{file} is in your working directory, but does not
+cvs.texi(,10882) correspond to anything in the source repository, and is
+cvs.texi(,10883) not in the list of files for @sc{cvs} to ignore (see the
+cvs.texi(,10884) description of the @samp{-I} option, and
+cvs.texi(,10885) @pxref{cvsignore}). If you remove your working
+cvs.texi(,10886) sources, this file will be lost.
+cvs.texi(,10887) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10888)
+cvs.texi(,10889) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,10890) @node release examples
+cvs.texi(,10891) @appendixsubsec release examples
+cvs.texi(,10892)
+cvs.texi(,10893) Release the @file{tc} directory, and delete your local
working copy
+cvs.texi(,10894) of the files.
+cvs.texi(,10895)
+cvs.texi(,10896) @example
+cvs.texi(,10897) $ cd .. # @r{You must stand immediately above the}
+cvs.texi(,10898) # @r{sources when you issue @samp{cvs
release}.}
+cvs.texi(,10899) $ cvs release -d tc
+cvs.texi(,10900) You have [0] altered files in this repository.
+cvs.texi(,10901) Are you sure you want to release (and delete) directory `tc':
y
+cvs.texi(,10902) $
+cvs.texi(,10903) @end example
+cvs.texi(,10904)
+cvs.texi(,10905) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,10906) @node update
+cvs.texi(,10907) @appendixsec update---Bring work tree in sync with repository
+cvs.texi(,10908) @cindex update (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,10909)
+cvs.texi(,10910) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,10911) @item
+cvs.texi(,10912) update [-ACdflPpR] [-I name] [-j rev [-j rev]] [-k kflag] [-r
tag|-D date] [-W spec] address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,10913) @item
+cvs.texi(,10914) Requires: repository, working directory.
+cvs.texi(,10915) @item
+cvs.texi(,10916) Changes: working directory.
+cvs.texi(,10917) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,10918)
+cvs.texi(,10919) After you've run checkout to create your private copy
+cvs.texi(,10920) of source from the common repository, other developers
+cvs.texi(,10921) will continue changing the central source. From time
+cvs.texi(,10922) to time, when it is convenient in your development
+cvs.texi(,10923) process, you can use the @code{update} command from
+cvs.texi(,10924) within your working directory to reconcile your work
+cvs.texi(,10925) with any revisions applied to the source repository
+cvs.texi(,10926) since your last checkout or update. Without the @code{-C}
+cvs.texi(,10927) option, @code{update} will also merge any differences
+cvs.texi(,10928) between the local copy of files and their base revisions
+cvs.texi(,10929) into any destination revisions specified with @code{-r},
+cvs.texi(,10930) @code{-D}, or @code{-A}.
+cvs.texi(,10931)
+cvs.texi(,10932) @menu
+cvs.texi(,10933) * update options:: update options
+cvs.texi(,10934) * update output:: update output
+cvs.texi(,10935) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,10936)
+cvs.texi(,10937) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,10938) @node update options
+cvs.texi(,10939) @appendixsubsec update options
+cvs.texi(,10940)
+cvs.texi(,10941) These standard options are available with @code{update}
+cvs.texi(,10942) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description of
+cvs.texi(,10943) them):
cvs.texi(,10944)
-cvs.texi(,10945) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,10946) Only useful with the @samp{-D @var{date}} or @samp{-r
-cvs.texi(,10947) @var{tag}} flags. If no matching revision is found,
-cvs.texi(,10948) retrieve the most recent revision (instead of ignoring
-cvs.texi(,10949) the file).
+cvs.texi(,10945) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10946) @item -D date
+cvs.texi(,10947) Use the most recent revision no later than @var{date}.
+cvs.texi(,10948) This option is sticky, and implies @samp{-P}.
+cvs.texi(,10949) See @ref{Sticky tags}, for more information on sticky
tags/dates.
cvs.texi(,10950)
-cvs.texi(,10951) @item -k @var{kflag}
-cvs.texi(,10952) Process keywords according to @var{kflag}. See
-cvs.texi(,10953) @ref{Keyword substitution}.
-cvs.texi(,10954) This option is sticky; future updates of
-cvs.texi(,10955) this file in this working directory will use the same
-cvs.texi(,10956) @var{kflag}. The @code{status} command can be viewed
-cvs.texi(,10957) to see the sticky options. See @ref{Invoking CVS}, for
-cvs.texi(,10958) more information on the @code{status} command.
-cvs.texi(,10959)
-cvs.texi(,10960) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,10961) Local; run only in current working directory.
@xref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,10962)
-cvs.texi(,10963) @item -P
-cvs.texi(,10964) Prune empty directories. See @ref{Moving directories}.
+cvs.texi(,10951) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,10952) Only useful with the @samp{-D @var{date}} or @samp{-r
+cvs.texi(,10953) @var{tag}} flags. If no matching revision is found,
+cvs.texi(,10954) retrieve the most recent revision (instead of ignoring
+cvs.texi(,10955) the file).
+cvs.texi(,10956)
+cvs.texi(,10957) @item -k @var{kflag}
+cvs.texi(,10958) Process keywords according to @var{kflag}. See
+cvs.texi(,10959) @ref{Keyword substitution}.
+cvs.texi(,10960) This option is sticky; future updates of
+cvs.texi(,10961) this file in this working directory will use the same
+cvs.texi(,10962) @var{kflag}. The @code{status} command can be viewed
+cvs.texi(,10963) to see the sticky options. See @ref{Invoking CVS}, for
+cvs.texi(,10964) more information on the @code{status} command.
cvs.texi(,10965)
-cvs.texi(,10966) @item -p
-cvs.texi(,10967) Pipe files to the standard output.
+cvs.texi(,10966) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,10967) Local; run only in current working directory.
@xref{Recursive behavior}.
cvs.texi(,10968)
-cvs.texi(,10969) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,10970) Update directories recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,10971) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,10972)
-cvs.texi(,10973) @item -r rev
-cvs.texi(,10974) Retrieve revision/tag @var{rev}. This option is sticky,
-cvs.texi(,10975) and implies @samp{-P}.
-cvs.texi(,10976) See @ref{Sticky tags}, for more information on sticky
tags/dates.
-cvs.texi(,10977) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10969) @item -P
+cvs.texi(,10970) Prune empty directories. See @ref{Moving directories}.
+cvs.texi(,10971)
+cvs.texi(,10972) @item -p
+cvs.texi(,10973) Pipe files to the standard output.
+cvs.texi(,10974)
+cvs.texi(,10975) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,10976) Update directories recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,10977) behavior}.
cvs.texi(,10978)
-cvs.texi(,10979) @need 800
-cvs.texi(,10980) These special options are also available with
-cvs.texi(,10981) @code{update}.
-cvs.texi(,10982)
-cvs.texi(,10983) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10984) @item -A
-cvs.texi(,10985) Reset any sticky tags, dates, or @samp{-k} options.
-cvs.texi(,10986) See @ref{Sticky tags}, for more information on sticky
tags/dates.
-cvs.texi(,10987)
-cvs.texi(,10988) @item -C
-cvs.texi(,10989) Overwrite locally modified files with clean copies from
-cvs.texi(,10990) the repository (the modified file is saved in
-cvs.texi(,10991) @address@hidden@var{revision}}, however).
-cvs.texi(,10992)
-cvs.texi(,10993) @item -d
-cvs.texi(,10994) Create any directories that exist in the repository if
-cvs.texi(,10995) they're missing from the working directory. Normally,
-cvs.texi(,10996) @code{update} acts only on directories and files that
-cvs.texi(,10997) were already enrolled in your working directory.
+cvs.texi(,10979) @item -r rev
+cvs.texi(,10980) Retrieve revision/tag @var{rev}. This option is sticky,
+cvs.texi(,10981) and implies @samp{-P}.
+cvs.texi(,10982) See @ref{Sticky tags}, for more information on sticky
tags/dates.
+cvs.texi(,10983) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10984)
+cvs.texi(,10985) @need 800
+cvs.texi(,10986) These special options are also available with
+cvs.texi(,10987) @code{update}.
+cvs.texi(,10988)
+cvs.texi(,10989) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10990) @item -A
+cvs.texi(,10991) Reset any sticky tags, dates, or @samp{-k} options.
+cvs.texi(,10992) See @ref{Sticky tags}, for more information on sticky
tags/dates.
+cvs.texi(,10993)
+cvs.texi(,10994) @item -C
+cvs.texi(,10995) Overwrite locally modified files with clean copies from
+cvs.texi(,10996) the repository (the modified file is saved in
+cvs.texi(,10997) @address@hidden@var{revision}}, however).
cvs.texi(,10998)
-cvs.texi(,10999) This is useful for updating directories that were
-cvs.texi(,11000) created in the repository since the initial checkout;
-cvs.texi(,11001) but it has an unfortunate side effect. If you
-cvs.texi(,11002) deliberately avoided certain directories in the
-cvs.texi(,11003) repository when you created your working directory
-cvs.texi(,11004) (either through use of a module name or by listing
-cvs.texi(,11005) explicitly the files and directories you wanted on the
-cvs.texi(,11006) command line), then updating with @samp{-d} will create
-cvs.texi(,11007) those directories, which may not be what you want.
-cvs.texi(,11008)
-cvs.texi(,11009) @item -I @var{name}
-cvs.texi(,11010) Ignore files whose names match @var{name} (in your
-cvs.texi(,11011) working directory) during the update. You can specify
-cvs.texi(,11012) @samp{-I} more than once on the command line to specify
-cvs.texi(,11013) several files to ignore. Use @samp{-I !} to avoid
-cvs.texi(,11014) ignoring any files at all. @xref{cvsignore}, for other
-cvs.texi(,11015) ways to make @sc{cvs} ignore some files.
-cvs.texi(,11016)
-cvs.texi(,11017) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11018) Specify file names that should be filtered during
-cvs.texi(,11019) update. You can use this option repeatedly.
-cvs.texi(,11020)
-cvs.texi(,11021) @var{spec} can be a file name pattern of the same type
-cvs.texi(,11022) that you can specify in the @file{.cvswrappers}
-cvs.texi(,11023) file. @xref{Wrappers}.
-cvs.texi(,11024)
-cvs.texi(,11025) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11026) With two @samp{-j} options, merge changes from the
-cvs.texi(,11027) revision specified with the first @samp{-j} option to
-cvs.texi(,11028) the revision specified with the second @samp{j} option,
-cvs.texi(,11029) into the working directory.
+cvs.texi(,10999) @item -d
+cvs.texi(,11000) Create any directories that exist in the repository if
+cvs.texi(,11001) they're missing from the working directory. Normally,
+cvs.texi(,11002) @code{update} acts only on directories and files that
+cvs.texi(,11003) were already enrolled in your working directory.
+cvs.texi(,11004)
+cvs.texi(,11005) This is useful for updating directories that were
+cvs.texi(,11006) created in the repository since the initial checkout;
+cvs.texi(,11007) but it has an unfortunate side effect. If you
+cvs.texi(,11008) deliberately avoided certain directories in the
+cvs.texi(,11009) repository when you created your working directory
+cvs.texi(,11010) (either through use of a module name or by listing
+cvs.texi(,11011) explicitly the files and directories you wanted on the
+cvs.texi(,11012) command line), then updating with @samp{-d} will create
+cvs.texi(,11013) those directories, which may not be what you want.
+cvs.texi(,11014)
+cvs.texi(,11015) @item -I @var{name}
+cvs.texi(,11016) Ignore files whose names match @var{name} (in your
+cvs.texi(,11017) working directory) during the update. You can specify
+cvs.texi(,11018) @samp{-I} more than once on the command line to specify
+cvs.texi(,11019) several files to ignore. Use @samp{-I !} to avoid
+cvs.texi(,11020) ignoring any files at all. @xref{cvsignore}, for other
+cvs.texi(,11021) ways to make @sc{cvs} ignore some files.
+cvs.texi(,11022)
+cvs.texi(,11023) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11024) Specify file names that should be filtered during
+cvs.texi(,11025) update. You can use this option repeatedly.
+cvs.texi(,11026)
+cvs.texi(,11027) @var{spec} can be a file name pattern of the same type
+cvs.texi(,11028) that you can specify in the @file{.cvswrappers}
+cvs.texi(,11029) file. @xref{Wrappers}.
cvs.texi(,11030)
-cvs.texi(,11031) With one @samp{-j} option, merge changes from the
-cvs.texi(,11032) ancestor revision to the revision specified with the
-cvs.texi(,11033) @samp{-j} option, into the working directory. The
-cvs.texi(,11034) ancestor revision is the common ancestor of the
-cvs.texi(,11035) revision which the working directory is based on, and
-cvs.texi(,11036) the revision specified in the @samp{-j} option.
-cvs.texi(,11037)
-cvs.texi(,11038) Note that using a single @samp{-j @var{tagname}} option
rather than
-cvs.texi(,11039) @samp{-j @var{branchname}} to merge changes from a branch will
-cvs.texi(,11040) often not remove files which were removed on the branch.
-cvs.texi(,11041) @xref{Merging adds and removals}, for more.
-cvs.texi(,11042)
-cvs.texi(,11043) In addition, each @samp{-j} option can contain an optional
-cvs.texi(,11044) date specification which, when used with branches, can
-cvs.texi(,11045) limit the chosen revision to one within a specific
-cvs.texi(,11046) date. An optional date is specified by adding a colon
-cvs.texi(,11047) (:) to the tag:
-cvs.texi(,11048) @address@hidden:@var{Date_Specifier}}.
-cvs.texi(,11049)
-cvs.texi(,11050) @xref{Branching and merging}.
-cvs.texi(,11051)
-cvs.texi(,11052) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11053)
-cvs.texi(,11054) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,11055) @node update output
-cvs.texi(,11056) @appendixsubsec update output
+cvs.texi(,11031) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11032) With two @samp{-j} options, merge changes from the
+cvs.texi(,11033) revision specified with the first @samp{-j} option to
+cvs.texi(,11034) the revision specified with the second @samp{j} option,
+cvs.texi(,11035) into the working directory.
+cvs.texi(,11036)
+cvs.texi(,11037) With one @samp{-j} option, merge changes from the
+cvs.texi(,11038) ancestor revision to the revision specified with the
+cvs.texi(,11039) @samp{-j} option, into the working directory. The
+cvs.texi(,11040) ancestor revision is the common ancestor of the
+cvs.texi(,11041) revision which the working directory is based on, and
+cvs.texi(,11042) the revision specified in the @samp{-j} option.
+cvs.texi(,11043)
+cvs.texi(,11044) Note that using a single @samp{-j @var{tagname}} option
rather than
+cvs.texi(,11045) @samp{-j @var{branchname}} to merge changes from a branch will
+cvs.texi(,11046) often not remove files which were removed on the branch.
+cvs.texi(,11047) @xref{Merging adds and removals}, for more.
+cvs.texi(,11048)
+cvs.texi(,11049) In addition, each @samp{-j} option can contain an optional
+cvs.texi(,11050) date specification which, when used with branches, can
+cvs.texi(,11051) limit the chosen revision to one within a specific
+cvs.texi(,11052) date. An optional date is specified by adding a colon
+cvs.texi(,11053) (:) to the tag:
+cvs.texi(,11054) @address@hidden:@var{Date_Specifier}}.
+cvs.texi(,11055)
+cvs.texi(,11056) @xref{Branching and merging}.
cvs.texi(,11057)
-cvs.texi(,11058) @code{update} and @code{checkout} keep you informed of
-cvs.texi(,11059) their progress by printing a line for each file, preceded
-cvs.texi(,11060) by one character indicating the status of the file:
-cvs.texi(,11061)
-cvs.texi(,11062) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11063) @item U @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,11064) The file was brought up to date with respect to the
-cvs.texi(,11065) repository. This is done for any file that exists in
-cvs.texi(,11066) the repository but not in your source, and for files
-cvs.texi(,11067) that you haven't changed but are not the most recent
-cvs.texi(,11068) versions available in the repository.
-cvs.texi(,11069)
-cvs.texi(,11070) @item P @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,11071) Like @samp{U}, but the @sc{cvs} server sends a patch instead
of an entire
-cvs.texi(,11072) file. This accomplishes the same thing as @samp{U} using
less bandwidth.
-cvs.texi(,11073)
-cvs.texi(,11074) @item A @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,11075) The file has been added to your private copy of the
-cvs.texi(,11076) sources, and will be added to the source repository
-cvs.texi(,11077) when you run @code{commit} on the file. This is a
-cvs.texi(,11078) reminder to you that the file needs to be committed.
+cvs.texi(,11058) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11059)
+cvs.texi(,11060) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,11061) @node update output
+cvs.texi(,11062) @appendixsubsec update output
+cvs.texi(,11063)
+cvs.texi(,11064) @code{update} and @code{checkout} keep you informed of
+cvs.texi(,11065) their progress by printing a line for each file, preceded
+cvs.texi(,11066) by one character indicating the status of the file:
+cvs.texi(,11067)
+cvs.texi(,11068) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11069) @item U @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,11070) The file was brought up to date with respect to the
+cvs.texi(,11071) repository. This is done for any file that exists in
+cvs.texi(,11072) the repository but not in your source, and for files
+cvs.texi(,11073) that you haven't changed but are not the most recent
+cvs.texi(,11074) versions available in the repository.
+cvs.texi(,11075)
+cvs.texi(,11076) @item P @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,11077) Like @samp{U}, but the @sc{cvs} server sends a patch instead
of an entire
+cvs.texi(,11078) file. This accomplishes the same thing as @samp{U} using
less bandwidth.
cvs.texi(,11079)
-cvs.texi(,11080) @item R @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,11081) The file has been removed from your private copy of the
-cvs.texi(,11082) sources, and will be removed from the source repository
+cvs.texi(,11080) @item A @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,11081) The file has been added to your private copy of the
+cvs.texi(,11082) sources, and will be added to the source repository
cvs.texi(,11083) when you run @code{commit} on the file. This is a
cvs.texi(,11084) reminder to you that the file needs to be committed.
cvs.texi(,11085)
-cvs.texi(,11086) @item M @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,11087) The file is modified in your working directory.
-cvs.texi(,11088)
-cvs.texi(,11089) @samp{M} can indicate one of two states for a file
-cvs.texi(,11090) you're working on: either there were no modifications
-cvs.texi(,11091) to the same file in the repository, so that your file
-cvs.texi(,11092) remains as you last saw it; or there were modifications
-cvs.texi(,11093) in the repository as well as in your copy, but they
-cvs.texi(,11094) were merged successfully, without conflict, in your
-cvs.texi(,11095) working directory.
-cvs.texi(,11096)
-cvs.texi(,11097) @sc{cvs} will print some messages if it merges your work,
-cvs.texi(,11098) and a backup copy of your working file (as it looked
-cvs.texi(,11099) before you ran @code{update}) will be made. The exact
-cvs.texi(,11100) name of that file is printed while @code{update} runs.
-cvs.texi(,11101)
-cvs.texi(,11102) @item C @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,11103) @cindex .# files
-cvs.texi(,11104) @cindex __ files (VMS)
-cvs.texi(,11105) A conflict was detected while trying to merge your
-cvs.texi(,11106) changes to @var{file} with changes from the source
-cvs.texi(,11107) repository. @var{file} (the copy in your working
-cvs.texi(,11108) directory) is now the result of attempting to merge
-cvs.texi(,11109) the two revisions; an unmodified copy of your file
-cvs.texi(,11110) is also in your working directory, with the name
-cvs.texi(,11111) @address@hidden@var{revision}} where @var{revision}
-cvs.texi(,11112) is the revision that your modified file started
-cvs.texi(,11113) from. Resolve the conflict as described in
-cvs.texi(,11114) @ref{Conflicts example}.
-cvs.texi(,11115) @c "some systems" as in out-of-the-box OSes? Not as
-cvs.texi(,11116) @c far as I know. We need to advise sysadmins as well
-cvs.texi(,11117) @c as users how to set up this kind of purge, if that is
-cvs.texi(,11118) @c what they want.
-cvs.texi(,11119) @c We also might want to think about cleaner solutions,
-cvs.texi(,11120) @c like having CVS remove the .# file once the conflict
-cvs.texi(,11121) @c has been resolved or something like that.
-cvs.texi(,11122) (Note that some systems automatically purge
-cvs.texi(,11123) files that begin with @file{.#} if they have not been
-cvs.texi(,11124) accessed for a few days. If you intend to keep a copy
-cvs.texi(,11125) of your original file, it is a very good idea to rename
-cvs.texi(,11126) it.) Under @sc{vms}, the file name starts with
-cvs.texi(,11127) @file{__} rather than @file{.#}.
-cvs.texi(,11128)
-cvs.texi(,11129) @item ? @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,11130) @var{file} is in your working directory, but does not
-cvs.texi(,11131) correspond to anything in the source repository, and is
-cvs.texi(,11132) not in the list of files for @sc{cvs} to ignore (see the
-cvs.texi(,11133) description of the @samp{-I} option, and
-cvs.texi(,11134) @pxref{cvsignore}).
-cvs.texi(,11135) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11136)
-cvs.texi(,11137) @node Invoking CVS
-cvs.texi(,11138) @appendix Quick reference to CVS commands
-cvs.texi(,11139) @cindex Command reference
-cvs.texi(,11140) @cindex Reference, commands
-cvs.texi(,11141) @cindex Invoking CVS
+cvs.texi(,11086) @item R @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,11087) The file has been removed from your private copy of the
+cvs.texi(,11088) sources, and will be removed from the source repository
+cvs.texi(,11089) when you run @code{commit} on the file. This is a
+cvs.texi(,11090) reminder to you that the file needs to be committed.
+cvs.texi(,11091)
+cvs.texi(,11092) @item M @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,11093) The file is modified in your working directory.
+cvs.texi(,11094)
+cvs.texi(,11095) @samp{M} can indicate one of two states for a file
+cvs.texi(,11096) you're working on: either there were no modifications
+cvs.texi(,11097) to the same file in the repository, so that your file
+cvs.texi(,11098) remains as you last saw it; or there were modifications
+cvs.texi(,11099) in the repository as well as in your copy, but they
+cvs.texi(,11100) were merged successfully, without conflict, in your
+cvs.texi(,11101) working directory.
+cvs.texi(,11102)
+cvs.texi(,11103) @sc{cvs} will print some messages if it merges your work,
+cvs.texi(,11104) and a backup copy of your working file (as it looked
+cvs.texi(,11105) before you ran @code{update}) will be made. The exact
+cvs.texi(,11106) name of that file is printed while @code{update} runs.
+cvs.texi(,11107)
+cvs.texi(,11108) @item C @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,11109) @cindex .# files
+cvs.texi(,11110) @cindex __ files (VMS)
+cvs.texi(,11111) A conflict was detected while trying to merge your
+cvs.texi(,11112) changes to @var{file} with changes from the source
+cvs.texi(,11113) repository. @var{file} (the copy in your working
+cvs.texi(,11114) directory) is now the result of attempting to merge
+cvs.texi(,11115) the two revisions; an unmodified copy of your file
+cvs.texi(,11116) is also in your working directory, with the name
+cvs.texi(,11117) @address@hidden@var{revision}} where @var{revision}
+cvs.texi(,11118) is the revision that your modified file started
+cvs.texi(,11119) from. Resolve the conflict as described in
+cvs.texi(,11120) @ref{Conflicts example}.
+cvs.texi(,11121) @c "some systems" as in out-of-the-box OSes? Not as
+cvs.texi(,11122) @c far as I know. We need to advise sysadmins as well
+cvs.texi(,11123) @c as users how to set up this kind of purge, if that is
+cvs.texi(,11124) @c what they want.
+cvs.texi(,11125) @c We also might want to think about cleaner solutions,
+cvs.texi(,11126) @c like having CVS remove the .# file once the conflict
+cvs.texi(,11127) @c has been resolved or something like that.
+cvs.texi(,11128) (Note that some systems automatically purge
+cvs.texi(,11129) files that begin with @file{.#} if they have not been
+cvs.texi(,11130) accessed for a few days. If you intend to keep a copy
+cvs.texi(,11131) of your original file, it is a very good idea to rename
+cvs.texi(,11132) it.) Under @sc{vms}, the file name starts with
+cvs.texi(,11133) @file{__} rather than @file{.#}.
+cvs.texi(,11134)
+cvs.texi(,11135) @item ? @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,11136) @var{file} is in your working directory, but does not
+cvs.texi(,11137) correspond to anything in the source repository, and is
+cvs.texi(,11138) not in the list of files for @sc{cvs} to ignore (see the
+cvs.texi(,11139) description of the @samp{-I} option, and
+cvs.texi(,11140) @pxref{cvsignore}).
+cvs.texi(,11141) @end table
cvs.texi(,11142)
-cvs.texi(,11143) This appendix describes how to invoke @sc{cvs}, with
-cvs.texi(,11144) references to where each command or feature is
-cvs.texi(,11145) described in detail. For other references run the
-cvs.texi(,11146) @code{cvs --help} command, or see @ref{Index}.
-cvs.texi(,11147)
-cvs.texi(,11148) A @sc{cvs} command looks like:
-cvs.texi(,11149)
-cvs.texi(,11150) @example
-cvs.texi(,11151) cvs [ @var{global_options} ] @var{command} [
@var{command_options} ] [ @var{command_args} ]
-cvs.texi(,11152) @end example
+cvs.texi(,11143) @node Invoking CVS
+cvs.texi(,11144) @appendix Quick reference to CVS commands
+cvs.texi(,11145) @cindex Command reference
+cvs.texi(,11146) @cindex Reference, commands
+cvs.texi(,11147) @cindex Invoking CVS
+cvs.texi(,11148)
+cvs.texi(,11149) This appendix describes how to invoke @sc{cvs}, with
+cvs.texi(,11150) references to where each command or feature is
+cvs.texi(,11151) described in detail. For other references run the
+cvs.texi(,11152) @code{cvs --help} command, or see @ref{Index}.
cvs.texi(,11153)
-cvs.texi(,11154) Global options:
+cvs.texi(,11154) A @sc{cvs} command looks like:
cvs.texi(,11155)
-cvs.texi(,11156) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11157) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11158) Specify legal @sc{cvsroot} directory (server only) (not
-cvs.texi(,11159) in @sc{cvs} 1.9 and older). See @ref{Password
-cvs.texi(,11160) authentication server}.
+cvs.texi(,11156) @example
+cvs.texi(,11157) cvs [ @var{global_options} ] @var{command} [
@var{command_options} ] [ @var{command_args} ]
+cvs.texi(,11158) @end example
+cvs.texi(,11159)
+cvs.texi(,11160) Global options:
cvs.texi(,11161)
-cvs.texi(,11162) @item -a
-cvs.texi(,11163) Authenticate all communication (client only) (not in @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,11164) 1.9 and older). See @ref{Global options}.
-cvs.texi(,11165)
-cvs.texi(,11166) @item -b
-cvs.texi(,11167) Specify RCS location (@sc{cvs} 1.9 and older). See
-cvs.texi(,11168) @ref{Global options}.
-cvs.texi(,11169)
-cvs.texi(,11170) @item -d @var{root}
-cvs.texi(,11171) Specify the @sc{cvsroot}. See @ref{Repository}.
-cvs.texi(,11172)
-cvs.texi(,11173) @item -e @var{editor}
-cvs.texi(,11174) Edit messages with @var{editor}. See @ref{Committing
-cvs.texi(,11175) your changes}.
-cvs.texi(,11176)
-cvs.texi(,11177) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,11178) Do not read the @file{~/.cvsrc} file. See @ref{Global
-cvs.texi(,11179) options}.
-cvs.texi(,11180)
-cvs.texi(,11181) @item -H
-cvs.texi(,11182) @itemx --help
-cvs.texi(,11183) Print a help message. See @ref{Global options}.
-cvs.texi(,11184)
-cvs.texi(,11185) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11186) Do not log in @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/history} file. See
@ref{Global
-cvs.texi(,11187) options}.
-cvs.texi(,11188)
-cvs.texi(,11189) @item -n
-cvs.texi(,11190) Do not change any files. See @ref{Global options}.
-cvs.texi(,11191)
-cvs.texi(,11192) @item -Q
-cvs.texi(,11193) Be really quiet. See @ref{Global options}.
+cvs.texi(,11162) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11163) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11164) Specify legal @sc{cvsroot} directory (server only) (not
+cvs.texi(,11165) in @sc{cvs} 1.9 and older). See @ref{Password
+cvs.texi(,11166) authentication server}.
+cvs.texi(,11167)
+cvs.texi(,11168) @item -a
+cvs.texi(,11169) Authenticate all communication (client only) (not in @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,11170) 1.9 and older). See @ref{Global options}.
+cvs.texi(,11171)
+cvs.texi(,11172) @item -b
+cvs.texi(,11173) Specify RCS location (@sc{cvs} 1.9 and older). See
+cvs.texi(,11174) @ref{Global options}.
+cvs.texi(,11175)
+cvs.texi(,11176) @item -d @var{root}
+cvs.texi(,11177) Specify the @sc{cvsroot}. See @ref{Repository}.
+cvs.texi(,11178)
+cvs.texi(,11179) @item -e @var{editor}
+cvs.texi(,11180) Edit messages with @var{editor}. See @ref{Committing
+cvs.texi(,11181) your changes}.
+cvs.texi(,11182)
+cvs.texi(,11183) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,11184) Do not read the @file{~/.cvsrc} file. See @ref{Global
+cvs.texi(,11185) options}.
+cvs.texi(,11186)
+cvs.texi(,11187) @item -H
+cvs.texi(,11188) @itemx --help
+cvs.texi(,11189) Print a help message. See @ref{Global options}.
+cvs.texi(,11190)
+cvs.texi(,11191) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11192) Do not log in @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/history} file. See
@ref{Global
+cvs.texi(,11193) options}.
cvs.texi(,11194)
-cvs.texi(,11195) @item -q
-cvs.texi(,11196) Be somewhat quiet. See @ref{Global options}.
+cvs.texi(,11195) @item -n
+cvs.texi(,11196) Do not change any files. See @ref{Global options}.
cvs.texi(,11197)
-cvs.texi(,11198) @item -r
-cvs.texi(,11199) Make new working files read-only. See @ref{Global options}.
+cvs.texi(,11198) @item -Q
+cvs.texi(,11199) Be really quiet. See @ref{Global options}.
cvs.texi(,11200)
-cvs.texi(,11201) @item -s @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11202) Set a user variable. See @ref{Variables}.
+cvs.texi(,11201) @item -q
+cvs.texi(,11202) Be somewhat quiet. See @ref{Global options}.
cvs.texi(,11203)
-cvs.texi(,11204) @item -T @var{tempdir}
-cvs.texi(,11205) Put temporary files in @var{tempdir}. See @ref{Global
-cvs.texi(,11206) options}.
-cvs.texi(,11207)
-cvs.texi(,11208) @item -t
-cvs.texi(,11209) Trace @sc{cvs} execution. See @ref{Global options}.
-cvs.texi(,11210)
-cvs.texi(,11211) @item -v
-cvs.texi(,11212) @item --version
-cvs.texi(,11213) Display version and copyright information for @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,11214)
-cvs.texi(,11215) @item -w
-cvs.texi(,11216) Make new working files read-write. See @ref{Global
-cvs.texi(,11217) options}.
-cvs.texi(,11218)
-cvs.texi(,11219) @item -x
-cvs.texi(,11220) Encrypt all communication (client only).
-cvs.texi(,11221) See @ref{Global options}.
-cvs.texi(,11222)
-cvs.texi(,11223) @item -z @var{gzip-level}
-cvs.texi(,11224) @cindex Compression
-cvs.texi(,11225) @cindex Gzip
-cvs.texi(,11226) Set the compression level (client only).
+cvs.texi(,11204) @item -r
+cvs.texi(,11205) Make new working files read-only. See @ref{Global options}.
+cvs.texi(,11206)
+cvs.texi(,11207) @item -s @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11208) Set a user variable. See @ref{Variables}.
+cvs.texi(,11209)
+cvs.texi(,11210) @item -T @var{tempdir}
+cvs.texi(,11211) Put temporary files in @var{tempdir}. See @ref{Global
+cvs.texi(,11212) options}.
+cvs.texi(,11213)
+cvs.texi(,11214) @item -t
+cvs.texi(,11215) Trace @sc{cvs} execution. See @ref{Global options}.
+cvs.texi(,11216)
+cvs.texi(,11217) @item -v
+cvs.texi(,11218) @item --version
+cvs.texi(,11219) Display version and copyright information for @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,11220)
+cvs.texi(,11221) @item -w
+cvs.texi(,11222) Make new working files read-write. See @ref{Global
+cvs.texi(,11223) options}.
+cvs.texi(,11224)
+cvs.texi(,11225) @item -x
+cvs.texi(,11226) Encrypt all communication (client only).
cvs.texi(,11227) See @ref{Global options}.
-cvs.texi(,11228) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11229)
-cvs.texi(,11230) Keyword expansion modes (@pxref{Substitution modes}):
-cvs.texi(,11231)
-cvs.texi(,11232) @example
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11233) -kkv address@hidden: file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09
03:21:13 joe Exp $
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11234) -kkvl address@hidden: file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09
03:21:13 joe Exp harry $
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11235) -kk address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11236) -kv file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09 03:21:13 joe Exp
-cvs.texi(,11237) -ko @i{no expansion}
-cvs.texi(,11238) -kb @i{no expansion, file is binary}
-cvs.texi(,11239) @end example
-cvs.texi(,11240)
-cvs.texi(,11241) Keywords (@pxref{Keyword list}):
-cvs.texi(,11242)
-cvs.texi(,11243) @example
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11244) address@hidden: joe $
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11245) address@hidden: 1993/12/09 03:21:13 $
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11246) address@hidden: files/file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09
03:21:13 joe Exp harry $
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11247) address@hidden: /home/files/file1,v 1.1
1993/12/09 03:21:13 joe Exp harry $
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11248) address@hidden: file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09
03:21:13 joe Exp harry $
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11249) address@hidden: harry $
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11250) address@hidden: snapshot_1_14 $
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11251) address@hidden: file1,v $
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11252) address@hidden: 1.1 $
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11253) address@hidden: /home/files/file1,v $
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11254) address@hidden: Exp $
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11255) address@hidden: file1,v $
-cvs.texi(,11256) Revision 1.1 1993/12/09 03:30:17 joe
-cvs.texi(,11257) Initial revision
-cvs.texi(,11258)
-cvs.texi(,11259) @end example
-cvs.texi(,11260)
-cvs.texi(,11261) @c The idea behind this table is that we want each item
-cvs.texi(,11262) @c to be a sentence or two at most. Preferably a
-cvs.texi(,11263) @c single line.
-cvs.texi(,11264) @c
-cvs.texi(,11265) @c In some cases refs to "foo options" are just to get
-cvs.texi(,11266) @c this thing written quickly, not because the "foo
-cvs.texi(,11267) @c options" node is really the best place to point.
-cvs.texi(,11268) Commands, command options, and command arguments:
-cvs.texi(,11269)
-cvs.texi(,11270) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11271) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11272) @item add address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11273) Add a new file/directory. See @ref{Adding files}.
-cvs.texi(,11274)
-cvs.texi(,11275) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11276) @item -k @var{kflag}
-cvs.texi(,11277) Set keyword expansion.
-cvs.texi(,11278)
-cvs.texi(,11279) @item -m @var{msg}
-cvs.texi(,11280) Set file description.
-cvs.texi(,11281) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11282)
-cvs.texi(,11283) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11284) @item admin address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11285) Administration of history files in the repository. See
-cvs.texi(,11286) @ref{admin}.
-cvs.texi(,11287) @c This list omits those options which are not
-cvs.texi(,11288) @c documented as being useful with CVS. That might be
-cvs.texi(,11289) @c a mistake...
-cvs.texi(,11290)
-cvs.texi(,11291) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11292) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11293) Set default branch. See @ref{Reverting local changes}.
-cvs.texi(,11294)
-cvs.texi(,11295) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11296) Set comment leader.
-cvs.texi(,11297)
-cvs.texi(,11298) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11299) Set keyword substitution. See @ref{Keyword
-cvs.texi(,11300) substitution}.
-cvs.texi(,11301)
-cvs.texi(,11302) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11303) Lock revision @var{rev}, or latest revision.
-cvs.texi(,11304)
-cvs.texi(,11305) @item address@hidden:@var{msg}
-cvs.texi(,11306) Replace the log message of revision @var{rev} with
-cvs.texi(,11307) @var{msg}.
-cvs.texi(,11308)
-cvs.texi(,11309) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11310) Delete revisions from the repository. See
-cvs.texi(,11311) @ref{admin options}.
-cvs.texi(,11312)
-cvs.texi(,11313) @item -q
-cvs.texi(,11314) Run quietly; do not print diagnostics.
-cvs.texi(,11315)
-cvs.texi(,11316) @item address@hidden:@var{rev}]
-cvs.texi(,11317) Set the state.
+cvs.texi(,11228)
+cvs.texi(,11229) @item -z @var{gzip-level}
+cvs.texi(,11230) @cindex Compression
+cvs.texi(,11231) @cindex Gzip
+cvs.texi(,11232) Set the compression level (client only).
+cvs.texi(,11233) See @ref{Global options}.
+cvs.texi(,11234) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11235)
+cvs.texi(,11236) Keyword expansion modes (@pxref{Substitution modes}):
+cvs.texi(,11237)
+cvs.texi(,11238) @example
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11239) -kkv address@hidden: file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09
03:21:13 joe Exp $
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11240) -kkvl address@hidden: file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09
03:21:13 joe Exp harry $
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11241) -kk address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11242) -kv file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09 03:21:13 joe Exp
+cvs.texi(,11243) -ko @i{no expansion}
+cvs.texi(,11244) -kb @i{no expansion, file is binary}
+cvs.texi(,11245) @end example
+cvs.texi(,11246)
+cvs.texi(,11247) Keywords (@pxref{Keyword list}):
+cvs.texi(,11248)
+cvs.texi(,11249) @example
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11250) address@hidden: joe $
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11251) address@hidden: 1993/12/09 03:21:13 $
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11252) address@hidden: files/file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09
03:21:13 joe Exp harry $
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11253) address@hidden: /home/files/file1,v 1.1
1993/12/09 03:21:13 joe Exp harry $
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11254) address@hidden: file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09
03:21:13 joe Exp harry $
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11255) address@hidden: harry $
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11256) address@hidden: snapshot_1_14 $
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11257) address@hidden: file1,v $
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11258) address@hidden: 1.1 $
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11259) address@hidden: /home/files/file1,v $
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11260) address@hidden: Exp $
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11261) address@hidden: file1,v $
+cvs.texi(,11262) Revision 1.1 1993/12/09 03:30:17 joe
+cvs.texi(,11263) Initial revision
+cvs.texi(,11264)
+cvs.texi(,11265) @end example
+cvs.texi(,11266)
+cvs.texi(,11267) @c The idea behind this table is that we want each item
+cvs.texi(,11268) @c to be a sentence or two at most. Preferably a
+cvs.texi(,11269) @c single line.
+cvs.texi(,11270) @c
+cvs.texi(,11271) @c In some cases refs to "foo options" are just to get
+cvs.texi(,11272) @c this thing written quickly, not because the "foo
+cvs.texi(,11273) @c options" node is really the best place to point.
+cvs.texi(,11274) Commands, command options, and command arguments:
+cvs.texi(,11275)
+cvs.texi(,11276) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11277) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11278) @item add address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11279) Add a new file/directory. See @ref{Adding files}.
+cvs.texi(,11280)
+cvs.texi(,11281) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11282) @item -k @var{kflag}
+cvs.texi(,11283) Set keyword expansion.
+cvs.texi(,11284)
+cvs.texi(,11285) @item -m @var{msg}
+cvs.texi(,11286) Set file description.
+cvs.texi(,11287) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11288)
+cvs.texi(,11289) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11290) @item admin address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11291) Administration of history files in the repository. See
+cvs.texi(,11292) @ref{admin}.
+cvs.texi(,11293) @c This list omits those options which are not
+cvs.texi(,11294) @c documented as being useful with CVS. That might be
+cvs.texi(,11295) @c a mistake...
+cvs.texi(,11296)
+cvs.texi(,11297) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11298) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11299) Set default branch. See @ref{Reverting local changes}.
+cvs.texi(,11300)
+cvs.texi(,11301) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11302) Set comment leader.
+cvs.texi(,11303)
+cvs.texi(,11304) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11305) Set keyword substitution. See @ref{Keyword
+cvs.texi(,11306) substitution}.
+cvs.texi(,11307)
+cvs.texi(,11308) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11309) Lock revision @var{rev}, or latest revision.
+cvs.texi(,11310)
+cvs.texi(,11311) @item address@hidden:@var{msg}
+cvs.texi(,11312) Replace the log message of revision @var{rev} with
+cvs.texi(,11313) @var{msg}.
+cvs.texi(,11314)
+cvs.texi(,11315) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11316) Delete revisions from the repository. See
+cvs.texi(,11317) @ref{admin options}.
cvs.texi(,11318)
-cvs.texi(,11319) @c Does not work for client/server CVS
-cvs.texi(,11320) @item -t
-cvs.texi(,11321) Set file description from standard input.
-cvs.texi(,11322)
-cvs.texi(,11323) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11324) Set file description from @var{file}.
-cvs.texi(,11325)
-cvs.texi(,11326) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11327) Set file description to @var{string}.
+cvs.texi(,11319) @item -q
+cvs.texi(,11320) Run quietly; do not print diagnostics.
+cvs.texi(,11321)
+cvs.texi(,11322) @item address@hidden:@var{rev}]
+cvs.texi(,11323) Set the state.
+cvs.texi(,11324)
+cvs.texi(,11325) @c Does not work for client/server CVS
+cvs.texi(,11326) @item -t
+cvs.texi(,11327) Set file description from standard input.
cvs.texi(,11328)
-cvs.texi(,11329) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11330) Unlock revision @var{rev}, or latest revision.
-cvs.texi(,11331) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11332)
-cvs.texi(,11333) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11334) @item annotate address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11335) Show last revision where each line was modified. See
-cvs.texi(,11336) @ref{annotate}.
-cvs.texi(,11337)
-cvs.texi(,11338) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11339) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,11340) Annotate the most recent revision no later than
-cvs.texi(,11341) @var{date}. See @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11342)
-cvs.texi(,11343) @item -F
-cvs.texi(,11344) Force annotation of binary files. (Without this option,
-cvs.texi(,11345) binary files are skipped with a message.)
-cvs.texi(,11346)
-cvs.texi(,11347) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,11348) Use head revision if tag/date not found. See
-cvs.texi(,11349) @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11350)
-cvs.texi(,11351) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11352) Local; run only in current working directory.
@xref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11353)
-cvs.texi(,11354) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11355) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,11356) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11357)
-cvs.texi(,11358) @item -r @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,11359) Annotate revision @var{tag}. See @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11360) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11361)
-cvs.texi(,11362) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11363) @item checkout address@hidden @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11364) Get a copy of the sources. See @ref{checkout}.
-cvs.texi(,11365)
-cvs.texi(,11366) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11367) @item -A
-cvs.texi(,11368) Reset any sticky tags/date/options. See @ref{Sticky
-cvs.texi(,11369) tags} and @ref{Keyword substitution}.
-cvs.texi(,11370)
-cvs.texi(,11371) @item -c
-cvs.texi(,11372) Output the module database. See @ref{checkout options}.
-cvs.texi(,11373)
-cvs.texi(,11374) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,11375) Check out revisions as of @var{date} (is sticky). See
-cvs.texi(,11376) @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11377)
-cvs.texi(,11378) @item -d @var{dir}
-cvs.texi(,11379) Check out into @var{dir}. See @ref{checkout options}.
-cvs.texi(,11380)
-cvs.texi(,11381) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,11382) Use head revision if tag/date not found. See
-cvs.texi(,11383) @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11384)
-cvs.texi(,11385) @c Probably want to use rev1/rev2 style like for diff
-cvs.texi(,11386) @c -r. Here and in on-line help.
-cvs.texi(,11387) @item -j @var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,11388) Merge in changes. See @ref{checkout options}.
-cvs.texi(,11389)
-cvs.texi(,11390) @item -k @var{kflag}
-cvs.texi(,11391) Use @var{kflag} keyword expansion. See
-cvs.texi(,11392) @ref{Substitution modes}.
-cvs.texi(,11393)
-cvs.texi(,11394) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11395) Local; run only in current working directory.
@xref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11396)
-cvs.texi(,11397) @item -N
-cvs.texi(,11398) Don't ``shorten'' module paths if -d specified. See
-cvs.texi(,11399) @ref{checkout options}.
-cvs.texi(,11400)
-cvs.texi(,11401) @item -n
-cvs.texi(,11402) Do not run module program (if any). See @ref{checkout
options}.
-cvs.texi(,11403)
-cvs.texi(,11404) @item -P
-cvs.texi(,11405) Prune empty directories. See @ref{Moving directories}.
+cvs.texi(,11329) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11330) Set file description from @var{file}.
+cvs.texi(,11331)
+cvs.texi(,11332) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11333) Set file description to @var{string}.
+cvs.texi(,11334)
+cvs.texi(,11335) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11336) Unlock revision @var{rev}, or latest revision.
+cvs.texi(,11337) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11338)
+cvs.texi(,11339) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11340) @item annotate address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11341) Show last revision where each line was modified. See
+cvs.texi(,11342) @ref{annotate}.
+cvs.texi(,11343)
+cvs.texi(,11344) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11345) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,11346) Annotate the most recent revision no later than
+cvs.texi(,11347) @var{date}. See @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11348)
+cvs.texi(,11349) @item -F
+cvs.texi(,11350) Force annotation of binary files. (Without this option,
+cvs.texi(,11351) binary files are skipped with a message.)
+cvs.texi(,11352)
+cvs.texi(,11353) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,11354) Use head revision if tag/date not found. See
+cvs.texi(,11355) @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11356)
+cvs.texi(,11357) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11358) Local; run only in current working directory.
@xref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11359)
+cvs.texi(,11360) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11361) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,11362) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11363)
+cvs.texi(,11364) @item -r @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,11365) Annotate revision @var{tag}. See @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11366) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11367)
+cvs.texi(,11368) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11369) @item checkout address@hidden @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11370) Get a copy of the sources. See @ref{checkout}.
+cvs.texi(,11371)
+cvs.texi(,11372) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11373) @item -A
+cvs.texi(,11374) Reset any sticky tags/date/options. See @ref{Sticky
+cvs.texi(,11375) tags} and @ref{Keyword substitution}.
+cvs.texi(,11376)
+cvs.texi(,11377) @item -c
+cvs.texi(,11378) Output the module database. See @ref{checkout options}.
+cvs.texi(,11379)
+cvs.texi(,11380) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,11381) Check out revisions as of @var{date} (is sticky). See
+cvs.texi(,11382) @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11383)
+cvs.texi(,11384) @item -d @var{dir}
+cvs.texi(,11385) Check out into @var{dir}. See @ref{checkout options}.
+cvs.texi(,11386)
+cvs.texi(,11387) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,11388) Use head revision if tag/date not found. See
+cvs.texi(,11389) @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11390)
+cvs.texi(,11391) @c Probably want to use rev1/rev2 style like for diff
+cvs.texi(,11392) @c -r. Here and in on-line help.
+cvs.texi(,11393) @item -j @var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,11394) Merge in changes. See @ref{checkout options}.
+cvs.texi(,11395)
+cvs.texi(,11396) @item -k @var{kflag}
+cvs.texi(,11397) Use @var{kflag} keyword expansion. See
+cvs.texi(,11398) @ref{Substitution modes}.
+cvs.texi(,11399)
+cvs.texi(,11400) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11401) Local; run only in current working directory.
@xref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11402)
+cvs.texi(,11403) @item -N
+cvs.texi(,11404) Don't ``shorten'' module paths if -d specified. See
+cvs.texi(,11405) @ref{checkout options}.
cvs.texi(,11406)
-cvs.texi(,11407) @item -p
-cvs.texi(,11408) Check out files to standard output (avoids
-cvs.texi(,11409) stickiness). See @ref{checkout options}.
-cvs.texi(,11410)
-cvs.texi(,11411) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11412) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,11413) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11414)
-cvs.texi(,11415) @item -r @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,11416) Checkout revision @var{tag} (is sticky). See @ref{Common
options}.
-cvs.texi(,11417)
-cvs.texi(,11418) @item -s
-cvs.texi(,11419) Like -c, but include module status. See @ref{checkout
options}.
-cvs.texi(,11420) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11421)
-cvs.texi(,11422) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11423) @item commit address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11424) Check changes into the repository. See @ref{commit}.
-cvs.texi(,11425)
-cvs.texi(,11426) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11427) @item -F @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,11428) Read log message from @var{file}. See @ref{commit options}.
-cvs.texi(,11429)
-cvs.texi(,11430) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,11431) @c What is this "disables recursion"? It is from the
-cvs.texi(,11432) @c on-line help; is it documented in this manual?
-cvs.texi(,11433) Force the file to be committed; disables recursion.
-cvs.texi(,11434) See @ref{commit options}.
+cvs.texi(,11407) @item -n
+cvs.texi(,11408) Do not run module program (if any). See @ref{checkout
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11409)
+cvs.texi(,11410) @item -P
+cvs.texi(,11411) Prune empty directories. See @ref{Moving directories}.
+cvs.texi(,11412)
+cvs.texi(,11413) @item -p
+cvs.texi(,11414) Check out files to standard output (avoids
+cvs.texi(,11415) stickiness). See @ref{checkout options}.
+cvs.texi(,11416)
+cvs.texi(,11417) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11418) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,11419) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11420)
+cvs.texi(,11421) @item -r @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,11422) Checkout revision @var{tag} (is sticky). See @ref{Common
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11423)
+cvs.texi(,11424) @item -s
+cvs.texi(,11425) Like -c, but include module status. See @ref{checkout
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11426) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11427)
+cvs.texi(,11428) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11429) @item commit address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11430) Check changes into the repository. See @ref{commit}.
+cvs.texi(,11431)
+cvs.texi(,11432) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11433) @item -F @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,11434) Read log message from @var{file}. See @ref{commit options}.
cvs.texi(,11435)
-cvs.texi(,11436) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11437) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11438)
-cvs.texi(,11439) @item -m @var{msg}
-cvs.texi(,11440) Use @var{msg} as log message. See @ref{commit options}.
+cvs.texi(,11436) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,11437) @c What is this "disables recursion"? It is from the
+cvs.texi(,11438) @c on-line help; is it documented in this manual?
+cvs.texi(,11439) Force the file to be committed; disables recursion.
+cvs.texi(,11440) See @ref{commit options}.
cvs.texi(,11441)
-cvs.texi(,11442) @item -n
-cvs.texi(,11443) Do not run module program (if any). See @ref{commit options}.
+cvs.texi(,11442) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11443) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
cvs.texi(,11444)
-cvs.texi(,11445) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11446) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,11447) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11448)
-cvs.texi(,11449) @item -r @var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,11450) Commit to @var{rev}. See @ref{commit options}.
-cvs.texi(,11451) @c FIXME: should be dragging over text from
-cvs.texi(,11452) @c commit options, especially if it can be cleaned up
-cvs.texi(,11453) @c and made concise enough.
-cvs.texi(,11454) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11455)
-cvs.texi(,11456) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11457) @item diff address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11458) Show differences between revisions. See @ref{diff}.
-cvs.texi(,11459) In addition to the options shown below, accepts a wide
-cvs.texi(,11460) variety of options to control output style, for example
-cvs.texi(,11461) @samp{-c} for context diffs.
-cvs.texi(,11462)
-cvs.texi(,11463) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11464) @item -D @var{date1}
-cvs.texi(,11465) Diff revision for date against working file. See
-cvs.texi(,11466) @ref{diff options}.
-cvs.texi(,11467)
-cvs.texi(,11468) @item -D @var{date2}
-cvs.texi(,11469) Diff @var{rev1}/@var{date1} against @var{date2}. See
-cvs.texi(,11470) @ref{diff options}.
-cvs.texi(,11471)
-cvs.texi(,11472) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11473) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11474)
-cvs.texi(,11475) @item -N
-cvs.texi(,11476) Include diffs for added and removed files. See
-cvs.texi(,11477) @ref{diff options}.
-cvs.texi(,11478)
-cvs.texi(,11479) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11480) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,11481) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11482)
-cvs.texi(,11483) @item -r @var{rev1}
-cvs.texi(,11484) Diff revision for @var{rev1} against working file. See
-cvs.texi(,11485) @ref{diff options}.
-cvs.texi(,11486)
-cvs.texi(,11487) @item -r @var{rev2}
-cvs.texi(,11488) Diff @var{rev1}/@var{date1} against @var{rev2}. See
@ref{diff options}.
-cvs.texi(,11489) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11490)
-cvs.texi(,11491) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11492) @item edit address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11493) Get ready to edit a watched file. See @ref{Editing files}.
-cvs.texi(,11494)
-cvs.texi(,11495) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11496) @item -a @var{actions}
-cvs.texi(,11497) Specify actions for temporary watch, where
-cvs.texi(,11498) @var{actions} is @code{edit}, @code{unedit},
-cvs.texi(,11499) @code{commit}, @code{all}, or @code{none}. See
-cvs.texi(,11500) @ref{Editing files}.
-cvs.texi(,11501)
-cvs.texi(,11502) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11503) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11504)
-cvs.texi(,11505) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11506) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,11507) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11508) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11509)
-cvs.texi(,11510) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11511) @item editors address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11512) See who is editing a watched file. See @ref{Watch
information}.
-cvs.texi(,11513)
-cvs.texi(,11514) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11515) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11516) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11517)
-cvs.texi(,11518) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11519) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,11520) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11521) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11522)
-cvs.texi(,11523) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11524) @item export address@hidden @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11525) Export files from @sc{cvs}. See @ref{export}.
-cvs.texi(,11526)
-cvs.texi(,11527) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11528) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,11529) Check out revisions as of @var{date}. See
-cvs.texi(,11530) @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11531)
-cvs.texi(,11532) @item -d @var{dir}
-cvs.texi(,11533) Check out into @var{dir}. See @ref{export options}.
-cvs.texi(,11534)
-cvs.texi(,11535) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,11536) Use head revision if tag/date not found. See
-cvs.texi(,11537) @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11538)
-cvs.texi(,11539) @item -k @var{kflag}
-cvs.texi(,11540) Use @var{kflag} keyword expansion. See
-cvs.texi(,11541) @ref{Substitution modes}.
-cvs.texi(,11542)
-cvs.texi(,11543) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11544) Local; run only in current working directory.
@xref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11545)
-cvs.texi(,11546) @item -N
-cvs.texi(,11547) Don't ``shorten'' module paths if -d specified. See
-cvs.texi(,11548) @ref{export options}.
-cvs.texi(,11549)
-cvs.texi(,11550) @item -n
-cvs.texi(,11551) Do not run module program (if any). See @ref{export options}.
-cvs.texi(,11552)
-cvs.texi(,11553) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11554) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,11555) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11556)
-cvs.texi(,11557) @item -r @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,11558) Checkout revision @var{tag}. See @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11559) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11560)
-cvs.texi(,11561) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11562) @item history address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11563) Show repository access history. See @ref{history}.
-cvs.texi(,11564)
-cvs.texi(,11565) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11566) @item -a
-cvs.texi(,11567) All users (default is self). See @ref{history options}.
-cvs.texi(,11568)
-cvs.texi(,11569) @item -b @var{str}
-cvs.texi(,11570) Back to record with @var{str} in module/file/repos
-cvs.texi(,11571) field. See @ref{history options}.
-cvs.texi(,11572)
-cvs.texi(,11573) @item -c
-cvs.texi(,11574) Report on committed (modified) files. See @ref{history
options}.
-cvs.texi(,11575)
-cvs.texi(,11576) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,11577) Since @var{date}. See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11445) @item -m @var{msg}
+cvs.texi(,11446) Use @var{msg} as log message. See @ref{commit options}.
+cvs.texi(,11447)
+cvs.texi(,11448) @item -n
+cvs.texi(,11449) Do not run module program (if any). See @ref{commit options}.
+cvs.texi(,11450)
+cvs.texi(,11451) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11452) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,11453) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11454)
+cvs.texi(,11455) @item -r @var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,11456) Commit to @var{rev}. See @ref{commit options}.
+cvs.texi(,11457) @c FIXME: should be dragging over text from
+cvs.texi(,11458) @c commit options, especially if it can be cleaned up
+cvs.texi(,11459) @c and made concise enough.
+cvs.texi(,11460) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11461)
+cvs.texi(,11462) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11463) @item diff address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11464) Show differences between revisions. See @ref{diff}.
+cvs.texi(,11465) In addition to the options shown below, accepts a wide
+cvs.texi(,11466) variety of options to control output style, for example
+cvs.texi(,11467) @samp{-c} for context diffs.
+cvs.texi(,11468)
+cvs.texi(,11469) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11470) @item -D @var{date1}
+cvs.texi(,11471) Diff revision for date against working file. See
+cvs.texi(,11472) @ref{diff options}.
+cvs.texi(,11473)
+cvs.texi(,11474) @item -D @var{date2}
+cvs.texi(,11475) Diff @var{rev1}/@var{date1} against @var{date2}. See
+cvs.texi(,11476) @ref{diff options}.
+cvs.texi(,11477)
+cvs.texi(,11478) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11479) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11480)
+cvs.texi(,11481) @item -N
+cvs.texi(,11482) Include diffs for added and removed files. See
+cvs.texi(,11483) @ref{diff options}.
+cvs.texi(,11484)
+cvs.texi(,11485) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11486) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,11487) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11488)
+cvs.texi(,11489) @item -r @var{rev1}
+cvs.texi(,11490) Diff revision for @var{rev1} against working file. See
+cvs.texi(,11491) @ref{diff options}.
+cvs.texi(,11492)
+cvs.texi(,11493) @item -r @var{rev2}
+cvs.texi(,11494) Diff @var{rev1}/@var{date1} against @var{rev2}. See
@ref{diff options}.
+cvs.texi(,11495) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11496)
+cvs.texi(,11497) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11498) @item edit address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11499) Get ready to edit a watched file. See @ref{Editing files}.
+cvs.texi(,11500)
+cvs.texi(,11501) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11502) @item -a @var{actions}
+cvs.texi(,11503) Specify actions for temporary watch, where
+cvs.texi(,11504) @var{actions} is @code{edit}, @code{unedit},
+cvs.texi(,11505) @code{commit}, @code{all}, or @code{none}. See
+cvs.texi(,11506) @ref{Editing files}.
+cvs.texi(,11507)
+cvs.texi(,11508) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11509) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11510)
+cvs.texi(,11511) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11512) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,11513) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11514) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11515)
+cvs.texi(,11516) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11517) @item editors address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11518) See who is editing a watched file. See @ref{Watch
information}.
+cvs.texi(,11519)
+cvs.texi(,11520) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11521) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11522) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11523)
+cvs.texi(,11524) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11525) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,11526) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11527) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11528)
+cvs.texi(,11529) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11530) @item export address@hidden @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11531) Export files from @sc{cvs}. See @ref{export}.
+cvs.texi(,11532)
+cvs.texi(,11533) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11534) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,11535) Check out revisions as of @var{date}. See
+cvs.texi(,11536) @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11537)
+cvs.texi(,11538) @item -d @var{dir}
+cvs.texi(,11539) Check out into @var{dir}. See @ref{export options}.
+cvs.texi(,11540)
+cvs.texi(,11541) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,11542) Use head revision if tag/date not found. See
+cvs.texi(,11543) @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11544)
+cvs.texi(,11545) @item -k @var{kflag}
+cvs.texi(,11546) Use @var{kflag} keyword expansion. See
+cvs.texi(,11547) @ref{Substitution modes}.
+cvs.texi(,11548)
+cvs.texi(,11549) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11550) Local; run only in current working directory.
@xref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11551)
+cvs.texi(,11552) @item -N
+cvs.texi(,11553) Don't ``shorten'' module paths if -d specified. See
+cvs.texi(,11554) @ref{export options}.
+cvs.texi(,11555)
+cvs.texi(,11556) @item -n
+cvs.texi(,11557) Do not run module program (if any). See @ref{export options}.
+cvs.texi(,11558)
+cvs.texi(,11559) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11560) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,11561) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11562)
+cvs.texi(,11563) @item -r @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,11564) Checkout revision @var{tag}. See @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11565) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11566)
+cvs.texi(,11567) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11568) @item history address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11569) Show repository access history. See @ref{history}.
+cvs.texi(,11570)
+cvs.texi(,11571) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11572) @item -a
+cvs.texi(,11573) All users (default is self). See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11574)
+cvs.texi(,11575) @item -b @var{str}
+cvs.texi(,11576) Back to record with @var{str} in module/file/repos
+cvs.texi(,11577) field. See @ref{history options}.
cvs.texi(,11578)
-cvs.texi(,11579) @item -e
-cvs.texi(,11580) Report on all record types. See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11579) @item -c
+cvs.texi(,11580) Report on committed (modified) files. See @ref{history
options}.
cvs.texi(,11581)
-cvs.texi(,11582) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11583) Last modified (committed or modified report). See
@ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11582) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,11583) Since @var{date}. See @ref{history options}.
cvs.texi(,11584)
-cvs.texi(,11585) @item -m @var{module}
-cvs.texi(,11586) Report on @var{module} (repeatable). See @ref{history
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11585) @item -e
+cvs.texi(,11586) Report on all record types. See @ref{history options}.
cvs.texi(,11587)
-cvs.texi(,11588) @item -n @var{module}
-cvs.texi(,11589) In @var{module}. See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11588) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11589) Last modified (committed or modified report). See
@ref{history options}.
cvs.texi(,11590)
-cvs.texi(,11591) @item -o
-cvs.texi(,11592) Report on checked out modules. See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11591) @item -m @var{module}
+cvs.texi(,11592) Report on @var{module} (repeatable). See @ref{history
options}.
cvs.texi(,11593)
-cvs.texi(,11594) @item -p @var{repository}
-cvs.texi(,11595) In @var{repository}. See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11594) @item -n @var{module}
+cvs.texi(,11595) In @var{module}. See @ref{history options}.
cvs.texi(,11596)
-cvs.texi(,11597) @item -r @var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,11598) Since revision @var{rev}. See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11597) @item -o
+cvs.texi(,11598) Report on checked out modules. See @ref{history options}.
cvs.texi(,11599)
-cvs.texi(,11600) @item -T
-cvs.texi(,11601) @c What the @address@hidden is a TAG? Same as a tag? This
-cvs.texi(,11602) @c wording is also in the online-line help.
-cvs.texi(,11603) Produce report on all TAGs. See @ref{history options}.
-cvs.texi(,11604)
-cvs.texi(,11605) @item -t @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,11606) Since tag record placed in history file (by anyone).
-cvs.texi(,11607) See @ref{history options}.
-cvs.texi(,11608)
-cvs.texi(,11609) @item -u @var{user}
-cvs.texi(,11610) For user @var{user} (repeatable). See @ref{history options}.
-cvs.texi(,11611)
-cvs.texi(,11612) @item -w
-cvs.texi(,11613) Working directory must match. See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11600) @item -p @var{repository}
+cvs.texi(,11601) In @var{repository}. See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11602)
+cvs.texi(,11603) @item -r @var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,11604) Since revision @var{rev}. See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11605)
+cvs.texi(,11606) @item -T
+cvs.texi(,11607) @c What the @address@hidden is a TAG? Same as a tag? This
+cvs.texi(,11608) @c wording is also in the online-line help.
+cvs.texi(,11609) Produce report on all TAGs. See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11610)
+cvs.texi(,11611) @item -t @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,11612) Since tag record placed in history file (by anyone).
+cvs.texi(,11613) See @ref{history options}.
cvs.texi(,11614)
-cvs.texi(,11615) @item -x @var{types}
-cvs.texi(,11616) Report on @var{types}, one or more of
-cvs.texi(,11617) @code{TOEFWUCGMAR}. See @ref{history options}.
-cvs.texi(,11618)
-cvs.texi(,11619) @item -z @var{zone}
-cvs.texi(,11620) Output for time zone @var{zone}. See @ref{history options}.
-cvs.texi(,11621) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11622)
-cvs.texi(,11623) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11624) @item import address@hidden @var{repository} @var{vendor-tag}
@address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11625) Import files into @sc{cvs}, using vendor branches. See
-cvs.texi(,11626) @ref{import}.
-cvs.texi(,11627)
-cvs.texi(,11628) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11629) @item -b @var{bra}
-cvs.texi(,11630) Import to vendor branch @var{bra}. See
-cvs.texi(,11631) @ref{Multiple vendor branches}.
-cvs.texi(,11632)
-cvs.texi(,11633) @item -d
-cvs.texi(,11634) Use the file's modification time as the time of
-cvs.texi(,11635) import. See @ref{import options}.
-cvs.texi(,11636)
-cvs.texi(,11637) @item -k @var{kflag}
-cvs.texi(,11638) Set default keyword substitution mode. See
-cvs.texi(,11639) @ref{import options}.
-cvs.texi(,11640)
-cvs.texi(,11641) @item -m @var{msg}
-cvs.texi(,11642) Use @var{msg} for log message. See
-cvs.texi(,11643) @ref{import options}.
-cvs.texi(,11644)
-cvs.texi(,11645) @item -I @var{ign}
-cvs.texi(,11646) More files to ignore (! to reset). See
-cvs.texi(,11647) @ref{import options}.
-cvs.texi(,11648)
-cvs.texi(,11649) @item -W @var{spec}
-cvs.texi(,11650) More wrappers. See @ref{import options}.
-cvs.texi(,11651) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11652)
-cvs.texi(,11653) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11654) @item init
-cvs.texi(,11655) Create a @sc{cvs} repository if it doesn't exist. See
-cvs.texi(,11656) @ref{Creating a repository}.
-cvs.texi(,11657)
-cvs.texi(,11658) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11659) @item kserver
-cvs.texi(,11660) Kerberos authenticated server.
-cvs.texi(,11661) See @ref{Kerberos authenticated}.
-cvs.texi(,11662)
-cvs.texi(,11663) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11664) @item log address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11665) Print out history information for files. See @ref{log}.
-cvs.texi(,11666)
-cvs.texi(,11667) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11668) @item -b
-cvs.texi(,11669) Only list revisions on the default branch. See @ref{log
options}.
-cvs.texi(,11670)
-cvs.texi(,11671) @item -d @var{dates}
-cvs.texi(,11672) Specify dates (@var{d1}<@var{d2} for range, @var{d} for
-cvs.texi(,11673) latest before). See @ref{log options}.
-cvs.texi(,11674)
-cvs.texi(,11675) @item -h
-cvs.texi(,11676) Only print header. See @ref{log options}.
-cvs.texi(,11677)
-cvs.texi(,11678) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11679) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11615) @item -u @var{user}
+cvs.texi(,11616) For user @var{user} (repeatable). See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11617)
+cvs.texi(,11618) @item -w
+cvs.texi(,11619) Working directory must match. See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11620)
+cvs.texi(,11621) @item -x @var{types}
+cvs.texi(,11622) Report on @var{types}, one or more of
+cvs.texi(,11623) @code{TOEFWUCGMAR}. See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11624)
+cvs.texi(,11625) @item -z @var{zone}
+cvs.texi(,11626) Output for time zone @var{zone}. See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11627) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11628)
+cvs.texi(,11629) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11630) @item import address@hidden @var{repository} @var{vendor-tag}
@address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11631) Import files into @sc{cvs}, using vendor branches. See
+cvs.texi(,11632) @ref{import}.
+cvs.texi(,11633)
+cvs.texi(,11634) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11635) @item -b @var{bra}
+cvs.texi(,11636) Import to vendor branch @var{bra}. See
+cvs.texi(,11637) @ref{Multiple vendor branches}.
+cvs.texi(,11638)
+cvs.texi(,11639) @item -d
+cvs.texi(,11640) Use the file's modification time as the time of
+cvs.texi(,11641) import. See @ref{import options}.
+cvs.texi(,11642)
+cvs.texi(,11643) @item -k @var{kflag}
+cvs.texi(,11644) Set default keyword substitution mode. See
+cvs.texi(,11645) @ref{import options}.
+cvs.texi(,11646)
+cvs.texi(,11647) @item -m @var{msg}
+cvs.texi(,11648) Use @var{msg} for log message. See
+cvs.texi(,11649) @ref{import options}.
+cvs.texi(,11650)
+cvs.texi(,11651) @item -I @var{ign}
+cvs.texi(,11652) More files to ignore (! to reset). See
+cvs.texi(,11653) @ref{import options}.
+cvs.texi(,11654)
+cvs.texi(,11655) @item -W @var{spec}
+cvs.texi(,11656) More wrappers. See @ref{import options}.
+cvs.texi(,11657) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11658)
+cvs.texi(,11659) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11660) @item init
+cvs.texi(,11661) Create a @sc{cvs} repository if it doesn't exist. See
+cvs.texi(,11662) @ref{Creating a repository}.
+cvs.texi(,11663)
+cvs.texi(,11664) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11665) @item kserver
+cvs.texi(,11666) Kerberos authenticated server.
+cvs.texi(,11667) See @ref{Kerberos authenticated}.
+cvs.texi(,11668)
+cvs.texi(,11669) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11670) @item log address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11671) Print out history information for files. See @ref{log}.
+cvs.texi(,11672)
+cvs.texi(,11673) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11674) @item -b
+cvs.texi(,11675) Only list revisions on the default branch. See @ref{log
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11676)
+cvs.texi(,11677) @item -d @var{dates}
+cvs.texi(,11678) Specify dates (@var{d1}<@var{d2} for range, @var{d} for
+cvs.texi(,11679) latest before). See @ref{log options}.
cvs.texi(,11680)
-cvs.texi(,11681) @item -N
-cvs.texi(,11682) Do not list tags. See @ref{log options}.
+cvs.texi(,11681) @item -h
+cvs.texi(,11682) Only print header. See @ref{log options}.
cvs.texi(,11683)
-cvs.texi(,11684) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11685) Only print name of RCS file. See @ref{log options}.
+cvs.texi(,11684) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11685) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
cvs.texi(,11686)
-cvs.texi(,11687) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11688) Only list revisions @var{revs}. See @ref{log options}.
+cvs.texi(,11687) @item -N
+cvs.texi(,11688) Do not list tags. See @ref{log options}.
cvs.texi(,11689)
-cvs.texi(,11690) @item -s @var{states}
-cvs.texi(,11691) Only list revisions with specified states. See @ref{log
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11690) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11691) Only print name of RCS file. See @ref{log options}.
cvs.texi(,11692)
-cvs.texi(,11693) @item -t
-cvs.texi(,11694) Only print header and descriptive text. See @ref{log
-cvs.texi(,11695) options}.
-cvs.texi(,11696)
-cvs.texi(,11697) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11698) Only list revisions checked in by specified logins. See
@ref{log options}.
-cvs.texi(,11699) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11700)
-cvs.texi(,11701) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11702) @item login
-cvs.texi(,11703) Prompt for password for authenticating server. See
-cvs.texi(,11704) @ref{Password authentication client}.
-cvs.texi(,11705)
-cvs.texi(,11706) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11707) @item logout
-cvs.texi(,11708) Remove stored password for authenticating server. See
-cvs.texi(,11709) @ref{Password authentication client}.
-cvs.texi(,11710)
-cvs.texi(,11711) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11712) @item pserver
-cvs.texi(,11713) Password authenticated server.
-cvs.texi(,11714) See @ref{Password authentication server}.
-cvs.texi(,11715)
-cvs.texi(,11716) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11717) @item rannotate address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11718) Show last revision where each line was modified. See
-cvs.texi(,11719) @ref{annotate}.
-cvs.texi(,11720)
-cvs.texi(,11721) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11722) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,11723) Annotate the most recent revision no later than
-cvs.texi(,11724) @var{date}. See @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11725)
-cvs.texi(,11726) @item -F
-cvs.texi(,11727) Force annotation of binary files. (Without this option,
-cvs.texi(,11728) binary files are skipped with a message.)
-cvs.texi(,11729)
-cvs.texi(,11730) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,11731) Use head revision if tag/date not found. See
-cvs.texi(,11732) @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11733)
-cvs.texi(,11734) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11735) Local; run only in current working directory.
@xref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11736)
-cvs.texi(,11737) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11738) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11693) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11694) Only list revisions @var{revs}. See @ref{log options}.
+cvs.texi(,11695)
+cvs.texi(,11696) @item -s @var{states}
+cvs.texi(,11697) Only list revisions with specified states. See @ref{log
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11698)
+cvs.texi(,11699) @item -t
+cvs.texi(,11700) Only print header and descriptive text. See @ref{log
+cvs.texi(,11701) options}.
+cvs.texi(,11702)
+cvs.texi(,11703) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11704) Only list revisions checked in by specified logins. See
@ref{log options}.
+cvs.texi(,11705) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11706)
+cvs.texi(,11707) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11708) @item login
+cvs.texi(,11709) Prompt for password for authenticating server. See
+cvs.texi(,11710) @ref{Password authentication client}.
+cvs.texi(,11711)
+cvs.texi(,11712) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11713) @item logout
+cvs.texi(,11714) Remove stored password for authenticating server. See
+cvs.texi(,11715) @ref{Password authentication client}.
+cvs.texi(,11716)
+cvs.texi(,11717) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11718) @item pserver
+cvs.texi(,11719) Password authenticated server.
+cvs.texi(,11720) See @ref{Password authentication server}.
+cvs.texi(,11721)
+cvs.texi(,11722) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11723) @item rannotate address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11724) Show last revision where each line was modified. See
+cvs.texi(,11725) @ref{annotate}.
+cvs.texi(,11726)
+cvs.texi(,11727) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11728) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,11729) Annotate the most recent revision no later than
+cvs.texi(,11730) @var{date}. See @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11731)
+cvs.texi(,11732) @item -F
+cvs.texi(,11733) Force annotation of binary files. (Without this option,
+cvs.texi(,11734) binary files are skipped with a message.)
+cvs.texi(,11735)
+cvs.texi(,11736) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,11737) Use head revision if tag/date not found. See
+cvs.texi(,11738) @ref{Common options}.
cvs.texi(,11739)
-cvs.texi(,11740) @item -r @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,11741) Annotate revision @var{tag}. See @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11742) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11743)
-cvs.texi(,11744) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11745) @item rdiff address@hidden @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11746) Show differences between releases. See @ref{rdiff}.
-cvs.texi(,11747)
-cvs.texi(,11748) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11749) @item -c
-cvs.texi(,11750) Context diff output format (default). See @ref{rdiff
options}.
-cvs.texi(,11751)
-cvs.texi(,11752) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,11753) Select revisions based on @var{date}. See @ref{Common
options}.
-cvs.texi(,11754)
-cvs.texi(,11755) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,11756) Use head revision if tag/date not found. See
-cvs.texi(,11757) @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11758)
-cvs.texi(,11759) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11760) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11761)
-cvs.texi(,11762) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11763) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,11764) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11765)
-cvs.texi(,11766) @item -r @var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,11767) Select revisions based on @var{rev}. See @ref{Common
options}.
-cvs.texi(,11768)
-cvs.texi(,11769) @item -s
-cvs.texi(,11770) Short patch - one liner per file. See @ref{rdiff options}.
+cvs.texi(,11740) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11741) Local; run only in current working directory.
@xref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11742)
+cvs.texi(,11743) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11744) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11745)
+cvs.texi(,11746) @item -r @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,11747) Annotate revision @var{tag}. See @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11748) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11749)
+cvs.texi(,11750) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11751) @item rdiff address@hidden @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11752) Show differences between releases. See @ref{rdiff}.
+cvs.texi(,11753)
+cvs.texi(,11754) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11755) @item -c
+cvs.texi(,11756) Context diff output format (default). See @ref{rdiff
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11757)
+cvs.texi(,11758) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,11759) Select revisions based on @var{date}. See @ref{Common
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11760)
+cvs.texi(,11761) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,11762) Use head revision if tag/date not found. See
+cvs.texi(,11763) @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11764)
+cvs.texi(,11765) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11766) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11767)
+cvs.texi(,11768) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11769) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,11770) behavior}.
cvs.texi(,11771)
-cvs.texi(,11772) @item -t
-cvs.texi(,11773) Top two diffs - last change made to the file. See
-cvs.texi(,11774) @ref{diff options}.
-cvs.texi(,11775)
-cvs.texi(,11776) @item -u
-cvs.texi(,11777) Unidiff output format. See @ref{rdiff options}.
-cvs.texi(,11778)
-cvs.texi(,11779) @item -V @var{vers}
-cvs.texi(,11780) Use RCS Version @var{vers} for keyword expansion (obsolete).
See
-cvs.texi(,11781) @ref{rdiff options}.
-cvs.texi(,11782) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11783)
-cvs.texi(,11784) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11785) @item release address@hidden @var{directory}
-cvs.texi(,11786) Indicate that a directory is no longer in use. See
-cvs.texi(,11787) @ref{release}.
-cvs.texi(,11788)
-cvs.texi(,11789) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11790) @item -d
-cvs.texi(,11791) Delete the given directory. See @ref{release options}.
-cvs.texi(,11792) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11793)
-cvs.texi(,11794) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11795) @item remove address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11796) Remove an entry from the repository. See @ref{Removing
files}.
-cvs.texi(,11797)
-cvs.texi(,11798) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11799) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,11800) Delete the file before removing it. See @ref{Removing files}.
-cvs.texi(,11801)
-cvs.texi(,11802) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11803) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11804)
-cvs.texi(,11805) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11806) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,11807) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11808) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11809)
-cvs.texi(,11810) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11811) @item rlog address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11812) Print out history information for modules. See @ref{log}.
-cvs.texi(,11813)
-cvs.texi(,11814) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11815) @item -b
-cvs.texi(,11816) Only list revisions on the default branch. See @ref{log
options}.
-cvs.texi(,11817)
-cvs.texi(,11818) @item -d @var{dates}
-cvs.texi(,11819) Specify dates (@var{d1}<@var{d2} for range, @var{d} for
-cvs.texi(,11820) latest before). See @ref{log options}.
-cvs.texi(,11821)
-cvs.texi(,11822) @item -h
-cvs.texi(,11823) Only print header. See @ref{log options}.
-cvs.texi(,11824)
-cvs.texi(,11825) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11826) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11772) @item -r @var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,11773) Select revisions based on @var{rev}. See @ref{Common
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11774)
+cvs.texi(,11775) @item -s
+cvs.texi(,11776) Short patch - one liner per file. See @ref{rdiff options}.
+cvs.texi(,11777)
+cvs.texi(,11778) @item -t
+cvs.texi(,11779) Top two diffs - last change made to the file. See
+cvs.texi(,11780) @ref{diff options}.
+cvs.texi(,11781)
+cvs.texi(,11782) @item -u
+cvs.texi(,11783) Unidiff output format. See @ref{rdiff options}.
+cvs.texi(,11784)
+cvs.texi(,11785) @item -V @var{vers}
+cvs.texi(,11786) Use RCS Version @var{vers} for keyword expansion (obsolete).
See
+cvs.texi(,11787) @ref{rdiff options}.
+cvs.texi(,11788) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11789)
+cvs.texi(,11790) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11791) @item release address@hidden @var{directory}
+cvs.texi(,11792) Indicate that a directory is no longer in use. See
+cvs.texi(,11793) @ref{release}.
+cvs.texi(,11794)
+cvs.texi(,11795) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11796) @item -d
+cvs.texi(,11797) Delete the given directory. See @ref{release options}.
+cvs.texi(,11798) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11799)
+cvs.texi(,11800) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11801) @item remove address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11802) Remove an entry from the repository. See @ref{Removing
files}.
+cvs.texi(,11803)
+cvs.texi(,11804) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11805) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,11806) Delete the file before removing it. See @ref{Removing files}.
+cvs.texi(,11807)
+cvs.texi(,11808) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11809) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11810)
+cvs.texi(,11811) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11812) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,11813) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11814) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11815)
+cvs.texi(,11816) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11817) @item rlog address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11818) Print out history information for modules. See @ref{log}.
+cvs.texi(,11819)
+cvs.texi(,11820) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11821) @item -b
+cvs.texi(,11822) Only list revisions on the default branch. See @ref{log
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11823)
+cvs.texi(,11824) @item -d @var{dates}
+cvs.texi(,11825) Specify dates (@var{d1}<@var{d2} for range, @var{d} for
+cvs.texi(,11826) latest before). See @ref{log options}.
cvs.texi(,11827)
-cvs.texi(,11828) @item -N
-cvs.texi(,11829) Do not list tags. See @ref{log options}.
+cvs.texi(,11828) @item -h
+cvs.texi(,11829) Only print header. See @ref{log options}.
cvs.texi(,11830)
-cvs.texi(,11831) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11832) Only print name of RCS file. See @ref{log options}.
+cvs.texi(,11831) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11832) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
cvs.texi(,11833)
-cvs.texi(,11834) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11835) Only list revisions @var{revs}. See @ref{log options}.
+cvs.texi(,11834) @item -N
+cvs.texi(,11835) Do not list tags. See @ref{log options}.
cvs.texi(,11836)
-cvs.texi(,11837) @item -s @var{states}
-cvs.texi(,11838) Only list revisions with specified states. See @ref{log
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11837) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11838) Only print name of RCS file. See @ref{log options}.
cvs.texi(,11839)
-cvs.texi(,11840) @item -t
-cvs.texi(,11841) Only print header and descriptive text. See @ref{log
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11840) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11841) Only list revisions @var{revs}. See @ref{log options}.
cvs.texi(,11842)
-cvs.texi(,11843) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11844) Only list revisions checked in by specified logins. See
@ref{log options}.
-cvs.texi(,11845) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11846)
-cvs.texi(,11847) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11848) @item rtag address@hidden @var{tag} @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11849) Add a symbolic tag to a module.
-cvs.texi(,11850) See @ref{Revisions} and @ref{Branching and merging}.
-cvs.texi(,11851)
-cvs.texi(,11852) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11853) @item -a
-cvs.texi(,11854) Clear tag from removed files that would not otherwise
-cvs.texi(,11855) be tagged. See @ref{Tagging add/remove}.
-cvs.texi(,11856)
-cvs.texi(,11857) @item -b
-cvs.texi(,11858) Create a branch named @var{tag}. See @ref{Branching and
merging}.
-cvs.texi(,11859)
-cvs.texi(,11860) @item -B
-cvs.texi(,11861) Used in conjunction with -F or -d, enables movement and
deletion of
-cvs.texi(,11862) branch tags. Use with extreme caution.
-cvs.texi(,11863)
-cvs.texi(,11864) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,11865) Tag revisions as of @var{date}. See @ref{Tagging by
date/tag}.
-cvs.texi(,11866)
-cvs.texi(,11867) @item -d
-cvs.texi(,11868) Delete @var{tag}. See @ref{Modifying tags}.
+cvs.texi(,11843) @item -s @var{states}
+cvs.texi(,11844) Only list revisions with specified states. See @ref{log
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11845)
+cvs.texi(,11846) @item -t
+cvs.texi(,11847) Only print header and descriptive text. See @ref{log
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11848)
+cvs.texi(,11849) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11850) Only list revisions checked in by specified logins. See
@ref{log options}.
+cvs.texi(,11851) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11852)
+cvs.texi(,11853) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11854) @item rtag address@hidden @var{tag} @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11855) Add a symbolic tag to a module.
+cvs.texi(,11856) See @ref{Revisions} and @ref{Branching and merging}.
+cvs.texi(,11857)
+cvs.texi(,11858) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11859) @item -a
+cvs.texi(,11860) Clear tag from removed files that would not otherwise
+cvs.texi(,11861) be tagged. See @ref{Tagging add/remove}.
+cvs.texi(,11862)
+cvs.texi(,11863) @item -b
+cvs.texi(,11864) Create a branch named @var{tag}. See @ref{Branching and
merging}.
+cvs.texi(,11865)
+cvs.texi(,11866) @item -B
+cvs.texi(,11867) Used in conjunction with -F or -d, enables movement and
deletion of
+cvs.texi(,11868) branch tags. Use with extreme caution.
cvs.texi(,11869)
-cvs.texi(,11870) @item -F
-cvs.texi(,11871) Move @var{tag} if it already exists. See @ref{Modifying
tags}.
+cvs.texi(,11870) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,11871) Tag revisions as of @var{date}. See @ref{Tagging by
date/tag}.
cvs.texi(,11872)
-cvs.texi(,11873) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,11874) Force a head revision match if tag/date not found.
-cvs.texi(,11875) See @ref{Tagging by date/tag}.
-cvs.texi(,11876)
-cvs.texi(,11877) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11878) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11879)
-cvs.texi(,11880) @item -n
-cvs.texi(,11881) No execution of tag program. See @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11873) @item -d
+cvs.texi(,11874) Delete @var{tag}. See @ref{Modifying tags}.
+cvs.texi(,11875)
+cvs.texi(,11876) @item -F
+cvs.texi(,11877) Move @var{tag} if it already exists. See @ref{Modifying
tags}.
+cvs.texi(,11878)
+cvs.texi(,11879) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,11880) Force a head revision match if tag/date not found.
+cvs.texi(,11881) See @ref{Tagging by date/tag}.
cvs.texi(,11882)
-cvs.texi(,11883) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11884) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,11885) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11886)
-cvs.texi(,11887) @item -r @var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,11888) Tag existing tag @var{rev}. See @ref{Tagging by date/tag}.
-cvs.texi(,11889) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11890)
-cvs.texi(,11891) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11892) @item server
-cvs.texi(,11893) Rsh server. See @ref{Connecting via rsh}.
-cvs.texi(,11894)
-cvs.texi(,11895) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11896) @item status address@hidden @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11897) Display status information in a working directory. See
-cvs.texi(,11898) @ref{File status}.
-cvs.texi(,11899)
-cvs.texi(,11900) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11901) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11902) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11903)
-cvs.texi(,11904) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11905) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,11906) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11907)
-cvs.texi(,11908) @item -v
-cvs.texi(,11909) Include tag information for file. See @ref{Tags}.
-cvs.texi(,11910) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11911)
-cvs.texi(,11912) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11913) @item tag address@hidden @var{tag} address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11914) Add a symbolic tag to checked out version of files.
-cvs.texi(,11915) See @ref{Revisions} and @ref{Branching and merging}.
-cvs.texi(,11916)
-cvs.texi(,11917) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11918) @item -b
-cvs.texi(,11919) Create a branch named @var{tag}. See @ref{Branching and
merging}.
-cvs.texi(,11920)
-cvs.texi(,11921) @item -c
-cvs.texi(,11922) Check that working files are unmodified. See
-cvs.texi(,11923) @ref{Tagging the working directory}.
-cvs.texi(,11924)
-cvs.texi(,11925) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,11926) Tag revisions as of @var{date}. See @ref{Tagging by
date/tag}.
-cvs.texi(,11927)
-cvs.texi(,11928) @item -d
-cvs.texi(,11929) Delete @var{tag}. See @ref{Modifying tags}.
+cvs.texi(,11883) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11884) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11885)
+cvs.texi(,11886) @item -n
+cvs.texi(,11887) No execution of tag program. See @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11888)
+cvs.texi(,11889) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11890) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,11891) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11892)
+cvs.texi(,11893) @item -r @var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,11894) Tag existing tag @var{rev}. See @ref{Tagging by date/tag}.
+cvs.texi(,11895) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11896)
+cvs.texi(,11897) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11898) @item server
+cvs.texi(,11899) Rsh server. See @ref{Connecting via rsh}.
+cvs.texi(,11900)
+cvs.texi(,11901) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11902) @item status address@hidden @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11903) Display status information in a working directory. See
+cvs.texi(,11904) @ref{File status}.
+cvs.texi(,11905)
+cvs.texi(,11906) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11907) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11908) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11909)
+cvs.texi(,11910) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11911) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,11912) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11913)
+cvs.texi(,11914) @item -v
+cvs.texi(,11915) Include tag information for file. See @ref{Tags}.
+cvs.texi(,11916) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11917)
+cvs.texi(,11918) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11919) @item tag address@hidden @var{tag} address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11920) Add a symbolic tag to checked out version of files.
+cvs.texi(,11921) See @ref{Revisions} and @ref{Branching and merging}.
+cvs.texi(,11922)
+cvs.texi(,11923) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11924) @item -b
+cvs.texi(,11925) Create a branch named @var{tag}. See @ref{Branching and
merging}.
+cvs.texi(,11926)
+cvs.texi(,11927) @item -c
+cvs.texi(,11928) Check that working files are unmodified. See
+cvs.texi(,11929) @ref{Tagging the working directory}.
cvs.texi(,11930)
-cvs.texi(,11931) @item -F
-cvs.texi(,11932) Move @var{tag} if it already exists. See @ref{Modifying
tags}.
+cvs.texi(,11931) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,11932) Tag revisions as of @var{date}. See @ref{Tagging by
date/tag}.
cvs.texi(,11933)
-cvs.texi(,11934) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,11935) Force a head revision match if tag/date not found.
-cvs.texi(,11936) See @ref{Tagging by date/tag}.
-cvs.texi(,11937)
-cvs.texi(,11938) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11939) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11940)
-cvs.texi(,11941) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11942) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,11943) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11944)
-cvs.texi(,11945) @item -r @var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,11946) Tag existing tag @var{rev}. See @ref{Tagging by date/tag}.
-cvs.texi(,11947) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11948)
-cvs.texi(,11949) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11950) @item unedit address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11951) Undo an edit command. See @ref{Editing files}.
-cvs.texi(,11952)
-cvs.texi(,11953) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11954) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11955) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11956)
-cvs.texi(,11957) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11958) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11959) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11960)
-cvs.texi(,11961) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11962) @item update address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11963) Bring work tree in sync with repository. See
-cvs.texi(,11964) @ref{update}.
-cvs.texi(,11965)
-cvs.texi(,11966) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11967) @item -A
-cvs.texi(,11968) Reset any sticky tags/date/options. See @ref{Sticky
-cvs.texi(,11969) tags} and @ref{Keyword substitution}.
-cvs.texi(,11970)
-cvs.texi(,11971) @item -C
-cvs.texi(,11972) Overwrite locally modified files with clean copies from
-cvs.texi(,11973) the repository (the modified file is saved in
-cvs.texi(,11974) @address@hidden@var{revision}}, however).
-cvs.texi(,11975)
-cvs.texi(,11976) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,11977) Check out revisions as of @var{date} (is sticky). See
-cvs.texi(,11978) @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11979)
-cvs.texi(,11980) @item -d
-cvs.texi(,11981) Create directories. See @ref{update options}.
-cvs.texi(,11982)
-cvs.texi(,11983) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,11984) Use head revision if tag/date not found. See
-cvs.texi(,11985) @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11986)
-cvs.texi(,11987) @item -I @var{ign}
-cvs.texi(,11988) More files to ignore (! to reset). See
-cvs.texi(,11989) @ref{import options}.
-cvs.texi(,11990)
-cvs.texi(,11991) @c Probably want to use rev1/rev2 style like for diff
-cvs.texi(,11992) @c -r. Here and in on-line help.
-cvs.texi(,11993) @item -j @var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,11994) Merge in changes. See @ref{update options}.
-cvs.texi(,11995)
-cvs.texi(,11996) @item -k @var{kflag}
-cvs.texi(,11997) Use @var{kflag} keyword expansion. See
-cvs.texi(,11998) @ref{Substitution modes}.
-cvs.texi(,11999)
-cvs.texi(,12000) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,12001) Local; run only in current working directory.
@xref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,12002)
-cvs.texi(,12003) @item -P
-cvs.texi(,12004) Prune empty directories. See @ref{Moving directories}.
+cvs.texi(,11934) @item -d
+cvs.texi(,11935) Delete @var{tag}. See @ref{Modifying tags}.
+cvs.texi(,11936)
+cvs.texi(,11937) @item -F
+cvs.texi(,11938) Move @var{tag} if it already exists. See @ref{Modifying
tags}.
+cvs.texi(,11939)
+cvs.texi(,11940) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,11941) Force a head revision match if tag/date not found.
+cvs.texi(,11942) See @ref{Tagging by date/tag}.
+cvs.texi(,11943)
+cvs.texi(,11944) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11945) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11946)
+cvs.texi(,11947) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11948) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,11949) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11950)
+cvs.texi(,11951) @item -r @var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,11952) Tag existing tag @var{rev}. See @ref{Tagging by date/tag}.
+cvs.texi(,11953) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11954)
+cvs.texi(,11955) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11956) @item unedit address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11957) Undo an edit command. See @ref{Editing files}.
+cvs.texi(,11958)
+cvs.texi(,11959) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11960) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11961) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11962)
+cvs.texi(,11963) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11964) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11965) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11966)
+cvs.texi(,11967) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11968) @item update address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11969) Bring work tree in sync with repository. See
+cvs.texi(,11970) @ref{update}.
+cvs.texi(,11971)
+cvs.texi(,11972) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11973) @item -A
+cvs.texi(,11974) Reset any sticky tags/date/options. See @ref{Sticky
+cvs.texi(,11975) tags} and @ref{Keyword substitution}.
+cvs.texi(,11976)
+cvs.texi(,11977) @item -C
+cvs.texi(,11978) Overwrite locally modified files with clean copies from
+cvs.texi(,11979) the repository (the modified file is saved in
+cvs.texi(,11980) @address@hidden@var{revision}}, however).
+cvs.texi(,11981)
+cvs.texi(,11982) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,11983) Check out revisions as of @var{date} (is sticky). See
+cvs.texi(,11984) @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11985)
+cvs.texi(,11986) @item -d
+cvs.texi(,11987) Create directories. See @ref{update options}.
+cvs.texi(,11988)
+cvs.texi(,11989) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,11990) Use head revision if tag/date not found. See
+cvs.texi(,11991) @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11992)
+cvs.texi(,11993) @item -I @var{ign}
+cvs.texi(,11994) More files to ignore (! to reset). See
+cvs.texi(,11995) @ref{import options}.
+cvs.texi(,11996)
+cvs.texi(,11997) @c Probably want to use rev1/rev2 style like for diff
+cvs.texi(,11998) @c -r. Here and in on-line help.
+cvs.texi(,11999) @item -j @var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,12000) Merge in changes. See @ref{update options}.
+cvs.texi(,12001)
+cvs.texi(,12002) @item -k @var{kflag}
+cvs.texi(,12003) Use @var{kflag} keyword expansion. See
+cvs.texi(,12004) @ref{Substitution modes}.
cvs.texi(,12005)
-cvs.texi(,12006) @item -p
-cvs.texi(,12007) Check out files to standard output (avoids
-cvs.texi(,12008) stickiness). See @ref{update options}.
-cvs.texi(,12009)
-cvs.texi(,12010) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,12011) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,12012) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,12013)
-cvs.texi(,12014) @item -r @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,12015) Checkout revision @var{tag} (is sticky). See @ref{Common
options}.
-cvs.texi(,12016)
-cvs.texi(,12017) @item -W @var{spec}
-cvs.texi(,12018) More wrappers. See @ref{import options}.
-cvs.texi(,12019) @end table
-cvs.texi(,12020)
-cvs.texi(,12021) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,12022) @item version
-cvs.texi(,12023) @cindex version (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,12024)
-cvs.texi(,12025) Display the version of @sc{cvs} being used. If the repository
-cvs.texi(,12026) is remote, display both the client and server versions.
-cvs.texi(,12027)
-cvs.texi(,12028) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,12029) @item watch [on|off|add|remove] address@hidden
address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,12006) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,12007) Local; run only in current working directory.
@xref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,12008)
+cvs.texi(,12009) @item -P
+cvs.texi(,12010) Prune empty directories. See @ref{Moving directories}.
+cvs.texi(,12011)
+cvs.texi(,12012) @item -p
+cvs.texi(,12013) Check out files to standard output (avoids
+cvs.texi(,12014) stickiness). See @ref{update options}.
+cvs.texi(,12015)
+cvs.texi(,12016) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,12017) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,12018) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,12019)
+cvs.texi(,12020) @item -r @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,12021) Checkout revision @var{tag} (is sticky). See @ref{Common
options}.
+cvs.texi(,12022)
+cvs.texi(,12023) @item -W @var{spec}
+cvs.texi(,12024) More wrappers. See @ref{import options}.
+cvs.texi(,12025) @end table
+cvs.texi(,12026)
+cvs.texi(,12027) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,12028) @item version
+cvs.texi(,12029) @cindex version (subcommand)
cvs.texi(,12030)
-cvs.texi(,12031) on/off: turn on/off read-only checkouts of files. See
-cvs.texi(,12032) @ref{Setting a watch}.
+cvs.texi(,12031) Display the version of @sc{cvs} being used. If the repository
+cvs.texi(,12032) is remote, display both the client and server versions.
cvs.texi(,12033)
-cvs.texi(,12034) add/remove: add or remove notification on actions. See
-cvs.texi(,12035) @ref{Getting Notified}.
+cvs.texi(,12034) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,12035) @item watch [on|off|add|remove] address@hidden
address@hidden@dots{}]
cvs.texi(,12036)
-cvs.texi(,12037) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,12038) @item -a @var{actions}
-cvs.texi(,12039) Specify actions for temporary watch, where
-cvs.texi(,12040) @var{actions} is @code{edit}, @code{unedit},
-cvs.texi(,12041) @code{commit}, @code{all}, or @code{none}. See
-cvs.texi(,12042) @ref{Editing files}.
-cvs.texi(,12043)
-cvs.texi(,12044) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,12045) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,12046)
-cvs.texi(,12047) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,12048) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,12049) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,12050) @end table
-cvs.texi(,12051)
-cvs.texi(,12052) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,12053) @item watchers address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,12054) See who is watching a file. See @ref{Watch information}.
-cvs.texi(,12055)
-cvs.texi(,12056) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,12057) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,12058) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,12059)
-cvs.texi(,12060) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,12061) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,12062) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,12063) @end table
-cvs.texi(,12064)
-cvs.texi(,12065) @end table
-cvs.texi(,12066)
-cvs.texi(,12067) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,12068) @node Administrative files
-cvs.texi(,12069) @appendix Reference manual for Administrative files
-cvs.texi(,12070) @cindex Administrative files (reference)
-cvs.texi(,12071) @cindex Files, reference manual
-cvs.texi(,12072) @cindex Reference manual (files)
-cvs.texi(,12073) @cindex CVSROOT (file)
-cvs.texi(,12074)
-cvs.texi(,12075) @c FIXME? Somewhere there needs to be a more "how-to"
-cvs.texi(,12076) @c guide to writing these. I think the triggers
-cvs.texi(,12077) @c (commitinfo, loginfo, taginfo, &c) are perhaps a
-cvs.texi(,12078) @c different case than files like modules. One
-cvs.texi(,12079) @c particular issue that people sometimes are
-cvs.texi(,12080) @c (unnecessarily?) worried about is performance, and
-cvs.texi(,12081) @c the impact of writing in perl or sh or ____.
-cvs.texi(,12082) Inside the repository, in the directory
-cvs.texi(,12083) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT}, there are a number of
-cvs.texi(,12084) supportive files for @sc{cvs}. You can use @sc{cvs} in a
limited
-cvs.texi(,12085) fashion without any of them, but if they are set up
-cvs.texi(,12086) properly they can help make life easier. For a
-cvs.texi(,12087) discussion of how to edit them, see @ref{Intro
-cvs.texi(,12088) administrative files}.
-cvs.texi(,12089)
-cvs.texi(,12090) The most important of these files is the @file{modules}
-cvs.texi(,12091) file, which defines the modules inside the repository.
-cvs.texi(,12092)
-cvs.texi(,12093) @menu
-cvs.texi(,12094) * modules:: Defining modules
-cvs.texi(,12095) * Wrappers:: Specify binary-ness based on
file name
-cvs.texi(,12096) * commit files:: The commit support files
(commitinfo,
-cvs.texi(,12097) verifymsg, editinfo, loginfo)
-cvs.texi(,12098) * rcsinfo:: Templates for the log messages
-cvs.texi(,12099) * cvsignore:: Ignoring files via cvsignore
-cvs.texi(,12100) * checkoutlist:: Adding your own
administrative files
-cvs.texi(,12101) * history file:: History information
-cvs.texi(,12102) * Variables:: Various variables are expanded
-cvs.texi(,12103) * config:: Miscellaneous CVS
configuration
-cvs.texi(,12104) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,12105)
-cvs.texi(,12106) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,12107) @node modules
-cvs.texi(,12108) @appendixsec The modules file
-cvs.texi(,12109) @cindex Modules (admin file)
-cvs.texi(,12110) @cindex Defining modules (reference manual)
+cvs.texi(,12037) on/off: turn on/off read-only checkouts of files. See
+cvs.texi(,12038) @ref{Setting a watch}.
+cvs.texi(,12039)
+cvs.texi(,12040) add/remove: add or remove notification on actions. See
+cvs.texi(,12041) @ref{Getting Notified}.
+cvs.texi(,12042)
+cvs.texi(,12043) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,12044) @item -a @var{actions}
+cvs.texi(,12045) Specify actions for temporary watch, where
+cvs.texi(,12046) @var{actions} is @code{edit}, @code{unedit},
+cvs.texi(,12047) @code{commit}, @code{all}, or @code{none}. See
+cvs.texi(,12048) @ref{Editing files}.
+cvs.texi(,12049)
+cvs.texi(,12050) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,12051) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,12052)
+cvs.texi(,12053) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,12054) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,12055) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,12056) @end table
+cvs.texi(,12057)
+cvs.texi(,12058) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,12059) @item watchers address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,12060) See who is watching a file. See @ref{Watch information}.
+cvs.texi(,12061)
+cvs.texi(,12062) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,12063) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,12064) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,12065)
+cvs.texi(,12066) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,12067) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,12068) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,12069) @end table
+cvs.texi(,12070)
+cvs.texi(,12071) @end table
+cvs.texi(,12072)
+cvs.texi(,12073) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,12074) @node Administrative files
+cvs.texi(,12075) @appendix Reference manual for Administrative files
+cvs.texi(,12076) @cindex Administrative files (reference)
+cvs.texi(,12077) @cindex Files, reference manual
+cvs.texi(,12078) @cindex Reference manual (files)
+cvs.texi(,12079) @cindex CVSROOT (file)
+cvs.texi(,12080)
+cvs.texi(,12081) @c FIXME? Somewhere there needs to be a more "how-to"
+cvs.texi(,12082) @c guide to writing these. I think the triggers
+cvs.texi(,12083) @c (commitinfo, loginfo, taginfo, &c) are perhaps a
+cvs.texi(,12084) @c different case than files like modules. One
+cvs.texi(,12085) @c particular issue that people sometimes are
+cvs.texi(,12086) @c (unnecessarily?) worried about is performance, and
+cvs.texi(,12087) @c the impact of writing in perl or sh or ____.
+cvs.texi(,12088) Inside the repository, in the directory
+cvs.texi(,12089) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT}, there are a number of
+cvs.texi(,12090) supportive files for @sc{cvs}. You can use @sc{cvs} in a
limited
+cvs.texi(,12091) fashion without any of them, but if they are set up
+cvs.texi(,12092) properly they can help make life easier. For a
+cvs.texi(,12093) discussion of how to edit them, see @ref{Intro
+cvs.texi(,12094) administrative files}.
+cvs.texi(,12095)
+cvs.texi(,12096) The most important of these files is the @file{modules}
+cvs.texi(,12097) file, which defines the modules inside the repository.
+cvs.texi(,12098)
+cvs.texi(,12099) @menu
+cvs.texi(,12100) * modules:: Defining modules
+cvs.texi(,12101) * Wrappers:: Specify binary-ness based on
file name
+cvs.texi(,12102) * commit files:: The commit support files
(commitinfo,
+cvs.texi(,12103) verifymsg, editinfo, loginfo)
+cvs.texi(,12104) * rcsinfo:: Templates for the log messages
+cvs.texi(,12105) * cvsignore:: Ignoring files via cvsignore
+cvs.texi(,12106) * checkoutlist:: Adding your own
administrative files
+cvs.texi(,12107) * history file:: History information
+cvs.texi(,12108) * Variables:: Various variables are expanded
+cvs.texi(,12109) * config:: Miscellaneous CVS
configuration
+cvs.texi(,12110) @end menu
cvs.texi(,12111)
-cvs.texi(,12112) The @file{modules} file records your definitions of
-cvs.texi(,12113) names for collections of source code. @sc{cvs} will
-cvs.texi(,12114) use these definitions if you use @sc{cvs} to update the
-cvs.texi(,12115) modules file (use normal commands like @code{add},
-cvs.texi(,12116) @code{commit}, etc).
+cvs.texi(,12112) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,12113) @node modules
+cvs.texi(,12114) @appendixsec The modules file
+cvs.texi(,12115) @cindex Modules (admin file)
+cvs.texi(,12116) @cindex Defining modules (reference manual)
cvs.texi(,12117)
-cvs.texi(,12118) The @file{modules} file may contain blank lines and
-cvs.texi(,12119) comments (lines beginning with @samp{#}) as well as
-cvs.texi(,12120) module definitions. Long lines can be continued on the
-cvs.texi(,12121) next line by specifying a backslash (@samp{\}) as the
-cvs.texi(,12122) last character on the line.
+cvs.texi(,12118) The @file{modules} file records your definitions of
+cvs.texi(,12119) names for collections of source code. @sc{cvs} will
+cvs.texi(,12120) use these definitions if you use @sc{cvs} to update the
+cvs.texi(,12121) modules file (use normal commands like @code{add},
+cvs.texi(,12122) @code{commit}, etc).
cvs.texi(,12123)
-cvs.texi(,12124) There are three basic types of modules: alias modules,
-cvs.texi(,12125) regular modules, and ampersand modules. The difference
-cvs.texi(,12126) between them is the way that they map files in the
-cvs.texi(,12127) repository to files in the working directory. In all
-cvs.texi(,12128) of the following examples, the top-level repository
-cvs.texi(,12129) contains a directory called @file{first-dir}, which
-cvs.texi(,12130) contains two files, @file{file1} and @file{file2}, and a
-cvs.texi(,12131) directory @file{sdir}. @file{first-dir/sdir} contains
-cvs.texi(,12132) a file @file{sfile}.
-cvs.texi(,12133)
-cvs.texi(,12134) @c FIXME: should test all the examples in this section.
-cvs.texi(,12135)
-cvs.texi(,12136) @menu
-cvs.texi(,12137) * Alias modules:: The simplest kind of module
-cvs.texi(,12138) * Regular modules::
-cvs.texi(,12139) * Ampersand modules::
-cvs.texi(,12140) * Excluding directories:: Excluding directories from a
module
-cvs.texi(,12141) * Module options:: Regular and ampersand modules
can take options
-cvs.texi(,12142) * Module program options:: How the modules ``program
options'' programs
-cvs.texi(,12143) are run.
-cvs.texi(,12144) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,12145)
-cvs.texi(,12146) @node Alias modules
-cvs.texi(,12147) @appendixsubsec Alias modules
-cvs.texi(,12148) @cindex Alias modules
-cvs.texi(,12149) @cindex -a, in modules file
-cvs.texi(,12150)
-cvs.texi(,12151) Alias modules are the simplest kind of module:
-cvs.texi(,12152)
-cvs.texi(,12153) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,12154) @item @var{mname} -a @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,12155) This represents the simplest way of defining a module
-cvs.texi(,12156) @var{mname}. The @samp{-a} flags the definition as a
-cvs.texi(,12157) simple alias: @sc{cvs} will treat any use of @var{mname} (as
-cvs.texi(,12158) a command argument) as if the list of names
-cvs.texi(,12159) @var{aliases} had been specified instead.
-cvs.texi(,12160) @var{aliases} may contain either other module names or
-cvs.texi(,12161) paths. When you use paths in aliases, @code{checkout}
-cvs.texi(,12162) creates all intermediate directories in the working
-cvs.texi(,12163) directory, just as if the path had been specified
-cvs.texi(,12164) explicitly in the @sc{cvs} arguments.
-cvs.texi(,12165) @end table
-cvs.texi(,12166)
-cvs.texi(,12167) For example, if the modules file contains:
-cvs.texi(,12168)
-cvs.texi(,12169) @example
-cvs.texi(,12170) amodule -a first-dir
-cvs.texi(,12171) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12124) The @file{modules} file may contain blank lines and
+cvs.texi(,12125) comments (lines beginning with @samp{#}) as well as
+cvs.texi(,12126) module definitions. Long lines can be continued on the
+cvs.texi(,12127) next line by specifying a backslash (@samp{\}) as the
+cvs.texi(,12128) last character on the line.
+cvs.texi(,12129)
+cvs.texi(,12130) There are three basic types of modules: alias modules,
+cvs.texi(,12131) regular modules, and ampersand modules. The difference
+cvs.texi(,12132) between them is the way that they map files in the
+cvs.texi(,12133) repository to files in the working directory. In all
+cvs.texi(,12134) of the following examples, the top-level repository
+cvs.texi(,12135) contains a directory called @file{first-dir}, which
+cvs.texi(,12136) contains two files, @file{file1} and @file{file2}, and a
+cvs.texi(,12137) directory @file{sdir}. @file{first-dir/sdir} contains
+cvs.texi(,12138) a file @file{sfile}.
+cvs.texi(,12139)
+cvs.texi(,12140) @c FIXME: should test all the examples in this section.
+cvs.texi(,12141)
+cvs.texi(,12142) @menu
+cvs.texi(,12143) * Alias modules:: The simplest kind of module
+cvs.texi(,12144) * Regular modules::
+cvs.texi(,12145) * Ampersand modules::
+cvs.texi(,12146) * Excluding directories:: Excluding directories from a
module
+cvs.texi(,12147) * Module options:: Regular and ampersand modules
can take options
+cvs.texi(,12148) * Module program options:: How the modules ``program
options'' programs
+cvs.texi(,12149) are run.
+cvs.texi(,12150) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,12151)
+cvs.texi(,12152) @node Alias modules
+cvs.texi(,12153) @appendixsubsec Alias modules
+cvs.texi(,12154) @cindex Alias modules
+cvs.texi(,12155) @cindex -a, in modules file
+cvs.texi(,12156)
+cvs.texi(,12157) Alias modules are the simplest kind of module:
+cvs.texi(,12158)
+cvs.texi(,12159) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,12160) @item @var{mname} -a @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,12161) This represents the simplest way of defining a module
+cvs.texi(,12162) @var{mname}. The @samp{-a} flags the definition as a
+cvs.texi(,12163) simple alias: @sc{cvs} will treat any use of @var{mname} (as
+cvs.texi(,12164) a command argument) as if the list of names
+cvs.texi(,12165) @var{aliases} had been specified instead.
+cvs.texi(,12166) @var{aliases} may contain either other module names or
+cvs.texi(,12167) paths. When you use paths in aliases, @code{checkout}
+cvs.texi(,12168) creates all intermediate directories in the working
+cvs.texi(,12169) directory, just as if the path had been specified
+cvs.texi(,12170) explicitly in the @sc{cvs} arguments.
+cvs.texi(,12171) @end table
cvs.texi(,12172)
-cvs.texi(,12173) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,12174) then the following two commands are equivalent:
-cvs.texi(,12175)
-cvs.texi(,12176) @example
-cvs.texi(,12177) $ cvs co amodule
-cvs.texi(,12178) $ cvs co first-dir
-cvs.texi(,12179) @end example
-cvs.texi(,12180)
-cvs.texi(,12181) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,12182) and they each would provide output such as:
-cvs.texi(,12183)
-cvs.texi(,12184) @example
-cvs.texi(,12185) cvs checkout: Updating first-dir
-cvs.texi(,12186) U first-dir/file1
-cvs.texi(,12187) U first-dir/file2
-cvs.texi(,12188) cvs checkout: Updating first-dir/sdir
-cvs.texi(,12189) U first-dir/sdir/sfile
-cvs.texi(,12190) @end example
-cvs.texi(,12191)
-cvs.texi(,12192) @node Regular modules
-cvs.texi(,12193) @appendixsubsec Regular modules
-cvs.texi(,12194) @cindex Regular modules
-cvs.texi(,12195)
-cvs.texi(,12196) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,12197) @item @var{mname} [ options ] @var{dir} [ @address@hidden ]
-cvs.texi(,12198) In the simplest case, this form of module definition
-cvs.texi(,12199) reduces to @address@hidden @var{dir}}. This defines
-cvs.texi(,12200) all the files in directory @var{dir} as module mname.
-cvs.texi(,12201) @var{dir} is a relative path (from @code{$CVSROOT}) to a
-cvs.texi(,12202) directory of source in the source repository. In this
-cvs.texi(,12203) case, on checkout, a single directory called
-cvs.texi(,12204) @var{mname} is created as a working directory; no
-cvs.texi(,12205) intermediate directory levels are used by default, even
-cvs.texi(,12206) if @var{dir} was a path involving several directory
-cvs.texi(,12207) levels.
-cvs.texi(,12208) @end table
-cvs.texi(,12209)
-cvs.texi(,12210) For example, if a module is defined by:
-cvs.texi(,12211)
-cvs.texi(,12212) @example
-cvs.texi(,12213) regmodule first-dir
-cvs.texi(,12214) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12173) For example, if the modules file contains:
+cvs.texi(,12174)
+cvs.texi(,12175) @example
+cvs.texi(,12176) amodule -a first-dir
+cvs.texi(,12177) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12178)
+cvs.texi(,12179) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,12180) then the following two commands are equivalent:
+cvs.texi(,12181)
+cvs.texi(,12182) @example
+cvs.texi(,12183) $ cvs co amodule
+cvs.texi(,12184) $ cvs co first-dir
+cvs.texi(,12185) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12186)
+cvs.texi(,12187) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,12188) and they each would provide output such as:
+cvs.texi(,12189)
+cvs.texi(,12190) @example
+cvs.texi(,12191) cvs checkout: Updating first-dir
+cvs.texi(,12192) U first-dir/file1
+cvs.texi(,12193) U first-dir/file2
+cvs.texi(,12194) cvs checkout: Updating first-dir/sdir
+cvs.texi(,12195) U first-dir/sdir/sfile
+cvs.texi(,12196) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12197)
+cvs.texi(,12198) @node Regular modules
+cvs.texi(,12199) @appendixsubsec Regular modules
+cvs.texi(,12200) @cindex Regular modules
+cvs.texi(,12201)
+cvs.texi(,12202) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,12203) @item @var{mname} [ options ] @var{dir} [ @address@hidden ]
+cvs.texi(,12204) In the simplest case, this form of module definition
+cvs.texi(,12205) reduces to @address@hidden @var{dir}}. This defines
+cvs.texi(,12206) all the files in directory @var{dir} as module mname.
+cvs.texi(,12207) @var{dir} is a relative path (from @code{$CVSROOT}) to a
+cvs.texi(,12208) directory of source in the source repository. In this
+cvs.texi(,12209) case, on checkout, a single directory called
+cvs.texi(,12210) @var{mname} is created as a working directory; no
+cvs.texi(,12211) intermediate directory levels are used by default, even
+cvs.texi(,12212) if @var{dir} was a path involving several directory
+cvs.texi(,12213) levels.
+cvs.texi(,12214) @end table
cvs.texi(,12215)
-cvs.texi(,12216) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,12217) then regmodule will contain the files from first-dir:
-cvs.texi(,12218)
-cvs.texi(,12219) @example
-cvs.texi(,12220) $ cvs co regmodule
-cvs.texi(,12221) cvs checkout: Updating regmodule
-cvs.texi(,12222) U regmodule/file1
-cvs.texi(,12223) U regmodule/file2
-cvs.texi(,12224) cvs checkout: Updating regmodule/sdir
-cvs.texi(,12225) U regmodule/sdir/sfile
-cvs.texi(,12226) $
-cvs.texi(,12227) @end example
-cvs.texi(,12228)
-cvs.texi(,12229) By explicitly specifying files in the module definition
-cvs.texi(,12230) after @var{dir}, you can select particular files from
-cvs.texi(,12231) directory @var{dir}. Here is
-cvs.texi(,12232) an example:
-cvs.texi(,12233)
-cvs.texi(,12234) @example
-cvs.texi(,12235) regfiles first-dir/sdir sfile
-cvs.texi(,12236) @end example
-cvs.texi(,12237)
-cvs.texi(,12238) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,12239) With this definition, getting the regfiles module
-cvs.texi(,12240) will create a single working directory
-cvs.texi(,12241) @file{regfiles} containing the file listed, which
-cvs.texi(,12242) comes from a directory deeper
-cvs.texi(,12243) in the @sc{cvs} source repository:
-cvs.texi(,12244)
-cvs.texi(,12245) @example
-cvs.texi(,12246) $ cvs co regfiles
-cvs.texi(,12247) U regfiles/sfile
-cvs.texi(,12248) $
-cvs.texi(,12249) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12216) For example, if a module is defined by:
+cvs.texi(,12217)
+cvs.texi(,12218) @example
+cvs.texi(,12219) regmodule first-dir
+cvs.texi(,12220) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12221)
+cvs.texi(,12222) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,12223) then regmodule will contain the files from first-dir:
+cvs.texi(,12224)
+cvs.texi(,12225) @example
+cvs.texi(,12226) $ cvs co regmodule
+cvs.texi(,12227) cvs checkout: Updating regmodule
+cvs.texi(,12228) U regmodule/file1
+cvs.texi(,12229) U regmodule/file2
+cvs.texi(,12230) cvs checkout: Updating regmodule/sdir
+cvs.texi(,12231) U regmodule/sdir/sfile
+cvs.texi(,12232) $
+cvs.texi(,12233) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12234)
+cvs.texi(,12235) By explicitly specifying files in the module definition
+cvs.texi(,12236) after @var{dir}, you can select particular files from
+cvs.texi(,12237) directory @var{dir}. Here is
+cvs.texi(,12238) an example:
+cvs.texi(,12239)
+cvs.texi(,12240) @example
+cvs.texi(,12241) regfiles first-dir/sdir sfile
+cvs.texi(,12242) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12243)
+cvs.texi(,12244) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,12245) With this definition, getting the regfiles module
+cvs.texi(,12246) will create a single working directory
+cvs.texi(,12247) @file{regfiles} containing the file listed, which
+cvs.texi(,12248) comes from a directory deeper
+cvs.texi(,12249) in the @sc{cvs} source repository:
cvs.texi(,12250)
-cvs.texi(,12251) @node Ampersand modules
-cvs.texi(,12252) @appendixsubsec Ampersand modules
-cvs.texi(,12253) @cindex Ampersand modules
-cvs.texi(,12254) @cindex &, in modules file
-cvs.texi(,12255)
-cvs.texi(,12256) A module definition can refer to other modules by
-cvs.texi(,12257) including @samp{&@var{module}} in its definition.
-cvs.texi(,12258) @example
-cvs.texi(,12259) @var{mname} [ options ] @var{&address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,12260) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12251) @example
+cvs.texi(,12252) $ cvs co regfiles
+cvs.texi(,12253) U regfiles/sfile
+cvs.texi(,12254) $
+cvs.texi(,12255) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12256)
+cvs.texi(,12257) @node Ampersand modules
+cvs.texi(,12258) @appendixsubsec Ampersand modules
+cvs.texi(,12259) @cindex Ampersand modules
+cvs.texi(,12260) @cindex &, in modules file
cvs.texi(,12261)
-cvs.texi(,12262) Then getting the module creates a subdirectory for each such
-cvs.texi(,12263) module, in the directory containing the module. For
-cvs.texi(,12264) example, if modules contains
-cvs.texi(,12265)
-cvs.texi(,12266) @example
-cvs.texi(,12267) ampermod &first-dir
-cvs.texi(,12268) @end example
-cvs.texi(,12269)
-cvs.texi(,12270) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,12271) then a checkout will create an @code{ampermod} directory
-cvs.texi(,12272) which contains a directory called @code{first-dir},
-cvs.texi(,12273) which in turns contains all the directories and files
-cvs.texi(,12274) which live there. For example, the command
+cvs.texi(,12262) A module definition can refer to other modules by
+cvs.texi(,12263) including @samp{&@var{module}} in its definition.
+cvs.texi(,12264) @example
+cvs.texi(,12265) @var{mname} [ options ] @var{&address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,12266) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12267)
+cvs.texi(,12268) Then getting the module creates a subdirectory for each such
+cvs.texi(,12269) module, in the directory containing the module. For
+cvs.texi(,12270) example, if modules contains
+cvs.texi(,12271)
+cvs.texi(,12272) @example
+cvs.texi(,12273) ampermod &first-dir
+cvs.texi(,12274) @end example
cvs.texi(,12275)
-cvs.texi(,12276) @example
-cvs.texi(,12277) $ cvs co ampermod
-cvs.texi(,12278) @end example
-cvs.texi(,12279)
-cvs.texi(,12280) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,12281) will create the following files:
-cvs.texi(,12282)
-cvs.texi(,12283) @example
-cvs.texi(,12284) ampermod/first-dir/file1
-cvs.texi(,12285) ampermod/first-dir/file2
-cvs.texi(,12286) ampermod/first-dir/sdir/sfile
-cvs.texi(,12287) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12276) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,12277) then a checkout will create an @code{ampermod} directory
+cvs.texi(,12278) which contains a directory called @code{first-dir},
+cvs.texi(,12279) which in turns contains all the directories and files
+cvs.texi(,12280) which live there. For example, the command
+cvs.texi(,12281)
+cvs.texi(,12282) @example
+cvs.texi(,12283) $ cvs co ampermod
+cvs.texi(,12284) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12285)
+cvs.texi(,12286) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,12287) will create the following files:
cvs.texi(,12288)
-cvs.texi(,12289) There is one quirk/bug: the messages that @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,12290) prints omit the @file{ampermod}, and thus do not
-cvs.texi(,12291) correctly display the location to which it is checking
-cvs.texi(,12292) out the files:
-cvs.texi(,12293)
-cvs.texi(,12294) @example
-cvs.texi(,12295) $ cvs co ampermod
-cvs.texi(,12296) cvs checkout: Updating first-dir
-cvs.texi(,12297) U first-dir/file1
-cvs.texi(,12298) U first-dir/file2
-cvs.texi(,12299) cvs checkout: Updating first-dir/sdir
-cvs.texi(,12300) U first-dir/sdir/sfile
-cvs.texi(,12301) $
-cvs.texi(,12302) @end example
-cvs.texi(,12303)
-cvs.texi(,12304) Do not rely on this buggy behavior; it may get fixed in
-cvs.texi(,12305) a future release of @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,12306)
-cvs.texi(,12307) @c FIXCVS: What happens if regular and & modules are
-cvs.texi(,12308) @c combined, as in "ampermodule first-dir &second-dir"?
-cvs.texi(,12309) @c When I tried it, it seemed to just ignore the
-cvs.texi(,12310) @c "first-dir". I think perhaps it should be an error
-cvs.texi(,12311) @c (but this needs further investigation).
-cvs.texi(,12312) @c In addition to discussing what each one does, we
-cvs.texi(,12313) @c should put in a few words about why you would use one or
-cvs.texi(,12314) @c the other in various situations.
-cvs.texi(,12315)
-cvs.texi(,12316) @node Excluding directories
-cvs.texi(,12317) @appendixsubsec Excluding directories
-cvs.texi(,12318) @cindex Excluding directories, in modules file
-cvs.texi(,12319) @cindex !, in modules file
-cvs.texi(,12320)
-cvs.texi(,12321) An alias module may exclude particular directories from
-cvs.texi(,12322) other modules by using an exclamation mark (@samp{!})
-cvs.texi(,12323) before the name of each directory to be excluded.
-cvs.texi(,12324)
-cvs.texi(,12325) For example, if the modules file contains:
+cvs.texi(,12289) @example
+cvs.texi(,12290) ampermod/first-dir/file1
+cvs.texi(,12291) ampermod/first-dir/file2
+cvs.texi(,12292) ampermod/first-dir/sdir/sfile
+cvs.texi(,12293) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12294)
+cvs.texi(,12295) There is one quirk/bug: the messages that @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,12296) prints omit the @file{ampermod}, and thus do not
+cvs.texi(,12297) correctly display the location to which it is checking
+cvs.texi(,12298) out the files:
+cvs.texi(,12299)
+cvs.texi(,12300) @example
+cvs.texi(,12301) $ cvs co ampermod
+cvs.texi(,12302) cvs checkout: Updating first-dir
+cvs.texi(,12303) U first-dir/file1
+cvs.texi(,12304) U first-dir/file2
+cvs.texi(,12305) cvs checkout: Updating first-dir/sdir
+cvs.texi(,12306) U first-dir/sdir/sfile
+cvs.texi(,12307) $
+cvs.texi(,12308) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12309)
+cvs.texi(,12310) Do not rely on this buggy behavior; it may get fixed in
+cvs.texi(,12311) a future release of @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,12312)
+cvs.texi(,12313) @c FIXCVS: What happens if regular and & modules are
+cvs.texi(,12314) @c combined, as in "ampermodule first-dir &second-dir"?
+cvs.texi(,12315) @c When I tried it, it seemed to just ignore the
+cvs.texi(,12316) @c "first-dir". I think perhaps it should be an error
+cvs.texi(,12317) @c (but this needs further investigation).
+cvs.texi(,12318) @c In addition to discussing what each one does, we
+cvs.texi(,12319) @c should put in a few words about why you would use one or
+cvs.texi(,12320) @c the other in various situations.
+cvs.texi(,12321)
+cvs.texi(,12322) @node Excluding directories
+cvs.texi(,12323) @appendixsubsec Excluding directories
+cvs.texi(,12324) @cindex Excluding directories, in modules file
+cvs.texi(,12325) @cindex !, in modules file
cvs.texi(,12326)
-cvs.texi(,12327) @example
-cvs.texi(,12328) exmodule -a !first-dir/sdir first-dir
-cvs.texi(,12329) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12327) An alias module may exclude particular directories from
+cvs.texi(,12328) other modules by using an exclamation mark (@samp{!})
+cvs.texi(,12329) before the name of each directory to be excluded.
cvs.texi(,12330)
-cvs.texi(,12331) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,12332) then checking out the module @samp{exmodule} will check
-cvs.texi(,12333) out everything in @samp{first-dir} except any files in
-cvs.texi(,12334) the subdirectory @samp{first-dir/sdir}.
-cvs.texi(,12335) @c Note that the "!first-dir/sdir" sometimes must be listed
-cvs.texi(,12336) @c before "first-dir". That seems like a probable bug, in
which
-cvs.texi(,12337) @c case perhaps it should be fixed (to allow either
-cvs.texi(,12338) @c order) rather than documented. See modules4 in testsuite.
-cvs.texi(,12339)
-cvs.texi(,12340) @node Module options
-cvs.texi(,12341) @appendixsubsec Module options
-cvs.texi(,12342) @cindex Options, in modules file
-cvs.texi(,12343)
-cvs.texi(,12344) Either regular modules or ampersand modules can contain
-cvs.texi(,12345) options, which supply additional information concerning
-cvs.texi(,12346) the module.
-cvs.texi(,12347)
-cvs.texi(,12348) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,12349) @cindex -d, in modules file
-cvs.texi(,12350) @item -d @var{name}
-cvs.texi(,12351) Name the working directory something other than the
-cvs.texi(,12352) module name.
-cvs.texi(,12353) @c FIXME: Needs a bunch of examples, analogous to the
-cvs.texi(,12354) @c examples for alias, regular, and ampersand modules
-cvs.texi(,12355) @c which show where the files go without -d.
-cvs.texi(,12356)
-cvs.texi(,12357) @cindex Export program
-cvs.texi(,12358) @cindex -e, in modules file
-cvs.texi(,12359) @item -e @var{prog}
-cvs.texi(,12360) Specify a program @var{prog} to run whenever files in a
-cvs.texi(,12361) module are exported. @var{prog} runs with a single
-cvs.texi(,12362) argument, the module name.
-cvs.texi(,12363) @c FIXME: Is it run on server? client?
-cvs.texi(,12364)
-cvs.texi(,12365) @cindex Checkout program
-cvs.texi(,12366) @cindex -o, in modules file
-cvs.texi(,12367) @item -o @var{prog}
-cvs.texi(,12368) Specify a program @var{prog} to run whenever files in a
-cvs.texi(,12369) module are checked out. @var{prog} runs with a single
-cvs.texi(,12370) argument, the module name. See @ref{Module program options}
for
-cvs.texi(,12371) information on how @var{prog} is called.
-cvs.texi(,12372) @c FIXME: Is it run on server? client?
-cvs.texi(,12373)
-cvs.texi(,12374) @cindex Status of a module
-cvs.texi(,12375) @cindex Module status
-cvs.texi(,12376) @cindex -s, in modules file
-cvs.texi(,12377) @item -s @var{status}
-cvs.texi(,12378) Assign a status to the module. When the module file is
-cvs.texi(,12379) printed with @samp{cvs checkout -s} the modules are
-cvs.texi(,12380) sorted according to primarily module status, and
-cvs.texi(,12381) secondarily according to the module name. This option
-cvs.texi(,12382) has no other meaning. You can use this option for
-cvs.texi(,12383) several things besides status: for instance, list the
-cvs.texi(,12384) person that is responsible for this module.
-cvs.texi(,12385)
-cvs.texi(,12386) @cindex Tag program
-cvs.texi(,12387) @cindex -t, in modules file
-cvs.texi(,12388) @item -t @var{prog}
-cvs.texi(,12389) Specify a program @var{prog} to run whenever files in a
-cvs.texi(,12390) module are tagged with @code{rtag}. @var{prog} runs
-cvs.texi(,12391) with two arguments: the module name and the symbolic
-cvs.texi(,12392) tag specified to @code{rtag}. It is not run
-cvs.texi(,12393) when @code{tag} is executed. Generally you will find
-cvs.texi(,12394) that taginfo is a better solution (@pxref{user-defined
logging}).
-cvs.texi(,12395) @c FIXME: Is it run on server? client?
-cvs.texi(,12396) @c Problems with -t include:
-cvs.texi(,12397) @c * It is run after the tag not before
-cvs.texi(,12398) @c * It doesn't get passed all the information that
-cvs.texi(,12399) @c taginfo does ("mov", &c).
-cvs.texi(,12400) @c * It only is run for rtag, not tag.
-cvs.texi(,12401) @end table
-cvs.texi(,12402)
-cvs.texi(,12403) You should also see @pxref{Module program options} about how
the
-cvs.texi(,12404) ``program options'' programs are run.
-cvs.texi(,12405)
-cvs.texi(,12406) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,12407)
-cvs.texi(,12408) @node Module program options
-cvs.texi(,12409) @appendixsubsec How the modules file ``program options''
programs are run
-cvs.texi(,12410) @cindex Modules file program options
-cvs.texi(,12411) @cindex -t, in modules file
-cvs.texi(,12412) @cindex -o, in modules file
-cvs.texi(,12413) @cindex -e, in modules file
-cvs.texi(,12414)
-cvs.texi(,12415) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,12416) For checkout, rtag, and export, the program is server-based,
and as such the
-cvs.texi(,12417) following applies:-
-cvs.texi(,12418)
-cvs.texi(,12419) If using remote access methods (pserver, ext, etc.),
-cvs.texi(,12420) @sc{cvs} will execute this program on the server from a
temporary
-cvs.texi(,12421) directory. The path is searched for this program.
-cvs.texi(,12422)
-cvs.texi(,12423) If using ``local access'' (on a local or remote NFS file
system, i.e.
-cvs.texi(,12424) repository set just to a path),
-cvs.texi(,12425) the program will be executed from the newly checked-out tree,
if
-cvs.texi(,12426) found there, or alternatively searched for in the path if not.
-cvs.texi(,12427)
-cvs.texi(,12428) The programs are all run after the operation has effectively
-cvs.texi(,12429) completed.
-cvs.texi(,12430)
-cvs.texi(,12431)
-cvs.texi(,12432) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,12433) @node Wrappers
-cvs.texi(,12434) @appendixsec The cvswrappers file
-cvs.texi(,12435) @cindex cvswrappers (admin file)
-cvs.texi(,12436) @cindex CVSWRAPPERS, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,12437) @cindex Wrappers
-cvs.texi(,12438)
-cvs.texi(,12439) @c FIXME: need some better way of separating this out
-cvs.texi(,12440) @c by functionality. -m is
-cvs.texi(,12441) @c one feature, and -k is a another. And this discussion
-cvs.texi(,12442) @c should be better motivated (e.g. start with the
-cvs.texi(,12443) @c problems, then explain how the feature solves it).
+cvs.texi(,12331) For example, if the modules file contains:
+cvs.texi(,12332)
+cvs.texi(,12333) @example
+cvs.texi(,12334) exmodule -a !first-dir/sdir first-dir
+cvs.texi(,12335) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12336)
+cvs.texi(,12337) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,12338) then checking out the module @samp{exmodule} will check
+cvs.texi(,12339) out everything in @samp{first-dir} except any files in
+cvs.texi(,12340) the subdirectory @samp{first-dir/sdir}.
+cvs.texi(,12341) @c Note that the "!first-dir/sdir" sometimes must be listed
+cvs.texi(,12342) @c before "first-dir". That seems like a probable bug, in
which
+cvs.texi(,12343) @c case perhaps it should be fixed (to allow either
+cvs.texi(,12344) @c order) rather than documented. See modules4 in testsuite.
+cvs.texi(,12345)
+cvs.texi(,12346) @node Module options
+cvs.texi(,12347) @appendixsubsec Module options
+cvs.texi(,12348) @cindex Options, in modules file
+cvs.texi(,12349)
+cvs.texi(,12350) Either regular modules or ampersand modules can contain
+cvs.texi(,12351) options, which supply additional information concerning
+cvs.texi(,12352) the module.
+cvs.texi(,12353)
+cvs.texi(,12354) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,12355) @cindex -d, in modules file
+cvs.texi(,12356) @item -d @var{name}
+cvs.texi(,12357) Name the working directory something other than the
+cvs.texi(,12358) module name.
+cvs.texi(,12359) @c FIXME: Needs a bunch of examples, analogous to the
+cvs.texi(,12360) @c examples for alias, regular, and ampersand modules
+cvs.texi(,12361) @c which show where the files go without -d.
+cvs.texi(,12362)
+cvs.texi(,12363) @cindex Export program
+cvs.texi(,12364) @cindex -e, in modules file
+cvs.texi(,12365) @item -e @var{prog}
+cvs.texi(,12366) Specify a program @var{prog} to run whenever files in a
+cvs.texi(,12367) module are exported. @var{prog} runs with a single
+cvs.texi(,12368) argument, the module name.
+cvs.texi(,12369) @c FIXME: Is it run on server? client?
+cvs.texi(,12370)
+cvs.texi(,12371) @cindex Checkout program
+cvs.texi(,12372) @cindex -o, in modules file
+cvs.texi(,12373) @item -o @var{prog}
+cvs.texi(,12374) Specify a program @var{prog} to run whenever files in a
+cvs.texi(,12375) module are checked out. @var{prog} runs with a single
+cvs.texi(,12376) argument, the module name. See @ref{Module program options}
for
+cvs.texi(,12377) information on how @var{prog} is called.
+cvs.texi(,12378) @c FIXME: Is it run on server? client?
+cvs.texi(,12379)
+cvs.texi(,12380) @cindex Status of a module
+cvs.texi(,12381) @cindex Module status
+cvs.texi(,12382) @cindex -s, in modules file
+cvs.texi(,12383) @item -s @var{status}
+cvs.texi(,12384) Assign a status to the module. When the module file is
+cvs.texi(,12385) printed with @samp{cvs checkout -s} the modules are
+cvs.texi(,12386) sorted according to primarily module status, and
+cvs.texi(,12387) secondarily according to the module name. This option
+cvs.texi(,12388) has no other meaning. You can use this option for
+cvs.texi(,12389) several things besides status: for instance, list the
+cvs.texi(,12390) person that is responsible for this module.
+cvs.texi(,12391)
+cvs.texi(,12392) @cindex Tag program
+cvs.texi(,12393) @cindex -t, in modules file
+cvs.texi(,12394) @item -t @var{prog}
+cvs.texi(,12395) Specify a program @var{prog} to run whenever files in a
+cvs.texi(,12396) module are tagged with @code{rtag}. @var{prog} runs
+cvs.texi(,12397) with two arguments: the module name and the symbolic
+cvs.texi(,12398) tag specified to @code{rtag}. It is not run
+cvs.texi(,12399) when @code{tag} is executed. Generally you will find
+cvs.texi(,12400) that taginfo is a better solution (@pxref{user-defined
logging}).
+cvs.texi(,12401) @c FIXME: Is it run on server? client?
+cvs.texi(,12402) @c Problems with -t include:
+cvs.texi(,12403) @c * It is run after the tag not before
+cvs.texi(,12404) @c * It doesn't get passed all the information that
+cvs.texi(,12405) @c taginfo does ("mov", &c).
+cvs.texi(,12406) @c * It only is run for rtag, not tag.
+cvs.texi(,12407) @end table
+cvs.texi(,12408)
+cvs.texi(,12409) You should also see @pxref{Module program options} about how
the
+cvs.texi(,12410) ``program options'' programs are run.
+cvs.texi(,12411)
+cvs.texi(,12412) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,12413)
+cvs.texi(,12414) @node Module program options
+cvs.texi(,12415) @appendixsubsec How the modules file ``program options''
programs are run
+cvs.texi(,12416) @cindex Modules file program options
+cvs.texi(,12417) @cindex -t, in modules file
+cvs.texi(,12418) @cindex -o, in modules file
+cvs.texi(,12419) @cindex -e, in modules file
+cvs.texi(,12420)
+cvs.texi(,12421) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,12422) For checkout, rtag, and export, the program is server-based,
and as such the
+cvs.texi(,12423) following applies:-
+cvs.texi(,12424)
+cvs.texi(,12425) If using remote access methods (pserver, ext, etc.),
+cvs.texi(,12426) @sc{cvs} will execute this program on the server from a
temporary
+cvs.texi(,12427) directory. The path is searched for this program.
+cvs.texi(,12428)
+cvs.texi(,12429) If using ``local access'' (on a local or remote NFS file
system, i.e.
+cvs.texi(,12430) repository set just to a path),
+cvs.texi(,12431) the program will be executed from the newly checked-out tree,
if
+cvs.texi(,12432) found there, or alternatively searched for in the path if not.
+cvs.texi(,12433)
+cvs.texi(,12434) The programs are all run after the operation has effectively
+cvs.texi(,12435) completed.
+cvs.texi(,12436)
+cvs.texi(,12437)
+cvs.texi(,12438) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,12439) @node Wrappers
+cvs.texi(,12440) @appendixsec The cvswrappers file
+cvs.texi(,12441) @cindex cvswrappers (admin file)
+cvs.texi(,12442) @cindex CVSWRAPPERS, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,12443) @cindex Wrappers
cvs.texi(,12444)
-cvs.texi(,12445) Wrappers refers to a @sc{cvs} feature which lets you
-cvs.texi(,12446) control certain settings based on the name of the file
-cvs.texi(,12447) which is being operated on. The settings are @samp{-k}
-cvs.texi(,12448) for binary files, and @samp{-m} for nonmergeable text
-cvs.texi(,12449) files.
+cvs.texi(,12445) @c FIXME: need some better way of separating this out
+cvs.texi(,12446) @c by functionality. -m is
+cvs.texi(,12447) @c one feature, and -k is a another. And this discussion
+cvs.texi(,12448) @c should be better motivated (e.g. start with the
+cvs.texi(,12449) @c problems, then explain how the feature solves it).
cvs.texi(,12450)
-cvs.texi(,12451) The @samp{-m} option
-cvs.texi(,12452) specifies the merge methodology that should be used when
-cvs.texi(,12453) a non-binary file is updated. @code{MERGE} means the usual
-cvs.texi(,12454) @sc{cvs} behavior: try to merge the files. @code{COPY}
-cvs.texi(,12455) means that @code{cvs update} will refuse to merge
-cvs.texi(,12456) files, as it also does for files specified as binary
-cvs.texi(,12457) with @samp{-kb} (but if the file is specified as
-cvs.texi(,12458) binary, there is no need to specify @samp{-m 'COPY'}).
-cvs.texi(,12459) @sc{cvs} will provide the user with the
-cvs.texi(,12460) two versions of the files, and require the user using
-cvs.texi(,12461) mechanisms outside @sc{cvs}, to insert any necessary
-cvs.texi(,12462) changes.
-cvs.texi(,12463)
-cvs.texi(,12464) @strong{WARNING: do not use @code{COPY} with
-cvs.texi(,12465) @sc{cvs} 1.9 or earlier - such versions of @sc{cvs} will
-cvs.texi(,12466) copy one version of your file over the other, wiping
-cvs.texi(,12467) out the previous contents.}
-cvs.texi(,12468) @c Ordinarily we don't document the behavior of old
-cvs.texi(,12469) @c versions. But this one is so dangerous, I think we
-cvs.texi(,12470) @c must. I almost renamed it to -m 'NOMERGE' so we
-cvs.texi(,12471) @c could say "never use -m 'COPY'".
-cvs.texi(,12472) The @samp{-m} wrapper option only affects behavior when
-cvs.texi(,12473) merging is done on update; it does not affect how files
-cvs.texi(,12474) are stored. See @ref{Binary files}, for more on
-cvs.texi(,12475) binary files.
-cvs.texi(,12476)
-cvs.texi(,12477) The basic format of the file @file{cvswrappers} is:
-cvs.texi(,12478)
-cvs.texi(,12479) @c FIXME: @example is all wrong for this. Use @deffn or
-cvs.texi(,12480) @c something more sensible.
-cvs.texi(,12481) @example
-cvs.texi(,12482) wildcard [option value][option value]...
-cvs.texi(,12483)
-cvs.texi(,12484) where option is one of
-cvs.texi(,12485) -m update methodology value: MERGE or COPY
-cvs.texi(,12486) -k keyword expansion value: expansion mode
-cvs.texi(,12487)
-cvs.texi(,12488) and value is a single-quote delimited value.
-cvs.texi(,12489) @end example
-cvs.texi(,12490)
-cvs.texi(,12552)
-cvs.texi(,12553) @c FIXME: We don't document -W or point to where it is
-cvs.texi(,12554) @c documented. Or .cvswrappers.
-cvs.texi(,12555) For example, the following command imports a
-cvs.texi(,12556) directory, treating files whose name ends in
-cvs.texi(,12557) @samp{.exe} as binary:
+cvs.texi(,12451) Wrappers refers to a @sc{cvs} feature which lets you
+cvs.texi(,12452) control certain settings based on the name of the file
+cvs.texi(,12453) which is being operated on. The settings are @samp{-k}
+cvs.texi(,12454) for binary files, and @samp{-m} for nonmergeable text
+cvs.texi(,12455) files.
+cvs.texi(,12456)
+cvs.texi(,12457) The @samp{-m} option
+cvs.texi(,12458) specifies the merge methodology that should be used when
+cvs.texi(,12459) a non-binary file is updated. @code{MERGE} means the usual
+cvs.texi(,12460) @sc{cvs} behavior: try to merge the files. @code{COPY}
+cvs.texi(,12461) means that @code{cvs update} will refuse to merge
+cvs.texi(,12462) files, as it also does for files specified as binary
+cvs.texi(,12463) with @samp{-kb} (but if the file is specified as
+cvs.texi(,12464) binary, there is no need to specify @samp{-m 'COPY'}).
+cvs.texi(,12465) @sc{cvs} will provide the user with the
+cvs.texi(,12466) two versions of the files, and require the user using
+cvs.texi(,12467) mechanisms outside @sc{cvs}, to insert any necessary
+cvs.texi(,12468) changes.
+cvs.texi(,12469)
+cvs.texi(,12470) @strong{WARNING: do not use @code{COPY} with
+cvs.texi(,12471) @sc{cvs} 1.9 or earlier - such versions of @sc{cvs} will
+cvs.texi(,12472) copy one version of your file over the other, wiping
+cvs.texi(,12473) out the previous contents.}
+cvs.texi(,12474) @c Ordinarily we don't document the behavior of old
+cvs.texi(,12475) @c versions. But this one is so dangerous, I think we
+cvs.texi(,12476) @c must. I almost renamed it to -m 'NOMERGE' so we
+cvs.texi(,12477) @c could say "never use -m 'COPY'".
+cvs.texi(,12478) The @samp{-m} wrapper option only affects behavior when
+cvs.texi(,12479) merging is done on update; it does not affect how files
+cvs.texi(,12480) are stored. See @ref{Binary files}, for more on
+cvs.texi(,12481) binary files.
+cvs.texi(,12482)
+cvs.texi(,12483) The basic format of the file @file{cvswrappers} is:
+cvs.texi(,12484)
+cvs.texi(,12485) @c FIXME: @example is all wrong for this. Use @deffn or
+cvs.texi(,12486) @c something more sensible.
+cvs.texi(,12487) @example
+cvs.texi(,12488) wildcard [option value][option value]...
+cvs.texi(,12489)
+cvs.texi(,12490) where option is one of
+cvs.texi(,12491) -m update methodology value: MERGE or COPY
+cvs.texi(,12492) -k keyword expansion value: expansion mode
+cvs.texi(,12493)
+cvs.texi(,12494) and value is a single-quote delimited value.
+cvs.texi(,12495) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12496)
cvs.texi(,12558)
-cvs.texi(,12559) @example
-cvs.texi(,12560) cvs import -I ! -W "*.exe -k 'b'" first-dir vendortag reltag
-cvs.texi(,12561) @end example
-cvs.texi(,12562)
-cvs.texi(,12563) @c Another good example, would be storing files
-cvs.texi(,12564) @c (e.g. binary files) compressed in the repository.
-cvs.texi(,12565) @c ::::::::::::::::::
-cvs.texi(,12566) @c cvswrappers
-cvs.texi(,12567) @c ::::::::::::::::::
-cvs.texi(,12568) @c *.t12 -m 'COPY'
-cvs.texi(,12569) @c *.t[0-9][0-9] -f 'gunzipcp %s' -t 'gzipcp %s %s' -m
'COPY'
-cvs.texi(,12570) @c
+cvs.texi(,12559) @c FIXME: We don't document -W or point to where it is
+cvs.texi(,12560) @c documented. Or .cvswrappers.
+cvs.texi(,12561) For example, the following command imports a
+cvs.texi(,12562) directory, treating files whose name ends in
+cvs.texi(,12563) @samp{.exe} as binary:
+cvs.texi(,12564)
+cvs.texi(,12565) @example
+cvs.texi(,12566) cvs import -I ! -W "*.exe -k 'b'" first-dir vendortag reltag
+cvs.texi(,12567) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12568)
+cvs.texi(,12569) @c Another good example, would be storing files
+cvs.texi(,12570) @c (e.g. binary files) compressed in the repository.
cvs.texi(,12571) @c ::::::::::::::::::
-cvs.texi(,12572) @c gunzipcp
+cvs.texi(,12572) @c cvswrappers
cvs.texi(,12573) @c ::::::::::::::::::
-cvs.texi(,12574) @c :
-cvs.texi(,12575) @c [ -f $1 ] || exit 1
-cvs.texi(,12576) @c zcat $1 > /tmp/.#$1.$$
-cvs.texi(,12577) @c mv /tmp/.#$1.$$ $1
-cvs.texi(,12578) @c
+cvs.texi(,12574) @c *.t12 -m 'COPY'
+cvs.texi(,12575) @c *.t[0-9][0-9] -f 'gunzipcp %s' -t 'gzipcp %s %s' -m
'COPY'
+cvs.texi(,12576) @c
+cvs.texi(,12577) @c ::::::::::::::::::
+cvs.texi(,12578) @c gunzipcp
cvs.texi(,12579) @c ::::::::::::::::::
-cvs.texi(,12580) @c gzipcp
-cvs.texi(,12581) @c ::::::::::::::::::
-cvs.texi(,12582) @c :
-cvs.texi(,12583) @c DIRNAME=`echo $1 | sed -e "s|/.*/||g"`
-cvs.texi(,12584) @c if [ ! -d $DIRNAME ] ; then
-cvs.texi(,12585) @c DIRNAME=`echo $1 | sed -e "s|.*/||g"`
-cvs.texi(,12586) @c fi
-cvs.texi(,12587) @c gzip -c $DIRNAME > $2
-cvs.texi(,12588) @c One catch--"cvs diff" will not invoke the wrappers
-cvs.texi(,12589) @c (probably a CVS bug, although I haven't thought it out).
-cvs.texi(,12590)
-cvs.texi(,12591) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,12592) @node commit files
-cvs.texi(,12593) @appendixsec The commit support files
-cvs.texi(,12594) @cindex Committing, administrative support files
-cvs.texi(,12595)
-cvs.texi(,12596) The @samp{-i} flag in the @file{modules} file can be
-cvs.texi(,12597) used to run a certain program whenever files are
-cvs.texi(,12598) committed (@pxref{modules}). The files described in
-cvs.texi(,12599) this section provide other, more flexible, ways to run
-cvs.texi(,12600) programs whenever something is committed.
+cvs.texi(,12580) @c :
+cvs.texi(,12581) @c [ -f $1 ] || exit 1
+cvs.texi(,12582) @c zcat $1 > /tmp/.#$1.$$
+cvs.texi(,12583) @c mv /tmp/.#$1.$$ $1
+cvs.texi(,12584) @c
+cvs.texi(,12585) @c ::::::::::::::::::
+cvs.texi(,12586) @c gzipcp
+cvs.texi(,12587) @c ::::::::::::::::::
+cvs.texi(,12588) @c :
+cvs.texi(,12589) @c DIRNAME=`echo $1 | sed -e "s|/.*/||g"`
+cvs.texi(,12590) @c if [ ! -d $DIRNAME ] ; then
+cvs.texi(,12591) @c DIRNAME=`echo $1 | sed -e "s|.*/||g"`
+cvs.texi(,12592) @c fi
+cvs.texi(,12593) @c gzip -c $DIRNAME > $2
+cvs.texi(,12594) @c One catch--"cvs diff" will not invoke the wrappers
+cvs.texi(,12595) @c (probably a CVS bug, although I haven't thought it out).
+cvs.texi(,12596)
+cvs.texi(,12597) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,12598) @node commit files
+cvs.texi(,12599) @appendixsec The commit support files
+cvs.texi(,12600) @cindex Committing, administrative support files
cvs.texi(,12601)
-cvs.texi(,12602) There are three kind of programs that can be run on
-cvs.texi(,12603) commit. They are specified in files in the repository,
-cvs.texi(,12604) as described below. The following table summarizes the
-cvs.texi(,12605) file names and the purpose of the corresponding
-cvs.texi(,12606) programs.
+cvs.texi(,12602) The @samp{-i} flag in the @file{modules} file can be
+cvs.texi(,12603) used to run a certain program whenever files are
+cvs.texi(,12604) committed (@pxref{modules}). The files described in
+cvs.texi(,12605) this section provide other, more flexible, ways to run
+cvs.texi(,12606) programs whenever something is committed.
cvs.texi(,12607)
-cvs.texi(,12608) @table @file
-cvs.texi(,12609) @item commitinfo
-cvs.texi(,12610) The program is responsible for checking that the commit
-cvs.texi(,12611) is allowed. If it exits with a non-zero exit status
-cvs.texi(,12612) the commit will be aborted.
+cvs.texi(,12608) There are three kind of programs that can be run on
+cvs.texi(,12609) commit. They are specified in files in the repository,
+cvs.texi(,12610) as described below. The following table summarizes the
+cvs.texi(,12611) file names and the purpose of the corresponding
+cvs.texi(,12612) programs.
cvs.texi(,12613)
-cvs.texi(,12614) @item verifymsg
-cvs.texi(,12615) The specified program is used to evaluate the log message,
-cvs.texi(,12616) and possibly verify that it contains all required
-cvs.texi(,12617) fields. This is most useful in combination with the
-cvs.texi(,12618) @file{rcsinfo} file, which can hold a log message
-cvs.texi(,12619) template (@pxref{rcsinfo}).
-cvs.texi(,12620)
-cvs.texi(,12621) @item editinfo
-cvs.texi(,12622) The specified program is used to edit the log message,
-cvs.texi(,12623) and possibly verify that it contains all required
-cvs.texi(,12624) fields. This is most useful in combination with the
-cvs.texi(,12625) @file{rcsinfo} file, which can hold a log message
-cvs.texi(,12626) template (@pxref{rcsinfo}). (obsolete)
-cvs.texi(,12627)
-cvs.texi(,12628) @item loginfo
-cvs.texi(,12629) The specified program is called when the commit is
-cvs.texi(,12630) complete. It receives the log message and some
-cvs.texi(,12631) additional information and can store the log message in
-cvs.texi(,12632) a file, or mail it to appropriate persons, or maybe
-cvs.texi(,12633) post it to a local newsgroup, address@hidden Your
-cvs.texi(,12634) imagination is the limit!
-cvs.texi(,12635) @end table
-cvs.texi(,12636)
-cvs.texi(,12637) @menu
-cvs.texi(,12638) * syntax:: The common syntax
-cvs.texi(,12639) * commitinfo:: Pre-commit checking
-cvs.texi(,12640) * verifymsg:: How are log messages
evaluated?
-cvs.texi(,12641) * editinfo:: Specifying how log messages
are created
-cvs.texi(,12642) (obsolete)
-cvs.texi(,12643) * loginfo:: Where should log messages be
sent?
-cvs.texi(,12644) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,12645)
-cvs.texi(,12646) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,12647) @node syntax
-cvs.texi(,12648) @appendixsubsec The common syntax
-cvs.texi(,12649) @cindex Info files (syntax)
-cvs.texi(,12650) @cindex Syntax of info files
-cvs.texi(,12651) @cindex Common syntax of info files
-cvs.texi(,12652)
-cvs.texi(,12653) @c FIXME: having this so totally separate from the
-cvs.texi(,12654) @c Variables node is rather bogus.
-cvs.texi(,12655)
-cvs.texi(,12656) The administrative files such as @file{commitinfo},
-cvs.texi(,12657) @file{loginfo}, @file{rcsinfo}, @file{verifymsg}, etc.,
-cvs.texi(,12658) all have a common format. The purpose of the files are
-cvs.texi(,12659) described later on. The common syntax is described
-cvs.texi(,12660) here.
+cvs.texi(,12614) @table @file
+cvs.texi(,12615) @item commitinfo
+cvs.texi(,12616) The program is responsible for checking that the commit
+cvs.texi(,12617) is allowed. If it exits with a non-zero exit status
+cvs.texi(,12618) the commit will be aborted.
+cvs.texi(,12619)
+cvs.texi(,12620) @item verifymsg
+cvs.texi(,12621) The specified program is used to evaluate the log message,
+cvs.texi(,12622) and possibly verify that it contains all required
+cvs.texi(,12623) fields. This is most useful in combination with the
+cvs.texi(,12624) @file{rcsinfo} file, which can hold a log message
+cvs.texi(,12625) template (@pxref{rcsinfo}).
+cvs.texi(,12626)
+cvs.texi(,12627) @item editinfo
+cvs.texi(,12628) The specified program is used to edit the log message,
+cvs.texi(,12629) and possibly verify that it contains all required
+cvs.texi(,12630) fields. This is most useful in combination with the
+cvs.texi(,12631) @file{rcsinfo} file, which can hold a log message
+cvs.texi(,12632) template (@pxref{rcsinfo}). (obsolete)
+cvs.texi(,12633)
+cvs.texi(,12634) @item loginfo
+cvs.texi(,12635) The specified program is called when the commit is
+cvs.texi(,12636) complete. It receives the log message and some
+cvs.texi(,12637) additional information and can store the log message in
+cvs.texi(,12638) a file, or mail it to appropriate persons, or maybe
+cvs.texi(,12639) post it to a local newsgroup, address@hidden Your
+cvs.texi(,12640) imagination is the limit!
+cvs.texi(,12641) @end table
+cvs.texi(,12642)
+cvs.texi(,12643) @menu
+cvs.texi(,12644) * syntax:: The common syntax
+cvs.texi(,12645) * commitinfo:: Pre-commit checking
+cvs.texi(,12646) * verifymsg:: How are log messages
evaluated?
+cvs.texi(,12647) * editinfo:: Specifying how log messages
are created
+cvs.texi(,12648) (obsolete)
+cvs.texi(,12649) * loginfo:: Where should log messages be
sent?
+cvs.texi(,12650) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,12651)
+cvs.texi(,12652) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,12653) @node syntax
+cvs.texi(,12654) @appendixsubsec The common syntax
+cvs.texi(,12655) @cindex Info files (syntax)
+cvs.texi(,12656) @cindex Syntax of info files
+cvs.texi(,12657) @cindex Common syntax of info files
+cvs.texi(,12658)
+cvs.texi(,12659) @c FIXME: having this so totally separate from the
+cvs.texi(,12660) @c Variables node is rather bogus.
cvs.texi(,12661)
-cvs.texi(,12662) @cindex Regular expression syntax
-cvs.texi(,12663) Each line contains the following:
-cvs.texi(,12664) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,12665) @item
-cvs.texi(,12666) @c Say anything about DEFAULT and ALL? Right now we
-cvs.texi(,12667) @c leave that to the description of each file (and in fact
-cvs.texi(,12668) @c the practice is inconsistent which is really annoying).
-cvs.texi(,12669) A regular expression. This is a basic regular
-cvs.texi(,12670) expression in the syntax used by GNU emacs.
-cvs.texi(,12671) @c FIXME: What we probably should be saying is "POSIX Basic
-cvs.texi(,12672) @c Regular Expression with the following extensions (`\('
-cvs.texi(,12673) @c `\|' '+' etc)"
-cvs.texi(,12674) @c rather than define it with reference to emacs.
-cvs.texi(,12675) @c The reference to emacs is not strictly speaking
-cvs.texi(,12676) @c true, as we don't support \=, \s, or \S. Also it isn't
-cvs.texi(,12677) @c clear we should document and/or promise to continue to
-cvs.texi(,12678) @c support all the obscure emacs extensions like \<.
-cvs.texi(,12679) @c Also need to better cite (or include) full
-cvs.texi(,12680) @c documentation for the syntax.
-cvs.texi(,12681) @c Also see comment in configure.in about what happens to the
-cvs.texi(,12682) @c syntax if we pick up a system-supplied regexp matcher.
-cvs.texi(,12683)
-cvs.texi(,12684) @item
-cvs.texi(,12685) A whitespace separator---one or more spaces and/or tabs.
-cvs.texi(,12686)
-cvs.texi(,12687) @item
-cvs.texi(,12688) A file name or command-line template.
-cvs.texi(,12689) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,12690)
-cvs.texi(,12691) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,12692) Blank lines are ignored. Lines that start with the
-cvs.texi(,12693) character @samp{#} are treated as comments. Long lines
-cvs.texi(,12694) unfortunately can @emph{not} be broken in two parts in
-cvs.texi(,12695) any way.
+cvs.texi(,12662) The administrative files such as @file{commitinfo},
+cvs.texi(,12663) @file{loginfo}, @file{rcsinfo}, @file{verifymsg}, etc.,
+cvs.texi(,12664) all have a common format. The purpose of the files are
+cvs.texi(,12665) described later on. The common syntax is described
+cvs.texi(,12666) here.
+cvs.texi(,12667)
+cvs.texi(,12668) @cindex Regular expression syntax
+cvs.texi(,12669) Each line contains the following:
+cvs.texi(,12670) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,12671) @item
+cvs.texi(,12672) @c Say anything about DEFAULT and ALL? Right now we
+cvs.texi(,12673) @c leave that to the description of each file (and in fact
+cvs.texi(,12674) @c the practice is inconsistent which is really annoying).
+cvs.texi(,12675) A regular expression. This is a basic regular
+cvs.texi(,12676) expression in the syntax used by GNU emacs.
+cvs.texi(,12677) @c FIXME: What we probably should be saying is "POSIX Basic
+cvs.texi(,12678) @c Regular Expression with the following extensions (`\('
+cvs.texi(,12679) @c `\|' '+' etc)"
+cvs.texi(,12680) @c rather than define it with reference to emacs.
+cvs.texi(,12681) @c The reference to emacs is not strictly speaking
+cvs.texi(,12682) @c true, as we don't support \=, \s, or \S. Also it isn't
+cvs.texi(,12683) @c clear we should document and/or promise to continue to
+cvs.texi(,12684) @c support all the obscure emacs extensions like \<.
+cvs.texi(,12685) @c Also need to better cite (or include) full
+cvs.texi(,12686) @c documentation for the syntax.
+cvs.texi(,12687) @c Also see comment in configure.in about what happens to the
+cvs.texi(,12688) @c syntax if we pick up a system-supplied regexp matcher.
+cvs.texi(,12689)
+cvs.texi(,12690) @item
+cvs.texi(,12691) A whitespace separator---one or more spaces and/or tabs.
+cvs.texi(,12692)
+cvs.texi(,12693) @item
+cvs.texi(,12694) A file name or command-line template.
+cvs.texi(,12695) @end itemize
cvs.texi(,12696)
-cvs.texi(,12697) The first regular expression that matches the current
-cvs.texi(,12698) directory name in the repository is used. The rest of the
line
-cvs.texi(,12699) is used as a file name or command-line as appropriate.
-cvs.texi(,12700)
-cvs.texi(,12701) @c FIXME: need an example. In particular, show what
-cvs.texi(,12702) @c the regular expression is matched against (one
-cvs.texi(,12703) @c ordinarily clueful person got confused about whether it
-cvs.texi(,12704) @c includes the filename--"directory name" above should be
-cvs.texi(,12705) @c unambiguous but there is nothing like an example to
-cvs.texi(,12706) @c confirm people's understanding of this sort of thing).
-cvs.texi(,12707)
-cvs.texi(,12708) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,12709) @node commitinfo
-cvs.texi(,12710) @appendixsubsec Commitinfo
-cvs.texi(,12711) @cindex @file{commitinfo}
-cvs.texi(,12712) @cindex Commits, precommit verification of
-cvs.texi(,12713) @cindex Precommit checking
-cvs.texi(,12714)
-cvs.texi(,12715) The @file{commitinfo} file defines programs to execute
-cvs.texi(,12716) whenever @samp{cvs commit} is about to execute. These
-cvs.texi(,12717) programs are used for pre-commit checking to verify
-cvs.texi(,12718) that the modified, added and removed files are really
-cvs.texi(,12719) ready to be committed. This could be used, for
-cvs.texi(,12720) instance, to verify that the changed files conform to
-cvs.texi(,12721) to your site's standards for coding practice.
-cvs.texi(,12722)
-cvs.texi(,12723) As mentioned earlier, each line in the
-cvs.texi(,12724) @file{commitinfo} file consists of a regular expression
-cvs.texi(,12725) and a command-line template. The template can include
-cvs.texi(,12726) a program name and any number of arguments you wish to
-cvs.texi(,12727) supply to it. The full path to the current source
-cvs.texi(,12728) repository is appended to the template, followed by the
-cvs.texi(,12729) file names of any files involved in the commit (added,
-cvs.texi(,12730) removed, and modified files).
-cvs.texi(,12731)
-cvs.texi(,12732) @cindex Exit status, of commitinfo
-cvs.texi(,12733) The first line with a regular expression matching the
-cvs.texi(,12734) directory within the repository will be used. If the
-cvs.texi(,12735) command returns a non-zero exit status the commit will
-cvs.texi(,12736) be aborted.
-cvs.texi(,12737) @c FIXME: need example(s) of what "directory within the
-cvs.texi(,12738) @c repository" means.
-cvs.texi(,12739)
-cvs.texi(,12740) @cindex DEFAULT in commitinfo
-cvs.texi(,12741) If the repository name does not match any of the
-cvs.texi(,12742) regular expressions in this file, the @samp{DEFAULT}
-cvs.texi(,12743) line is used, if it is specified.
-cvs.texi(,12744)
-cvs.texi(,12745) @cindex ALL in commitinfo
-cvs.texi(,12746) All occurrences of the name @samp{ALL} appearing as a
-cvs.texi(,12747) regular expression are used in addition to the first
-cvs.texi(,12748) matching regular expression or the name @samp{DEFAULT}.
-cvs.texi(,12749)
-cvs.texi(,12750) @cindex @file{commitinfo}, working directory
-cvs.texi(,12751) @cindex @file{commitinfo}, command environment
-cvs.texi(,12752) The command will be run in the root of the workspace
-cvs.texi(,12753) containing the new versions of any files the user would like
-cvs.texi(,12754) to modify (commit), @emph{or in a copy of the workspace on
-cvs.texi(,12755) the server (@pxref{Remote repositories})}. If a file is
-cvs.texi(,12756) being removed, there will be no copy of the file under the
-cvs.texi(,12757) current directory. If a file is being added, there will be
-cvs.texi(,12758) no corresponding archive file in the repository unless the
-cvs.texi(,12759) file is being resurrected.
-cvs.texi(,12760)
-cvs.texi(,12761) Note that both the repository directory and the corresponding
-cvs.texi(,12762) Attic (@pxref{Attic}) directory may need to be checked to
-cvs.texi(,12763) locate the archive file corresponding to any given file being
-cvs.texi(,12764) committed. Much of the information about the specific commit
-cvs.texi(,12765) request being made, including the destination branch, commit
-cvs.texi(,12766) message, and command line options specified, is not available
-cvs.texi(,12767) to the command.
-cvs.texi(,12768)
-cvs.texi(,12769) @c FIXME: should discuss using commitinfo to control
-cvs.texi(,12770) @c who has checkin access to what (e.g. Joe can check into
-cvs.texi(,12771) @c directories a, b, and c, and Mary can check into
-cvs.texi(,12772) @c directories b, c, and d--note this case cannot be
-cvs.texi(,12773) @c conveniently handled with unix groups). Of course,
-cvs.texi(,12774) @c adding a new set of features to CVS might be a more
-cvs.texi(,12775) @c natural way to fix this problem than telling people to
-cvs.texi(,12776) @c use commitinfo.
-cvs.texi(,12777) @c FIXME: Should make some reference, especially in
-cvs.texi(,12778) @c the context of controlling who has access, to the fact
-cvs.texi(,12779) @c that commitinfo can be circumvented. Perhaps
-cvs.texi(,12780) @c mention SETXID (but has it been carefully examined
-cvs.texi(,12781) @c for holes?). This fits in with the discussion of
-cvs.texi(,12782) @c general CVS security in "Password authentication
-cvs.texi(,12783) @c security" (the bit which is not pserver-specific).
-cvs.texi(,12784)
-cvs.texi(,12785) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,12786) @node verifymsg
-cvs.texi(,12787) @appendixsubsec Verifying log messages
-cvs.texi(,12788) @cindex @file{verifymsg} (admin file)
-cvs.texi(,12789) @cindex Log message, verifying
+cvs.texi(,12697) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,12698) Blank lines are ignored. Lines that start with the
+cvs.texi(,12699) character @samp{#} are treated as comments. Long lines
+cvs.texi(,12700) unfortunately can @emph{not} be broken in two parts in
+cvs.texi(,12701) any way.
+cvs.texi(,12702)
+cvs.texi(,12703) The first regular expression that matches the current
+cvs.texi(,12704) directory name in the repository is used. The rest of the
line
+cvs.texi(,12705) is used as a file name or command-line as appropriate.
+cvs.texi(,12706)
+cvs.texi(,12707) @c FIXME: need an example. In particular, show what
+cvs.texi(,12708) @c the regular expression is matched against (one
+cvs.texi(,12709) @c ordinarily clueful person got confused about whether it
+cvs.texi(,12710) @c includes the filename--"directory name" above should be
+cvs.texi(,12711) @c unambiguous but there is nothing like an example to
+cvs.texi(,12712) @c confirm people's understanding of this sort of thing).
+cvs.texi(,12713)
+cvs.texi(,12714) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,12715) @node commitinfo
+cvs.texi(,12716) @appendixsubsec Commitinfo
+cvs.texi(,12717) @cindex @file{commitinfo}
+cvs.texi(,12718) @cindex Commits, precommit verification of
+cvs.texi(,12719) @cindex Precommit checking
+cvs.texi(,12720)
+cvs.texi(,12721) The @file{commitinfo} file defines programs to execute
+cvs.texi(,12722) whenever @samp{cvs commit} is about to execute. These
+cvs.texi(,12723) programs are used for pre-commit checking to verify
+cvs.texi(,12724) that the modified, added and removed files are really
+cvs.texi(,12725) ready to be committed. This could be used, for
+cvs.texi(,12726) instance, to verify that the changed files conform to
+cvs.texi(,12727) to your site's standards for coding practice.
+cvs.texi(,12728)
+cvs.texi(,12729) As mentioned earlier, each line in the
+cvs.texi(,12730) @file{commitinfo} file consists of a regular expression
+cvs.texi(,12731) and a command-line template. The template can include
+cvs.texi(,12732) a program name and any number of arguments you wish to
+cvs.texi(,12733) supply to it. The full path to the current source
+cvs.texi(,12734) repository is appended to the template, followed by the
+cvs.texi(,12735) file names of any files involved in the commit (added,
+cvs.texi(,12736) removed, and modified files).
+cvs.texi(,12737)
+cvs.texi(,12738) @cindex Exit status, of commitinfo
+cvs.texi(,12739) The first line with a regular expression matching the
+cvs.texi(,12740) directory within the repository will be used. If the
+cvs.texi(,12741) command returns a non-zero exit status the commit will
+cvs.texi(,12742) be aborted.
+cvs.texi(,12743) @c FIXME: need example(s) of what "directory within the
+cvs.texi(,12744) @c repository" means.
+cvs.texi(,12745)
+cvs.texi(,12746) @cindex DEFAULT in commitinfo
+cvs.texi(,12747) If the repository name does not match any of the
+cvs.texi(,12748) regular expressions in this file, the @samp{DEFAULT}
+cvs.texi(,12749) line is used, if it is specified.
+cvs.texi(,12750)
+cvs.texi(,12751) @cindex ALL in commitinfo
+cvs.texi(,12752) All occurrences of the name @samp{ALL} appearing as a
+cvs.texi(,12753) regular expression are used in addition to the first
+cvs.texi(,12754) matching regular expression or the name @samp{DEFAULT}.
+cvs.texi(,12755)
+cvs.texi(,12756) @cindex @file{commitinfo}, working directory
+cvs.texi(,12757) @cindex @file{commitinfo}, command environment
+cvs.texi(,12758) The command will be run in the root of the workspace
+cvs.texi(,12759) containing the new versions of any files the user would like
+cvs.texi(,12760) to modify (commit), @emph{or in a copy of the workspace on
+cvs.texi(,12761) the server (@pxref{Remote repositories})}. If a file is
+cvs.texi(,12762) being removed, there will be no copy of the file under the
+cvs.texi(,12763) current directory. If a file is being added, there will be
+cvs.texi(,12764) no corresponding archive file in the repository unless the
+cvs.texi(,12765) file is being resurrected.
+cvs.texi(,12766)
+cvs.texi(,12767) Note that both the repository directory and the corresponding
+cvs.texi(,12768) Attic (@pxref{Attic}) directory may need to be checked to
+cvs.texi(,12769) locate the archive file corresponding to any given file being
+cvs.texi(,12770) committed. Much of the information about the specific commit
+cvs.texi(,12771) request being made, including the destination branch, commit
+cvs.texi(,12772) message, and command line options specified, is not available
+cvs.texi(,12773) to the command.
+cvs.texi(,12774)
+cvs.texi(,12775) @c FIXME: should discuss using commitinfo to control
+cvs.texi(,12776) @c who has checkin access to what (e.g. Joe can check into
+cvs.texi(,12777) @c directories a, b, and c, and Mary can check into
+cvs.texi(,12778) @c directories b, c, and d--note this case cannot be
+cvs.texi(,12779) @c conveniently handled with unix groups). Of course,
+cvs.texi(,12780) @c adding a new set of features to CVS might be a more
+cvs.texi(,12781) @c natural way to fix this problem than telling people to
+cvs.texi(,12782) @c use commitinfo.
+cvs.texi(,12783) @c FIXME: Should make some reference, especially in
+cvs.texi(,12784) @c the context of controlling who has access, to the fact
+cvs.texi(,12785) @c that commitinfo can be circumvented. Perhaps
+cvs.texi(,12786) @c mention SETXID (but has it been carefully examined
+cvs.texi(,12787) @c for holes?). This fits in with the discussion of
+cvs.texi(,12788) @c general CVS security in "Password authentication
+cvs.texi(,12789) @c security" (the bit which is not pserver-specific).
cvs.texi(,12790)
-cvs.texi(,12791) Once you have entered a log message, you can evaluate
-cvs.texi(,12792) that message to check for specific content, such as
-cvs.texi(,12793) a bug ID. Use the @file{verifymsg} file to
-cvs.texi(,12794) specify a program that is used to verify the log message.
-cvs.texi(,12795) This program could be a simple script that checks
-cvs.texi(,12796) that the entered message contains the required fields.
-cvs.texi(,12797)
-cvs.texi(,12798) The @file{verifymsg} file is often most useful together
-cvs.texi(,12799) with the @file{rcsinfo} file, which can be used to
-cvs.texi(,12800) specify a log message template.
-cvs.texi(,12801)
-cvs.texi(,12802) Each line in the @file{verifymsg} file consists of a
-cvs.texi(,12803) regular expression and a command-line template. The
-cvs.texi(,12804) template must include a program name, and can include
-cvs.texi(,12805) any number of arguments. The full path to the current
-cvs.texi(,12806) log message template file is appended to the template.
+cvs.texi(,12791) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,12792) @node verifymsg
+cvs.texi(,12793) @appendixsubsec Verifying log messages
+cvs.texi(,12794) @cindex @file{verifymsg} (admin file)
+cvs.texi(,12795) @cindex Log message, verifying
+cvs.texi(,12796)
+cvs.texi(,12797) Once you have entered a log message, you can evaluate
+cvs.texi(,12798) that message to check for specific content, such as
+cvs.texi(,12799) a bug ID. Use the @file{verifymsg} file to
+cvs.texi(,12800) specify a program that is used to verify the log message.
+cvs.texi(,12801) This program could be a simple script that checks
+cvs.texi(,12802) that the entered message contains the required fields.
+cvs.texi(,12803)
+cvs.texi(,12804) The @file{verifymsg} file is often most useful together
+cvs.texi(,12805) with the @file{rcsinfo} file, which can be used to
+cvs.texi(,12806) specify a log message template.
cvs.texi(,12807)
-cvs.texi(,12808) One thing that should be noted is that the @samp{ALL}
-cvs.texi(,12809) keyword is not supported. If more than one matching
-cvs.texi(,12810) line is found, the first one is used. This can be
-cvs.texi(,12811) useful for specifying a default verification script in a
-cvs.texi(,12812) directory, and then overriding it in a subdirectory.
+cvs.texi(,12808) Each line in the @file{verifymsg} file consists of a
+cvs.texi(,12809) regular expression and a command-line template. The
+cvs.texi(,12810) template must include a program name, and can include
+cvs.texi(,12811) any number of arguments. The full path to the current
+cvs.texi(,12812) log message template file is appended to the template.
cvs.texi(,12813)
-cvs.texi(,12814) @cindex DEFAULT in @file{verifymsg}
-cvs.texi(,12815) If the repository name does not match any of the
-cvs.texi(,12816) regular expressions in this file, the @samp{DEFAULT}
-cvs.texi(,12817) line is used, if it is specified.
-cvs.texi(,12818)
-cvs.texi(,12819) @cindex Exit status, of @file{verifymsg}
-cvs.texi(,12820) If the verification script exits with a non-zero exit status,
-cvs.texi(,12821) the commit is aborted.
-cvs.texi(,12822)
-cvs.texi(,12823) @cindex @file{verifymsg}, changing the log message
-cvs.texi(,12824) In the default configuration, CVS allows the
-cvs.texi(,12825) verification script to change the log message. This is
-cvs.texi(,12826) controlled via the RereadLogAfterVerify CVSROOT/config
-cvs.texi(,12827) option.
+cvs.texi(,12814) One thing that should be noted is that the @samp{ALL}
+cvs.texi(,12815) keyword is not supported. If more than one matching
+cvs.texi(,12816) line is found, the first one is used. This can be
+cvs.texi(,12817) useful for specifying a default verification script in a
+cvs.texi(,12818) directory, and then overriding it in a subdirectory.
+cvs.texi(,12819)
+cvs.texi(,12820) @cindex DEFAULT in @file{verifymsg}
+cvs.texi(,12821) If the repository name does not match any of the
+cvs.texi(,12822) regular expressions in this file, the @samp{DEFAULT}
+cvs.texi(,12823) line is used, if it is specified.
+cvs.texi(,12824)
+cvs.texi(,12825) @cindex Exit status, of @file{verifymsg}
+cvs.texi(,12826) If the verification script exits with a non-zero exit status,
+cvs.texi(,12827) the commit is aborted.
cvs.texi(,12828)
-cvs.texi(,12829) When @samp{RereadLogAfterVerify=always} or
-cvs.texi(,12830) @samp{RereadLogAfterVerify=stat}, the log message will
-cvs.texi(,12831) either always be reread after the verification script
-cvs.texi(,12832) is run or reread only if the log message file status
-cvs.texi(,12833) has changed.
+cvs.texi(,12829) @cindex @file{verifymsg}, changing the log message
+cvs.texi(,12830) In the default configuration, CVS allows the
+cvs.texi(,12831) verification script to change the log message. This is
+cvs.texi(,12832) controlled via the RereadLogAfterVerify CVSROOT/config
+cvs.texi(,12833) option.
cvs.texi(,12834)
-cvs.texi(,12835) @xref{config}, for more on CVSROOT/config options.
-cvs.texi(,12836)
-cvs.texi(,12837) It is NOT a good idea for a @file{verifymsg} script to
-cvs.texi(,12838) interact directly with the user in the various
-cvs.texi(,12839) client/server methods. For the @code{pserver} method,
-cvs.texi(,12840) there is no protocol support for communicating between
-cvs.texi(,12841) @file{verifymsg} and the client on the remote end. For the
-cvs.texi(,12842) @code{ext} and @code{server} methods, it is possible
-cvs.texi(,12843) for CVS to become confused by the characters going
-cvs.texi(,12844) along the same channel as the CVS protocol
-cvs.texi(,12845) messages. See @ref{Remote repositories}, for more
-cvs.texi(,12846) information on client/server setups. In addition, at the time
-cvs.texi(,12847) the @file{verifymsg} script runs, the CVS
-cvs.texi(,12848) server has locks in place in the repository. If control is
-cvs.texi(,12849) returned to the user here then other users may be stuck
waiting
-cvs.texi(,12850) for access to the repository.
-cvs.texi(,12851)
-cvs.texi(,12852) This option can be useful if you find yourself using an
-cvs.texi(,12853) rcstemplate that needs to be modified to remove empty
-cvs.texi(,12854) elements or to fill in default values. It can also be
-cvs.texi(,12855) useful if the rcstemplate has changed in the repository
-cvs.texi(,12856) and the CVS/Template was not updated, but is able to be
-cvs.texi(,12857) adapted to the new format by the verification script
-cvs.texi(,12858) that is run by @file{verifymsg}.
-cvs.texi(,12859)
-cvs.texi(,12860) An example of an update might be to change all
-cvs.texi(,12861) occurrences of 'BugId:' to be 'DefectId:' (which can be
-cvs.texi(,12862) useful if the rcstemplate has recently been changed and
-cvs.texi(,12863) there are still checked-out user trees with cached
-cvs.texi(,12864) copies in the CVS/Template file of the older version).
+cvs.texi(,12835) When @samp{RereadLogAfterVerify=always} or
+cvs.texi(,12836) @samp{RereadLogAfterVerify=stat}, the log message will
+cvs.texi(,12837) either always be reread after the verification script
+cvs.texi(,12838) is run or reread only if the log message file status
+cvs.texi(,12839) has changed.
+cvs.texi(,12840)
+cvs.texi(,12841) @xref{config}, for more on CVSROOT/config options.
+cvs.texi(,12842)
+cvs.texi(,12843) It is NOT a good idea for a @file{verifymsg} script to
+cvs.texi(,12844) interact directly with the user in the various
+cvs.texi(,12845) client/server methods. For the @code{pserver} method,
+cvs.texi(,12846) there is no protocol support for communicating between
+cvs.texi(,12847) @file{verifymsg} and the client on the remote end. For the
+cvs.texi(,12848) @code{ext} and @code{server} methods, it is possible
+cvs.texi(,12849) for CVS to become confused by the characters going
+cvs.texi(,12850) along the same channel as the CVS protocol
+cvs.texi(,12851) messages. See @ref{Remote repositories}, for more
+cvs.texi(,12852) information on client/server setups. In addition, at the time
+cvs.texi(,12853) the @file{verifymsg} script runs, the CVS
+cvs.texi(,12854) server has locks in place in the repository. If control is
+cvs.texi(,12855) returned to the user here then other users may be stuck
waiting
+cvs.texi(,12856) for access to the repository.
+cvs.texi(,12857)
+cvs.texi(,12858) This option can be useful if you find yourself using an
+cvs.texi(,12859) rcstemplate that needs to be modified to remove empty
+cvs.texi(,12860) elements or to fill in default values. It can also be
+cvs.texi(,12861) useful if the rcstemplate has changed in the repository
+cvs.texi(,12862) and the CVS/Template was not updated, but is able to be
+cvs.texi(,12863) adapted to the new format by the verification script
+cvs.texi(,12864) that is run by @file{verifymsg}.
cvs.texi(,12865)
-cvs.texi(,12866) Another example of an update might be to delete a line
-cvs.texi(,12867) that contains 'BugID: none' from the log message after
-cvs.texi(,12868) validation of that value as being allowed is made.
-cvs.texi(,12869)
-cvs.texi(,12870) The following is a little silly example of a
-cvs.texi(,12871) @file{verifymsg} file, together with the corresponding
-cvs.texi(,12872) @file{rcsinfo} file, the log message template and an
-cvs.texi(,12873) verification script. We begin with the log message template.
-cvs.texi(,12874) We want to always record a bug-id number on the first
-cvs.texi(,12875) line of the log message. The rest of log message is
-cvs.texi(,12876) free text. The following template is found in the file
-cvs.texi(,12877) @file{/usr/cvssupport/tc.template}.
-cvs.texi(,12878)
-cvs.texi(,12879) @example
-cvs.texi(,12880) BugId:
-cvs.texi(,12881) @end example
-cvs.texi(,12882)
-cvs.texi(,12883) The script @file{/usr/cvssupport/bugid.verify} is used to
-cvs.texi(,12884) evaluate the log message.
-cvs.texi(,12885)
-cvs.texi(,12886) @example
-cvs.texi(,12887) #!/bin/sh
-cvs.texi(,12888) #
-cvs.texi(,12889) # bugid.verify filename
-cvs.texi(,12890) #
-cvs.texi(,12891) # Verify that the log message contains a valid bugid
-cvs.texi(,12892) # on the first line.
-cvs.texi(,12893) #
-cvs.texi(,12894) if head -1 < $1 | grep '^BugId:[ ]*[0-9][0-9]*$' > /dev/null;
then
-cvs.texi(,12895) exit 0
-cvs.texi(,12896) elif head -1 < $1 | grep '^BugId:[ ]*none$' > /dev/null; then
-cvs.texi(,12897) # It is okay to allow commits with 'BugId: none',
-cvs.texi(,12898) # but do not put that text into the real log message.
-cvs.texi(,12899) grep -v '^BugId:[ ]*none$' > $1.rewrite
-cvs.texi(,12900) mv $1.rewrite $1
+cvs.texi(,12866) An example of an update might be to change all
+cvs.texi(,12867) occurrences of 'BugId:' to be 'DefectId:' (which can be
+cvs.texi(,12868) useful if the rcstemplate has recently been changed and
+cvs.texi(,12869) there are still checked-out user trees with cached
+cvs.texi(,12870) copies in the CVS/Template file of the older version).
+cvs.texi(,12871)
+cvs.texi(,12872) Another example of an update might be to delete a line
+cvs.texi(,12873) that contains 'BugID: none' from the log message after
+cvs.texi(,12874) validation of that value as being allowed is made.
+cvs.texi(,12875)
+cvs.texi(,12876) The following is a little silly example of a
+cvs.texi(,12877) @file{verifymsg} file, together with the corresponding
+cvs.texi(,12878) @file{rcsinfo} file, the log message template and an
+cvs.texi(,12879) verification script. We begin with the log message template.
+cvs.texi(,12880) We want to always record a bug-id number on the first
+cvs.texi(,12881) line of the log message. The rest of log message is
+cvs.texi(,12882) free text. The following template is found in the file
+cvs.texi(,12883) @file{/usr/cvssupport/tc.template}.
+cvs.texi(,12884)
+cvs.texi(,12885) @example
+cvs.texi(,12886) BugId:
+cvs.texi(,12887) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12888)
+cvs.texi(,12889) The script @file{/usr/cvssupport/bugid.verify} is used to
+cvs.texi(,12890) evaluate the log message.
+cvs.texi(,12891)
+cvs.texi(,12892) @example
+cvs.texi(,12893) #!/bin/sh
+cvs.texi(,12894) #
+cvs.texi(,12895) # bugid.verify filename
+cvs.texi(,12896) #
+cvs.texi(,12897) # Verify that the log message contains a valid bugid
+cvs.texi(,12898) # on the first line.
+cvs.texi(,12899) #
+cvs.texi(,12900) if head -1 < $1 | grep '^BugId:[ ]*[0-9][0-9]*$' > /dev/null;
then
cvs.texi(,12901) exit 0
-cvs.texi(,12902) else
-cvs.texi(,12903) echo "No BugId found."
-cvs.texi(,12904) exit 1
-cvs.texi(,12905) fi
-cvs.texi(,12906) @end example
-cvs.texi(,12907)
-cvs.texi(,12908) The @file{verifymsg} file contains this line:
-cvs.texi(,12909)
-cvs.texi(,12910) @example
-cvs.texi(,12911) ^tc /usr/cvssupport/bugid.verify
+cvs.texi(,12902) elif head -1 < $1 | grep '^BugId:[ ]*none$' > /dev/null; then
+cvs.texi(,12903) # It is okay to allow commits with 'BugId: none',
+cvs.texi(,12904) # but do not put that text into the real log message.
+cvs.texi(,12905) grep -v '^BugId:[ ]*none$' > $1.rewrite
+cvs.texi(,12906) mv $1.rewrite $1
+cvs.texi(,12907) exit 0
+cvs.texi(,12908) else
+cvs.texi(,12909) echo "No BugId found."
+cvs.texi(,12910) exit 1
+cvs.texi(,12911) fi
cvs.texi(,12912) @end example
cvs.texi(,12913)
-cvs.texi(,12914) The @file{rcsinfo} file contains this line:
+cvs.texi(,12914) The @file{verifymsg} file contains this line:
cvs.texi(,12915)
cvs.texi(,12916) @example
-cvs.texi(,12917) ^tc /usr/cvssupport/tc.template
+cvs.texi(,12917) ^tc /usr/cvssupport/bugid.verify
cvs.texi(,12918) @end example
cvs.texi(,12919)
-cvs.texi(,12920) The @file{config} file contains this line:
+cvs.texi(,12920) The @file{rcsinfo} file contains this line:
cvs.texi(,12921)
cvs.texi(,12922) @example
-cvs.texi(,12923) RereadLogAfterVerify=always
+cvs.texi(,12923) ^tc /usr/cvssupport/tc.template
cvs.texi(,12924) @end example
cvs.texi(,12925)
-cvs.texi(,12926)
+cvs.texi(,12926) The @file{config} file contains this line:
cvs.texi(,12927)
-cvs.texi(,12928) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,12929) @node editinfo
-cvs.texi(,12930) @appendixsubsec Editinfo
-cvs.texi(,12931) @cindex editinfo (admin file)
-cvs.texi(,12932) @cindex Editor, specifying per module
-cvs.texi(,12933) @cindex Per-module editor
-cvs.texi(,12934) @cindex Log messages, editing
-cvs.texi(,12935)
-cvs.texi(,12936) @strong{Note: The @file{editinfo} feature has been
-cvs.texi(,12937) rendered obsolete. To set a default editor for log
-cvs.texi(,12938) messages use the @code{CVSEDITOR}, @code{EDITOR} environment
variables
-cvs.texi(,12939) (@pxref{Environment variables}) or the @samp{-e} global
-cvs.texi(,12940) option (@pxref{Global options}). See @ref{verifymsg},
-cvs.texi(,12941) for information on the use of the @file{verifymsg}
-cvs.texi(,12942) feature for evaluating log messages.}
-cvs.texi(,12943)
-cvs.texi(,12944) If you want to make sure that all log messages look the
-cvs.texi(,12945) same way, you can use the @file{editinfo} file to
-cvs.texi(,12946) specify a program that is used to edit the log message.
-cvs.texi(,12947) This program could be a custom-made editor that always
-cvs.texi(,12948) enforces a certain style of the log message, or maybe a
-cvs.texi(,12949) simple shell script that calls an editor, and checks
-cvs.texi(,12950) that the entered message contains the required fields.
-cvs.texi(,12951)
-cvs.texi(,12952) If no matching line is found in the @file{editinfo}
-cvs.texi(,12953) file, the editor specified in the environment variable
-cvs.texi(,12954) @code{$CVSEDITOR} is used instead. If that variable is
-cvs.texi(,12955) not set, then the environment variable @code{$EDITOR}
-cvs.texi(,12956) is used instead. If that variable is not
-cvs.texi(,12957) set a default will be used. See @ref{Committing your
changes}.
-cvs.texi(,12958)
-cvs.texi(,12959) The @file{editinfo} file is often most useful together
-cvs.texi(,12960) with the @file{rcsinfo} file, which can be used to
-cvs.texi(,12961) specify a log message template.
-cvs.texi(,12962)
-cvs.texi(,12963) Each line in the @file{editinfo} file consists of a
-cvs.texi(,12964) regular expression and a command-line template. The
-cvs.texi(,12965) template must include a program name, and can include
-cvs.texi(,12966) any number of arguments. The full path to the current
-cvs.texi(,12967) log message template file is appended to the template.
+cvs.texi(,12928) @example
+cvs.texi(,12929) RereadLogAfterVerify=always
+cvs.texi(,12930) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12931)
+cvs.texi(,12932)
+cvs.texi(,12933)
+cvs.texi(,12934) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,12935) @node editinfo
+cvs.texi(,12936) @appendixsubsec Editinfo
+cvs.texi(,12937) @cindex editinfo (admin file)
+cvs.texi(,12938) @cindex Editor, specifying per module
+cvs.texi(,12939) @cindex Per-module editor
+cvs.texi(,12940) @cindex Log messages, editing
+cvs.texi(,12941)
+cvs.texi(,12942) @strong{Note: The @file{editinfo} feature has been
+cvs.texi(,12943) rendered obsolete. To set a default editor for log
+cvs.texi(,12944) messages use the @code{CVSEDITOR}, @code{EDITOR} environment
variables
+cvs.texi(,12945) (@pxref{Environment variables}) or the @samp{-e} global
+cvs.texi(,12946) option (@pxref{Global options}). See @ref{verifymsg},
+cvs.texi(,12947) for information on the use of the @file{verifymsg}
+cvs.texi(,12948) feature for evaluating log messages.}
+cvs.texi(,12949)
+cvs.texi(,12950) If you want to make sure that all log messages look the
+cvs.texi(,12951) same way, you can use the @file{editinfo} file to
+cvs.texi(,12952) specify a program that is used to edit the log message.
+cvs.texi(,12953) This program could be a custom-made editor that always
+cvs.texi(,12954) enforces a certain style of the log message, or maybe a
+cvs.texi(,12955) simple shell script that calls an editor, and checks
+cvs.texi(,12956) that the entered message contains the required fields.
+cvs.texi(,12957)
+cvs.texi(,12958) If no matching line is found in the @file{editinfo}
+cvs.texi(,12959) file, the editor specified in the environment variable
+cvs.texi(,12960) @code{$CVSEDITOR} is used instead. If that variable is
+cvs.texi(,12961) not set, then the environment variable @code{$EDITOR}
+cvs.texi(,12962) is used instead. If that variable is not
+cvs.texi(,12963) set a default will be used. See @ref{Committing your
changes}.
+cvs.texi(,12964)
+cvs.texi(,12965) The @file{editinfo} file is often most useful together
+cvs.texi(,12966) with the @file{rcsinfo} file, which can be used to
+cvs.texi(,12967) specify a log message template.
cvs.texi(,12968)
-cvs.texi(,12969) One thing that should be noted is that the @samp{ALL}
-cvs.texi(,12970) keyword is not supported. If more than one matching
-cvs.texi(,12971) line is found, the first one is used. This can be
-cvs.texi(,12972) useful for specifying a default edit script in a
-cvs.texi(,12973) module, and then overriding it in a subdirectory.
+cvs.texi(,12969) Each line in the @file{editinfo} file consists of a
+cvs.texi(,12970) regular expression and a command-line template. The
+cvs.texi(,12971) template must include a program name, and can include
+cvs.texi(,12972) any number of arguments. The full path to the current
+cvs.texi(,12973) log message template file is appended to the template.
cvs.texi(,12974)
-cvs.texi(,12975) @cindex DEFAULT in editinfo
-cvs.texi(,12976) If the repository name does not match any of the
-cvs.texi(,12977) regular expressions in this file, the @samp{DEFAULT}
-cvs.texi(,12978) line is used, if it is specified.
-cvs.texi(,12979)
-cvs.texi(,12980) If the edit script exits with a non-zero exit status,
-cvs.texi(,12981) the commit is aborted.
-cvs.texi(,12982)
-cvs.texi(,12983) Note: when @sc{cvs} is accessing a remote repository,
-cvs.texi(,12984) or when the @samp{-m} or @samp{-F} options to @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,12985) commit} are used, @file{editinfo} will not be consulted.
-cvs.texi(,12986) There is no good workaround for this; use
-cvs.texi(,12987) @file{verifymsg} instead.
+cvs.texi(,12975) One thing that should be noted is that the @samp{ALL}
+cvs.texi(,12976) keyword is not supported. If more than one matching
+cvs.texi(,12977) line is found, the first one is used. This can be
+cvs.texi(,12978) useful for specifying a default edit script in a
+cvs.texi(,12979) module, and then overriding it in a subdirectory.
+cvs.texi(,12980)
+cvs.texi(,12981) @cindex DEFAULT in editinfo
+cvs.texi(,12982) If the repository name does not match any of the
+cvs.texi(,12983) regular expressions in this file, the @samp{DEFAULT}
+cvs.texi(,12984) line is used, if it is specified.
+cvs.texi(,12985)
+cvs.texi(,12986) If the edit script exits with a non-zero exit status,
+cvs.texi(,12987) the commit is aborted.
cvs.texi(,12988)
-cvs.texi(,12989) @menu
-cvs.texi(,12990) * editinfo example:: Editinfo example
-cvs.texi(,12991) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,12992)
-cvs.texi(,12993) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,12994) @node editinfo example
-cvs.texi(,12995) @appendixsubsubsec Editinfo example
-cvs.texi(,12996)
-cvs.texi(,12997) The following is a little silly example of a
-cvs.texi(,12998) @file{editinfo} file, together with the corresponding
-cvs.texi(,12999) @file{rcsinfo} file, the log message template and an
-cvs.texi(,13000) editor script. We begin with the log message template.
-cvs.texi(,13001) We want to always record a bug-id number on the first
-cvs.texi(,13002) line of the log message. The rest of log message is
-cvs.texi(,13003) free text. The following template is found in the file
-cvs.texi(,13004) @file{/usr/cvssupport/tc.template}.
-cvs.texi(,13005)
-cvs.texi(,13006) @example
-cvs.texi(,13007) BugId:
-cvs.texi(,13008) @end example
-cvs.texi(,13009)
-cvs.texi(,13010) The script @file{/usr/cvssupport/bugid.edit} is used to
-cvs.texi(,13011) edit the log message.
-cvs.texi(,13012)
-cvs.texi(,13013) @example
-cvs.texi(,13014) #!/bin/sh
-cvs.texi(,13015) #
-cvs.texi(,13016) # bugid.edit filename
-cvs.texi(,13017) #
-cvs.texi(,13018) # Call $EDITOR on FILENAME, and verify that the
-cvs.texi(,13019) # resulting file contains a valid bugid on the first
-cvs.texi(,13020) # line.
-cvs.texi(,13021) if [ "x$EDITOR" = "x" ]; then EDITOR=vi; fi
-cvs.texi(,13022) if [ "x$CVSEDITOR" = "x" ]; then CVSEDITOR=$EDITOR; fi
-cvs.texi(,13023) $CVSEDITOR $1
-cvs.texi(,13024) until head -1|grep '^BugId:[ ]*[0-9][0-9]*$' < $1
-cvs.texi(,13025) do echo -n "No BugId found. Edit again? ([y]/n)"
-cvs.texi(,13026) read ans
-cvs.texi(,13027) case address@hidden@} in
-cvs.texi(,13028) n*) exit 1;;
-cvs.texi(,13029) esac
-cvs.texi(,13030) $CVSEDITOR $1
-cvs.texi(,13031) done
-cvs.texi(,13032) @end example
-cvs.texi(,13033)
-cvs.texi(,13034) The @file{editinfo} file contains this line:
-cvs.texi(,13035)
-cvs.texi(,13036) @example
-cvs.texi(,13037) ^tc /usr/cvssupport/bugid.edit
+cvs.texi(,12989) Note: when @sc{cvs} is accessing a remote repository,
+cvs.texi(,12990) or when the @samp{-m} or @samp{-F} options to @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,12991) commit} are used, @file{editinfo} will not be consulted.
+cvs.texi(,12992) There is no good workaround for this; use
+cvs.texi(,12993) @file{verifymsg} instead.
+cvs.texi(,12994)
+cvs.texi(,12995) @menu
+cvs.texi(,12996) * editinfo example:: Editinfo example
+cvs.texi(,12997) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,12998)
+cvs.texi(,12999) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,13000) @node editinfo example
+cvs.texi(,13001) @appendixsubsubsec Editinfo example
+cvs.texi(,13002)
+cvs.texi(,13003) The following is a little silly example of a
+cvs.texi(,13004) @file{editinfo} file, together with the corresponding
+cvs.texi(,13005) @file{rcsinfo} file, the log message template and an
+cvs.texi(,13006) editor script. We begin with the log message template.
+cvs.texi(,13007) We want to always record a bug-id number on the first
+cvs.texi(,13008) line of the log message. The rest of log message is
+cvs.texi(,13009) free text. The following template is found in the file
+cvs.texi(,13010) @file{/usr/cvssupport/tc.template}.
+cvs.texi(,13011)
+cvs.texi(,13012) @example
+cvs.texi(,13013) BugId:
+cvs.texi(,13014) @end example
+cvs.texi(,13015)
+cvs.texi(,13016) The script @file{/usr/cvssupport/bugid.edit} is used to
+cvs.texi(,13017) edit the log message.
+cvs.texi(,13018)
+cvs.texi(,13019) @example
+cvs.texi(,13020) #!/bin/sh
+cvs.texi(,13021) #
+cvs.texi(,13022) # bugid.edit filename
+cvs.texi(,13023) #
+cvs.texi(,13024) # Call $EDITOR on FILENAME, and verify that the
+cvs.texi(,13025) # resulting file contains a valid bugid on the first
+cvs.texi(,13026) # line.
+cvs.texi(,13027) if [ "x$EDITOR" = "x" ]; then EDITOR=vi; fi
+cvs.texi(,13028) if [ "x$CVSEDITOR" = "x" ]; then CVSEDITOR=$EDITOR; fi
+cvs.texi(,13029) $CVSEDITOR $1
+cvs.texi(,13030) until head -1|grep '^BugId:[ ]*[0-9][0-9]*$' < $1
+cvs.texi(,13031) do echo -n "No BugId found. Edit again? ([y]/n)"
+cvs.texi(,13032) read ans
+cvs.texi(,13033) case address@hidden@} in
+cvs.texi(,13034) n*) exit 1;;
+cvs.texi(,13035) esac
+cvs.texi(,13036) $CVSEDITOR $1
+cvs.texi(,13037) done
cvs.texi(,13038) @end example
cvs.texi(,13039)
-cvs.texi(,13040) The @file{rcsinfo} file contains this line:
+cvs.texi(,13040) The @file{editinfo} file contains this line:
cvs.texi(,13041)
cvs.texi(,13042) @example
-cvs.texi(,13043) ^tc /usr/cvssupport/tc.template
+cvs.texi(,13043) ^tc /usr/cvssupport/bugid.edit
cvs.texi(,13044) @end example
cvs.texi(,13045)
-cvs.texi(,13046) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,13047) @node loginfo
-cvs.texi(,13048) @appendixsubsec Loginfo
-cvs.texi(,13049) @cindex loginfo (admin file)
-cvs.texi(,13050) @cindex Storing log messages
-cvs.texi(,13051) @cindex Mailing log messages
-cvs.texi(,13052) @cindex Distributing log messages
-cvs.texi(,13053) @cindex Log messages
-cvs.texi(,13054)
-cvs.texi(,13055) @c "cvs commit" is not quite right. What we
-cvs.texi(,13056) @c mean is "when the repository gets changed" which
-cvs.texi(,13057) @c also includes "cvs import" and "cvs add" on a directory.
-cvs.texi(,13058) The @file{loginfo} file is used to control where
-cvs.texi(,13059) @samp{cvs commit} log information is sent. The first
-cvs.texi(,13060) entry on a line is a regular expression which is tested
-cvs.texi(,13061) against the directory that the change is being made to,
-cvs.texi(,13062) relative to the @code{$CVSROOT}. If a match is found, then
-cvs.texi(,13063) the remainder of the line is a filter program that
-cvs.texi(,13064) should expect log information on its standard input.
-cvs.texi(,13065)
-cvs.texi(,13066) If the repository name does not match any of the
-cvs.texi(,13067) regular expressions in this file, the @samp{DEFAULT}
-cvs.texi(,13068) line is used, if it is specified.
-cvs.texi(,13069)
-cvs.texi(,13070) All occurrences of the name @samp{ALL} appearing as a
-cvs.texi(,13071) regular expression are used in addition to the first
-cvs.texi(,13072) matching regular expression or @samp{DEFAULT}.
-cvs.texi(,13073)
-cvs.texi(,13074) The first matching regular expression is used.
+cvs.texi(,13046) The @file{rcsinfo} file contains this line:
+cvs.texi(,13047)
+cvs.texi(,13048) @example
+cvs.texi(,13049) ^tc /usr/cvssupport/tc.template
+cvs.texi(,13050) @end example
+cvs.texi(,13051)
+cvs.texi(,13052) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,13053) @node loginfo
+cvs.texi(,13054) @appendixsubsec Loginfo
+cvs.texi(,13055) @cindex loginfo (admin file)
+cvs.texi(,13056) @cindex Storing log messages
+cvs.texi(,13057) @cindex Mailing log messages
+cvs.texi(,13058) @cindex Distributing log messages
+cvs.texi(,13059) @cindex Log messages
+cvs.texi(,13060)
+cvs.texi(,13061) @c "cvs commit" is not quite right. What we
+cvs.texi(,13062) @c mean is "when the repository gets changed" which
+cvs.texi(,13063) @c also includes "cvs import" and "cvs add" on a directory.
+cvs.texi(,13064) The @file{loginfo} file is used to control where
+cvs.texi(,13065) @samp{cvs commit} log information is sent. The first
+cvs.texi(,13066) entry on a line is a regular expression which is tested
+cvs.texi(,13067) against the directory that the change is being made to,
+cvs.texi(,13068) relative to the @code{$CVSROOT}. If a match is found, then
+cvs.texi(,13069) the remainder of the line is a filter program that
+cvs.texi(,13070) should expect log information on its standard input.
+cvs.texi(,13071)
+cvs.texi(,13072) If the repository name does not match any of the
+cvs.texi(,13073) regular expressions in this file, the @samp{DEFAULT}
+cvs.texi(,13074) line is used, if it is specified.
cvs.texi(,13075)
-cvs.texi(,13076) @xref{commit files}, for a description of the syntax of
-cvs.texi(,13077) the @file{loginfo} file.
-cvs.texi(,13078)
-cvs.texi(,13079) The user may specify a format string as
-cvs.texi(,13080) part of the filter. The string is composed of a
-cvs.texi(,13081) @samp{%} followed by a space, or followed by a single
-cvs.texi(,13082) format character, or followed by a set of format
-cvs.texi(,13083) characters surrounded by @address@hidden and @address@hidden
as
-cvs.texi(,13084) separators. The format characters are:
-cvs.texi(,13085)
-cvs.texi(,13086) @table @t
-cvs.texi(,13087) @item s
-cvs.texi(,13088) file name
-cvs.texi(,13089) @item V
-cvs.texi(,13090) old version number (pre-checkin)
-cvs.texi(,13091) @item v
-cvs.texi(,13092) new version number (post-checkin)
-cvs.texi(,13093) @end table
-cvs.texi(,13094)
-cvs.texi(,13095) All other characters that appear in a format string
-cvs.texi(,13096) expand to an empty field (commas separating fields are
-cvs.texi(,13097) still provided).
-cvs.texi(,13098)
-cvs.texi(,13099) For example, some valid format strings are @samp{%},
-cvs.texi(,13100) @samp{%s}, @address@hidden@}}, and @address@hidden@}}.
-cvs.texi(,13101)
-cvs.texi(,13102) The output will be a space separated string of tokens
enclosed in
-cvs.texi(,13103) quotation marks (@t{"}).
-cvs.texi(,13104) Any embedded dollar signs (@t{$}), backticks (@t{`}),
-cvs.texi(,13105) backslashes (@t{\}), or quotation marks will be preceded
-cvs.texi(,13106) by a backslash (this allows the shell to correctly parse it
-cvs.texi(,13107) as a single string, regardless of the characters it contains).
-cvs.texi(,13108) For backwards compatibility, the first
-cvs.texi(,13109) token will be the repository subdirectory. The rest of the
-cvs.texi(,13110) tokens will be comma-delimited lists of the information
-cvs.texi(,13111) requested in the format string. For example, if
-cvs.texi(,13112) @samp{/u/src/master/yoyodyne/tc} is the repository,
@address@hidden@}}
-cvs.texi(,13113) is the format string, and three files (@t{ChangeLog},
-cvs.texi(,13114) @t{Makefile}, @t{foo.c}) were modified, the output
-cvs.texi(,13115) might be:
-cvs.texi(,13116)
-cvs.texi(,13117) @example
-cvs.texi(,13118) "yoyodyne/tc ChangeLog,1.1,1.2 Makefile,1.3,1.4
foo.c,1.12,1.13"
-cvs.texi(,13119) @end example
-cvs.texi(,13120)
-cvs.texi(,13121) As another example, @address@hidden@}} means that only the
-cvs.texi(,13122) name of the repository will be generated.
-cvs.texi(,13123)
-cvs.texi(,13124) Note: when @sc{cvs} is accessing a remote repository,
-cvs.texi(,13125) @file{loginfo} will be run on the @emph{remote}
-cvs.texi(,13126) (i.e., server) side, not the client side (@pxref{Remote
-cvs.texi(,13127) repositories}).
-cvs.texi(,13128)
-cvs.texi(,13129) @menu
-cvs.texi(,13130) * loginfo example:: Loginfo example
-cvs.texi(,13131) * Keeping a checked out copy:: Updating a tree on every
checkin
-cvs.texi(,13132) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,13133)
-cvs.texi(,13134) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,13135) @node loginfo example
-cvs.texi(,13136) @appendixsubsubsec Loginfo example
-cvs.texi(,13137)
-cvs.texi(,13138) The following @file{loginfo} file, together with the
-cvs.texi(,13139) tiny shell-script below, appends all log messages
-cvs.texi(,13140) to the file @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/commitlog},
-cvs.texi(,13141) and any commits to the administrative files (inside
-cvs.texi(,13142) the @file{CVSROOT} directory) are also logged in
-cvs.texi(,13143) @file{/usr/adm/cvsroot-log}.
-cvs.texi(,13144) Commits to the @file{prog1} directory are mailed to @t{ceder}.
-cvs.texi(,13145)
-cvs.texi(,13146) @c FIXME: is it a CVS feature or bug that only the
-cvs.texi(,13147) @c first matching line is used? It is documented
-cvs.texi(,13148) @c above, but is it useful? For example, if we wanted
-cvs.texi(,13149) @c to run both "cvs-log" and "Mail" for the CVSROOT
-cvs.texi(,13150) @c directory, it is kind of awkward if
-cvs.texi(,13151) @c only the first matching line is used.
-cvs.texi(,13152) @example
-cvs.texi(,13153) ALL /usr/local/bin/cvs-log
$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/commitlog $USER
-cvs.texi(,13154) ^CVSROOT /usr/local/bin/cvs-log /usr/adm/cvsroot-log
-cvs.texi(,13155) ^prog1 Mail -s %s ceder
-cvs.texi(,13156) @end example
-cvs.texi(,13157)
-cvs.texi(,13158) The shell-script @file{/usr/local/bin/cvs-log} looks
-cvs.texi(,13159) like this:
-cvs.texi(,13160)
-cvs.texi(,13161) @example
-cvs.texi(,13162) #!/bin/sh
-cvs.texi(,13163) (echo
"------------------------------------------------------";
-cvs.texi(,13164) echo -n $2" ";
-cvs.texi(,13165) date;
-cvs.texi(,13166) echo;
-cvs.texi(,13167) cat) >> $1
-cvs.texi(,13168) @end example
-cvs.texi(,13169)
-cvs.texi(,13170) @node Keeping a checked out copy
-cvs.texi(,13171) @appendixsubsubsec Keeping a checked out copy
-cvs.texi(,13172)
-cvs.texi(,13173) @c What other index entries? It seems like
-cvs.texi(,13174) @c people might want to use a lot of different
-cvs.texi(,13175) @c words for this functionality.
-cvs.texi(,13176) @cindex Keeping a checked out copy
-cvs.texi(,13177) @cindex Checked out copy, keeping
-cvs.texi(,13178) @cindex Web pages, maintaining with CVS
-cvs.texi(,13179)
-cvs.texi(,13180) It is often useful to maintain a directory tree which
-cvs.texi(,13181) contains files which correspond to the latest version
-cvs.texi(,13182) in the repository. For example, other developers might
-cvs.texi(,13183) want to refer to the latest sources without having to
-cvs.texi(,13184) check them out, or you might be maintaining a web site
-cvs.texi(,13185) with @sc{cvs} and want every checkin to cause the files
-cvs.texi(,13186) used by the web server to be updated.
-cvs.texi(,13187) @c Can we offer more details on the web example? Or
-cvs.texi(,13188) @c point the user at how to figure it out? This text
-cvs.texi(,13189) @c strikes me as sufficient for someone who already has
-cvs.texi(,13190) @c some idea of what we mean but not enough for the naive
-cvs.texi(,13191) @c user/sysadmin to understand it and set it up.
-cvs.texi(,13192)
-cvs.texi(,13193) The way to do this is by having loginfo invoke
-cvs.texi(,13194) @code{cvs update}. Doing so in the naive way will
-cvs.texi(,13195) cause a problem with locks, so the @code{cvs update}
-cvs.texi(,13196) must be run in the background.
-cvs.texi(,13197) @c Should we try to describe the problem with locks?
-cvs.texi(,13198) @c It seems like a digression for someone who just
-cvs.texi(,13199) @c wants to know how to make it work.
-cvs.texi(,13200) @c Another choice which might work for a single file
-cvs.texi(,13201) @c is to use "cvs -n update -p" which doesn't take
-cvs.texi(,13202) @c out locks (I think) but I don't see many advantages
-cvs.texi(,13203) @c of that and we might as well document something which
-cvs.texi(,13204) @c works for multiple files.
-cvs.texi(,13205) Here is an example for unix (this should all be on one line):
-cvs.texi(,13206)
-cvs.texi(,13207) @example
-cvs.texi(,13208) ^cyclic-pages (date; cat; (sleep 2; cd
/u/www/local-docs;
-cvs.texi(,13209) cvs -q update -d) &) >> $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/updatelog 2>&1
-cvs.texi(,13210) @end example
-cvs.texi(,13211)
-cvs.texi(,13212) This will cause checkins to repository directories
-cvs.texi(,13213) starting with @code{cyclic-pages} to update the checked
-cvs.texi(,13214) out tree in @file{/u/www/local-docs}.
-cvs.texi(,13215) @c More info on some of the details? The "sleep 2" is
-cvs.texi(,13216) @c so if we are lucky the lock will be gone by the time
-cvs.texi(,13217) @c we start and we can wait 2 seconds instead of 30.
-cvs.texi(,13218)
-cvs.texi(,13219) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,13220) @node rcsinfo
-cvs.texi(,13221) @appendixsec Rcsinfo
-cvs.texi(,13222) @cindex rcsinfo (admin file)
-cvs.texi(,13223) @cindex Form for log message
-cvs.texi(,13224) @cindex Log message template
-cvs.texi(,13225) @cindex Template for log message
-cvs.texi(,13226)
-cvs.texi(,13227) The @file{rcsinfo} file can be used to specify a form to
-cvs.texi(,13228) edit when filling out the commit log. The
-cvs.texi(,13229) @file{rcsinfo} file has a syntax similar to the
-cvs.texi(,13230) @file{verifymsg}, @file{commitinfo} and @file{loginfo}
-cvs.texi(,13231) files. @xref{syntax}. Unlike the other files the second
-cvs.texi(,13232) part is @emph{not} a command-line template. Instead,
-cvs.texi(,13233) the part after the regular expression should be a full
pathname to
-cvs.texi(,13234) a file containing the log message template.
-cvs.texi(,13235)
-cvs.texi(,13236) If the repository name does not match any of the
-cvs.texi(,13237) regular expressions in this file, the @samp{DEFAULT}
-cvs.texi(,13238) line is used, if it is specified.
-cvs.texi(,13239)
-cvs.texi(,13240) All occurrences of the name @samp{ALL} appearing as a
-cvs.texi(,13241) regular expression are used in addition to the first
-cvs.texi(,13242) matching regular expression or @samp{DEFAULT}.
-cvs.texi(,13243)
-cvs.texi(,13244) @c FIXME: should be offering advice, somewhere around
-cvs.texi(,13245) @c here, about where to put the template file. The
-cvs.texi(,13246) @c verifymsg example uses /usr/cvssupport but doesn't
-cvs.texi(,13247) @c say anything about what that directory is for or
-cvs.texi(,13248) @c whether it is hardwired into CVS or who creates
-cvs.texi(,13249) @c it or anything. In particular we should say
-cvs.texi(,13250) @c how to version control the template file. A
-cvs.texi(,13251) @c probably better answer than the /usr/cvssupport
-cvs.texi(,13252) @c stuff is to use checkoutlist (with xref to the
-cvs.texi(,13253) @c checkoutlist doc).
-cvs.texi(,13254) @c Also I am starting to see a connection between
-cvs.texi(,13255) @c this and the Keeping a checked out copy node.
-cvs.texi(,13256) @c Probably want to say something about that.
-cvs.texi(,13257) The log message template will be used as a default log
-cvs.texi(,13258) message. If you specify a log message with @samp{cvs
-cvs.texi(,13259) commit -m @var{message}} or @samp{cvs commit -f
-cvs.texi(,13260) @var{file}} that log message will override the
-cvs.texi(,13261) template.
-cvs.texi(,13262)
-cvs.texi(,13263) @xref{verifymsg}, for an example @file{rcsinfo}
-cvs.texi(,13264) file.
-cvs.texi(,13265)
-cvs.texi(,13266) When @sc{cvs} is accessing a remote repository,
-cvs.texi(,13267) the contents of @file{rcsinfo} at the time a directory
-cvs.texi(,13268) is first checked out will specify a template. This
-cvs.texi(,13269) template will be updated on all @samp{cvs update}
-cvs.texi(,13270) commands. It will also be added to new directories
-cvs.texi(,13271) added with a @samp{cvs add new-directry} command.
-cvs.texi(,13272) In versions of @sc{cvs} prior to version 1.12, the
-cvs.texi(,13273) @file{CVS/Template} file was not updated. If the
-cvs.texi(,13274) @sc{cvs} server is at version 1.12 or higher an older
-cvs.texi(,13275) client may be used and the @file{CVS/Template} will
-cvs.texi(,13276) be updated from the server.
-cvs.texi(,13277)
-cvs.texi(,13278) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,13279) @node cvsignore
-cvs.texi(,13280) @appendixsec Ignoring files via cvsignore
-cvs.texi(,13281) @cindex cvsignore (admin file), global
-cvs.texi(,13282) @cindex Global cvsignore
-cvs.texi(,13283) @cindex Ignoring files
-cvs.texi(,13284) @c -- This chapter should maybe be moved to the
-cvs.texi(,13285) @c tutorial part of the manual?
-cvs.texi(,13286)
-cvs.texi(,13287) There are certain file names that frequently occur
-cvs.texi(,13288) inside your working copy, but that you don't want to
-cvs.texi(,13289) put under @sc{cvs} control. Examples are all the object
-cvs.texi(,13290) files that you get while you compile your sources.
-cvs.texi(,13291) Normally, when you run @samp{cvs update}, it prints a
-cvs.texi(,13292) line for each file it encounters that it doesn't know
-cvs.texi(,13293) about (@pxref{update output}).
-cvs.texi(,13294)
-cvs.texi(,13295) @sc{cvs} has a list of files (or sh(1) file name patterns)
-cvs.texi(,13296) that it should ignore while running @code{update},
-cvs.texi(,13297) @code{import} and @code{release}.
-cvs.texi(,13298) @c -- Are those the only three commands affected?
-cvs.texi(,13299) This list is constructed in the following way.
+cvs.texi(,13076) All occurrences of the name @samp{ALL} appearing as a
+cvs.texi(,13077) regular expression are used in addition to the first
+cvs.texi(,13078) matching regular expression or @samp{DEFAULT}.
+cvs.texi(,13079)
+cvs.texi(,13080) The first matching regular expression is used.
+cvs.texi(,13081)
+cvs.texi(,13082) @xref{commit files}, for a description of the syntax of
+cvs.texi(,13083) the @file{loginfo} file.
+cvs.texi(,13084)
+cvs.texi(,13085) The user may specify a format string as
+cvs.texi(,13086) part of the filter. The string is composed of a
+cvs.texi(,13087) @samp{%} followed by a space, or followed by a single
+cvs.texi(,13088) format character, or followed by a set of format
+cvs.texi(,13089) characters surrounded by @address@hidden and @address@hidden
as
+cvs.texi(,13090) separators. The format characters are:
+cvs.texi(,13091)
+cvs.texi(,13092) @table @t
+cvs.texi(,13093) @item s
+cvs.texi(,13094) file name
+cvs.texi(,13095) @item V
+cvs.texi(,13096) old version number (pre-checkin)
+cvs.texi(,13097) @item v
+cvs.texi(,13098) new version number (post-checkin)
+cvs.texi(,13099) @end table
+cvs.texi(,13100)
+cvs.texi(,13101) All other characters that appear in a format string
+cvs.texi(,13102) expand to an empty field (commas separating fields are
+cvs.texi(,13103) still provided).
+cvs.texi(,13104)
+cvs.texi(,13105) For example, some valid format strings are @samp{%},
+cvs.texi(,13106) @samp{%s}, @address@hidden@}}, and @address@hidden@}}.
+cvs.texi(,13107)
+cvs.texi(,13108) The output will be a space separated string of tokens
enclosed in
+cvs.texi(,13109) quotation marks (@t{"}).
+cvs.texi(,13110) Any embedded dollar signs (@t{$}), backticks (@t{`}),
+cvs.texi(,13111) backslashes (@t{\}), or quotation marks will be preceded
+cvs.texi(,13112) by a backslash (this allows the shell to correctly parse it
+cvs.texi(,13113) as a single string, regardless of the characters it contains).
+cvs.texi(,13114) For backwards compatibility, the first
+cvs.texi(,13115) token will be the repository subdirectory. The rest of the
+cvs.texi(,13116) tokens will be comma-delimited lists of the information
+cvs.texi(,13117) requested in the format string. For example, if
+cvs.texi(,13118) @samp{/u/src/master/yoyodyne/tc} is the repository,
@address@hidden@}}
+cvs.texi(,13119) is the format string, and three files (@t{ChangeLog},
+cvs.texi(,13120) @t{Makefile}, @t{foo.c}) were modified, the output
+cvs.texi(,13121) might be:
+cvs.texi(,13122)
+cvs.texi(,13123) @example
+cvs.texi(,13124) "yoyodyne/tc ChangeLog,1.1,1.2 Makefile,1.3,1.4
foo.c,1.12,1.13"
+cvs.texi(,13125) @end example
+cvs.texi(,13126)
+cvs.texi(,13127) As another example, @address@hidden@}} means that only the
+cvs.texi(,13128) name of the repository will be generated.
+cvs.texi(,13129)
+cvs.texi(,13130) Note: when @sc{cvs} is accessing a remote repository,
+cvs.texi(,13131) @file{loginfo} will be run on the @emph{remote}
+cvs.texi(,13132) (i.e., server) side, not the client side (@pxref{Remote
+cvs.texi(,13133) repositories}).
+cvs.texi(,13134)
+cvs.texi(,13135) @menu
+cvs.texi(,13136) * loginfo example:: Loginfo example
+cvs.texi(,13137) * Keeping a checked out copy:: Updating a tree on every
checkin
+cvs.texi(,13138) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,13139)
+cvs.texi(,13140) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,13141) @node loginfo example
+cvs.texi(,13142) @appendixsubsubsec Loginfo example
+cvs.texi(,13143)
+cvs.texi(,13144) The following @file{loginfo} file, together with the
+cvs.texi(,13145) tiny shell-script below, appends all log messages
+cvs.texi(,13146) to the file @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/commitlog},
+cvs.texi(,13147) and any commits to the administrative files (inside
+cvs.texi(,13148) the @file{CVSROOT} directory) are also logged in
+cvs.texi(,13149) @file{/usr/adm/cvsroot-log}.
+cvs.texi(,13150) Commits to the @file{prog1} directory are mailed to @t{ceder}.
+cvs.texi(,13151)
+cvs.texi(,13152) @c FIXME: is it a CVS feature or bug that only the
+cvs.texi(,13153) @c first matching line is used? It is documented
+cvs.texi(,13154) @c above, but is it useful? For example, if we wanted
+cvs.texi(,13155) @c to run both "cvs-log" and "Mail" for the CVSROOT
+cvs.texi(,13156) @c directory, it is kind of awkward if
+cvs.texi(,13157) @c only the first matching line is used.
+cvs.texi(,13158) @example
+cvs.texi(,13159) ALL /usr/local/bin/cvs-log
$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/commitlog $USER
+cvs.texi(,13160) ^CVSROOT /usr/local/bin/cvs-log /usr/adm/cvsroot-log
+cvs.texi(,13161) ^prog1 Mail -s %s ceder
+cvs.texi(,13162) @end example
+cvs.texi(,13163)
+cvs.texi(,13164) The shell-script @file{/usr/local/bin/cvs-log} looks
+cvs.texi(,13165) like this:
+cvs.texi(,13166)
+cvs.texi(,13167) @example
+cvs.texi(,13168) #!/bin/sh
+cvs.texi(,13169) (echo
"------------------------------------------------------";
+cvs.texi(,13170) echo -n $2" ";
+cvs.texi(,13171) date;
+cvs.texi(,13172) echo;
+cvs.texi(,13173) cat) >> $1
+cvs.texi(,13174) @end example
+cvs.texi(,13175)
+cvs.texi(,13176) @node Keeping a checked out copy
+cvs.texi(,13177) @appendixsubsubsec Keeping a checked out copy
+cvs.texi(,13178)
+cvs.texi(,13179) @c What other index entries? It seems like
+cvs.texi(,13180) @c people might want to use a lot of different
+cvs.texi(,13181) @c words for this functionality.
+cvs.texi(,13182) @cindex Keeping a checked out copy
+cvs.texi(,13183) @cindex Checked out copy, keeping
+cvs.texi(,13184) @cindex Web pages, maintaining with CVS
+cvs.texi(,13185)
+cvs.texi(,13186) It is often useful to maintain a directory tree which
+cvs.texi(,13187) contains files which correspond to the latest version
+cvs.texi(,13188) in the repository. For example, other developers might
+cvs.texi(,13189) want to refer to the latest sources without having to
+cvs.texi(,13190) check them out, or you might be maintaining a web site
+cvs.texi(,13191) with @sc{cvs} and want every checkin to cause the files
+cvs.texi(,13192) used by the web server to be updated.
+cvs.texi(,13193) @c Can we offer more details on the web example? Or
+cvs.texi(,13194) @c point the user at how to figure it out? This text
+cvs.texi(,13195) @c strikes me as sufficient for someone who already has
+cvs.texi(,13196) @c some idea of what we mean but not enough for the naive
+cvs.texi(,13197) @c user/sysadmin to understand it and set it up.
+cvs.texi(,13198)
+cvs.texi(,13199) The way to do this is by having loginfo invoke
+cvs.texi(,13200) @code{cvs update}. Doing so in the naive way will
+cvs.texi(,13201) cause a problem with locks, so the @code{cvs update}
+cvs.texi(,13202) must be run in the background.
+cvs.texi(,13203) @c Should we try to describe the problem with locks?
+cvs.texi(,13204) @c It seems like a digression for someone who just
+cvs.texi(,13205) @c wants to know how to make it work.
+cvs.texi(,13206) @c Another choice which might work for a single file
+cvs.texi(,13207) @c is to use "cvs -n update -p" which doesn't take
+cvs.texi(,13208) @c out locks (I think) but I don't see many advantages
+cvs.texi(,13209) @c of that and we might as well document something which
+cvs.texi(,13210) @c works for multiple files.
+cvs.texi(,13211) Here is an example for unix (this should all be on one line):
+cvs.texi(,13212)
+cvs.texi(,13213) @example
+cvs.texi(,13214) ^cyclic-pages (date; cat; (sleep 2; cd
/u/www/local-docs;
+cvs.texi(,13215) cvs -q update -d) &) >> $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/updatelog 2>&1
+cvs.texi(,13216) @end example
+cvs.texi(,13217)
+cvs.texi(,13218) This will cause checkins to repository directories
+cvs.texi(,13219) starting with @code{cyclic-pages} to update the checked
+cvs.texi(,13220) out tree in @file{/u/www/local-docs}.
+cvs.texi(,13221) @c More info on some of the details? The "sleep 2" is
+cvs.texi(,13222) @c so if we are lucky the lock will be gone by the time
+cvs.texi(,13223) @c we start and we can wait 2 seconds instead of 30.
+cvs.texi(,13224)
+cvs.texi(,13225) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,13226) @node rcsinfo
+cvs.texi(,13227) @appendixsec Rcsinfo
+cvs.texi(,13228) @cindex rcsinfo (admin file)
+cvs.texi(,13229) @cindex Form for log message
+cvs.texi(,13230) @cindex Log message template
+cvs.texi(,13231) @cindex Template for log message
+cvs.texi(,13232)
+cvs.texi(,13233) The @file{rcsinfo} file can be used to specify a form to
+cvs.texi(,13234) edit when filling out the commit log. The
+cvs.texi(,13235) @file{rcsinfo} file has a syntax similar to the
+cvs.texi(,13236) @file{verifymsg}, @file{commitinfo} and @file{loginfo}
+cvs.texi(,13237) files. @xref{syntax}. Unlike the other files the second
+cvs.texi(,13238) part is @emph{not} a command-line template. Instead,
+cvs.texi(,13239) the part after the regular expression should be a full
pathname to
+cvs.texi(,13240) a file containing the log message template.
+cvs.texi(,13241)
+cvs.texi(,13242) If the repository name does not match any of the
+cvs.texi(,13243) regular expressions in this file, the @samp{DEFAULT}
+cvs.texi(,13244) line is used, if it is specified.
+cvs.texi(,13245)
+cvs.texi(,13246) All occurrences of the name @samp{ALL} appearing as a
+cvs.texi(,13247) regular expression are used in addition to the first
+cvs.texi(,13248) matching regular expression or @samp{DEFAULT}.
+cvs.texi(,13249)
+cvs.texi(,13250) @c FIXME: should be offering advice, somewhere around
+cvs.texi(,13251) @c here, about where to put the template file. The
+cvs.texi(,13252) @c verifymsg example uses /usr/cvssupport but doesn't
+cvs.texi(,13253) @c say anything about what that directory is for or
+cvs.texi(,13254) @c whether it is hardwired into CVS or who creates
+cvs.texi(,13255) @c it or anything. In particular we should say
+cvs.texi(,13256) @c how to version control the template file. A
+cvs.texi(,13257) @c probably better answer than the /usr/cvssupport
+cvs.texi(,13258) @c stuff is to use checkoutlist (with xref to the
+cvs.texi(,13259) @c checkoutlist doc).
+cvs.texi(,13260) @c Also I am starting to see a connection between
+cvs.texi(,13261) @c this and the Keeping a checked out copy node.
+cvs.texi(,13262) @c Probably want to say something about that.
+cvs.texi(,13263) The log message template will be used as a default log
+cvs.texi(,13264) message. If you specify a log message with @samp{cvs
+cvs.texi(,13265) commit -m @var{message}} or @samp{cvs commit -f
+cvs.texi(,13266) @var{file}} that log message will override the
+cvs.texi(,13267) template.
+cvs.texi(,13268)
+cvs.texi(,13269) @xref{verifymsg}, for an example @file{rcsinfo}
+cvs.texi(,13270) file.
+cvs.texi(,13271)
+cvs.texi(,13272) When @sc{cvs} is accessing a remote repository,
+cvs.texi(,13273) the contents of @file{rcsinfo} at the time a directory
+cvs.texi(,13274) is first checked out will specify a template. This
+cvs.texi(,13275) template will be updated on all @samp{cvs update}
+cvs.texi(,13276) commands. It will also be added to new directories
+cvs.texi(,13277) added with a @samp{cvs add new-directry} command.
+cvs.texi(,13278) In versions of @sc{cvs} prior to version 1.12, the
+cvs.texi(,13279) @file{CVS/Template} file was not updated. If the
+cvs.texi(,13280) @sc{cvs} server is at version 1.12 or higher an older
+cvs.texi(,13281) client may be used and the @file{CVS/Template} will
+cvs.texi(,13282) be updated from the server.
+cvs.texi(,13283)
+cvs.texi(,13284) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,13285) @node cvsignore
+cvs.texi(,13286) @appendixsec Ignoring files via cvsignore
+cvs.texi(,13287) @cindex cvsignore (admin file), global
+cvs.texi(,13288) @cindex Global cvsignore
+cvs.texi(,13289) @cindex Ignoring files
+cvs.texi(,13290) @c -- This chapter should maybe be moved to the
+cvs.texi(,13291) @c tutorial part of the manual?
+cvs.texi(,13292)
+cvs.texi(,13293) There are certain file names that frequently occur
+cvs.texi(,13294) inside your working copy, but that you don't want to
+cvs.texi(,13295) put under @sc{cvs} control. Examples are all the object
+cvs.texi(,13296) files that you get while you compile your sources.
+cvs.texi(,13297) Normally, when you run @samp{cvs update}, it prints a
+cvs.texi(,13298) line for each file it encounters that it doesn't know
+cvs.texi(,13299) about (@pxref{update output}).
cvs.texi(,13300)
-cvs.texi(,13301) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,13302) @item
-cvs.texi(,13303) The list is initialized to include certain file name
-cvs.texi(,13304) patterns: names associated with @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,13305) administration, or with other common source control
-cvs.texi(,13306) systems; common names for patch files, object files,
-cvs.texi(,13307) archive files, and editor backup files; and other names
-cvs.texi(,13308) that are usually artifacts of assorted utilities.
-cvs.texi(,13309) Currently, the default list of ignored file name
-cvs.texi(,13310) patterns is:
-cvs.texi(,13311)
-cvs.texi(,13312) @cindex Ignored files
-cvs.texi(,13313) @cindex Automatically ignored files
-cvs.texi(,13314) @example
-cvs.texi(,13315) RCS SCCS CVS CVS.adm
-cvs.texi(,13316) RCSLOG cvslog.*
-cvs.texi(,13317) tags TAGS
-cvs.texi(,13318) .make.state .nse_depinfo
-cvs.texi(,13319) *~ #* .#* ,* _$* *$
-cvs.texi(,13320) *.old *.bak *.BAK *.orig *.rej .del-*
-cvs.texi(,13321) *.a *.olb *.o *.obj *.so *.exe
-cvs.texi(,13322) *.Z *.elc *.ln
-cvs.texi(,13323) core
-cvs.texi(,13324) @end example
-cvs.texi(,13325)
-cvs.texi(,13326) @item
-cvs.texi(,13327) The per-repository list in
-cvs.texi(,13328) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/cvsignore} is appended to
-cvs.texi(,13329) the list, if that file exists.
-cvs.texi(,13330)
-cvs.texi(,13331) @item
-cvs.texi(,13332) The per-user list in @file{.cvsignore} in your home
-cvs.texi(,13333) directory is appended to the list, if it exists.
-cvs.texi(,13334)
-cvs.texi(,13335) @item
-cvs.texi(,13336) Any entries in the environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13337) @code{$CVSIGNORE} is appended to the list.
-cvs.texi(,13338)
-cvs.texi(,13339) @item
-cvs.texi(,13340) Any @samp{-I} options given to @sc{cvs} is appended.
-cvs.texi(,13341)
-cvs.texi(,13342) @item
-cvs.texi(,13343) As @sc{cvs} traverses through your directories, the contents
-cvs.texi(,13344) of any @file{.cvsignore} will be appended to the list.
-cvs.texi(,13345) The patterns found in @file{.cvsignore} are only valid
-cvs.texi(,13346) for the directory that contains them, not for
-cvs.texi(,13347) any sub-directories.
-cvs.texi(,13348) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,13349)
-cvs.texi(,13350) In any of the 5 places listed above, a single
-cvs.texi(,13351) exclamation mark (@samp{!}) clears the ignore list.
-cvs.texi(,13352) This can be used if you want to store any file which
-cvs.texi(,13353) normally is ignored by @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,13354)
-cvs.texi(,13355) Specifying @samp{-I !} to @code{cvs import} will import
-cvs.texi(,13356) everything, which is generally what you want to do if
-cvs.texi(,13357) you are importing files from a pristine distribution or
-cvs.texi(,13358) any other source which is known to not contain any
-cvs.texi(,13359) extraneous files. However, looking at the rules above
-cvs.texi(,13360) you will see there is a fly in the ointment; if the
-cvs.texi(,13361) distribution contains any @file{.cvsignore} files, then
-cvs.texi(,13362) the patterns from those files will be processed even if
-cvs.texi(,13363) @samp{-I !} is specified. The only workaround is to
-cvs.texi(,13364) remove the @file{.cvsignore} files in order to do the
-cvs.texi(,13365) import. Because this is awkward, in the future
-cvs.texi(,13366) @samp{-I !} might be modified to override
-cvs.texi(,13367) @file{.cvsignore} files in each directory.
-cvs.texi(,13368)
-cvs.texi(,13369) Note that the syntax of the ignore files consists of a
-cvs.texi(,13370) series of lines, each of which contains a space
-cvs.texi(,13371) separated list of filenames. This offers no clean way
-cvs.texi(,13372) to specify filenames which contain spaces, but you can
-cvs.texi(,13373) use a workaround like @file{foo?bar} to match a file
-cvs.texi(,13374) named @file{foo bar} (it also matches @file{fooxbar}
-cvs.texi(,13375) and the like). Also note that there is currently no
-cvs.texi(,13376) way to specify comments.
-cvs.texi(,13377) @c FIXCVS? I don't _like_ this syntax at all, but
-cvs.texi(,13378) @c changing it raises all the usual compatibility
-cvs.texi(,13379) @c issues and I'm also not sure what to change it to.
-cvs.texi(,13380)
-cvs.texi(,13381) @node checkoutlist
-cvs.texi(,13382) @appendixsec The checkoutlist file
-cvs.texi(,13383) @cindex checkoutlist
-cvs.texi(,13384)
-cvs.texi(,13385) It may be helpful to use @sc{cvs} to maintain your own
-cvs.texi(,13386) files in the @file{CVSROOT} directory. For example,
-cvs.texi(,13387) suppose that you have a script @file{logcommit.pl}
-cvs.texi(,13388) which you run by including the following line in the
-cvs.texi(,13389) @file{commitinfo} administrative file:
+cvs.texi(,13301) @sc{cvs} has a list of files (or sh(1) file name patterns)
+cvs.texi(,13302) that it should ignore while running @code{update},
+cvs.texi(,13303) @code{import} and @code{release}.
+cvs.texi(,13304) @c -- Are those the only three commands affected?
+cvs.texi(,13305) This list is constructed in the following way.
+cvs.texi(,13306)
+cvs.texi(,13307) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,13308) @item
+cvs.texi(,13309) The list is initialized to include certain file name
+cvs.texi(,13310) patterns: names associated with @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,13311) administration, or with other common source control
+cvs.texi(,13312) systems; common names for patch files, object files,
+cvs.texi(,13313) archive files, and editor backup files; and other names
+cvs.texi(,13314) that are usually artifacts of assorted utilities.
+cvs.texi(,13315) Currently, the default list of ignored file name
+cvs.texi(,13316) patterns is:
+cvs.texi(,13317)
+cvs.texi(,13318) @cindex Ignored files
+cvs.texi(,13319) @cindex Automatically ignored files
+cvs.texi(,13320) @example
+cvs.texi(,13321) RCS SCCS CVS CVS.adm
+cvs.texi(,13322) RCSLOG cvslog.*
+cvs.texi(,13323) tags TAGS
+cvs.texi(,13324) .make.state .nse_depinfo
+cvs.texi(,13325) *~ #* .#* ,* _$* *$
+cvs.texi(,13326) *.old *.bak *.BAK *.orig *.rej .del-*
+cvs.texi(,13327) *.a *.olb *.o *.obj *.so *.exe
+cvs.texi(,13328) *.Z *.elc *.ln
+cvs.texi(,13329) core
+cvs.texi(,13330) @end example
+cvs.texi(,13331)
+cvs.texi(,13332) @item
+cvs.texi(,13333) The per-repository list in
+cvs.texi(,13334) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/cvsignore} is appended to
+cvs.texi(,13335) the list, if that file exists.
+cvs.texi(,13336)
+cvs.texi(,13337) @item
+cvs.texi(,13338) The per-user list in @file{.cvsignore} in your home
+cvs.texi(,13339) directory is appended to the list, if it exists.
+cvs.texi(,13340)
+cvs.texi(,13341) @item
+cvs.texi(,13342) Any entries in the environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13343) @code{$CVSIGNORE} is appended to the list.
+cvs.texi(,13344)
+cvs.texi(,13345) @item
+cvs.texi(,13346) Any @samp{-I} options given to @sc{cvs} is appended.
+cvs.texi(,13347)
+cvs.texi(,13348) @item
+cvs.texi(,13349) As @sc{cvs} traverses through your directories, the contents
+cvs.texi(,13350) of any @file{.cvsignore} will be appended to the list.
+cvs.texi(,13351) The patterns found in @file{.cvsignore} are only valid
+cvs.texi(,13352) for the directory that contains them, not for
+cvs.texi(,13353) any sub-directories.
+cvs.texi(,13354) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,13355)
+cvs.texi(,13356) In any of the 5 places listed above, a single
+cvs.texi(,13357) exclamation mark (@samp{!}) clears the ignore list.
+cvs.texi(,13358) This can be used if you want to store any file which
+cvs.texi(,13359) normally is ignored by @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,13360)
+cvs.texi(,13361) Specifying @samp{-I !} to @code{cvs import} will import
+cvs.texi(,13362) everything, which is generally what you want to do if
+cvs.texi(,13363) you are importing files from a pristine distribution or
+cvs.texi(,13364) any other source which is known to not contain any
+cvs.texi(,13365) extraneous files. However, looking at the rules above
+cvs.texi(,13366) you will see there is a fly in the ointment; if the
+cvs.texi(,13367) distribution contains any @file{.cvsignore} files, then
+cvs.texi(,13368) the patterns from those files will be processed even if
+cvs.texi(,13369) @samp{-I !} is specified. The only workaround is to
+cvs.texi(,13370) remove the @file{.cvsignore} files in order to do the
+cvs.texi(,13371) import. Because this is awkward, in the future
+cvs.texi(,13372) @samp{-I !} might be modified to override
+cvs.texi(,13373) @file{.cvsignore} files in each directory.
+cvs.texi(,13374)
+cvs.texi(,13375) Note that the syntax of the ignore files consists of a
+cvs.texi(,13376) series of lines, each of which contains a space
+cvs.texi(,13377) separated list of filenames. This offers no clean way
+cvs.texi(,13378) to specify filenames which contain spaces, but you can
+cvs.texi(,13379) use a workaround like @file{foo?bar} to match a file
+cvs.texi(,13380) named @file{foo bar} (it also matches @file{fooxbar}
+cvs.texi(,13381) and the like). Also note that there is currently no
+cvs.texi(,13382) way to specify comments.
+cvs.texi(,13383) @c FIXCVS? I don't _like_ this syntax at all, but
+cvs.texi(,13384) @c changing it raises all the usual compatibility
+cvs.texi(,13385) @c issues and I'm also not sure what to change it to.
+cvs.texi(,13386)
+cvs.texi(,13387) @node checkoutlist
+cvs.texi(,13388) @appendixsec The checkoutlist file
+cvs.texi(,13389) @cindex checkoutlist
cvs.texi(,13390)
-cvs.texi(,13391) @example
-cvs.texi(,13392) ALL $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/logcommit.pl
-cvs.texi(,13393) @end example
-cvs.texi(,13394)
-cvs.texi(,13395) To maintain @file{logcommit.pl} with @sc{cvs} you would
-cvs.texi(,13396) add the following line to the @file{checkoutlist}
-cvs.texi(,13397) administrative file:
-cvs.texi(,13398)
-cvs.texi(,13399) @example
-cvs.texi(,13400) logcommit.pl
-cvs.texi(,13401) @end example
-cvs.texi(,13402)
-cvs.texi(,13403) The format of @file{checkoutlist} is one line for each
-cvs.texi(,13404) file that you want to maintain using @sc{cvs}, giving
-cvs.texi(,13405) the name of the file.
-cvs.texi(,13406)
-cvs.texi(,13407) After setting up @file{checkoutlist} in this fashion,
-cvs.texi(,13408) the files listed there will function just like
-cvs.texi(,13409) @sc{cvs}'s built-in administrative files. For example,
-cvs.texi(,13410) when checking in one of the files you should get a
-cvs.texi(,13411) message such as:
+cvs.texi(,13391) It may be helpful to use @sc{cvs} to maintain your own
+cvs.texi(,13392) files in the @file{CVSROOT} directory. For example,
+cvs.texi(,13393) suppose that you have a script @file{logcommit.pl}
+cvs.texi(,13394) which you run by including the following line in the
+cvs.texi(,13395) @file{commitinfo} administrative file:
+cvs.texi(,13396)
+cvs.texi(,13397) @example
+cvs.texi(,13398) ALL $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/logcommit.pl
+cvs.texi(,13399) @end example
+cvs.texi(,13400)
+cvs.texi(,13401) To maintain @file{logcommit.pl} with @sc{cvs} you would
+cvs.texi(,13402) add the following line to the @file{checkoutlist}
+cvs.texi(,13403) administrative file:
+cvs.texi(,13404)
+cvs.texi(,13405) @example
+cvs.texi(,13406) logcommit.pl
+cvs.texi(,13407) @end example
+cvs.texi(,13408)
+cvs.texi(,13409) The format of @file{checkoutlist} is one line for each
+cvs.texi(,13410) file that you want to maintain using @sc{cvs}, giving
+cvs.texi(,13411) the name of the file.
cvs.texi(,13412)
-cvs.texi(,13413) @example
-cvs.texi(,13414) cvs commit: Rebuilding administrative file database
-cvs.texi(,13415) @end example
-cvs.texi(,13416)
-cvs.texi(,13417) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,13418) and the checked out copy in the @file{CVSROOT}
-cvs.texi(,13419) directory should be updated.
-cvs.texi(,13420)
-cvs.texi(,13421) Note that listing @file{passwd} (@pxref{Password
-cvs.texi(,13422) authentication server}) in @file{checkoutlist} is not
-cvs.texi(,13423) recommended for security reasons.
-cvs.texi(,13424)
-cvs.texi(,13425) For information about keeping a checkout out copy in a
-cvs.texi(,13426) more general context than the one provided by
-cvs.texi(,13427) @file{checkoutlist}, see @ref{Keeping a checked out
-cvs.texi(,13428) copy}.
-cvs.texi(,13429)
-cvs.texi(,13430) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,13431) @node history file
-cvs.texi(,13432) @appendixsec The history file
-cvs.texi(,13433) @cindex History file
-cvs.texi(,13434) @cindex Log information, saving
+cvs.texi(,13413) After setting up @file{checkoutlist} in this fashion,
+cvs.texi(,13414) the files listed there will function just like
+cvs.texi(,13415) @sc{cvs}'s built-in administrative files. For example,
+cvs.texi(,13416) when checking in one of the files you should get a
+cvs.texi(,13417) message such as:
+cvs.texi(,13418)
+cvs.texi(,13419) @example
+cvs.texi(,13420) cvs commit: Rebuilding administrative file database
+cvs.texi(,13421) @end example
+cvs.texi(,13422)
+cvs.texi(,13423) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,13424) and the checked out copy in the @file{CVSROOT}
+cvs.texi(,13425) directory should be updated.
+cvs.texi(,13426)
+cvs.texi(,13427) Note that listing @file{passwd} (@pxref{Password
+cvs.texi(,13428) authentication server}) in @file{checkoutlist} is not
+cvs.texi(,13429) recommended for security reasons.
+cvs.texi(,13430)
+cvs.texi(,13431) For information about keeping a checkout out copy in a
+cvs.texi(,13432) more general context than the one provided by
+cvs.texi(,13433) @file{checkoutlist}, see @ref{Keeping a checked out
+cvs.texi(,13434) copy}.
cvs.texi(,13435)
-cvs.texi(,13436) The file @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/history} is used
-cvs.texi(,13437) to log information for the @code{history} command
-cvs.texi(,13438) (@pxref{history}). This file must be created to turn
-cvs.texi(,13439) on logging. This is done automatically if the
-cvs.texi(,13440) @code{cvs init} command is used to set up the
-cvs.texi(,13441) repository (@pxref{Creating a repository}).
-cvs.texi(,13442)
-cvs.texi(,13443) The file format of the @file{history} file is
-cvs.texi(,13444) documented only in comments in the @sc{cvs} source
-cvs.texi(,13445) code, but generally programs should use the @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,13446) history} command to access it anyway, in case the
-cvs.texi(,13447) format changes with future releases of @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,13436) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,13437) @node history file
+cvs.texi(,13438) @appendixsec The history file
+cvs.texi(,13439) @cindex History file
+cvs.texi(,13440) @cindex Log information, saving
+cvs.texi(,13441)
+cvs.texi(,13442) The file @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/history} is used
+cvs.texi(,13443) to log information for the @code{history} command
+cvs.texi(,13444) (@pxref{history}). This file must be created to turn
+cvs.texi(,13445) on logging. This is done automatically if the
+cvs.texi(,13446) @code{cvs init} command is used to set up the
+cvs.texi(,13447) repository (@pxref{Creating a repository}).
cvs.texi(,13448)
-cvs.texi(,13449) @node Variables
-cvs.texi(,13450) @appendixsec Expansions in administrative files
-cvs.texi(,13451) @cindex Internal variables
-cvs.texi(,13452) @cindex Variables
-cvs.texi(,13453)
-cvs.texi(,13454) Sometimes in writing an administrative file, you might
-cvs.texi(,13455) want the file to be able to know various things based
-cvs.texi(,13456) on environment @sc{cvs} is running in. There are
-cvs.texi(,13457) several mechanisms to do that.
-cvs.texi(,13458)
-cvs.texi(,13459) To find the home directory of the user running @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,13460) (from the @code{HOME} environment variable), use
-cvs.texi(,13461) @samp{~} followed by @samp{/} or the end of the line.
-cvs.texi(,13462) Likewise for the home directory of @var{user}, use
-cvs.texi(,13463) @address@hidden These variables are expanded on
-cvs.texi(,13464) the server machine, and don't get any reasonable
-cvs.texi(,13465) expansion if pserver (@pxref{Password authenticated})
-cvs.texi(,13466) is in use; therefore user variables (see below) may be
-cvs.texi(,13467) a better choice to customize behavior based on the user
-cvs.texi(,13468) running @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,13469) @c Based on these limitations, should we deprecate ~?
-cvs.texi(,13470) @c What is it good for? Are people using it?
-cvs.texi(,13471)
-cvs.texi(,13472) One may want to know about various pieces of
-cvs.texi(,13473) information internal to @sc{cvs}. A @sc{cvs} internal
-cvs.texi(,13474) variable has the syntax @address@hidden@address@hidden,
-cvs.texi(,13475) where @var{variable} starts with a letter and consists
-cvs.texi(,13476) of alphanumeric characters and @samp{_}. If the
-cvs.texi(,13477) character following @var{variable} is a
-cvs.texi(,13478) non-alphanumeric character other than @samp{_}, the
-cvs.texi(,13479) @address@hidden and @address@hidden can be omitted. The
@sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,13480) internal variables are:
-cvs.texi(,13481)
-cvs.texi(,13482) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,13483) @item CVSROOT
-cvs.texi(,13484) @cindex CVSROOT, internal variable
-cvs.texi(,13485) This is the absolute path to the current @sc{cvs} root
directory.
-cvs.texi(,13486) @xref{Repository}, for a description of the various
-cvs.texi(,13487) ways to specify this, but note that the internal
-cvs.texi(,13488) variable contains just the directory and not any
-cvs.texi(,13489) of the access method information.
-cvs.texi(,13490)
-cvs.texi(,13491) @item RCSBIN
-cvs.texi(,13492) @cindex RCSBIN, internal variable
-cvs.texi(,13493) In @sc{cvs} 1.9.18 and older, this specified the
-cvs.texi(,13494) directory where @sc{cvs} was looking for @sc{rcs}
-cvs.texi(,13495) programs. Because @sc{cvs} no longer runs @sc{rcs}
-cvs.texi(,13496) programs, specifying this internal variable is now an
-cvs.texi(,13497) error.
-cvs.texi(,13498)
-cvs.texi(,13499) @item CVSEDITOR
-cvs.texi(,13500) @cindex CVSEDITOR, internal variable
-cvs.texi(,13501) @itemx EDITOR
-cvs.texi(,13502) @cindex EDITOR, internal variable
-cvs.texi(,13503) @itemx VISUAL
-cvs.texi(,13504) @cindex VISUAL, internal variable
-cvs.texi(,13505) These all expand to the same value, which is the editor
-cvs.texi(,13506) that @sc{cvs} is using. @xref{Global options}, for how
-cvs.texi(,13507) to specify this.
-cvs.texi(,13508)
-cvs.texi(,13509) @item USER
-cvs.texi(,13510) @cindex USER, internal variable
-cvs.texi(,13511) Username of the user running @sc{cvs} (on the @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,13512) server machine).
-cvs.texi(,13513) When using pserver, this is the user specified in the
repository
-cvs.texi(,13514) specification which need not be the same as the username the
-cvs.texi(,13515) server is running as (@pxref{Password authentication server}).
-cvs.texi(,13516) Do not confuse this with the environment variable of the same
name.
-cvs.texi(,13517) @end table
-cvs.texi(,13518)
-cvs.texi(,13519) If you want to pass a value to the administrative files
-cvs.texi(,13520) which the user who is running @sc{cvs} can specify,
-cvs.texi(,13521) use a user variable.
-cvs.texi(,13522) @cindex User variables
-cvs.texi(,13523) To expand a user variable, the
-cvs.texi(,13524) administrative file contains
-cvs.texi(,13525) @address@hidden@address@hidden To set a user variable,
-cvs.texi(,13526) specify the global option @samp{-s} to @sc{cvs}, with
-cvs.texi(,13527) argument @address@hidden@var{value}}. It may be
-cvs.texi(,13528) particularly useful to specify this option via
-cvs.texi(,13529) @file{.cvsrc} (@pxref{~/.cvsrc}).
-cvs.texi(,13530)
-cvs.texi(,13531) For example, if you want the administrative file to
-cvs.texi(,13532) refer to a test directory you might create a user
-cvs.texi(,13533) variable @code{TESTDIR}. Then if @sc{cvs} is invoked
-cvs.texi(,13534) as
-cvs.texi(,13535)
-cvs.texi(,13536) @example
-cvs.texi(,13537) cvs -s TESTDIR=/work/local/tests
-cvs.texi(,13538) @end example
-cvs.texi(,13539)
-cvs.texi(,13540) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,13541) and the
-cvs.texi(,13542) administrative file contains @code{sh
-cvs.texi(,13543) address@hidden@}/runtests}, then that string is expanded
-cvs.texi(,13544) to @code{sh /work/local/tests/runtests}.
+cvs.texi(,13449) The file format of the @file{history} file is
+cvs.texi(,13450) documented only in comments in the @sc{cvs} source
+cvs.texi(,13451) code, but generally programs should use the @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,13452) history} command to access it anyway, in case the
+cvs.texi(,13453) format changes with future releases of @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,13454)
+cvs.texi(,13455) @node Variables
+cvs.texi(,13456) @appendixsec Expansions in administrative files
+cvs.texi(,13457) @cindex Internal variables
+cvs.texi(,13458) @cindex Variables
+cvs.texi(,13459)
+cvs.texi(,13460) Sometimes in writing an administrative file, you might
+cvs.texi(,13461) want the file to be able to know various things based
+cvs.texi(,13462) on environment @sc{cvs} is running in. There are
+cvs.texi(,13463) several mechanisms to do that.
+cvs.texi(,13464)
+cvs.texi(,13465) To find the home directory of the user running @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,13466) (from the @code{HOME} environment variable), use
+cvs.texi(,13467) @samp{~} followed by @samp{/} or the end of the line.
+cvs.texi(,13468) Likewise for the home directory of @var{user}, use
+cvs.texi(,13469) @address@hidden These variables are expanded on
+cvs.texi(,13470) the server machine, and don't get any reasonable
+cvs.texi(,13471) expansion if pserver (@pxref{Password authenticated})
+cvs.texi(,13472) is in use; therefore user variables (see below) may be
+cvs.texi(,13473) a better choice to customize behavior based on the user
+cvs.texi(,13474) running @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,13475) @c Based on these limitations, should we deprecate ~?
+cvs.texi(,13476) @c What is it good for? Are people using it?
+cvs.texi(,13477)
+cvs.texi(,13478) One may want to know about various pieces of
+cvs.texi(,13479) information internal to @sc{cvs}. A @sc{cvs} internal
+cvs.texi(,13480) variable has the syntax @address@hidden@address@hidden,
+cvs.texi(,13481) where @var{variable} starts with a letter and consists
+cvs.texi(,13482) of alphanumeric characters and @samp{_}. If the
+cvs.texi(,13483) character following @var{variable} is a
+cvs.texi(,13484) non-alphanumeric character other than @samp{_}, the
+cvs.texi(,13485) @address@hidden and @address@hidden can be omitted. The
@sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,13486) internal variables are:
+cvs.texi(,13487)
+cvs.texi(,13488) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,13489) @item CVSROOT
+cvs.texi(,13490) @cindex CVSROOT, internal variable
+cvs.texi(,13491) This is the absolute path to the current @sc{cvs} root
directory.
+cvs.texi(,13492) @xref{Repository}, for a description of the various
+cvs.texi(,13493) ways to specify this, but note that the internal
+cvs.texi(,13494) variable contains just the directory and not any
+cvs.texi(,13495) of the access method information.
+cvs.texi(,13496)
+cvs.texi(,13497) @item RCSBIN
+cvs.texi(,13498) @cindex RCSBIN, internal variable
+cvs.texi(,13499) In @sc{cvs} 1.9.18 and older, this specified the
+cvs.texi(,13500) directory where @sc{cvs} was looking for @sc{rcs}
+cvs.texi(,13501) programs. Because @sc{cvs} no longer runs @sc{rcs}
+cvs.texi(,13502) programs, specifying this internal variable is now an
+cvs.texi(,13503) error.
+cvs.texi(,13504)
+cvs.texi(,13505) @item CVSEDITOR
+cvs.texi(,13506) @cindex CVSEDITOR, internal variable
+cvs.texi(,13507) @itemx EDITOR
+cvs.texi(,13508) @cindex EDITOR, internal variable
+cvs.texi(,13509) @itemx VISUAL
+cvs.texi(,13510) @cindex VISUAL, internal variable
+cvs.texi(,13511) These all expand to the same value, which is the editor
+cvs.texi(,13512) that @sc{cvs} is using. @xref{Global options}, for how
+cvs.texi(,13513) to specify this.
+cvs.texi(,13514)
+cvs.texi(,13515) @item USER
+cvs.texi(,13516) @cindex USER, internal variable
+cvs.texi(,13517) Username of the user running @sc{cvs} (on the @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,13518) server machine).
+cvs.texi(,13519) When using pserver, this is the user specified in the
repository
+cvs.texi(,13520) specification which need not be the same as the username the
+cvs.texi(,13521) server is running as (@pxref{Password authentication server}).
+cvs.texi(,13522) Do not confuse this with the environment variable of the same
name.
+cvs.texi(,13523) @end table
+cvs.texi(,13524)
+cvs.texi(,13525) If you want to pass a value to the administrative files
+cvs.texi(,13526) which the user who is running @sc{cvs} can specify,
+cvs.texi(,13527) use a user variable.
+cvs.texi(,13528) @cindex User variables
+cvs.texi(,13529) To expand a user variable, the
+cvs.texi(,13530) administrative file contains
+cvs.texi(,13531) @address@hidden@address@hidden To set a user variable,
+cvs.texi(,13532) specify the global option @samp{-s} to @sc{cvs}, with
+cvs.texi(,13533) argument @address@hidden@var{value}}. It may be
+cvs.texi(,13534) particularly useful to specify this option via
+cvs.texi(,13535) @file{.cvsrc} (@pxref{~/.cvsrc}).
+cvs.texi(,13536)
+cvs.texi(,13537) For example, if you want the administrative file to
+cvs.texi(,13538) refer to a test directory you might create a user
+cvs.texi(,13539) variable @code{TESTDIR}. Then if @sc{cvs} is invoked
+cvs.texi(,13540) as
+cvs.texi(,13541)
+cvs.texi(,13542) @example
+cvs.texi(,13543) cvs -s TESTDIR=/work/local/tests
+cvs.texi(,13544) @end example
cvs.texi(,13545)
-cvs.texi(,13546) All other strings containing @samp{$} are reserved;
-cvs.texi(,13547) there is no way to quote a @samp{$} character so that
-cvs.texi(,13548) @samp{$} represents itself.
-cvs.texi(,13549)
-cvs.texi(,13550) Environment variables passed to administrative files are:
+cvs.texi(,13546) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,13547) and the
+cvs.texi(,13548) administrative file contains @code{sh
+cvs.texi(,13549) address@hidden@}/runtests}, then that string is expanded
+cvs.texi(,13550) to @code{sh /work/local/tests/runtests}.
cvs.texi(,13551)
-cvs.texi(,13552) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,13553) @cindex environment variables, passed to administrative files
-cvs.texi(,13554)
-cvs.texi(,13555) @item CVS_USER
-cvs.texi(,13556) @cindex CVS_USER, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13557) The @sc{cvs}-specific username provided by the user, if it
-cvs.texi(,13558) can be provided (currently just for the pserver access
-cvs.texi(,13559) method), and to the empty string otherwise. (@code{CVS_USER}
-cvs.texi(,13560) and @code{USER} may differ when @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd}
-cvs.texi(,13561) is used to map @sc{cvs} usernames to system usernames.)
-cvs.texi(,13562)
-cvs.texi(,13563) @item LOGNAME
-cvs.texi(,13564) @cindex LOGNAME, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13565) The username of the system user.
-cvs.texi(,13566)
-cvs.texi(,13567) @item USER
-cvs.texi(,13568) @cindex USER, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13569) Same as @code{LOGNAME}.
-cvs.texi(,13570) Do not confuse this with the internal variable of the same
name.
-cvs.texi(,13571) @end table
+cvs.texi(,13552) All other strings containing @samp{$} are reserved;
+cvs.texi(,13553) there is no way to quote a @samp{$} character so that
+cvs.texi(,13554) @samp{$} represents itself.
+cvs.texi(,13555)
+cvs.texi(,13556) Environment variables passed to administrative files are:
+cvs.texi(,13557)
+cvs.texi(,13558) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,13559) @cindex environment variables, passed to administrative files
+cvs.texi(,13560)
+cvs.texi(,13561) @item CVS_USER
+cvs.texi(,13562) @cindex CVS_USER, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13563) The @sc{cvs}-specific username provided by the user, if it
+cvs.texi(,13564) can be provided (currently just for the pserver access
+cvs.texi(,13565) method), and to the empty string otherwise. (@code{CVS_USER}
+cvs.texi(,13566) and @code{USER} may differ when @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd}
+cvs.texi(,13567) is used to map @sc{cvs} usernames to system usernames.)
+cvs.texi(,13568)
+cvs.texi(,13569) @item LOGNAME
+cvs.texi(,13570) @cindex LOGNAME, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13571) The username of the system user.
cvs.texi(,13572)
-cvs.texi(,13573) @node config
-cvs.texi(,13574) @appendixsec The CVSROOT/config configuration file
-cvs.texi(,13575)
-cvs.texi(,13576) @cindex config, in CVSROOT
-cvs.texi(,13577) @cindex CVSROOT/config
+cvs.texi(,13573) @item USER
+cvs.texi(,13574) @cindex USER, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13575) Same as @code{LOGNAME}.
+cvs.texi(,13576) Do not confuse this with the internal variable of the same
name.
+cvs.texi(,13577) @end table
cvs.texi(,13578)
-cvs.texi(,13579) The administrative file @file{config} contains various
-cvs.texi(,13580) miscellaneous settings which affect the behavior of
-cvs.texi(,13581) @sc{cvs}. The syntax is slightly different from the
-cvs.texi(,13582) other administrative files. Variables are not
-cvs.texi(,13583) expanded. Lines which start with @samp{#} are
-cvs.texi(,13584) considered comments.
-cvs.texi(,13585) @c FIXME: where do we define comments for the other
-cvs.texi(,13586) @c administrative files.
-cvs.texi(,13587) Other lines consist of a keyword, @samp{=}, and a
-cvs.texi(,13588) value. Note that this syntax is very strict.
-cvs.texi(,13589) Extraneous spaces or tabs are not permitted.
-cvs.texi(,13590) @c See comments in parseinfo.c:parse_config for more
-cvs.texi(,13591) @c discussion of this strictness.
-cvs.texi(,13592)
-cvs.texi(,13593) Currently defined keywords are:
-cvs.texi(,13594)
-cvs.texi(,13595) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,13596) @cindex RCSBIN, in CVSROOT/config
-cvs.texi(,13597) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,13598) For @sc{cvs} 1.9.12 through 1.9.18, this setting told
-cvs.texi(,13599) @sc{cvs} to look for @sc{rcs} programs in the
-cvs.texi(,13600) @var{bindir} directory. Current versions of @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,13601) do not run @sc{rcs} programs; for compatibility this
-cvs.texi(,13602) setting is accepted, but it does nothing.
-cvs.texi(,13603)
-cvs.texi(,13604) @cindex SystemAuth, in CVSROOT/config
-cvs.texi(,13605) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,13606) If @var{value} is @samp{yes}, then pserver should check
-cvs.texi(,13607) for users in the system's user database if not found in
-cvs.texi(,13608) @file{CVSROOT/passwd}. If it is @samp{no}, then all
-cvs.texi(,13609) pserver users must exist in @file{CVSROOT/passwd}.
-cvs.texi(,13610) The default is @samp{yes}. For more on pserver, see
-cvs.texi(,13611) @ref{Password authenticated}.
-cvs.texi(,13612)
-cvs.texi(,13622)
-cvs.texi(,13623) @cindex TopLevelAdmin, in CVSROOT/config
-cvs.texi(,13624) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,13625) Modify the @samp{checkout} command to create a
-cvs.texi(,13626) @samp{CVS} directory at the top level of the new
-cvs.texi(,13627) working directory, in addition to @samp{CVS}
-cvs.texi(,13628) directories created within checked-out directories.
-cvs.texi(,13629) The default value is @samp{no}.
-cvs.texi(,13630)
-cvs.texi(,13631) This option is useful if you find yourself performing
-cvs.texi(,13632) many commands at the top level of your working
-cvs.texi(,13633) directory, rather than in one of the checked out
-cvs.texi(,13634) subdirectories. The @file{CVS} directory created there
-cvs.texi(,13635) will mean you don't have to specify @code{CVSROOT} for
-cvs.texi(,13636) each command. It also provides a place for the
-cvs.texi(,13637) @file{CVS/Template} file (@pxref{Working directory
-cvs.texi(,13638) storage}).
-cvs.texi(,13639)
-cvs.texi(,13640) @cindex LockDir, in CVSROOT/config
-cvs.texi(,13641) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,13642) Put @sc{cvs} lock files in @var{directory} rather than
-cvs.texi(,13643) directly in the repository. This is useful if you want
-cvs.texi(,13644) to let users read from the repository while giving them
-cvs.texi(,13645) write access only to @var{directory}, not to the
-cvs.texi(,13646) repository.
-cvs.texi(,13647) It can also be used to put the locks on a very fast
-cvs.texi(,13648) in-memory file system to speed up locking and unlocking
-cvs.texi(,13649) the repository.
-cvs.texi(,13650) You need to create @var{directory}, but
-cvs.texi(,13651) @sc{cvs} will create subdirectories of @var{directory} as it
-cvs.texi(,13652) needs them. For information on @sc{cvs} locks, see
-cvs.texi(,13653) @ref{Concurrency}.
-cvs.texi(,13654)
-cvs.texi(,13655) @c Mention this in Compatibility section?
-cvs.texi(,13656) Before enabling the LockDir option, make sure that you
-cvs.texi(,13657) have tracked down and removed any copies of @sc{cvs} 1.9 or
-cvs.texi(,13658) older. Such versions neither support LockDir, nor will
-cvs.texi(,13659) give an error indicating that they don't support it.
-cvs.texi(,13660) The result, if this is allowed to happen, is that some
-cvs.texi(,13661) @sc{cvs} users will put the locks one place, and others will
-cvs.texi(,13662) put them another place, and therefore the repository
-cvs.texi(,13663) could become corrupted. @sc{cvs} 1.10 does not support
-cvs.texi(,13664) LockDir but it will print a warning if run on a
-cvs.texi(,13665) repository with LockDir enabled.
-cvs.texi(,13666)
-cvs.texi(,13667) @cindex LogHistory, in CVSROOT/config
-cvs.texi(,13668) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,13669) Control what is logged to the @file{CVSROOT/history} file
(@pxref{history}).
-cvs.texi(,13670) Default of @samp{TOEFWUCGMAR} (or simply @samp{all}) will log
-cvs.texi(,13671) all transactions. Any subset of the default is
-cvs.texi(,13672) legal. (For example, to only log transactions that modify the
-cvs.texi(,13673) @file{*,v} files, use @samp{LogHistory=TMAR}.)
-cvs.texi(,13674)
-cvs.texi(,13675) @cindex RereadLogAfterVerify, in CVSROOT/config
-cvs.texi(,13676) @cindex @file{verifymsg}, changing the log message
-cvs.texi(,13677) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,13678) Modify the @samp{commit} command such that CVS will reread the
-cvs.texi(,13679) log message after running the program specified by
@file{verifymsg}.
-cvs.texi(,13680) @var{value} may be one of @samp{yes} or @samp{always},
indicating that
-cvs.texi(,13681) the log message should always be reread; @samp{no}
-cvs.texi(,13682) or @samp{never}, indicating that it should never be
-cvs.texi(,13683) reread; or @var{value} may be @samp{stat}, indicating
-cvs.texi(,13684) that the file should be checked with the filesystem
-cvs.texi(,13685) @samp{stat()} function to see if it has changed (see warning
below)
-cvs.texi(,13686) before rereading. The default value is @samp{always}.
-cvs.texi(,13687)
-cvs.texi(,13688) @strong{Note: the `stat' mode can cause CVS to pause for up to
-cvs.texi(,13689) one extra second per directory committed. This can be less
IO and
-cvs.texi(,13690) CPU intensive but is not recommended for use with large
repositories}
-cvs.texi(,13691)
-cvs.texi(,13692) @xref{verifymsg}, for more information on how verifymsg
-cvs.texi(,13693) may be used.
-cvs.texi(,13694)
-cvs.texi(,13695) @cindex UserAdminOptions, in CVSROOT/config
-cvs.texi(,13696) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,13697) Control what options will be allowed with the @code{cvs admin}
-cvs.texi(,13698) command (@pxref{admin}) for users not in the @code{cvsadmin}
group.
-cvs.texi(,13699) The @var{value} string is a list of single character options
-cvs.texi(,13700) which should be allowed. If a user who is not a member of the
-cvs.texi(,13701) @code{cvsadmin} group tries to execute any @code{cvs admin}
-cvs.texi(,13702) option which is not listed they will will receive an error
message
-cvs.texi(,13703) reporting that the option is restricted.
-cvs.texi(,13704)
-cvs.texi(,13705) If no @code{cvsadmin} group exists on the server, @sc{cvs}
will
-cvs.texi(,13706) ignore the @code{UserAdminOptions} keyword (@pxref{admin}).
-cvs.texi(,13707)
-cvs.texi(,13708) When not specified, @code{UserAdminOptions} defaults to
-cvs.texi(,13709) @samp{k}. In other words, it defaults to allowing
-cvs.texi(,13710) users outside of the @code{cvsadmin} group to use the
-cvs.texi(,13711) @code{cvs admin} command only to change the default keyword
-cvs.texi(,13712) expansion mode for files.
+cvs.texi(,13579) @node config
+cvs.texi(,13580) @appendixsec The CVSROOT/config configuration file
+cvs.texi(,13581)
+cvs.texi(,13582) @cindex config, in CVSROOT
+cvs.texi(,13583) @cindex CVSROOT/config
+cvs.texi(,13584)
+cvs.texi(,13585) The administrative file @file{config} contains various
+cvs.texi(,13586) miscellaneous settings which affect the behavior of
+cvs.texi(,13587) @sc{cvs}. The syntax is slightly different from the
+cvs.texi(,13588) other administrative files. Variables are not
+cvs.texi(,13589) expanded. Lines which start with @samp{#} are
+cvs.texi(,13590) considered comments.
+cvs.texi(,13591) @c FIXME: where do we define comments for the other
+cvs.texi(,13592) @c administrative files.
+cvs.texi(,13593) Other lines consist of a keyword, @samp{=}, and a
+cvs.texi(,13594) value. Note that this syntax is very strict.
+cvs.texi(,13595) Extraneous spaces or tabs are not permitted.
+cvs.texi(,13596) @c See comments in parseinfo.c:parse_config for more
+cvs.texi(,13597) @c discussion of this strictness.
+cvs.texi(,13598)
+cvs.texi(,13599) Currently defined keywords are:
+cvs.texi(,13600)
+cvs.texi(,13601) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,13602) @cindex RCSBIN, in CVSROOT/config
+cvs.texi(,13603) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,13604) For @sc{cvs} 1.9.12 through 1.9.18, this setting told
+cvs.texi(,13605) @sc{cvs} to look for @sc{rcs} programs in the
+cvs.texi(,13606) @var{bindir} directory. Current versions of @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,13607) do not run @sc{rcs} programs; for compatibility this
+cvs.texi(,13608) setting is accepted, but it does nothing.
+cvs.texi(,13609)
+cvs.texi(,13610) @cindex SystemAuth, in CVSROOT/config
+cvs.texi(,13611) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,13612) If @var{value} is @samp{yes}, then pserver should check
+cvs.texi(,13613) for users in the system's user database if not found in
+cvs.texi(,13614) @file{CVSROOT/passwd}. If it is @samp{no}, then all
+cvs.texi(,13615) pserver users must exist in @file{CVSROOT/passwd}.
+cvs.texi(,13616) The default is @samp{yes}. For more on pserver, see
+cvs.texi(,13617) @ref{Password authenticated}.
+cvs.texi(,13618)
+cvs.texi(,13628)
+cvs.texi(,13629) @cindex TopLevelAdmin, in CVSROOT/config
+cvs.texi(,13630) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,13631) Modify the @samp{checkout} command to create a
+cvs.texi(,13632) @samp{CVS} directory at the top level of the new
+cvs.texi(,13633) working directory, in addition to @samp{CVS}
+cvs.texi(,13634) directories created within checked-out directories.
+cvs.texi(,13635) The default value is @samp{no}.
+cvs.texi(,13636)
+cvs.texi(,13637) This option is useful if you find yourself performing
+cvs.texi(,13638) many commands at the top level of your working
+cvs.texi(,13639) directory, rather than in one of the checked out
+cvs.texi(,13640) subdirectories. The @file{CVS} directory created there
+cvs.texi(,13641) will mean you don't have to specify @code{CVSROOT} for
+cvs.texi(,13642) each command. It also provides a place for the
+cvs.texi(,13643) @file{CVS/Template} file (@pxref{Working directory
+cvs.texi(,13644) storage}).
+cvs.texi(,13645)
+cvs.texi(,13646) @cindex LockDir, in CVSROOT/config
+cvs.texi(,13647) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,13648) Put @sc{cvs} lock files in @var{directory} rather than
+cvs.texi(,13649) directly in the repository. This is useful if you want
+cvs.texi(,13650) to let users read from the repository while giving them
+cvs.texi(,13651) write access only to @var{directory}, not to the
+cvs.texi(,13652) repository.
+cvs.texi(,13653) It can also be used to put the locks on a very fast
+cvs.texi(,13654) in-memory file system to speed up locking and unlocking
+cvs.texi(,13655) the repository.
+cvs.texi(,13656) You need to create @var{directory}, but
+cvs.texi(,13657) @sc{cvs} will create subdirectories of @var{directory} as it
+cvs.texi(,13658) needs them. For information on @sc{cvs} locks, see
+cvs.texi(,13659) @ref{Concurrency}.
+cvs.texi(,13660)
+cvs.texi(,13661) @c Mention this in Compatibility section?
+cvs.texi(,13662) Before enabling the LockDir option, make sure that you
+cvs.texi(,13663) have tracked down and removed any copies of @sc{cvs} 1.9 or
+cvs.texi(,13664) older. Such versions neither support LockDir, nor will
+cvs.texi(,13665) give an error indicating that they don't support it.
+cvs.texi(,13666) The result, if this is allowed to happen, is that some
+cvs.texi(,13667) @sc{cvs} users will put the locks one place, and others will
+cvs.texi(,13668) put them another place, and therefore the repository
+cvs.texi(,13669) could become corrupted. @sc{cvs} 1.10 does not support
+cvs.texi(,13670) LockDir but it will print a warning if run on a
+cvs.texi(,13671) repository with LockDir enabled.
+cvs.texi(,13672)
+cvs.texi(,13673) @cindex LogHistory, in CVSROOT/config
+cvs.texi(,13674) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,13675) Control what is logged to the @file{CVSROOT/history} file
(@pxref{history}).
+cvs.texi(,13676) Default of @samp{TOEFWUCGMAR} (or simply @samp{all}) will log
+cvs.texi(,13677) all transactions. Any subset of the default is
+cvs.texi(,13678) legal. (For example, to only log transactions that modify the
+cvs.texi(,13679) @file{*,v} files, use @samp{LogHistory=TMAR}.)
+cvs.texi(,13680)
+cvs.texi(,13681) @cindex RereadLogAfterVerify, in CVSROOT/config
+cvs.texi(,13682) @cindex @file{verifymsg}, changing the log message
+cvs.texi(,13683) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,13684) Modify the @samp{commit} command such that CVS will reread the
+cvs.texi(,13685) log message after running the program specified by
@file{verifymsg}.
+cvs.texi(,13686) @var{value} may be one of @samp{yes} or @samp{always},
indicating that
+cvs.texi(,13687) the log message should always be reread; @samp{no}
+cvs.texi(,13688) or @samp{never}, indicating that it should never be
+cvs.texi(,13689) reread; or @var{value} may be @samp{stat}, indicating
+cvs.texi(,13690) that the file should be checked with the filesystem
+cvs.texi(,13691) @samp{stat()} function to see if it has changed (see warning
below)
+cvs.texi(,13692) before rereading. The default value is @samp{always}.
+cvs.texi(,13693)
+cvs.texi(,13694) @strong{Note: the `stat' mode can cause CVS to pause for up to
+cvs.texi(,13695) one extra second per directory committed. This can be less
IO and
+cvs.texi(,13696) CPU intensive but is not recommended for use with large
repositories}
+cvs.texi(,13697)
+cvs.texi(,13698) @xref{verifymsg}, for more information on how verifymsg
+cvs.texi(,13699) may be used.
+cvs.texi(,13700)
+cvs.texi(,13701) @cindex UserAdminOptions, in CVSROOT/config
+cvs.texi(,13702) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,13703) Control what options will be allowed with the @code{cvs admin}
+cvs.texi(,13704) command (@pxref{admin}) for users not in the @code{cvsadmin}
group.
+cvs.texi(,13705) The @var{value} string is a list of single character options
+cvs.texi(,13706) which should be allowed. If a user who is not a member of the
+cvs.texi(,13707) @code{cvsadmin} group tries to execute any @code{cvs admin}
+cvs.texi(,13708) option which is not listed they will will receive an error
message
+cvs.texi(,13709) reporting that the option is restricted.
+cvs.texi(,13710)
+cvs.texi(,13711) If no @code{cvsadmin} group exists on the server, @sc{cvs}
will
+cvs.texi(,13712) ignore the @code{UserAdminOptions} keyword (@pxref{admin}).
cvs.texi(,13713)
-cvs.texi(,13714) As an example, to restrict users not in the @code{cvsadmin}
-cvs.texi(,13715) group to using @code{cvs admin} to change the default keyword
-cvs.texi(,13716) substitution mode, lock revisions, unlock revisions, and
-cvs.texi(,13717) replace the log message, use @samp{UserAdminOptions=klum}.
-cvs.texi(,13718) @end table
+cvs.texi(,13714) When not specified, @code{UserAdminOptions} defaults to
+cvs.texi(,13715) @samp{k}. In other words, it defaults to allowing
+cvs.texi(,13716) users outside of the @code{cvsadmin} group to use the
+cvs.texi(,13717) @code{cvs admin} command only to change the default keyword
+cvs.texi(,13718) expansion mode for files.
cvs.texi(,13719)
-cvs.texi(,13720) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,13721) @node Environment variables
-cvs.texi(,13722) @appendix All environment variables which affect CVS
-cvs.texi(,13723) @cindex Environment variables
-cvs.texi(,13724) @cindex Reference manual for variables
+cvs.texi(,13720) As an example, to restrict users not in the @code{cvsadmin}
+cvs.texi(,13721) group to using @code{cvs admin} to change the default keyword
+cvs.texi(,13722) substitution mode, lock revisions, unlock revisions, and
+cvs.texi(,13723) replace the log message, use @samp{UserAdminOptions=klum}.
+cvs.texi(,13724) @end table
cvs.texi(,13725)
-cvs.texi(,13726) This is a complete list of all environment variables
-cvs.texi(,13727) that affect @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,13728)
-cvs.texi(,13729) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,13730) @cindex CVSIGNORE, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13731) @item $CVSIGNORE
-cvs.texi(,13732) A whitespace-separated list of file name patterns that
-cvs.texi(,13733) @sc{cvs} should ignore. @xref{cvsignore}.
+cvs.texi(,13726) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,13727) @node Environment variables
+cvs.texi(,13728) @appendix All environment variables which affect CVS
+cvs.texi(,13729) @cindex Environment variables
+cvs.texi(,13730) @cindex Reference manual for variables
+cvs.texi(,13731)
+cvs.texi(,13732) This is a complete list of all environment variables
+cvs.texi(,13733) that affect @sc{cvs}.
cvs.texi(,13734)
-cvs.texi(,13735) @cindex CVSWRAPPERS, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13736) @item $CVSWRAPPERS
-cvs.texi(,13737) A whitespace-separated list of file name patterns that
-cvs.texi(,13738) @sc{cvs} should treat as wrappers. @xref{Wrappers}.
-cvs.texi(,13739)
-cvs.texi(,13740) @cindex CVSREAD, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13741) @cindex Read-only files, and CVSREAD
-cvs.texi(,13742) @item $CVSREAD
-cvs.texi(,13743) If this is set, @code{checkout} and @code{update} will
-cvs.texi(,13744) try hard to make the files in your working directory
-cvs.texi(,13745) read-only. When this is not set, the default behavior
-cvs.texi(,13746) is to permit modification of your working files.
-cvs.texi(,13747)
-cvs.texi(,13748) @cindex CVSREADONLYFS, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13749) @item $CVSREADONLYFS
-cvs.texi(,13750) Turns on read-only repository mode. This allows one to
-cvs.texi(,13751) check out from a read-only repository, such as within
-cvs.texi(,13752) an anoncvs server, or from a CDROM repository.
+cvs.texi(,13735) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,13736) @cindex CVSIGNORE, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13737) @item $CVSIGNORE
+cvs.texi(,13738) A whitespace-separated list of file name patterns that
+cvs.texi(,13739) @sc{cvs} should ignore. @xref{cvsignore}.
+cvs.texi(,13740)
+cvs.texi(,13741) @cindex CVSWRAPPERS, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13742) @item $CVSWRAPPERS
+cvs.texi(,13743) A whitespace-separated list of file name patterns that
+cvs.texi(,13744) @sc{cvs} should treat as wrappers. @xref{Wrappers}.
+cvs.texi(,13745)
+cvs.texi(,13746) @cindex CVSREAD, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13747) @cindex Read-only files, and CVSREAD
+cvs.texi(,13748) @item $CVSREAD
+cvs.texi(,13749) If this is set, @code{checkout} and @code{update} will
+cvs.texi(,13750) try hard to make the files in your working directory
+cvs.texi(,13751) read-only. When this is not set, the default behavior
+cvs.texi(,13752) is to permit modification of your working files.
cvs.texi(,13753)
-cvs.texi(,13754) It has the same effect as if the @samp{-R} command-line
-cvs.texi(,13755) option is used. This can also allow the use of
-cvs.texi(,13756) read-only NFS repositories.
-cvs.texi(,13757)
-cvs.texi(,13758) @item $CVSUMASK
-cvs.texi(,13759) Controls permissions of files in the repository. See
-cvs.texi(,13760) @ref{File permissions}.
-cvs.texi(,13761)
-cvs.texi(,13762) @item $CVSROOT
-cvs.texi(,13763) Should contain the full pathname to the root of the @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,13764) source repository (where the @sc{rcs} files are
-cvs.texi(,13765) kept). This information must be available to @sc{cvs} for
-cvs.texi(,13766) most commands to execute; if @code{$CVSROOT} is not set,
-cvs.texi(,13767) or if you wish to override it for one invocation, you
-cvs.texi(,13768) can supply it on the command line: @samp{cvs -d cvsroot
-cvs.texi(,13769) address@hidden Once you have checked out a working
-cvs.texi(,13770) directory, @sc{cvs} stores the appropriate root (in
-cvs.texi(,13771) the file @file{CVS/Root}), so normally you only need to
-cvs.texi(,13772) worry about this when initially checking out a working
-cvs.texi(,13773) directory.
-cvs.texi(,13774)
-cvs.texi(,13775) @item $CVSEDITOR
-cvs.texi(,13776) @cindex CVSEDITOR, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13777) @itemx $EDITOR
-cvs.texi(,13778) @cindex EDITOR, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13779) @itemx $VISUAL
-cvs.texi(,13780) @cindex VISUAL, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13781) Specifies the program to use for recording log messages
-cvs.texi(,13782) during commit. @code{$CVSEDITOR} overrides
-cvs.texi(,13783) @code{$EDITOR}, which overrides @code{$VISUAL}.
-cvs.texi(,13784) See @ref{Committing your changes} for more or
-cvs.texi(,13785) @ref{Global options} for alternative ways of specifying a
-cvs.texi(,13786) log editor.
-cvs.texi(,13787)
-cvs.texi(,13788) @cindex PATH, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13789) @item $PATH
-cvs.texi(,13790) If @code{$RCSBIN} is not set, and no path is compiled
-cvs.texi(,13791) into @sc{cvs}, it will use @code{$PATH} to try to find all
-cvs.texi(,13792) programs it uses.
+cvs.texi(,13754) @cindex CVSREADONLYFS, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13755) @item $CVSREADONLYFS
+cvs.texi(,13756) Turns on read-only repository mode. This allows one to
+cvs.texi(,13757) check out from a read-only repository, such as within
+cvs.texi(,13758) an anoncvs server, or from a CDROM repository.
+cvs.texi(,13759)
+cvs.texi(,13760) It has the same effect as if the @samp{-R} command-line
+cvs.texi(,13761) option is used. This can also allow the use of
+cvs.texi(,13762) read-only NFS repositories.
+cvs.texi(,13763)
+cvs.texi(,13764) @item $CVSUMASK
+cvs.texi(,13765) Controls permissions of files in the repository. See
+cvs.texi(,13766) @ref{File permissions}.
+cvs.texi(,13767)
+cvs.texi(,13768) @item $CVSROOT
+cvs.texi(,13769) Should contain the full pathname to the root of the @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,13770) source repository (where the @sc{rcs} files are
+cvs.texi(,13771) kept). This information must be available to @sc{cvs} for
+cvs.texi(,13772) most commands to execute; if @code{$CVSROOT} is not set,
+cvs.texi(,13773) or if you wish to override it for one invocation, you
+cvs.texi(,13774) can supply it on the command line: @samp{cvs -d cvsroot
+cvs.texi(,13775) address@hidden Once you have checked out a working
+cvs.texi(,13776) directory, @sc{cvs} stores the appropriate root (in
+cvs.texi(,13777) the file @file{CVS/Root}), so normally you only need to
+cvs.texi(,13778) worry about this when initially checking out a working
+cvs.texi(,13779) directory.
+cvs.texi(,13780)
+cvs.texi(,13781) @item $CVSEDITOR
+cvs.texi(,13782) @cindex CVSEDITOR, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13783) @itemx $EDITOR
+cvs.texi(,13784) @cindex EDITOR, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13785) @itemx $VISUAL
+cvs.texi(,13786) @cindex VISUAL, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13787) Specifies the program to use for recording log messages
+cvs.texi(,13788) during commit. @code{$CVSEDITOR} overrides
+cvs.texi(,13789) @code{$EDITOR}, which overrides @code{$VISUAL}.
+cvs.texi(,13790) See @ref{Committing your changes} for more or
+cvs.texi(,13791) @ref{Global options} for alternative ways of specifying a
+cvs.texi(,13792) log editor.
cvs.texi(,13793)
-cvs.texi(,13794) @cindex HOME, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13795) @item $HOME
-cvs.texi(,13796) @cindex HOMEPATH, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13797) @item $HOMEPATH
-cvs.texi(,13798) @cindex HOMEDRIVE, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13799) @item $HOMEDRIVE
-cvs.texi(,13800) Used to locate the directory where the @file{.cvsrc}
-cvs.texi(,13801) file, and other such files, are searched. On Unix, @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,13802) just checks for @code{HOME}. On Windows NT, the system will
-cvs.texi(,13803) set @code{HOMEDRIVE}, for example to @samp{d:} and
@code{HOMEPATH},
-cvs.texi(,13804) for example to @file{\joe}. On Windows 95, you'll
-cvs.texi(,13805) probably need to set @code{HOMEDRIVE} and @code{HOMEPATH}
yourself.
-cvs.texi(,13806) @c We are being vague about whether HOME works on
-cvs.texi(,13807) @c Windows; see long comment in windows-NT/filesubr.c.
-cvs.texi(,13808)
-cvs.texi(,13809) @cindex CVS_RSH, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13810) @item $CVS_RSH
-cvs.texi(,13811) Specifies the external program which @sc{cvs} connects with,
-cvs.texi(,13812) when @code{:ext:} access method is specified.
-cvs.texi(,13813) @pxref{Connecting via rsh}.
+cvs.texi(,13794) @cindex PATH, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13795) @item $PATH
+cvs.texi(,13796) If @code{$RCSBIN} is not set, and no path is compiled
+cvs.texi(,13797) into @sc{cvs}, it will use @code{$PATH} to try to find all
+cvs.texi(,13798) programs it uses.
+cvs.texi(,13799)
+cvs.texi(,13800) @cindex HOME, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13801) @item $HOME
+cvs.texi(,13802) @cindex HOMEPATH, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13803) @item $HOMEPATH
+cvs.texi(,13804) @cindex HOMEDRIVE, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13805) @item $HOMEDRIVE
+cvs.texi(,13806) Used to locate the directory where the @file{.cvsrc}
+cvs.texi(,13807) file, and other such files, are searched. On Unix, @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,13808) just checks for @code{HOME}. On Windows NT, the system will
+cvs.texi(,13809) set @code{HOMEDRIVE}, for example to @samp{d:} and
@code{HOMEPATH},
+cvs.texi(,13810) for example to @file{\joe}. On Windows 95, you'll
+cvs.texi(,13811) probably need to set @code{HOMEDRIVE} and @code{HOMEPATH}
yourself.
+cvs.texi(,13812) @c We are being vague about whether HOME works on
+cvs.texi(,13813) @c Windows; see long comment in windows-NT/filesubr.c.
cvs.texi(,13814)
-cvs.texi(,13815) @item $CVS_SERVER
-cvs.texi(,13816) Used in client-server mode when accessing a remote
-cvs.texi(,13817) repository using @sc{rsh}. It specifies the name of
-cvs.texi(,13818) the program to start on the server side (and any
-cvs.texi(,13819) necessary arguments) when accessing a remote repository
-cvs.texi(,13820) using the @code{:ext:}, @code{:fork:}, or @code{:server:}
access methods.
-cvs.texi(,13821) The default value for @code{:ext:} and @code{:server:} is
@code{cvs};
-cvs.texi(,13822) the default value for @code{:fork:} is the name used to run
the client.
-cvs.texi(,13823) @pxref{Connecting via rsh}
-cvs.texi(,13824)
-cvs.texi(,13825) @item $CVS_PASSFILE
-cvs.texi(,13826) Used in client-server mode when accessing the @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,13827) login server}. Default value is @file{$HOME/.cvspass}.
-cvs.texi(,13828) @pxref{Password authentication client}
-cvs.texi(,13829)
-cvs.texi(,13830) @item $CVS_CLIENT_PORT
-cvs.texi(,13831) Used in client-server mode to set the port to use when
accessing the server
-cvs.texi(,13832) via Kerberos, GSSAPI, or @sc{cvs}'s password authentication
protocol
-cvs.texi(,13833) if the port is not specified in the CVSROOT.
-cvs.texi(,13834) @pxref{Remote repositories}
+cvs.texi(,13815) @cindex CVS_RSH, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13816) @item $CVS_RSH
+cvs.texi(,13817) Specifies the external program which @sc{cvs} connects with,
+cvs.texi(,13818) when @code{:ext:} access method is specified.
+cvs.texi(,13819) @pxref{Connecting via rsh}.
+cvs.texi(,13820)
+cvs.texi(,13821) @item $CVS_SERVER
+cvs.texi(,13822) Used in client-server mode when accessing a remote
+cvs.texi(,13823) repository using @sc{rsh}. It specifies the name of
+cvs.texi(,13824) the program to start on the server side (and any
+cvs.texi(,13825) necessary arguments) when accessing a remote repository
+cvs.texi(,13826) using the @code{:ext:}, @code{:fork:}, or @code{:server:}
access methods.
+cvs.texi(,13827) The default value for @code{:ext:} and @code{:server:} is
@code{cvs};
+cvs.texi(,13828) the default value for @code{:fork:} is the name used to run
the client.
+cvs.texi(,13829) @pxref{Connecting via rsh}
+cvs.texi(,13830)
+cvs.texi(,13831) @item $CVS_PASSFILE
+cvs.texi(,13832) Used in client-server mode when accessing the @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,13833) login server}. Default value is @file{$HOME/.cvspass}.
+cvs.texi(,13834) @pxref{Password authentication client}
cvs.texi(,13835)
-cvs.texi(,13836) @cindex CVS_RCMD_PORT, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13837) @item $CVS_RCMD_PORT
-cvs.texi(,13838) Used in client-server mode. If set, specifies the port
-cvs.texi(,13839) number to be used when accessing the @sc{rcmd} demon on
-cvs.texi(,13840) the server side. (Currently not used for Unix clients).
+cvs.texi(,13836) @item $CVS_CLIENT_PORT
+cvs.texi(,13837) Used in client-server mode to set the port to use when
accessing the server
+cvs.texi(,13838) via Kerberos, GSSAPI, or @sc{cvs}'s password authentication
protocol
+cvs.texi(,13839) if the port is not specified in the CVSROOT.
+cvs.texi(,13840) @pxref{Remote repositories}
cvs.texi(,13841)
-cvs.texi(,13842) @cindex CVS_CLIENT_LOG, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13843) @item $CVS_CLIENT_LOG
-cvs.texi(,13844) Used for debugging only in client-server
-cvs.texi(,13845) mode. If set, everything sent to the server is logged
-cvs.texi(,13846) into @address@hidden and everything
-cvs.texi(,13847) sent from the server is logged into
-cvs.texi(,13848) @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,13849)
-cvs.texi(,13850) @cindex CVS_SERVER_SLEEP, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13851) @item $CVS_SERVER_SLEEP
-cvs.texi(,13852) Used only for debugging the server side in
-cvs.texi(,13853) client-server mode. If set, delays the start of the
-cvs.texi(,13854) server child process the specified amount of
-cvs.texi(,13855) seconds so that you can attach to it with a debugger.
-cvs.texi(,13856)
-cvs.texi(,13857) @cindex CVS_IGNORE_REMOTE_ROOT, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13858) @item $CVS_IGNORE_REMOTE_ROOT
-cvs.texi(,13859) For @sc{cvs} 1.10 and older, setting this variable
-cvs.texi(,13860) prevents @sc{cvs} from overwriting the @file{CVS/Root}
-cvs.texi(,13861) file when the @samp{-d} global option is specified.
-cvs.texi(,13862) Later versions of @sc{cvs} do not rewrite
-cvs.texi(,13863) @file{CVS/Root}, so @code{CVS_IGNORE_REMOTE_ROOT} has no
-cvs.texi(,13864) effect.
-cvs.texi(,13865)
-cvs.texi(,13866) @cindex CVS_LOCAL_BRANCH_NUM, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13867) @item $CVS_LOCAL_BRANCH_NUM
-cvs.texi(,13868) Setting this variable allows some control over the
-cvs.texi(,13869) branch number that is assigned. This is specifically to
-cvs.texi(,13870) support the local commit feature of CVSup. If one sets
-cvs.texi(,13871) @code{CVS_LOCAL_BRANCH_NUM} to (say) 1000 then branches
-cvs.texi(,13872) the local repository, the revision numbers will look
-cvs.texi(,13873) like 1.66.1000.xx. There is almost a dead-set certainty
-cvs.texi(,13874) that there will be no conflicts with version numbers.
-cvs.texi(,13875)
-cvs.texi(,13876) @cindex COMSPEC, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13877) @item $COMSPEC
-cvs.texi(,13878) Used under OS/2 only. It specifies the name of the
-cvs.texi(,13879) command interpreter and defaults to @sc{cmd.exe}.
-cvs.texi(,13880)
-cvs.texi(,13881) @cindex TMPDIR, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13882) @item $TMPDIR
-cvs.texi(,13883) @cindex TMP, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13884) @itemx $TMP
-cvs.texi(,13885) @cindex TEMP, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13886) @itemx $TEMP
-cvs.texi(,13887) @cindex Temporary files, location of
-cvs.texi(,13888) @c This is quite nuts. We don't talk about tempnam
-cvs.texi(,13889) @c or mkstemp which we sometimes use. The discussion
-cvs.texi(,13890) @c of "Global options" is semi-incoherent.
-cvs.texi(,13891) @c I'm not even sure those are the only inaccuracies.
-cvs.texi(,13892) @c Furthermore, the conventions are
-cvs.texi(,13893) @c pretty crazy and they should be simplified.
-cvs.texi(,13894) Directory in which temporary files are located.
-cvs.texi(,13895) The @sc{cvs} server uses
-cvs.texi(,13896) @code{TMPDIR}. @xref{Global options}, for a
-cvs.texi(,13897) description of how to specify this.
-cvs.texi(,13898) Some parts of @sc{cvs} will always use @file{/tmp} (via
-cvs.texi(,13899) the @code{tmpnam} function provided by the system).
-cvs.texi(,13900)
-cvs.texi(,13901) On Windows NT, @code{TMP} is used (via the @code{_tempnam}
-cvs.texi(,13902) function provided by the system).
-cvs.texi(,13903)
-cvs.texi(,13904) The @code{patch} program which is used by the @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,13905) client uses @code{TMPDIR}, and if it is not set, uses
-cvs.texi(,13906) @file{/tmp} (at least with GNU patch 2.1). Note that
-cvs.texi(,13907) if your server and client are both running @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,13908) 1.9.10 or later, @sc{cvs} will not invoke an external
-cvs.texi(,13909) @code{patch} program.
-cvs.texi(,13910)
-cvs.texi(,13911) @cindex CVS_PID, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13912) @item $CVS_PID
-cvs.texi(,13913) This is the process identification (aka pid) number of
-cvs.texi(,13914) the @sc{cvs} process. It is often useful in the
-cvs.texi(,13915) programs and/or scripts specified by the
-cvs.texi(,13916) @file{commitinfo}, @file{verifymsg}, @file{loginfo}
-cvs.texi(,13917) files.
-cvs.texi(,13918) @end table
-cvs.texi(,13919)
-cvs.texi(,13920) @node Compatibility
-cvs.texi(,13921) @appendix Compatibility between CVS Versions
-cvs.texi(,13922)
-cvs.texi(,13923) @cindex CVS, versions of
-cvs.texi(,13924) @cindex Versions, of CVS
-cvs.texi(,13925) @cindex Compatibility, between CVS versions
-cvs.texi(,13926) @c We don't mention versions older than CVS 1.3
-cvs.texi(,13927) @c on the theory that it would clutter it up for the vast
-cvs.texi(,13928) @c majority of people, who don't have anything that old.
-cvs.texi(,13929) @c
-cvs.texi(,13930) The repository format is compatible going back to
-cvs.texi(,13931) @sc{cvs} 1.3. But see @ref{Watches Compatibility}, if
-cvs.texi(,13932) you have copies of @sc{cvs} 1.6 or older and you want
-cvs.texi(,13933) to use the optional developer communication features.
-cvs.texi(,13934) @c If you "cvs rm" and commit using 1.3, then you'll
-cvs.texi(,13935) @c want to run "rcs -sdead <file,v>" on each of the
-cvs.texi(,13936) @c files in the Attic if you then want 1.5 and
-cvs.texi(,13937) @c later to recognize those files as dead (I think the
-cvs.texi(,13938) @c symptom if this is not done is that files reappear
-cvs.texi(,13939) @c in joins). (Wait: the above will work but really to
-cvs.texi(,13940) @c be strictly correct we should suggest checking
-cvs.texi(,13941) @c in a new revision rather than just changing the
-cvs.texi(,13942) @c state of the head revision, shouldn't we?).
-cvs.texi(,13943) @c The old convert.sh script was for this, but it never
-cvs.texi(,13944) @c did get updated to reflect use of the RCS "dead"
-cvs.texi(,13945) @c state.
-cvs.texi(,13946) @c Note: this is tricky to document without confusing
-cvs.texi(,13947) @c people--need to carefully say what CVS version we
-cvs.texi(,13948) @c are talking about and keep in mind the distinction
-cvs.texi(,13949) @c between a
-cvs.texi(,13950) @c repository created with 1.3 and on which one now
-cvs.texi(,13951) @c uses 1.5+, and a repository on which one wants to
-cvs.texi(,13952) @c use both versions side by side (e.g. during a
-cvs.texi(,13953) @c transition period).
-cvs.texi(,13954) @c Wait, can't CVS just detect the case in which a file
-cvs.texi(,13955) @c is in the Attic but the head revision is not dead?
-cvs.texi(,13956) @c Not sure whether this should produce a warning or
-cvs.texi(,13957) @c something, and probably needs further thought, but
-cvs.texi(,13958) @c it would appear that the situation can be detected.
-cvs.texi(,13959) @c
-cvs.texi(,13960) @c We might want to separate out the 1.3 compatibility
-cvs.texi(,13961) @c section (for repository & working directory) from the
-cvs.texi(,13962) @c rest--that might help avoid confusing people who
-cvs.texi(,13963) @c are upgrading (for example) from 1.6 to 1.8.
-cvs.texi(,13964) @c
-cvs.texi(,13965) @c A minor incompatibility is if a current version of CVS
-cvs.texi(,13966) @c puts "Nfoo" into CVS/Tag, then CVS 1.9 or older will
-cvs.texi(,13967) @c see this as if there is no tag. Seems to me this is
-cvs.texi(,13968) @c too obscure to mention.
-cvs.texi(,13969)
-cvs.texi(,13970) The working directory format is compatible going back
-cvs.texi(,13971) to @sc{cvs} 1.5. It did change between @sc{cvs} 1.3
-cvs.texi(,13972) and @sc{cvs} 1.5. If you run @sc{cvs} 1.5 or newer on
-cvs.texi(,13973) a working directory checked out with @sc{cvs} 1.3,
-cvs.texi(,13974) @sc{cvs} will convert it, but to go back to @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,13975) 1.3 you need to check out a new working directory with
-cvs.texi(,13976) @sc{cvs} 1.3.
-cvs.texi(,13977)
-cvs.texi(,13978) The remote protocol is interoperable going back to @sc{cvs}
1.5, but no
-cvs.texi(,13979) further (1.5 was the first official release with the remote
protocol,
-cvs.texi(,13980) but some older versions might still be floating around). In
many
-cvs.texi(,13981) cases you need to upgrade both the client and the server to
take
-cvs.texi(,13982) advantage of new features and bugfixes, however.
+cvs.texi(,13842) @cindex CVS_RCMD_PORT, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13843) @item $CVS_RCMD_PORT
+cvs.texi(,13844) Used in client-server mode. If set, specifies the port
+cvs.texi(,13845) number to be used when accessing the @sc{rcmd} demon on
+cvs.texi(,13846) the server side. (Currently not used for Unix clients).
+cvs.texi(,13847)
+cvs.texi(,13848) @cindex CVS_CLIENT_LOG, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13849) @item $CVS_CLIENT_LOG
+cvs.texi(,13850) Used for debugging only in client-server
+cvs.texi(,13851) mode. If set, everything sent to the server is logged
+cvs.texi(,13852) into @address@hidden and everything
+cvs.texi(,13853) sent from the server is logged into
+cvs.texi(,13854) @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,13855)
+cvs.texi(,13856) @cindex CVS_SERVER_SLEEP, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13857) @item $CVS_SERVER_SLEEP
+cvs.texi(,13858) Used only for debugging the server side in
+cvs.texi(,13859) client-server mode. If set, delays the start of the
+cvs.texi(,13860) server child process the specified amount of
+cvs.texi(,13861) seconds so that you can attach to it with a debugger.
+cvs.texi(,13862)
+cvs.texi(,13863) @cindex CVS_IGNORE_REMOTE_ROOT, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13864) @item $CVS_IGNORE_REMOTE_ROOT
+cvs.texi(,13865) For @sc{cvs} 1.10 and older, setting this variable
+cvs.texi(,13866) prevents @sc{cvs} from overwriting the @file{CVS/Root}
+cvs.texi(,13867) file when the @samp{-d} global option is specified.
+cvs.texi(,13868) Later versions of @sc{cvs} do not rewrite
+cvs.texi(,13869) @file{CVS/Root}, so @code{CVS_IGNORE_REMOTE_ROOT} has no
+cvs.texi(,13870) effect.
+cvs.texi(,13871)
+cvs.texi(,13872) @cindex CVS_LOCAL_BRANCH_NUM, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13873) @item $CVS_LOCAL_BRANCH_NUM
+cvs.texi(,13874) Setting this variable allows some control over the
+cvs.texi(,13875) branch number that is assigned. This is specifically to
+cvs.texi(,13876) support the local commit feature of CVSup. If one sets
+cvs.texi(,13877) @code{CVS_LOCAL_BRANCH_NUM} to (say) 1000 then branches
+cvs.texi(,13878) the local repository, the revision numbers will look
+cvs.texi(,13879) like 1.66.1000.xx. There is almost a dead-set certainty
+cvs.texi(,13880) that there will be no conflicts with version numbers.
+cvs.texi(,13881)
+cvs.texi(,13882) @cindex COMSPEC, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13883) @item $COMSPEC
+cvs.texi(,13884) Used under OS/2 only. It specifies the name of the
+cvs.texi(,13885) command interpreter and defaults to @sc{cmd.exe}.
+cvs.texi(,13886)
+cvs.texi(,13887) @cindex TMPDIR, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13888) @item $TMPDIR
+cvs.texi(,13889) @cindex TMP, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13890) @itemx $TMP
+cvs.texi(,13891) @cindex TEMP, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13892) @itemx $TEMP
+cvs.texi(,13893) @cindex Temporary files, location of
+cvs.texi(,13894) @c This is quite nuts. We don't talk about tempnam
+cvs.texi(,13895) @c or mkstemp which we sometimes use. The discussion
+cvs.texi(,13896) @c of "Global options" is semi-incoherent.
+cvs.texi(,13897) @c I'm not even sure those are the only inaccuracies.
+cvs.texi(,13898) @c Furthermore, the conventions are
+cvs.texi(,13899) @c pretty crazy and they should be simplified.
+cvs.texi(,13900) Directory in which temporary files are located.
+cvs.texi(,13901) The @sc{cvs} server uses
+cvs.texi(,13902) @code{TMPDIR}. @xref{Global options}, for a
+cvs.texi(,13903) description of how to specify this.
+cvs.texi(,13904) Some parts of @sc{cvs} will always use @file{/tmp} (via
+cvs.texi(,13905) the @code{tmpnam} function provided by the system).
+cvs.texi(,13906)
+cvs.texi(,13907) On Windows NT, @code{TMP} is used (via the @code{_tempnam}
+cvs.texi(,13908) function provided by the system).
+cvs.texi(,13909)
+cvs.texi(,13910) The @code{patch} program which is used by the @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,13911) client uses @code{TMPDIR}, and if it is not set, uses
+cvs.texi(,13912) @file{/tmp} (at least with GNU patch 2.1). Note that
+cvs.texi(,13913) if your server and client are both running @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,13914) 1.9.10 or later, @sc{cvs} will not invoke an external
+cvs.texi(,13915) @code{patch} program.
+cvs.texi(,13916)
+cvs.texi(,13917) @cindex CVS_PID, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13918) @item $CVS_PID
+cvs.texi(,13919) This is the process identification (aka pid) number of
+cvs.texi(,13920) the @sc{cvs} process. It is often useful in the
+cvs.texi(,13921) programs and/or scripts specified by the
+cvs.texi(,13922) @file{commitinfo}, @file{verifymsg}, @file{loginfo}
+cvs.texi(,13923) files.
+cvs.texi(,13924) @end table
+cvs.texi(,13925)
+cvs.texi(,13926) @node Compatibility
+cvs.texi(,13927) @appendix Compatibility between CVS Versions
+cvs.texi(,13928)
+cvs.texi(,13929) @cindex CVS, versions of
+cvs.texi(,13930) @cindex Versions, of CVS
+cvs.texi(,13931) @cindex Compatibility, between CVS versions
+cvs.texi(,13932) @c We don't mention versions older than CVS 1.3
+cvs.texi(,13933) @c on the theory that it would clutter it up for the vast
+cvs.texi(,13934) @c majority of people, who don't have anything that old.
+cvs.texi(,13935) @c
+cvs.texi(,13936) The repository format is compatible going back to
+cvs.texi(,13937) @sc{cvs} 1.3. But see @ref{Watches Compatibility}, if
+cvs.texi(,13938) you have copies of @sc{cvs} 1.6 or older and you want
+cvs.texi(,13939) to use the optional developer communication features.
+cvs.texi(,13940) @c If you "cvs rm" and commit using 1.3, then you'll
+cvs.texi(,13941) @c want to run "rcs -sdead <file,v>" on each of the
+cvs.texi(,13942) @c files in the Attic if you then want 1.5 and
+cvs.texi(,13943) @c later to recognize those files as dead (I think the
+cvs.texi(,13944) @c symptom if this is not done is that files reappear
+cvs.texi(,13945) @c in joins). (Wait: the above will work but really to
+cvs.texi(,13946) @c be strictly correct we should suggest checking
+cvs.texi(,13947) @c in a new revision rather than just changing the
+cvs.texi(,13948) @c state of the head revision, shouldn't we?).
+cvs.texi(,13949) @c The old convert.sh script was for this, but it never
+cvs.texi(,13950) @c did get updated to reflect use of the RCS "dead"
+cvs.texi(,13951) @c state.
+cvs.texi(,13952) @c Note: this is tricky to document without confusing
+cvs.texi(,13953) @c people--need to carefully say what CVS version we
+cvs.texi(,13954) @c are talking about and keep in mind the distinction
+cvs.texi(,13955) @c between a
+cvs.texi(,13956) @c repository created with 1.3 and on which one now
+cvs.texi(,13957) @c uses 1.5+, and a repository on which one wants to
+cvs.texi(,13958) @c use both versions side by side (e.g. during a
+cvs.texi(,13959) @c transition period).
+cvs.texi(,13960) @c Wait, can't CVS just detect the case in which a file
+cvs.texi(,13961) @c is in the Attic but the head revision is not dead?
+cvs.texi(,13962) @c Not sure whether this should produce a warning or
+cvs.texi(,13963) @c something, and probably needs further thought, but
+cvs.texi(,13964) @c it would appear that the situation can be detected.
+cvs.texi(,13965) @c
+cvs.texi(,13966) @c We might want to separate out the 1.3 compatibility
+cvs.texi(,13967) @c section (for repository & working directory) from the
+cvs.texi(,13968) @c rest--that might help avoid confusing people who
+cvs.texi(,13969) @c are upgrading (for example) from 1.6 to 1.8.
+cvs.texi(,13970) @c
+cvs.texi(,13971) @c A minor incompatibility is if a current version of CVS
+cvs.texi(,13972) @c puts "Nfoo" into CVS/Tag, then CVS 1.9 or older will
+cvs.texi(,13973) @c see this as if there is no tag. Seems to me this is
+cvs.texi(,13974) @c too obscure to mention.
+cvs.texi(,13975)
+cvs.texi(,13976) The working directory format is compatible going back
+cvs.texi(,13977) to @sc{cvs} 1.5. It did change between @sc{cvs} 1.3
+cvs.texi(,13978) and @sc{cvs} 1.5. If you run @sc{cvs} 1.5 or newer on
+cvs.texi(,13979) a working directory checked out with @sc{cvs} 1.3,
+cvs.texi(,13980) @sc{cvs} will convert it, but to go back to @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,13981) 1.3 you need to check out a new working directory with
+cvs.texi(,13982) @sc{cvs} 1.3.
cvs.texi(,13983)
-cvs.texi(,13984) @c Perhaps should be saying something here about the
-cvs.texi(,13985) @c "D" lines in Entries (written by CVS 1.9; 1.8 and
-cvs.texi(,13986) @c older don't use them). These are supposed to be
-cvs.texi(,13987) @c compatible in both directions, but I'm not sure
-cvs.texi(,13988) @c they quite are 100%. One common gripe is if you
-cvs.texi(,13989) @c "rm -r" a directory and 1.9 gets confused, as it
-cvs.texi(,13990) @c still sees it in Entries. That one is fixed in
-cvs.texi(,13991) @c (say) 1.9.6. Someone else reported problems with
-cvs.texi(,13992) @c starting with a directory which was checked out with
-cvs.texi(,13993) @c an old version, and then using a new version, and
-cvs.texi(,13994) @c some "D" lines appeared, but not for every
-cvs.texi(,13995) @c directory, causing some directories to be skipped.
-cvs.texi(,13996) @c They weren't sure how to reproduce this, though.
-cvs.texi(,13997)
-cvs.texi(,13998) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,13999) @node Troubleshooting
-cvs.texi(,14000) @appendix Troubleshooting
-cvs.texi(,14001)
-cvs.texi(,14002) If you are having trouble with @sc{cvs}, this appendix
-cvs.texi(,14003) may help. If there is a particular error message which
-cvs.texi(,14004) you are seeing, then you can look up the message
-cvs.texi(,14005) alphabetically. If not, you can look through the
-cvs.texi(,14006) section on other problems to see if your problem is
-cvs.texi(,14007) mentioned there.
-cvs.texi(,14008)
-cvs.texi(,14009) @menu
-cvs.texi(,14010) * Error messages:: Partial list of CVS errors
-cvs.texi(,14011) * Connection:: Trouble making a connection
to a CVS server
-cvs.texi(,14012) * Other problems:: Problems not readily listed
by error message
-cvs.texi(,14013) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,13984) The remote protocol is interoperable going back to @sc{cvs}
1.5, but no
+cvs.texi(,13985) further (1.5 was the first official release with the remote
protocol,
+cvs.texi(,13986) but some older versions might still be floating around). In
many
+cvs.texi(,13987) cases you need to upgrade both the client and the server to
take
+cvs.texi(,13988) advantage of new features and bugfixes, however.
+cvs.texi(,13989)
+cvs.texi(,13990) @c Perhaps should be saying something here about the
+cvs.texi(,13991) @c "D" lines in Entries (written by CVS 1.9; 1.8 and
+cvs.texi(,13992) @c older don't use them). These are supposed to be
+cvs.texi(,13993) @c compatible in both directions, but I'm not sure
+cvs.texi(,13994) @c they quite are 100%. One common gripe is if you
+cvs.texi(,13995) @c "rm -r" a directory and 1.9 gets confused, as it
+cvs.texi(,13996) @c still sees it in Entries. That one is fixed in
+cvs.texi(,13997) @c (say) 1.9.6. Someone else reported problems with
+cvs.texi(,13998) @c starting with a directory which was checked out with
+cvs.texi(,13999) @c an old version, and then using a new version, and
+cvs.texi(,14000) @c some "D" lines appeared, but not for every
+cvs.texi(,14001) @c directory, causing some directories to be skipped.
+cvs.texi(,14002) @c They weren't sure how to reproduce this, though.
+cvs.texi(,14003)
+cvs.texi(,14004) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,14005) @node Troubleshooting
+cvs.texi(,14006) @appendix Troubleshooting
+cvs.texi(,14007)
+cvs.texi(,14008) If you are having trouble with @sc{cvs}, this appendix
+cvs.texi(,14009) may help. If there is a particular error message which
+cvs.texi(,14010) you are seeing, then you can look up the message
+cvs.texi(,14011) alphabetically. If not, you can look through the
+cvs.texi(,14012) section on other problems to see if your problem is
+cvs.texi(,14013) mentioned there.
cvs.texi(,14014)
-cvs.texi(,14022)
-cvs.texi(,14023) @node Error messages
-cvs.texi(,14024) @appendixsec Partial list of error messages
-cvs.texi(,14025)
-cvs.texi(,14026) Here is a partial list of error messages that you may
-cvs.texi(,14027) see from @sc{cvs}. It is not a complete address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,14028) is capable of printing many, many error messages, often
-cvs.texi(,14029) with parts of them supplied by the operating system,
-cvs.texi(,14030) but the intention is to list the common and/or
-cvs.texi(,14031) potentially confusing error messages.
-cvs.texi(,14032)
-cvs.texi(,14033) The messages are alphabetical, but introductory text
-cvs.texi(,14034) such as @samp{cvs update: } is not considered in
-cvs.texi(,14035) ordering them.
-cvs.texi(,14036)
-cvs.texi(,14037) In some cases the list includes messages printed by old
-cvs.texi(,14038) versions of @sc{cvs} (partly because users may not be
-cvs.texi(,14039) sure which version of @sc{cvs} they are using at any
-cvs.texi(,14040) particular moment).
-cvs.texi(,14041) @c If we want to start retiring messages, perhaps we
-cvs.texi(,14042) @c should pick a cutoff version (for example, no more
-cvs.texi(,14043) @c messages which are specific to versions before 1.9)
-cvs.texi(,14044) @c and then move the old messages to an "old messages"
-cvs.texi(,14045) @c node rather than deleting them completely.
-cvs.texi(,14046)
-cvs.texi(,14047) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,14048) @c FIXME: What is the correct way to format a multiline
-cvs.texi(,14049) @c error message here? Maybe @table is the wrong
-cvs.texi(,14050) @c choice? Texinfo gurus?
-cvs.texi(,14051) @item @var{file}:@var{line}: Assertion '@var{text}' failed
-cvs.texi(,14052) The exact format of this message may vary depending on
-cvs.texi(,14053) your system. It indicates a bug in @sc{cvs}, which can
-cvs.texi(,14054) be handled as described in @ref{BUGS}.
-cvs.texi(,14055)
-cvs.texi(,14056) @item cvs @var{command}: authorization failed: server
@var{host} rejected access
-cvs.texi(,14057) This is a generic response when trying to connect to a
-cvs.texi(,14058) pserver server which chooses not to provide a
-cvs.texi(,14059) specific reason for denying authorization. Check that
-cvs.texi(,14060) the username and password specified are correct and
-cvs.texi(,14061) that the @code{CVSROOT} specified is allowed by
@samp{--allow-root}
-cvs.texi(,14062) in @file{inetd.conf}. See @ref{Password authenticated}.
-cvs.texi(,14063)
-cvs.texi(,14064) @item cvs @var{command}: conflict: removed @var{file} was
modified by second party
-cvs.texi(,14065) This message indicates that you removed a file, and
-cvs.texi(,14066) someone else modified it. To resolve the conflict,
-cvs.texi(,14067) first run @samp{cvs add @var{file}}. If desired, look
-cvs.texi(,14068) at the other party's modification to decide whether you
-cvs.texi(,14069) still want to remove it. If you don't want to remove
-cvs.texi(,14070) it, stop here. If you do want to remove it, proceed
-cvs.texi(,14071) with @samp{cvs remove @var{file}} and commit your
-cvs.texi(,14072) removal.
-cvs.texi(,14073) @c Tests conflicts2-142b* in sanity.sh test for this.
-cvs.texi(,14074)
-cvs.texi(,14075) @item cannot change permissions on temporary directory
-cvs.texi(,14076) @example
-cvs.texi(,14077) Operation not permitted
-cvs.texi(,14078) @end example
-cvs.texi(,14079) This message has been happening in a non-reproducible,
-cvs.texi(,14080) occasional way when we run the client/server testsuite,
-cvs.texi(,14081) both on Red Hat Linux 3.0.3 and 4.1. We haven't been
-cvs.texi(,14082) able to figure out what causes it, nor is it known
-cvs.texi(,14083) whether it is specific to linux (or even to this
-cvs.texi(,14084) particular machine!). If the problem does occur on
-cvs.texi(,14085) other unices, @samp{Operation not permitted} would be
-cvs.texi(,14086) likely to read @samp{Not owner} or whatever the system
-cvs.texi(,14087) in question uses for the unix @code{EPERM} error. If
-cvs.texi(,14088) you have any information to add, please let us know as
-cvs.texi(,14089) described in @ref{BUGS}. If you experience this error
-cvs.texi(,14090) while using @sc{cvs}, retrying the operation which
-cvs.texi(,14091) produced it should work fine.
-cvs.texi(,14092) @c This has been seen in a variety of tests, including
-cvs.texi(,14093) @c multibranch-2, multibranch-5, and basic1-24-rm-rm,
-cvs.texi(,14094) @c so it doesn't seem particularly specific to any one
-cvs.texi(,14095) @c test.
-cvs.texi(,14096)
-cvs.texi(,14097) @item cvs [server aborted]: Cannot check out files into the
repository itself
-cvs.texi(,14098) The obvious cause for this message (especially for
-cvs.texi(,14099) non-client/server @sc{cvs}) is that the @sc{cvs} root
-cvs.texi(,14100) is, for example, @file{/usr/local/cvsroot} and you try
-cvs.texi(,14101) to check out files when you are in a subdirectory, such
-cvs.texi(,14102) as @file{/usr/local/cvsroot/test}. However, there is a
-cvs.texi(,14103) more subtle cause, which is that the temporary
-cvs.texi(,14104) directory on the server is set to a subdirectory of the
-cvs.texi(,14105) root (which is also not allowed). If this is the
-cvs.texi(,14106) problem, set the temporary directory to somewhere else,
-cvs.texi(,14107) for example @file{/var/tmp}; see @code{TMPDIR} in
-cvs.texi(,14108) @ref{Environment variables}, for how to set the
-cvs.texi(,14109) temporary directory.
-cvs.texi(,14110)
-cvs.texi(,14111) @item cannot commit files as 'root'
-cvs.texi(,14112) See @samp{'root' is not allowed to commit files}.
-cvs.texi(,14113)
-cvs.texi(,14114) @c For one example see basica-1a10 in the testsuite
-cvs.texi(,14115) @c For another example, "cvs co ." on NT; see comment
-cvs.texi(,14116) @c at windows-NT/filesubr.c (expand_wild).
-cvs.texi(,14117) @c For another example, "cvs co foo/bar" where foo exists.
-cvs.texi(,14118) @item cannot open CVS/Entries for reading: No such file or
directory
-cvs.texi(,14119) This generally indicates a @sc{cvs} internal error, and
-cvs.texi(,14120) can be handled as with other @sc{cvs} bugs
-cvs.texi(,14121) (@pxref{BUGS}). Usually there is a workaround---the
-cvs.texi(,14122) exact nature of which would depend on the situation but
-cvs.texi(,14123) which hopefully could be figured out.
-cvs.texi(,14124)
-cvs.texi(,14125) @c This is more obscure than it might sound; it only
-cvs.texi(,14126) @c happens if you run "cvs init" from a directory which
-cvs.texi(,14127) @c contains a CVS/Root file at the start.
-cvs.texi(,14128) @item cvs [init aborted]: cannot open CVS/Root: No such file
or directory
-cvs.texi(,14129) This message is harmless. Provided it is not
-cvs.texi(,14130) accompanied by other errors, the operation has
-cvs.texi(,14131) completed successfully. This message should not occur
-cvs.texi(,14132) with current versions of @sc{cvs}, but it is documented
-cvs.texi(,14133) here for the benefit of @sc{cvs} 1.9 and older.
-cvs.texi(,14134)
-cvs.texi(,14135) @item cvs server: cannot open /root/.cvsignore: Permission
denied
-cvs.texi(,14136) @itemx cvs [server aborted]: can't chdir(/root): Permission
denied
-cvs.texi(,14137) See @ref{Connection}.
-cvs.texi(,14138)
-cvs.texi(,14139) @item cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot rename file @var{file}
to CVS/,,@var{file}: Invalid argument
-cvs.texi(,14140) This message has been reported as intermittently
-cvs.texi(,14141) happening with @sc{cvs} 1.9 on Solaris 2.5. The cause is
-cvs.texi(,14142) unknown; if you know more about what causes it, let us
-cvs.texi(,14143) know as described in @ref{BUGS}.
+cvs.texi(,14015) @menu
+cvs.texi(,14016) * Error messages:: Partial list of CVS errors
+cvs.texi(,14017) * Connection:: Trouble making a connection
to a CVS server
+cvs.texi(,14018) * Other problems:: Problems not readily listed
by error message
+cvs.texi(,14019) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,14020)
+cvs.texi(,14028)
+cvs.texi(,14029) @node Error messages
+cvs.texi(,14030) @appendixsec Partial list of error messages
+cvs.texi(,14031)
+cvs.texi(,14032) Here is a partial list of error messages that you may
+cvs.texi(,14033) see from @sc{cvs}. It is not a complete address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,14034) is capable of printing many, many error messages, often
+cvs.texi(,14035) with parts of them supplied by the operating system,
+cvs.texi(,14036) but the intention is to list the common and/or
+cvs.texi(,14037) potentially confusing error messages.
+cvs.texi(,14038)
+cvs.texi(,14039) The messages are alphabetical, but introductory text
+cvs.texi(,14040) such as @samp{cvs update: } is not considered in
+cvs.texi(,14041) ordering them.
+cvs.texi(,14042)
+cvs.texi(,14043) In some cases the list includes messages printed by old
+cvs.texi(,14044) versions of @sc{cvs} (partly because users may not be
+cvs.texi(,14045) sure which version of @sc{cvs} they are using at any
+cvs.texi(,14046) particular moment).
+cvs.texi(,14047) @c If we want to start retiring messages, perhaps we
+cvs.texi(,14048) @c should pick a cutoff version (for example, no more
+cvs.texi(,14049) @c messages which are specific to versions before 1.9)
+cvs.texi(,14050) @c and then move the old messages to an "old messages"
+cvs.texi(,14051) @c node rather than deleting them completely.
+cvs.texi(,14052)
+cvs.texi(,14053) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,14054) @c FIXME: What is the correct way to format a multiline
+cvs.texi(,14055) @c error message here? Maybe @table is the wrong
+cvs.texi(,14056) @c choice? Texinfo gurus?
+cvs.texi(,14057) @item @var{file}:@var{line}: Assertion '@var{text}' failed
+cvs.texi(,14058) The exact format of this message may vary depending on
+cvs.texi(,14059) your system. It indicates a bug in @sc{cvs}, which can
+cvs.texi(,14060) be handled as described in @ref{BUGS}.
+cvs.texi(,14061)
+cvs.texi(,14062) @item cvs @var{command}: authorization failed: server
@var{host} rejected access
+cvs.texi(,14063) This is a generic response when trying to connect to a
+cvs.texi(,14064) pserver server which chooses not to provide a
+cvs.texi(,14065) specific reason for denying authorization. Check that
+cvs.texi(,14066) the username and password specified are correct and
+cvs.texi(,14067) that the @code{CVSROOT} specified is allowed by
@samp{--allow-root}
+cvs.texi(,14068) in @file{inetd.conf}. See @ref{Password authenticated}.
+cvs.texi(,14069)
+cvs.texi(,14070) @item cvs @var{command}: conflict: removed @var{file} was
modified by second party
+cvs.texi(,14071) This message indicates that you removed a file, and
+cvs.texi(,14072) someone else modified it. To resolve the conflict,
+cvs.texi(,14073) first run @samp{cvs add @var{file}}. If desired, look
+cvs.texi(,14074) at the other party's modification to decide whether you
+cvs.texi(,14075) still want to remove it. If you don't want to remove
+cvs.texi(,14076) it, stop here. If you do want to remove it, proceed
+cvs.texi(,14077) with @samp{cvs remove @var{file}} and commit your
+cvs.texi(,14078) removal.
+cvs.texi(,14079) @c Tests conflicts2-142b* in sanity.sh test for this.
+cvs.texi(,14080)
+cvs.texi(,14081) @item cannot change permissions on temporary directory
+cvs.texi(,14082) @example
+cvs.texi(,14083) Operation not permitted
+cvs.texi(,14084) @end example
+cvs.texi(,14085) This message has been happening in a non-reproducible,
+cvs.texi(,14086) occasional way when we run the client/server testsuite,
+cvs.texi(,14087) both on Red Hat Linux 3.0.3 and 4.1. We haven't been
+cvs.texi(,14088) able to figure out what causes it, nor is it known
+cvs.texi(,14089) whether it is specific to linux (or even to this
+cvs.texi(,14090) particular machine!). If the problem does occur on
+cvs.texi(,14091) other unices, @samp{Operation not permitted} would be
+cvs.texi(,14092) likely to read @samp{Not owner} or whatever the system
+cvs.texi(,14093) in question uses for the unix @code{EPERM} error. If
+cvs.texi(,14094) you have any information to add, please let us know as
+cvs.texi(,14095) described in @ref{BUGS}. If you experience this error
+cvs.texi(,14096) while using @sc{cvs}, retrying the operation which
+cvs.texi(,14097) produced it should work fine.
+cvs.texi(,14098) @c This has been seen in a variety of tests, including
+cvs.texi(,14099) @c multibranch-2, multibranch-5, and basic1-24-rm-rm,
+cvs.texi(,14100) @c so it doesn't seem particularly specific to any one
+cvs.texi(,14101) @c test.
+cvs.texi(,14102)
+cvs.texi(,14103) @item cvs [server aborted]: Cannot check out files into the
repository itself
+cvs.texi(,14104) The obvious cause for this message (especially for
+cvs.texi(,14105) non-client/server @sc{cvs}) is that the @sc{cvs} root
+cvs.texi(,14106) is, for example, @file{/usr/local/cvsroot} and you try
+cvs.texi(,14107) to check out files when you are in a subdirectory, such
+cvs.texi(,14108) as @file{/usr/local/cvsroot/test}. However, there is a
+cvs.texi(,14109) more subtle cause, which is that the temporary
+cvs.texi(,14110) directory on the server is set to a subdirectory of the
+cvs.texi(,14111) root (which is also not allowed). If this is the
+cvs.texi(,14112) problem, set the temporary directory to somewhere else,
+cvs.texi(,14113) for example @file{/var/tmp}; see @code{TMPDIR} in
+cvs.texi(,14114) @ref{Environment variables}, for how to set the
+cvs.texi(,14115) temporary directory.
+cvs.texi(,14116)
+cvs.texi(,14117) @item cannot commit files as 'root'
+cvs.texi(,14118) See @samp{'root' is not allowed to commit files}.
+cvs.texi(,14119)
+cvs.texi(,14120) @c For one example see basica-1a10 in the testsuite
+cvs.texi(,14121) @c For another example, "cvs co ." on NT; see comment
+cvs.texi(,14122) @c at windows-NT/filesubr.c (expand_wild).
+cvs.texi(,14123) @c For another example, "cvs co foo/bar" where foo exists.
+cvs.texi(,14124) @item cannot open CVS/Entries for reading: No such file or
directory
+cvs.texi(,14125) This generally indicates a @sc{cvs} internal error, and
+cvs.texi(,14126) can be handled as with other @sc{cvs} bugs
+cvs.texi(,14127) (@pxref{BUGS}). Usually there is a workaround---the
+cvs.texi(,14128) exact nature of which would depend on the situation but
+cvs.texi(,14129) which hopefully could be figured out.
+cvs.texi(,14130)
+cvs.texi(,14131) @c This is more obscure than it might sound; it only
+cvs.texi(,14132) @c happens if you run "cvs init" from a directory which
+cvs.texi(,14133) @c contains a CVS/Root file at the start.
+cvs.texi(,14134) @item cvs [init aborted]: cannot open CVS/Root: No such file
or directory
+cvs.texi(,14135) This message is harmless. Provided it is not
+cvs.texi(,14136) accompanied by other errors, the operation has
+cvs.texi(,14137) completed successfully. This message should not occur
+cvs.texi(,14138) with current versions of @sc{cvs}, but it is documented
+cvs.texi(,14139) here for the benefit of @sc{cvs} 1.9 and older.
+cvs.texi(,14140)
+cvs.texi(,14141) @item cvs server: cannot open /root/.cvsignore: Permission
denied
+cvs.texi(,14142) @itemx cvs [server aborted]: can't chdir(/root): Permission
denied
+cvs.texi(,14143) See @ref{Connection}.
cvs.texi(,14144)
-cvs.texi(,14145) @item cvs address@hidden aborted]: cannot start server via
rcmd
-cvs.texi(,14146) This, unfortunately, is a rather nonspecific error
-cvs.texi(,14147) message which @sc{cvs} 1.9 will print if you are
-cvs.texi(,14148) running the @sc{cvs} client and it is having trouble
-cvs.texi(,14149) connecting to the server. Current versions of @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,14150) should print a much more specific error message. If
-cvs.texi(,14151) you get this message when you didn't mean to run the
-cvs.texi(,14152) client at all, you probably forgot to specify
-cvs.texi(,14153) @code{:local:}, as described in @ref{Repository}.
-cvs.texi(,14154)
-cvs.texi(,14155) @item ci: @var{file},v: bad diff output line: Binary files -
and /tmp/T2a22651 differ
-cvs.texi(,14156) @sc{cvs} 1.9 and older will print this message
-cvs.texi(,14157) when trying to check in a binary file if
-cvs.texi(,14158) @sc{rcs} is not correctly installed. Re-read the
-cvs.texi(,14159) instructions that came with your @sc{rcs} distribution
-cvs.texi(,14160) and the @sc{install} file in the @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,14161) distribution. Alternately, upgrade to a current
-cvs.texi(,14162) version of @sc{cvs}, which checks in files itself
-cvs.texi(,14163) rather than via @sc{rcs}.
-cvs.texi(,14164)
-cvs.texi(,14165) @item cvs checkout: could not check out @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,14166) With @sc{cvs} 1.9, this can mean that the @code{co} program
-cvs.texi(,14167) (part of @sc{rcs}) returned a failure. It should be
-cvs.texi(,14168) preceded by another error message, however it has been
-cvs.texi(,14169) observed without another error message and the cause is
-cvs.texi(,14170) not well-understood. With the current version of @sc{cvs},
-cvs.texi(,14171) which does not run @code{co}, if this message occurs
-cvs.texi(,14172) without another error message, it is definitely a @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,14173) bug (@pxref{BUGS}).
-cvs.texi(,14174) @c My current suspicion is that the RCS in the rcs (not
-cvs.texi(,14175) @c cvs/winnt/rcs57nt.zip) directory on the _Practical_
-cvs.texi(,14176) @c CD is bad (remains to be confirmed).
-cvs.texi(,14177) @c There is also a report of something which looks
-cvs.texi(,14178) @c very similar on SGI, Irix 5.2, so I dunno.
-cvs.texi(,14179)
-cvs.texi(,14180) @item cvs [login aborted]: could not find out home directory
-cvs.texi(,14181) This means that you need to set the environment
-cvs.texi(,14182) variables that @sc{cvs} uses to locate your home directory.
-cvs.texi(,14183) See the discussion of @code{HOME}, @code{HOMEDRIVE}, and
@code{HOMEPATH} in
-cvs.texi(,14184) @ref{Environment variables}.
+cvs.texi(,14145) @item cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot rename file @var{file}
to CVS/,,@var{file}: Invalid argument
+cvs.texi(,14146) This message has been reported as intermittently
+cvs.texi(,14147) happening with @sc{cvs} 1.9 on Solaris 2.5. The cause is
+cvs.texi(,14148) unknown; if you know more about what causes it, let us
+cvs.texi(,14149) know as described in @ref{BUGS}.
+cvs.texi(,14150)
+cvs.texi(,14151) @item cvs address@hidden aborted]: cannot start server via
rcmd
+cvs.texi(,14152) This, unfortunately, is a rather nonspecific error
+cvs.texi(,14153) message which @sc{cvs} 1.9 will print if you are
+cvs.texi(,14154) running the @sc{cvs} client and it is having trouble
+cvs.texi(,14155) connecting to the server. Current versions of @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,14156) should print a much more specific error message. If
+cvs.texi(,14157) you get this message when you didn't mean to run the
+cvs.texi(,14158) client at all, you probably forgot to specify
+cvs.texi(,14159) @code{:local:}, as described in @ref{Repository}.
+cvs.texi(,14160)
+cvs.texi(,14161) @item ci: @var{file},v: bad diff output line: Binary files -
and /tmp/T2a22651 differ
+cvs.texi(,14162) @sc{cvs} 1.9 and older will print this message
+cvs.texi(,14163) when trying to check in a binary file if
+cvs.texi(,14164) @sc{rcs} is not correctly installed. Re-read the
+cvs.texi(,14165) instructions that came with your @sc{rcs} distribution
+cvs.texi(,14166) and the @sc{install} file in the @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,14167) distribution. Alternately, upgrade to a current
+cvs.texi(,14168) version of @sc{cvs}, which checks in files itself
+cvs.texi(,14169) rather than via @sc{rcs}.
+cvs.texi(,14170)
+cvs.texi(,14171) @item cvs checkout: could not check out @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,14172) With @sc{cvs} 1.9, this can mean that the @code{co} program
+cvs.texi(,14173) (part of @sc{rcs}) returned a failure. It should be
+cvs.texi(,14174) preceded by another error message, however it has been
+cvs.texi(,14175) observed without another error message and the cause is
+cvs.texi(,14176) not well-understood. With the current version of @sc{cvs},
+cvs.texi(,14177) which does not run @code{co}, if this message occurs
+cvs.texi(,14178) without another error message, it is definitely a @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,14179) bug (@pxref{BUGS}).
+cvs.texi(,14180) @c My current suspicion is that the RCS in the rcs (not
+cvs.texi(,14181) @c cvs/winnt/rcs57nt.zip) directory on the _Practical_
+cvs.texi(,14182) @c CD is bad (remains to be confirmed).
+cvs.texi(,14183) @c There is also a report of something which looks
+cvs.texi(,14184) @c very similar on SGI, Irix 5.2, so I dunno.
cvs.texi(,14185)
-cvs.texi(,14186) @item cvs update: could not merge revision @var{rev} of
@var{file}: No such file or directory
-cvs.texi(,14187) @sc{cvs} 1.9 and older will print this message if there was
-cvs.texi(,14188) a problem finding the @code{rcsmerge} program. Make
-cvs.texi(,14189) sure that it is in your @code{PATH}, or upgrade to a
-cvs.texi(,14190) current version of @sc{cvs}, which does not require
-cvs.texi(,14191) an external @code{rcsmerge} program.
-cvs.texi(,14192)
-cvs.texi(,14193) @item cvs [update aborted]: could not patch @var{file}: No
such file or directory
-cvs.texi(,14194) This means that there was a problem finding the
-cvs.texi(,14195) @code{patch} program. Make sure that it is in your
-cvs.texi(,14196) @code{PATH}. Note that despite appearances the message
-cvs.texi(,14197) is @emph{not} referring to whether it can find @var{file}.
-cvs.texi(,14198) If both the client and the server are running a current
-cvs.texi(,14199) version of @sc{cvs}, then there is no need for an
-cvs.texi(,14200) external patch program and you should not see this
-cvs.texi(,14201) message. But if either client or server is running
-cvs.texi(,14202) @sc{cvs} 1.9, then you need @code{patch}.
-cvs.texi(,14203)
-cvs.texi(,14204) @item cvs update: could not patch @var{file}; will refetch
-cvs.texi(,14205) This means that for whatever reason the client was
-cvs.texi(,14206) unable to apply a patch that the server sent. The
-cvs.texi(,14207) message is nothing to be concerned about, because
-cvs.texi(,14208) inability to apply the patch only slows things down and
-cvs.texi(,14209) has no effect on what @sc{cvs} does.
-cvs.texi(,14210) @c xref to update output. Or File status?
-cvs.texi(,14211) @c Or some place else that
-cvs.texi(,14212) @c explains this whole "patch"/P/Needs Patch thing?
-cvs.texi(,14213)
-cvs.texi(,14214) @item dying gasps from @var{server} unexpected
-cvs.texi(,14215) There is a known bug in the server for @sc{cvs} 1.9.18
-cvs.texi(,14216) and older which can cause this. For me, this was
-cvs.texi(,14217) reproducible if I used the @samp{-t} global option. It
-cvs.texi(,14218) was fixed by Andy Piper's 14 Nov 1997 change to
-cvs.texi(,14219) src/filesubr.c, if anyone is curious.
-cvs.texi(,14220) If you see the message,
-cvs.texi(,14221) you probably can just retry the operation which failed,
-cvs.texi(,14222) or if you have discovered information concerning its
-cvs.texi(,14223) cause, please let us know as described in @ref{BUGS}.
-cvs.texi(,14224)
-cvs.texi(,14225) @item end of file from server (consult above messages if any)
-cvs.texi(,14226) The most common cause for this message is if you are
-cvs.texi(,14227) using an external @code{rsh} program and it exited with
-cvs.texi(,14228) an error. In this case the @code{rsh} program should
-cvs.texi(,14229) have printed a message, which will appear before the
-cvs.texi(,14230) above message. For more information on setting up a
-cvs.texi(,14231) @sc{cvs} client and server, see @ref{Remote repositories}.
-cvs.texi(,14232)
-cvs.texi(,14233) @item cvs [update aborted]: EOF in key in RCS file
@var{file},v
-cvs.texi(,14234) @itemx cvs [checkout aborted]: EOF while looking for end of
string in RCS file @var{file},v
-cvs.texi(,14235) This means that there is a syntax error in the given
-cvs.texi(,14236) @sc{rcs} file. Note that this might be true even if @sc{rcs}
can
-cvs.texi(,14237) read the file OK; @sc{cvs} does more error checking of
-cvs.texi(,14238) errors in the RCS file. That is why you may see this
-cvs.texi(,14239) message when upgrading from @sc{cvs} 1.9 to @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,14240) 1.10. The likely cause for the original corruption is
-cvs.texi(,14241) hardware, the operating system, or the like. Of
-cvs.texi(,14242) course, if you find a case in which @sc{cvs} seems to
-cvs.texi(,14243) corrupting the file, by all means report it,
-cvs.texi(,14244) (@pxref{BUGS}).
-cvs.texi(,14245) There are quite a few variations of this error message,
-cvs.texi(,14246) depending on exactly where in the @sc{rcs} file @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,14247) finds the syntax error.
-cvs.texi(,14248)
-cvs.texi(,14249) @cindex mkmodules
-cvs.texi(,14250) @item cvs commit: Executing 'mkmodules'
-cvs.texi(,14251) This means that your repository is set up for a version
-cvs.texi(,14252) of @sc{cvs} prior to @sc{cvs} 1.8. When using @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,14253) 1.8 or later, the above message will be preceded by
+cvs.texi(,14186) @item cvs [login aborted]: could not find out home directory
+cvs.texi(,14187) This means that you need to set the environment
+cvs.texi(,14188) variables that @sc{cvs} uses to locate your home directory.
+cvs.texi(,14189) See the discussion of @code{HOME}, @code{HOMEDRIVE}, and
@code{HOMEPATH} in
+cvs.texi(,14190) @ref{Environment variables}.
+cvs.texi(,14191)
+cvs.texi(,14192) @item cvs update: could not merge revision @var{rev} of
@var{file}: No such file or directory
+cvs.texi(,14193) @sc{cvs} 1.9 and older will print this message if there was
+cvs.texi(,14194) a problem finding the @code{rcsmerge} program. Make
+cvs.texi(,14195) sure that it is in your @code{PATH}, or upgrade to a
+cvs.texi(,14196) current version of @sc{cvs}, which does not require
+cvs.texi(,14197) an external @code{rcsmerge} program.
+cvs.texi(,14198)
+cvs.texi(,14199) @item cvs [update aborted]: could not patch @var{file}: No
such file or directory
+cvs.texi(,14200) This means that there was a problem finding the
+cvs.texi(,14201) @code{patch} program. Make sure that it is in your
+cvs.texi(,14202) @code{PATH}. Note that despite appearances the message
+cvs.texi(,14203) is @emph{not} referring to whether it can find @var{file}.
+cvs.texi(,14204) If both the client and the server are running a current
+cvs.texi(,14205) version of @sc{cvs}, then there is no need for an
+cvs.texi(,14206) external patch program and you should not see this
+cvs.texi(,14207) message. But if either client or server is running
+cvs.texi(,14208) @sc{cvs} 1.9, then you need @code{patch}.
+cvs.texi(,14209)
+cvs.texi(,14210) @item cvs update: could not patch @var{file}; will refetch
+cvs.texi(,14211) This means that for whatever reason the client was
+cvs.texi(,14212) unable to apply a patch that the server sent. The
+cvs.texi(,14213) message is nothing to be concerned about, because
+cvs.texi(,14214) inability to apply the patch only slows things down and
+cvs.texi(,14215) has no effect on what @sc{cvs} does.
+cvs.texi(,14216) @c xref to update output. Or File status?
+cvs.texi(,14217) @c Or some place else that
+cvs.texi(,14218) @c explains this whole "patch"/P/Needs Patch thing?
+cvs.texi(,14219)
+cvs.texi(,14220) @item dying gasps from @var{server} unexpected
+cvs.texi(,14221) There is a known bug in the server for @sc{cvs} 1.9.18
+cvs.texi(,14222) and older which can cause this. For me, this was
+cvs.texi(,14223) reproducible if I used the @samp{-t} global option. It
+cvs.texi(,14224) was fixed by Andy Piper's 14 Nov 1997 change to
+cvs.texi(,14225) src/filesubr.c, if anyone is curious.
+cvs.texi(,14226) If you see the message,
+cvs.texi(,14227) you probably can just retry the operation which failed,
+cvs.texi(,14228) or if you have discovered information concerning its
+cvs.texi(,14229) cause, please let us know as described in @ref{BUGS}.
+cvs.texi(,14230)
+cvs.texi(,14231) @item end of file from server (consult above messages if any)
+cvs.texi(,14232) The most common cause for this message is if you are
+cvs.texi(,14233) using an external @code{rsh} program and it exited with
+cvs.texi(,14234) an error. In this case the @code{rsh} program should
+cvs.texi(,14235) have printed a message, which will appear before the
+cvs.texi(,14236) above message. For more information on setting up a
+cvs.texi(,14237) @sc{cvs} client and server, see @ref{Remote repositories}.
+cvs.texi(,14238)
+cvs.texi(,14239) @item cvs [update aborted]: EOF in key in RCS file
@var{file},v
+cvs.texi(,14240) @itemx cvs [checkout aborted]: EOF while looking for end of
string in RCS file @var{file},v
+cvs.texi(,14241) This means that there is a syntax error in the given
+cvs.texi(,14242) @sc{rcs} file. Note that this might be true even if @sc{rcs}
can
+cvs.texi(,14243) read the file OK; @sc{cvs} does more error checking of
+cvs.texi(,14244) errors in the RCS file. That is why you may see this
+cvs.texi(,14245) message when upgrading from @sc{cvs} 1.9 to @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,14246) 1.10. The likely cause for the original corruption is
+cvs.texi(,14247) hardware, the operating system, or the like. Of
+cvs.texi(,14248) course, if you find a case in which @sc{cvs} seems to
+cvs.texi(,14249) corrupting the file, by all means report it,
+cvs.texi(,14250) (@pxref{BUGS}).
+cvs.texi(,14251) There are quite a few variations of this error message,
+cvs.texi(,14252) depending on exactly where in the @sc{rcs} file @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,14253) finds the syntax error.
cvs.texi(,14254)
-cvs.texi(,14255) @example
-cvs.texi(,14256) cvs commit: Rebuilding administrative file database
-cvs.texi(,14257) @end example
-cvs.texi(,14258)
-cvs.texi(,14259) If you see both messages, the database is being rebuilt
-cvs.texi(,14260) twice, which is unnecessary but harmless. If you wish
-cvs.texi(,14261) to avoid the duplication, and you have no versions of
-cvs.texi(,14262) @sc{cvs} 1.7 or earlier in use, remove @code{-i mkmodules}
-cvs.texi(,14263) every place it appears in your @code{modules}
-cvs.texi(,14264) file. For more information on the @code{modules} file,
-cvs.texi(,14265) see @ref{modules}.
-cvs.texi(,14266)
-cvs.texi(,14267) @c This message comes from "co", and I believe is
-cvs.texi(,14268) @c possible only with older versions of CVS which call
-cvs.texi(,14269) @c co. The problem with being able to create the bogus
-cvs.texi(,14270) @c RCS file still exists, though (and I think maybe
-cvs.texi(,14271) @c there is a different symptom(s) now).
-cvs.texi(,14272) @c FIXME: Would be nice to have a more exact wording
-cvs.texi(,14273) @c for this message.
-cvs.texi(,14274) @item missing author
-cvs.texi(,14275) Typically this can happen if you created an RCS file
-cvs.texi(,14276) with your username set to empty. @sc{cvs} will, bogusly,
-cvs.texi(,14277) create an illegal RCS file with no value for the author
-cvs.texi(,14278) field. The solution is to make sure your username is
-cvs.texi(,14279) set to a non-empty value and re-create the RCS file.
-cvs.texi(,14280) @c "make sure your username is set" is complicated in
-cvs.texi(,14281) @c and of itself, as there are the environment
-cvs.texi(,14282) @c variables the system login name, &c, and it depends
-cvs.texi(,14283) @c on the version of CVS.
-cvs.texi(,14284)
-cvs.texi(,14285) @item cvs [checkout aborted]: no such tag @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,14286) This message means that @sc{cvs} isn't familiar with
-cvs.texi(,14287) the tag @var{tag}. Usually this means that you have
-cvs.texi(,14288) mistyped a tag name; however there are (relatively
-cvs.texi(,14289) obscure) cases in which @sc{cvs} will require you to
-cvs.texi(,14290) @c Search sanity.sh for "no such tag" to see some of
-cvs.texi(,14291) @c the relatively obscure cases.
-cvs.texi(,14292) try a few other @sc{cvs} commands involving that tag,
-cvs.texi(,14293) before you find one which will cause @sc{cvs} to update
-cvs.texi(,14294) the @file{val-tags} file; see discussion of val-tags in
-cvs.texi(,14295) @ref{File permissions}. You only need to worry about
-cvs.texi(,14296) this once for a given tag; when a tag is listed in
-cvs.texi(,14297) @file{val-tags}, it stays there. Note that using
-cvs.texi(,14298) @samp{-f} to not require tag matches does not override
-cvs.texi(,14299) this check; see @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,14300)
-cvs.texi(,14301) @item *PANIC* administration files missing
-cvs.texi(,14302) This typically means that there is a directory named
-cvs.texi(,14303) @sc{cvs} but it does not contain the administrative files
-cvs.texi(,14304) which @sc{cvs} puts in a CVS directory. If the problem is
-cvs.texi(,14305) that you created a CVS directory via some mechanism
-cvs.texi(,14306) other than @sc{cvs}, then the answer is simple, use a name
-cvs.texi(,14307) other than @sc{cvs}. If not, it indicates a @sc{cvs} bug
-cvs.texi(,14308) (@pxref{BUGS}).
-cvs.texi(,14309)
-cvs.texi(,14310) @item rcs error: Unknown option: -x,v/
-cvs.texi(,14311) This message will be followed by a usage message for
-cvs.texi(,14312) @sc{rcs}. It means that you have an old version of
-cvs.texi(,14313) @sc{rcs} (probably supplied with your operating
-cvs.texi(,14314) system), as well as an old version of @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,14315) @sc{cvs} 1.9.18 and earlier only work with @sc{rcs} version 5
and
-cvs.texi(,14316) later; current versions of @sc{cvs} do not run @sc{rcs}
programs.
-cvs.texi(,14317) @c For more information on installing @sc{cvs}, see
-cvs.texi(,14318) @c (FIXME: where? it depends on whether you are
-cvs.texi(,14319) @c getting binaries or sources or what).
-cvs.texi(,14320) @c The message can also say "ci error" or something
-cvs.texi(,14321) @c instead of "rcs error", I suspect.
-cvs.texi(,14322)
-cvs.texi(,14323) @item cvs [server aborted]: received broken pipe signal
-cvs.texi(,14324) This message seems to be caused by a hard-to-track-down
-cvs.texi(,14325) bug in @sc{cvs} or the systems it runs on (we don't
-cvs.texi(,14326) know---we haven't tracked it down yet!). It seems to
-cvs.texi(,14327) happen only after a @sc{cvs} command has completed, and
-cvs.texi(,14328) you should be able to just ignore the message.
-cvs.texi(,14329) However, if you have discovered information concerning its
-cvs.texi(,14330) cause, please let us know as described in @ref{BUGS}.
-cvs.texi(,14331)
-cvs.texi(,14332) @item 'root' is not allowed to commit files
-cvs.texi(,14333) When committing a permanent change, @sc{cvs} makes a log
entry of
-cvs.texi(,14334) who committed the change. If you are committing the change
logged
-cvs.texi(,14335) in as "root" (not under "su" or other root-priv giving
program),
-cvs.texi(,14336) @sc{cvs} cannot determine who is actually making the change.
-cvs.texi(,14337) As such, by default, @sc{cvs} disallows changes to be
committed by users
-cvs.texi(,14338) logged in as "root". (You can disable this option by passing
the
-cvs.texi(,14339) @code{--enable-rootcommit} option to @file{configure} and
recompiling @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,14340) On some systems this means editing the appropriate
@file{config.h} file
-cvs.texi(,14341) before building @sc{cvs}.)
-cvs.texi(,14342)
-cvs.texi(,14343) @item Too many arguments!
-cvs.texi(,14344) This message is typically printed by the @file{log.pl}
-cvs.texi(,14345) script which is in the @file{contrib} directory in the
-cvs.texi(,14346) @sc{cvs} source distribution. In some versions of
-cvs.texi(,14347) @sc{cvs}, @file{log.pl} has been part of the default
-cvs.texi(,14348) @sc{cvs} installation. The @file{log.pl} script gets
-cvs.texi(,14349) called from the @file{loginfo} administrative file.
-cvs.texi(,14350) Check that the arguments passed in @file{loginfo} match
-cvs.texi(,14351) what your version of @file{log.pl} expects. In
-cvs.texi(,14352) particular, the @file{log.pl} from @sc{cvs} 1.3 and
-cvs.texi(,14353) older expects the logfile as an argument whereas the
-cvs.texi(,14354) @file{log.pl} from @sc{cvs} 1.5 and newer expects the
-cvs.texi(,14355) logfile to be specified with a @samp{-f} option. Of
-cvs.texi(,14356) course, if you don't need @file{log.pl} you can just
-cvs.texi(,14357) comment it out of @file{loginfo}.
-cvs.texi(,14358)
-cvs.texi(,14359) @item cvs [update aborted]: unexpected EOF reading
@var{file},v
-cvs.texi(,14360) See @samp{EOF in key in RCS file}.
-cvs.texi(,14361)
-cvs.texi(,14362) @item cvs [login aborted]: unrecognized auth response from
@var{server}
-cvs.texi(,14363) This message typically means that the server is not set
-cvs.texi(,14364) up properly. For example, if @file{inetd.conf} points
-cvs.texi(,14365) to a nonexistent cvs executable. To debug it further,
-cvs.texi(,14366) find the log file which inetd writes
-cvs.texi(,14367) (@file{/var/log/messages} or whatever inetd uses on
-cvs.texi(,14368) your system). For details, see @ref{Connection}, and
-cvs.texi(,14369) @ref{Password authentication server}.
-cvs.texi(,14370)
-cvs.texi(,14371) @item cvs commit: Up-to-date check failed for address@hidden'
-cvs.texi(,14372) This means that someone else has committed a change to
-cvs.texi(,14373) that file since the last time that you did a @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,14374) update}. So before proceeding with your @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,14375) commit} you need to @code{cvs update}. @sc{cvs} will merge
-cvs.texi(,14376) the changes that you made and the changes that the
-cvs.texi(,14377) other person made. If it does not detect any conflicts
-cvs.texi(,14378) it will report @samp{M @var{file}} and you are ready
-cvs.texi(,14379) to @code{cvs commit}. If it detects conflicts it will
-cvs.texi(,14380) print a message saying so, will report @samp{C @var{file}},
-cvs.texi(,14381) and you need to manually resolve the
-cvs.texi(,14382) conflict. For more details on this process see
-cvs.texi(,14383) @ref{Conflicts example}.
-cvs.texi(,14384)
-cvs.texi(,14385) @item Usage: diff3 [-exEX3 [-i | -m] [-L label1 -L label3]]
file1 file2 file3
-cvs.texi(,14386) @example
-cvs.texi(,14387) Only one of [exEX3] allowed
-cvs.texi(,14388) @end example
-cvs.texi(,14389) This indicates a problem with the installation of
-cvs.texi(,14390) @code{diff3} and @code{rcsmerge}. Specifically
-cvs.texi(,14391) @code{rcsmerge} was compiled to look for GNU diff3, but
-cvs.texi(,14392) it is finding unix diff3 instead. The exact text of
-cvs.texi(,14393) the message will vary depending on the system. The
-cvs.texi(,14394) simplest solution is to upgrade to a current version of
-cvs.texi(,14395) @sc{cvs}, which does not rely on external
-cvs.texi(,14396) @code{rcsmerge} or @code{diff3} programs.
-cvs.texi(,14397)
-cvs.texi(,14398) @item warning: unrecognized response address@hidden' from cvs
server
-cvs.texi(,14399) If @var{text} contains a valid response (such as
-cvs.texi(,14400) @samp{ok}) followed by an extra carriage return
-cvs.texi(,14401) character (on many systems this will cause the second
-cvs.texi(,14402) part of the message to overwrite the first part), then
-cvs.texi(,14403) it probably means that you are using the @samp{:ext:}
-cvs.texi(,14404) access method with a version of rsh, such as most
-cvs.texi(,14405) non-unix rsh versions, which does not by default
-cvs.texi(,14406) provide a transparent data stream. In such cases you
-cvs.texi(,14407) probably want to try @samp{:server:} instead of
-cvs.texi(,14408) @samp{:ext:}. If @var{text} is something else, this
-cvs.texi(,14409) may signify a problem with your @sc{cvs} server.
-cvs.texi(,14410) Double-check your installation against the instructions
-cvs.texi(,14411) for setting up the @sc{cvs} server.
-cvs.texi(,14412) @c FIXCVS: should be printing CR as \r or \015 or some
-cvs.texi(,14413) @c such, probably.
-cvs.texi(,14414)
-cvs.texi(,14415) @item cvs commit: address@hidden waiting for @var{user}'s
lock in @var{directory}
-cvs.texi(,14416) This is a normal message, not an error. See
-cvs.texi(,14417) @ref{Concurrency}, for more details.
-cvs.texi(,14418)
-cvs.texi(,14419) @item cvs commit: warning: editor session failed
-cvs.texi(,14420) @cindex Exit status, of editor
-cvs.texi(,14421) This means that the editor which @sc{cvs} is using exits with
a nonzero
-cvs.texi(,14422) exit status. Some versions of vi will do this even when
there was not
-cvs.texi(,14423) a problem editing the file. If so, point the
-cvs.texi(,14424) @code{CVSEDITOR} environment variable to a small script
-cvs.texi(,14425) such as:
-cvs.texi(,14426)
-cvs.texi(,14427) @example
-cvs.texi(,14428) #!/bin/sh
-cvs.texi(,14429) vi $*
-cvs.texi(,14430) exit 0
-cvs.texi(,14431) @end example
+cvs.texi(,14255) @cindex mkmodules
+cvs.texi(,14256) @item cvs commit: Executing 'mkmodules'
+cvs.texi(,14257) This means that your repository is set up for a version
+cvs.texi(,14258) of @sc{cvs} prior to @sc{cvs} 1.8. When using @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,14259) 1.8 or later, the above message will be preceded by
+cvs.texi(,14260)
+cvs.texi(,14261) @example
+cvs.texi(,14262) cvs commit: Rebuilding administrative file database
+cvs.texi(,14263) @end example
+cvs.texi(,14264)
+cvs.texi(,14265) If you see both messages, the database is being rebuilt
+cvs.texi(,14266) twice, which is unnecessary but harmless. If you wish
+cvs.texi(,14267) to avoid the duplication, and you have no versions of
+cvs.texi(,14268) @sc{cvs} 1.7 or earlier in use, remove @code{-i mkmodules}
+cvs.texi(,14269) every place it appears in your @code{modules}
+cvs.texi(,14270) file. For more information on the @code{modules} file,
+cvs.texi(,14271) see @ref{modules}.
+cvs.texi(,14272)
+cvs.texi(,14273) @c This message comes from "co", and I believe is
+cvs.texi(,14274) @c possible only with older versions of CVS which call
+cvs.texi(,14275) @c co. The problem with being able to create the bogus
+cvs.texi(,14276) @c RCS file still exists, though (and I think maybe
+cvs.texi(,14277) @c there is a different symptom(s) now).
+cvs.texi(,14278) @c FIXME: Would be nice to have a more exact wording
+cvs.texi(,14279) @c for this message.
+cvs.texi(,14280) @item missing author
+cvs.texi(,14281) Typically this can happen if you created an RCS file
+cvs.texi(,14282) with your username set to empty. @sc{cvs} will, bogusly,
+cvs.texi(,14283) create an illegal RCS file with no value for the author
+cvs.texi(,14284) field. The solution is to make sure your username is
+cvs.texi(,14285) set to a non-empty value and re-create the RCS file.
+cvs.texi(,14286) @c "make sure your username is set" is complicated in
+cvs.texi(,14287) @c and of itself, as there are the environment
+cvs.texi(,14288) @c variables the system login name, &c, and it depends
+cvs.texi(,14289) @c on the version of CVS.
+cvs.texi(,14290)
+cvs.texi(,14291) @item cvs [checkout aborted]: no such tag @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,14292) This message means that @sc{cvs} isn't familiar with
+cvs.texi(,14293) the tag @var{tag}. Usually this means that you have
+cvs.texi(,14294) mistyped a tag name; however there are (relatively
+cvs.texi(,14295) obscure) cases in which @sc{cvs} will require you to
+cvs.texi(,14296) @c Search sanity.sh for "no such tag" to see some of
+cvs.texi(,14297) @c the relatively obscure cases.
+cvs.texi(,14298) try a few other @sc{cvs} commands involving that tag,
+cvs.texi(,14299) before you find one which will cause @sc{cvs} to update
+cvs.texi(,14300) the @file{val-tags} file; see discussion of val-tags in
+cvs.texi(,14301) @ref{File permissions}. You only need to worry about
+cvs.texi(,14302) this once for a given tag; when a tag is listed in
+cvs.texi(,14303) @file{val-tags}, it stays there. Note that using
+cvs.texi(,14304) @samp{-f} to not require tag matches does not override
+cvs.texi(,14305) this check; see @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,14306)
+cvs.texi(,14307) @item *PANIC* administration files missing
+cvs.texi(,14308) This typically means that there is a directory named
+cvs.texi(,14309) @sc{cvs} but it does not contain the administrative files
+cvs.texi(,14310) which @sc{cvs} puts in a CVS directory. If the problem is
+cvs.texi(,14311) that you created a CVS directory via some mechanism
+cvs.texi(,14312) other than @sc{cvs}, then the answer is simple, use a name
+cvs.texi(,14313) other than @sc{cvs}. If not, it indicates a @sc{cvs} bug
+cvs.texi(,14314) (@pxref{BUGS}).
+cvs.texi(,14315)
+cvs.texi(,14316) @item rcs error: Unknown option: -x,v/
+cvs.texi(,14317) This message will be followed by a usage message for
+cvs.texi(,14318) @sc{rcs}. It means that you have an old version of
+cvs.texi(,14319) @sc{rcs} (probably supplied with your operating
+cvs.texi(,14320) system), as well as an old version of @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,14321) @sc{cvs} 1.9.18 and earlier only work with @sc{rcs} version 5
and
+cvs.texi(,14322) later; current versions of @sc{cvs} do not run @sc{rcs}
programs.
+cvs.texi(,14323) @c For more information on installing @sc{cvs}, see
+cvs.texi(,14324) @c (FIXME: where? it depends on whether you are
+cvs.texi(,14325) @c getting binaries or sources or what).
+cvs.texi(,14326) @c The message can also say "ci error" or something
+cvs.texi(,14327) @c instead of "rcs error", I suspect.
+cvs.texi(,14328)
+cvs.texi(,14329) @item cvs [server aborted]: received broken pipe signal
+cvs.texi(,14330) This message seems to be caused by a hard-to-track-down
+cvs.texi(,14331) bug in @sc{cvs} or the systems it runs on (we don't
+cvs.texi(,14332) know---we haven't tracked it down yet!). It seems to
+cvs.texi(,14333) happen only after a @sc{cvs} command has completed, and
+cvs.texi(,14334) you should be able to just ignore the message.
+cvs.texi(,14335) However, if you have discovered information concerning its
+cvs.texi(,14336) cause, please let us know as described in @ref{BUGS}.
+cvs.texi(,14337)
+cvs.texi(,14338) @item 'root' is not allowed to commit files
+cvs.texi(,14339) When committing a permanent change, @sc{cvs} makes a log
entry of
+cvs.texi(,14340) who committed the change. If you are committing the change
logged
+cvs.texi(,14341) in as "root" (not under "su" or other root-priv giving
program),
+cvs.texi(,14342) @sc{cvs} cannot determine who is actually making the change.
+cvs.texi(,14343) As such, by default, @sc{cvs} disallows changes to be
committed by users
+cvs.texi(,14344) logged in as "root". (You can disable this option by passing
the
+cvs.texi(,14345) @code{--enable-rootcommit} option to @file{configure} and
recompiling @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,14346) On some systems this means editing the appropriate
@file{config.h} file
+cvs.texi(,14347) before building @sc{cvs}.)
+cvs.texi(,14348)
+cvs.texi(,14349) @item Too many arguments!
+cvs.texi(,14350) This message is typically printed by the @file{log.pl}
+cvs.texi(,14351) script which is in the @file{contrib} directory in the
+cvs.texi(,14352) @sc{cvs} source distribution. In some versions of
+cvs.texi(,14353) @sc{cvs}, @file{log.pl} has been part of the default
+cvs.texi(,14354) @sc{cvs} installation. The @file{log.pl} script gets
+cvs.texi(,14355) called from the @file{loginfo} administrative file.
+cvs.texi(,14356) Check that the arguments passed in @file{loginfo} match
+cvs.texi(,14357) what your version of @file{log.pl} expects. In
+cvs.texi(,14358) particular, the @file{log.pl} from @sc{cvs} 1.3 and
+cvs.texi(,14359) older expects the logfile as an argument whereas the
+cvs.texi(,14360) @file{log.pl} from @sc{cvs} 1.5 and newer expects the
+cvs.texi(,14361) logfile to be specified with a @samp{-f} option. Of
+cvs.texi(,14362) course, if you don't need @file{log.pl} you can just
+cvs.texi(,14363) comment it out of @file{loginfo}.
+cvs.texi(,14364)
+cvs.texi(,14365) @item cvs [update aborted]: unexpected EOF reading
@var{file},v
+cvs.texi(,14366) See @samp{EOF in key in RCS file}.
+cvs.texi(,14367)
+cvs.texi(,14368) @item cvs [login aborted]: unrecognized auth response from
@var{server}
+cvs.texi(,14369) This message typically means that the server is not set
+cvs.texi(,14370) up properly. For example, if @file{inetd.conf} points
+cvs.texi(,14371) to a nonexistent cvs executable. To debug it further,
+cvs.texi(,14372) find the log file which inetd writes
+cvs.texi(,14373) (@file{/var/log/messages} or whatever inetd uses on
+cvs.texi(,14374) your system). For details, see @ref{Connection}, and
+cvs.texi(,14375) @ref{Password authentication server}.
+cvs.texi(,14376)
+cvs.texi(,14377) @item cvs commit: Up-to-date check failed for address@hidden'
+cvs.texi(,14378) This means that someone else has committed a change to
+cvs.texi(,14379) that file since the last time that you did a @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,14380) update}. So before proceeding with your @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,14381) commit} you need to @code{cvs update}. @sc{cvs} will merge
+cvs.texi(,14382) the changes that you made and the changes that the
+cvs.texi(,14383) other person made. If it does not detect any conflicts
+cvs.texi(,14384) it will report @samp{M @var{file}} and you are ready
+cvs.texi(,14385) to @code{cvs commit}. If it detects conflicts it will
+cvs.texi(,14386) print a message saying so, will report @samp{C @var{file}},
+cvs.texi(,14387) and you need to manually resolve the
+cvs.texi(,14388) conflict. For more details on this process see
+cvs.texi(,14389) @ref{Conflicts example}.
+cvs.texi(,14390)
+cvs.texi(,14391) @item Usage: diff3 [-exEX3 [-i | -m] [-L label1 -L label3]]
file1 file2 file3
+cvs.texi(,14392) @example
+cvs.texi(,14393) Only one of [exEX3] allowed
+cvs.texi(,14394) @end example
+cvs.texi(,14395) This indicates a problem with the installation of
+cvs.texi(,14396) @code{diff3} and @code{rcsmerge}. Specifically
+cvs.texi(,14397) @code{rcsmerge} was compiled to look for GNU diff3, but
+cvs.texi(,14398) it is finding unix diff3 instead. The exact text of
+cvs.texi(,14399) the message will vary depending on the system. The
+cvs.texi(,14400) simplest solution is to upgrade to a current version of
+cvs.texi(,14401) @sc{cvs}, which does not rely on external
+cvs.texi(,14402) @code{rcsmerge} or @code{diff3} programs.
+cvs.texi(,14403)
+cvs.texi(,14404) @item warning: unrecognized response address@hidden' from cvs
server
+cvs.texi(,14405) If @var{text} contains a valid response (such as
+cvs.texi(,14406) @samp{ok}) followed by an extra carriage return
+cvs.texi(,14407) character (on many systems this will cause the second
+cvs.texi(,14408) part of the message to overwrite the first part), then
+cvs.texi(,14409) it probably means that you are using the @samp{:ext:}
+cvs.texi(,14410) access method with a version of rsh, such as most
+cvs.texi(,14411) non-unix rsh versions, which does not by default
+cvs.texi(,14412) provide a transparent data stream. In such cases you
+cvs.texi(,14413) probably want to try @samp{:server:} instead of
+cvs.texi(,14414) @samp{:ext:}. If @var{text} is something else, this
+cvs.texi(,14415) may signify a problem with your @sc{cvs} server.
+cvs.texi(,14416) Double-check your installation against the instructions
+cvs.texi(,14417) for setting up the @sc{cvs} server.
+cvs.texi(,14418) @c FIXCVS: should be printing CR as \r or \015 or some
+cvs.texi(,14419) @c such, probably.
+cvs.texi(,14420)
+cvs.texi(,14421) @item cvs commit: address@hidden waiting for @var{user}'s
lock in @var{directory}
+cvs.texi(,14422) This is a normal message, not an error. See
+cvs.texi(,14423) @ref{Concurrency}, for more details.
+cvs.texi(,14424)
+cvs.texi(,14425) @item cvs commit: warning: editor session failed
+cvs.texi(,14426) @cindex Exit status, of editor
+cvs.texi(,14427) This means that the editor which @sc{cvs} is using exits with
a nonzero
+cvs.texi(,14428) exit status. Some versions of vi will do this even when
there was not
+cvs.texi(,14429) a problem editing the file. If so, point the
+cvs.texi(,14430) @code{CVSEDITOR} environment variable to a small script
+cvs.texi(,14431) such as:
cvs.texi(,14432)
-cvs.texi(,14433) @c "warning: foo was lost" and "no longer pertinent" (both
normal).
-cvs.texi(,14434) @c Would be nice to write these up--they are
-cvs.texi(,14435) @c potentially confusing for the new user.
-cvs.texi(,14436) @end table
-cvs.texi(,14437)
-cvs.texi(,14438) @node Connection
-cvs.texi(,14439) @appendixsec Trouble making a connection to a CVS server
-cvs.texi(,14440)
-cvs.texi(,14441) This section concerns what to do if you are having
-cvs.texi(,14442) trouble making a connection to a @sc{cvs} server. If
-cvs.texi(,14443) you are running the @sc{cvs} command line client
-cvs.texi(,14444) running on Windows, first upgrade the client to
-cvs.texi(,14445) @sc{cvs} 1.9.12 or later. The error reporting in
-cvs.texi(,14446) earlier versions provided much less information about
-cvs.texi(,14447) what the problem was. If the client is non-Windows,
-cvs.texi(,14448) @sc{cvs} 1.9 should be fine.
-cvs.texi(,14449)
-cvs.texi(,14450) If the error messages are not sufficient to track down
-cvs.texi(,14451) the problem, the next steps depend largely on which
-cvs.texi(,14452) access method you are using.
-cvs.texi(,14453)
-cvs.texi(,14454) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,14455) @cindex :ext:, troubleshooting
-cvs.texi(,14456) @item :ext:
-cvs.texi(,14457) Try running the rsh program from the command line. For
-cvs.texi(,14458) example: "rsh servername cvs -v" should print @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,14459) version information. If this doesn't work, you need to
-cvs.texi(,14460) fix it before you can worry about @sc{cvs} problems.
-cvs.texi(,14461)
-cvs.texi(,14462) @cindex :server:, troubleshooting
-cvs.texi(,14463) @item :server:
-cvs.texi(,14464) You don't need a command line rsh program to use this
-cvs.texi(,14465) access method, but if you have an rsh program around,
-cvs.texi(,14466) it may be useful as a debugging tool. Follow the
-cvs.texi(,14467) directions given for :ext:.
-cvs.texi(,14468)
-cvs.texi(,14469) @cindex :pserver:, troubleshooting
-cvs.texi(,14470) @item :pserver:
-cvs.texi(,14471) Errors along the lines of "connection refused" typically
indicate
-cvs.texi(,14472) that inetd isn't even listening for connections on port 2401
-cvs.texi(,14473) whereas errors like "connection reset by peer",
-cvs.texi(,14474) "received broken pipe signal", "recv() from server: EOF",
-cvs.texi(,14475) or "end of file from server"
-cvs.texi(,14476) typically indicate that inetd is listening for
-cvs.texi(,14477) connections but is unable to start @sc{cvs} (this is
frequently
-cvs.texi(,14478) caused by having an incorrect path in @file{inetd.conf}
-cvs.texi(,14479) or by firewall software rejecting the connection).
-cvs.texi(,14480) "unrecognized auth response" errors are caused by a bad
command
-cvs.texi(,14481) line in @file{inetd.conf}, typically an invalid option or
forgetting
-cvs.texi(,14482) to put the @samp{pserver} command at the end of the line.
-cvs.texi(,14483) Another less common problem is invisible control characters
that
-cvs.texi(,14484) your editor "helpfully" added without you noticing.
-cvs.texi(,14485)
-cvs.texi(,14486) One good debugging tool is to "telnet servername
-cvs.texi(,14487) 2401". After connecting, send any text (for example
-cvs.texi(,14488) "foo" followed by return). If @sc{cvs} is working
-cvs.texi(,14489) correctly, it will respond with
-cvs.texi(,14490)
-cvs.texi(,14491) @example
-cvs.texi(,14492) cvs [pserver aborted]: bad auth protocol start: foo
-cvs.texi(,14493) @end example
-cvs.texi(,14494)
-cvs.texi(,14495) If instead you get:
+cvs.texi(,14433) @example
+cvs.texi(,14434) #!/bin/sh
+cvs.texi(,14435) vi $*
+cvs.texi(,14436) exit 0
+cvs.texi(,14437) @end example
+cvs.texi(,14438)
+cvs.texi(,14439) @c "warning: foo was lost" and "no longer pertinent" (both
normal).
+cvs.texi(,14440) @c Would be nice to write these up--they are
+cvs.texi(,14441) @c potentially confusing for the new user.
+cvs.texi(,14442) @end table
+cvs.texi(,14443)
+cvs.texi(,14444) @node Connection
+cvs.texi(,14445) @appendixsec Trouble making a connection to a CVS server
+cvs.texi(,14446)
+cvs.texi(,14447) This section concerns what to do if you are having
+cvs.texi(,14448) trouble making a connection to a @sc{cvs} server. If
+cvs.texi(,14449) you are running the @sc{cvs} command line client
+cvs.texi(,14450) running on Windows, first upgrade the client to
+cvs.texi(,14451) @sc{cvs} 1.9.12 or later. The error reporting in
+cvs.texi(,14452) earlier versions provided much less information about
+cvs.texi(,14453) what the problem was. If the client is non-Windows,
+cvs.texi(,14454) @sc{cvs} 1.9 should be fine.
+cvs.texi(,14455)
+cvs.texi(,14456) If the error messages are not sufficient to track down
+cvs.texi(,14457) the problem, the next steps depend largely on which
+cvs.texi(,14458) access method you are using.
+cvs.texi(,14459)
+cvs.texi(,14460) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,14461) @cindex :ext:, troubleshooting
+cvs.texi(,14462) @item :ext:
+cvs.texi(,14463) Try running the rsh program from the command line. For
+cvs.texi(,14464) example: "rsh servername cvs -v" should print @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,14465) version information. If this doesn't work, you need to
+cvs.texi(,14466) fix it before you can worry about @sc{cvs} problems.
+cvs.texi(,14467)
+cvs.texi(,14468) @cindex :server:, troubleshooting
+cvs.texi(,14469) @item :server:
+cvs.texi(,14470) You don't need a command line rsh program to use this
+cvs.texi(,14471) access method, but if you have an rsh program around,
+cvs.texi(,14472) it may be useful as a debugging tool. Follow the
+cvs.texi(,14473) directions given for :ext:.
+cvs.texi(,14474)
+cvs.texi(,14475) @cindex :pserver:, troubleshooting
+cvs.texi(,14476) @item :pserver:
+cvs.texi(,14477) Errors along the lines of "connection refused" typically
indicate
+cvs.texi(,14478) that inetd isn't even listening for connections on port 2401
+cvs.texi(,14479) whereas errors like "connection reset by peer",
+cvs.texi(,14480) "received broken pipe signal", "recv() from server: EOF",
+cvs.texi(,14481) or "end of file from server"
+cvs.texi(,14482) typically indicate that inetd is listening for
+cvs.texi(,14483) connections but is unable to start @sc{cvs} (this is
frequently
+cvs.texi(,14484) caused by having an incorrect path in @file{inetd.conf}
+cvs.texi(,14485) or by firewall software rejecting the connection).
+cvs.texi(,14486) "unrecognized auth response" errors are caused by a bad
command
+cvs.texi(,14487) line in @file{inetd.conf}, typically an invalid option or
forgetting
+cvs.texi(,14488) to put the @samp{pserver} command at the end of the line.
+cvs.texi(,14489) Another less common problem is invisible control characters
that
+cvs.texi(,14490) your editor "helpfully" added without you noticing.
+cvs.texi(,14491)
+cvs.texi(,14492) One good debugging tool is to "telnet servername
+cvs.texi(,14493) 2401". After connecting, send any text (for example
+cvs.texi(,14494) "foo" followed by return). If @sc{cvs} is working
+cvs.texi(,14495) correctly, it will respond with
cvs.texi(,14496)
cvs.texi(,14497) @example
-cvs.texi(,14498) Usage: cvs [cvs-options] command
[command-options-and-arguments]
-cvs.texi(,14499) ...
-cvs.texi(,14500) @end example
-cvs.texi(,14501)
-cvs.texi(,14502) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,14503) then you're missing the @samp{pserver} command at the end of
the
-cvs.texi(,14504) line in @file{inetd.conf}; check to make sure that the entire
command
-cvs.texi(,14505) is on one line and that it's complete.
-cvs.texi(,14506)
-cvs.texi(,14507) Likewise, if you get something like:
-cvs.texi(,14508)
-cvs.texi(,14509) @example
-cvs.texi(,14510) Unknown command: `pserved'
-cvs.texi(,14511)
-cvs.texi(,14512) CVS commands are:
-cvs.texi(,14513) add Add a new file/directory to the
repository
-cvs.texi(,14514) ...
-cvs.texi(,14515) @end example
-cvs.texi(,14516)
-cvs.texi(,14517) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,14518) then you've misspelled @samp{pserver} in some way. If it
isn't
-cvs.texi(,14519) obvious, check for invisible control characters (particularly
-cvs.texi(,14520) carriage returns) in @file{inetd.conf}.
-cvs.texi(,14521)
-cvs.texi(,14522) If it fails to work at all, then make sure inetd is working
-cvs.texi(,14523) right. Change the invocation in @file{inetd.conf} to run the
-cvs.texi(,14524) echo program instead of cvs. For example:
-cvs.texi(,14525)
-cvs.texi(,14526) @example
-cvs.texi(,14527) 2401 stream tcp nowait root /bin/echo echo hello
-cvs.texi(,14528) @end example
-cvs.texi(,14529)
-cvs.texi(,14530) After making that change and instructing inetd to
-cvs.texi(,14531) re-read its configuration file, "telnet servername
-cvs.texi(,14532) 2401" should show you the text hello and then the
-cvs.texi(,14533) server should close the connection. If this doesn't
-cvs.texi(,14534) work, you need to fix it before you can worry about
-cvs.texi(,14535) @sc{cvs} problems.
-cvs.texi(,14536)
-cvs.texi(,14537) On AIX systems, the system will often have its own
-cvs.texi(,14538) program trying to use port 2401. This is AIX's problem
-cvs.texi(,14539) in the sense that port 2401 is registered for use with
-cvs.texi(,14540) @sc{cvs}. I hear that there is an AIX patch available
-cvs.texi(,14541) to address this problem.
+cvs.texi(,14498) cvs [pserver aborted]: bad auth protocol start: foo
+cvs.texi(,14499) @end example
+cvs.texi(,14500)
+cvs.texi(,14501) If instead you get:
+cvs.texi(,14502)
+cvs.texi(,14503) @example
+cvs.texi(,14504) Usage: cvs [cvs-options] command
[command-options-and-arguments]
+cvs.texi(,14505) ...
+cvs.texi(,14506) @end example
+cvs.texi(,14507)
+cvs.texi(,14508) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,14509) then you're missing the @samp{pserver} command at the end of
the
+cvs.texi(,14510) line in @file{inetd.conf}; check to make sure that the entire
command
+cvs.texi(,14511) is on one line and that it's complete.
+cvs.texi(,14512)
+cvs.texi(,14513) Likewise, if you get something like:
+cvs.texi(,14514)
+cvs.texi(,14515) @example
+cvs.texi(,14516) Unknown command: `pserved'
+cvs.texi(,14517)
+cvs.texi(,14518) CVS commands are:
+cvs.texi(,14519) add Add a new file/directory to the
repository
+cvs.texi(,14520) ...
+cvs.texi(,14521) @end example
+cvs.texi(,14522)
+cvs.texi(,14523) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,14524) then you've misspelled @samp{pserver} in some way. If it
isn't
+cvs.texi(,14525) obvious, check for invisible control characters (particularly
+cvs.texi(,14526) carriage returns) in @file{inetd.conf}.
+cvs.texi(,14527)
+cvs.texi(,14528) If it fails to work at all, then make sure inetd is working
+cvs.texi(,14529) right. Change the invocation in @file{inetd.conf} to run the
+cvs.texi(,14530) echo program instead of cvs. For example:
+cvs.texi(,14531)
+cvs.texi(,14532) @example
+cvs.texi(,14533) 2401 stream tcp nowait root /bin/echo echo hello
+cvs.texi(,14534) @end example
+cvs.texi(,14535)
+cvs.texi(,14536) After making that change and instructing inetd to
+cvs.texi(,14537) re-read its configuration file, "telnet servername
+cvs.texi(,14538) 2401" should show you the text hello and then the
+cvs.texi(,14539) server should close the connection. If this doesn't
+cvs.texi(,14540) work, you need to fix it before you can worry about
+cvs.texi(,14541) @sc{cvs} problems.
cvs.texi(,14542)
-cvs.texi(,14543) Another good debugging tool is the @samp{-d}
-cvs.texi(,14544) (debugging) option to inetd. Consult your system
-cvs.texi(,14545) documentation for more information.
-cvs.texi(,14546)
-cvs.texi(,14547) If you seem to be connecting but get errors like:
+cvs.texi(,14543) On AIX systems, the system will often have its own
+cvs.texi(,14544) program trying to use port 2401. This is AIX's problem
+cvs.texi(,14545) in the sense that port 2401 is registered for use with
+cvs.texi(,14546) @sc{cvs}. I hear that there is an AIX patch available
+cvs.texi(,14547) to address this problem.
cvs.texi(,14548)
-cvs.texi(,14549) @example
-cvs.texi(,14550) cvs server: cannot open /root/.cvsignore: Permission denied
-cvs.texi(,14551) cvs [server aborted]: can't chdir(/root): Permission denied
-cvs.texi(,14552) @end example
-cvs.texi(,14553)
-cvs.texi(,14554) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,14555) then you probably haven't specified @samp{-f} in
@file{inetd.conf}.
-cvs.texi(,14556) (In releases prior to @sc{cvs} 1.11.1, this problem can be
caused by
-cvs.texi(,14557) your system setting the @code{$HOME} environment variable
-cvs.texi(,14558) for programs being run by inetd. In this case, you can either
-cvs.texi(,14559) have inetd run a shell script that unsets @code{$HOME} and
then runs
-cvs.texi(,14560) @sc{cvs}, or you can use @code{env} to run @sc{cvs} with a
pristine
-cvs.texi(,14561) environment.)
-cvs.texi(,14562)
-cvs.texi(,14563) If you can connect successfully for a while but then can't,
-cvs.texi(,14564) you've probably hit inetd's rate limit.
-cvs.texi(,14565) (If inetd receives too many requests for the same service
-cvs.texi(,14566) in a short period of time, it assumes that something is wrong
-cvs.texi(,14567) and temporarily disables the service.)
-cvs.texi(,14568) Check your inetd documentation to find out how to adjust the
-cvs.texi(,14569) rate limit (some versions of inetd have a single rate limit,
-cvs.texi(,14570) others allow you to set the limit for each service
separately.)
-cvs.texi(,14571) @end table
-cvs.texi(,14572)
-cvs.texi(,14573) @node Other problems
-cvs.texi(,14574) @appendixsec Other common problems
-cvs.texi(,14575)
-cvs.texi(,14576) Here is a list of problems which do not fit into the
-cvs.texi(,14577) above categories. They are in no particular order.
+cvs.texi(,14549) Another good debugging tool is the @samp{-d}
+cvs.texi(,14550) (debugging) option to inetd. Consult your system
+cvs.texi(,14551) documentation for more information.
+cvs.texi(,14552)
+cvs.texi(,14553) If you seem to be connecting but get errors like:
+cvs.texi(,14554)
+cvs.texi(,14555) @example
+cvs.texi(,14556) cvs server: cannot open /root/.cvsignore: Permission denied
+cvs.texi(,14557) cvs [server aborted]: can't chdir(/root): Permission denied
+cvs.texi(,14558) @end example
+cvs.texi(,14559)
+cvs.texi(,14560) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,14561) then you probably haven't specified @samp{-f} in
@file{inetd.conf}.
+cvs.texi(,14562) (In releases prior to @sc{cvs} 1.11.1, this problem can be
caused by
+cvs.texi(,14563) your system setting the @code{$HOME} environment variable
+cvs.texi(,14564) for programs being run by inetd. In this case, you can either
+cvs.texi(,14565) have inetd run a shell script that unsets @code{$HOME} and
then runs
+cvs.texi(,14566) @sc{cvs}, or you can use @code{env} to run @sc{cvs} with a
pristine
+cvs.texi(,14567) environment.)
+cvs.texi(,14568)
+cvs.texi(,14569) If you can connect successfully for a while but then can't,
+cvs.texi(,14570) you've probably hit inetd's rate limit.
+cvs.texi(,14571) (If inetd receives too many requests for the same service
+cvs.texi(,14572) in a short period of time, it assumes that something is wrong
+cvs.texi(,14573) and temporarily disables the service.)
+cvs.texi(,14574) Check your inetd documentation to find out how to adjust the
+cvs.texi(,14575) rate limit (some versions of inetd have a single rate limit,
+cvs.texi(,14576) others allow you to set the limit for each service
separately.)
+cvs.texi(,14577) @end table
cvs.texi(,14578)
-cvs.texi(,14579) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,14580) @item
-cvs.texi(,14581) On Windows, if there is a 30 second or so delay when
-cvs.texi(,14582) you run a @sc{cvs} command, it may mean that you have
-cvs.texi(,14583) your home directory set to @file{C:/}, for example (see
-cvs.texi(,14584) @code{HOMEDRIVE} and @code{HOMEPATH} in
-cvs.texi(,14585) @ref{Environment variables}). @sc{cvs} expects the home
-cvs.texi(,14586) directory to not end in a slash, for example @file{C:}
-cvs.texi(,14587) or @file{C:\cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,14588) @c FIXCVS: CVS should at least detect this and print an
-cvs.texi(,14589) @c error, presumably.
-cvs.texi(,14590)
-cvs.texi(,14591) @item
-cvs.texi(,14592) If you are running @sc{cvs} 1.9.18 or older, and
-cvs.texi(,14593) @code{cvs update} finds a conflict and tries to
-cvs.texi(,14594) merge, as described in @ref{Conflicts example}, but
-cvs.texi(,14595) doesn't tell you there were conflicts, then you may
-cvs.texi(,14596) have an old version of @sc{rcs}. The easiest solution
-cvs.texi(,14597) probably is to upgrade to a current version of
-cvs.texi(,14598) @sc{cvs}, which does not rely on external @sc{rcs}
-cvs.texi(,14599) programs.
-cvs.texi(,14600) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,14601)
-cvs.texi(,14602) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,14603) @node Credits
-cvs.texi(,14604) @appendix Credits
-cvs.texi(,14605)
-cvs.texi(,14606) @cindex Contributors (manual)
-cvs.texi(,14607) @cindex Credits (manual)
-cvs.texi(,14608) Roland Pesch, then of Cygnus Support <@t{roland@@wrs.com}>
-cvs.texi(,14609) wrote the manual pages which were distributed with
-cvs.texi(,14610) @sc{cvs} 1.3. Much of their text was copied into this
-cvs.texi(,14611) manual. He also read an early draft
-cvs.texi(,14612) of this manual and contributed many ideas and
-cvs.texi(,14613) corrections.
-cvs.texi(,14614)
-cvs.texi(,14615) The mailing-list @code{info-cvs} is sometimes
-cvs.texi(,14616) informative. I have included information from postings
-cvs.texi(,14617) made by the following persons:
-cvs.texi(,14618) David G. Grubbs <@t{dgg@@think.com}>.
-cvs.texi(,14619)
-cvs.texi(,14620) Some text has been extracted from the man pages for
-cvs.texi(,14621) @sc{rcs}.
-cvs.texi(,14622)
-cvs.texi(,14623) The @sc{cvs} @sc{faq} by David G. Grubbs has provided
-cvs.texi(,14624) useful material. The @sc{faq} is no longer maintained,
-cvs.texi(,14625) however, and this manual is about the closest thing there
-cvs.texi(,14626) is to a successor (with respect to documenting how to
-cvs.texi(,14627) use @sc{cvs}, at least).
+cvs.texi(,14579) @node Other problems
+cvs.texi(,14580) @appendixsec Other common problems
+cvs.texi(,14581)
+cvs.texi(,14582) Here is a list of problems which do not fit into the
+cvs.texi(,14583) above categories. They are in no particular order.
+cvs.texi(,14584)
+cvs.texi(,14585) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,14586) @item
+cvs.texi(,14587) On Windows, if there is a 30 second or so delay when
+cvs.texi(,14588) you run a @sc{cvs} command, it may mean that you have
+cvs.texi(,14589) your home directory set to @file{C:/}, for example (see
+cvs.texi(,14590) @code{HOMEDRIVE} and @code{HOMEPATH} in
+cvs.texi(,14591) @ref{Environment variables}). @sc{cvs} expects the home
+cvs.texi(,14592) directory to not end in a slash, for example @file{C:}
+cvs.texi(,14593) or @file{C:\cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,14594) @c FIXCVS: CVS should at least detect this and print an
+cvs.texi(,14595) @c error, presumably.
+cvs.texi(,14596)
+cvs.texi(,14597) @item
+cvs.texi(,14598) If you are running @sc{cvs} 1.9.18 or older, and
+cvs.texi(,14599) @code{cvs update} finds a conflict and tries to
+cvs.texi(,14600) merge, as described in @ref{Conflicts example}, but
+cvs.texi(,14601) doesn't tell you there were conflicts, then you may
+cvs.texi(,14602) have an old version of @sc{rcs}. The easiest solution
+cvs.texi(,14603) probably is to upgrade to a current version of
+cvs.texi(,14604) @sc{cvs}, which does not rely on external @sc{rcs}
+cvs.texi(,14605) programs.
+cvs.texi(,14606) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,14607)
+cvs.texi(,14608) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,14609) @node Credits
+cvs.texi(,14610) @appendix Credits
+cvs.texi(,14611)
+cvs.texi(,14612) @cindex Contributors (manual)
+cvs.texi(,14613) @cindex Credits (manual)
+cvs.texi(,14614) Roland Pesch, then of Cygnus Support <@t{roland@@wrs.com}>
+cvs.texi(,14615) wrote the manual pages which were distributed with
+cvs.texi(,14616) @sc{cvs} 1.3. Much of their text was copied into this
+cvs.texi(,14617) manual. He also read an early draft
+cvs.texi(,14618) of this manual and contributed many ideas and
+cvs.texi(,14619) corrections.
+cvs.texi(,14620)
+cvs.texi(,14621) The mailing-list @code{info-cvs} is sometimes
+cvs.texi(,14622) informative. I have included information from postings
+cvs.texi(,14623) made by the following persons:
+cvs.texi(,14624) David G. Grubbs <@t{dgg@@think.com}>.
+cvs.texi(,14625)
+cvs.texi(,14626) Some text has been extracted from the man pages for
+cvs.texi(,14627) @sc{rcs}.
cvs.texi(,14628)
-cvs.texi(,14629) In addition, the following persons have helped by
-cvs.texi(,14630) telling me about mistakes I've made:
-cvs.texi(,14631)
-cvs.texi(,14632) @display
-cvs.texi(,14633) Roxanne Brunskill <@t{rbrunski@@datap.ca}>,
-cvs.texi(,14634) Kathy Dyer <@t{dyer@@phoenix.ocf.llnl.gov}>,
-cvs.texi(,14635) Karl Pingle <@t{pingle@@acuson.com}>,
-cvs.texi(,14636) Thomas A Peterson <@t{tap@@src.honeywell.com}>,
-cvs.texi(,14637) Inge Wallin <@t{ingwa@@signum.se}>,
-cvs.texi(,14638) Dirk Koschuetzki <@t{koschuet@@fmi.uni-passau.de}>
-cvs.texi(,14639) and Michael Brown <@t{brown@@wi.extrel.com}>.
-cvs.texi(,14640) @end display
-cvs.texi(,14641)
-cvs.texi(,14642) The list of contributors here is not comprehensive; for a more
-cvs.texi(,14643) complete list of who has contributed to this manual see
-cvs.texi(,14644) the file @file{doc/ChangeLog} in the @sc{cvs} source
-cvs.texi(,14645) distribution.
-cvs.texi(,14646)
-cvs.texi(,14647) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,14648) @node BUGS
-cvs.texi(,14649) @appendix Dealing with bugs in CVS or this manual
-cvs.texi(,14650)
-cvs.texi(,14651) @cindex Bugs in this manual or CVS
-cvs.texi(,14652) Neither @sc{cvs} nor this manual is perfect, and they
-cvs.texi(,14653) probably never will be. If you are having trouble
-cvs.texi(,14654) using @sc{cvs}, or think you have found a bug, there
-cvs.texi(,14655) are a number of things you can do about it. Note that
-cvs.texi(,14656) if the manual is unclear, that can be considered a bug
-cvs.texi(,14657) in the manual, so these problems are often worth doing
-cvs.texi(,14658) something about as well as problems with @sc{cvs} itself.
-cvs.texi(,14659)
-cvs.texi(,14660) @cindex Reporting bugs
-cvs.texi(,14661) @cindex Bugs, reporting
-cvs.texi(,14662) @cindex Errors, reporting
-cvs.texi(,14663) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,14664) @item
-cvs.texi(,14665) If you want someone to help you and fix bugs that you
-cvs.texi(,14666) report, there are companies which will do that for a
-cvs.texi(,14667) fee. One such company is:
-cvs.texi(,14668)
-cvs.texi(,14669) @cindex Ximbiot
-cvs.texi(,14670) @cindex Support, getting CVS support
-cvs.texi(,14671) @example
-cvs.texi(,14672) Ximbiot
-cvs.texi(,14673) 319 S. River St.
-cvs.texi(,14674) Harrisburg, PA 17104-1657
-cvs.texi(,14675) USA
-cvs.texi(,14676) Email: info@@ximbiot.com
-cvs.texi(,14677) Phone: (717) 579-6168
-cvs.texi(,14678) Fax: (717) 234-3125
-cvs.texi(,14679) http://ximbiot.com/
-cvs.texi(,14680)
-cvs.texi(,14681) @end example
-cvs.texi(,14682)
-cvs.texi(,14683) @item
-cvs.texi(,14684) If you got @sc{cvs} through a distributor, such as an
-cvs.texi(,14685) operating system vendor or a vendor of freeware
-cvs.texi(,14686) @sc{cd-rom}s, you may wish to see whether the
-cvs.texi(,14687) distributor provides support. Often, they will provide
-cvs.texi(,14688) no support or minimal support, but this may vary from
-cvs.texi(,14689) distributor to distributor.
-cvs.texi(,14690)
-cvs.texi(,14691) @item
-cvs.texi(,14692) If you have the skills and time to do so, you may wish
-cvs.texi(,14693) to fix the bug yourself. If you wish to submit your
-cvs.texi(,14694) fix for inclusion in future releases of @sc{cvs}, see
-cvs.texi(,14695) the file @sc{hacking} in the @sc{cvs} source
-cvs.texi(,14696) distribution. It contains much more information on the
-cvs.texi(,14697) process of submitting fixes.
-cvs.texi(,14698)
-cvs.texi(,14699) @item
-cvs.texi(,14700) There may be resources on the net which can help. Two
-cvs.texi(,14701) good places to start are:
-cvs.texi(,14702)
-cvs.texi(,14703) @example
-cvs.texi(,14704) http://www.cvshome.org
-cvs.texi(,14705) http://www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs-index.html
-cvs.texi(,14706) @end example
-cvs.texi(,14707)
-cvs.texi(,14708) If you are so inspired, increasing the information
-cvs.texi(,14709) available on the net is likely to be appreciated. For
-cvs.texi(,14710) example, before the standard @sc{cvs} distribution
-cvs.texi(,14711) worked on Windows 95, there was a web page with some
-cvs.texi(,14712) explanation and patches for running @sc{cvs} on Windows
-cvs.texi(,14713) 95, and various people helped out by mentioning this
-cvs.texi(,14714) page on mailing lists or newsgroups when the subject
-cvs.texi(,14715) came up.
-cvs.texi(,14716)
-cvs.texi(,14717) @item
-cvs.texi(,14718) It is also possible to report bugs to @code{bug-cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,14719) Note that someone may or may not want to do anything
-cvs.texi(,14720) with your bug report---if you need a solution consider
-cvs.texi(,14721) one of the options mentioned above. People probably do
-cvs.texi(,14722) want to hear about bugs which are particularly severe
-cvs.texi(,14723) in consequences and/or easy to fix, however. You can
-cvs.texi(,14724) also increase your odds by being as clear as possible
-cvs.texi(,14725) about the exact nature of the bug and any other
-cvs.texi(,14726) relevant information. The way to report bugs is to
-cvs.texi(,14727) send email to @code{bug-cvs@@gnu.org}. Note
-cvs.texi(,14728) that submissions to @code{bug-cvs} may be distributed
-cvs.texi(,14729) under the terms of the @sc{gnu} Public License, so if
-cvs.texi(,14730) you don't like this, don't submit them. There is
-cvs.texi(,14731) usually no justification for sending mail directly to
-cvs.texi(,14732) one of the @sc{cvs} maintainers rather than to
-cvs.texi(,14733) @code{bug-cvs}; those maintainers who want to hear
-cvs.texi(,14734) about such bug reports read @code{bug-cvs}. Also note
-cvs.texi(,14735) that sending a bug report to other mailing lists or
-cvs.texi(,14736) newsgroups is @emph{not} a substitute for sending it to
-cvs.texi(,14737) @code{bug-cvs}. It is fine to discuss @sc{cvs} bugs on
-cvs.texi(,14738) whatever forum you prefer, but there are not
-cvs.texi(,14739) necessarily any maintainers reading bug reports sent
-cvs.texi(,14740) anywhere except @code{bug-cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,14741) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,14742)
-cvs.texi(,14743) @cindex Known bugs in this manual or CVS
-cvs.texi(,14744) People often ask if there is a list of known bugs or
-cvs.texi(,14745) whether a particular bug is a known one. The file
-cvs.texi(,14746) @sc{bugs} in the @sc{cvs} source distribution is one
-cvs.texi(,14747) list of known bugs, but it doesn't necessarily try to
-cvs.texi(,14748) be comprehensive. Perhaps there will never be a
-cvs.texi(,14749) comprehensive, detailed list of known bugs.
-cvs.texi(,14750)
-cvs.texi(,14751) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,14752) @node Index
-cvs.texi(,14753) @unnumbered Index
-cvs.texi(,14754) @cindex Index
-cvs.texi(,14755)
-cvs.texi(,14756) @printindex cp
-cvs.texi(,14757)
-cvs.texi(,14758) @summarycontents
-cvs.texi(,14759)
-cvs.texi(,14760) @contents
+cvs.texi(,14629) The @sc{cvs} @sc{faq} by David G. Grubbs has provided
+cvs.texi(,14630) useful material. The @sc{faq} is no longer maintained,
+cvs.texi(,14631) however, and this manual is about the closest thing there
+cvs.texi(,14632) is to a successor (with respect to documenting how to
+cvs.texi(,14633) use @sc{cvs}, at least).
+cvs.texi(,14634)
+cvs.texi(,14635) In addition, the following persons have helped by
+cvs.texi(,14636) telling me about mistakes I've made:
+cvs.texi(,14637)
+cvs.texi(,14638) @display
+cvs.texi(,14639) Roxanne Brunskill <@t{rbrunski@@datap.ca}>,
+cvs.texi(,14640) Kathy Dyer <@t{dyer@@phoenix.ocf.llnl.gov}>,
+cvs.texi(,14641) Karl Pingle <@t{pingle@@acuson.com}>,
+cvs.texi(,14642) Thomas A Peterson <@t{tap@@src.honeywell.com}>,
+cvs.texi(,14643) Inge Wallin <@t{ingwa@@signum.se}>,
+cvs.texi(,14644) Dirk Koschuetzki <@t{koschuet@@fmi.uni-passau.de}>
+cvs.texi(,14645) and Michael Brown <@t{brown@@wi.extrel.com}>.
+cvs.texi(,14646) @end display
+cvs.texi(,14647)
+cvs.texi(,14648) The list of contributors here is not comprehensive; for a more
+cvs.texi(,14649) complete list of who has contributed to this manual see
+cvs.texi(,14650) the file @file{doc/ChangeLog} in the @sc{cvs} source
+cvs.texi(,14651) distribution.
+cvs.texi(,14652)
+cvs.texi(,14653) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,14654) @node BUGS
+cvs.texi(,14655) @appendix Dealing with bugs in CVS or this manual
+cvs.texi(,14656)
+cvs.texi(,14657) @cindex Bugs in this manual or CVS
+cvs.texi(,14658) Neither @sc{cvs} nor this manual is perfect, and they
+cvs.texi(,14659) probably never will be. If you are having trouble
+cvs.texi(,14660) using @sc{cvs}, or think you have found a bug, there
+cvs.texi(,14661) are a number of things you can do about it. Note that
+cvs.texi(,14662) if the manual is unclear, that can be considered a bug
+cvs.texi(,14663) in the manual, so these problems are often worth doing
+cvs.texi(,14664) something about as well as problems with @sc{cvs} itself.
+cvs.texi(,14665)
+cvs.texi(,14666) @cindex Reporting bugs
+cvs.texi(,14667) @cindex Bugs, reporting
+cvs.texi(,14668) @cindex Errors, reporting
+cvs.texi(,14669) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,14670) @item
+cvs.texi(,14671) If you want someone to help you and fix bugs that you
+cvs.texi(,14672) report, there are companies which will do that for a
+cvs.texi(,14673) fee. One such company is:
+cvs.texi(,14674)
+cvs.texi(,14675) @cindex Ximbiot
+cvs.texi(,14676) @cindex Support, getting CVS support
+cvs.texi(,14677) @example
+cvs.texi(,14678) Ximbiot
+cvs.texi(,14679) 319 S. River St.
+cvs.texi(,14680) Harrisburg, PA 17104-1657
+cvs.texi(,14681) USA
+cvs.texi(,14682) Email: info@@ximbiot.com
+cvs.texi(,14683) Phone: (717) 579-6168
+cvs.texi(,14684) Fax: (717) 234-3125
+cvs.texi(,14685) http://ximbiot.com/
+cvs.texi(,14686)
+cvs.texi(,14687) @end example
+cvs.texi(,14688)
+cvs.texi(,14689) @item
+cvs.texi(,14690) If you got @sc{cvs} through a distributor, such as an
+cvs.texi(,14691) operating system vendor or a vendor of freeware
+cvs.texi(,14692) @sc{cd-rom}s, you may wish to see whether the
+cvs.texi(,14693) distributor provides support. Often, they will provide
+cvs.texi(,14694) no support or minimal support, but this may vary from
+cvs.texi(,14695) distributor to distributor.
+cvs.texi(,14696)
+cvs.texi(,14697) @item
+cvs.texi(,14698) If you have the skills and time to do so, you may wish
+cvs.texi(,14699) to fix the bug yourself. If you wish to submit your
+cvs.texi(,14700) fix for inclusion in future releases of @sc{cvs}, see
+cvs.texi(,14701) the file @sc{hacking} in the @sc{cvs} source
+cvs.texi(,14702) distribution. It contains much more information on the
+cvs.texi(,14703) process of submitting fixes.
+cvs.texi(,14704)
+cvs.texi(,14705) @item
+cvs.texi(,14706) There may be resources on the net which can help. Two
+cvs.texi(,14707) good places to start are:
+cvs.texi(,14708)
+cvs.texi(,14709) @example
+cvs.texi(,14710) http://www.cvshome.org
+cvs.texi(,14711) http://www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs-index.html
+cvs.texi(,14712) @end example
+cvs.texi(,14713)
+cvs.texi(,14714) If you are so inspired, increasing the information
+cvs.texi(,14715) available on the net is likely to be appreciated. For
+cvs.texi(,14716) example, before the standard @sc{cvs} distribution
+cvs.texi(,14717) worked on Windows 95, there was a web page with some
+cvs.texi(,14718) explanation and patches for running @sc{cvs} on Windows
+cvs.texi(,14719) 95, and various people helped out by mentioning this
+cvs.texi(,14720) page on mailing lists or newsgroups when the subject
+cvs.texi(,14721) came up.
+cvs.texi(,14722)
+cvs.texi(,14723) @item
+cvs.texi(,14724) It is also possible to report bugs to @code{bug-cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,14725) Note that someone may or may not want to do anything
+cvs.texi(,14726) with your bug report---if you need a solution consider
+cvs.texi(,14727) one of the options mentioned above. People probably do
+cvs.texi(,14728) want to hear about bugs which are particularly severe
+cvs.texi(,14729) in consequences and/or easy to fix, however. You can
+cvs.texi(,14730) also increase your odds by being as clear as possible
+cvs.texi(,14731) about the exact nature of the bug and any other
+cvs.texi(,14732) relevant information. The way to report bugs is to
+cvs.texi(,14733) send email to @code{bug-cvs@@gnu.org}. Note
+cvs.texi(,14734) that submissions to @code{bug-cvs} may be distributed
+cvs.texi(,14735) under the terms of the @sc{gnu} Public License, so if
+cvs.texi(,14736) you don't like this, don't submit them. There is
+cvs.texi(,14737) usually no justification for sending mail directly to
+cvs.texi(,14738) one of the @sc{cvs} maintainers rather than to
+cvs.texi(,14739) @code{bug-cvs}; those maintainers who want to hear
+cvs.texi(,14740) about such bug reports read @code{bug-cvs}. Also note
+cvs.texi(,14741) that sending a bug report to other mailing lists or
+cvs.texi(,14742) newsgroups is @emph{not} a substitute for sending it to
+cvs.texi(,14743) @code{bug-cvs}. It is fine to discuss @sc{cvs} bugs on
+cvs.texi(,14744) whatever forum you prefer, but there are not
+cvs.texi(,14745) necessarily any maintainers reading bug reports sent
+cvs.texi(,14746) anywhere except @code{bug-cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,14747) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,14748)
+cvs.texi(,14749) @cindex Known bugs in this manual or CVS
+cvs.texi(,14750) People often ask if there is a list of known bugs or
+cvs.texi(,14751) whether a particular bug is a known one. The file
+cvs.texi(,14752) @sc{bugs} in the @sc{cvs} source distribution is one
+cvs.texi(,14753) list of known bugs, but it doesn't necessarily try to
+cvs.texi(,14754) be comprehensive. Perhaps there will never be a
+cvs.texi(,14755) comprehensive, detailed list of known bugs.
+cvs.texi(,14756)
+cvs.texi(,14757) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,14758) @node Index
+cvs.texi(,14759) @unnumbered Index
+cvs.texi(,14760) @cindex Index
cvs.texi(,14761)
-cvs.texi(,14762) @bye
+cvs.texi(,14762) @printindex cp
+cvs.texi(,14763)
+cvs.texi(,14764) @summarycontents
+cvs.texi(,14765)
+cvs.texi(,14766) @contents
+cvs.texi(,14767)
+cvs.texi(,14768) @bye
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-cvs.texi(,97) @dircategory GNU Packages
-cvs.texi(,98) @direntry
-cvs.texi(,99) * CVS: (cvs). Concurrent Versions System
-cvs.texi(,100) @end direntry
-cvs.texi(,101) @dircategory Individual utilities
-cvs.texi(,102) @direntry
-cvs.texi(,103) * cvs: (cvs)CVS commands. Concurrent Versions System
-cvs.texi(,104) @end direntry
-cvs.texi(,105)
-cvs.texi(,106) @comment The titlepage section does not appear in the Info file.
-cvs.texi(,107) @titlepage
-cvs.texi(,108) @sp 4
-cvs.texi(,109) @comment The title is printed in a large font.
-cvs.texi(,110) @center @titlefont{Version Management}
-cvs.texi(,111) @sp
-cvs.texi(,112) @center @titlefont{with}
-cvs.texi(,113) @sp
-cvs.texi(,114) @center @titlefont{CVS}
-cvs.texi(,115) @sp 2
-cvs.texi(,116) @center for @sc{cvs} 4.2
-cvs.texi(,117) @comment -release-
-cvs.texi(,118) @sp 3
-cvs.texi(,119) @center Per Cederqvist et al
-cvs.texi(,120)
-cvs.texi(,121) @comment The following two commands start the copyright page
-cvs.texi(,122) @comment for the printed manual. This will not appear in the
Info file.
-cvs.texi(,123) @page
-cvs.texi(,124) @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
-cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,125) @noindent
-cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,125) Copyright @copyright{} 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
-cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,125) 2001, 2002, 2003 Free
Software Foundation, Inc.
-cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,125)
-cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,125) @multitable @columnfractions .12 .88
-cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,125) @item Portions
-cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,125) @item @tab Copyright @copyright{} 1999, 2000,
2001, 2002, 2003 Derek R. Price,
-cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,125) @item @tab Copyright @copyright{} 2002, 2003
Ximbiot <http://ximbiot.com>,
-cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,125) @item @tab Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 1993,
1999 Signum Support AB,
-cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,125) @item @tab and Copyright @copyright{} others.
-cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,125) @end multitable
-cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,125)
-cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,125) Permission is granted to make and distribute
verbatim copies of
-cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,125) this manual provided the copyright notice and
this permission notice
-cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,125) are preserved on all copies.
-cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,125)
-cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,125) Permission is granted to copy and distribute
modified versions of this
-cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,125) manual under the conditions for verbatim copying,
provided also that the
-cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,125) entire resulting derived work is distributed
under the terms of a
-cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,125) permission notice identical to this one.
-cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,125)
-cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,125) Permission is granted to copy and distribute
translations of this manual
-cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,125) into another language, under the above conditions
for modified versions,
-cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,125) except that this permission notice may be stated
in a translation
-cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,125) approved by the Free Software Foundation.
-cvs.texi(,126) @end titlepage
-cvs.texi(,127)
-cvs.texi(,128) @comment
================================================================
-cvs.texi(,129) @comment The real text starts here
-cvs.texi(,130) @comment
================================================================
-cvs.texi(,131)
-cvs.texi(,133) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,134) @node Top
-cvs.texi(,135) @top
-cvs.texi(,136)
-cvs.texi(,137) This info manual describes how to use and administer
-cvs.texi(,138) @sc{cvs} version 4.2.
-cvs.texi(,140)
-cvs.texi(,144)
-cvs.texi(,145) @c This menu is pretty long. Not sure how easily that
-cvs.texi(,146) @c can be fixed (no brilliant ideas right away)...
-cvs.texi(,147) @menu
-cvs.texi(,148) * Overview:: An introduction to CVS
-cvs.texi(,149) * Repository:: Where all your sources are
stored
-cvs.texi(,150) * Starting a new project:: Starting a project with CVS
-cvs.texi(,151) * Revisions:: Numeric and symbolic names for
revisions
-cvs.texi(,152) * Branching and merging:: Diverging/rejoining branches of
development
-cvs.texi(,153) * Recursive behavior:: CVS descends directories
-cvs.texi(,154) * Adding and removing:: Adding/removing/renaming
files/directories
-cvs.texi(,155) * History browsing:: Viewing the history of files in
various ways
-cvs.texi(,156)
-cvs.texi(,157) CVS and the Real World.
-cvs.texi(,158) -----------------------
-cvs.texi(,159) * Binary files:: CVS can handle binary files
-cvs.texi(,160) * Multiple developers:: How CVS helps a group of
developers
-cvs.texi(,161) * Revision management:: Policy questions for revision
management
-cvs.texi(,162) * Keyword substitution:: CVS can include the revision
inside the file
-cvs.texi(,163) * Tracking sources:: Tracking third-party sources
-cvs.texi(,164) * Builds:: Issues related to CVS and builds
-cvs.texi(,165) * Special Files:: Devices, links and other
non-regular files
-cvs.texi(,166)
-cvs.texi(,167) References.
-cvs.texi(,168) -----------
-cvs.texi(,169) * CVS commands:: CVS commands share some things
-cvs.texi(,170) * Invoking CVS:: Quick reference to CVS commands
-cvs.texi(,171) * Administrative files:: Reference manual for the
Administrative files
-cvs.texi(,172) * Environment variables:: All environment variables which
affect CVS
-cvs.texi(,173) * Compatibility:: Upgrading CVS versions
-cvs.texi(,174) * Troubleshooting:: Some tips when nothing works
-cvs.texi(,175) * Credits:: Some of the contributors to
this manual
-cvs.texi(,176) * BUGS:: Dealing with bugs in CVS or
this manual
-cvs.texi(,177) * Index:: Index
-cvs.texi(,178) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,179)
-cvs.texi(,180) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,181) @node Overview
-cvs.texi(,182) @chapter Overview
-cvs.texi(,183) @cindex Overview
-cvs.texi(,184)
-cvs.texi(,185) This chapter is for people who have never used
-cvs.texi(,186) @sc{cvs}, and perhaps have never used version control
-cvs.texi(,187) software before.
-cvs.texi(,188)
-cvs.texi(,189) If you are already familiar with @sc{cvs} and are just
-cvs.texi(,190) trying to learn a particular feature or remember a
-cvs.texi(,191) certain command, you can probably skip everything here.
-cvs.texi(,192)
-cvs.texi(,193) @menu
-cvs.texi(,194) * What is CVS?:: What you can do with @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,195) * What is CVS not?:: Problems @sc{cvs} doesn't try
to solve
-cvs.texi(,196) * A sample session:: A tour of basic @sc{cvs} usage
-cvs.texi(,197) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,102)
+cvs.texi(,103) @dircategory GNU Packages
+cvs.texi(,104) @direntry
+cvs.texi(,105) * CVS: (cvs). Concurrent Versions System
+cvs.texi(,106) @end direntry
+cvs.texi(,107) @dircategory Individual utilities
+cvs.texi(,108) @direntry
+cvs.texi(,109) * cvs: (cvs)CVS commands. Concurrent Versions System
+cvs.texi(,110) @end direntry
+cvs.texi(,111)
+cvs.texi(,112) @comment The titlepage section does not appear in the Info file.
+cvs.texi(,113) @titlepage
+cvs.texi(,114) @sp 4
+cvs.texi(,115) @comment The title is printed in a large font.
+cvs.texi(,116) @center @titlefont{Version Management}
+cvs.texi(,117) @sp
+cvs.texi(,118) @center @titlefont{with}
+cvs.texi(,119) @sp
+cvs.texi(,120) @center @titlefont{CVS}
+cvs.texi(,121) @sp 2
+cvs.texi(,122) @center for @sc{cvs} 4.2
+cvs.texi(,123) @comment -release-
+cvs.texi(,124) @sp 3
+cvs.texi(,125) @center Per Cederqvist et al
+cvs.texi(,126)
+cvs.texi(,127) @comment The following two commands start the copyright page
+cvs.texi(,128) @comment for the printed manual. This will not appear in the
Info file.
+cvs.texi(,129) @page
+cvs.texi(,130) @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
+cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,131) @noindent
+cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,131) Copyright @copyright{} 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
+cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,131) 2001, 2002, 2003 Free
Software Foundation, Inc.
+cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,131)
+cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,131) @multitable @columnfractions .12 .88
+cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,131) @item Portions
+cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,131) @item @tab Copyright @copyright{} 1999, 2000,
2001, 2002, 2003 Derek R. Price,
+cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,131) @item @tab Copyright @copyright{} 2002, 2003
Ximbiot <http://ximbiot.com>,
+cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,131) @item @tab Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 1993,
1999 Signum Support AB,
+cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,131) @item @tab and Copyright @copyright{} others.
+cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,131) @end multitable
+cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,131)
+cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,131) Permission is granted to make and distribute
verbatim copies of
+cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,131) this manual provided the copyright notice and
this permission notice
+cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,131) are preserved on all copies.
+cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,131)
+cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,131) Permission is granted to copy and distribute
modified versions of this
+cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,131) manual under the conditions for verbatim copying,
provided also that the
+cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,131) entire resulting derived work is distributed
under the terms of a
+cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,131) permission notice identical to this one.
+cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,131)
+cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,131) Permission is granted to copy and distribute
translations of this manual
+cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,131) into another language, under the above conditions
for modified versions,
+cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,131) except that this permission notice may be stated
in a translation
+cvs.texi(copyleftnotice,131) approved by the Free Software Foundation.
+cvs.texi(,132) @end titlepage
+cvs.texi(,133)
+cvs.texi(,134) @comment
================================================================
+cvs.texi(,135) @comment The real text starts here
+cvs.texi(,136) @comment
================================================================
+cvs.texi(,137)
+cvs.texi(,139) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,140) @node Top
+cvs.texi(,141) @top
+cvs.texi(,142)
+cvs.texi(,143) This info manual describes how to use and administer
+cvs.texi(,144) @sc{cvs} version 4.2.
+cvs.texi(,146)
+cvs.texi(,150)
+cvs.texi(,151) @c This menu is pretty long. Not sure how easily that
+cvs.texi(,152) @c can be fixed (no brilliant ideas right away)...
+cvs.texi(,153) @menu
+cvs.texi(,154) * Overview:: An introduction to CVS
+cvs.texi(,155) * Repository:: Where all your sources are
stored
+cvs.texi(,156) * Starting a new project:: Starting a project with CVS
+cvs.texi(,157) * Revisions:: Numeric and symbolic names for
revisions
+cvs.texi(,158) * Branching and merging:: Diverging/rejoining branches of
development
+cvs.texi(,159) * Recursive behavior:: CVS descends directories
+cvs.texi(,160) * Adding and removing:: Adding/removing/renaming
files/directories
+cvs.texi(,161) * History browsing:: Viewing the history of files in
various ways
+cvs.texi(,162)
+cvs.texi(,163) CVS and the Real World.
+cvs.texi(,164) -----------------------
+cvs.texi(,165) * Binary files:: CVS can handle binary files
+cvs.texi(,166) * Multiple developers:: How CVS helps a group of
developers
+cvs.texi(,167) * Revision management:: Policy questions for revision
management
+cvs.texi(,168) * Keyword substitution:: CVS can include the revision
inside the file
+cvs.texi(,169) * Tracking sources:: Tracking third-party sources
+cvs.texi(,170) * Builds:: Issues related to CVS and builds
+cvs.texi(,171) * Special Files:: Devices, links and other
non-regular files
+cvs.texi(,172)
+cvs.texi(,173) References.
+cvs.texi(,174) -----------
+cvs.texi(,175) * CVS commands:: CVS commands share some things
+cvs.texi(,176) * Invoking CVS:: Quick reference to CVS commands
+cvs.texi(,177) * Administrative files:: Reference manual for the
Administrative files
+cvs.texi(,178) * Environment variables:: All environment variables which
affect CVS
+cvs.texi(,179) * Compatibility:: Upgrading CVS versions
+cvs.texi(,180) * Troubleshooting:: Some tips when nothing works
+cvs.texi(,181) * Credits:: Some of the contributors to
this manual
+cvs.texi(,182) * BUGS:: Dealing with bugs in CVS or
this manual
+cvs.texi(,183) * Index:: Index
+cvs.texi(,184) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,185)
+cvs.texi(,186) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,187) @node Overview
+cvs.texi(,188) @chapter Overview
+cvs.texi(,189) @cindex Overview
+cvs.texi(,190)
+cvs.texi(,191) This chapter is for people who have never used
+cvs.texi(,192) @sc{cvs}, and perhaps have never used version control
+cvs.texi(,193) software before.
+cvs.texi(,194)
+cvs.texi(,195) If you are already familiar with @sc{cvs} and are just
+cvs.texi(,196) trying to learn a particular feature or remember a
+cvs.texi(,197) certain command, you can probably skip everything here.
cvs.texi(,198)
-cvs.texi(,199) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,200) @node What is CVS?
-cvs.texi(,201) @section What is CVS?
-cvs.texi(,202) @cindex What is CVS?
-cvs.texi(,203) @cindex Introduction to CVS
-cvs.texi(,204) @cindex CVS, introduction to
-cvs.texi(,205)
-cvs.texi(,206) @sc{cvs} is a version control system. Using it, you can
-cvs.texi(,207) record the history of your source files.
-cvs.texi(,208)
-cvs.texi(,209) @c -- ///
-cvs.texi(,210) @c -- ///Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to
repeat it.
-cvs.texi(,211) @c -- /// -- George Santayana
-cvs.texi(,212) @c -- //////
-cvs.texi(,213)
-cvs.texi(,214) @c -- Insert history quote here!
-cvs.texi(,215) For example, bugs sometimes creep in when
-cvs.texi(,216) software is modified, and you might not detect the bug
-cvs.texi(,217) until a long time after you make the modification.
-cvs.texi(,218) With @sc{cvs}, you can easily retrieve old versions to see
-cvs.texi(,219) exactly which change caused the bug. This can
-cvs.texi(,220) sometimes be a big help.
-cvs.texi(,221)
-cvs.texi(,222) You could of course save every version of every file
-cvs.texi(,223) you have ever created. This would
-cvs.texi(,224) however waste an enormous amount of disk space. @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,225) stores all the versions of a file in a single file in a
-cvs.texi(,226) clever way that only stores the differences between
-cvs.texi(,227) versions.
-cvs.texi(,228)
-cvs.texi(,229) @sc{cvs} also helps you if you are part of a group of people
working
-cvs.texi(,230) on the same project. It is all too easy to overwrite
-cvs.texi(,231) each others' changes unless you are extremely careful.
-cvs.texi(,232) Some editors, like @sc{gnu} Emacs, try to make sure that
-cvs.texi(,233) the same file is never modified by two people at the
-cvs.texi(,234) same time. Unfortunately, if someone is using another
-cvs.texi(,235) editor, that safeguard will not work. @sc{cvs} solves this
problem
-cvs.texi(,236) by insulating the different developers from each other. Every
-cvs.texi(,237) developer works in his own directory, and @sc{cvs} merges
-cvs.texi(,238) the work when each developer is done.
-cvs.texi(,239)
-cvs.texi(,240) @cindex History of CVS
-cvs.texi(,241) @cindex CVS, history of
-cvs.texi(,242) @cindex Credits (CVS program)
-cvs.texi(,243) @cindex Contributors (CVS program)
-cvs.texi(,244) @sc{cvs} started out as a bunch of shell scripts written by
-cvs.texi(,245) Dick Grune, posted to the newsgroup
-cvs.texi(,246) @code{comp.sources.unix} in the volume 6
-cvs.texi(,247) release of July, 1986. While no actual code from
-cvs.texi(,248) these shell scripts is present in the current version
-cvs.texi(,249) of @sc{cvs} much of the @sc{cvs} conflict resolution algorithms
-cvs.texi(,250) come from them.
-cvs.texi(,251)
-cvs.texi(,252) In April, 1989, Brian Berliner designed and coded @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,253) Jeff Polk later helped Brian with the design of the @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,254) module and vendor branch support.
-cvs.texi(,255)
-cvs.texi(,256) @cindex Source, getting CVS source
-cvs.texi(,257) You can get @sc{cvs} in a variety of ways, including
-cvs.texi(,258) free download from the internet. For more information
-cvs.texi(,259) on downloading @sc{cvs} and other @sc{cvs} topics, see:
-cvs.texi(,260)
-cvs.texi(,261) @example
-cvs.texi(,262) http://www.cvshome.org/
-cvs.texi(,263) http://www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs-index.html
-cvs.texi(,264) @end example
-cvs.texi(,265)
-cvs.texi(,266) @cindex Mailing list
-cvs.texi(,267) @cindex List, mailing list
-cvs.texi(,268) @cindex Newsgroups
-cvs.texi(,269) There is a mailing list, known as @address@hidden,
-cvs.texi(,270) devoted to @sc{cvs}. To subscribe or
-cvs.texi(,271) unsubscribe
-cvs.texi(,272) write to
-cvs.texi(,273) @address@hidden@@gnu.org}}.
-cvs.texi(,274) If you prefer a usenet group, the right
-cvs.texi(,275) group is @code{comp.software.config-mgmt} which is for
-cvs.texi(,276) @sc{cvs} discussions (along with other configuration
-cvs.texi(,277) management systems). In the future, it might be
-cvs.texi(,278) possible to create a
-cvs.texi(,279) @code{comp.software.config-mgmt.cvs}, but probably only
-cvs.texi(,280) if there is sufficient @sc{cvs} traffic on
-cvs.texi(,281) @code{comp.software.config-mgmt}.
-cvs.texi(,282) @c Other random data is that past attempts to create a
-cvs.texi(,283) @c gnu.* group have failed (the relevant authorities
-cvs.texi(,284) @c say they'll do it, but don't), and that tale was very
-cvs.texi(,285) @c skeptical of comp.software.config-mgmt.cvs when the
-cvs.texi(,286) @c subject came up around 1995 or so (for one
-cvs.texi(,287) @c thing, because creating it would be a "reorg" which
-cvs.texi(,288) @c would need to take a more comprehensive look at the
-cvs.texi(,289) @c whole comp.software.config-mgmt.* hierarchy).
-cvs.texi(,290)
-cvs.texi(,291) You can also subscribe to the @code{bug-cvs} mailing list,
-cvs.texi(,292) described in more detail in @ref{BUGS}. To subscribe
-cvs.texi(,293) send mail to @code{bug-cvs-request@@gnu.org}.
-cvs.texi(,294)
-cvs.texi(,295) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,296) @node What is CVS not?
-cvs.texi(,297) @section What is CVS not?
-cvs.texi(,298) @cindex What is CVS not?
-cvs.texi(,299)
-cvs.texi(,300) @sc{cvs} can do a lot of things for you, but it does
-cvs.texi(,301) not try to be everything for everyone.
-cvs.texi(,302)
-cvs.texi(,303) @table @asis
-cvs.texi(,304) @item @sc{cvs} is not a build system.
+cvs.texi(,199) @menu
+cvs.texi(,200) * What is CVS?:: What you can do with @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,201) * What is CVS not?:: Problems @sc{cvs} doesn't try
to solve
+cvs.texi(,202) * A sample session:: A tour of basic @sc{cvs} usage
+cvs.texi(,203) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,204)
+cvs.texi(,205) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,206) @node What is CVS?
+cvs.texi(,207) @section What is CVS?
+cvs.texi(,208) @cindex What is CVS?
+cvs.texi(,209) @cindex Introduction to CVS
+cvs.texi(,210) @cindex CVS, introduction to
+cvs.texi(,211)
+cvs.texi(,212) @sc{cvs} is a version control system. Using it, you can
+cvs.texi(,213) record the history of your source files.
+cvs.texi(,214)
+cvs.texi(,215) @c -- ///
+cvs.texi(,216) @c -- ///Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to
repeat it.
+cvs.texi(,217) @c -- /// -- George Santayana
+cvs.texi(,218) @c -- //////
+cvs.texi(,219)
+cvs.texi(,220) @c -- Insert history quote here!
+cvs.texi(,221) For example, bugs sometimes creep in when
+cvs.texi(,222) software is modified, and you might not detect the bug
+cvs.texi(,223) until a long time after you make the modification.
+cvs.texi(,224) With @sc{cvs}, you can easily retrieve old versions to see
+cvs.texi(,225) exactly which change caused the bug. This can
+cvs.texi(,226) sometimes be a big help.
+cvs.texi(,227)
+cvs.texi(,228) You could of course save every version of every file
+cvs.texi(,229) you have ever created. This would
+cvs.texi(,230) however waste an enormous amount of disk space. @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,231) stores all the versions of a file in a single file in a
+cvs.texi(,232) clever way that only stores the differences between
+cvs.texi(,233) versions.
+cvs.texi(,234)
+cvs.texi(,235) @sc{cvs} also helps you if you are part of a group of people
working
+cvs.texi(,236) on the same project. It is all too easy to overwrite
+cvs.texi(,237) each others' changes unless you are extremely careful.
+cvs.texi(,238) Some editors, like @sc{gnu} Emacs, try to make sure that
+cvs.texi(,239) the same file is never modified by two people at the
+cvs.texi(,240) same time. Unfortunately, if someone is using another
+cvs.texi(,241) editor, that safeguard will not work. @sc{cvs} solves this
problem
+cvs.texi(,242) by insulating the different developers from each other. Every
+cvs.texi(,243) developer works in his own directory, and @sc{cvs} merges
+cvs.texi(,244) the work when each developer is done.
+cvs.texi(,245)
+cvs.texi(,246) @cindex History of CVS
+cvs.texi(,247) @cindex CVS, history of
+cvs.texi(,248) @cindex Credits (CVS program)
+cvs.texi(,249) @cindex Contributors (CVS program)
+cvs.texi(,250) @sc{cvs} started out as a bunch of shell scripts written by
+cvs.texi(,251) Dick Grune, posted to the newsgroup
+cvs.texi(,252) @code{comp.sources.unix} in the volume 6
+cvs.texi(,253) release of July, 1986. While no actual code from
+cvs.texi(,254) these shell scripts is present in the current version
+cvs.texi(,255) of @sc{cvs} much of the @sc{cvs} conflict resolution algorithms
+cvs.texi(,256) come from them.
+cvs.texi(,257)
+cvs.texi(,258) In April, 1989, Brian Berliner designed and coded @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,259) Jeff Polk later helped Brian with the design of the @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,260) module and vendor branch support.
+cvs.texi(,261)
+cvs.texi(,262) @cindex Source, getting CVS source
+cvs.texi(,263) You can get @sc{cvs} in a variety of ways, including
+cvs.texi(,264) free download from the internet. For more information
+cvs.texi(,265) on downloading @sc{cvs} and other @sc{cvs} topics, see:
+cvs.texi(,266)
+cvs.texi(,267) @example
+cvs.texi(,268) http://www.cvshome.org/
+cvs.texi(,269) http://www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs-index.html
+cvs.texi(,270) @end example
+cvs.texi(,271)
+cvs.texi(,272) @cindex Mailing list
+cvs.texi(,273) @cindex List, mailing list
+cvs.texi(,274) @cindex Newsgroups
+cvs.texi(,275) There is a mailing list, known as @address@hidden,
+cvs.texi(,276) devoted to @sc{cvs}. To subscribe or
+cvs.texi(,277) unsubscribe
+cvs.texi(,278) write to
+cvs.texi(,279) @address@hidden@@gnu.org}}.
+cvs.texi(,280) If you prefer a usenet group, the right
+cvs.texi(,281) group is @code{comp.software.config-mgmt} which is for
+cvs.texi(,282) @sc{cvs} discussions (along with other configuration
+cvs.texi(,283) management systems). In the future, it might be
+cvs.texi(,284) possible to create a
+cvs.texi(,285) @code{comp.software.config-mgmt.cvs}, but probably only
+cvs.texi(,286) if there is sufficient @sc{cvs} traffic on
+cvs.texi(,287) @code{comp.software.config-mgmt}.
+cvs.texi(,288) @c Other random data is that past attempts to create a
+cvs.texi(,289) @c gnu.* group have failed (the relevant authorities
+cvs.texi(,290) @c say they'll do it, but don't), and that tale was very
+cvs.texi(,291) @c skeptical of comp.software.config-mgmt.cvs when the
+cvs.texi(,292) @c subject came up around 1995 or so (for one
+cvs.texi(,293) @c thing, because creating it would be a "reorg" which
+cvs.texi(,294) @c would need to take a more comprehensive look at the
+cvs.texi(,295) @c whole comp.software.config-mgmt.* hierarchy).
+cvs.texi(,296)
+cvs.texi(,297) You can also subscribe to the @code{bug-cvs} mailing list,
+cvs.texi(,298) described in more detail in @ref{BUGS}. To subscribe
+cvs.texi(,299) send mail to @code{bug-cvs-request@@gnu.org}.
+cvs.texi(,300)
+cvs.texi(,301) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,302) @node What is CVS not?
+cvs.texi(,303) @section What is CVS not?
+cvs.texi(,304) @cindex What is CVS not?
cvs.texi(,305)
-cvs.texi(,306) Though the structure of your repository and modules
-cvs.texi(,307) file interact with your build system
-cvs.texi(,308) (e.g. @file{Makefile}s), they are essentially
-cvs.texi(,309) independent.
-cvs.texi(,310)
-cvs.texi(,311) @sc{cvs} does not dictate how you build anything. It
-cvs.texi(,312) merely stores files for retrieval in a tree structure
-cvs.texi(,313) you devise.
-cvs.texi(,314)
-cvs.texi(,315) @sc{cvs} does not dictate how to use disk space in the
-cvs.texi(,316) checked out working directories. If you write your
-cvs.texi(,317) @file{Makefile}s or scripts in every directory so they
-cvs.texi(,318) have to know the relative positions of everything else,
-cvs.texi(,319) you wind up requiring the entire repository to be
-cvs.texi(,320) checked out.
-cvs.texi(,321)
-cvs.texi(,322) If you modularize your work, and construct a build
-cvs.texi(,323) system that will share files (via links, mounts,
-cvs.texi(,324) @code{VPATH} in @file{Makefile}s, etc.), you can
-cvs.texi(,325) arrange your disk usage however you like.
-cvs.texi(,326)
-cvs.texi(,327) But you have to remember that @emph{any} such system is
-cvs.texi(,328) a lot of work to construct and maintain. @sc{cvs} does
-cvs.texi(,329) not address the issues involved.
-cvs.texi(,330)
-cvs.texi(,331) Of course, you should place the tools created to
-cvs.texi(,332) support such a build system (scripts, @file{Makefile}s,
-cvs.texi(,333) etc) under @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,334)
-cvs.texi(,335) Figuring out what files need to be rebuilt when
-cvs.texi(,336) something changes is, again, something to be handled
-cvs.texi(,337) outside the scope of @sc{cvs}. One traditional
-cvs.texi(,338) approach is to use @code{make} for building, and use
-cvs.texi(,339) some automated tool for generating the dependencies which
-cvs.texi(,340) @code{make} uses.
-cvs.texi(,341)
-cvs.texi(,342) See @ref{Builds}, for more information on doing builds
-cvs.texi(,343) in conjunction with @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,344)
-cvs.texi(,345) @item @sc{cvs} is not a substitute for management.
-cvs.texi(,346)
-cvs.texi(,347) Your managers and project leaders are expected to talk
-cvs.texi(,348) to you frequently enough to make certain you are aware
-cvs.texi(,349) of schedules, merge points, branch names and release
-cvs.texi(,350) dates. If they don't, @sc{cvs} can't help.
-cvs.texi(,351)
-cvs.texi(,352) @sc{cvs} is an instrument for making sources dance to
-cvs.texi(,353) your tune. But you are the piper and the composer. No
-cvs.texi(,354) instrument plays itself or writes its own music.
-cvs.texi(,355)
-cvs.texi(,356) @item @sc{cvs} is not a substitute for developer communication.
+cvs.texi(,306) @sc{cvs} can do a lot of things for you, but it does
+cvs.texi(,307) not try to be everything for everyone.
+cvs.texi(,308)
+cvs.texi(,309) @table @asis
+cvs.texi(,310) @item @sc{cvs} is not a build system.
+cvs.texi(,311)
+cvs.texi(,312) Though the structure of your repository and modules
+cvs.texi(,313) file interact with your build system
+cvs.texi(,314) (e.g. @file{Makefile}s), they are essentially
+cvs.texi(,315) independent.
+cvs.texi(,316)
+cvs.texi(,317) @sc{cvs} does not dictate how you build anything. It
+cvs.texi(,318) merely stores files for retrieval in a tree structure
+cvs.texi(,319) you devise.
+cvs.texi(,320)
+cvs.texi(,321) @sc{cvs} does not dictate how to use disk space in the
+cvs.texi(,322) checked out working directories. If you write your
+cvs.texi(,323) @file{Makefile}s or scripts in every directory so they
+cvs.texi(,324) have to know the relative positions of everything else,
+cvs.texi(,325) you wind up requiring the entire repository to be
+cvs.texi(,326) checked out.
+cvs.texi(,327)
+cvs.texi(,328) If you modularize your work, and construct a build
+cvs.texi(,329) system that will share files (via links, mounts,
+cvs.texi(,330) @code{VPATH} in @file{Makefile}s, etc.), you can
+cvs.texi(,331) arrange your disk usage however you like.
+cvs.texi(,332)
+cvs.texi(,333) But you have to remember that @emph{any} such system is
+cvs.texi(,334) a lot of work to construct and maintain. @sc{cvs} does
+cvs.texi(,335) not address the issues involved.
+cvs.texi(,336)
+cvs.texi(,337) Of course, you should place the tools created to
+cvs.texi(,338) support such a build system (scripts, @file{Makefile}s,
+cvs.texi(,339) etc) under @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,340)
+cvs.texi(,341) Figuring out what files need to be rebuilt when
+cvs.texi(,342) something changes is, again, something to be handled
+cvs.texi(,343) outside the scope of @sc{cvs}. One traditional
+cvs.texi(,344) approach is to use @code{make} for building, and use
+cvs.texi(,345) some automated tool for generating the dependencies which
+cvs.texi(,346) @code{make} uses.
+cvs.texi(,347)
+cvs.texi(,348) See @ref{Builds}, for more information on doing builds
+cvs.texi(,349) in conjunction with @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,350)
+cvs.texi(,351) @item @sc{cvs} is not a substitute for management.
+cvs.texi(,352)
+cvs.texi(,353) Your managers and project leaders are expected to talk
+cvs.texi(,354) to you frequently enough to make certain you are aware
+cvs.texi(,355) of schedules, merge points, branch names and release
+cvs.texi(,356) dates. If they don't, @sc{cvs} can't help.
cvs.texi(,357)
-cvs.texi(,358) When faced with conflicts within a single file, most
-cvs.texi(,359) developers manage to resolve them without too much
-cvs.texi(,360) effort. But a more general definition of ``conflict''
-cvs.texi(,361) includes problems too difficult to solve without
-cvs.texi(,362) communication between developers.
+cvs.texi(,358) @sc{cvs} is an instrument for making sources dance to
+cvs.texi(,359) your tune. But you are the piper and the composer. No
+cvs.texi(,360) instrument plays itself or writes its own music.
+cvs.texi(,361)
+cvs.texi(,362) @item @sc{cvs} is not a substitute for developer communication.
cvs.texi(,363)
-cvs.texi(,364) @sc{cvs} cannot determine when simultaneous changes
-cvs.texi(,365) within a single file, or across a whole collection of
-cvs.texi(,366) files, will logically conflict with one another. Its
-cvs.texi(,367) concept of a @dfn{conflict} is purely textual, arising
-cvs.texi(,368) when two changes to the same base file are near enough
-cvs.texi(,369) to spook the merge (i.e. @code{diff3}) command.
-cvs.texi(,370)
-cvs.texi(,371) @sc{cvs} does not claim to help at all in figuring out
-cvs.texi(,372) non-textual or distributed conflicts in program logic.
-cvs.texi(,373)
-cvs.texi(,374) For example: Say you change the arguments to function
-cvs.texi(,375) @code{X} defined in file @file{A}. At the same time,
-cvs.texi(,376) someone edits file @file{B}, adding new calls to
-cvs.texi(,377) function @code{X} using the old arguments. You are
-cvs.texi(,378) outside the realm of @sc{cvs}'s competence.
+cvs.texi(,364) When faced with conflicts within a single file, most
+cvs.texi(,365) developers manage to resolve them without too much
+cvs.texi(,366) effort. But a more general definition of ``conflict''
+cvs.texi(,367) includes problems too difficult to solve without
+cvs.texi(,368) communication between developers.
+cvs.texi(,369)
+cvs.texi(,370) @sc{cvs} cannot determine when simultaneous changes
+cvs.texi(,371) within a single file, or across a whole collection of
+cvs.texi(,372) files, will logically conflict with one another. Its
+cvs.texi(,373) concept of a @dfn{conflict} is purely textual, arising
+cvs.texi(,374) when two changes to the same base file are near enough
+cvs.texi(,375) to spook the merge (i.e. @code{diff3}) command.
+cvs.texi(,376)
+cvs.texi(,377) @sc{cvs} does not claim to help at all in figuring out
+cvs.texi(,378) non-textual or distributed conflicts in program logic.
cvs.texi(,379)
-cvs.texi(,380) Acquire the habit of reading specs and talking to your
-cvs.texi(,381) peers.
-cvs.texi(,382)
-cvs.texi(,383)
-cvs.texi(,384) @item @sc{cvs} does not have change control
+cvs.texi(,380) For example: Say you change the arguments to function
+cvs.texi(,381) @code{X} defined in file @file{A}. At the same time,
+cvs.texi(,382) someone edits file @file{B}, adding new calls to
+cvs.texi(,383) function @code{X} using the old arguments. You are
+cvs.texi(,384) outside the realm of @sc{cvs}'s competence.
cvs.texi(,385)
-cvs.texi(,386) Change control refers to a number of things. First of
-cvs.texi(,387) all it can mean @dfn{bug-tracking}, that is being able
-cvs.texi(,388) to keep a database of reported bugs and the status of
-cvs.texi(,389) each one (is it fixed? in what release? has the bug
-cvs.texi(,390) submitter agreed that it is fixed?). For interfacing
-cvs.texi(,391) @sc{cvs} to an external bug-tracking system, see the
-cvs.texi(,392) @file{rcsinfo} and @file{verifymsg} files
-cvs.texi(,393) (@pxref{Administrative files}).
-cvs.texi(,394)
-cvs.texi(,395) Another aspect of change control is keeping track of
-cvs.texi(,396) the fact that changes to several files were in fact
-cvs.texi(,397) changed together as one logical change. If you check
-cvs.texi(,398) in several files in a single @code{cvs commit}
-cvs.texi(,399) operation, @sc{cvs} then forgets that those files were
-cvs.texi(,400) checked in together, and the fact that they have the
-cvs.texi(,401) same log message is the only thing tying them
-cvs.texi(,402) together. Keeping a @sc{gnu} style @file{ChangeLog}
-cvs.texi(,403) can help somewhat.
-cvs.texi(,404) @c FIXME: should have an xref to a section which talks
-cvs.texi(,405) @c more about keeping ChangeLog's with CVS, but that
-cvs.texi(,406) @c section hasn't been written yet.
-cvs.texi(,407)
-cvs.texi(,408) Another aspect of change control, in some systems, is
-cvs.texi(,409) the ability to keep track of the status of each
-cvs.texi(,410) change. Some changes have been written by a developer,
-cvs.texi(,411) others have been reviewed by a second developer, and so
-cvs.texi(,412) on. Generally, the way to do this with @sc{cvs} is to
-cvs.texi(,413) generate a diff (using @code{cvs diff} or @code{diff})
-cvs.texi(,414) and email it to someone who can then apply it using the
-cvs.texi(,415) @code{patch} utility. This is very flexible, but
-cvs.texi(,416) depends on mechanisms outside @sc{cvs} to make sure
-cvs.texi(,417) nothing falls through the cracks.
-cvs.texi(,418)
-cvs.texi(,419) @item @sc{cvs} is not an automated testing program
-cvs.texi(,420)
-cvs.texi(,421) It should be possible to enforce mandatory use of a
-cvs.texi(,422) testsuite using the @code{commitinfo} file. I haven't
-cvs.texi(,423) heard a lot about projects trying to do that or whether
-cvs.texi(,424) there are subtle gotchas, however.
-cvs.texi(,425)
-cvs.texi(,426) @item @sc{cvs} does not have a builtin process model
-cvs.texi(,427)
-cvs.texi(,428) Some systems provide ways to ensure that changes or
-cvs.texi(,429) releases go through various steps, with various
-cvs.texi(,430) approvals as needed. Generally, one can accomplish
-cvs.texi(,431) this with @sc{cvs} but it might be a little more work.
-cvs.texi(,432) In some cases you'll want to use the @file{commitinfo},
-cvs.texi(,433) @file{loginfo}, @file{rcsinfo}, or @file{verifymsg}
-cvs.texi(,434) files, to require that certain steps be performed
-cvs.texi(,435) before cvs will allow a checkin. Also consider whether
-cvs.texi(,436) features such as branches and tags can be used to
-cvs.texi(,437) perform tasks such as doing work in a development tree
-cvs.texi(,438) and then merging certain changes over to a stable tree
-cvs.texi(,439) only once they have been proven.
-cvs.texi(,440) @end table
-cvs.texi(,441)
-cvs.texi(,442) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,443) @node A sample session
-cvs.texi(,444) @section A sample session
-cvs.texi(,445) @cindex Example of a work-session
-cvs.texi(,446) @cindex Getting started
-cvs.texi(,447) @cindex Work-session, example of
-cvs.texi(,448) @cindex tc, Trivial Compiler (example)
-cvs.texi(,449) @cindex Trivial Compiler (example)
-cvs.texi(,450)
-cvs.texi(,451) @c I think an example is a pretty good way to start. But
-cvs.texi(,452) @c somewhere in here, maybe after the sample session,
-cvs.texi(,453) @c we need something which is kind of
-cvs.texi(,454) @c a "roadmap" which is more directed at sketching out
-cvs.texi(,455) @c the functionality of CVS and pointing people to
-cvs.texi(,456) @c various other parts of the manual. As it stands now
-cvs.texi(,457) @c people who read in order get dumped right into all
-cvs.texi(,458) @c manner of hair regarding remote repositories,
-cvs.texi(,459) @c creating a repository, etc.
-cvs.texi(,460) @c
-cvs.texi(,461) @c The following was in the old Basic concepts node. I don't
-cvs.texi(,462) @c know how good a job it does at introducing modules,
-cvs.texi(,463) @c or whether they need to be introduced so soon, but
-cvs.texi(,464) @c something of this sort might go into some
-cvs.texi(,465) @c introductory material somewhere.
-cvs.texi(,474)
-cvs.texi(,475) As a way of introducing @sc{cvs}, we'll go through a
-cvs.texi(,476) typical work-session using @sc{cvs}. The first thing
-cvs.texi(,477) to understand is that @sc{cvs} stores all files in a
-cvs.texi(,478) centralized @dfn{repository} (@pxref{Repository}); this
-cvs.texi(,479) section assumes that a repository is set up.
-cvs.texi(,480) @c I'm not sure that the sentence concerning the
-cvs.texi(,481) @c repository quite tells the user what they need to
-cvs.texi(,482) @c know at this point. Might need to expand on "centralized"
-cvs.texi(,483) @c slightly (maybe not here, maybe further down in the example?)
-cvs.texi(,484)
-cvs.texi(,485) Suppose you are working on a simple compiler. The source
-cvs.texi(,486) consists of a handful of C files and a @file{Makefile}.
-cvs.texi(,487) The compiler is called @samp{tc} (Trivial Compiler),
-cvs.texi(,488) and the repository is set up so that there is a module
-cvs.texi(,489) called @samp{tc}.
+cvs.texi(,386) Acquire the habit of reading specs and talking to your
+cvs.texi(,387) peers.
+cvs.texi(,388)
+cvs.texi(,389)
+cvs.texi(,390) @item @sc{cvs} does not have change control
+cvs.texi(,391)
+cvs.texi(,392) Change control refers to a number of things. First of
+cvs.texi(,393) all it can mean @dfn{bug-tracking}, that is being able
+cvs.texi(,394) to keep a database of reported bugs and the status of
+cvs.texi(,395) each one (is it fixed? in what release? has the bug
+cvs.texi(,396) submitter agreed that it is fixed?). For interfacing
+cvs.texi(,397) @sc{cvs} to an external bug-tracking system, see the
+cvs.texi(,398) @file{rcsinfo} and @file{verifymsg} files
+cvs.texi(,399) (@pxref{Administrative files}).
+cvs.texi(,400)
+cvs.texi(,401) Another aspect of change control is keeping track of
+cvs.texi(,402) the fact that changes to several files were in fact
+cvs.texi(,403) changed together as one logical change. If you check
+cvs.texi(,404) in several files in a single @code{cvs commit}
+cvs.texi(,405) operation, @sc{cvs} then forgets that those files were
+cvs.texi(,406) checked in together, and the fact that they have the
+cvs.texi(,407) same log message is the only thing tying them
+cvs.texi(,408) together. Keeping a @sc{gnu} style @file{ChangeLog}
+cvs.texi(,409) can help somewhat.
+cvs.texi(,410) @c FIXME: should have an xref to a section which talks
+cvs.texi(,411) @c more about keeping ChangeLog's with CVS, but that
+cvs.texi(,412) @c section hasn't been written yet.
+cvs.texi(,413)
+cvs.texi(,414) Another aspect of change control, in some systems, is
+cvs.texi(,415) the ability to keep track of the status of each
+cvs.texi(,416) change. Some changes have been written by a developer,
+cvs.texi(,417) others have been reviewed by a second developer, and so
+cvs.texi(,418) on. Generally, the way to do this with @sc{cvs} is to
+cvs.texi(,419) generate a diff (using @code{cvs diff} or @code{diff})
+cvs.texi(,420) and email it to someone who can then apply it using the
+cvs.texi(,421) @code{patch} utility. This is very flexible, but
+cvs.texi(,422) depends on mechanisms outside @sc{cvs} to make sure
+cvs.texi(,423) nothing falls through the cracks.
+cvs.texi(,424)
+cvs.texi(,425) @item @sc{cvs} is not an automated testing program
+cvs.texi(,426)
+cvs.texi(,427) It should be possible to enforce mandatory use of a
+cvs.texi(,428) testsuite using the @code{commitinfo} file. I haven't
+cvs.texi(,429) heard a lot about projects trying to do that or whether
+cvs.texi(,430) there are subtle gotchas, however.
+cvs.texi(,431)
+cvs.texi(,432) @item @sc{cvs} does not have a builtin process model
+cvs.texi(,433)
+cvs.texi(,434) Some systems provide ways to ensure that changes or
+cvs.texi(,435) releases go through various steps, with various
+cvs.texi(,436) approvals as needed. Generally, one can accomplish
+cvs.texi(,437) this with @sc{cvs} but it might be a little more work.
+cvs.texi(,438) In some cases you'll want to use the @file{commitinfo},
+cvs.texi(,439) @file{loginfo}, @file{rcsinfo}, or @file{verifymsg}
+cvs.texi(,440) files, to require that certain steps be performed
+cvs.texi(,441) before cvs will allow a checkin. Also consider whether
+cvs.texi(,442) features such as branches and tags can be used to
+cvs.texi(,443) perform tasks such as doing work in a development tree
+cvs.texi(,444) and then merging certain changes over to a stable tree
+cvs.texi(,445) only once they have been proven.
+cvs.texi(,446) @end table
+cvs.texi(,447)
+cvs.texi(,448) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,449) @node A sample session
+cvs.texi(,450) @section A sample session
+cvs.texi(,451) @cindex Example of a work-session
+cvs.texi(,452) @cindex Getting started
+cvs.texi(,453) @cindex Work-session, example of
+cvs.texi(,454) @cindex tc, Trivial Compiler (example)
+cvs.texi(,455) @cindex Trivial Compiler (example)
+cvs.texi(,456)
+cvs.texi(,457) @c I think an example is a pretty good way to start. But
+cvs.texi(,458) @c somewhere in here, maybe after the sample session,
+cvs.texi(,459) @c we need something which is kind of
+cvs.texi(,460) @c a "roadmap" which is more directed at sketching out
+cvs.texi(,461) @c the functionality of CVS and pointing people to
+cvs.texi(,462) @c various other parts of the manual. As it stands now
+cvs.texi(,463) @c people who read in order get dumped right into all
+cvs.texi(,464) @c manner of hair regarding remote repositories,
+cvs.texi(,465) @c creating a repository, etc.
+cvs.texi(,466) @c
+cvs.texi(,467) @c The following was in the old Basic concepts node. I don't
+cvs.texi(,468) @c know how good a job it does at introducing modules,
+cvs.texi(,469) @c or whether they need to be introduced so soon, but
+cvs.texi(,470) @c something of this sort might go into some
+cvs.texi(,471) @c introductory material somewhere.
+cvs.texi(,480)
+cvs.texi(,481) As a way of introducing @sc{cvs}, we'll go through a
+cvs.texi(,482) typical work-session using @sc{cvs}. The first thing
+cvs.texi(,483) to understand is that @sc{cvs} stores all files in a
+cvs.texi(,484) centralized @dfn{repository} (@pxref{Repository}); this
+cvs.texi(,485) section assumes that a repository is set up.
+cvs.texi(,486) @c I'm not sure that the sentence concerning the
+cvs.texi(,487) @c repository quite tells the user what they need to
+cvs.texi(,488) @c know at this point. Might need to expand on "centralized"
+cvs.texi(,489) @c slightly (maybe not here, maybe further down in the example?)
cvs.texi(,490)
-cvs.texi(,491) @menu
-cvs.texi(,492) * Getting the source:: Creating a workspace
-cvs.texi(,493) * Committing your changes:: Making your work available to
others
-cvs.texi(,494) * Cleaning up:: Cleaning up
-cvs.texi(,495) * Viewing differences:: Viewing differences
-cvs.texi(,496) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,497)
-cvs.texi(,498) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,499) @node Getting the source
-cvs.texi(,500) @subsection Getting the source
-cvs.texi(,501) @cindex Getting the source
-cvs.texi(,502) @cindex Checking out source
-cvs.texi(,503) @cindex Fetching source
-cvs.texi(,504) @cindex Source, getting from CVS
-cvs.texi(,505) @cindex Checkout, example
-cvs.texi(,506)
-cvs.texi(,507) The first thing you must do is to get your own working copy of
the
-cvs.texi(,508) source for @samp{tc}. For this, you use the @code{checkout}
command:
-cvs.texi(,509)
-cvs.texi(,510) @example
-cvs.texi(,511) $ cvs checkout tc
-cvs.texi(,512) @end example
-cvs.texi(,513)
-cvs.texi(,514) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,515) This will create a new directory called @file{tc} and populate
it with
-cvs.texi(,516) the source files.
-cvs.texi(,517)
-cvs.texi(,518) @example
-cvs.texi(,519) $ cd tc
-cvs.texi(,520) $ ls
-cvs.texi(,521) CVS Makefile backend.c driver.c frontend.c
parser.c
-cvs.texi(,522) @end example
+cvs.texi(,491) Suppose you are working on a simple compiler. The source
+cvs.texi(,492) consists of a handful of C files and a @file{Makefile}.
+cvs.texi(,493) The compiler is called @samp{tc} (Trivial Compiler),
+cvs.texi(,494) and the repository is set up so that there is a module
+cvs.texi(,495) called @samp{tc}.
+cvs.texi(,496)
+cvs.texi(,497) @menu
+cvs.texi(,498) * Getting the source:: Creating a workspace
+cvs.texi(,499) * Committing your changes:: Making your work available to
others
+cvs.texi(,500) * Cleaning up:: Cleaning up
+cvs.texi(,501) * Viewing differences:: Viewing differences
+cvs.texi(,502) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,503)
+cvs.texi(,504) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,505) @node Getting the source
+cvs.texi(,506) @subsection Getting the source
+cvs.texi(,507) @cindex Getting the source
+cvs.texi(,508) @cindex Checking out source
+cvs.texi(,509) @cindex Fetching source
+cvs.texi(,510) @cindex Source, getting from CVS
+cvs.texi(,511) @cindex Checkout, example
+cvs.texi(,512)
+cvs.texi(,513) The first thing you must do is to get your own working copy of
the
+cvs.texi(,514) source for @samp{tc}. For this, you use the @code{checkout}
command:
+cvs.texi(,515)
+cvs.texi(,516) @example
+cvs.texi(,517) $ cvs checkout tc
+cvs.texi(,518) @end example
+cvs.texi(,519)
+cvs.texi(,520) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,521) This will create a new directory called @file{tc} and populate
it with
+cvs.texi(,522) the source files.
cvs.texi(,523)
-cvs.texi(,524) The @file{CVS} directory is used internally by
-cvs.texi(,525) @sc{cvs}. Normally, you should not modify or remove
-cvs.texi(,526) any of the files in it.
-cvs.texi(,527)
-cvs.texi(,528) You start your favorite editor, hack away at @file{backend.c},
and a couple
-cvs.texi(,529) of hours later you have added an optimization pass to the
compiler.
-cvs.texi(,530) A note to @sc{rcs} and @sc{sccs} users: There is no need to
lock the files that
-cvs.texi(,531) you want to edit. @xref{Multiple developers}, for an
explanation.
-cvs.texi(,532)
-cvs.texi(,533) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,534) @node Committing your changes
-cvs.texi(,535) @subsection Committing your changes
-cvs.texi(,536) @cindex Committing changes to files
-cvs.texi(,537) @cindex Log message entry
+cvs.texi(,524) @example
+cvs.texi(,525) $ cd tc
+cvs.texi(,526) $ ls
+cvs.texi(,527) CVS Makefile backend.c driver.c frontend.c
parser.c
+cvs.texi(,528) @end example
+cvs.texi(,529)
+cvs.texi(,530) The @file{CVS} directory is used internally by
+cvs.texi(,531) @sc{cvs}. Normally, you should not modify or remove
+cvs.texi(,532) any of the files in it.
+cvs.texi(,533)
+cvs.texi(,534) You start your favorite editor, hack away at @file{backend.c},
and a couple
+cvs.texi(,535) of hours later you have added an optimization pass to the
compiler.
+cvs.texi(,536) A note to @sc{rcs} and @sc{sccs} users: There is no need to
lock the files that
+cvs.texi(,537) you want to edit. @xref{Multiple developers}, for an
explanation.
cvs.texi(,538)
-cvs.texi(,539) When you have checked that the compiler is still compilable you
decide
-cvs.texi(,540) to make a new version of @file{backend.c}. This will
-cvs.texi(,541) store your new @file{backend.c} in the repository and
-cvs.texi(,542) make it available to anyone else who is using that same
-cvs.texi(,543) repository.
+cvs.texi(,539) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,540) @node Committing your changes
+cvs.texi(,541) @subsection Committing your changes
+cvs.texi(,542) @cindex Committing changes to files
+cvs.texi(,543) @cindex Log message entry
cvs.texi(,544)
-cvs.texi(,545) @example
-cvs.texi(,546) $ cvs commit backend.c
-cvs.texi(,547) @end example
-cvs.texi(,548)
-cvs.texi(,549) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,550) @sc{cvs} starts an editor, to allow you to enter a log
-cvs.texi(,551) message. You type in ``Added an optimization pass.'',
-cvs.texi(,552) save the temporary file, and exit the editor.
-cvs.texi(,553)
-cvs.texi(,554) @cindex CVSEDITOR, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,555) @cindex EDITOR, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,556) The environment variable @code{$CVSEDITOR} determines
-cvs.texi(,557) which editor is started. If @code{$CVSEDITOR} is not
-cvs.texi(,558) set, then if the environment variable @code{$EDITOR} is
-cvs.texi(,559) set, it will be used. If both @code{$CVSEDITOR} and
-cvs.texi(,560) @code{$EDITOR} are not set then there is a default
-cvs.texi(,561) which will vary with your operating system, for example
-cvs.texi(,562) @code{vi} for unix or @code{notepad} for Windows
-cvs.texi(,563) NT/95.
-cvs.texi(,564)
-cvs.texi(,565) @cindex VISUAL, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,566) In addition, @sc{cvs} checks the @code{$VISUAL} environment
-cvs.texi(,567) variable. Opinions vary on whether this behavior is desirable
and
-cvs.texi(,568) whether future releases of @sc{cvs} should check @code{$VISUAL}
or
-cvs.texi(,569) ignore it. You will be OK either way if you make sure that
-cvs.texi(,570) @code{$VISUAL} is either unset or set to the same thing as
-cvs.texi(,571) @code{$EDITOR}.
-cvs.texi(,572)
-cvs.texi(,573) @c This probably should go into some new node
-cvs.texi(,574) @c containing detailed info on the editor, rather than
-cvs.texi(,575) @c the intro. In fact, perhaps some of the stuff with
-cvs.texi(,576) @c CVSEDITOR and -m and so on should too.
-cvs.texi(,577) When @sc{cvs} starts the editor, it includes a list of
-cvs.texi(,578) files which are modified. For the @sc{cvs} client,
-cvs.texi(,579) this list is based on comparing the modification time
-cvs.texi(,580) of the file against the modification time that the file
-cvs.texi(,581) had when it was last gotten or updated. Therefore, if
-cvs.texi(,582) a file's modification time has changed but its contents
-cvs.texi(,583) have not, it will show up as modified. The simplest
-cvs.texi(,584) way to handle this is simply not to worry about it---if
-cvs.texi(,585) you proceed with the commit @sc{cvs} will detect that
-cvs.texi(,586) the contents are not modified and treat it as an
-cvs.texi(,587) unmodified file. The next @code{update} will clue
-cvs.texi(,588) @sc{cvs} in to the fact that the file is unmodified,
-cvs.texi(,589) and it will reset its stored timestamp so that the file
-cvs.texi(,590) will not show up in future editor sessions.
-cvs.texi(,591) @c FIXCVS: Might be nice if "commit" and other commands
-cvs.texi(,592) @c would reset that timestamp too, but currently commit
-cvs.texi(,593) @c doesn't.
-cvs.texi(,594) @c FIXME: Need to talk more about the process of
-cvs.texi(,595) @c prompting for the log message. Like show an example
-cvs.texi(,596) @c of what it pops up in the editor, for example. Also
-cvs.texi(,597) @c a discussion of how to get the "a)bort, c)ontinue,
-cvs.texi(,598) @c e)dit" prompt and what to do with it. Might also
-cvs.texi(,599) @c work in the suggestion that if you want a diff, you
-cvs.texi(,600) @c should make it before running commit (someone
-cvs.texi(,601) @c suggested that the diff pop up in the editor. I'm
-cvs.texi(,602) @c not sure that is better than telling people to run
-cvs.texi(,603) @c "cvs diff" first if that is what they want, but if
-cvs.texi(,604) @c we want to tell people that, the manual possibly
-cvs.texi(,605) @c should say it).
-cvs.texi(,606)
-cvs.texi(,607) If you want to avoid
-cvs.texi(,608) starting an editor you can specify the log message on
-cvs.texi(,609) the command line using the @samp{-m} flag instead, like
-cvs.texi(,610) this:
-cvs.texi(,611)
-cvs.texi(,612) @example
-cvs.texi(,613) $ cvs commit -m "Added an optimization pass" backend.c
-cvs.texi(,614) @end example
-cvs.texi(,615)
-cvs.texi(,616) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,617) @node Cleaning up
-cvs.texi(,618) @subsection Cleaning up
-cvs.texi(,619) @cindex Cleaning up
-cvs.texi(,620) @cindex Working copy, removing
-cvs.texi(,621) @cindex Removing your working copy
-cvs.texi(,622) @cindex Releasing your working copy
-cvs.texi(,623)
-cvs.texi(,624) Before you turn to other tasks you decide to remove your
working copy of
-cvs.texi(,625) tc. One acceptable way to do that is of course
-cvs.texi(,626)
-cvs.texi(,627) @example
-cvs.texi(,628) $ cd ..
-cvs.texi(,629) $ rm -r tc
-cvs.texi(,630) @end example
-cvs.texi(,631)
-cvs.texi(,632) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,633) but a better way is to use the @code{release} command
(@pxref{release}):
-cvs.texi(,634)
-cvs.texi(,635) @example
-cvs.texi(,636) $ cd ..
-cvs.texi(,637) $ cvs release -d tc
-cvs.texi(,638) M driver.c
-cvs.texi(,639) ? tc
-cvs.texi(,640) You have [1] altered files in this repository.
-cvs.texi(,641) Are you sure you want to release (and delete) directory `tc': n
-cvs.texi(,642) ** `release' aborted by user choice.
-cvs.texi(,643) @end example
-cvs.texi(,644)
-cvs.texi(,645) The @code{release} command checks that all your modifications
have been
-cvs.texi(,646) committed. If history logging is enabled it also makes a note
in the
-cvs.texi(,647) history file. @xref{history file}.
-cvs.texi(,648)
-cvs.texi(,649) When you use the @samp{-d} flag with @code{release}, it
-cvs.texi(,650) also removes your working copy.
-cvs.texi(,651)
-cvs.texi(,652) In the example above, the @code{release} command wrote a couple
of lines
-cvs.texi(,653) of output. @samp{? tc} means that the file @file{tc} is
unknown to @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,654) That is nothing to worry about: @file{tc} is the executable
compiler,
-cvs.texi(,655) and it should not be stored in the repository.
@xref{cvsignore},
-cvs.texi(,656) for information about how to make that warning go away.
-cvs.texi(,657) @xref{release output}, for a complete explanation of
-cvs.texi(,658) all possible output from @code{release}.
-cvs.texi(,659)
-cvs.texi(,660) @samp{M driver.c} is more serious. It means that the
-cvs.texi(,661) file @file{driver.c} has been modified since it was
-cvs.texi(,662) checked out.
-cvs.texi(,663)
-cvs.texi(,664) The @code{release} command always finishes by telling
-cvs.texi(,665) you how many modified files you have in your working
-cvs.texi(,666) copy of the sources, and then asks you for confirmation
-cvs.texi(,667) before deleting any files or making any note in the
-cvs.texi(,668) history file.
+cvs.texi(,545) When you have checked that the compiler is still compilable you
decide
+cvs.texi(,546) to make a new version of @file{backend.c}. This will
+cvs.texi(,547) store your new @file{backend.c} in the repository and
+cvs.texi(,548) make it available to anyone else who is using that same
+cvs.texi(,549) repository.
+cvs.texi(,550)
+cvs.texi(,551) @example
+cvs.texi(,552) $ cvs commit backend.c
+cvs.texi(,553) @end example
+cvs.texi(,554)
+cvs.texi(,555) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,556) @sc{cvs} starts an editor, to allow you to enter a log
+cvs.texi(,557) message. You type in ``Added an optimization pass.'',
+cvs.texi(,558) save the temporary file, and exit the editor.
+cvs.texi(,559)
+cvs.texi(,560) @cindex CVSEDITOR, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,561) @cindex EDITOR, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,562) The environment variable @code{$CVSEDITOR} determines
+cvs.texi(,563) which editor is started. If @code{$CVSEDITOR} is not
+cvs.texi(,564) set, then if the environment variable @code{$EDITOR} is
+cvs.texi(,565) set, it will be used. If both @code{$CVSEDITOR} and
+cvs.texi(,566) @code{$EDITOR} are not set then there is a default
+cvs.texi(,567) which will vary with your operating system, for example
+cvs.texi(,568) @code{vi} for unix or @code{notepad} for Windows
+cvs.texi(,569) NT/95.
+cvs.texi(,570)
+cvs.texi(,571) @cindex VISUAL, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,572) In addition, @sc{cvs} checks the @code{$VISUAL} environment
+cvs.texi(,573) variable. Opinions vary on whether this behavior is desirable
and
+cvs.texi(,574) whether future releases of @sc{cvs} should check @code{$VISUAL}
or
+cvs.texi(,575) ignore it. You will be OK either way if you make sure that
+cvs.texi(,576) @code{$VISUAL} is either unset or set to the same thing as
+cvs.texi(,577) @code{$EDITOR}.
+cvs.texi(,578)
+cvs.texi(,579) @c This probably should go into some new node
+cvs.texi(,580) @c containing detailed info on the editor, rather than
+cvs.texi(,581) @c the intro. In fact, perhaps some of the stuff with
+cvs.texi(,582) @c CVSEDITOR and -m and so on should too.
+cvs.texi(,583) When @sc{cvs} starts the editor, it includes a list of
+cvs.texi(,584) files which are modified. For the @sc{cvs} client,
+cvs.texi(,585) this list is based on comparing the modification time
+cvs.texi(,586) of the file against the modification time that the file
+cvs.texi(,587) had when it was last gotten or updated. Therefore, if
+cvs.texi(,588) a file's modification time has changed but its contents
+cvs.texi(,589) have not, it will show up as modified. The simplest
+cvs.texi(,590) way to handle this is simply not to worry about it---if
+cvs.texi(,591) you proceed with the commit @sc{cvs} will detect that
+cvs.texi(,592) the contents are not modified and treat it as an
+cvs.texi(,593) unmodified file. The next @code{update} will clue
+cvs.texi(,594) @sc{cvs} in to the fact that the file is unmodified,
+cvs.texi(,595) and it will reset its stored timestamp so that the file
+cvs.texi(,596) will not show up in future editor sessions.
+cvs.texi(,597) @c FIXCVS: Might be nice if "commit" and other commands
+cvs.texi(,598) @c would reset that timestamp too, but currently commit
+cvs.texi(,599) @c doesn't.
+cvs.texi(,600) @c FIXME: Need to talk more about the process of
+cvs.texi(,601) @c prompting for the log message. Like show an example
+cvs.texi(,602) @c of what it pops up in the editor, for example. Also
+cvs.texi(,603) @c a discussion of how to get the "a)bort, c)ontinue,
+cvs.texi(,604) @c e)dit" prompt and what to do with it. Might also
+cvs.texi(,605) @c work in the suggestion that if you want a diff, you
+cvs.texi(,606) @c should make it before running commit (someone
+cvs.texi(,607) @c suggested that the diff pop up in the editor. I'm
+cvs.texi(,608) @c not sure that is better than telling people to run
+cvs.texi(,609) @c "cvs diff" first if that is what they want, but if
+cvs.texi(,610) @c we want to tell people that, the manual possibly
+cvs.texi(,611) @c should say it).
+cvs.texi(,612)
+cvs.texi(,613) If you want to avoid
+cvs.texi(,614) starting an editor you can specify the log message on
+cvs.texi(,615) the command line using the @samp{-m} flag instead, like
+cvs.texi(,616) this:
+cvs.texi(,617)
+cvs.texi(,618) @example
+cvs.texi(,619) $ cvs commit -m "Added an optimization pass" backend.c
+cvs.texi(,620) @end example
+cvs.texi(,621)
+cvs.texi(,622) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,623) @node Cleaning up
+cvs.texi(,624) @subsection Cleaning up
+cvs.texi(,625) @cindex Cleaning up
+cvs.texi(,626) @cindex Working copy, removing
+cvs.texi(,627) @cindex Removing your working copy
+cvs.texi(,628) @cindex Releasing your working copy
+cvs.texi(,629)
+cvs.texi(,630) Before you turn to other tasks you decide to remove your
working copy of
+cvs.texi(,631) tc. One acceptable way to do that is of course
+cvs.texi(,632)
+cvs.texi(,633) @example
+cvs.texi(,634) $ cd ..
+cvs.texi(,635) $ rm -r tc
+cvs.texi(,636) @end example
+cvs.texi(,637)
+cvs.texi(,638) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,639) but a better way is to use the @code{release} command
(@pxref{release}):
+cvs.texi(,640)
+cvs.texi(,641) @example
+cvs.texi(,642) $ cd ..
+cvs.texi(,643) $ cvs release -d tc
+cvs.texi(,644) M driver.c
+cvs.texi(,645) ? tc
+cvs.texi(,646) You have [1] altered files in this repository.
+cvs.texi(,647) Are you sure you want to release (and delete) directory `tc': n
+cvs.texi(,648) ** `release' aborted by user choice.
+cvs.texi(,649) @end example
+cvs.texi(,650)
+cvs.texi(,651) The @code{release} command checks that all your modifications
have been
+cvs.texi(,652) committed. If history logging is enabled it also makes a note
in the
+cvs.texi(,653) history file. @xref{history file}.
+cvs.texi(,654)
+cvs.texi(,655) When you use the @samp{-d} flag with @code{release}, it
+cvs.texi(,656) also removes your working copy.
+cvs.texi(,657)
+cvs.texi(,658) In the example above, the @code{release} command wrote a couple
of lines
+cvs.texi(,659) of output. @samp{? tc} means that the file @file{tc} is
unknown to @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,660) That is nothing to worry about: @file{tc} is the executable
compiler,
+cvs.texi(,661) and it should not be stored in the repository.
@xref{cvsignore},
+cvs.texi(,662) for information about how to make that warning go away.
+cvs.texi(,663) @xref{release output}, for a complete explanation of
+cvs.texi(,664) all possible output from @code{release}.
+cvs.texi(,665)
+cvs.texi(,666) @samp{M driver.c} is more serious. It means that the
+cvs.texi(,667) file @file{driver.c} has been modified since it was
+cvs.texi(,668) checked out.
cvs.texi(,669)
-cvs.texi(,670) You decide to play it safe and answer @kbd{n @key{RET}}
-cvs.texi(,671) when @code{release} asks for confirmation.
-cvs.texi(,672)
-cvs.texi(,673) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,674) @node Viewing differences
-cvs.texi(,675) @subsection Viewing differences
-cvs.texi(,676) @cindex Viewing differences
-cvs.texi(,677) @cindex Diff
+cvs.texi(,670) The @code{release} command always finishes by telling
+cvs.texi(,671) you how many modified files you have in your working
+cvs.texi(,672) copy of the sources, and then asks you for confirmation
+cvs.texi(,673) before deleting any files or making any note in the
+cvs.texi(,674) history file.
+cvs.texi(,675)
+cvs.texi(,676) You decide to play it safe and answer @kbd{n @key{RET}}
+cvs.texi(,677) when @code{release} asks for confirmation.
cvs.texi(,678)
-cvs.texi(,679) You do not remember modifying @file{driver.c}, so you want to
see what
-cvs.texi(,680) has happened to that file.
-cvs.texi(,681)
-cvs.texi(,682) @example
-cvs.texi(,683) $ cd tc
-cvs.texi(,684) $ cvs diff driver.c
-cvs.texi(,685) @end example
-cvs.texi(,686)
-cvs.texi(,687) This command runs @code{diff} to compare the version of
@file{driver.c}
-cvs.texi(,688) that you checked out with your working copy. When you see the
output
-cvs.texi(,689) you remember that you added a command line option that enabled
the
-cvs.texi(,690) optimization pass. You check it in, and release the module.
-cvs.texi(,691) @c FIXME: we haven't yet defined the term "check in".
+cvs.texi(,679) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,680) @node Viewing differences
+cvs.texi(,681) @subsection Viewing differences
+cvs.texi(,682) @cindex Viewing differences
+cvs.texi(,683) @cindex Diff
+cvs.texi(,684)
+cvs.texi(,685) You do not remember modifying @file{driver.c}, so you want to
see what
+cvs.texi(,686) has happened to that file.
+cvs.texi(,687)
+cvs.texi(,688) @example
+cvs.texi(,689) $ cd tc
+cvs.texi(,690) $ cvs diff driver.c
+cvs.texi(,691) @end example
cvs.texi(,692)
-cvs.texi(,693) @example
-cvs.texi(,694) $ cvs commit -m "Added an optimization pass" driver.c
-cvs.texi(,695) Checking in driver.c;
-cvs.texi(,696) /usr/local/cvsroot/tc/driver.c,v <-- driver.c
-cvs.texi(,697) new revision: 1.2; previous revision: 1.1
-cvs.texi(,698) done
-cvs.texi(,699) $ cd ..
-cvs.texi(,700) $ cvs release -d tc
-cvs.texi(,701) ? tc
-cvs.texi(,702) You have [0] altered files in this repository.
-cvs.texi(,703) Are you sure you want to release (and delete) directory `tc': y
-cvs.texi(,704) @end example
-cvs.texi(,705)
-cvs.texi(,706) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,707) @node Repository
-cvs.texi(,708) @chapter The Repository
-cvs.texi(,709) @cindex Repository (intro)
-cvs.texi(,710) @cindex Repository, example
-cvs.texi(,711) @cindex Layout of repository
-cvs.texi(,712) @cindex Typical repository
-cvs.texi(,713) @cindex /usr/local/cvsroot, as example repository
-cvs.texi(,714) @cindex cvsroot
-cvs.texi(,715)
-cvs.texi(,716) The @sc{cvs} @dfn{repository} stores a complete copy of
-cvs.texi(,717) all the files and directories which are under version
-cvs.texi(,718) control.
-cvs.texi(,719)
-cvs.texi(,720) Normally, you never access any of the files in the
-cvs.texi(,721) repository directly. Instead, you use @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,722) commands to get your own copy of the files into a
-cvs.texi(,723) @dfn{working directory}, and then
-cvs.texi(,724) work on that copy. When you've finished a set of
-cvs.texi(,725) changes, you check (or @dfn{commit}) them back into the
-cvs.texi(,726) repository. The repository then contains the changes
-cvs.texi(,727) which you have made, as well as recording exactly what
-cvs.texi(,728) you changed, when you changed it, and other such
-cvs.texi(,729) information. Note that the repository is not a
-cvs.texi(,730) subdirectory of the working directory, or vice versa;
-cvs.texi(,731) they should be in separate locations.
-cvs.texi(,732) @c Need some example, e.g. repository
-cvs.texi(,733) @c /usr/local/cvsroot; working directory
-cvs.texi(,734) @c /home/joe/sources. But this node is too long
-cvs.texi(,735) @c as it is; need a little reorganization...
-cvs.texi(,736)
-cvs.texi(,737) @cindex :local:, setting up
-cvs.texi(,738) @sc{cvs} can access a repository by a variety of
-cvs.texi(,739) means. It might be on the local computer, or it might
-cvs.texi(,740) be on a computer across the room or across the world.
-cvs.texi(,741) To distinguish various ways to access a repository, the
-cvs.texi(,742) repository name can start with an @dfn{access method}.
-cvs.texi(,743) For example, the access method @code{:local:} means to
-cvs.texi(,744) access a repository directory, so the repository
-cvs.texi(,745) @code{:local:/usr/local/cvsroot} means that the
-cvs.texi(,746) repository is in @file{/usr/local/cvsroot} on the
-cvs.texi(,747) computer running @sc{cvs}. For information on other
-cvs.texi(,748) access methods, see @ref{Remote repositories}.
-cvs.texi(,749)
-cvs.texi(,750) @c Can se say this more concisely? Like by passing
-cvs.texi(,751) @c more of the buck to the Remote repositories node?
-cvs.texi(,752) If the access method is omitted, then if the repository
-cvs.texi(,753) starts with @samp{/}, then @code{:local:} is
-cvs.texi(,754) assumed. If it does not start with @samp{/} then either
-cvs.texi(,755) @code{:ext:} or @code{:server:} is assumed. For
-cvs.texi(,756) example, if you have a local repository in
-cvs.texi(,757) @file{/usr/local/cvsroot}, you can use
-cvs.texi(,758) @code{/usr/local/cvsroot} instead of
-cvs.texi(,759) @code{:local:/usr/local/cvsroot}. But if (under
-cvs.texi(,760) Windows NT, for example) your local repository is
-cvs.texi(,761) @file{c:\src\cvsroot}, then you must specify the access
-cvs.texi(,762) method, as in @code{:local:c:/src/cvsroot}.
-cvs.texi(,763)
-cvs.texi(,764) @c This might appear to go in Repository storage, but
-cvs.texi(,765) @c actually it is describing something which is quite
-cvs.texi(,766) @c user-visible, when you do a "cvs co CVSROOT". This
-cvs.texi(,767) @c isn't necessary the perfect place for that, though.
-cvs.texi(,768) The repository is split in two parts. @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT}
contains
-cvs.texi(,769) administrative files for @sc{cvs}. The other directories
contain the actual
-cvs.texi(,770) user-defined modules.
-cvs.texi(,771)
-cvs.texi(,772) @menu
-cvs.texi(,773) * Specifying a repository:: Telling CVS where your
repository is
-cvs.texi(,774) * Repository storage:: The structure of the repository
-cvs.texi(,775) * Working directory storage:: The structure of working
directories
-cvs.texi(,776) * Intro administrative files:: Defining modules
-cvs.texi(,777) * Multiple repositories:: Multiple repositories
-cvs.texi(,778) * Creating a repository:: Creating a repository
-cvs.texi(,779) * Backing up:: Backing up a repository
-cvs.texi(,780) * Moving a repository:: Moving a repository
-cvs.texi(,781) * Remote repositories:: Accessing repositories on
remote machines
-cvs.texi(,782) * Read-only access:: Granting read-only access to
the repository
-cvs.texi(,783) * Server temporary directory:: The server creates temporary
directories
-cvs.texi(,784) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,785)
-cvs.texi(,786) @node Specifying a repository
-cvs.texi(,787) @section Telling CVS where your repository is
-cvs.texi(,788)
-cvs.texi(,789) There are several ways to tell @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,790) where to find the repository. You can name the
-cvs.texi(,791) repository on the command line explicitly, with the
-cvs.texi(,792) @code{-d} (for "directory") option:
-cvs.texi(,793)
-cvs.texi(,794) @example
-cvs.texi(,795) cvs -d /usr/local/cvsroot checkout yoyodyne/tc
-cvs.texi(,796) @end example
-cvs.texi(,797)
-cvs.texi(,798) @cindex .profile, setting CVSROOT in
-cvs.texi(,799) @cindex .cshrc, setting CVSROOT in
-cvs.texi(,800) @cindex .tcshrc, setting CVSROOT in
-cvs.texi(,801) @cindex .bashrc, setting CVSROOT in
-cvs.texi(,802) @cindex CVSROOT, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,803) Or you can set the @code{$CVSROOT} environment
-cvs.texi(,804) variable to an absolute path to the root of the
-cvs.texi(,805) repository, @file{/usr/local/cvsroot} in this example.
-cvs.texi(,806) To set @code{$CVSROOT}, @code{csh} and @code{tcsh}
-cvs.texi(,807) users should have this line in their @file{.cshrc} or
-cvs.texi(,808) @file{.tcshrc} files:
-cvs.texi(,809)
-cvs.texi(,810) @example
-cvs.texi(,811) setenv CVSROOT /usr/local/cvsroot
-cvs.texi(,812) @end example
-cvs.texi(,813)
-cvs.texi(,814) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,815) @code{sh} and @code{bash} users should instead have these lines
in their
-cvs.texi(,816) @file{.profile} or @file{.bashrc}:
-cvs.texi(,817)
-cvs.texi(,818) @example
-cvs.texi(,819) CVSROOT=/usr/local/cvsroot
-cvs.texi(,820) export CVSROOT
-cvs.texi(,821) @end example
-cvs.texi(,822)
-cvs.texi(,823) @cindex Root file, in CVS directory
-cvs.texi(,824) @cindex CVS/Root file
-cvs.texi(,825) A repository specified with @code{-d} will
-cvs.texi(,826) override the @code{$CVSROOT} environment variable.
-cvs.texi(,827) Once you've checked a working copy out from the
-cvs.texi(,828) repository, it will remember where its repository is
-cvs.texi(,829) (the information is recorded in the
-cvs.texi(,830) @file{CVS/Root} file in the working copy).
-cvs.texi(,831)
-cvs.texi(,832) The @code{-d} option and the @file{CVS/Root} file both
-cvs.texi(,833) override the @code{$CVSROOT} environment variable. If
-cvs.texi(,834) @code{-d} option differs from @file{CVS/Root}, the
-cvs.texi(,835) former is used. Of course, for proper operation they
-cvs.texi(,836) should be two ways of referring to the same repository.
+cvs.texi(,693) This command runs @code{diff} to compare the version of
@file{driver.c}
+cvs.texi(,694) that you checked out with your working copy. When you see the
output
+cvs.texi(,695) you remember that you added a command line option that enabled
the
+cvs.texi(,696) optimization pass. You check it in, and release the module.
+cvs.texi(,697) @c FIXME: we haven't yet defined the term "check in".
+cvs.texi(,698)
+cvs.texi(,699) @example
+cvs.texi(,700) $ cvs commit -m "Added an optimization pass" driver.c
+cvs.texi(,701) Checking in driver.c;
+cvs.texi(,702) /usr/local/cvsroot/tc/driver.c,v <-- driver.c
+cvs.texi(,703) new revision: 1.2; previous revision: 1.1
+cvs.texi(,704) done
+cvs.texi(,705) $ cd ..
+cvs.texi(,706) $ cvs release -d tc
+cvs.texi(,707) ? tc
+cvs.texi(,708) You have [0] altered files in this repository.
+cvs.texi(,709) Are you sure you want to release (and delete) directory `tc': y
+cvs.texi(,710) @end example
+cvs.texi(,711)
+cvs.texi(,712) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,713) @node Repository
+cvs.texi(,714) @chapter The Repository
+cvs.texi(,715) @cindex Repository (intro)
+cvs.texi(,716) @cindex Repository, example
+cvs.texi(,717) @cindex Layout of repository
+cvs.texi(,718) @cindex Typical repository
+cvs.texi(,719) @cindex /usr/local/cvsroot, as example repository
+cvs.texi(,720) @cindex cvsroot
+cvs.texi(,721)
+cvs.texi(,722) The @sc{cvs} @dfn{repository} stores a complete copy of
+cvs.texi(,723) all the files and directories which are under version
+cvs.texi(,724) control.
+cvs.texi(,725)
+cvs.texi(,726) Normally, you never access any of the files in the
+cvs.texi(,727) repository directly. Instead, you use @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,728) commands to get your own copy of the files into a
+cvs.texi(,729) @dfn{working directory}, and then
+cvs.texi(,730) work on that copy. When you've finished a set of
+cvs.texi(,731) changes, you check (or @dfn{commit}) them back into the
+cvs.texi(,732) repository. The repository then contains the changes
+cvs.texi(,733) which you have made, as well as recording exactly what
+cvs.texi(,734) you changed, when you changed it, and other such
+cvs.texi(,735) information. Note that the repository is not a
+cvs.texi(,736) subdirectory of the working directory, or vice versa;
+cvs.texi(,737) they should be in separate locations.
+cvs.texi(,738) @c Need some example, e.g. repository
+cvs.texi(,739) @c /usr/local/cvsroot; working directory
+cvs.texi(,740) @c /home/joe/sources. But this node is too long
+cvs.texi(,741) @c as it is; need a little reorganization...
+cvs.texi(,742)
+cvs.texi(,743) @cindex :local:, setting up
+cvs.texi(,744) @sc{cvs} can access a repository by a variety of
+cvs.texi(,745) means. It might be on the local computer, or it might
+cvs.texi(,746) be on a computer across the room or across the world.
+cvs.texi(,747) To distinguish various ways to access a repository, the
+cvs.texi(,748) repository name can start with an @dfn{access method}.
+cvs.texi(,749) For example, the access method @code{:local:} means to
+cvs.texi(,750) access a repository directory, so the repository
+cvs.texi(,751) @code{:local:/usr/local/cvsroot} means that the
+cvs.texi(,752) repository is in @file{/usr/local/cvsroot} on the
+cvs.texi(,753) computer running @sc{cvs}. For information on other
+cvs.texi(,754) access methods, see @ref{Remote repositories}.
+cvs.texi(,755)
+cvs.texi(,756) @c Can se say this more concisely? Like by passing
+cvs.texi(,757) @c more of the buck to the Remote repositories node?
+cvs.texi(,758) If the access method is omitted, then if the repository
+cvs.texi(,759) starts with @samp{/}, then @code{:local:} is
+cvs.texi(,760) assumed. If it does not start with @samp{/} then either
+cvs.texi(,761) @code{:ext:} or @code{:server:} is assumed. For
+cvs.texi(,762) example, if you have a local repository in
+cvs.texi(,763) @file{/usr/local/cvsroot}, you can use
+cvs.texi(,764) @code{/usr/local/cvsroot} instead of
+cvs.texi(,765) @code{:local:/usr/local/cvsroot}. But if (under
+cvs.texi(,766) Windows NT, for example) your local repository is
+cvs.texi(,767) @file{c:\src\cvsroot}, then you must specify the access
+cvs.texi(,768) method, as in @code{:local:c:/src/cvsroot}.
+cvs.texi(,769)
+cvs.texi(,770) @c This might appear to go in Repository storage, but
+cvs.texi(,771) @c actually it is describing something which is quite
+cvs.texi(,772) @c user-visible, when you do a "cvs co CVSROOT". This
+cvs.texi(,773) @c isn't necessary the perfect place for that, though.
+cvs.texi(,774) The repository is split in two parts. @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT}
contains
+cvs.texi(,775) administrative files for @sc{cvs}. The other directories
contain the actual
+cvs.texi(,776) user-defined modules.
+cvs.texi(,777)
+cvs.texi(,778) @menu
+cvs.texi(,779) * Specifying a repository:: Telling CVS where your
repository is
+cvs.texi(,780) * Repository storage:: The structure of the repository
+cvs.texi(,781) * Working directory storage:: The structure of working
directories
+cvs.texi(,782) * Intro administrative files:: Defining modules
+cvs.texi(,783) * Multiple repositories:: Multiple repositories
+cvs.texi(,784) * Creating a repository:: Creating a repository
+cvs.texi(,785) * Backing up:: Backing up a repository
+cvs.texi(,786) * Moving a repository:: Moving a repository
+cvs.texi(,787) * Remote repositories:: Accessing repositories on
remote machines
+cvs.texi(,788) * Read-only access:: Granting read-only access to
the repository
+cvs.texi(,789) * Server temporary directory:: The server creates temporary
directories
+cvs.texi(,790) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,791)
+cvs.texi(,792) @node Specifying a repository
+cvs.texi(,793) @section Telling CVS where your repository is
+cvs.texi(,794)
+cvs.texi(,795) There are several ways to tell @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,796) where to find the repository. You can name the
+cvs.texi(,797) repository on the command line explicitly, with the
+cvs.texi(,798) @code{-d} (for "directory") option:
+cvs.texi(,799)
+cvs.texi(,800) @example
+cvs.texi(,801) cvs -d /usr/local/cvsroot checkout yoyodyne/tc
+cvs.texi(,802) @end example
+cvs.texi(,803)
+cvs.texi(,804) @cindex .profile, setting CVSROOT in
+cvs.texi(,805) @cindex .cshrc, setting CVSROOT in
+cvs.texi(,806) @cindex .tcshrc, setting CVSROOT in
+cvs.texi(,807) @cindex .bashrc, setting CVSROOT in
+cvs.texi(,808) @cindex CVSROOT, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,809) Or you can set the @code{$CVSROOT} environment
+cvs.texi(,810) variable to an absolute path to the root of the
+cvs.texi(,811) repository, @file{/usr/local/cvsroot} in this example.
+cvs.texi(,812) To set @code{$CVSROOT}, @code{csh} and @code{tcsh}
+cvs.texi(,813) users should have this line in their @file{.cshrc} or
+cvs.texi(,814) @file{.tcshrc} files:
+cvs.texi(,815)
+cvs.texi(,816) @example
+cvs.texi(,817) setenv CVSROOT /usr/local/cvsroot
+cvs.texi(,818) @end example
+cvs.texi(,819)
+cvs.texi(,820) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,821) @code{sh} and @code{bash} users should instead have these lines
in their
+cvs.texi(,822) @file{.profile} or @file{.bashrc}:
+cvs.texi(,823)
+cvs.texi(,824) @example
+cvs.texi(,825) CVSROOT=/usr/local/cvsroot
+cvs.texi(,826) export CVSROOT
+cvs.texi(,827) @end example
+cvs.texi(,828)
+cvs.texi(,829) @cindex Root file, in CVS directory
+cvs.texi(,830) @cindex CVS/Root file
+cvs.texi(,831) A repository specified with @code{-d} will
+cvs.texi(,832) override the @code{$CVSROOT} environment variable.
+cvs.texi(,833) Once you've checked a working copy out from the
+cvs.texi(,834) repository, it will remember where its repository is
+cvs.texi(,835) (the information is recorded in the
+cvs.texi(,836) @file{CVS/Root} file in the working copy).
cvs.texi(,837)
-cvs.texi(,838) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,839) @node Repository storage
-cvs.texi(,840) @section How data is stored in the repository
-cvs.texi(,841) @cindex Repository, how data is stored
-cvs.texi(,842)
-cvs.texi(,843) For most purposes it isn't important @emph{how}
-cvs.texi(,844) @sc{cvs} stores information in the repository. In
-cvs.texi(,845) fact, the format has changed in the past, and is likely
-cvs.texi(,846) to change in the future. Since in almost all cases one
-cvs.texi(,847) accesses the repository via @sc{cvs} commands, such
-cvs.texi(,848) changes need not be disruptive.
-cvs.texi(,849)
-cvs.texi(,850) However, in some cases it may be necessary to
-cvs.texi(,851) understand how @sc{cvs} stores data in the repository,
-cvs.texi(,852) for example you might need to track down @sc{cvs} locks
-cvs.texi(,853) (@pxref{Concurrency}) or you might need to deal with
-cvs.texi(,854) the file permissions appropriate for the repository.
+cvs.texi(,838) The @code{-d} option and the @file{CVS/Root} file both
+cvs.texi(,839) override the @code{$CVSROOT} environment variable. If
+cvs.texi(,840) @code{-d} option differs from @file{CVS/Root}, the
+cvs.texi(,841) former is used. Of course, for proper operation they
+cvs.texi(,842) should be two ways of referring to the same repository.
+cvs.texi(,843)
+cvs.texi(,844) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,845) @node Repository storage
+cvs.texi(,846) @section How data is stored in the repository
+cvs.texi(,847) @cindex Repository, how data is stored
+cvs.texi(,848)
+cvs.texi(,849) For most purposes it isn't important @emph{how}
+cvs.texi(,850) @sc{cvs} stores information in the repository. In
+cvs.texi(,851) fact, the format has changed in the past, and is likely
+cvs.texi(,852) to change in the future. Since in almost all cases one
+cvs.texi(,853) accesses the repository via @sc{cvs} commands, such
+cvs.texi(,854) changes need not be disruptive.
cvs.texi(,855)
-cvs.texi(,856) @menu
-cvs.texi(,857) * Repository files:: What files are stored in the
repository
-cvs.texi(,858) * File permissions:: File permissions
-cvs.texi(,859) * Windows permissions:: Issues specific to Windows
-cvs.texi(,860) * Attic:: Some files are stored in the
Attic
-cvs.texi(,861) * CVS in repository:: Additional information in CVS
directory
-cvs.texi(,862) * Locks:: CVS locks control concurrent
accesses
-cvs.texi(,863) * CVSROOT storage:: A few things about CVSROOT are
different
-cvs.texi(,864) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,865)
-cvs.texi(,866) @node Repository files
-cvs.texi(,867) @subsection Where files are stored within the repository
-cvs.texi(,868)
-cvs.texi(,869) @c @cindex Filenames, legal
-cvs.texi(,870) @c @cindex Legal filenames
-cvs.texi(,871) @c Somewhere we need to say something about legitimate
-cvs.texi(,872) @c characters in filenames in working directory and
-cvs.texi(,873) @c repository. Not "/" (not even on non-unix). And
-cvs.texi(,874) @c here is a specific set of issues:
-cvs.texi(,875) @c Files starting with a - are handled inconsistently.
They can not
-cvs.texi(,876) @c be added to a repository with an add command, because it
they are
-cvs.texi(,877) @c interpreted as a switch. They can appear in a repository
if they are
-cvs.texi(,878) @c part of a tree that is imported. They can not be removed
from the tree
-cvs.texi(,879) @c once they are there.
-cvs.texi(,880) @c Note that "--" *is* supported (as a
-cvs.texi(,881) @c consequence of using GNU getopt). Should document
-cvs.texi(,882) @c this somewhere ("Common options"?). The other usual
technique,
-cvs.texi(,883) @c "./-foo", isn't as effective, at least for "cvs add"
-cvs.texi(,884) @c which doesn't support pathnames containing "/".
-cvs.texi(,885)
-cvs.texi(,886) The overall structure of the repository is a directory
-cvs.texi(,887) tree corresponding to the directories in the working
-cvs.texi(,888) directory. For example, supposing the repository is in
-cvs.texi(,889)
-cvs.texi(,890) @example
-cvs.texi(,891) /usr/local/cvsroot
-cvs.texi(,892) @end example
-cvs.texi(,893)
-cvs.texi(,894) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,895) here is a possible directory tree (showing only the
-cvs.texi(,896) directories):
-cvs.texi(,897)
-cvs.texi(,898) @example
-cvs.texi(,899) @t{/usr}
-cvs.texi(,900) |
-cvs.texi(,901) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,902) | |
-cvs.texi(,903) | address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,904) | | |
-cvs.texi(,905) | | address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,906) | (administrative files)
-cvs.texi(,907) |
-cvs.texi(,908) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,909) | |
-cvs.texi(,910) | address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,911) | | (source code to @sc{gnu} diff)
-cvs.texi(,912) | |
-cvs.texi(,913) | address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,914) | | (source code to @sc{rcs})
+cvs.texi(,856) However, in some cases it may be necessary to
+cvs.texi(,857) understand how @sc{cvs} stores data in the repository,
+cvs.texi(,858) for example you might need to track down @sc{cvs} locks
+cvs.texi(,859) (@pxref{Concurrency}) or you might need to deal with
+cvs.texi(,860) the file permissions appropriate for the repository.
+cvs.texi(,861)
+cvs.texi(,862) @menu
+cvs.texi(,863) * Repository files:: What files are stored in the
repository
+cvs.texi(,864) * File permissions:: File permissions
+cvs.texi(,865) * Windows permissions:: Issues specific to Windows
+cvs.texi(,866) * Attic:: Some files are stored in the
Attic
+cvs.texi(,867) * CVS in repository:: Additional information in CVS
directory
+cvs.texi(,868) * Locks:: CVS locks control concurrent
accesses
+cvs.texi(,869) * CVSROOT storage:: A few things about CVSROOT are
different
+cvs.texi(,870) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,871)
+cvs.texi(,872) @node Repository files
+cvs.texi(,873) @subsection Where files are stored within the repository
+cvs.texi(,874)
+cvs.texi(,875) @c @cindex Filenames, legal
+cvs.texi(,876) @c @cindex Legal filenames
+cvs.texi(,877) @c Somewhere we need to say something about legitimate
+cvs.texi(,878) @c characters in filenames in working directory and
+cvs.texi(,879) @c repository. Not "/" (not even on non-unix). And
+cvs.texi(,880) @c here is a specific set of issues:
+cvs.texi(,881) @c Files starting with a - are handled inconsistently.
They can not
+cvs.texi(,882) @c be added to a repository with an add command, because it
they are
+cvs.texi(,883) @c interpreted as a switch. They can appear in a repository
if they are
+cvs.texi(,884) @c part of a tree that is imported. They can not be removed
from the tree
+cvs.texi(,885) @c once they are there.
+cvs.texi(,886) @c Note that "--" *is* supported (as a
+cvs.texi(,887) @c consequence of using GNU getopt). Should document
+cvs.texi(,888) @c this somewhere ("Common options"?). The other usual
technique,
+cvs.texi(,889) @c "./-foo", isn't as effective, at least for "cvs add"
+cvs.texi(,890) @c which doesn't support pathnames containing "/".
+cvs.texi(,891)
+cvs.texi(,892) The overall structure of the repository is a directory
+cvs.texi(,893) tree corresponding to the directories in the working
+cvs.texi(,894) directory. For example, supposing the repository is in
+cvs.texi(,895)
+cvs.texi(,896) @example
+cvs.texi(,897) /usr/local/cvsroot
+cvs.texi(,898) @end example
+cvs.texi(,899)
+cvs.texi(,900) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,901) here is a possible directory tree (showing only the
+cvs.texi(,902) directories):
+cvs.texi(,903)
+cvs.texi(,904) @example
+cvs.texi(,905) @t{/usr}
+cvs.texi(,906) |
+cvs.texi(,907) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,908) | |
+cvs.texi(,909) | address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,910) | | |
+cvs.texi(,911) | | address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,912) | (administrative files)
+cvs.texi(,913) |
+cvs.texi(,914) address@hidden
cvs.texi(,915) | |
-cvs.texi(,916) | address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,917) | (source code to @sc{cvs})
-cvs.texi(,918) |
-cvs.texi(,919) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,920) |
-cvs.texi(,921) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,922) | |
-cvs.texi(,923) | address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,924) | |
-cvs.texi(,925) | address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,916) | address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,917) | | (source code to @sc{gnu} diff)
+cvs.texi(,918) | |
+cvs.texi(,919) | address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,920) | | (source code to @sc{rcs})
+cvs.texi(,921) | |
+cvs.texi(,922) | address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,923) | (source code to @sc{cvs})
+cvs.texi(,924) |
+cvs.texi(,925) address@hidden
cvs.texi(,926) |
-cvs.texi(,927) +--(other Yoyodyne software)
-cvs.texi(,928) @end example
-cvs.texi(,929)
-cvs.texi(,930) With the directories are @dfn{history files} for each file
-cvs.texi(,931) under version control. The name of the history file is
-cvs.texi(,932) the name of the corresponding file with @samp{,v}
-cvs.texi(,933) appended to the end. Here is what the repository for
-cvs.texi(,934) the @file{yoyodyne/tc} directory might look like:
-cvs.texi(,935) @c FIXME: Should also mention CVS (CVSREP)
-cvs.texi(,936) @c FIXME? Should we introduce Attic with an xref to
-cvs.texi(,937) @c Attic? Not sure whether that is a good idea or not.
-cvs.texi(,938) @example
-cvs.texi(,939) @code{$CVSROOT}
-cvs.texi(,940) |
-cvs.texi(,941) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,942) | |
-cvs.texi(,943) | address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,944) | | |
-cvs.texi(,945) address@hidden,v}
-cvs.texi(,946) address@hidden,v}
-cvs.texi(,947) address@hidden,v}
-cvs.texi(,948) address@hidden,v}
-cvs.texi(,949) address@hidden,v}
-cvs.texi(,950) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,951) | |
-cvs.texi(,952) | address@hidden,v}
-cvs.texi(,953) |
-cvs.texi(,954) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,955) |
-cvs.texi(,956) address@hidden,v}
-cvs.texi(,957) address@hidden,v}
-cvs.texi(,958) @end example
-cvs.texi(,959)
-cvs.texi(,960) @cindex History files
-cvs.texi(,961) @cindex RCS history files
-cvs.texi(,962) @c The first sentence, about what history files
-cvs.texi(,963) @c contain, is kind of redundant with our intro to what the
-cvs.texi(,964) @c repository does in node Repository....
-cvs.texi(,965) The history files contain, among other things, enough
-cvs.texi(,966) information to recreate any revision of the file, a log
-cvs.texi(,967) of all commit messages and the user-name of the person
-cvs.texi(,968) who committed the revision. The history files are
-cvs.texi(,969) known as @dfn{RCS files}, because the first program to
-cvs.texi(,970) store files in that format was a version control system
-cvs.texi(,971) known as @sc{rcs}. For a full
-cvs.texi(,972) description of the file format, see the @code{man} page
-cvs.texi(,973) @cite{rcsfile(5)}, distributed with @sc{rcs}, or the
-cvs.texi(,974) file @file{doc/RCSFILES} in the @sc{cvs} source
-cvs.texi(,975) distribution. This
-cvs.texi(,976) file format has become very common---many systems other
-cvs.texi(,977) than @sc{cvs} or @sc{rcs} can at least import history
-cvs.texi(,978) files in this format.
-cvs.texi(,979) @c FIXME: Think about including documentation for this
-cvs.texi(,980) @c rather than citing it? In the long run, getting
-cvs.texi(,981) @c this to be a standard (not sure if we can cope with
-cvs.texi(,982) @c a standards process as formal as IEEE/ANSI/ISO/etc,
-cvs.texi(,983) @c though...) is the way to go, so maybe citing is
-cvs.texi(,984) @c better.
-cvs.texi(,985)
-cvs.texi(,986) The @sc{rcs} files used in @sc{cvs} differ in a few
-cvs.texi(,987) ways from the standard format. The biggest difference
-cvs.texi(,988) is magic branches; for more information see @ref{Magic
-cvs.texi(,989) branch numbers}. Also in @sc{cvs} the valid tag names
-cvs.texi(,990) are a subset of what @sc{rcs} accepts; for @sc{cvs}'s
-cvs.texi(,991) rules see @ref{Tags}.
-cvs.texi(,992)
-cvs.texi(,993) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
-cvs.texi(,994) @node File permissions
-cvs.texi(,995) @subsection File permissions
-cvs.texi(,996) @c -- Move this to @node Creating a repository or similar
-cvs.texi(,997) @cindex Security, file permissions in repository
-cvs.texi(,998) @cindex File permissions, general
-cvs.texi(,999) @cindex Permissions, general
-cvs.texi(,1000) @c FIXME: we need to somehow reflect "permissions in
-cvs.texi(,1001) @c repository" versus "permissions in working
-cvs.texi(,1002) @c directory" in the index entries.
-cvs.texi(,1003) @cindex Group
-cvs.texi(,1004) @cindex Read-only files, in repository
-cvs.texi(,1005) All @samp{,v} files are created read-only, and you
-cvs.texi(,1006) should not change the permission of those files. The
-cvs.texi(,1007) directories inside the repository should be writable by
-cvs.texi(,1008) the persons that have permission to modify the files in
-cvs.texi(,1009) each directory. This normally means that you must
-cvs.texi(,1010) create a UNIX group (see group(5)) consisting of the
-cvs.texi(,1011) persons that are to edit the files in a project, and
-cvs.texi(,1012) set up the repository so that it is that group that
-cvs.texi(,1013) owns the directory.
-cvs.texi(,1014) (On some systems, you also need to set the
set-group-ID-on-execution bit
-cvs.texi(,1015) on the repository directories (see chmod(1)) so that
newly-created files
-cvs.texi(,1016) and directories get the group-ID of the parent directory
rather than
-cvs.texi(,1017) that of the current process.)
-cvs.texi(,1018)
-cvs.texi(,1019) @c See also comment in commitinfo node regarding cases
-cvs.texi(,1020) @c which are really awkward with unix groups.
-cvs.texi(,1021)
-cvs.texi(,1022) This means that you can only control access to files on
-cvs.texi(,1023) a per-directory basis.
+cvs.texi(,927) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,928) | |
+cvs.texi(,929) | address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,930) | |
+cvs.texi(,931) | address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,932) |
+cvs.texi(,933) +--(other Yoyodyne software)
+cvs.texi(,934) @end example
+cvs.texi(,935)
+cvs.texi(,936) With the directories are @dfn{history files} for each file
+cvs.texi(,937) under version control. The name of the history file is
+cvs.texi(,938) the name of the corresponding file with @samp{,v}
+cvs.texi(,939) appended to the end. Here is what the repository for
+cvs.texi(,940) the @file{yoyodyne/tc} directory might look like:
+cvs.texi(,941) @c FIXME: Should also mention CVS (CVSREP)
+cvs.texi(,942) @c FIXME? Should we introduce Attic with an xref to
+cvs.texi(,943) @c Attic? Not sure whether that is a good idea or not.
+cvs.texi(,944) @example
+cvs.texi(,945) @code{$CVSROOT}
+cvs.texi(,946) |
+cvs.texi(,947) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,948) | |
+cvs.texi(,949) | address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,950) | | |
+cvs.texi(,951) address@hidden,v}
+cvs.texi(,952) address@hidden,v}
+cvs.texi(,953) address@hidden,v}
+cvs.texi(,954) address@hidden,v}
+cvs.texi(,955) address@hidden,v}
+cvs.texi(,956) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,957) | |
+cvs.texi(,958) | address@hidden,v}
+cvs.texi(,959) |
+cvs.texi(,960) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,961) |
+cvs.texi(,962) address@hidden,v}
+cvs.texi(,963) address@hidden,v}
+cvs.texi(,964) @end example
+cvs.texi(,965)
+cvs.texi(,966) @cindex History files
+cvs.texi(,967) @cindex RCS history files
+cvs.texi(,968) @c The first sentence, about what history files
+cvs.texi(,969) @c contain, is kind of redundant with our intro to what the
+cvs.texi(,970) @c repository does in node Repository....
+cvs.texi(,971) The history files contain, among other things, enough
+cvs.texi(,972) information to recreate any revision of the file, a log
+cvs.texi(,973) of all commit messages and the user-name of the person
+cvs.texi(,974) who committed the revision. The history files are
+cvs.texi(,975) known as @dfn{RCS files}, because the first program to
+cvs.texi(,976) store files in that format was a version control system
+cvs.texi(,977) known as @sc{rcs}. For a full
+cvs.texi(,978) description of the file format, see the @code{man} page
+cvs.texi(,979) @cite{rcsfile(5)}, distributed with @sc{rcs}, or the
+cvs.texi(,980) file @file{doc/RCSFILES} in the @sc{cvs} source
+cvs.texi(,981) distribution. This
+cvs.texi(,982) file format has become very common---many systems other
+cvs.texi(,983) than @sc{cvs} or @sc{rcs} can at least import history
+cvs.texi(,984) files in this format.
+cvs.texi(,985) @c FIXME: Think about including documentation for this
+cvs.texi(,986) @c rather than citing it? In the long run, getting
+cvs.texi(,987) @c this to be a standard (not sure if we can cope with
+cvs.texi(,988) @c a standards process as formal as IEEE/ANSI/ISO/etc,
+cvs.texi(,989) @c though...) is the way to go, so maybe citing is
+cvs.texi(,990) @c better.
+cvs.texi(,991)
+cvs.texi(,992) The @sc{rcs} files used in @sc{cvs} differ in a few
+cvs.texi(,993) ways from the standard format. The biggest difference
+cvs.texi(,994) is magic branches; for more information see @ref{Magic
+cvs.texi(,995) branch numbers}. Also in @sc{cvs} the valid tag names
+cvs.texi(,996) are a subset of what @sc{rcs} accepts; for @sc{cvs}'s
+cvs.texi(,997) rules see @ref{Tags}.
+cvs.texi(,998)
+cvs.texi(,999) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
+cvs.texi(,1000) @node File permissions
+cvs.texi(,1001) @subsection File permissions
+cvs.texi(,1002) @c -- Move this to @node Creating a repository or similar
+cvs.texi(,1003) @cindex Security, file permissions in repository
+cvs.texi(,1004) @cindex File permissions, general
+cvs.texi(,1005) @cindex Permissions, general
+cvs.texi(,1006) @c FIXME: we need to somehow reflect "permissions in
+cvs.texi(,1007) @c repository" versus "permissions in working
+cvs.texi(,1008) @c directory" in the index entries.
+cvs.texi(,1009) @cindex Group
+cvs.texi(,1010) @cindex Read-only files, in repository
+cvs.texi(,1011) All @samp{,v} files are created read-only, and you
+cvs.texi(,1012) should not change the permission of those files. The
+cvs.texi(,1013) directories inside the repository should be writable by
+cvs.texi(,1014) the persons that have permission to modify the files in
+cvs.texi(,1015) each directory. This normally means that you must
+cvs.texi(,1016) create a UNIX group (see group(5)) consisting of the
+cvs.texi(,1017) persons that are to edit the files in a project, and
+cvs.texi(,1018) set up the repository so that it is that group that
+cvs.texi(,1019) owns the directory.
+cvs.texi(,1020) (On some systems, you also need to set the
set-group-ID-on-execution bit
+cvs.texi(,1021) on the repository directories (see chmod(1)) so that
newly-created files
+cvs.texi(,1022) and directories get the group-ID of the parent directory
rather than
+cvs.texi(,1023) that of the current process.)
cvs.texi(,1024)
-cvs.texi(,1025) Note that users must also have write access to check
-cvs.texi(,1026) out files, because @sc{cvs} needs to create lock files
-cvs.texi(,1027) (@pxref{Concurrency}). You can use LockDir in CVSROOT/config
-cvs.texi(,1028) to put the lock files somewhere other than in the repository
-cvs.texi(,1029) if you want to allow read-only access to some directories
-cvs.texi(,1030) (@pxref{config}).
-cvs.texi(,1031)
-cvs.texi(,1032) @c CVS seems to use CVSUMASK in picking permissions for
-cvs.texi(,1033) @c val-tags, but maybe we should say more about this.
-cvs.texi(,1034) @c Like val-tags gets created by someone who doesn't
-cvs.texi(,1035) @c have CVSUMASK set right?
-cvs.texi(,1036) Also note that users must have write access to the
-cvs.texi(,1037) @file{CVSROOT/val-tags} file. @sc{cvs} uses it to keep
-cvs.texi(,1038) track of what tags are valid tag names (it is sometimes
-cvs.texi(,1039) updated when tags are used, as well as when they are
-cvs.texi(,1040) created).
-cvs.texi(,1041)
-cvs.texi(,1042) Each @sc{rcs} file will be owned by the user who last
-cvs.texi(,1043) checked it in. This has little significance; what
-cvs.texi(,1044) really matters is who owns the directories.
-cvs.texi(,1045)
-cvs.texi(,1046) @cindex CVSUMASK, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,1047) @cindex Umask, for repository files
-cvs.texi(,1048) @sc{cvs} tries to set up reasonable file permissions
-cvs.texi(,1049) for new directories that are added inside the tree, but
-cvs.texi(,1050) you must fix the permissions manually when a new
-cvs.texi(,1051) directory should have different permissions than its
-cvs.texi(,1052) parent directory. If you set the @code{CVSUMASK}
-cvs.texi(,1053) environment variable that will control the file
-cvs.texi(,1054) permissions which @sc{cvs} uses in creating directories
-cvs.texi(,1055) and/or files in the repository. @code{CVSUMASK} does
-cvs.texi(,1056) not affect the file permissions in the working
-cvs.texi(,1057) directory; such files have the permissions which are
-cvs.texi(,1058) typical for newly created files, except that sometimes
-cvs.texi(,1059) @sc{cvs} creates them read-only (see the sections on
-cvs.texi(,1060) watches, @ref{Setting a watch}; -r, @ref{Global
-cvs.texi(,1061) options}; or @code{CVSREAD}, @ref{Environment variables}).
-cvs.texi(,1062) @c FIXME: Need more discussion of which
-cvs.texi(,1063) @c group should own the file in the repository.
-cvs.texi(,1064) @c Include a somewhat detailed example of the usual
-cvs.texi(,1065) @c case where CVSUMASK is 007, the developers are all
-cvs.texi(,1066) @c in a group, and that group owns stuff in the
-cvs.texi(,1067) @c repository. Need to talk about group ownership of
-cvs.texi(,1068) @c newly-created directories/files (on some unices,
-cvs.texi(,1069) @c such as SunOS4, setting the setgid bit on the
-cvs.texi(,1070) @c directories will make files inherit the directory's
-cvs.texi(,1071) @c group. On other unices, your mileage may vary. I
-cvs.texi(,1072) @c can't remember what POSIX says about this, if
-cvs.texi(,1073) @c anything).
-cvs.texi(,1074)
-cvs.texi(,1075) Note that using the client/server @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,1076) (@pxref{Remote repositories}), there is no good way to
-cvs.texi(,1077) set @code{CVSUMASK}; the setting on the client machine
-cvs.texi(,1078) has no effect. If you are connecting with @code{rsh}, you
-cvs.texi(,1079) can set @code{CVSUMASK} in @file{.bashrc} or @file{.cshrc}, as
-cvs.texi(,1080) described in the documentation for your operating
-cvs.texi(,1081) system. This behavior might change in future versions
-cvs.texi(,1082) of @sc{cvs}; do not rely on the setting of
-cvs.texi(,1083) @code{CVSUMASK} on the client having no effect.
-cvs.texi(,1084) @c FIXME: need to explain what a umask is or cite
-cvs.texi(,1085) @c someplace which does.
-cvs.texi(,1086) @c
-cvs.texi(,1087) @c There is also a larger (largely separate) issue
-cvs.texi(,1088) @c about the meaning of CVSUMASK in a non-unix context.
-cvs.texi(,1089) @c For example, whether there is
-cvs.texi(,1090) @c an equivalent which fits better into other
-cvs.texi(,1091) @c protection schemes like POSIX.6, VMS, &c.
+cvs.texi(,1025) @c See also comment in commitinfo node regarding cases
+cvs.texi(,1026) @c which are really awkward with unix groups.
+cvs.texi(,1027)
+cvs.texi(,1028) This means that you can only control access to files on
+cvs.texi(,1029) a per-directory basis.
+cvs.texi(,1030)
+cvs.texi(,1031) Note that users must also have write access to check
+cvs.texi(,1032) out files, because @sc{cvs} needs to create lock files
+cvs.texi(,1033) (@pxref{Concurrency}). You can use LockDir in CVSROOT/config
+cvs.texi(,1034) to put the lock files somewhere other than in the repository
+cvs.texi(,1035) if you want to allow read-only access to some directories
+cvs.texi(,1036) (@pxref{config}).
+cvs.texi(,1037)
+cvs.texi(,1038) @c CVS seems to use CVSUMASK in picking permissions for
+cvs.texi(,1039) @c val-tags, but maybe we should say more about this.
+cvs.texi(,1040) @c Like val-tags gets created by someone who doesn't
+cvs.texi(,1041) @c have CVSUMASK set right?
+cvs.texi(,1042) Also note that users must have write access to the
+cvs.texi(,1043) @file{CVSROOT/val-tags} file. @sc{cvs} uses it to keep
+cvs.texi(,1044) track of what tags are valid tag names (it is sometimes
+cvs.texi(,1045) updated when tags are used, as well as when they are
+cvs.texi(,1046) created).
+cvs.texi(,1047)
+cvs.texi(,1048) Each @sc{rcs} file will be owned by the user who last
+cvs.texi(,1049) checked it in. This has little significance; what
+cvs.texi(,1050) really matters is who owns the directories.
+cvs.texi(,1051)
+cvs.texi(,1052) @cindex CVSUMASK, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,1053) @cindex Umask, for repository files
+cvs.texi(,1054) @sc{cvs} tries to set up reasonable file permissions
+cvs.texi(,1055) for new directories that are added inside the tree, but
+cvs.texi(,1056) you must fix the permissions manually when a new
+cvs.texi(,1057) directory should have different permissions than its
+cvs.texi(,1058) parent directory. If you set the @code{CVSUMASK}
+cvs.texi(,1059) environment variable that will control the file
+cvs.texi(,1060) permissions which @sc{cvs} uses in creating directories
+cvs.texi(,1061) and/or files in the repository. @code{CVSUMASK} does
+cvs.texi(,1062) not affect the file permissions in the working
+cvs.texi(,1063) directory; such files have the permissions which are
+cvs.texi(,1064) typical for newly created files, except that sometimes
+cvs.texi(,1065) @sc{cvs} creates them read-only (see the sections on
+cvs.texi(,1066) watches, @ref{Setting a watch}; -r, @ref{Global
+cvs.texi(,1067) options}; or @code{CVSREAD}, @ref{Environment variables}).
+cvs.texi(,1068) @c FIXME: Need more discussion of which
+cvs.texi(,1069) @c group should own the file in the repository.
+cvs.texi(,1070) @c Include a somewhat detailed example of the usual
+cvs.texi(,1071) @c case where CVSUMASK is 007, the developers are all
+cvs.texi(,1072) @c in a group, and that group owns stuff in the
+cvs.texi(,1073) @c repository. Need to talk about group ownership of
+cvs.texi(,1074) @c newly-created directories/files (on some unices,
+cvs.texi(,1075) @c such as SunOS4, setting the setgid bit on the
+cvs.texi(,1076) @c directories will make files inherit the directory's
+cvs.texi(,1077) @c group. On other unices, your mileage may vary. I
+cvs.texi(,1078) @c can't remember what POSIX says about this, if
+cvs.texi(,1079) @c anything).
+cvs.texi(,1080)
+cvs.texi(,1081) Note that using the client/server @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,1082) (@pxref{Remote repositories}), there is no good way to
+cvs.texi(,1083) set @code{CVSUMASK}; the setting on the client machine
+cvs.texi(,1084) has no effect. If you are connecting with @code{rsh}, you
+cvs.texi(,1085) can set @code{CVSUMASK} in @file{.bashrc} or @file{.cshrc}, as
+cvs.texi(,1086) described in the documentation for your operating
+cvs.texi(,1087) system. This behavior might change in future versions
+cvs.texi(,1088) of @sc{cvs}; do not rely on the setting of
+cvs.texi(,1089) @code{CVSUMASK} on the client having no effect.
+cvs.texi(,1090) @c FIXME: need to explain what a umask is or cite
+cvs.texi(,1091) @c someplace which does.
cvs.texi(,1092) @c
-cvs.texi(,1093) @c FIXME: Need one place which discusses this
-cvs.texi(,1094) @c read-only files thing. Why would one use -r or
-cvs.texi(,1095) @c CVSREAD? Why would one use watches? How do they
-cvs.texi(,1096) @c interact?
-cvs.texi(,1097) @c
-cvs.texi(,1098) @c FIXME: We need to state
-cvs.texi(,1099) @c whether using CVSUMASK removes the need for manually
-cvs.texi(,1100) @c fixing permissions (in fact, if we are going to mention
-cvs.texi(,1101) @c manually fixing permission, we better document a lot
-cvs.texi(,1102) @c better just what we mean by "fix").
-cvs.texi(,1103)
-cvs.texi(,1104) Using pserver, you will generally need stricter
-cvs.texi(,1105) permissions on the @sc{cvsroot} directory and
-cvs.texi(,1106) directories above it in the tree; see @ref{Password
-cvs.texi(,1107) authentication security}.
-cvs.texi(,1108)
-cvs.texi(,1109) @cindex Setuid
-cvs.texi(,1110) @cindex Setgid
-cvs.texi(,1111) @cindex Security, setuid
-cvs.texi(,1112) @cindex Installed images (VMS)
-cvs.texi(,1113) Some operating systems have features which allow a
-cvs.texi(,1114) particular program to run with the ability to perform
-cvs.texi(,1115) operations which the caller of the program could not.
-cvs.texi(,1116) For example, the set user ID (setuid) or set group ID
-cvs.texi(,1117) (setgid) features of unix or the installed image
-cvs.texi(,1118) feature of VMS. @sc{cvs} was not written to use such
-cvs.texi(,1119) features and therefore attempting to install @sc{cvs} in
-cvs.texi(,1120) this fashion will provide protection against only
-cvs.texi(,1121) accidental lapses; anyone who is trying to circumvent
-cvs.texi(,1122) the measure will be able to do so, and depending on how
-cvs.texi(,1123) you have set it up may gain access to more than just
-cvs.texi(,1124) @sc{cvs}. You may wish to instead consider pserver. It
-cvs.texi(,1125) shares some of the same attributes, in terms of
-cvs.texi(,1126) possibly providing a false sense of security or opening
-cvs.texi(,1127) security holes wider than the ones you are trying to
-cvs.texi(,1128) fix, so read the documentation on pserver security
-cvs.texi(,1129) carefully if you are considering this option
-cvs.texi(,1130) (@ref{Password authentication security}).
-cvs.texi(,1131)
-cvs.texi(,1132) @node Windows permissions
-cvs.texi(,1133) @subsection File Permission issues specific to Windows
-cvs.texi(,1134) @cindex Windows, and permissions
-cvs.texi(,1135) @cindex File permissions, Windows-specific
-cvs.texi(,1136) @cindex Permissions, Windows-specific
+cvs.texi(,1093) @c There is also a larger (largely separate) issue
+cvs.texi(,1094) @c about the meaning of CVSUMASK in a non-unix context.
+cvs.texi(,1095) @c For example, whether there is
+cvs.texi(,1096) @c an equivalent which fits better into other
+cvs.texi(,1097) @c protection schemes like POSIX.6, VMS, &c.
+cvs.texi(,1098) @c
+cvs.texi(,1099) @c FIXME: Need one place which discusses this
+cvs.texi(,1100) @c read-only files thing. Why would one use -r or
+cvs.texi(,1101) @c CVSREAD? Why would one use watches? How do they
+cvs.texi(,1102) @c interact?
+cvs.texi(,1103) @c
+cvs.texi(,1104) @c FIXME: We need to state
+cvs.texi(,1105) @c whether using CVSUMASK removes the need for manually
+cvs.texi(,1106) @c fixing permissions (in fact, if we are going to mention
+cvs.texi(,1107) @c manually fixing permission, we better document a lot
+cvs.texi(,1108) @c better just what we mean by "fix").
+cvs.texi(,1109)
+cvs.texi(,1110) Using pserver, you will generally need stricter
+cvs.texi(,1111) permissions on the @sc{cvsroot} directory and
+cvs.texi(,1112) directories above it in the tree; see @ref{Password
+cvs.texi(,1113) authentication security}.
+cvs.texi(,1114)
+cvs.texi(,1115) @cindex Setuid
+cvs.texi(,1116) @cindex Setgid
+cvs.texi(,1117) @cindex Security, setuid
+cvs.texi(,1118) @cindex Installed images (VMS)
+cvs.texi(,1119) Some operating systems have features which allow a
+cvs.texi(,1120) particular program to run with the ability to perform
+cvs.texi(,1121) operations which the caller of the program could not.
+cvs.texi(,1122) For example, the set user ID (setuid) or set group ID
+cvs.texi(,1123) (setgid) features of unix or the installed image
+cvs.texi(,1124) feature of VMS. @sc{cvs} was not written to use such
+cvs.texi(,1125) features and therefore attempting to install @sc{cvs} in
+cvs.texi(,1126) this fashion will provide protection against only
+cvs.texi(,1127) accidental lapses; anyone who is trying to circumvent
+cvs.texi(,1128) the measure will be able to do so, and depending on how
+cvs.texi(,1129) you have set it up may gain access to more than just
+cvs.texi(,1130) @sc{cvs}. You may wish to instead consider pserver. It
+cvs.texi(,1131) shares some of the same attributes, in terms of
+cvs.texi(,1132) possibly providing a false sense of security or opening
+cvs.texi(,1133) security holes wider than the ones you are trying to
+cvs.texi(,1134) fix, so read the documentation on pserver security
+cvs.texi(,1135) carefully if you are considering this option
+cvs.texi(,1136) (@ref{Password authentication security}).
cvs.texi(,1137)
-cvs.texi(,1138) Some file permission issues are specific to Windows
-cvs.texi(,1139) operating systems (Windows 95, Windows NT, and
-cvs.texi(,1140) presumably future operating systems in this family.
-cvs.texi(,1141) Some of the following might apply to OS/2 but I'm not
-cvs.texi(,1142) sure).
+cvs.texi(,1138) @node Windows permissions
+cvs.texi(,1139) @subsection File Permission issues specific to Windows
+cvs.texi(,1140) @cindex Windows, and permissions
+cvs.texi(,1141) @cindex File permissions, Windows-specific
+cvs.texi(,1142) @cindex Permissions, Windows-specific
cvs.texi(,1143)
-cvs.texi(,1144) If you are using local @sc{cvs} and the repository is on a
-cvs.texi(,1145) networked file system which is served by the Samba SMB
-cvs.texi(,1146) server, some people have reported problems with
-cvs.texi(,1147) permissions. Enabling WRITE=YES in the samba
-cvs.texi(,1148) configuration is said to fix/workaround it.
-cvs.texi(,1149) Disclaimer: I haven't investigated enough to know the
-cvs.texi(,1150) implications of enabling that option, nor do I know
-cvs.texi(,1151) whether there is something which @sc{cvs} could be doing
-cvs.texi(,1152) differently in order to avoid the problem. If you find
-cvs.texi(,1153) something out, please let us know as described in
-cvs.texi(,1154) @ref{BUGS}.
-cvs.texi(,1155)
-cvs.texi(,1156) @node Attic
-cvs.texi(,1157) @subsection The attic
-cvs.texi(,1158) @cindex Attic
-cvs.texi(,1159)
-cvs.texi(,1160) You will notice that sometimes @sc{cvs} stores an
-cvs.texi(,1161) @sc{rcs} file in the @code{Attic}. For example, if the
-cvs.texi(,1162) @sc{cvsroot} is @file{/usr/local/cvsroot} and we are
-cvs.texi(,1163) talking about the file @file{backend.c} in the
-cvs.texi(,1164) directory @file{yoyodyne/tc}, then the file normally
-cvs.texi(,1165) would be in
-cvs.texi(,1166)
-cvs.texi(,1167) @example
-cvs.texi(,1168) /usr/local/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/backend.c,v
-cvs.texi(,1169) @end example
-cvs.texi(,1170)
-cvs.texi(,1171) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,1172) but if it goes in the attic, it would be in
-cvs.texi(,1173)
-cvs.texi(,1174) @example
-cvs.texi(,1175) /usr/local/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/Attic/backend.c,v
-cvs.texi(,1176) @end example
-cvs.texi(,1177)
-cvs.texi(,1178) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,1179) @cindex Dead state
-cvs.texi(,1180) instead. It should not matter from a user point of
-cvs.texi(,1181) view whether a file is in the attic; @sc{cvs} keeps
-cvs.texi(,1182) track of this and looks in the attic when it needs to.
-cvs.texi(,1183) But in case you want to know, the rule is that the RCS
-cvs.texi(,1184) file is stored in the attic if and only if the head
-cvs.texi(,1185) revision on the trunk has state @code{dead}. A
-cvs.texi(,1186) @code{dead} state means that file has been removed, or
-cvs.texi(,1187) never added, for that revision. For example, if you
-cvs.texi(,1188) add a file on a branch, it will have a trunk revision
-cvs.texi(,1189) in @code{dead} state, and a branch revision in a
-cvs.texi(,1190) address@hidden state.
-cvs.texi(,1191) @c Probably should have some more concrete examples
-cvs.texi(,1192) @c here, or somewhere (not sure exactly how we should
-cvs.texi(,1193) @c arrange the discussion of the dead state, versus
-cvs.texi(,1194) @c discussion of the attic).
-cvs.texi(,1195)
-cvs.texi(,1196) @node CVS in repository
-cvs.texi(,1197) @subsection The CVS directory in the repository
-cvs.texi(,1198) @cindex CVS directory, in repository
-cvs.texi(,1199)
-cvs.texi(,1200) The @file{CVS} directory in each repository directory
-cvs.texi(,1201) contains information such as file attributes (in a file
-cvs.texi(,1202) called @file{CVS/fileattr}. In the
-cvs.texi(,1203) future additional files may be added to this directory,
-cvs.texi(,1204) so implementations should silently ignore additional
-cvs.texi(,1205) files.
-cvs.texi(,1206)
-cvs.texi(,1207) This behavior is implemented only by @sc{cvs} 1.7 and
-cvs.texi(,1208) later; for details see @ref{Watches Compatibility}.
-cvs.texi(,1209)
-cvs.texi(,1210) The format of the fileattr file is a series of entries
-cvs.texi(,1211) of the following form (where @address@hidden and
@address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,1212) means the text between the braces can be repeated zero
-cvs.texi(,1213) or more times):
-cvs.texi(,1214)
-cvs.texi(,1215) @var{ent-type} @var{filename} <tab> @var{attrname} =
@var{attrval}
-cvs.texi(,1216) @{; @var{attrname} = @address@hidden <linefeed>
-cvs.texi(,1217)
-cvs.texi(,1218) @var{ent-type} is @samp{F} for a file, in which case the entry
specifies the
-cvs.texi(,1219) attributes for that file.
+cvs.texi(,1144) Some file permission issues are specific to Windows
+cvs.texi(,1145) operating systems (Windows 95, Windows NT, and
+cvs.texi(,1146) presumably future operating systems in this family.
+cvs.texi(,1147) Some of the following might apply to OS/2 but I'm not
+cvs.texi(,1148) sure).
+cvs.texi(,1149)
+cvs.texi(,1150) If you are using local @sc{cvs} and the repository is on a
+cvs.texi(,1151) networked file system which is served by the Samba SMB
+cvs.texi(,1152) server, some people have reported problems with
+cvs.texi(,1153) permissions. Enabling WRITE=YES in the samba
+cvs.texi(,1154) configuration is said to fix/workaround it.
+cvs.texi(,1155) Disclaimer: I haven't investigated enough to know the
+cvs.texi(,1156) implications of enabling that option, nor do I know
+cvs.texi(,1157) whether there is something which @sc{cvs} could be doing
+cvs.texi(,1158) differently in order to avoid the problem. If you find
+cvs.texi(,1159) something out, please let us know as described in
+cvs.texi(,1160) @ref{BUGS}.
+cvs.texi(,1161)
+cvs.texi(,1162) @node Attic
+cvs.texi(,1163) @subsection The attic
+cvs.texi(,1164) @cindex Attic
+cvs.texi(,1165)
+cvs.texi(,1166) You will notice that sometimes @sc{cvs} stores an
+cvs.texi(,1167) @sc{rcs} file in the @code{Attic}. For example, if the
+cvs.texi(,1168) @sc{cvsroot} is @file{/usr/local/cvsroot} and we are
+cvs.texi(,1169) talking about the file @file{backend.c} in the
+cvs.texi(,1170) directory @file{yoyodyne/tc}, then the file normally
+cvs.texi(,1171) would be in
+cvs.texi(,1172)
+cvs.texi(,1173) @example
+cvs.texi(,1174) /usr/local/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/backend.c,v
+cvs.texi(,1175) @end example
+cvs.texi(,1176)
+cvs.texi(,1177) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,1178) but if it goes in the attic, it would be in
+cvs.texi(,1179)
+cvs.texi(,1180) @example
+cvs.texi(,1181) /usr/local/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/Attic/backend.c,v
+cvs.texi(,1182) @end example
+cvs.texi(,1183)
+cvs.texi(,1184) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,1185) @cindex Dead state
+cvs.texi(,1186) instead. It should not matter from a user point of
+cvs.texi(,1187) view whether a file is in the attic; @sc{cvs} keeps
+cvs.texi(,1188) track of this and looks in the attic when it needs to.
+cvs.texi(,1189) But in case you want to know, the rule is that the RCS
+cvs.texi(,1190) file is stored in the attic if and only if the head
+cvs.texi(,1191) revision on the trunk has state @code{dead}. A
+cvs.texi(,1192) @code{dead} state means that file has been removed, or
+cvs.texi(,1193) never added, for that revision. For example, if you
+cvs.texi(,1194) add a file on a branch, it will have a trunk revision
+cvs.texi(,1195) in @code{dead} state, and a branch revision in a
+cvs.texi(,1196) address@hidden state.
+cvs.texi(,1197) @c Probably should have some more concrete examples
+cvs.texi(,1198) @c here, or somewhere (not sure exactly how we should
+cvs.texi(,1199) @c arrange the discussion of the dead state, versus
+cvs.texi(,1200) @c discussion of the attic).
+cvs.texi(,1201)
+cvs.texi(,1202) @node CVS in repository
+cvs.texi(,1203) @subsection The CVS directory in the repository
+cvs.texi(,1204) @cindex CVS directory, in repository
+cvs.texi(,1205)
+cvs.texi(,1206) The @file{CVS} directory in each repository directory
+cvs.texi(,1207) contains information such as file attributes (in a file
+cvs.texi(,1208) called @file{CVS/fileattr}. In the
+cvs.texi(,1209) future additional files may be added to this directory,
+cvs.texi(,1210) so implementations should silently ignore additional
+cvs.texi(,1211) files.
+cvs.texi(,1212)
+cvs.texi(,1213) This behavior is implemented only by @sc{cvs} 1.7 and
+cvs.texi(,1214) later; for details see @ref{Watches Compatibility}.
+cvs.texi(,1215)
+cvs.texi(,1216) The format of the fileattr file is a series of entries
+cvs.texi(,1217) of the following form (where @address@hidden and
@address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,1218) means the text between the braces can be repeated zero
+cvs.texi(,1219) or more times):
cvs.texi(,1220)
-cvs.texi(,1221) @var{ent-type} is @samp{D},
-cvs.texi(,1222) and @var{filename} empty, to specify default attributes
-cvs.texi(,1223) to be used for newly added files.
-cvs.texi(,1224)
-cvs.texi(,1225) Other @var{ent-type} are reserved for future expansion.
@sc{cvs} 1.9 and older
-cvs.texi(,1226) will delete them any time it writes file attributes.
-cvs.texi(,1227) @sc{cvs} 1.10 and later will preserve them.
-cvs.texi(,1228)
-cvs.texi(,1229) Note that the order of the lines is not significant;
-cvs.texi(,1230) a program writing the fileattr file may
-cvs.texi(,1231) rearrange them at its convenience.
-cvs.texi(,1232)
-cvs.texi(,1233) There is currently no way of quoting tabs or linefeeds in the
-cvs.texi(,1234) filename, @samp{=} in @var{attrname},
-cvs.texi(,1235) @samp{;} in @var{attrval}, etc. Note: some implementations
also
-cvs.texi(,1236) don't handle a NUL character in any of the fields, but
-cvs.texi(,1237) implementations are encouraged to allow it.
+cvs.texi(,1221) @var{ent-type} @var{filename} <tab> @var{attrname} =
@var{attrval}
+cvs.texi(,1222) @{; @var{attrname} = @address@hidden <linefeed>
+cvs.texi(,1223)
+cvs.texi(,1224) @var{ent-type} is @samp{F} for a file, in which case the entry
specifies the
+cvs.texi(,1225) attributes for that file.
+cvs.texi(,1226)
+cvs.texi(,1227) @var{ent-type} is @samp{D},
+cvs.texi(,1228) and @var{filename} empty, to specify default attributes
+cvs.texi(,1229) to be used for newly added files.
+cvs.texi(,1230)
+cvs.texi(,1231) Other @var{ent-type} are reserved for future expansion.
@sc{cvs} 1.9 and older
+cvs.texi(,1232) will delete them any time it writes file attributes.
+cvs.texi(,1233) @sc{cvs} 1.10 and later will preserve them.
+cvs.texi(,1234)
+cvs.texi(,1235) Note that the order of the lines is not significant;
+cvs.texi(,1236) a program writing the fileattr file may
+cvs.texi(,1237) rearrange them at its convenience.
cvs.texi(,1238)
-cvs.texi(,1239) By convention, @var{attrname} starting with @samp{_} is for an
attribute given
-cvs.texi(,1240) special meaning by @sc{cvs}; other @var{attrname}s are for
user-defined attributes
-cvs.texi(,1241) (or will be, once implementations start supporting
user-defined attributes).
-cvs.texi(,1242)
-cvs.texi(,1243) Builtin attributes:
+cvs.texi(,1239) There is currently no way of quoting tabs or linefeeds in the
+cvs.texi(,1240) filename, @samp{=} in @var{attrname},
+cvs.texi(,1241) @samp{;} in @var{attrval}, etc. Note: some implementations
also
+cvs.texi(,1242) don't handle a NUL character in any of the fields, but
+cvs.texi(,1243) implementations are encouraged to allow it.
cvs.texi(,1244)
-cvs.texi(,1245) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,1246) @item _watched
-cvs.texi(,1247) Present means the file is watched and should be checked out
-cvs.texi(,1248) read-only.
-cvs.texi(,1249)
-cvs.texi(,1250) @item _watchers
-cvs.texi(,1251) Users with watches for this file. Value is
-cvs.texi(,1252) @var{watcher} > @var{type} @{ , @var{watcher} > @var{type} @}
-cvs.texi(,1253) where @var{watcher} is a username, and @var{type}
-cvs.texi(,1254) is zero or more of edit,unedit,commit separated by
-cvs.texi(,1255) @samp{+} (that is, nothing if none; there is no "none" or
"all" keyword).
-cvs.texi(,1256)
-cvs.texi(,1257) @item _editors
-cvs.texi(,1258) Users editing this file. Value is
-cvs.texi(,1259) @var{editor} > @var{val} @{ , @var{editor} > @var{val} @}
-cvs.texi(,1260) where @var{editor} is a username, and @var{val} is
-cvs.texi(,1261) @address@hidden@var{pathname}, where
-cvs.texi(,1262) @var{time} is when the @code{cvs edit} command (or
-cvs.texi(,1263) equivalent) happened,
-cvs.texi(,1264) and @var{hostname} and @var{pathname} are for the working
directory.
-cvs.texi(,1265) @end table
-cvs.texi(,1266)
-cvs.texi(,1267) Example:
-cvs.texi(,1268)
-cvs.texi(,1269) @c FIXME: sanity.sh should contain a similar test case
-cvs.texi(,1270) @c so we can compare this example from something from
-cvs.texi(,1271) @c Real Life(TM). See cvsclient.texi (under Notify) for more
-cvs.texi(,1272) @c discussion of the date format of _editors.
-cvs.texi(,1273) @example
-cvs.texi(,1274) Ffile1 _watched=;_watchers=joe>edit,mary>commit
-cvs.texi(,1275) Ffile2 _watched=;_editors=sue>8 Jan 1975+workstn1+/home/sue/cvs
-cvs.texi(,1276) D _watched=
-cvs.texi(,1277) @end example
-cvs.texi(,1278)
-cvs.texi(,1279) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,1280) means that the file @file{file1} should be checked out
-cvs.texi(,1281) read-only. Furthermore, joe is watching for edits and
-cvs.texi(,1282) mary is watching for commits. The file @file{file2}
-cvs.texi(,1283) should be checked out read-only; sue started editing it
-cvs.texi(,1284) on 8 Jan 1975 in the directory @file{/home/sue/cvs} on
-cvs.texi(,1285) the machine @code{workstn1}. Future files which are
-cvs.texi(,1286) added should be checked out read-only. To represent
-cvs.texi(,1287) this example here, we have shown a space after
-cvs.texi(,1288) @samp{D}, @samp{Ffile1}, and @samp{Ffile2}, but in fact
-cvs.texi(,1289) there must be a single tab character there and no spaces.
-cvs.texi(,1290)
-cvs.texi(,1291) @node Locks
-cvs.texi(,1292) @subsection CVS locks in the repository
-cvs.texi(,1293)
-cvs.texi(,1294) @cindex #cvs.rfl, technical details
-cvs.texi(,1295) @cindex #cvs.wfl, technical details
-cvs.texi(,1296) @cindex #cvs.lock, technical details
-cvs.texi(,1297) @cindex Locks, cvs, technical details
-cvs.texi(,1298) For an introduction to @sc{cvs} locks focusing on
-cvs.texi(,1299) user-visible behavior, see @ref{Concurrency}. The
-cvs.texi(,1300) following section is aimed at people who are writing
-cvs.texi(,1301) tools which want to access a @sc{cvs} repository without
-cvs.texi(,1302) interfering with other tools accessing the same
-cvs.texi(,1303) repository. If you find yourself confused by concepts
-cvs.texi(,1304) described here, like @dfn{read lock}, @dfn{write lock},
-cvs.texi(,1305) and @dfn{deadlock}, you might consult the literature on
-cvs.texi(,1306) operating systems or databases.
-cvs.texi(,1307)
-cvs.texi(,1308) @cindex #cvs.tfl
-cvs.texi(,1309) Any file in the repository with a name starting
-cvs.texi(,1310) with @file{#cvs.rfl.} is a read lock. Any file in
-cvs.texi(,1311) the repository with a name starting with
-cvs.texi(,1312) @file{#cvs.wfl} is a write lock. Old versions of @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,1313) (before @sc{cvs} 1.5) also created files with names starting
-cvs.texi(,1314) with @file{#cvs.tfl}, but they are not discussed here.
-cvs.texi(,1315) The directory @file{#cvs.lock} serves as a master
-cvs.texi(,1316) lock. That is, one must obtain this lock first before
-cvs.texi(,1317) creating any of the other locks.
-cvs.texi(,1318)
-cvs.texi(,1319) To obtain a readlock, first create the @file{#cvs.lock}
-cvs.texi(,1320) directory. This operation must be atomic (which should
-cvs.texi(,1321) be true for creating a directory under most operating
-cvs.texi(,1322) systems). If it fails because the directory already
-cvs.texi(,1323) existed, wait for a while and try again. After
-cvs.texi(,1324) obtaining the @file{#cvs.lock} lock, create a file
-cvs.texi(,1325) whose name is @file{#cvs.rfl.} followed by information
-cvs.texi(,1326) of your choice (for example, hostname and process
-cvs.texi(,1327) identification number). Then remove the
-cvs.texi(,1328) @file{#cvs.lock} directory to release the master lock.
-cvs.texi(,1329) Then proceed with reading the repository. When you are
-cvs.texi(,1330) done, remove the @file{#cvs.rfl} file to release the
-cvs.texi(,1331) read lock.
-cvs.texi(,1332)
-cvs.texi(,1333) To obtain a writelock, first create the
-cvs.texi(,1334) @file{#cvs.lock} directory, as with a readlock. Then
-cvs.texi(,1335) check that there are no files whose names start with
-cvs.texi(,1336) @file{#cvs.rfl.}. If there are, remove
-cvs.texi(,1337) @file{#cvs.lock}, wait for a while, and try again. If
-cvs.texi(,1338) there are no readers, then create a file whose name is
-cvs.texi(,1339) @file{#cvs.wfl} followed by information of your choice
-cvs.texi(,1340) (for example, hostname and process identification
-cvs.texi(,1341) number). Hang on to the @file{#cvs.lock} lock. Proceed
-cvs.texi(,1342) with writing the repository. When you are done, first
-cvs.texi(,1343) remove the @file{#cvs.wfl} file and then the
-cvs.texi(,1344) @file{#cvs.lock} directory. Note that unlike the
-cvs.texi(,1345) @file{#cvs.rfl} file, the @file{#cvs.wfl} file is just
-cvs.texi(,1346) informational; it has no effect on the locking operation
-cvs.texi(,1347) beyond what is provided by holding on to the
-cvs.texi(,1348) @file{#cvs.lock} lock itself.
-cvs.texi(,1349)
-cvs.texi(,1350) Note that each lock (writelock or readlock) only locks
-cvs.texi(,1351) a single directory in the repository, including
-cvs.texi(,1352) @file{Attic} and @file{CVS} but not including
-cvs.texi(,1353) subdirectories which represent other directories under
-cvs.texi(,1354) version control. To lock an entire tree, you need to
-cvs.texi(,1355) lock each directory (note that if you fail to obtain
-cvs.texi(,1356) any lock you need, you must release the whole tree
-cvs.texi(,1357) before waiting and trying again, to avoid deadlocks).
-cvs.texi(,1358)
-cvs.texi(,1359) Note also that @sc{cvs} expects writelocks to control
-cvs.texi(,1360) access to individual @file{foo,v} files. @sc{rcs} has
-cvs.texi(,1361) a scheme where the @file{,foo,} file serves as a lock,
-cvs.texi(,1362) but @sc{cvs} does not implement it and so taking out a
-cvs.texi(,1363) @sc{cvs} writelock is recommended. See the comments at
-cvs.texi(,1364) rcs_internal_lockfile in the @sc{cvs} source code for
-cvs.texi(,1365) further discussion/rationale.
-cvs.texi(,1366)
-cvs.texi(,1367) @node CVSROOT storage
-cvs.texi(,1368) @subsection How files are stored in the CVSROOT directory
-cvs.texi(,1369) @cindex CVSROOT, storage of files
-cvs.texi(,1370)
-cvs.texi(,1371) The @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT} directory contains the
-cvs.texi(,1372) various administrative files. In some ways this
-cvs.texi(,1373) directory is just like any other directory in the
-cvs.texi(,1374) repository; it contains @sc{rcs} files whose names end
-cvs.texi(,1375) in @samp{,v}, and many of the @sc{cvs} commands operate
-cvs.texi(,1376) on it the same way. However, there are a few
-cvs.texi(,1377) differences.
-cvs.texi(,1378)
-cvs.texi(,1379) For each administrative file, in addition to the
-cvs.texi(,1380) @sc{rcs} file, there is also a checked out copy of the
-cvs.texi(,1381) file. For example, there is an @sc{rcs} file
-cvs.texi(,1382) @file{loginfo,v} and a file @file{loginfo} which
-cvs.texi(,1383) contains the latest revision contained in
-cvs.texi(,1384) @file{loginfo,v}. When you check in an administrative
-cvs.texi(,1385) file, @sc{cvs} should print
-cvs.texi(,1386)
-cvs.texi(,1387) @example
-cvs.texi(,1388) cvs commit: Rebuilding administrative file database
-cvs.texi(,1389) @end example
-cvs.texi(,1390)
-cvs.texi(,1391) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,1392) and update the checked out copy in
-cvs.texi(,1393) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT}. If it does not, there is
-cvs.texi(,1394) something wrong (@pxref{BUGS}). To add your own files
-cvs.texi(,1395) to the files to be updated in this fashion, you can add
-cvs.texi(,1396) them to the @file{checkoutlist} administrative file
-cvs.texi(,1397) (@pxref{checkoutlist}).
-cvs.texi(,1398)
-cvs.texi(,1399) @cindex modules.db
-cvs.texi(,1400) @cindex modules.pag
-cvs.texi(,1401) @cindex modules.dir
-cvs.texi(,1402) By default, the @file{modules} file behaves as
-cvs.texi(,1403) described above. If the modules file is very large,
-cvs.texi(,1404) storing it as a flat text file may make looking up
-cvs.texi(,1405) modules slow (I'm not sure whether this is as much of a
-cvs.texi(,1406) concern now as when @sc{cvs} first evolved this
-cvs.texi(,1407) feature; I haven't seen benchmarks). Therefore, by
-cvs.texi(,1408) making appropriate edits to the @sc{cvs} source code
-cvs.texi(,1409) one can store the modules file in a database which
-cvs.texi(,1410) implements the @code{ndbm} interface, such as Berkeley
-cvs.texi(,1411) db or GDBM. If this option is in use, then the modules
-cvs.texi(,1412) database will be stored in the files @file{modules.db},
-cvs.texi(,1413) @file{modules.pag}, and/or @file{modules.dir}.
-cvs.texi(,1414) @c I think fileattr also will use the database stuff.
-cvs.texi(,1415) @c Anything else?
-cvs.texi(,1416)
-cvs.texi(,1417) For information on the meaning of the various
-cvs.texi(,1418) administrative files, see @ref{Administrative files}.
-cvs.texi(,1419)
-cvs.texi(,1420) @node Working directory storage
-cvs.texi(,1421) @section How data is stored in the working directory
+cvs.texi(,1245) By convention, @var{attrname} starting with @samp{_} is for an
attribute given
+cvs.texi(,1246) special meaning by @sc{cvs}; other @var{attrname}s are for
user-defined attributes
+cvs.texi(,1247) (or will be, once implementations start supporting
user-defined attributes).
+cvs.texi(,1248)
+cvs.texi(,1249) Builtin attributes:
+cvs.texi(,1250)
+cvs.texi(,1251) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,1252) @item _watched
+cvs.texi(,1253) Present means the file is watched and should be checked out
+cvs.texi(,1254) read-only.
+cvs.texi(,1255)
+cvs.texi(,1256) @item _watchers
+cvs.texi(,1257) Users with watches for this file. Value is
+cvs.texi(,1258) @var{watcher} > @var{type} @{ , @var{watcher} > @var{type} @}
+cvs.texi(,1259) where @var{watcher} is a username, and @var{type}
+cvs.texi(,1260) is zero or more of edit,unedit,commit separated by
+cvs.texi(,1261) @samp{+} (that is, nothing if none; there is no "none" or
"all" keyword).
+cvs.texi(,1262)
+cvs.texi(,1263) @item _editors
+cvs.texi(,1264) Users editing this file. Value is
+cvs.texi(,1265) @var{editor} > @var{val} @{ , @var{editor} > @var{val} @}
+cvs.texi(,1266) where @var{editor} is a username, and @var{val} is
+cvs.texi(,1267) @address@hidden@var{pathname}, where
+cvs.texi(,1268) @var{time} is when the @code{cvs edit} command (or
+cvs.texi(,1269) equivalent) happened,
+cvs.texi(,1270) and @var{hostname} and @var{pathname} are for the working
directory.
+cvs.texi(,1271) @end table
+cvs.texi(,1272)
+cvs.texi(,1273) Example:
+cvs.texi(,1274)
+cvs.texi(,1275) @c FIXME: sanity.sh should contain a similar test case
+cvs.texi(,1276) @c so we can compare this example from something from
+cvs.texi(,1277) @c Real Life(TM). See cvsclient.texi (under Notify) for more
+cvs.texi(,1278) @c discussion of the date format of _editors.
+cvs.texi(,1279) @example
+cvs.texi(,1280) Ffile1 _watched=;_watchers=joe>edit,mary>commit
+cvs.texi(,1281) Ffile2 _watched=;_editors=sue>8 Jan 1975+workstn1+/home/sue/cvs
+cvs.texi(,1282) D _watched=
+cvs.texi(,1283) @end example
+cvs.texi(,1284)
+cvs.texi(,1285) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,1286) means that the file @file{file1} should be checked out
+cvs.texi(,1287) read-only. Furthermore, joe is watching for edits and
+cvs.texi(,1288) mary is watching for commits. The file @file{file2}
+cvs.texi(,1289) should be checked out read-only; sue started editing it
+cvs.texi(,1290) on 8 Jan 1975 in the directory @file{/home/sue/cvs} on
+cvs.texi(,1291) the machine @code{workstn1}. Future files which are
+cvs.texi(,1292) added should be checked out read-only. To represent
+cvs.texi(,1293) this example here, we have shown a space after
+cvs.texi(,1294) @samp{D}, @samp{Ffile1}, and @samp{Ffile2}, but in fact
+cvs.texi(,1295) there must be a single tab character there and no spaces.
+cvs.texi(,1296)
+cvs.texi(,1297) @node Locks
+cvs.texi(,1298) @subsection CVS locks in the repository
+cvs.texi(,1299)
+cvs.texi(,1300) @cindex #cvs.rfl, technical details
+cvs.texi(,1301) @cindex #cvs.wfl, technical details
+cvs.texi(,1302) @cindex #cvs.lock, technical details
+cvs.texi(,1303) @cindex Locks, cvs, technical details
+cvs.texi(,1304) For an introduction to @sc{cvs} locks focusing on
+cvs.texi(,1305) user-visible behavior, see @ref{Concurrency}. The
+cvs.texi(,1306) following section is aimed at people who are writing
+cvs.texi(,1307) tools which want to access a @sc{cvs} repository without
+cvs.texi(,1308) interfering with other tools accessing the same
+cvs.texi(,1309) repository. If you find yourself confused by concepts
+cvs.texi(,1310) described here, like @dfn{read lock}, @dfn{write lock},
+cvs.texi(,1311) and @dfn{deadlock}, you might consult the literature on
+cvs.texi(,1312) operating systems or databases.
+cvs.texi(,1313)
+cvs.texi(,1314) @cindex #cvs.tfl
+cvs.texi(,1315) Any file in the repository with a name starting
+cvs.texi(,1316) with @file{#cvs.rfl.} is a read lock. Any file in
+cvs.texi(,1317) the repository with a name starting with
+cvs.texi(,1318) @file{#cvs.wfl} is a write lock. Old versions of @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,1319) (before @sc{cvs} 1.5) also created files with names starting
+cvs.texi(,1320) with @file{#cvs.tfl}, but they are not discussed here.
+cvs.texi(,1321) The directory @file{#cvs.lock} serves as a master
+cvs.texi(,1322) lock. That is, one must obtain this lock first before
+cvs.texi(,1323) creating any of the other locks.
+cvs.texi(,1324)
+cvs.texi(,1325) To obtain a readlock, first create the @file{#cvs.lock}
+cvs.texi(,1326) directory. This operation must be atomic (which should
+cvs.texi(,1327) be true for creating a directory under most operating
+cvs.texi(,1328) systems). If it fails because the directory already
+cvs.texi(,1329) existed, wait for a while and try again. After
+cvs.texi(,1330) obtaining the @file{#cvs.lock} lock, create a file
+cvs.texi(,1331) whose name is @file{#cvs.rfl.} followed by information
+cvs.texi(,1332) of your choice (for example, hostname and process
+cvs.texi(,1333) identification number). Then remove the
+cvs.texi(,1334) @file{#cvs.lock} directory to release the master lock.
+cvs.texi(,1335) Then proceed with reading the repository. When you are
+cvs.texi(,1336) done, remove the @file{#cvs.rfl} file to release the
+cvs.texi(,1337) read lock.
+cvs.texi(,1338)
+cvs.texi(,1339) To obtain a writelock, first create the
+cvs.texi(,1340) @file{#cvs.lock} directory, as with a readlock. Then
+cvs.texi(,1341) check that there are no files whose names start with
+cvs.texi(,1342) @file{#cvs.rfl.}. If there are, remove
+cvs.texi(,1343) @file{#cvs.lock}, wait for a while, and try again. If
+cvs.texi(,1344) there are no readers, then create a file whose name is
+cvs.texi(,1345) @file{#cvs.wfl} followed by information of your choice
+cvs.texi(,1346) (for example, hostname and process identification
+cvs.texi(,1347) number). Hang on to the @file{#cvs.lock} lock. Proceed
+cvs.texi(,1348) with writing the repository. When you are done, first
+cvs.texi(,1349) remove the @file{#cvs.wfl} file and then the
+cvs.texi(,1350) @file{#cvs.lock} directory. Note that unlike the
+cvs.texi(,1351) @file{#cvs.rfl} file, the @file{#cvs.wfl} file is just
+cvs.texi(,1352) informational; it has no effect on the locking operation
+cvs.texi(,1353) beyond what is provided by holding on to the
+cvs.texi(,1354) @file{#cvs.lock} lock itself.
+cvs.texi(,1355)
+cvs.texi(,1356) Note that each lock (writelock or readlock) only locks
+cvs.texi(,1357) a single directory in the repository, including
+cvs.texi(,1358) @file{Attic} and @file{CVS} but not including
+cvs.texi(,1359) subdirectories which represent other directories under
+cvs.texi(,1360) version control. To lock an entire tree, you need to
+cvs.texi(,1361) lock each directory (note that if you fail to obtain
+cvs.texi(,1362) any lock you need, you must release the whole tree
+cvs.texi(,1363) before waiting and trying again, to avoid deadlocks).
+cvs.texi(,1364)
+cvs.texi(,1365) Note also that @sc{cvs} expects writelocks to control
+cvs.texi(,1366) access to individual @file{foo,v} files. @sc{rcs} has
+cvs.texi(,1367) a scheme where the @file{,foo,} file serves as a lock,
+cvs.texi(,1368) but @sc{cvs} does not implement it and so taking out a
+cvs.texi(,1369) @sc{cvs} writelock is recommended. See the comments at
+cvs.texi(,1370) rcs_internal_lockfile in the @sc{cvs} source code for
+cvs.texi(,1371) further discussion/rationale.
+cvs.texi(,1372)
+cvs.texi(,1373) @node CVSROOT storage
+cvs.texi(,1374) @subsection How files are stored in the CVSROOT directory
+cvs.texi(,1375) @cindex CVSROOT, storage of files
+cvs.texi(,1376)
+cvs.texi(,1377) The @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT} directory contains the
+cvs.texi(,1378) various administrative files. In some ways this
+cvs.texi(,1379) directory is just like any other directory in the
+cvs.texi(,1380) repository; it contains @sc{rcs} files whose names end
+cvs.texi(,1381) in @samp{,v}, and many of the @sc{cvs} commands operate
+cvs.texi(,1382) on it the same way. However, there are a few
+cvs.texi(,1383) differences.
+cvs.texi(,1384)
+cvs.texi(,1385) For each administrative file, in addition to the
+cvs.texi(,1386) @sc{rcs} file, there is also a checked out copy of the
+cvs.texi(,1387) file. For example, there is an @sc{rcs} file
+cvs.texi(,1388) @file{loginfo,v} and a file @file{loginfo} which
+cvs.texi(,1389) contains the latest revision contained in
+cvs.texi(,1390) @file{loginfo,v}. When you check in an administrative
+cvs.texi(,1391) file, @sc{cvs} should print
+cvs.texi(,1392)
+cvs.texi(,1393) @example
+cvs.texi(,1394) cvs commit: Rebuilding administrative file database
+cvs.texi(,1395) @end example
+cvs.texi(,1396)
+cvs.texi(,1397) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,1398) and update the checked out copy in
+cvs.texi(,1399) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT}. If it does not, there is
+cvs.texi(,1400) something wrong (@pxref{BUGS}). To add your own files
+cvs.texi(,1401) to the files to be updated in this fashion, you can add
+cvs.texi(,1402) them to the @file{checkoutlist} administrative file
+cvs.texi(,1403) (@pxref{checkoutlist}).
+cvs.texi(,1404)
+cvs.texi(,1405) @cindex modules.db
+cvs.texi(,1406) @cindex modules.pag
+cvs.texi(,1407) @cindex modules.dir
+cvs.texi(,1408) By default, the @file{modules} file behaves as
+cvs.texi(,1409) described above. If the modules file is very large,
+cvs.texi(,1410) storing it as a flat text file may make looking up
+cvs.texi(,1411) modules slow (I'm not sure whether this is as much of a
+cvs.texi(,1412) concern now as when @sc{cvs} first evolved this
+cvs.texi(,1413) feature; I haven't seen benchmarks). Therefore, by
+cvs.texi(,1414) making appropriate edits to the @sc{cvs} source code
+cvs.texi(,1415) one can store the modules file in a database which
+cvs.texi(,1416) implements the @code{ndbm} interface, such as Berkeley
+cvs.texi(,1417) db or GDBM. If this option is in use, then the modules
+cvs.texi(,1418) database will be stored in the files @file{modules.db},
+cvs.texi(,1419) @file{modules.pag}, and/or @file{modules.dir}.
+cvs.texi(,1420) @c I think fileattr also will use the database stuff.
+cvs.texi(,1421) @c Anything else?
cvs.texi(,1422)
-cvs.texi(,1423) @c FIXME: Somewhere we should discuss timestamps (test
-cvs.texi(,1424) @c case "stamps" in sanity.sh). But not here. Maybe
-cvs.texi(,1425) @c in some kind of "working directory" chapter which
-cvs.texi(,1426) @c would encompass the "Builds" one? But I'm not sure
-cvs.texi(,1427) @c whether that is a good organization (is it based on
-cvs.texi(,1428) @c what the user wants to do?).
-cvs.texi(,1429)
-cvs.texi(,1430) @cindex CVS directory, in working directory
-cvs.texi(,1431) While we are discussing @sc{cvs} internals which may
-cvs.texi(,1432) become visible from time to time, we might as well talk
-cvs.texi(,1433) about what @sc{cvs} puts in the @file{CVS} directories
-cvs.texi(,1434) in the working directories. As with the repository,
-cvs.texi(,1435) @sc{cvs} handles this information and one can usually
-cvs.texi(,1436) access it via @sc{cvs} commands. But in some cases it
-cvs.texi(,1437) may be useful to look at it, and other programs, such
-cvs.texi(,1438) as the @code{jCVS} graphical user interface or the
-cvs.texi(,1439) @code{VC} package for emacs, may need to look at it.
-cvs.texi(,1440) Such programs should follow the recommendations in this
-cvs.texi(,1441) section if they hope to be able to work with other
-cvs.texi(,1442) programs which use those files, including future
-cvs.texi(,1443) versions of the programs just mentioned and the
-cvs.texi(,1444) command-line @sc{cvs} client.
-cvs.texi(,1445)
-cvs.texi(,1446) The @file{CVS} directory contains several files.
-cvs.texi(,1447) Programs which are reading this directory should
-cvs.texi(,1448) silently ignore files which are in the directory but
-cvs.texi(,1449) which are not documented here, to allow for future
-cvs.texi(,1450) expansion.
+cvs.texi(,1423) For information on the meaning of the various
+cvs.texi(,1424) administrative files, see @ref{Administrative files}.
+cvs.texi(,1425)
+cvs.texi(,1426) @node Working directory storage
+cvs.texi(,1427) @section How data is stored in the working directory
+cvs.texi(,1428)
+cvs.texi(,1429) @c FIXME: Somewhere we should discuss timestamps (test
+cvs.texi(,1430) @c case "stamps" in sanity.sh). But not here. Maybe
+cvs.texi(,1431) @c in some kind of "working directory" chapter which
+cvs.texi(,1432) @c would encompass the "Builds" one? But I'm not sure
+cvs.texi(,1433) @c whether that is a good organization (is it based on
+cvs.texi(,1434) @c what the user wants to do?).
+cvs.texi(,1435)
+cvs.texi(,1436) @cindex CVS directory, in working directory
+cvs.texi(,1437) While we are discussing @sc{cvs} internals which may
+cvs.texi(,1438) become visible from time to time, we might as well talk
+cvs.texi(,1439) about what @sc{cvs} puts in the @file{CVS} directories
+cvs.texi(,1440) in the working directories. As with the repository,
+cvs.texi(,1441) @sc{cvs} handles this information and one can usually
+cvs.texi(,1442) access it via @sc{cvs} commands. But in some cases it
+cvs.texi(,1443) may be useful to look at it, and other programs, such
+cvs.texi(,1444) as the @code{jCVS} graphical user interface or the
+cvs.texi(,1445) @code{VC} package for emacs, may need to look at it.
+cvs.texi(,1446) Such programs should follow the recommendations in this
+cvs.texi(,1447) section if they hope to be able to work with other
+cvs.texi(,1448) programs which use those files, including future
+cvs.texi(,1449) versions of the programs just mentioned and the
+cvs.texi(,1450) command-line @sc{cvs} client.
cvs.texi(,1451)
-cvs.texi(,1452) The files are stored according to the text file
-cvs.texi(,1453) convention for the system in question. This means that
-cvs.texi(,1454) working directories are not portable between systems
-cvs.texi(,1455) with differing conventions for storing text files.
-cvs.texi(,1456) This is intentional, on the theory that the files being
-cvs.texi(,1457) managed by @sc{cvs} probably will not be portable between
-cvs.texi(,1458) such systems either.
-cvs.texi(,1459)
-cvs.texi(,1460) @table @file
-cvs.texi(,1461) @item Root
-cvs.texi(,1462) This file contains the current @sc{cvs} root, as
-cvs.texi(,1463) described in @ref{Specifying a repository}.
-cvs.texi(,1464)
-cvs.texi(,1465) @cindex Repository file, in CVS directory
-cvs.texi(,1466) @cindex CVS/Repository file
-cvs.texi(,1467) @item Repository
-cvs.texi(,1468) This file contains the directory within the repository
-cvs.texi(,1469) which the current directory corresponds with. It can
-cvs.texi(,1470) be either an absolute pathname or a relative pathname;
-cvs.texi(,1471) @sc{cvs} has had the ability to read either format
-cvs.texi(,1472) since at least version 1.3 or so. The relative
-cvs.texi(,1473) pathname is relative to the root, and is the more
-cvs.texi(,1474) sensible approach, but the absolute pathname is quite
-cvs.texi(,1475) common and implementations should accept either. For
-cvs.texi(,1476) example, after the command
-cvs.texi(,1477)
-cvs.texi(,1478) @example
-cvs.texi(,1479) cvs -d :local:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout yoyodyne/tc
-cvs.texi(,1480) @end example
-cvs.texi(,1481)
-cvs.texi(,1482) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,1483) @file{Root} will contain
-cvs.texi(,1484)
-cvs.texi(,1485) @example
-cvs.texi(,1486) :local:/usr/local/cvsroot
-cvs.texi(,1487) @end example
-cvs.texi(,1488)
-cvs.texi(,1489) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,1490) and @file{Repository} will contain either
-cvs.texi(,1491)
-cvs.texi(,1492) @example
-cvs.texi(,1493) /usr/local/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc
-cvs.texi(,1494) @end example
-cvs.texi(,1495)
-cvs.texi(,1496) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,1497) or
-cvs.texi(,1498)
-cvs.texi(,1499) @example
-cvs.texi(,1500) yoyodyne/tc
-cvs.texi(,1501) @end example
-cvs.texi(,1502)
-cvs.texi(,1503) If the particular working directory does not correspond
-cvs.texi(,1504) to a directory in the repository, then @file{Repository}
-cvs.texi(,1505) should contain @file{CVSROOT/Emptydir}.
-cvs.texi(,1506) @cindex Emptydir, in CVSROOT directory
-cvs.texi(,1507) @cindex CVSROOT/Emptydir directory
+cvs.texi(,1452) The @file{CVS} directory contains several files.
+cvs.texi(,1453) Programs which are reading this directory should
+cvs.texi(,1454) silently ignore files which are in the directory but
+cvs.texi(,1455) which are not documented here, to allow for future
+cvs.texi(,1456) expansion.
+cvs.texi(,1457)
+cvs.texi(,1458) The files are stored according to the text file
+cvs.texi(,1459) convention for the system in question. This means that
+cvs.texi(,1460) working directories are not portable between systems
+cvs.texi(,1461) with differing conventions for storing text files.
+cvs.texi(,1462) This is intentional, on the theory that the files being
+cvs.texi(,1463) managed by @sc{cvs} probably will not be portable between
+cvs.texi(,1464) such systems either.
+cvs.texi(,1465)
+cvs.texi(,1466) @table @file
+cvs.texi(,1467) @item Root
+cvs.texi(,1468) This file contains the current @sc{cvs} root, as
+cvs.texi(,1469) described in @ref{Specifying a repository}.
+cvs.texi(,1470)
+cvs.texi(,1471) @cindex Repository file, in CVS directory
+cvs.texi(,1472) @cindex CVS/Repository file
+cvs.texi(,1473) @item Repository
+cvs.texi(,1474) This file contains the directory within the repository
+cvs.texi(,1475) which the current directory corresponds with. It can
+cvs.texi(,1476) be either an absolute pathname or a relative pathname;
+cvs.texi(,1477) @sc{cvs} has had the ability to read either format
+cvs.texi(,1478) since at least version 1.3 or so. The relative
+cvs.texi(,1479) pathname is relative to the root, and is the more
+cvs.texi(,1480) sensible approach, but the absolute pathname is quite
+cvs.texi(,1481) common and implementations should accept either. For
+cvs.texi(,1482) example, after the command
+cvs.texi(,1483)
+cvs.texi(,1484) @example
+cvs.texi(,1485) cvs -d :local:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout yoyodyne/tc
+cvs.texi(,1486) @end example
+cvs.texi(,1487)
+cvs.texi(,1488) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,1489) @file{Root} will contain
+cvs.texi(,1490)
+cvs.texi(,1491) @example
+cvs.texi(,1492) :local:/usr/local/cvsroot
+cvs.texi(,1493) @end example
+cvs.texi(,1494)
+cvs.texi(,1495) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,1496) and @file{Repository} will contain either
+cvs.texi(,1497)
+cvs.texi(,1498) @example
+cvs.texi(,1499) /usr/local/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc
+cvs.texi(,1500) @end example
+cvs.texi(,1501)
+cvs.texi(,1502) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,1503) or
+cvs.texi(,1504)
+cvs.texi(,1505) @example
+cvs.texi(,1506) yoyodyne/tc
+cvs.texi(,1507) @end example
cvs.texi(,1508)
-cvs.texi(,1509) @cindex Entries file, in CVS directory
-cvs.texi(,1510) @cindex CVS/Entries file
-cvs.texi(,1511) @item Entries
-cvs.texi(,1512) This file lists the files and directories in the
-cvs.texi(,1513) working directory.
-cvs.texi(,1514) The first character of each line indicates what sort of
-cvs.texi(,1515) line it is. If the character is unrecognized, programs
-cvs.texi(,1516) reading the file should silently skip that line, to
-cvs.texi(,1517) allow for future expansion.
-cvs.texi(,1518)
-cvs.texi(,1519) If the first character is @samp{/}, then the format is:
-cvs.texi(,1520)
-cvs.texi(,1521) @example
-cvs.texi(,1522)
/@var{name}/@var{revision}/@address@hidden/@var{options}/@var{tagdate}
-cvs.texi(,1523) @end example
+cvs.texi(,1509) If the particular working directory does not correspond
+cvs.texi(,1510) to a directory in the repository, then @file{Repository}
+cvs.texi(,1511) should contain @file{CVSROOT/Emptydir}.
+cvs.texi(,1512) @cindex Emptydir, in CVSROOT directory
+cvs.texi(,1513) @cindex CVSROOT/Emptydir directory
+cvs.texi(,1514)
+cvs.texi(,1515) @cindex Entries file, in CVS directory
+cvs.texi(,1516) @cindex CVS/Entries file
+cvs.texi(,1517) @item Entries
+cvs.texi(,1518) This file lists the files and directories in the
+cvs.texi(,1519) working directory.
+cvs.texi(,1520) The first character of each line indicates what sort of
+cvs.texi(,1521) line it is. If the character is unrecognized, programs
+cvs.texi(,1522) reading the file should silently skip that line, to
+cvs.texi(,1523) allow for future expansion.
cvs.texi(,1524)
-cvs.texi(,1525) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,1526) where @samp{[} and @samp{]} are not part of the entry,
-cvs.texi(,1527) but instead indicate that the @samp{+} and conflict
-cvs.texi(,1528) marker are optional. @var{name} is the name of the
-cvs.texi(,1529) file within the directory. @var{revision} is the
-cvs.texi(,1530) revision that the file in the working derives from, or
-cvs.texi(,1531) @samp{0} for an added file, or @samp{-} followed by a
-cvs.texi(,1532) revision for a removed file. @var{timestamp} is the
-cvs.texi(,1533) timestamp of the file at the time that @sc{cvs} created
-cvs.texi(,1534) it; if the timestamp differs with the actual
-cvs.texi(,1535) modification time of the file it means the file has
-cvs.texi(,1536) been modified. It is stored in
-cvs.texi(,1537) the format used by the ISO C asctime() function (for
-cvs.texi(,1538) example, @samp{Sun Apr 7 01:29:26 1996}). One may
-cvs.texi(,1539) write a string which is not in that format, for
-cvs.texi(,1540) example, @samp{Result of merge}, to indicate that the
-cvs.texi(,1541) file should always be considered to be modified. This
-cvs.texi(,1542) is not a special case; to see whether a file is
-cvs.texi(,1543) modified a program should take the timestamp of the file
-cvs.texi(,1544) and simply do a string compare with @var{timestamp}.
-cvs.texi(,1545) If there was a conflict, @var{conflict} can be set to
-cvs.texi(,1546) the modification time of the file after the file has been
-cvs.texi(,1547) written with conflict markers (@pxref{Conflicts example}).
-cvs.texi(,1548) Thus if @var{conflict} is subsequently the same as the actual
-cvs.texi(,1549) modification time of the file it means that the user
-cvs.texi(,1550) has obviously not resolved the conflict. @var{options}
-cvs.texi(,1551) contains sticky options (for example @samp{-kb} for a
-cvs.texi(,1552) binary file). @var{tagdate} contains @samp{T} followed
-cvs.texi(,1553) by a tag name, or @samp{D} for a date, followed by a
-cvs.texi(,1554) sticky tag or date. Note that if @var{timestamp}
-cvs.texi(,1555) contains a pair of timestamps separated by a space,
-cvs.texi(,1556) rather than a single timestamp, you are dealing with a
-cvs.texi(,1557) version of @sc{cvs} earlier than @sc{cvs} 1.5 (not
-cvs.texi(,1558) documented here).
-cvs.texi(,1559)
-cvs.texi(,1560) The timezone on the timestamp in CVS/Entries (local or
-cvs.texi(,1561) universal) should be the same as the operating system
-cvs.texi(,1562) stores for the timestamp of the file itself. For
-cvs.texi(,1563) example, on Unix the file's timestamp is in universal
-cvs.texi(,1564) time (UT), so the timestamp in CVS/Entries should be
-cvs.texi(,1565) too. On @sc{vms}, the file's timestamp is in local
-cvs.texi(,1566) time, so @sc{cvs} on @sc{vms} should use local time.
-cvs.texi(,1567) This rule is so that files do not appear to be modified
-cvs.texi(,1568) merely because the timezone changed (for example, to or
-cvs.texi(,1569) from summer time).
-cvs.texi(,1570) @c See comments and calls to gmtime() and friends in
-cvs.texi(,1571) @c src/vers_ts.c (function time_stamp).
-cvs.texi(,1572)
-cvs.texi(,1573) If the first character of a line in @file{Entries} is
-cvs.texi(,1574) @samp{D}, then it indicates a subdirectory. @samp{D}
-cvs.texi(,1575) on a line all by itself indicates that the program
-cvs.texi(,1576) which wrote the @file{Entries} file does record
-cvs.texi(,1577) subdirectories (therefore, if there is such a line and
-cvs.texi(,1578) no other lines beginning with @samp{D}, one knows there
-cvs.texi(,1579) are no subdirectories). Otherwise, the line looks
-cvs.texi(,1580) like:
-cvs.texi(,1581)
-cvs.texi(,1582) @example
-cvs.texi(,1583)
D/@var{name}/@var{filler1}/@var{filler2}/@var{filler3}/@var{filler4}
-cvs.texi(,1584) @end example
-cvs.texi(,1585)
-cvs.texi(,1586) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,1587) where @var{name} is the name of the subdirectory, and
-cvs.texi(,1588) all the @var{filler} fields should be silently ignored,
-cvs.texi(,1589) for future expansion. Programs which modify
-cvs.texi(,1590) @code{Entries} files should preserve these fields.
+cvs.texi(,1525) If the first character is @samp{/}, then the format is:
+cvs.texi(,1526)
+cvs.texi(,1527) @example
+cvs.texi(,1528)
/@var{name}/@var{revision}/@address@hidden/@var{options}/@var{tagdate}
+cvs.texi(,1529) @end example
+cvs.texi(,1530)
+cvs.texi(,1531) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,1532) where @samp{[} and @samp{]} are not part of the entry,
+cvs.texi(,1533) but instead indicate that the @samp{+} and conflict
+cvs.texi(,1534) marker are optional. @var{name} is the name of the
+cvs.texi(,1535) file within the directory. @var{revision} is the
+cvs.texi(,1536) revision that the file in the working derives from, or
+cvs.texi(,1537) @samp{0} for an added file, or @samp{-} followed by a
+cvs.texi(,1538) revision for a removed file. @var{timestamp} is the
+cvs.texi(,1539) timestamp of the file at the time that @sc{cvs} created
+cvs.texi(,1540) it; if the timestamp differs with the actual
+cvs.texi(,1541) modification time of the file it means the file has
+cvs.texi(,1542) been modified. It is stored in
+cvs.texi(,1543) the format used by the ISO C asctime() function (for
+cvs.texi(,1544) example, @samp{Sun Apr 7 01:29:26 1996}). One may
+cvs.texi(,1545) write a string which is not in that format, for
+cvs.texi(,1546) example, @samp{Result of merge}, to indicate that the
+cvs.texi(,1547) file should always be considered to be modified. This
+cvs.texi(,1548) is not a special case; to see whether a file is
+cvs.texi(,1549) modified a program should take the timestamp of the file
+cvs.texi(,1550) and simply do a string compare with @var{timestamp}.
+cvs.texi(,1551) If there was a conflict, @var{conflict} can be set to
+cvs.texi(,1552) the modification time of the file after the file has been
+cvs.texi(,1553) written with conflict markers (@pxref{Conflicts example}).
+cvs.texi(,1554) Thus if @var{conflict} is subsequently the same as the actual
+cvs.texi(,1555) modification time of the file it means that the user
+cvs.texi(,1556) has obviously not resolved the conflict. @var{options}
+cvs.texi(,1557) contains sticky options (for example @samp{-kb} for a
+cvs.texi(,1558) binary file). @var{tagdate} contains @samp{T} followed
+cvs.texi(,1559) by a tag name, or @samp{D} for a date, followed by a
+cvs.texi(,1560) sticky tag or date. Note that if @var{timestamp}
+cvs.texi(,1561) contains a pair of timestamps separated by a space,
+cvs.texi(,1562) rather than a single timestamp, you are dealing with a
+cvs.texi(,1563) version of @sc{cvs} earlier than @sc{cvs} 1.5 (not
+cvs.texi(,1564) documented here).
+cvs.texi(,1565)
+cvs.texi(,1566) The timezone on the timestamp in CVS/Entries (local or
+cvs.texi(,1567) universal) should be the same as the operating system
+cvs.texi(,1568) stores for the timestamp of the file itself. For
+cvs.texi(,1569) example, on Unix the file's timestamp is in universal
+cvs.texi(,1570) time (UT), so the timestamp in CVS/Entries should be
+cvs.texi(,1571) too. On @sc{vms}, the file's timestamp is in local
+cvs.texi(,1572) time, so @sc{cvs} on @sc{vms} should use local time.
+cvs.texi(,1573) This rule is so that files do not appear to be modified
+cvs.texi(,1574) merely because the timezone changed (for example, to or
+cvs.texi(,1575) from summer time).
+cvs.texi(,1576) @c See comments and calls to gmtime() and friends in
+cvs.texi(,1577) @c src/vers_ts.c (function time_stamp).
+cvs.texi(,1578)
+cvs.texi(,1579) If the first character of a line in @file{Entries} is
+cvs.texi(,1580) @samp{D}, then it indicates a subdirectory. @samp{D}
+cvs.texi(,1581) on a line all by itself indicates that the program
+cvs.texi(,1582) which wrote the @file{Entries} file does record
+cvs.texi(,1583) subdirectories (therefore, if there is such a line and
+cvs.texi(,1584) no other lines beginning with @samp{D}, one knows there
+cvs.texi(,1585) are no subdirectories). Otherwise, the line looks
+cvs.texi(,1586) like:
+cvs.texi(,1587)
+cvs.texi(,1588) @example
+cvs.texi(,1589)
D/@var{name}/@var{filler1}/@var{filler2}/@var{filler3}/@var{filler4}
+cvs.texi(,1590) @end example
cvs.texi(,1591)
-cvs.texi(,1592) The lines in the @file{Entries} file can be in any order.
-cvs.texi(,1593)
-cvs.texi(,1594) @cindex Entries.Log file, in CVS directory
-cvs.texi(,1595) @cindex CVS/Entries.Log file
-cvs.texi(,1596) @item Entries.Log
-cvs.texi(,1597) This file does not record any information beyond that
-cvs.texi(,1598) in @file{Entries}, but it does provide a way to update
-cvs.texi(,1599) the information without having to rewrite the entire
-cvs.texi(,1600) @file{Entries} file, including the ability to preserve
-cvs.texi(,1601) the information even if the program writing
-cvs.texi(,1602) @file{Entries} and @file{Entries.Log} abruptly aborts.
-cvs.texi(,1603) Programs which are reading the @file{Entries} file
-cvs.texi(,1604) should also check for @file{Entries.Log}. If the latter
-cvs.texi(,1605) exists, they should read @file{Entries} and then apply
-cvs.texi(,1606) the changes mentioned in @file{Entries.Log}. After
-cvs.texi(,1607) applying the changes, the recommended practice is to
-cvs.texi(,1608) rewrite @file{Entries} and then delete @file{Entries.Log}.
-cvs.texi(,1609) The format of a line in @file{Entries.Log} is a single
-cvs.texi(,1610) character command followed by a space followed by a
-cvs.texi(,1611) line in the format specified for a line in
-cvs.texi(,1612) @file{Entries}. The single character command is
-cvs.texi(,1613) @samp{A} to indicate that the entry is being added,
-cvs.texi(,1614) @samp{R} to indicate that the entry is being removed,
-cvs.texi(,1615) or any other character to indicate that the entire line
-cvs.texi(,1616) in @file{Entries.Log} should be silently ignored (for
-cvs.texi(,1617) future expansion). If the second character of the line
-cvs.texi(,1618) in @file{Entries.Log} is not a space, then it was
-cvs.texi(,1619) written by an older version of @sc{cvs} (not documented
-cvs.texi(,1620) here).
-cvs.texi(,1621)
-cvs.texi(,1622) Programs which are writing rather than reading can
-cvs.texi(,1623) safely ignore @file{Entries.Log} if they so choose.
-cvs.texi(,1624)
-cvs.texi(,1625) @cindex Entries.Backup file, in CVS directory
-cvs.texi(,1626) @cindex CVS/Entries.Backup file
-cvs.texi(,1627) @item Entries.Backup
-cvs.texi(,1628) This is a temporary file. Recommended usage is to
-cvs.texi(,1629) write a new entries file to @file{Entries.Backup}, and
-cvs.texi(,1630) then to rename it (atomically, where possible) to
@file{Entries}.
-cvs.texi(,1631)
-cvs.texi(,1632) @cindex Entries.Static file, in CVS directory
-cvs.texi(,1633) @cindex CVS/Entries.Static file
-cvs.texi(,1634) @item Entries.Static
-cvs.texi(,1635) The only relevant thing about this file is whether it
-cvs.texi(,1636) exists or not. If it exists, then it means that only
-cvs.texi(,1637) part of a directory was gotten and @sc{cvs} will
-cvs.texi(,1638) not create additional files in that directory. To
-cvs.texi(,1639) clear it, use the @code{update} command with the
-cvs.texi(,1640) @samp{-d} option, which will get the additional files
-cvs.texi(,1641) and remove @file{Entries.Static}.
-cvs.texi(,1642) @c FIXME: This needs to be better documented, in places
-cvs.texi(,1643) @c other than Working Directory Storage.
-cvs.texi(,1644) @c FIXCVS: The fact that this setting exists needs to
-cvs.texi(,1645) @c be more visible to the user. For example "cvs
-cvs.texi(,1646) @c status foo", in the case where the file would be
-cvs.texi(,1647) @c gotten except for Entries.Static, might say
-cvs.texi(,1648) @c something to distinguish this from other cases.
-cvs.texi(,1649) @c One thing that periodically gets suggested is to
-cvs.texi(,1650) @c have "cvs update" print something when it skips
-cvs.texi(,1651) @c files due to Entries.Static, but IMHO that kind of
-cvs.texi(,1652) @c noise pretty much makes the Entries.Static feature
-cvs.texi(,1653) @c useless.
-cvs.texi(,1654)
-cvs.texi(,1655) @cindex Tag file, in CVS directory
-cvs.texi(,1656) @cindex CVS/Tag file
-cvs.texi(,1657) @cindex Sticky tags/dates, per-directory
-cvs.texi(,1658) @cindex Per-directory sticky tags/dates
-cvs.texi(,1659) @item Tag
-cvs.texi(,1660) This file contains per-directory sticky tags or dates.
-cvs.texi(,1661) The first character is @samp{T} for a branch tag,
-cvs.texi(,1662) @samp{N} for a non-branch tag, or @samp{D} for a date,
-cvs.texi(,1663) or another character to mean the file should be
-cvs.texi(,1664) silently ignored, for future expansion. This character
-cvs.texi(,1665) is followed by the tag or date. Note that
-cvs.texi(,1666) per-directory sticky tags or dates are used for things
-cvs.texi(,1667) like applying to files which are newly added; they
-cvs.texi(,1668) might not be the same as the sticky tags or dates on
-cvs.texi(,1669) individual files. For general information on sticky
-cvs.texi(,1670) tags and dates, see @ref{Sticky tags}.
-cvs.texi(,1671) @c FIXME: This needs to be much better documented,
-cvs.texi(,1672) @c preferably not in the context of "working directory
-cvs.texi(,1673) @c storage".
-cvs.texi(,1674) @c FIXME: The Sticky tags node needs to discuss, or xref to
-cvs.texi(,1675) @c someplace which discusses, per-directory sticky
-cvs.texi(,1676) @c tags and the distinction with per-file sticky tags.
-cvs.texi(,1677)
-cvs.texi(,1678) @cindex Notify file, in CVS directory
-cvs.texi(,1679) @cindex CVS/Notify file
-cvs.texi(,1680) @item Notify
-cvs.texi(,1681) This file stores notifications (for example, for
-cvs.texi(,1682) @code{edit} or @code{unedit}) which have not yet been
-cvs.texi(,1683) sent to the server. Its format is not yet documented
-cvs.texi(,1684) here.
-cvs.texi(,1685)
-cvs.texi(,1686) @cindex Notify.tmp file, in CVS directory
-cvs.texi(,1687) @cindex CVS/Notify.tmp file
-cvs.texi(,1688) @item Notify.tmp
-cvs.texi(,1689) This file is to @file{Notify} as @file{Entries.Backup}
-cvs.texi(,1690) is to @file{Entries}. That is, to write @file{Notify},
-cvs.texi(,1691) first write the new contents to @file{Notify.tmp} and
-cvs.texi(,1692) then (atomically where possible), rename it to
-cvs.texi(,1693) @file{Notify}.
-cvs.texi(,1694)
-cvs.texi(,1695) @cindex Base directory, in CVS directory
-cvs.texi(,1696) @cindex CVS/Base directory
-cvs.texi(,1697) @item Base
-cvs.texi(,1698) If watches are in use, then an @code{edit} command
-cvs.texi(,1699) stores the original copy of the file in the @file{Base}
-cvs.texi(,1700) directory. This allows the @code{unedit} command to
-cvs.texi(,1701) operate even if it is unable to communicate with the
-cvs.texi(,1702) server.
-cvs.texi(,1703)
-cvs.texi(,1704) @cindex Baserev file, in CVS directory
-cvs.texi(,1705) @cindex CVS/Baserev file
-cvs.texi(,1706) @item Baserev
-cvs.texi(,1707) The file lists the revision for each of the files in
-cvs.texi(,1708) the @file{Base} directory. The format is:
+cvs.texi(,1592) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,1593) where @var{name} is the name of the subdirectory, and
+cvs.texi(,1594) all the @var{filler} fields should be silently ignored,
+cvs.texi(,1595) for future expansion. Programs which modify
+cvs.texi(,1596) @code{Entries} files should preserve these fields.
+cvs.texi(,1597)
+cvs.texi(,1598) The lines in the @file{Entries} file can be in any order.
+cvs.texi(,1599)
+cvs.texi(,1600) @cindex Entries.Log file, in CVS directory
+cvs.texi(,1601) @cindex CVS/Entries.Log file
+cvs.texi(,1602) @item Entries.Log
+cvs.texi(,1603) This file does not record any information beyond that
+cvs.texi(,1604) in @file{Entries}, but it does provide a way to update
+cvs.texi(,1605) the information without having to rewrite the entire
+cvs.texi(,1606) @file{Entries} file, including the ability to preserve
+cvs.texi(,1607) the information even if the program writing
+cvs.texi(,1608) @file{Entries} and @file{Entries.Log} abruptly aborts.
+cvs.texi(,1609) Programs which are reading the @file{Entries} file
+cvs.texi(,1610) should also check for @file{Entries.Log}. If the latter
+cvs.texi(,1611) exists, they should read @file{Entries} and then apply
+cvs.texi(,1612) the changes mentioned in @file{Entries.Log}. After
+cvs.texi(,1613) applying the changes, the recommended practice is to
+cvs.texi(,1614) rewrite @file{Entries} and then delete @file{Entries.Log}.
+cvs.texi(,1615) The format of a line in @file{Entries.Log} is a single
+cvs.texi(,1616) character command followed by a space followed by a
+cvs.texi(,1617) line in the format specified for a line in
+cvs.texi(,1618) @file{Entries}. The single character command is
+cvs.texi(,1619) @samp{A} to indicate that the entry is being added,
+cvs.texi(,1620) @samp{R} to indicate that the entry is being removed,
+cvs.texi(,1621) or any other character to indicate that the entire line
+cvs.texi(,1622) in @file{Entries.Log} should be silently ignored (for
+cvs.texi(,1623) future expansion). If the second character of the line
+cvs.texi(,1624) in @file{Entries.Log} is not a space, then it was
+cvs.texi(,1625) written by an older version of @sc{cvs} (not documented
+cvs.texi(,1626) here).
+cvs.texi(,1627)
+cvs.texi(,1628) Programs which are writing rather than reading can
+cvs.texi(,1629) safely ignore @file{Entries.Log} if they so choose.
+cvs.texi(,1630)
+cvs.texi(,1631) @cindex Entries.Backup file, in CVS directory
+cvs.texi(,1632) @cindex CVS/Entries.Backup file
+cvs.texi(,1633) @item Entries.Backup
+cvs.texi(,1634) This is a temporary file. Recommended usage is to
+cvs.texi(,1635) write a new entries file to @file{Entries.Backup}, and
+cvs.texi(,1636) then to rename it (atomically, where possible) to
@file{Entries}.
+cvs.texi(,1637)
+cvs.texi(,1638) @cindex Entries.Static file, in CVS directory
+cvs.texi(,1639) @cindex CVS/Entries.Static file
+cvs.texi(,1640) @item Entries.Static
+cvs.texi(,1641) The only relevant thing about this file is whether it
+cvs.texi(,1642) exists or not. If it exists, then it means that only
+cvs.texi(,1643) part of a directory was gotten and @sc{cvs} will
+cvs.texi(,1644) not create additional files in that directory. To
+cvs.texi(,1645) clear it, use the @code{update} command with the
+cvs.texi(,1646) @samp{-d} option, which will get the additional files
+cvs.texi(,1647) and remove @file{Entries.Static}.
+cvs.texi(,1648) @c FIXME: This needs to be better documented, in places
+cvs.texi(,1649) @c other than Working Directory Storage.
+cvs.texi(,1650) @c FIXCVS: The fact that this setting exists needs to
+cvs.texi(,1651) @c be more visible to the user. For example "cvs
+cvs.texi(,1652) @c status foo", in the case where the file would be
+cvs.texi(,1653) @c gotten except for Entries.Static, might say
+cvs.texi(,1654) @c something to distinguish this from other cases.
+cvs.texi(,1655) @c One thing that periodically gets suggested is to
+cvs.texi(,1656) @c have "cvs update" print something when it skips
+cvs.texi(,1657) @c files due to Entries.Static, but IMHO that kind of
+cvs.texi(,1658) @c noise pretty much makes the Entries.Static feature
+cvs.texi(,1659) @c useless.
+cvs.texi(,1660)
+cvs.texi(,1661) @cindex Tag file, in CVS directory
+cvs.texi(,1662) @cindex CVS/Tag file
+cvs.texi(,1663) @cindex Sticky tags/dates, per-directory
+cvs.texi(,1664) @cindex Per-directory sticky tags/dates
+cvs.texi(,1665) @item Tag
+cvs.texi(,1666) This file contains per-directory sticky tags or dates.
+cvs.texi(,1667) The first character is @samp{T} for a branch tag,
+cvs.texi(,1668) @samp{N} for a non-branch tag, or @samp{D} for a date,
+cvs.texi(,1669) or another character to mean the file should be
+cvs.texi(,1670) silently ignored, for future expansion. This character
+cvs.texi(,1671) is followed by the tag or date. Note that
+cvs.texi(,1672) per-directory sticky tags or dates are used for things
+cvs.texi(,1673) like applying to files which are newly added; they
+cvs.texi(,1674) might not be the same as the sticky tags or dates on
+cvs.texi(,1675) individual files. For general information on sticky
+cvs.texi(,1676) tags and dates, see @ref{Sticky tags}.
+cvs.texi(,1677) @c FIXME: This needs to be much better documented,
+cvs.texi(,1678) @c preferably not in the context of "working directory
+cvs.texi(,1679) @c storage".
+cvs.texi(,1680) @c FIXME: The Sticky tags node needs to discuss, or xref to
+cvs.texi(,1681) @c someplace which discusses, per-directory sticky
+cvs.texi(,1682) @c tags and the distinction with per-file sticky tags.
+cvs.texi(,1683)
+cvs.texi(,1684) @cindex Notify file, in CVS directory
+cvs.texi(,1685) @cindex CVS/Notify file
+cvs.texi(,1686) @item Notify
+cvs.texi(,1687) This file stores notifications (for example, for
+cvs.texi(,1688) @code{edit} or @code{unedit}) which have not yet been
+cvs.texi(,1689) sent to the server. Its format is not yet documented
+cvs.texi(,1690) here.
+cvs.texi(,1691)
+cvs.texi(,1692) @cindex Notify.tmp file, in CVS directory
+cvs.texi(,1693) @cindex CVS/Notify.tmp file
+cvs.texi(,1694) @item Notify.tmp
+cvs.texi(,1695) This file is to @file{Notify} as @file{Entries.Backup}
+cvs.texi(,1696) is to @file{Entries}. That is, to write @file{Notify},
+cvs.texi(,1697) first write the new contents to @file{Notify.tmp} and
+cvs.texi(,1698) then (atomically where possible), rename it to
+cvs.texi(,1699) @file{Notify}.
+cvs.texi(,1700)
+cvs.texi(,1701) @cindex Base directory, in CVS directory
+cvs.texi(,1702) @cindex CVS/Base directory
+cvs.texi(,1703) @item Base
+cvs.texi(,1704) If watches are in use, then an @code{edit} command
+cvs.texi(,1705) stores the original copy of the file in the @file{Base}
+cvs.texi(,1706) directory. This allows the @code{unedit} command to
+cvs.texi(,1707) operate even if it is unable to communicate with the
+cvs.texi(,1708) server.
cvs.texi(,1709)
-cvs.texi(,1710) @example
-cvs.texi(,1711) address@hidden/@var{rev}/@var{expansion}
-cvs.texi(,1712) @end example
-cvs.texi(,1713)
-cvs.texi(,1714) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,1715) where @var{expansion} should be ignored, to allow for
-cvs.texi(,1716) future expansion.
-cvs.texi(,1717)
-cvs.texi(,1718) @cindex Baserev.tmp file, in CVS directory
-cvs.texi(,1719) @cindex CVS/Baserev.tmp file
-cvs.texi(,1720) @item Baserev.tmp
-cvs.texi(,1721) This file is to @file{Baserev} as @file{Entries.Backup}
-cvs.texi(,1722) is to @file{Entries}. That is, to write @file{Baserev},
-cvs.texi(,1723) first write the new contents to @file{Baserev.tmp} and
-cvs.texi(,1724) then (atomically where possible), rename it to
-cvs.texi(,1725) @file{Baserev}.
-cvs.texi(,1726)
-cvs.texi(,1727) @cindex Template file, in CVS directory
-cvs.texi(,1728) @cindex CVS/Template file
-cvs.texi(,1729) @item Template
-cvs.texi(,1730) This file contains the template specified by the
-cvs.texi(,1731) @file{rcsinfo} file (@pxref{rcsinfo}). It is only used
-cvs.texi(,1732) by the client; the non-client/server @sc{cvs} consults
-cvs.texi(,1733) @file{rcsinfo} directly.
-cvs.texi(,1734) @end table
-cvs.texi(,1735)
-cvs.texi(,1736) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,1737) @node Intro administrative files
-cvs.texi(,1738) @section The administrative files
-cvs.texi(,1739) @cindex Administrative files (intro)
-cvs.texi(,1740) @cindex Modules file
-cvs.texi(,1741) @cindex CVSROOT, module name
-cvs.texi(,1742) @cindex Defining modules (intro)
-cvs.texi(,1743)
-cvs.texi(,1744) @c FIXME: this node should be reorganized into "general
-cvs.texi(,1745) @c information about admin files" and put the "editing
-cvs.texi(,1746) @c admin files" stuff up front rather than jumping into
-cvs.texi(,1747) @c the details of modules right away. Then the
-cvs.texi(,1748) @c Administrative files node can go away, the information
-cvs.texi(,1749) @c on each admin file distributed to a place appropriate
-cvs.texi(,1750) @c to its function, and this node can contain a table
-cvs.texi(,1751) @c listing each file and a @ref to its detailed description.
-cvs.texi(,1752)
-cvs.texi(,1753) The directory @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT} contains some
@dfn{administrative
-cvs.texi(,1754) files}. @xref{Administrative files}, for a complete
description.
-cvs.texi(,1755) You can use @sc{cvs} without any of these files, but
-cvs.texi(,1756) some commands work better when at least the
-cvs.texi(,1757) @file{modules} file is properly set up.
+cvs.texi(,1710) @cindex Baserev file, in CVS directory
+cvs.texi(,1711) @cindex CVS/Baserev file
+cvs.texi(,1712) @item Baserev
+cvs.texi(,1713) The file lists the revision for each of the files in
+cvs.texi(,1714) the @file{Base} directory. The format is:
+cvs.texi(,1715)
+cvs.texi(,1716) @example
+cvs.texi(,1717) address@hidden/@var{rev}/@var{expansion}
+cvs.texi(,1718) @end example
+cvs.texi(,1719)
+cvs.texi(,1720) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,1721) where @var{expansion} should be ignored, to allow for
+cvs.texi(,1722) future expansion.
+cvs.texi(,1723)
+cvs.texi(,1724) @cindex Baserev.tmp file, in CVS directory
+cvs.texi(,1725) @cindex CVS/Baserev.tmp file
+cvs.texi(,1726) @item Baserev.tmp
+cvs.texi(,1727) This file is to @file{Baserev} as @file{Entries.Backup}
+cvs.texi(,1728) is to @file{Entries}. That is, to write @file{Baserev},
+cvs.texi(,1729) first write the new contents to @file{Baserev.tmp} and
+cvs.texi(,1730) then (atomically where possible), rename it to
+cvs.texi(,1731) @file{Baserev}.
+cvs.texi(,1732)
+cvs.texi(,1733) @cindex Template file, in CVS directory
+cvs.texi(,1734) @cindex CVS/Template file
+cvs.texi(,1735) @item Template
+cvs.texi(,1736) This file contains the template specified by the
+cvs.texi(,1737) @file{rcsinfo} file (@pxref{rcsinfo}). It is only used
+cvs.texi(,1738) by the client; the non-client/server @sc{cvs} consults
+cvs.texi(,1739) @file{rcsinfo} directly.
+cvs.texi(,1740) @end table
+cvs.texi(,1741)
+cvs.texi(,1742) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,1743) @node Intro administrative files
+cvs.texi(,1744) @section The administrative files
+cvs.texi(,1745) @cindex Administrative files (intro)
+cvs.texi(,1746) @cindex Modules file
+cvs.texi(,1747) @cindex CVSROOT, module name
+cvs.texi(,1748) @cindex Defining modules (intro)
+cvs.texi(,1749)
+cvs.texi(,1750) @c FIXME: this node should be reorganized into "general
+cvs.texi(,1751) @c information about admin files" and put the "editing
+cvs.texi(,1752) @c admin files" stuff up front rather than jumping into
+cvs.texi(,1753) @c the details of modules right away. Then the
+cvs.texi(,1754) @c Administrative files node can go away, the information
+cvs.texi(,1755) @c on each admin file distributed to a place appropriate
+cvs.texi(,1756) @c to its function, and this node can contain a table
+cvs.texi(,1757) @c listing each file and a @ref to its detailed description.
cvs.texi(,1758)
-cvs.texi(,1759) The most important of these files is the @file{modules}
-cvs.texi(,1760) file. It defines all modules in the repository. This
-cvs.texi(,1761) is a sample @file{modules} file.
-cvs.texi(,1762)
-cvs.texi(,1763) @c FIXME: The CVSROOT line is a goofy example now that
-cvs.texi(,1764) @c mkmodules doesn't exist.
-cvs.texi(,1765) @example
-cvs.texi(,1766) CVSROOT CVSROOT
-cvs.texi(,1767) modules CVSROOT modules
-cvs.texi(,1768) cvs gnu/cvs
-cvs.texi(,1769) rcs gnu/rcs
-cvs.texi(,1770) diff gnu/diff
-cvs.texi(,1771) tc yoyodyne/tc
-cvs.texi(,1772) @end example
-cvs.texi(,1773)
-cvs.texi(,1774) The @file{modules} file is line oriented. In its
-cvs.texi(,1775) simplest form each line contains the name of the
-cvs.texi(,1776) module, whitespace, and the directory where the module
-cvs.texi(,1777) resides. The directory is a path relative to
-cvs.texi(,1778) @code{$CVSROOT}. The last four lines in the example
-cvs.texi(,1779) above are examples of such lines.
-cvs.texi(,1780)
-cvs.texi(,1781) @c FIXME: might want to introduce the concept of options in
modules file
-cvs.texi(,1782) @c (the old example which was here, -i mkmodules, is obsolete).
-cvs.texi(,1783)
-cvs.texi(,1784) The line that defines the module called @samp{modules}
-cvs.texi(,1785) uses features that are not explained here.
-cvs.texi(,1786) @xref{modules}, for a full explanation of all the
-cvs.texi(,1787) available features.
-cvs.texi(,1788)
-cvs.texi(,1789) @c FIXME: subsection without node is bogus
-cvs.texi(,1790) @subsection Editing administrative files
-cvs.texi(,1791) @cindex Editing administrative files
-cvs.texi(,1792) @cindex Administrative files, editing them
-cvs.texi(,1793)
-cvs.texi(,1794) You edit the administrative files in the same way that you
would edit
-cvs.texi(,1795) any other module. Use @samp{cvs checkout CVSROOT} to get a
working
-cvs.texi(,1796) copy, edit it, and commit your changes in the normal way.
-cvs.texi(,1797)
-cvs.texi(,1798) It is possible to commit an erroneous administrative
-cvs.texi(,1799) file. You can often fix the error and check in a new
-cvs.texi(,1800) revision, but sometimes a particularly bad error in the
-cvs.texi(,1801) administrative file makes it impossible to commit new
-cvs.texi(,1802) revisions.
-cvs.texi(,1803) @c @xref{Bad administrative files} for a hint
-cvs.texi(,1804) @c about how to solve such situations.
-cvs.texi(,1805) @c -- administrative file checking--
-cvs.texi(,1806)
-cvs.texi(,1807) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,1808) @node Multiple repositories
-cvs.texi(,1809) @section Multiple repositories
-cvs.texi(,1810) @cindex Multiple repositories
-cvs.texi(,1811) @cindex Repositories, multiple
-cvs.texi(,1812) @cindex Many repositories
-cvs.texi(,1813) @cindex Parallel repositories
-cvs.texi(,1814) @cindex Disjoint repositories
-cvs.texi(,1815) @cindex CVSROOT, multiple repositories
-cvs.texi(,1816)
-cvs.texi(,1817) In some situations it is a good idea to have more than
-cvs.texi(,1818) one repository, for instance if you have two
-cvs.texi(,1819) development groups that work on separate projects
-cvs.texi(,1820) without sharing any code. All you have to do to have
-cvs.texi(,1821) several repositories is to specify the appropriate
-cvs.texi(,1822) repository, using the @code{CVSROOT} environment
-cvs.texi(,1823) variable, the @samp{-d} option to @sc{cvs}, or (once
-cvs.texi(,1824) you have checked out a working directory) by simply
-cvs.texi(,1825) allowing @sc{cvs} to use the repository that was used
-cvs.texi(,1826) to check out the working directory
-cvs.texi(,1827) (@pxref{Specifying a repository}).
-cvs.texi(,1828)
-cvs.texi(,1829) The big advantage of having multiple repositories is
-cvs.texi(,1830) that they can reside on different servers. With @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,1831) version 1.10, a single command cannot recurse into
-cvs.texi(,1832) directories from different repositories. With development
-cvs.texi(,1833) versions of @sc{cvs}, you can check out code from multiple
-cvs.texi(,1834) servers into your working directory. @sc{cvs} will
-cvs.texi(,1835) recurse and handle all the details of making
-cvs.texi(,1836) connections to as many server machines as necessary to
-cvs.texi(,1837) perform the requested command. Here is an example of
-cvs.texi(,1838) how to set up a working directory:
-cvs.texi(,1839)
-cvs.texi(,1840) @example
-cvs.texi(,1841) cvs -d server1:/cvs co dir1
-cvs.texi(,1842) cd dir1
-cvs.texi(,1843) cvs -d server2:/root co sdir
-cvs.texi(,1844) cvs update
-cvs.texi(,1845) @end example
-cvs.texi(,1846)
-cvs.texi(,1847) The @code{cvs co} commands set up the working
-cvs.texi(,1848) directory, and then the @code{cvs update} command will
-cvs.texi(,1849) contact server2, to update the dir1/sdir subdirectory,
-cvs.texi(,1850) and server1, to update everything else.
-cvs.texi(,1851)
-cvs.texi(,1852) @c FIXME: Does the FAQ have more about this? I have a
-cvs.texi(,1853) @c dim recollection, but I'm too lazy to check right now.
-cvs.texi(,1854)
-cvs.texi(,1855) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,1856) @node Creating a repository
-cvs.texi(,1857) @section Creating a repository
-cvs.texi(,1858)
-cvs.texi(,1859) @cindex Repository, setting up
-cvs.texi(,1860) @cindex Creating a repository
-cvs.texi(,1861) @cindex Setting up a repository
-cvs.texi(,1862)
-cvs.texi(,1863) To set up a @sc{cvs} repository, first choose the
-cvs.texi(,1864) machine and disk on which you want to store the
-cvs.texi(,1865) revision history of the source files. CPU and memory
-cvs.texi(,1866) requirements are modest, so most machines should be
-cvs.texi(,1867) adequate. For details see @ref{Server requirements}.
-cvs.texi(,1868) @c Possible that we should be providing a quick rule of
-cvs.texi(,1869) @c thumb, like the 32M memory for the server. That
-cvs.texi(,1870) @c might increase the number of people who are happy
-cvs.texi(,1871) @c with the answer, without following the xref.
-cvs.texi(,1872)
-cvs.texi(,1873) To estimate disk space
-cvs.texi(,1874) requirements, if you are importing RCS files from
-cvs.texi(,1875) another system, the size of those files is the
-cvs.texi(,1876) approximate initial size of your repository, or if you
-cvs.texi(,1877) are starting without any version history, a rule of
-cvs.texi(,1878) thumb is to allow for the server approximately three
-cvs.texi(,1879) times the size of the code to be under @sc{cvs} for the
-cvs.texi(,1880) repository (you will eventually outgrow this, but not
-cvs.texi(,1881) for a while). On the machines on which the developers
-cvs.texi(,1882) will be working, you'll want disk space for
-cvs.texi(,1883) approximately one working directory for each developer
-cvs.texi(,1884) (either the entire tree or a portion of it, depending
-cvs.texi(,1885) on what each developer uses).
-cvs.texi(,1886)
-cvs.texi(,1887) The repository should be accessible
-cvs.texi(,1888) (directly or via a networked file system) from all
-cvs.texi(,1889) machines which want to use @sc{cvs} in server or local
-cvs.texi(,1890) mode; the client machines need not have any access to
-cvs.texi(,1891) it other than via the @sc{cvs} protocol. It is not
-cvs.texi(,1892) possible to use @sc{cvs} to read from a repository
-cvs.texi(,1893) which one only has read access to; @sc{cvs} needs to be
-cvs.texi(,1894) able to create lock files (@pxref{Concurrency}).
-cvs.texi(,1895)
-cvs.texi(,1896) @cindex init (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,1897) To create a repository, run the @code{cvs init}
-cvs.texi(,1898) command. It will set up an empty repository in the
-cvs.texi(,1899) @sc{cvs} root specified in the usual way
-cvs.texi(,1900) (@pxref{Repository}). For example,
+cvs.texi(,1759) The directory @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT} contains some
@dfn{administrative
+cvs.texi(,1760) files}. @xref{Administrative files}, for a complete
description.
+cvs.texi(,1761) You can use @sc{cvs} without any of these files, but
+cvs.texi(,1762) some commands work better when at least the
+cvs.texi(,1763) @file{modules} file is properly set up.
+cvs.texi(,1764)
+cvs.texi(,1765) The most important of these files is the @file{modules}
+cvs.texi(,1766) file. It defines all modules in the repository. This
+cvs.texi(,1767) is a sample @file{modules} file.
+cvs.texi(,1768)
+cvs.texi(,1769) @c FIXME: The CVSROOT line is a goofy example now that
+cvs.texi(,1770) @c mkmodules doesn't exist.
+cvs.texi(,1771) @example
+cvs.texi(,1772) CVSROOT CVSROOT
+cvs.texi(,1773) modules CVSROOT modules
+cvs.texi(,1774) cvs gnu/cvs
+cvs.texi(,1775) rcs gnu/rcs
+cvs.texi(,1776) diff gnu/diff
+cvs.texi(,1777) tc yoyodyne/tc
+cvs.texi(,1778) @end example
+cvs.texi(,1779)
+cvs.texi(,1780) The @file{modules} file is line oriented. In its
+cvs.texi(,1781) simplest form each line contains the name of the
+cvs.texi(,1782) module, whitespace, and the directory where the module
+cvs.texi(,1783) resides. The directory is a path relative to
+cvs.texi(,1784) @code{$CVSROOT}. The last four lines in the example
+cvs.texi(,1785) above are examples of such lines.
+cvs.texi(,1786)
+cvs.texi(,1787) @c FIXME: might want to introduce the concept of options in
modules file
+cvs.texi(,1788) @c (the old example which was here, -i mkmodules, is obsolete).
+cvs.texi(,1789)
+cvs.texi(,1790) The line that defines the module called @samp{modules}
+cvs.texi(,1791) uses features that are not explained here.
+cvs.texi(,1792) @xref{modules}, for a full explanation of all the
+cvs.texi(,1793) available features.
+cvs.texi(,1794)
+cvs.texi(,1795) @c FIXME: subsection without node is bogus
+cvs.texi(,1796) @subsection Editing administrative files
+cvs.texi(,1797) @cindex Editing administrative files
+cvs.texi(,1798) @cindex Administrative files, editing them
+cvs.texi(,1799)
+cvs.texi(,1800) You edit the administrative files in the same way that you
would edit
+cvs.texi(,1801) any other module. Use @samp{cvs checkout CVSROOT} to get a
working
+cvs.texi(,1802) copy, edit it, and commit your changes in the normal way.
+cvs.texi(,1803)
+cvs.texi(,1804) It is possible to commit an erroneous administrative
+cvs.texi(,1805) file. You can often fix the error and check in a new
+cvs.texi(,1806) revision, but sometimes a particularly bad error in the
+cvs.texi(,1807) administrative file makes it impossible to commit new
+cvs.texi(,1808) revisions.
+cvs.texi(,1809) @c @xref{Bad administrative files} for a hint
+cvs.texi(,1810) @c about how to solve such situations.
+cvs.texi(,1811) @c -- administrative file checking--
+cvs.texi(,1812)
+cvs.texi(,1813) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,1814) @node Multiple repositories
+cvs.texi(,1815) @section Multiple repositories
+cvs.texi(,1816) @cindex Multiple repositories
+cvs.texi(,1817) @cindex Repositories, multiple
+cvs.texi(,1818) @cindex Many repositories
+cvs.texi(,1819) @cindex Parallel repositories
+cvs.texi(,1820) @cindex Disjoint repositories
+cvs.texi(,1821) @cindex CVSROOT, multiple repositories
+cvs.texi(,1822)
+cvs.texi(,1823) In some situations it is a good idea to have more than
+cvs.texi(,1824) one repository, for instance if you have two
+cvs.texi(,1825) development groups that work on separate projects
+cvs.texi(,1826) without sharing any code. All you have to do to have
+cvs.texi(,1827) several repositories is to specify the appropriate
+cvs.texi(,1828) repository, using the @code{CVSROOT} environment
+cvs.texi(,1829) variable, the @samp{-d} option to @sc{cvs}, or (once
+cvs.texi(,1830) you have checked out a working directory) by simply
+cvs.texi(,1831) allowing @sc{cvs} to use the repository that was used
+cvs.texi(,1832) to check out the working directory
+cvs.texi(,1833) (@pxref{Specifying a repository}).
+cvs.texi(,1834)
+cvs.texi(,1835) The big advantage of having multiple repositories is
+cvs.texi(,1836) that they can reside on different servers. With @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,1837) version 1.10, a single command cannot recurse into
+cvs.texi(,1838) directories from different repositories. With development
+cvs.texi(,1839) versions of @sc{cvs}, you can check out code from multiple
+cvs.texi(,1840) servers into your working directory. @sc{cvs} will
+cvs.texi(,1841) recurse and handle all the details of making
+cvs.texi(,1842) connections to as many server machines as necessary to
+cvs.texi(,1843) perform the requested command. Here is an example of
+cvs.texi(,1844) how to set up a working directory:
+cvs.texi(,1845)
+cvs.texi(,1846) @example
+cvs.texi(,1847) cvs -d server1:/cvs co dir1
+cvs.texi(,1848) cd dir1
+cvs.texi(,1849) cvs -d server2:/root co sdir
+cvs.texi(,1850) cvs update
+cvs.texi(,1851) @end example
+cvs.texi(,1852)
+cvs.texi(,1853) The @code{cvs co} commands set up the working
+cvs.texi(,1854) directory, and then the @code{cvs update} command will
+cvs.texi(,1855) contact server2, to update the dir1/sdir subdirectory,
+cvs.texi(,1856) and server1, to update everything else.
+cvs.texi(,1857)
+cvs.texi(,1858) @c FIXME: Does the FAQ have more about this? I have a
+cvs.texi(,1859) @c dim recollection, but I'm too lazy to check right now.
+cvs.texi(,1860)
+cvs.texi(,1861) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,1862) @node Creating a repository
+cvs.texi(,1863) @section Creating a repository
+cvs.texi(,1864)
+cvs.texi(,1865) @cindex Repository, setting up
+cvs.texi(,1866) @cindex Creating a repository
+cvs.texi(,1867) @cindex Setting up a repository
+cvs.texi(,1868)
+cvs.texi(,1869) To set up a @sc{cvs} repository, first choose the
+cvs.texi(,1870) machine and disk on which you want to store the
+cvs.texi(,1871) revision history of the source files. CPU and memory
+cvs.texi(,1872) requirements are modest, so most machines should be
+cvs.texi(,1873) adequate. For details see @ref{Server requirements}.
+cvs.texi(,1874) @c Possible that we should be providing a quick rule of
+cvs.texi(,1875) @c thumb, like the 32M memory for the server. That
+cvs.texi(,1876) @c might increase the number of people who are happy
+cvs.texi(,1877) @c with the answer, without following the xref.
+cvs.texi(,1878)
+cvs.texi(,1879) To estimate disk space
+cvs.texi(,1880) requirements, if you are importing RCS files from
+cvs.texi(,1881) another system, the size of those files is the
+cvs.texi(,1882) approximate initial size of your repository, or if you
+cvs.texi(,1883) are starting without any version history, a rule of
+cvs.texi(,1884) thumb is to allow for the server approximately three
+cvs.texi(,1885) times the size of the code to be under @sc{cvs} for the
+cvs.texi(,1886) repository (you will eventually outgrow this, but not
+cvs.texi(,1887) for a while). On the machines on which the developers
+cvs.texi(,1888) will be working, you'll want disk space for
+cvs.texi(,1889) approximately one working directory for each developer
+cvs.texi(,1890) (either the entire tree or a portion of it, depending
+cvs.texi(,1891) on what each developer uses).
+cvs.texi(,1892)
+cvs.texi(,1893) The repository should be accessible
+cvs.texi(,1894) (directly or via a networked file system) from all
+cvs.texi(,1895) machines which want to use @sc{cvs} in server or local
+cvs.texi(,1896) mode; the client machines need not have any access to
+cvs.texi(,1897) it other than via the @sc{cvs} protocol. It is not
+cvs.texi(,1898) possible to use @sc{cvs} to read from a repository
+cvs.texi(,1899) which one only has read access to; @sc{cvs} needs to be
+cvs.texi(,1900) able to create lock files (@pxref{Concurrency}).
cvs.texi(,1901)
-cvs.texi(,1902) @example
-cvs.texi(,1903) cvs -d /usr/local/cvsroot init
-cvs.texi(,1904) @end example
-cvs.texi(,1905)
-cvs.texi(,1906) @code{cvs init} is careful to never overwrite any
-cvs.texi(,1907) existing files in the repository, so no harm is done if
-cvs.texi(,1908) you run @code{cvs init} on an already set-up
-cvs.texi(,1909) repository.
-cvs.texi(,1910)
-cvs.texi(,1911) @code{cvs init} will enable history logging; if you
-cvs.texi(,1912) don't want that, remove the history file after running
-cvs.texi(,1913) @code{cvs init}. @xref{history file}.
-cvs.texi(,1914)
-cvs.texi(,1915) @node Backing up
-cvs.texi(,1916) @section Backing up a repository
-cvs.texi(,1917) @cindex Repository, backing up
-cvs.texi(,1918) @cindex Backing up, repository
-cvs.texi(,1919)
-cvs.texi(,1920) There is nothing particularly magical about the files
-cvs.texi(,1921) in the repository; for the most part it is possible to
-cvs.texi(,1922) back them up just like any other files. However, there
-cvs.texi(,1923) are a few issues to consider.
-cvs.texi(,1924)
-cvs.texi(,1925) @cindex Locks, cvs, and backups
-cvs.texi(,1926) @cindex #cvs.rfl, and backups
-cvs.texi(,1927) The first is that to be paranoid, one should either not
-cvs.texi(,1928) use @sc{cvs} during the backup, or have the backup
-cvs.texi(,1929) program lock @sc{cvs} while doing the backup. To not
-cvs.texi(,1930) use @sc{cvs}, you might forbid logins to machines which
-cvs.texi(,1931) can access the repository, turn off your @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,1932) server, or similar mechanisms. The details would
-cvs.texi(,1933) depend on your operating system and how you have
-cvs.texi(,1934) @sc{cvs} set up. To lock @sc{cvs}, you would create
-cvs.texi(,1935) @file{#cvs.rfl} locks in each repository directory.
-cvs.texi(,1936) See @ref{Concurrency}, for more on @sc{cvs} locks.
-cvs.texi(,1937) Having said all this, if you just back up without any
-cvs.texi(,1938) of these precautions, the results are unlikely to be
-cvs.texi(,1939) particularly dire. Restoring from backup, the
-cvs.texi(,1940) repository might be in an inconsistent state, but this
-cvs.texi(,1941) would not be particularly hard to fix manually.
-cvs.texi(,1942)
-cvs.texi(,1943) When you restore a repository from backup, assuming
-cvs.texi(,1944) that changes in the repository were made after the time
-cvs.texi(,1945) of the backup, working directories which were not
-cvs.texi(,1946) affected by the failure may refer to revisions which no
-cvs.texi(,1947) longer exist in the repository. Trying to run @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,1948) in such directories will typically produce an error
-cvs.texi(,1949) message. One way to get those changes back into the
-cvs.texi(,1950) repository is as follows:
-cvs.texi(,1951)
-cvs.texi(,1952) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,1953) @item
-cvs.texi(,1954) Get a new working directory.
-cvs.texi(,1955)
-cvs.texi(,1956) @item
-cvs.texi(,1957) Copy the files from the working directory from before
-cvs.texi(,1958) the failure over to the new working directory (do not
-cvs.texi(,1959) copy the contents of the @file{CVS} directories, of
-cvs.texi(,1960) course).
+cvs.texi(,1902) @cindex init (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,1903) To create a repository, run the @code{cvs init}
+cvs.texi(,1904) command. It will set up an empty repository in the
+cvs.texi(,1905) @sc{cvs} root specified in the usual way
+cvs.texi(,1906) (@pxref{Repository}). For example,
+cvs.texi(,1907)
+cvs.texi(,1908) @example
+cvs.texi(,1909) cvs -d /usr/local/cvsroot init
+cvs.texi(,1910) @end example
+cvs.texi(,1911)
+cvs.texi(,1912) @code{cvs init} is careful to never overwrite any
+cvs.texi(,1913) existing files in the repository, so no harm is done if
+cvs.texi(,1914) you run @code{cvs init} on an already set-up
+cvs.texi(,1915) repository.
+cvs.texi(,1916)
+cvs.texi(,1917) @code{cvs init} will enable history logging; if you
+cvs.texi(,1918) don't want that, remove the history file after running
+cvs.texi(,1919) @code{cvs init}. @xref{history file}.
+cvs.texi(,1920)
+cvs.texi(,1921) @node Backing up
+cvs.texi(,1922) @section Backing up a repository
+cvs.texi(,1923) @cindex Repository, backing up
+cvs.texi(,1924) @cindex Backing up, repository
+cvs.texi(,1925)
+cvs.texi(,1926) There is nothing particularly magical about the files
+cvs.texi(,1927) in the repository; for the most part it is possible to
+cvs.texi(,1928) back them up just like any other files. However, there
+cvs.texi(,1929) are a few issues to consider.
+cvs.texi(,1930)
+cvs.texi(,1931) @cindex Locks, cvs, and backups
+cvs.texi(,1932) @cindex #cvs.rfl, and backups
+cvs.texi(,1933) The first is that to be paranoid, one should either not
+cvs.texi(,1934) use @sc{cvs} during the backup, or have the backup
+cvs.texi(,1935) program lock @sc{cvs} while doing the backup. To not
+cvs.texi(,1936) use @sc{cvs}, you might forbid logins to machines which
+cvs.texi(,1937) can access the repository, turn off your @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,1938) server, or similar mechanisms. The details would
+cvs.texi(,1939) depend on your operating system and how you have
+cvs.texi(,1940) @sc{cvs} set up. To lock @sc{cvs}, you would create
+cvs.texi(,1941) @file{#cvs.rfl} locks in each repository directory.
+cvs.texi(,1942) See @ref{Concurrency}, for more on @sc{cvs} locks.
+cvs.texi(,1943) Having said all this, if you just back up without any
+cvs.texi(,1944) of these precautions, the results are unlikely to be
+cvs.texi(,1945) particularly dire. Restoring from backup, the
+cvs.texi(,1946) repository might be in an inconsistent state, but this
+cvs.texi(,1947) would not be particularly hard to fix manually.
+cvs.texi(,1948)
+cvs.texi(,1949) When you restore a repository from backup, assuming
+cvs.texi(,1950) that changes in the repository were made after the time
+cvs.texi(,1951) of the backup, working directories which were not
+cvs.texi(,1952) affected by the failure may refer to revisions which no
+cvs.texi(,1953) longer exist in the repository. Trying to run @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,1954) in such directories will typically produce an error
+cvs.texi(,1955) message. One way to get those changes back into the
+cvs.texi(,1956) repository is as follows:
+cvs.texi(,1957)
+cvs.texi(,1958) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,1959) @item
+cvs.texi(,1960) Get a new working directory.
cvs.texi(,1961)
cvs.texi(,1962) @item
-cvs.texi(,1963) Working in the new working directory, use commands such
-cvs.texi(,1964) as @code{cvs update} and @code{cvs diff} to figure out
-cvs.texi(,1965) what has changed, and then when you are ready, commit
-cvs.texi(,1966) the changes into the repository.
-cvs.texi(,1967) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,1968)
-cvs.texi(,1969) @node Moving a repository
-cvs.texi(,1970) @section Moving a repository
-cvs.texi(,1971) @cindex Repository, moving
-cvs.texi(,1972) @cindex Moving a repository
-cvs.texi(,1973) @cindex Copying a repository
+cvs.texi(,1963) Copy the files from the working directory from before
+cvs.texi(,1964) the failure over to the new working directory (do not
+cvs.texi(,1965) copy the contents of the @file{CVS} directories, of
+cvs.texi(,1966) course).
+cvs.texi(,1967)
+cvs.texi(,1968) @item
+cvs.texi(,1969) Working in the new working directory, use commands such
+cvs.texi(,1970) as @code{cvs update} and @code{cvs diff} to figure out
+cvs.texi(,1971) what has changed, and then when you are ready, commit
+cvs.texi(,1972) the changes into the repository.
+cvs.texi(,1973) @end itemize
cvs.texi(,1974)
-cvs.texi(,1975) Just as backing up the files in the repository is
-cvs.texi(,1976) pretty much like backing up any other files, if you
-cvs.texi(,1977) need to move a repository from one place to another it
-cvs.texi(,1978) is also pretty much like just moving any other
-cvs.texi(,1979) collection of files.
+cvs.texi(,1975) @node Moving a repository
+cvs.texi(,1976) @section Moving a repository
+cvs.texi(,1977) @cindex Repository, moving
+cvs.texi(,1978) @cindex Moving a repository
+cvs.texi(,1979) @cindex Copying a repository
cvs.texi(,1980)
-cvs.texi(,1981) The main thing to consider is that working directories
-cvs.texi(,1982) point to the repository. The simplest way to deal with
-cvs.texi(,1983) a moved repository is to just get a fresh working
-cvs.texi(,1984) directory after the move. Of course, you'll want to
-cvs.texi(,1985) make sure that the old working directory had been
-cvs.texi(,1986) checked in before the move, or you figured out some
-cvs.texi(,1987) other way to make sure that you don't lose any
-cvs.texi(,1988) changes. If you really do want to reuse the existing
-cvs.texi(,1989) working directory, it should be possible with manual
-cvs.texi(,1990) surgery on the @file{CVS/Repository} files. You can
-cvs.texi(,1991) see @ref{Working directory storage}, for information on
-cvs.texi(,1992) the @file{CVS/Repository} and @file{CVS/Root} files, but
-cvs.texi(,1993) unless you are sure you want to bother, it probably
-cvs.texi(,1994) isn't worth it.
-cvs.texi(,1995) @c FIXME: Surgery on CVS/Repository should be avoided
-cvs.texi(,1996) @c by making RELATIVE_REPOS the default.
-cvs.texi(,1997) @c FIXME-maybe: might want some documented way to
-cvs.texi(,1998) @c change the CVS/Root files in some particular tree.
-cvs.texi(,1999) @c But then again, I don't know, maybe just having
-cvs.texi(,2000) @c people do this in perl/shell/&c isn't so bad...
-cvs.texi(,2001)
-cvs.texi(,2002) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,2003) @node Remote repositories
-cvs.texi(,2004) @section Remote repositories
-cvs.texi(,2005) @cindex Repositories, remote
-cvs.texi(,2006) @cindex Remote repositories
-cvs.texi(,2007) @cindex Client/Server Operation
-cvs.texi(,2008) @cindex Server, CVS
-cvs.texi(,2009) @cindex Remote repositories, port specification
-cvs.texi(,2010) @cindex Repositories, remote, port specification
-cvs.texi(,2011) @cindex Client/Server Operation, port specification
-cvs.texi(,2012) @cindex pserver (client/server connection method), port
specification
-cvs.texi(,2013) @cindex kserver (client/server connection method), port
specification
-cvs.texi(,2014) @cindex gserver (client/server connection method), port
specification
-cvs.texi(,2015) @cindex port, specifying for remote repositories
-cvs.texi(,2016)
-cvs.texi(,2017) Your working copy of the sources can be on a
-cvs.texi(,2018) different machine than the repository. Using @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,2019) in this manner is known as @dfn{client/server}
-cvs.texi(,2020) operation. You run @sc{cvs} on a machine which can
-cvs.texi(,2021) mount your working directory, known as the
-cvs.texi(,2022) @dfn{client}, and tell it to communicate to a machine
-cvs.texi(,2023) which can mount the repository, known as the
-cvs.texi(,2024) @dfn{server}. Generally, using a remote
-cvs.texi(,2025) repository is just like using a local one, except that
-cvs.texi(,2026) the format of the repository name is:
-cvs.texi(,2027)
-cvs.texi(,2028) @example
-cvs.texi(,2029)
[:@var{method}:address@hidden:@var{password}]@@address@hidden:address@hidden/path/to/repository
-cvs.texi(,2030) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2031)
-cvs.texi(,2032) Specifying a password in the repository name is not
recommended during
-cvs.texi(,2033) checkout, since this will cause @sc{cvs} to store a cleartext
copy of the
-cvs.texi(,2034) password in each created directory. @code{cvs login} first
instead
-cvs.texi(,2035) (@pxref{Password authentication client}).
-cvs.texi(,2036)
-cvs.texi(,2037) The details of exactly what needs to be set up depend
-cvs.texi(,2038) on how you are connecting to the server.
-cvs.texi(,2039)
-cvs.texi(,2040) If @var{method} is not specified, and the repository
-cvs.texi(,2041) name contains @samp{:}, then the default is @code{ext}
-cvs.texi(,2042) or @code{server}, depending on your platform; both are
-cvs.texi(,2043) described in @ref{Connecting via rsh}.
-cvs.texi(,2044) @c Should we try to explain which platforms are which?
-cvs.texi(,2045) @c Platforms like unix and VMS, which only allow
-cvs.texi(,2046) @c privileged programs to bind to sockets <1024 lose on
-cvs.texi(,2047) @c :server:
-cvs.texi(,2048) @c Platforms like Mac and VMS, whose rsh program is
-cvs.texi(,2049) @c unusable or nonexistent, lose on :ext:
-cvs.texi(,2050) @c Platforms like OS/2 and NT probably could plausibly
-cvs.texi(,2051) @c default either way (modulo -b troubles).
-cvs.texi(,2052)
-cvs.texi(,2053) @c FIXME: We need to have a better way of explaining
-cvs.texi(,2054) @c what method to use. This presentation totally
-cvs.texi(,2055) @c obscures the fact that :ext: and CVS_RSH is the way to
-cvs.texi(,2056) @c use SSH, for example. Plus it incorrectly implies
-cvs.texi(,2057) @c that you need an @code{rsh} binary on the client to use
-cvs.texi(,2058) @c :server:.
-cvs.texi(,2059) @c Also note that rsh not pserver is the right choice if you
want
-cvs.texi(,2060) @c users to be able to create their own repositories
-cvs.texi(,2061) @c (because of the --allow-root related issues).
-cvs.texi(,2062) @menu
-cvs.texi(,2063) * Server requirements:: Memory and other resources for
servers
-cvs.texi(,2064) * Connecting via rsh:: Using the @code{rsh} program
to connect
-cvs.texi(,2065) * Password authenticated:: Direct connections using
passwords
-cvs.texi(,2066) * GSSAPI authenticated:: Direct connections using GSSAPI
-cvs.texi(,2067) * Kerberos authenticated:: Direct connections with
kerberos
-cvs.texi(,2068) * Connecting via fork:: Using a forked @code{cvs
server} to connect
-cvs.texi(,2069) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,2070)
-cvs.texi(,2071) @node Server requirements
-cvs.texi(,2072) @subsection Server requirements
-cvs.texi(,2073)
-cvs.texi(,2074) The quick answer to what sort of machine is suitable as
-cvs.texi(,2075) a server is that requirements are modest---a server
-cvs.texi(,2076) with 32M of memory or even less can handle a fairly
-cvs.texi(,2077) large source tree with a fair amount of activity.
-cvs.texi(,2078) @c Say something about CPU speed too? I'm even less sure
-cvs.texi(,2079) @c what to say on that subject...
-cvs.texi(,2080)
-cvs.texi(,2081) The real answer, of course, is more complicated.
-cvs.texi(,2082) Estimating the known areas of large memory consumption
-cvs.texi(,2083) should be sufficient to estimate memory requirements.
-cvs.texi(,2084) There are two such areas documented here; other memory
-cvs.texi(,2085) consumption should be small by comparison (if you find
-cvs.texi(,2086) that is not the case, let us know, as described in
-cvs.texi(,2087) @ref{BUGS}, so we can update this documentation).
-cvs.texi(,2088)
-cvs.texi(,2089) The first area of big memory consumption is large
-cvs.texi(,2090) checkouts, when using the @sc{cvs} server. The server
-cvs.texi(,2091) consists of two processes for each client that it is
-cvs.texi(,2092) serving. Memory consumption on the child process
-cvs.texi(,2093) should remain fairly small. Memory consumption on the
-cvs.texi(,2094) parent process, particularly if the network connection
-cvs.texi(,2095) to the client is slow, can be expected to grow to
-cvs.texi(,2096) slightly more than the size of the sources in a single
-cvs.texi(,2097) directory, or two megabytes, whichever is larger.
-cvs.texi(,2098) @c "two megabytes" of course is SERVER_HI_WATER. But
-cvs.texi(,2099) @c we don't mention that here because we are
-cvs.texi(,2100) @c documenting the default configuration of CVS. If it
-cvs.texi(,2101) @c is a "standard" thing to change that value, it
-cvs.texi(,2102) @c should be some kind of run-time configuration.
-cvs.texi(,2103) @c
-cvs.texi(,2104) @c See cvsclient.texi for more on the design decision
-cvs.texi(,2105) @c to not have locks in place while waiting for the
-cvs.texi(,2106) @c client, which is what results in memory consumption
-cvs.texi(,2107) @c as high as this.
-cvs.texi(,2108)
-cvs.texi(,2109) Multiplying the size of each @sc{cvs} server by the
-cvs.texi(,2110) number of servers which you expect to have active at
-cvs.texi(,2111) one time should give an idea of memory requirements for
-cvs.texi(,2112) the server. For the most part, the memory consumed by
-cvs.texi(,2113) the parent process probably can be swap space rather
-cvs.texi(,2114) than physical memory.
-cvs.texi(,2115) @c Has anyone verified that notion about swap space?
-cvs.texi(,2116) @c I say it based pretty much on guessing that the
-cvs.texi(,2117) @c ->text of the struct buffer_data only gets accessed
-cvs.texi(,2118) @c in a first in, first out fashion, but I haven't
-cvs.texi(,2119) @c looked very closely.
-cvs.texi(,2120)
-cvs.texi(,2121) @c What about disk usage in /tmp on the server? I think that
-cvs.texi(,2122) @c it can be substantial, but I haven't looked at this
-cvs.texi(,2123) @c again and tried to figure it out ("cvs import" is
-cvs.texi(,2124) @c probably the worst case...).
-cvs.texi(,2125)
-cvs.texi(,2126) The second area of large memory consumption is
-cvs.texi(,2127) @code{diff}, when checking in large files. This is
-cvs.texi(,2128) required even for binary files. The rule of thumb is
-cvs.texi(,2129) to allow about ten times the size of the largest file
-cvs.texi(,2130) you will want to check in, although five times may be
-cvs.texi(,2131) adequate. For example, if you want to check in a file
-cvs.texi(,2132) which is 10 megabytes, you should have 100 megabytes of
-cvs.texi(,2133) memory on the machine doing the checkin (the server
-cvs.texi(,2134) machine for client/server, or the machine running
-cvs.texi(,2135) @sc{cvs} for non-client/server). This can be swap
-cvs.texi(,2136) space rather than physical memory. Because the memory
-cvs.texi(,2137) is only required briefly, there is no particular need
-cvs.texi(,2138) to allow memory for more than one such checkin at a
-cvs.texi(,2139) time.
-cvs.texi(,2140) @c The 5-10 times rule of thumb is from Paul Eggert for
-cvs.texi(,2141) @c GNU diff. I don't think it is in the GNU diff
-cvs.texi(,2142) @c manual or anyplace like that.
-cvs.texi(,2143) @c
-cvs.texi(,2144) @c Probably we could be saying more about
-cvs.texi(,2145) @c non-client/server CVS.
-cvs.texi(,2146) @c I would guess for non-client/server CVS in an NFS
-cvs.texi(,2147) @c environment the biggest issues are the network and
-cvs.texi(,2148) @c the NFS server.
-cvs.texi(,2149)
-cvs.texi(,2150) Resource consumption for the client is even more
-cvs.texi(,2151) modest---any machine with enough capacity to run the
-cvs.texi(,2152) operating system in question should have little
-cvs.texi(,2153) trouble.
-cvs.texi(,2154) @c Is that true? I think the client still wants to
-cvs.texi(,2155) @c (bogusly) store entire files in memory at times.
-cvs.texi(,2156)
-cvs.texi(,2157) For information on disk space requirements, see
-cvs.texi(,2158) @ref{Creating a repository}.
-cvs.texi(,2159)
-cvs.texi(,2160) @node Connecting via rsh
-cvs.texi(,2161) @subsection Connecting with rsh
+cvs.texi(,1981) Just as backing up the files in the repository is
+cvs.texi(,1982) pretty much like backing up any other files, if you
+cvs.texi(,1983) need to move a repository from one place to another it
+cvs.texi(,1984) is also pretty much like just moving any other
+cvs.texi(,1985) collection of files.
+cvs.texi(,1986)
+cvs.texi(,1987) The main thing to consider is that working directories
+cvs.texi(,1988) point to the repository. The simplest way to deal with
+cvs.texi(,1989) a moved repository is to just get a fresh working
+cvs.texi(,1990) directory after the move. Of course, you'll want to
+cvs.texi(,1991) make sure that the old working directory had been
+cvs.texi(,1992) checked in before the move, or you figured out some
+cvs.texi(,1993) other way to make sure that you don't lose any
+cvs.texi(,1994) changes. If you really do want to reuse the existing
+cvs.texi(,1995) working directory, it should be possible with manual
+cvs.texi(,1996) surgery on the @file{CVS/Repository} files. You can
+cvs.texi(,1997) see @ref{Working directory storage}, for information on
+cvs.texi(,1998) the @file{CVS/Repository} and @file{CVS/Root} files, but
+cvs.texi(,1999) unless you are sure you want to bother, it probably
+cvs.texi(,2000) isn't worth it.
+cvs.texi(,2001) @c FIXME: Surgery on CVS/Repository should be avoided
+cvs.texi(,2002) @c by making RELATIVE_REPOS the default.
+cvs.texi(,2003) @c FIXME-maybe: might want some documented way to
+cvs.texi(,2004) @c change the CVS/Root files in some particular tree.
+cvs.texi(,2005) @c But then again, I don't know, maybe just having
+cvs.texi(,2006) @c people do this in perl/shell/&c isn't so bad...
+cvs.texi(,2007)
+cvs.texi(,2008) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,2009) @node Remote repositories
+cvs.texi(,2010) @section Remote repositories
+cvs.texi(,2011) @cindex Repositories, remote
+cvs.texi(,2012) @cindex Remote repositories
+cvs.texi(,2013) @cindex Client/Server Operation
+cvs.texi(,2014) @cindex Server, CVS
+cvs.texi(,2015) @cindex Remote repositories, port specification
+cvs.texi(,2016) @cindex Repositories, remote, port specification
+cvs.texi(,2017) @cindex Client/Server Operation, port specification
+cvs.texi(,2018) @cindex pserver (client/server connection method), port
specification
+cvs.texi(,2019) @cindex kserver (client/server connection method), port
specification
+cvs.texi(,2020) @cindex gserver (client/server connection method), port
specification
+cvs.texi(,2021) @cindex port, specifying for remote repositories
+cvs.texi(,2022)
+cvs.texi(,2023) Your working copy of the sources can be on a
+cvs.texi(,2024) different machine than the repository. Using @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,2025) in this manner is known as @dfn{client/server}
+cvs.texi(,2026) operation. You run @sc{cvs} on a machine which can
+cvs.texi(,2027) mount your working directory, known as the
+cvs.texi(,2028) @dfn{client}, and tell it to communicate to a machine
+cvs.texi(,2029) which can mount the repository, known as the
+cvs.texi(,2030) @dfn{server}. Generally, using a remote
+cvs.texi(,2031) repository is just like using a local one, except that
+cvs.texi(,2032) the format of the repository name is:
+cvs.texi(,2033)
+cvs.texi(,2034) @example
+cvs.texi(,2035)
[:@var{method}:address@hidden:@var{password}]@@address@hidden:address@hidden/path/to/repository
+cvs.texi(,2036) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2037)
+cvs.texi(,2038) Specifying a password in the repository name is not
recommended during
+cvs.texi(,2039) checkout, since this will cause @sc{cvs} to store a cleartext
copy of the
+cvs.texi(,2040) password in each created directory. @code{cvs login} first
instead
+cvs.texi(,2041) (@pxref{Password authentication client}).
+cvs.texi(,2042)
+cvs.texi(,2043) The details of exactly what needs to be set up depend
+cvs.texi(,2044) on how you are connecting to the server.
+cvs.texi(,2045)
+cvs.texi(,2046) If @var{method} is not specified, and the repository
+cvs.texi(,2047) name contains @samp{:}, then the default is @code{ext}
+cvs.texi(,2048) or @code{server}, depending on your platform; both are
+cvs.texi(,2049) described in @ref{Connecting via rsh}.
+cvs.texi(,2050) @c Should we try to explain which platforms are which?
+cvs.texi(,2051) @c Platforms like unix and VMS, which only allow
+cvs.texi(,2052) @c privileged programs to bind to sockets <1024 lose on
+cvs.texi(,2053) @c :server:
+cvs.texi(,2054) @c Platforms like Mac and VMS, whose rsh program is
+cvs.texi(,2055) @c unusable or nonexistent, lose on :ext:
+cvs.texi(,2056) @c Platforms like OS/2 and NT probably could plausibly
+cvs.texi(,2057) @c default either way (modulo -b troubles).
+cvs.texi(,2058)
+cvs.texi(,2059) @c FIXME: We need to have a better way of explaining
+cvs.texi(,2060) @c what method to use. This presentation totally
+cvs.texi(,2061) @c obscures the fact that :ext: and CVS_RSH is the way to
+cvs.texi(,2062) @c use SSH, for example. Plus it incorrectly implies
+cvs.texi(,2063) @c that you need an @code{rsh} binary on the client to use
+cvs.texi(,2064) @c :server:.
+cvs.texi(,2065) @c Also note that rsh not pserver is the right choice if you
want
+cvs.texi(,2066) @c users to be able to create their own repositories
+cvs.texi(,2067) @c (because of the --allow-root related issues).
+cvs.texi(,2068) @menu
+cvs.texi(,2069) * Server requirements:: Memory and other resources for
servers
+cvs.texi(,2070) * Connecting via rsh:: Using the @code{rsh} program
to connect
+cvs.texi(,2071) * Password authenticated:: Direct connections using
passwords
+cvs.texi(,2072) * GSSAPI authenticated:: Direct connections using GSSAPI
+cvs.texi(,2073) * Kerberos authenticated:: Direct connections with
kerberos
+cvs.texi(,2074) * Connecting via fork:: Using a forked @code{cvs
server} to connect
+cvs.texi(,2075) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,2076)
+cvs.texi(,2077) @node Server requirements
+cvs.texi(,2078) @subsection Server requirements
+cvs.texi(,2079)
+cvs.texi(,2080) The quick answer to what sort of machine is suitable as
+cvs.texi(,2081) a server is that requirements are modest---a server
+cvs.texi(,2082) with 32M of memory or even less can handle a fairly
+cvs.texi(,2083) large source tree with a fair amount of activity.
+cvs.texi(,2084) @c Say something about CPU speed too? I'm even less sure
+cvs.texi(,2085) @c what to say on that subject...
+cvs.texi(,2086)
+cvs.texi(,2087) The real answer, of course, is more complicated.
+cvs.texi(,2088) Estimating the known areas of large memory consumption
+cvs.texi(,2089) should be sufficient to estimate memory requirements.
+cvs.texi(,2090) There are two such areas documented here; other memory
+cvs.texi(,2091) consumption should be small by comparison (if you find
+cvs.texi(,2092) that is not the case, let us know, as described in
+cvs.texi(,2093) @ref{BUGS}, so we can update this documentation).
+cvs.texi(,2094)
+cvs.texi(,2095) The first area of big memory consumption is large
+cvs.texi(,2096) checkouts, when using the @sc{cvs} server. The server
+cvs.texi(,2097) consists of two processes for each client that it is
+cvs.texi(,2098) serving. Memory consumption on the child process
+cvs.texi(,2099) should remain fairly small. Memory consumption on the
+cvs.texi(,2100) parent process, particularly if the network connection
+cvs.texi(,2101) to the client is slow, can be expected to grow to
+cvs.texi(,2102) slightly more than the size of the sources in a single
+cvs.texi(,2103) directory, or two megabytes, whichever is larger.
+cvs.texi(,2104) @c "two megabytes" of course is SERVER_HI_WATER. But
+cvs.texi(,2105) @c we don't mention that here because we are
+cvs.texi(,2106) @c documenting the default configuration of CVS. If it
+cvs.texi(,2107) @c is a "standard" thing to change that value, it
+cvs.texi(,2108) @c should be some kind of run-time configuration.
+cvs.texi(,2109) @c
+cvs.texi(,2110) @c See cvsclient.texi for more on the design decision
+cvs.texi(,2111) @c to not have locks in place while waiting for the
+cvs.texi(,2112) @c client, which is what results in memory consumption
+cvs.texi(,2113) @c as high as this.
+cvs.texi(,2114)
+cvs.texi(,2115) Multiplying the size of each @sc{cvs} server by the
+cvs.texi(,2116) number of servers which you expect to have active at
+cvs.texi(,2117) one time should give an idea of memory requirements for
+cvs.texi(,2118) the server. For the most part, the memory consumed by
+cvs.texi(,2119) the parent process probably can be swap space rather
+cvs.texi(,2120) than physical memory.
+cvs.texi(,2121) @c Has anyone verified that notion about swap space?
+cvs.texi(,2122) @c I say it based pretty much on guessing that the
+cvs.texi(,2123) @c ->text of the struct buffer_data only gets accessed
+cvs.texi(,2124) @c in a first in, first out fashion, but I haven't
+cvs.texi(,2125) @c looked very closely.
+cvs.texi(,2126)
+cvs.texi(,2127) @c What about disk usage in /tmp on the server? I think that
+cvs.texi(,2128) @c it can be substantial, but I haven't looked at this
+cvs.texi(,2129) @c again and tried to figure it out ("cvs import" is
+cvs.texi(,2130) @c probably the worst case...).
+cvs.texi(,2131)
+cvs.texi(,2132) The second area of large memory consumption is
+cvs.texi(,2133) @code{diff}, when checking in large files. This is
+cvs.texi(,2134) required even for binary files. The rule of thumb is
+cvs.texi(,2135) to allow about ten times the size of the largest file
+cvs.texi(,2136) you will want to check in, although five times may be
+cvs.texi(,2137) adequate. For example, if you want to check in a file
+cvs.texi(,2138) which is 10 megabytes, you should have 100 megabytes of
+cvs.texi(,2139) memory on the machine doing the checkin (the server
+cvs.texi(,2140) machine for client/server, or the machine running
+cvs.texi(,2141) @sc{cvs} for non-client/server). This can be swap
+cvs.texi(,2142) space rather than physical memory. Because the memory
+cvs.texi(,2143) is only required briefly, there is no particular need
+cvs.texi(,2144) to allow memory for more than one such checkin at a
+cvs.texi(,2145) time.
+cvs.texi(,2146) @c The 5-10 times rule of thumb is from Paul Eggert for
+cvs.texi(,2147) @c GNU diff. I don't think it is in the GNU diff
+cvs.texi(,2148) @c manual or anyplace like that.
+cvs.texi(,2149) @c
+cvs.texi(,2150) @c Probably we could be saying more about
+cvs.texi(,2151) @c non-client/server CVS.
+cvs.texi(,2152) @c I would guess for non-client/server CVS in an NFS
+cvs.texi(,2153) @c environment the biggest issues are the network and
+cvs.texi(,2154) @c the NFS server.
+cvs.texi(,2155)
+cvs.texi(,2156) Resource consumption for the client is even more
+cvs.texi(,2157) modest---any machine with enough capacity to run the
+cvs.texi(,2158) operating system in question should have little
+cvs.texi(,2159) trouble.
+cvs.texi(,2160) @c Is that true? I think the client still wants to
+cvs.texi(,2161) @c (bogusly) store entire files in memory at times.
cvs.texi(,2162)
-cvs.texi(,2163) @cindex rsh
-cvs.texi(,2164) @sc{cvs} uses the @samp{rsh} protocol to perform these
-cvs.texi(,2165) operations, so the remote user host needs to have a
-cvs.texi(,2166) @file{.rhosts} file which grants access to the local
-cvs.texi(,2167) user. Note that the program that @sc{cvs} uses for this
-cvs.texi(,2168) purpose may be specified using the @file{--with-rsh}
-cvs.texi(,2169) flag to configure.
-cvs.texi(,2170)
-cvs.texi(,2171) For example, suppose you are the user @samp{mozart} on
-cvs.texi(,2172) the local machine @samp{toe.example.com}, and the
-cvs.texi(,2173) server machine is @samp{faun.example.org}. On
-cvs.texi(,2174) faun, put the following line into the file
-cvs.texi(,2175) @file{.rhosts} in @samp{bach}'s home directory:
+cvs.texi(,2163) For information on disk space requirements, see
+cvs.texi(,2164) @ref{Creating a repository}.
+cvs.texi(,2165)
+cvs.texi(,2166) @node Connecting via rsh
+cvs.texi(,2167) @subsection Connecting with rsh
+cvs.texi(,2168)
+cvs.texi(,2169) @cindex rsh
+cvs.texi(,2170) @sc{cvs} uses the @samp{rsh} protocol to perform these
+cvs.texi(,2171) operations, so the remote user host needs to have a
+cvs.texi(,2172) @file{.rhosts} file which grants access to the local
+cvs.texi(,2173) user. Note that the program that @sc{cvs} uses for this
+cvs.texi(,2174) purpose may be specified using the @file{--with-rsh}
+cvs.texi(,2175) flag to configure.
cvs.texi(,2176)
-cvs.texi(,2177) @example
-cvs.texi(,2178) toe.example.com mozart
-cvs.texi(,2179) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2180)
-cvs.texi(,2181) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,2182) Then test that @samp{rsh} is working with
-cvs.texi(,2183)
-cvs.texi(,2184) @example
-cvs.texi(,2185) rsh -l bach faun.example.org 'echo $PATH'
-cvs.texi(,2186) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2187)
-cvs.texi(,2188) @cindex CVS_SERVER, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,2189) Next you have to make sure that @code{rsh} will be able
-cvs.texi(,2190) to find the server. Make sure that the path which
-cvs.texi(,2191) @code{rsh} printed in the above example includes the
-cvs.texi(,2192) directory containing a program named @code{cvs} which
-cvs.texi(,2193) is the server. You need to set the path in
-cvs.texi(,2194) @file{.bashrc}, @file{.cshrc}, etc., not @file{.login}
-cvs.texi(,2195) or @file{.profile}. Alternately, you can set the
-cvs.texi(,2196) environment variable @code{CVS_SERVER} on the client
-cvs.texi(,2197) machine to the filename of the server you want to use,
-cvs.texi(,2198) for example @file{/usr/local/bin/cvs-1.6}.
-cvs.texi(,2199) @c FIXME: there should be a way to specify the
-cvs.texi(,2200) @c program in CVSROOT, not CVS_SERVER, so that one can use
-cvs.texi(,2201) @c different ones for different roots. e.g.
":server;cvs=cvs-1.6:"
-cvs.texi(,2202) @c instead of ":server:".
-cvs.texi(,2203)
-cvs.texi(,2204) There is no need to edit @file{inetd.conf} or start a
-cvs.texi(,2205) @sc{cvs} server daemon.
-cvs.texi(,2206)
-cvs.texi(,2207) @cindex :server:, setting up
-cvs.texi(,2208) @cindex :ext:, setting up
-cvs.texi(,2209) @cindex Kerberos, using kerberized rsh
-cvs.texi(,2210) @cindex SSH (rsh replacement)
-cvs.texi(,2211) @cindex rsh replacements (Kerberized, SSH, &c)
-cvs.texi(,2212) There are two access methods that you use in @code{CVSROOT}
-cvs.texi(,2213) for rsh. @code{:server:} specifies an internal rsh
-cvs.texi(,2214) client, which is supported only by some @sc{cvs} ports.
-cvs.texi(,2215) @code{:ext:} specifies an external rsh program. By
-cvs.texi(,2216) default this is @code{rsh} (unless otherwise specified
-cvs.texi(,2217) by the @file{--with-rsh} flag to configure) but you may set the
-cvs.texi(,2218) @code{CVS_RSH} environment variable to invoke another
-cvs.texi(,2219) program which can access the remote server (for
-cvs.texi(,2220) example, @code{remsh} on HP-UX 9 because @code{rsh} is
-cvs.texi(,2221) something different). It must be a program which can
-cvs.texi(,2222) transmit data to and from the server without modifying
-cvs.texi(,2223) it; for example the Windows NT @code{rsh} is not
-cvs.texi(,2224) suitable since it by default translates between CRLF
-cvs.texi(,2225) and LF. The OS/2 @sc{cvs} port has a hack to pass @samp{-b}
-cvs.texi(,2226) to @code{rsh} to get around this, but since this could
-cvs.texi(,2227) potentially cause problems for programs other than the
-cvs.texi(,2228) standard @code{rsh}, it may change in the future. If
-cvs.texi(,2229) you set @code{CVS_RSH} to @code{SSH} or some other rsh
-cvs.texi(,2230) replacement, the instructions in the rest of this
-cvs.texi(,2231) section concerning @file{.rhosts} and so on are likely
-cvs.texi(,2232) to be inapplicable; consult the documentation for your rsh
-cvs.texi(,2233) replacement.
-cvs.texi(,2234) @c FIXME: there should be a way to specify the
-cvs.texi(,2235) @c program in CVSROOT, not CVS_RSH, so that one can use
-cvs.texi(,2236) @c different ones for different roots. e.g. ":ext;rsh=remsh:"
-cvs.texi(,2237) @c instead of ":ext:".
-cvs.texi(,2238) @c See also the comment in src/client.c for rationale
-cvs.texi(,2239) @c concerning "rsh" being the default and never
-cvs.texi(,2240) @c "remsh".
-cvs.texi(,2241)
-cvs.texi(,2242) Continuing our example, supposing you want to access
-cvs.texi(,2243) the module @file{foo} in the repository
-cvs.texi(,2244) @file{/usr/local/cvsroot/}, on machine
-cvs.texi(,2245) @file{faun.example.org}, you are ready to go:
-cvs.texi(,2246)
-cvs.texi(,2247) @example
-cvs.texi(,2248) cvs -d :ext:bach@@faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout
foo
-cvs.texi(,2249) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2250)
-cvs.texi(,2251) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,2252) (The @file{bach@@} can be omitted if the username is
-cvs.texi(,2253) the same on both the local and remote hosts.)
-cvs.texi(,2254)
-cvs.texi(,2255) @c Should we mention "rsh host echo hi" and "rsh host
-cvs.texi(,2256) @c cat" (the latter followed by typing text and ^D)
-cvs.texi(,2257) @c as troubleshooting techniques? Probably yes
-cvs.texi(,2258) @c (people tend to have trouble setting this up),
-cvs.texi(,2259) @c but this kind of thing can be hard to spell out.
+cvs.texi(,2177) For example, suppose you are the user @samp{mozart} on
+cvs.texi(,2178) the local machine @samp{toe.example.com}, and the
+cvs.texi(,2179) server machine is @samp{faun.example.org}. On
+cvs.texi(,2180) faun, put the following line into the file
+cvs.texi(,2181) @file{.rhosts} in @samp{bach}'s home directory:
+cvs.texi(,2182)
+cvs.texi(,2183) @example
+cvs.texi(,2184) toe.example.com mozart
+cvs.texi(,2185) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2186)
+cvs.texi(,2187) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,2188) Then test that @samp{rsh} is working with
+cvs.texi(,2189)
+cvs.texi(,2190) @example
+cvs.texi(,2191) rsh -l bach faun.example.org 'echo $PATH'
+cvs.texi(,2192) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2193)
+cvs.texi(,2194) @cindex CVS_SERVER, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,2195) Next you have to make sure that @code{rsh} will be able
+cvs.texi(,2196) to find the server. Make sure that the path which
+cvs.texi(,2197) @code{rsh} printed in the above example includes the
+cvs.texi(,2198) directory containing a program named @code{cvs} which
+cvs.texi(,2199) is the server. You need to set the path in
+cvs.texi(,2200) @file{.bashrc}, @file{.cshrc}, etc., not @file{.login}
+cvs.texi(,2201) or @file{.profile}. Alternately, you can set the
+cvs.texi(,2202) environment variable @code{CVS_SERVER} on the client
+cvs.texi(,2203) machine to the filename of the server you want to use,
+cvs.texi(,2204) for example @file{/usr/local/bin/cvs-1.6}.
+cvs.texi(,2205) @c FIXME: there should be a way to specify the
+cvs.texi(,2206) @c program in CVSROOT, not CVS_SERVER, so that one can use
+cvs.texi(,2207) @c different ones for different roots. e.g.
":server;cvs=cvs-1.6:"
+cvs.texi(,2208) @c instead of ":server:".
+cvs.texi(,2209)
+cvs.texi(,2210) There is no need to edit @file{inetd.conf} or start a
+cvs.texi(,2211) @sc{cvs} server daemon.
+cvs.texi(,2212)
+cvs.texi(,2213) @cindex :server:, setting up
+cvs.texi(,2214) @cindex :ext:, setting up
+cvs.texi(,2215) @cindex Kerberos, using kerberized rsh
+cvs.texi(,2216) @cindex SSH (rsh replacement)
+cvs.texi(,2217) @cindex rsh replacements (Kerberized, SSH, &c)
+cvs.texi(,2218) There are two access methods that you use in @code{CVSROOT}
+cvs.texi(,2219) for rsh. @code{:server:} specifies an internal rsh
+cvs.texi(,2220) client, which is supported only by some @sc{cvs} ports.
+cvs.texi(,2221) @code{:ext:} specifies an external rsh program. By
+cvs.texi(,2222) default this is @code{rsh} (unless otherwise specified
+cvs.texi(,2223) by the @file{--with-rsh} flag to configure) but you may set the
+cvs.texi(,2224) @code{CVS_RSH} environment variable to invoke another
+cvs.texi(,2225) program which can access the remote server (for
+cvs.texi(,2226) example, @code{remsh} on HP-UX 9 because @code{rsh} is
+cvs.texi(,2227) something different). It must be a program which can
+cvs.texi(,2228) transmit data to and from the server without modifying
+cvs.texi(,2229) it; for example the Windows NT @code{rsh} is not
+cvs.texi(,2230) suitable since it by default translates between CRLF
+cvs.texi(,2231) and LF. The OS/2 @sc{cvs} port has a hack to pass @samp{-b}
+cvs.texi(,2232) to @code{rsh} to get around this, but since this could
+cvs.texi(,2233) potentially cause problems for programs other than the
+cvs.texi(,2234) standard @code{rsh}, it may change in the future. If
+cvs.texi(,2235) you set @code{CVS_RSH} to @code{SSH} or some other rsh
+cvs.texi(,2236) replacement, the instructions in the rest of this
+cvs.texi(,2237) section concerning @file{.rhosts} and so on are likely
+cvs.texi(,2238) to be inapplicable; consult the documentation for your rsh
+cvs.texi(,2239) replacement.
+cvs.texi(,2240) @c FIXME: there should be a way to specify the
+cvs.texi(,2241) @c program in CVSROOT, not CVS_RSH, so that one can use
+cvs.texi(,2242) @c different ones for different roots. e.g. ":ext;rsh=remsh:"
+cvs.texi(,2243) @c instead of ":ext:".
+cvs.texi(,2244) @c See also the comment in src/client.c for rationale
+cvs.texi(,2245) @c concerning "rsh" being the default and never
+cvs.texi(,2246) @c "remsh".
+cvs.texi(,2247)
+cvs.texi(,2248) Continuing our example, supposing you want to access
+cvs.texi(,2249) the module @file{foo} in the repository
+cvs.texi(,2250) @file{/usr/local/cvsroot/}, on machine
+cvs.texi(,2251) @file{faun.example.org}, you are ready to go:
+cvs.texi(,2252)
+cvs.texi(,2253) @example
+cvs.texi(,2254) cvs -d :ext:bach@@faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout
foo
+cvs.texi(,2255) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2256)
+cvs.texi(,2257) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,2258) (The @file{bach@@} can be omitted if the username is
+cvs.texi(,2259) the same on both the local and remote hosts.)
cvs.texi(,2260)
-cvs.texi(,2261) @node Password authenticated
-cvs.texi(,2262) @subsection Direct connection with password authentication
-cvs.texi(,2263)
-cvs.texi(,2264) The @sc{cvs} client can also connect to the server
-cvs.texi(,2265) using a password protocol. This is particularly useful
-cvs.texi(,2266) if using @code{rsh} is not feasible (for example,
-cvs.texi(,2267) the server is behind a firewall), and Kerberos also is
-cvs.texi(,2268) not available.
+cvs.texi(,2261) @c Should we mention "rsh host echo hi" and "rsh host
+cvs.texi(,2262) @c cat" (the latter followed by typing text and ^D)
+cvs.texi(,2263) @c as troubleshooting techniques? Probably yes
+cvs.texi(,2264) @c (people tend to have trouble setting this up),
+cvs.texi(,2265) @c but this kind of thing can be hard to spell out.
+cvs.texi(,2266)
+cvs.texi(,2267) @node Password authenticated
+cvs.texi(,2268) @subsection Direct connection with password authentication
cvs.texi(,2269)
-cvs.texi(,2270) To use this method, it is necessary to make
-cvs.texi(,2271) some adjustments on both the server and client sides.
-cvs.texi(,2272)
-cvs.texi(,2273) @menu
-cvs.texi(,2274) * Password authentication server:: Setting up the server
-cvs.texi(,2275) * Password authentication client:: Using the client
-cvs.texi(,2276) * Password authentication security:: What this method does
and does not do
-cvs.texi(,2277) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,2270) The @sc{cvs} client can also connect to the server
+cvs.texi(,2271) using a password protocol. This is particularly useful
+cvs.texi(,2272) if using @code{rsh} is not feasible (for example,
+cvs.texi(,2273) the server is behind a firewall), and Kerberos also is
+cvs.texi(,2274) not available.
+cvs.texi(,2275)
+cvs.texi(,2276) To use this method, it is necessary to make
+cvs.texi(,2277) some adjustments on both the server and client sides.
cvs.texi(,2278)
-cvs.texi(,2279) @node Password authentication server
-cvs.texi(,2280) @subsubsection Setting up the server for password
authentication
-cvs.texi(,2281)
-cvs.texi(,2282) First of all, you probably want to tighten the
-cvs.texi(,2283) permissions on the @file{$CVSROOT} and
-cvs.texi(,2284) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT} directories. See @ref{Password
-cvs.texi(,2285) authentication security}, for more details.
-cvs.texi(,2286)
-cvs.texi(,2287) @cindex pserver (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,2288) @cindex Remote repositories, port specification
-cvs.texi(,2289) @cindex Repositories, remote, port specification
-cvs.texi(,2290) @cindex Client/Server Operation, port specification
-cvs.texi(,2291) @cindex pserver (client/server connection method), port
specification
-cvs.texi(,2292) @cindex kserver (client/server connection method), port
specification
-cvs.texi(,2293) @cindex gserver (client/server connection method), port
specification
-cvs.texi(,2294) @cindex port, specifying for remote repositories
-cvs.texi(,2295) @cindex Password server, setting up
-cvs.texi(,2296) @cindex Authenticating server, setting up
-cvs.texi(,2297) @cindex inetd, configuring for pserver
-cvs.texi(,2298) @cindex xinetd, configuring for pserver
-cvs.texi(,2299) @c FIXME: this isn't quite right regarding port
-cvs.texi(,2300) @c numbers; CVS looks up "cvspserver" in
-cvs.texi(,2301) @c /etc/services (on unix, but what about non-unix?).
-cvs.texi(,2302) On the server side, the file @file{/etc/inetd.conf}
-cvs.texi(,2303) needs to be edited so @code{inetd} knows to run the
-cvs.texi(,2304) command @code{cvs pserver} when it receives a
-cvs.texi(,2305) connection on the right port. By default, the port
-cvs.texi(,2306) number is 2401; it would be different if your client
-cvs.texi(,2307) were compiled with @code{CVS_AUTH_PORT} defined to
-cvs.texi(,2308) something else, though. This can also be specified in the
CVSROOT variable
-cvs.texi(,2309) (@pxref{Remote repositories}) or overridden with the
CVS_CLIENT_PORT
-cvs.texi(,2310) environment variable (@pxref{Environment variables}).
-cvs.texi(,2311)
-cvs.texi(,2312) If your @code{inetd} allows raw port numbers in
-cvs.texi(,2313) @file{/etc/inetd.conf}, then the following (all on a
-cvs.texi(,2314) single line in @file{inetd.conf}) should be sufficient:
-cvs.texi(,2315)
-cvs.texi(,2316) @example
-cvs.texi(,2317) 2401 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/bin/cvs
-cvs.texi(,2318) cvs -f --allow-root=/usr/cvsroot pserver
-cvs.texi(,2319) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2320)
-cvs.texi(,2321) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,2322) (You could also use the
-cvs.texi(,2323) @samp{-T} option to specify a temporary directory.)
-cvs.texi(,2324)
-cvs.texi(,2325) The @samp{--allow-root} option specifies the allowable
-cvs.texi(,2326) @sc{cvsroot} directory. Clients which attempt to use a
-cvs.texi(,2327) different @sc{cvsroot} directory will not be allowed to
-cvs.texi(,2328) connect. If there is more than one @sc{cvsroot}
-cvs.texi(,2329) directory which you want to allow, repeat the option.
-cvs.texi(,2330) (Unfortunately, many versions of @code{inetd} have very small
-cvs.texi(,2331) limits on the number of arguments and/or the total length
-cvs.texi(,2332) of the command. The usual solution to this problem is
-cvs.texi(,2333) to have @code{inetd} run a shell script which then invokes
-cvs.texi(,2334) @sc{cvs} with the necessary arguments.)
-cvs.texi(,2335)
-cvs.texi(,2336) If your @code{inetd} wants a symbolic service
-cvs.texi(,2337) name instead of a raw port number, then put this in
-cvs.texi(,2338) @file{/etc/services}:
-cvs.texi(,2339)
-cvs.texi(,2340) @example
-cvs.texi(,2341) cvspserver 2401/tcp
-cvs.texi(,2342) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2343)
-cvs.texi(,2344) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,2345) and put @code{cvspserver} instead of @code{2401} in
@file{inetd.conf}.
-cvs.texi(,2346)
-cvs.texi(,2347) If your system uses @code{xinetd} instead of @code{inetd},
-cvs.texi(,2348) the procedure is slightly different.
-cvs.texi(,2349) Create a file called @file{/etc/xinetd.d/cvspserver}
containing the following:
-cvs.texi(,2350)
-cvs.texi(,2351) @example
-cvs.texi(,2352) service cvspserver
-cvs.texi(,2353) @{
-cvs.texi(,2354) port = 2401
-cvs.texi(,2355) socket_type = stream
-cvs.texi(,2356) protocol = tcp
-cvs.texi(,2357) wait = no
-cvs.texi(,2358) user = root
-cvs.texi(,2359) passenv = PATH
-cvs.texi(,2360) server = /usr/local/bin/cvs
-cvs.texi(,2361) server_args = -f --allow-root=/usr/cvsroot pserver
-cvs.texi(,2362) @}
-cvs.texi(,2363) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2364)
-cvs.texi(,2365) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,2366) (If @code{cvspserver} is defined in @file{/etc/services}, you
can omit
-cvs.texi(,2367) the @code{port} line.)
-cvs.texi(,2368)
-cvs.texi(,2369) Once the above is taken care of, restart your
-cvs.texi(,2370) @code{inetd}, or do whatever is necessary to force it
-cvs.texi(,2371) to reread its initialization files.
-cvs.texi(,2372)
-cvs.texi(,2373) If you are having trouble setting this up, see
-cvs.texi(,2374) @ref{Connection}.
-cvs.texi(,2375)
-cvs.texi(,2376) @cindex CVS passwd file
-cvs.texi(,2377) @cindex passwd (admin file)
-cvs.texi(,2378) Because the client stores and transmits passwords in
-cvs.texi(,2379) cleartext (almost---see @ref{Password authentication
-cvs.texi(,2380) security}, for details), a separate @sc{cvs} password
-cvs.texi(,2381) file is generally used, so people don't compromise
-cvs.texi(,2382) their regular passwords when they access the
-cvs.texi(,2383) repository. This file is
-cvs.texi(,2384) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd} (@pxref{Intro
-cvs.texi(,2385) administrative files}). It uses a colon-separated
-cvs.texi(,2386) format, similar to @file{/etc/passwd} on Unix systems,
-cvs.texi(,2387) except that it has fewer fields: @sc{cvs} username,
-cvs.texi(,2388) optional password, and an optional system username for
-cvs.texi(,2389) @sc{cvs} to run as if authentication succeeds. Here is
-cvs.texi(,2390) an example @file{passwd} file with five entries:
-cvs.texi(,2391)
-cvs.texi(,2392) @example
-cvs.texi(,2393) anonymous:
-cvs.texi(,2394) bach:ULtgRLXo7NRxs
-cvs.texi(,2395) spwang:1sOp854gDF3DY
-cvs.texi(,2396) melissa:tGX1fS8sun6rY:pubcvs
-cvs.texi(,2397) qproj:XR4EZcEs0szik:pubcvs
-cvs.texi(,2398) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2399)
-cvs.texi(,2400) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,2401) (The passwords are encrypted according to the standard
-cvs.texi(,2402) Unix @code{crypt()} function, so it is possible to
-cvs.texi(,2403) paste in passwords directly from regular Unix
-cvs.texi(,2404) @file{/etc/passwd} files.)
+cvs.texi(,2279) @menu
+cvs.texi(,2280) * Password authentication server:: Setting up the server
+cvs.texi(,2281) * Password authentication client:: Using the client
+cvs.texi(,2282) * Password authentication security:: What this method does
and does not do
+cvs.texi(,2283) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,2284)
+cvs.texi(,2285) @node Password authentication server
+cvs.texi(,2286) @subsubsection Setting up the server for password
authentication
+cvs.texi(,2287)
+cvs.texi(,2288) First of all, you probably want to tighten the
+cvs.texi(,2289) permissions on the @file{$CVSROOT} and
+cvs.texi(,2290) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT} directories. See @ref{Password
+cvs.texi(,2291) authentication security}, for more details.
+cvs.texi(,2292)
+cvs.texi(,2293) @cindex pserver (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,2294) @cindex Remote repositories, port specification
+cvs.texi(,2295) @cindex Repositories, remote, port specification
+cvs.texi(,2296) @cindex Client/Server Operation, port specification
+cvs.texi(,2297) @cindex pserver (client/server connection method), port
specification
+cvs.texi(,2298) @cindex kserver (client/server connection method), port
specification
+cvs.texi(,2299) @cindex gserver (client/server connection method), port
specification
+cvs.texi(,2300) @cindex port, specifying for remote repositories
+cvs.texi(,2301) @cindex Password server, setting up
+cvs.texi(,2302) @cindex Authenticating server, setting up
+cvs.texi(,2303) @cindex inetd, configuring for pserver
+cvs.texi(,2304) @cindex xinetd, configuring for pserver
+cvs.texi(,2305) @c FIXME: this isn't quite right regarding port
+cvs.texi(,2306) @c numbers; CVS looks up "cvspserver" in
+cvs.texi(,2307) @c /etc/services (on unix, but what about non-unix?).
+cvs.texi(,2308) On the server side, the file @file{/etc/inetd.conf}
+cvs.texi(,2309) needs to be edited so @code{inetd} knows to run the
+cvs.texi(,2310) command @code{cvs pserver} when it receives a
+cvs.texi(,2311) connection on the right port. By default, the port
+cvs.texi(,2312) number is 2401; it would be different if your client
+cvs.texi(,2313) were compiled with @code{CVS_AUTH_PORT} defined to
+cvs.texi(,2314) something else, though. This can also be specified in the
CVSROOT variable
+cvs.texi(,2315) (@pxref{Remote repositories}) or overridden with the
CVS_CLIENT_PORT
+cvs.texi(,2316) environment variable (@pxref{Environment variables}).
+cvs.texi(,2317)
+cvs.texi(,2318) If your @code{inetd} allows raw port numbers in
+cvs.texi(,2319) @file{/etc/inetd.conf}, then the following (all on a
+cvs.texi(,2320) single line in @file{inetd.conf}) should be sufficient:
+cvs.texi(,2321)
+cvs.texi(,2322) @example
+cvs.texi(,2323) 2401 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/bin/cvs
+cvs.texi(,2324) cvs -f --allow-root=/usr/cvsroot pserver
+cvs.texi(,2325) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2326)
+cvs.texi(,2327) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,2328) (You could also use the
+cvs.texi(,2329) @samp{-T} option to specify a temporary directory.)
+cvs.texi(,2330)
+cvs.texi(,2331) The @samp{--allow-root} option specifies the allowable
+cvs.texi(,2332) @sc{cvsroot} directory. Clients which attempt to use a
+cvs.texi(,2333) different @sc{cvsroot} directory will not be allowed to
+cvs.texi(,2334) connect. If there is more than one @sc{cvsroot}
+cvs.texi(,2335) directory which you want to allow, repeat the option.
+cvs.texi(,2336) (Unfortunately, many versions of @code{inetd} have very small
+cvs.texi(,2337) limits on the number of arguments and/or the total length
+cvs.texi(,2338) of the command. The usual solution to this problem is
+cvs.texi(,2339) to have @code{inetd} run a shell script which then invokes
+cvs.texi(,2340) @sc{cvs} with the necessary arguments.)
+cvs.texi(,2341)
+cvs.texi(,2342) If your @code{inetd} wants a symbolic service
+cvs.texi(,2343) name instead of a raw port number, then put this in
+cvs.texi(,2344) @file{/etc/services}:
+cvs.texi(,2345)
+cvs.texi(,2346) @example
+cvs.texi(,2347) cvspserver 2401/tcp
+cvs.texi(,2348) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2349)
+cvs.texi(,2350) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,2351) and put @code{cvspserver} instead of @code{2401} in
@file{inetd.conf}.
+cvs.texi(,2352)
+cvs.texi(,2353) If your system uses @code{xinetd} instead of @code{inetd},
+cvs.texi(,2354) the procedure is slightly different.
+cvs.texi(,2355) Create a file called @file{/etc/xinetd.d/cvspserver}
containing the following:
+cvs.texi(,2356)
+cvs.texi(,2357) @example
+cvs.texi(,2358) service cvspserver
+cvs.texi(,2359) @{
+cvs.texi(,2360) port = 2401
+cvs.texi(,2361) socket_type = stream
+cvs.texi(,2362) protocol = tcp
+cvs.texi(,2363) wait = no
+cvs.texi(,2364) user = root
+cvs.texi(,2365) passenv = PATH
+cvs.texi(,2366) server = /usr/local/bin/cvs
+cvs.texi(,2367) server_args = -f --allow-root=/usr/cvsroot pserver
+cvs.texi(,2368) @}
+cvs.texi(,2369) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2370)
+cvs.texi(,2371) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,2372) (If @code{cvspserver} is defined in @file{/etc/services}, you
can omit
+cvs.texi(,2373) the @code{port} line.)
+cvs.texi(,2374)
+cvs.texi(,2375) Once the above is taken care of, restart your
+cvs.texi(,2376) @code{inetd}, or do whatever is necessary to force it
+cvs.texi(,2377) to reread its initialization files.
+cvs.texi(,2378)
+cvs.texi(,2379) If you are having trouble setting this up, see
+cvs.texi(,2380) @ref{Connection}.
+cvs.texi(,2381)
+cvs.texi(,2382) @cindex CVS passwd file
+cvs.texi(,2383) @cindex passwd (admin file)
+cvs.texi(,2384) Because the client stores and transmits passwords in
+cvs.texi(,2385) cleartext (almost---see @ref{Password authentication
+cvs.texi(,2386) security}, for details), a separate @sc{cvs} password
+cvs.texi(,2387) file is generally used, so people don't compromise
+cvs.texi(,2388) their regular passwords when they access the
+cvs.texi(,2389) repository. This file is
+cvs.texi(,2390) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd} (@pxref{Intro
+cvs.texi(,2391) administrative files}). It uses a colon-separated
+cvs.texi(,2392) format, similar to @file{/etc/passwd} on Unix systems,
+cvs.texi(,2393) except that it has fewer fields: @sc{cvs} username,
+cvs.texi(,2394) optional password, and an optional system username for
+cvs.texi(,2395) @sc{cvs} to run as if authentication succeeds. Here is
+cvs.texi(,2396) an example @file{passwd} file with five entries:
+cvs.texi(,2397)
+cvs.texi(,2398) @example
+cvs.texi(,2399) anonymous:
+cvs.texi(,2400) bach:ULtgRLXo7NRxs
+cvs.texi(,2401) spwang:1sOp854gDF3DY
+cvs.texi(,2402) melissa:tGX1fS8sun6rY:pubcvs
+cvs.texi(,2403) qproj:XR4EZcEs0szik:pubcvs
+cvs.texi(,2404) @end example
cvs.texi(,2405)
-cvs.texi(,2406) The first line in the example will grant access to any
-cvs.texi(,2407) @sc{cvs} client attempting to authenticate as user
-cvs.texi(,2408) @code{anonymous}, no matter what password they use,
-cvs.texi(,2409) including an empty password. (This is typical for
-cvs.texi(,2410) sites granting anonymous read-only access; for
-cvs.texi(,2411) information on how to do the "read-only" part, see
-cvs.texi(,2412) @ref{Read-only access}.)
-cvs.texi(,2413)
-cvs.texi(,2414) The second and third lines will grant access to
-cvs.texi(,2415) @code{bach} and @code{spwang} if they supply their
-cvs.texi(,2416) respective plaintext passwords.
-cvs.texi(,2417)
-cvs.texi(,2418) @cindex User aliases
-cvs.texi(,2419) The fourth line will grant access to @code{melissa}, if
-cvs.texi(,2420) she supplies the correct password, but her @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,2421) operations will actually run on the server side under
-cvs.texi(,2422) the system user @code{pubcvs}. Thus, there need not be
-cvs.texi(,2423) any system user named @code{melissa}, but there
-cvs.texi(,2424) @emph{must} be one named @code{pubcvs}.
-cvs.texi(,2425)
-cvs.texi(,2426) The fifth line shows that system user identities can be
-cvs.texi(,2427) shared: any client who successfully authenticates as
-cvs.texi(,2428) @code{qproj} will actually run as @code{pubcvs}, just
-cvs.texi(,2429) as @code{melissa} does. That way you could create a
-cvs.texi(,2430) single, shared system user for each project in your
-cvs.texi(,2431) repository, and give each developer their own line in
-cvs.texi(,2432) the @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd} file. The @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,2433) username on each line would be different, but the
-cvs.texi(,2434) system username would be the same. The reason to have
-cvs.texi(,2435) different @sc{cvs} usernames is that @sc{cvs} will log their
-cvs.texi(,2436) actions under those names: when @code{melissa} commits
-cvs.texi(,2437) a change to a project, the checkin is recorded in the
-cvs.texi(,2438) project's history under the name @code{melissa}, not
-cvs.texi(,2439) @code{pubcvs}. And the reason to have them share a
-cvs.texi(,2440) system username is so that you can arrange permissions
-cvs.texi(,2441) in the relevant area of the repository such that only
-cvs.texi(,2442) that account has write-permission there.
-cvs.texi(,2443)
-cvs.texi(,2444) If the system-user field is present, all
-cvs.texi(,2445) password-authenticated @sc{cvs} commands run as that
-cvs.texi(,2446) user; if no system user is specified, @sc{cvs} simply
-cvs.texi(,2447) takes the @sc{cvs} username as the system username and
-cvs.texi(,2448) runs commands as that user. In either case, if there
-cvs.texi(,2449) is no such user on the system, then the @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,2450) operation will fail (regardless of whether the client
-cvs.texi(,2451) supplied a valid password).
-cvs.texi(,2452)
-cvs.texi(,2453) The password and system-user fields can both be omitted
-cvs.texi(,2454) (and if the system-user field is omitted, then also
-cvs.texi(,2455) omit the colon that would have separated it from the
-cvs.texi(,2456) encrypted password). For example, this would be a
-cvs.texi(,2457) valid @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd} file:
+cvs.texi(,2406) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,2407) (The passwords are encrypted according to the standard
+cvs.texi(,2408) Unix @code{crypt()} function, so it is possible to
+cvs.texi(,2409) paste in passwords directly from regular Unix
+cvs.texi(,2410) @file{/etc/passwd} files.)
+cvs.texi(,2411)
+cvs.texi(,2412) The first line in the example will grant access to any
+cvs.texi(,2413) @sc{cvs} client attempting to authenticate as user
+cvs.texi(,2414) @code{anonymous}, no matter what password they use,
+cvs.texi(,2415) including an empty password. (This is typical for
+cvs.texi(,2416) sites granting anonymous read-only access; for
+cvs.texi(,2417) information on how to do the "read-only" part, see
+cvs.texi(,2418) @ref{Read-only access}.)
+cvs.texi(,2419)
+cvs.texi(,2420) The second and third lines will grant access to
+cvs.texi(,2421) @code{bach} and @code{spwang} if they supply their
+cvs.texi(,2422) respective plaintext passwords.
+cvs.texi(,2423)
+cvs.texi(,2424) @cindex User aliases
+cvs.texi(,2425) The fourth line will grant access to @code{melissa}, if
+cvs.texi(,2426) she supplies the correct password, but her @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,2427) operations will actually run on the server side under
+cvs.texi(,2428) the system user @code{pubcvs}. Thus, there need not be
+cvs.texi(,2429) any system user named @code{melissa}, but there
+cvs.texi(,2430) @emph{must} be one named @code{pubcvs}.
+cvs.texi(,2431)
+cvs.texi(,2432) The fifth line shows that system user identities can be
+cvs.texi(,2433) shared: any client who successfully authenticates as
+cvs.texi(,2434) @code{qproj} will actually run as @code{pubcvs}, just
+cvs.texi(,2435) as @code{melissa} does. That way you could create a
+cvs.texi(,2436) single, shared system user for each project in your
+cvs.texi(,2437) repository, and give each developer their own line in
+cvs.texi(,2438) the @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd} file. The @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,2439) username on each line would be different, but the
+cvs.texi(,2440) system username would be the same. The reason to have
+cvs.texi(,2441) different @sc{cvs} usernames is that @sc{cvs} will log their
+cvs.texi(,2442) actions under those names: when @code{melissa} commits
+cvs.texi(,2443) a change to a project, the checkin is recorded in the
+cvs.texi(,2444) project's history under the name @code{melissa}, not
+cvs.texi(,2445) @code{pubcvs}. And the reason to have them share a
+cvs.texi(,2446) system username is so that you can arrange permissions
+cvs.texi(,2447) in the relevant area of the repository such that only
+cvs.texi(,2448) that account has write-permission there.
+cvs.texi(,2449)
+cvs.texi(,2450) If the system-user field is present, all
+cvs.texi(,2451) password-authenticated @sc{cvs} commands run as that
+cvs.texi(,2452) user; if no system user is specified, @sc{cvs} simply
+cvs.texi(,2453) takes the @sc{cvs} username as the system username and
+cvs.texi(,2454) runs commands as that user. In either case, if there
+cvs.texi(,2455) is no such user on the system, then the @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,2456) operation will fail (regardless of whether the client
+cvs.texi(,2457) supplied a valid password).
cvs.texi(,2458)
-cvs.texi(,2459) @example
-cvs.texi(,2460) anonymous::pubcvs
-cvs.texi(,2461) fish:rKa5jzULzmhOo:kfogel
-cvs.texi(,2462) sussman:1sOp854gDF3DY
-cvs.texi(,2463) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2459) The password and system-user fields can both be omitted
+cvs.texi(,2460) (and if the system-user field is omitted, then also
+cvs.texi(,2461) omit the colon that would have separated it from the
+cvs.texi(,2462) encrypted password). For example, this would be a
+cvs.texi(,2463) valid @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd} file:
cvs.texi(,2464)
-cvs.texi(,2465) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,2466) When the password field is omitted or empty, then the
-cvs.texi(,2467) client's authentication attempt will succeed with any
-cvs.texi(,2468) password, including the empty string. However, the
-cvs.texi(,2469) colon after the @sc{cvs} username is always necessary,
-cvs.texi(,2470) even if the password is empty.
-cvs.texi(,2471)
-cvs.texi(,2472) @sc{cvs} can also fall back to use system authentication.
-cvs.texi(,2473) When authenticating a password, the server first checks
-cvs.texi(,2474) for the user in the @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd}
-cvs.texi(,2475) file. If it finds the user, it will use that entry for
-cvs.texi(,2476) authentication as described above. But if it does not
-cvs.texi(,2477) find the user, or if the @sc{cvs} @file{passwd} file
-cvs.texi(,2478) does not exist, then the server can try to authenticate
-cvs.texi(,2479) the username and password using the operating system's
-cvs.texi(,2480) user-lookup routines (this "fallback" behavior can be
-cvs.texi(,2481) disabled by setting @code{SystemAuth=no} in the
-cvs.texi(,2482) @sc{cvs} @file{config} file, @pxref{config}).
-cvs.texi(,2483)
-cvs.texi(,2484) The default fallback behaviour is to look in
-cvs.texi(,2485) @file{/etc/passwd} for this system password unless your
-cvs.texi(,2486) system has PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules)
-cvs.texi(,2487) and your @sc{cvs} server executable was configured to
-cvs.texi(,2488) use it at compile time (using @code{./configure --enable-pam}
- see the
-cvs.texi(,2489) INSTALL file for more). In this case, PAM will be consulted
instead.
-cvs.texi(,2490) This means that @sc{cvs} can be configured to use any password
-cvs.texi(,2491) authentication source PAM can be configured to use
(possibilities
-cvs.texi(,2492) include a simple UNIX password, NIS, LDAP, and others) in its
-cvs.texi(,2493) global configuration file (usually @file{/etc/pam.conf}
-cvs.texi(,2494) or possibly @file{/etc/pam.d/cvs}). See your PAM documentation
-cvs.texi(,2495) for more details on PAM configuration.
-cvs.texi(,2496)
-cvs.texi(,2497) Note that PAM is an experimental feature in @sc{cvs} and
feedback is
-cvs.texi(,2498) encouraged. Please send a mail to one of the @sc{cvs} mailing
lists
-cvs.texi(,2499) (@code{info-cvs@@gnu.org} or @code{bug-cvs@@gnu.org}) if you
use the
-cvs.texi(,2500) @sc{cvs} PAM support.
-cvs.texi(,2501)
-cvs.texi(,2502) @strong{WARNING: Using PAM gives the system administrator much
more
-cvs.texi(,2503) flexibility about how @sc{cvs} users are authenticated but
-cvs.texi(,2504) no more security than other methods. See below for more.}
-cvs.texi(,2505)
-cvs.texi(,2506) CVS needs an "auth" and "account" module in the
-cvs.texi(,2507) PAM configuration file. A typical PAM configuration
-cvs.texi(,2508) would therefore have the following lines
-cvs.texi(,2509) in @file{/etc/pam.conf} to emulate the standard @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,2510) system @file{/etc/passwd} authentication:
+cvs.texi(,2465) @example
+cvs.texi(,2466) anonymous::pubcvs
+cvs.texi(,2467) fish:rKa5jzULzmhOo:kfogel
+cvs.texi(,2468) sussman:1sOp854gDF3DY
+cvs.texi(,2469) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2470)
+cvs.texi(,2471) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,2472) When the password field is omitted or empty, then the
+cvs.texi(,2473) client's authentication attempt will succeed with any
+cvs.texi(,2474) password, including the empty string. However, the
+cvs.texi(,2475) colon after the @sc{cvs} username is always necessary,
+cvs.texi(,2476) even if the password is empty.
+cvs.texi(,2477)
+cvs.texi(,2478) @sc{cvs} can also fall back to use system authentication.
+cvs.texi(,2479) When authenticating a password, the server first checks
+cvs.texi(,2480) for the user in the @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd}
+cvs.texi(,2481) file. If it finds the user, it will use that entry for
+cvs.texi(,2482) authentication as described above. But if it does not
+cvs.texi(,2483) find the user, or if the @sc{cvs} @file{passwd} file
+cvs.texi(,2484) does not exist, then the server can try to authenticate
+cvs.texi(,2485) the username and password using the operating system's
+cvs.texi(,2486) user-lookup routines (this "fallback" behavior can be
+cvs.texi(,2487) disabled by setting @code{SystemAuth=no} in the
+cvs.texi(,2488) @sc{cvs} @file{config} file, @pxref{config}).
+cvs.texi(,2489)
+cvs.texi(,2490) The default fallback behaviour is to look in
+cvs.texi(,2491) @file{/etc/passwd} for this system password unless your
+cvs.texi(,2492) system has PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules)
+cvs.texi(,2493) and your @sc{cvs} server executable was configured to
+cvs.texi(,2494) use it at compile time (using @code{./configure --enable-pam}
- see the
+cvs.texi(,2495) INSTALL file for more). In this case, PAM will be consulted
instead.
+cvs.texi(,2496) This means that @sc{cvs} can be configured to use any password
+cvs.texi(,2497) authentication source PAM can be configured to use
(possibilities
+cvs.texi(,2498) include a simple UNIX password, NIS, LDAP, and others) in its
+cvs.texi(,2499) global configuration file (usually @file{/etc/pam.conf}
+cvs.texi(,2500) or possibly @file{/etc/pam.d/cvs}). See your PAM documentation
+cvs.texi(,2501) for more details on PAM configuration.
+cvs.texi(,2502)
+cvs.texi(,2503) Note that PAM is an experimental feature in @sc{cvs} and
feedback is
+cvs.texi(,2504) encouraged. Please send a mail to one of the @sc{cvs} mailing
lists
+cvs.texi(,2505) (@code{info-cvs@@gnu.org} or @code{bug-cvs@@gnu.org}) if you
use the
+cvs.texi(,2506) @sc{cvs} PAM support.
+cvs.texi(,2507)
+cvs.texi(,2508) @strong{WARNING: Using PAM gives the system administrator much
more
+cvs.texi(,2509) flexibility about how @sc{cvs} users are authenticated but
+cvs.texi(,2510) no more security than other methods. See below for more.}
cvs.texi(,2511)
-cvs.texi(,2512) @example
-cvs.texi(,2513) cvs auth required pam_unix.so
-cvs.texi(,2514) cvs account required pam_unix.so
-cvs.texi(,2515) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2516)
-cvs.texi(,2517) The the equivalent @file{/etc/pam.d/cvs} would contain
-cvs.texi(,2518)
-cvs.texi(,2519) @example
-cvs.texi(,2520) auth required pam_unix.so
-cvs.texi(,2521) account required pam_unix.so
-cvs.texi(,2522) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2523)
-cvs.texi(,2524) Some systems require a full path to the module so that
-cvs.texi(,2525) @file{pam_unix.so} (Linux) would become something like
-cvs.texi(,2526) @file{/usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so.1} (Sun Solaris).
-cvs.texi(,2527) See the @file{contrib/pam} subdirectory of the @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,2528) source distribution for further example configurations.
+cvs.texi(,2512) CVS needs an "auth" and "account" module in the
+cvs.texi(,2513) PAM configuration file. A typical PAM configuration
+cvs.texi(,2514) would therefore have the following lines
+cvs.texi(,2515) in @file{/etc/pam.conf} to emulate the standard @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,2516) system @file{/etc/passwd} authentication:
+cvs.texi(,2517)
+cvs.texi(,2518) @example
+cvs.texi(,2519) cvs auth required pam_unix.so
+cvs.texi(,2520) cvs account required pam_unix.so
+cvs.texi(,2521) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2522)
+cvs.texi(,2523) The the equivalent @file{/etc/pam.d/cvs} would contain
+cvs.texi(,2524)
+cvs.texi(,2525) @example
+cvs.texi(,2526) auth required pam_unix.so
+cvs.texi(,2527) account required pam_unix.so
+cvs.texi(,2528) @end example
cvs.texi(,2529)
-cvs.texi(,2530) The PAM service name given above as "cvs" is just
-cvs.texi(,2531) the service name in the default configuration amd can be
-cvs.texi(,2532) set using
-cvs.texi(,2533) @code{./configure
--with-hardcoded-pam-service-name=<pam-service-name>}
-cvs.texi(,2534) before compiling. @sc{cvs} can also be configured to use
whatever
-cvs.texi(,2535) name it is invoked as as its PAM service name using
-cvs.texi(,2536) @code{./configure --without-hardcoded-pam-service-name}, but
this
-cvs.texi(,2537) feature should not be used if you may not have control of the
name
-cvs.texi(,2538) @sc{cvs} will be invoked as.
-cvs.texi(,2539)
-cvs.texi(,2540) Be aware, also, that falling back to system
-cvs.texi(,2541) authentication might be a security risk: @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,2542) operations would then be authenticated with that user's
-cvs.texi(,2543) regular login password, and the password flies across
-cvs.texi(,2544) the network in plaintext. See @ref{Password
-cvs.texi(,2545) authentication security} for more on this.
-cvs.texi(,2546) This may be more of a problem with PAM authentication
-cvs.texi(,2547) because it is likely that the source of the system
-cvs.texi(,2548) password is some central authentication service like
-cvs.texi(,2549) LDAP which is also used to authenticate other services.
-cvs.texi(,2550)
-cvs.texi(,2551) On the other hand, PAM makes it very easy to change your
password
-cvs.texi(,2552) regularly. If they are given the option of a one-password
system for
-cvs.texi(,2553) all of their activities, users are often more willing to
change their
-cvs.texi(,2554) password on a regular basis.
-cvs.texi(,2555)
-cvs.texi(,2556) In the non-PAM configuration where the password is stored in
the
-cvs.texi(,2557) @file{CVSROOT/passwd} file, it is difficult to change
passwords on a
-cvs.texi(,2558) regular basis since only administrative users (or in some cases
-cvs.texi(,2559) processes that act as an administrative user) are typicaly
given
-cvs.texi(,2560) access to modify this file. Either there needs to be some
-cvs.texi(,2561) hand-crafted web page or set-uid program to update the file,
or the
-cvs.texi(,2562) update needs to be done by submitting a request to an
administrator to
-cvs.texi(,2563) perform the duty by hand. In the first case, having to
remember to
-cvs.texi(,2564) update a separate password on a periodic basis can be
difficult. In
-cvs.texi(,2565) the second case, the manual nature of the change will
typically mean
-cvs.texi(,2566) that the password will not be changed unless it is absolutely
-cvs.texi(,2567) necessary.
-cvs.texi(,2568)
-cvs.texi(,2569) Note that PAM administrators should probably avoid configuring
-cvs.texi(,2570) one-time-passwords (OTP) for @sc{cvs}
authentication/authorization. If
-cvs.texi(,2571) OTPs are desired, the administrator may wish to encourage the
use of
-cvs.texi(,2572) one of the other Client/Server access methods. See the
section on
-cvs.texi(,2573) @pxref{Remote repositories} for a list of other methods.
+cvs.texi(,2530) Some systems require a full path to the module so that
+cvs.texi(,2531) @file{pam_unix.so} (Linux) would become something like
+cvs.texi(,2532) @file{/usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so.1} (Sun Solaris).
+cvs.texi(,2533) See the @file{contrib/pam} subdirectory of the @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,2534) source distribution for further example configurations.
+cvs.texi(,2535)
+cvs.texi(,2536) The PAM service name given above as "cvs" is just
+cvs.texi(,2537) the service name in the default configuration amd can be
+cvs.texi(,2538) set using
+cvs.texi(,2539) @code{./configure
--with-hardcoded-pam-service-name=<pam-service-name>}
+cvs.texi(,2540) before compiling. @sc{cvs} can also be configured to use
whatever
+cvs.texi(,2541) name it is invoked as as its PAM service name using
+cvs.texi(,2542) @code{./configure --without-hardcoded-pam-service-name}, but
this
+cvs.texi(,2543) feature should not be used if you may not have control of the
name
+cvs.texi(,2544) @sc{cvs} will be invoked as.
+cvs.texi(,2545)
+cvs.texi(,2546) Be aware, also, that falling back to system
+cvs.texi(,2547) authentication might be a security risk: @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,2548) operations would then be authenticated with that user's
+cvs.texi(,2549) regular login password, and the password flies across
+cvs.texi(,2550) the network in plaintext. See @ref{Password
+cvs.texi(,2551) authentication security} for more on this.
+cvs.texi(,2552) This may be more of a problem with PAM authentication
+cvs.texi(,2553) because it is likely that the source of the system
+cvs.texi(,2554) password is some central authentication service like
+cvs.texi(,2555) LDAP which is also used to authenticate other services.
+cvs.texi(,2556)
+cvs.texi(,2557) On the other hand, PAM makes it very easy to change your
password
+cvs.texi(,2558) regularly. If they are given the option of a one-password
system for
+cvs.texi(,2559) all of their activities, users are often more willing to
change their
+cvs.texi(,2560) password on a regular basis.
+cvs.texi(,2561)
+cvs.texi(,2562) In the non-PAM configuration where the password is stored in
the
+cvs.texi(,2563) @file{CVSROOT/passwd} file, it is difficult to change
passwords on a
+cvs.texi(,2564) regular basis since only administrative users (or in some cases
+cvs.texi(,2565) processes that act as an administrative user) are typicaly
given
+cvs.texi(,2566) access to modify this file. Either there needs to be some
+cvs.texi(,2567) hand-crafted web page or set-uid program to update the file,
or the
+cvs.texi(,2568) update needs to be done by submitting a request to an
administrator to
+cvs.texi(,2569) perform the duty by hand. In the first case, having to
remember to
+cvs.texi(,2570) update a separate password on a periodic basis can be
difficult. In
+cvs.texi(,2571) the second case, the manual nature of the change will
typically mean
+cvs.texi(,2572) that the password will not be changed unless it is absolutely
+cvs.texi(,2573) necessary.
cvs.texi(,2574)
-cvs.texi(,2575) Right now, the only way to put a password in the
-cvs.texi(,2576) @sc{cvs} @file{passwd} file is to paste it there from
-cvs.texi(,2577) somewhere else. Someday, there may be a @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,2578) passwd} command.
-cvs.texi(,2579)
-cvs.texi(,2580) Unlike many of the files in @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT}, it
-cvs.texi(,2581) is normal to edit the @file{passwd} file in-place,
-cvs.texi(,2582) rather than via @sc{cvs}. This is because of the
-cvs.texi(,2583) possible security risks of having the @file{passwd}
-cvs.texi(,2584) file checked out to people's working copies. If you do
-cvs.texi(,2585) want to include the @file{passwd} file in checkouts of
-cvs.texi(,2586) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT}, see @ref{checkoutlist}.
-cvs.texi(,2587)
-cvs.texi(,2588) @c We might also suggest using the @code{htpasswd} command
-cvs.texi(,2589) @c from freely available web servers as well, but that
-cvs.texi(,2590) @c would open up a can of worms in that the users next
-cvs.texi(,2591) @c questions are likely to be "where do I get it?" and
-cvs.texi(,2592) @c "how do I use it?"
-cvs.texi(,2593) @c Also note that htpasswd, at least the version I had,
-cvs.texi(,2594) @c likes to clobber the third field.
-cvs.texi(,2595)
-cvs.texi(,2596) @node Password authentication client
-cvs.texi(,2597) @subsubsection Using the client with password authentication
-cvs.texi(,2598) @cindex Login (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,2599) @cindex Password client, using
-cvs.texi(,2600) @cindex Authenticated client, using
-cvs.texi(,2601) @cindex :pserver:, setting up
-cvs.texi(,2602) To run a @sc{cvs} command on a remote repository via
-cvs.texi(,2603) the password-authenticating server, one specifies the
-cvs.texi(,2604) @code{pserver} protocol, optional username, repository host, an
-cvs.texi(,2605) optional port number, and path to the repository. For example:
-cvs.texi(,2606)
-cvs.texi(,2607) @example
-cvs.texi(,2608) cvs -d :pserver:faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout
someproj
-cvs.texi(,2609) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2610)
-cvs.texi(,2611) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,2612) or
-cvs.texi(,2613)
-cvs.texi(,2614) @example
-cvs.texi(,2615) CVSROOT=:pserver:bach@@faun.example.org:2401/usr/local/cvsroot
-cvs.texi(,2616) cvs checkout someproj
-cvs.texi(,2617) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2618)
-cvs.texi(,2619) However, unless you're connecting to a public-access
-cvs.texi(,2620) repository (i.e., one where that username doesn't
-cvs.texi(,2621) require a password), you'll need to supply a password or
@dfn{log in} first.
-cvs.texi(,2622) Logging in verifies your password with the repository and
stores it in a file.
-cvs.texi(,2623) It's done with the @code{login} command, which will
-cvs.texi(,2624) prompt you interactively for the password if you didn't supply
one as part of
-cvs.texi(,2625) @var{$CVSROOT}:
-cvs.texi(,2626)
-cvs.texi(,2627) @example
-cvs.texi(,2628) cvs -d :pserver:bach@@faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot login
-cvs.texi(,2629) CVS password:
-cvs.texi(,2630) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2631)
-cvs.texi(,2632) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,2633) or
-cvs.texi(,2634)
-cvs.texi(,2635) @example
-cvs.texi(,2636) cvs -d
:pserver:bach:p4ss30rd@@faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot login
-cvs.texi(,2637) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2638)
-cvs.texi(,2639) After you enter the password, @sc{cvs} verifies it with
-cvs.texi(,2640) the server. If the verification succeeds, then that
-cvs.texi(,2641) combination of username, host, repository, and password
-cvs.texi(,2642) is permanently recorded, so future transactions with
-cvs.texi(,2643) that repository won't require you to run @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,2644) login}. (If verification fails, @sc{cvs} will exit
-cvs.texi(,2645) complaining that the password was incorrect, and
-cvs.texi(,2646) nothing will be recorded.)
-cvs.texi(,2647)
-cvs.texi(,2648) The records are stored, by default, in the file
-cvs.texi(,2649) @file{$HOME/.cvspass}. That file's format is
-cvs.texi(,2650) human-readable, and to a degree human-editable, but
-cvs.texi(,2651) note that the passwords are not stored in
-cvs.texi(,2652) cleartext---they are trivially encoded to protect them
-cvs.texi(,2653) from "innocent" compromise (i.e., inadvertent viewing
-cvs.texi(,2654) by a system administrator or other non-malicious
-cvs.texi(,2655) person).
-cvs.texi(,2656)
-cvs.texi(,2657) @cindex CVS_PASSFILE, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,2658) You can change the default location of this file by
-cvs.texi(,2659) setting the @code{CVS_PASSFILE} environment variable.
-cvs.texi(,2660) If you use this variable, make sure you set it
-cvs.texi(,2661) @emph{before} @code{cvs login} is run. If you were to
-cvs.texi(,2662) set it after running @code{cvs login}, then later
-cvs.texi(,2663) @sc{cvs} commands would be unable to look up the
-cvs.texi(,2664) password for transmission to the server.
-cvs.texi(,2665)
-cvs.texi(,2666) Once you have logged in, all @sc{cvs} commands using
-cvs.texi(,2667) that remote repository and username will authenticate
-cvs.texi(,2668) with the stored password. So, for example
-cvs.texi(,2669)
-cvs.texi(,2670) @example
-cvs.texi(,2671) cvs -d :pserver:bach@@faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot
checkout foo
-cvs.texi(,2672) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2673)
-cvs.texi(,2674) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,2675) should just work (unless the password changes on the
-cvs.texi(,2676) server side, in which case you'll have to re-run
-cvs.texi(,2677) @code{cvs login}).
-cvs.texi(,2678)
-cvs.texi(,2679) Note that if the @samp{:pserver:} were not present in
-cvs.texi(,2680) the repository specification, @sc{cvs} would assume it
-cvs.texi(,2681) should use @code{rsh} to connect with the server
-cvs.texi(,2682) instead (@pxref{Connecting via rsh}).
-cvs.texi(,2683)
-cvs.texi(,2684) Of course, once you have a working copy checked out and
-cvs.texi(,2685) are running @sc{cvs} commands from within it, there is
-cvs.texi(,2686) no longer any need to specify the repository
-cvs.texi(,2687) explicitly, because @sc{cvs} can deduce the repository
-cvs.texi(,2688) from the working copy's @file{CVS} subdirectory.
+cvs.texi(,2575) Note that PAM administrators should probably avoid configuring
+cvs.texi(,2576) one-time-passwords (OTP) for @sc{cvs}
authentication/authorization. If
+cvs.texi(,2577) OTPs are desired, the administrator may wish to encourage the
use of
+cvs.texi(,2578) one of the other Client/Server access methods. See the
section on
+cvs.texi(,2579) @pxref{Remote repositories} for a list of other methods.
+cvs.texi(,2580)
+cvs.texi(,2581) Right now, the only way to put a password in the
+cvs.texi(,2582) @sc{cvs} @file{passwd} file is to paste it there from
+cvs.texi(,2583) somewhere else. Someday, there may be a @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,2584) passwd} command.
+cvs.texi(,2585)
+cvs.texi(,2586) Unlike many of the files in @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT}, it
+cvs.texi(,2587) is normal to edit the @file{passwd} file in-place,
+cvs.texi(,2588) rather than via @sc{cvs}. This is because of the
+cvs.texi(,2589) possible security risks of having the @file{passwd}
+cvs.texi(,2590) file checked out to people's working copies. If you do
+cvs.texi(,2591) want to include the @file{passwd} file in checkouts of
+cvs.texi(,2592) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT}, see @ref{checkoutlist}.
+cvs.texi(,2593)
+cvs.texi(,2594) @c We might also suggest using the @code{htpasswd} command
+cvs.texi(,2595) @c from freely available web servers as well, but that
+cvs.texi(,2596) @c would open up a can of worms in that the users next
+cvs.texi(,2597) @c questions are likely to be "where do I get it?" and
+cvs.texi(,2598) @c "how do I use it?"
+cvs.texi(,2599) @c Also note that htpasswd, at least the version I had,
+cvs.texi(,2600) @c likes to clobber the third field.
+cvs.texi(,2601)
+cvs.texi(,2602) @node Password authentication client
+cvs.texi(,2603) @subsubsection Using the client with password authentication
+cvs.texi(,2604) @cindex Login (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,2605) @cindex Password client, using
+cvs.texi(,2606) @cindex Authenticated client, using
+cvs.texi(,2607) @cindex :pserver:, setting up
+cvs.texi(,2608) To run a @sc{cvs} command on a remote repository via
+cvs.texi(,2609) the password-authenticating server, one specifies the
+cvs.texi(,2610) @code{pserver} protocol, optional username, repository host, an
+cvs.texi(,2611) optional port number, and path to the repository. For example:
+cvs.texi(,2612)
+cvs.texi(,2613) @example
+cvs.texi(,2614) cvs -d :pserver:faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout
someproj
+cvs.texi(,2615) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2616)
+cvs.texi(,2617) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,2618) or
+cvs.texi(,2619)
+cvs.texi(,2620) @example
+cvs.texi(,2621) CVSROOT=:pserver:bach@@faun.example.org:2401/usr/local/cvsroot
+cvs.texi(,2622) cvs checkout someproj
+cvs.texi(,2623) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2624)
+cvs.texi(,2625) However, unless you're connecting to a public-access
+cvs.texi(,2626) repository (i.e., one where that username doesn't
+cvs.texi(,2627) require a password), you'll need to supply a password or
@dfn{log in} first.
+cvs.texi(,2628) Logging in verifies your password with the repository and
stores it in a file.
+cvs.texi(,2629) It's done with the @code{login} command, which will
+cvs.texi(,2630) prompt you interactively for the password if you didn't supply
one as part of
+cvs.texi(,2631) @var{$CVSROOT}:
+cvs.texi(,2632)
+cvs.texi(,2633) @example
+cvs.texi(,2634) cvs -d :pserver:bach@@faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot login
+cvs.texi(,2635) CVS password:
+cvs.texi(,2636) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2637)
+cvs.texi(,2638) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,2639) or
+cvs.texi(,2640)
+cvs.texi(,2641) @example
+cvs.texi(,2642) cvs -d
:pserver:bach:p4ss30rd@@faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot login
+cvs.texi(,2643) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2644)
+cvs.texi(,2645) After you enter the password, @sc{cvs} verifies it with
+cvs.texi(,2646) the server. If the verification succeeds, then that
+cvs.texi(,2647) combination of username, host, repository, and password
+cvs.texi(,2648) is permanently recorded, so future transactions with
+cvs.texi(,2649) that repository won't require you to run @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,2650) login}. (If verification fails, @sc{cvs} will exit
+cvs.texi(,2651) complaining that the password was incorrect, and
+cvs.texi(,2652) nothing will be recorded.)
+cvs.texi(,2653)
+cvs.texi(,2654) The records are stored, by default, in the file
+cvs.texi(,2655) @file{$HOME/.cvspass}. That file's format is
+cvs.texi(,2656) human-readable, and to a degree human-editable, but
+cvs.texi(,2657) note that the passwords are not stored in
+cvs.texi(,2658) cleartext---they are trivially encoded to protect them
+cvs.texi(,2659) from "innocent" compromise (i.e., inadvertent viewing
+cvs.texi(,2660) by a system administrator or other non-malicious
+cvs.texi(,2661) person).
+cvs.texi(,2662)
+cvs.texi(,2663) @cindex CVS_PASSFILE, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,2664) You can change the default location of this file by
+cvs.texi(,2665) setting the @code{CVS_PASSFILE} environment variable.
+cvs.texi(,2666) If you use this variable, make sure you set it
+cvs.texi(,2667) @emph{before} @code{cvs login} is run. If you were to
+cvs.texi(,2668) set it after running @code{cvs login}, then later
+cvs.texi(,2669) @sc{cvs} commands would be unable to look up the
+cvs.texi(,2670) password for transmission to the server.
+cvs.texi(,2671)
+cvs.texi(,2672) Once you have logged in, all @sc{cvs} commands using
+cvs.texi(,2673) that remote repository and username will authenticate
+cvs.texi(,2674) with the stored password. So, for example
+cvs.texi(,2675)
+cvs.texi(,2676) @example
+cvs.texi(,2677) cvs -d :pserver:bach@@faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot
checkout foo
+cvs.texi(,2678) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2679)
+cvs.texi(,2680) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,2681) should just work (unless the password changes on the
+cvs.texi(,2682) server side, in which case you'll have to re-run
+cvs.texi(,2683) @code{cvs login}).
+cvs.texi(,2684)
+cvs.texi(,2685) Note that if the @samp{:pserver:} were not present in
+cvs.texi(,2686) the repository specification, @sc{cvs} would assume it
+cvs.texi(,2687) should use @code{rsh} to connect with the server
+cvs.texi(,2688) instead (@pxref{Connecting via rsh}).
cvs.texi(,2689)
-cvs.texi(,2690) @c FIXME: seems to me this needs somewhat more
-cvs.texi(,2691) @c explanation.
-cvs.texi(,2692) @cindex Logout (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,2693) The password for a given remote repository can be
-cvs.texi(,2694) removed from the @code{CVS_PASSFILE} by using the
-cvs.texi(,2695) @code{cvs logout} command.
-cvs.texi(,2696)
-cvs.texi(,2697) @node Password authentication security
-cvs.texi(,2698) @subsubsection Security considerations with password
authentication
-cvs.texi(,2699)
-cvs.texi(,2700) @cindex Security, of pserver
-cvs.texi(,2701) The passwords are stored on the client side in a
-cvs.texi(,2702) trivial encoding of the cleartext, and transmitted in
-cvs.texi(,2703) the same encoding. The encoding is done only to
-cvs.texi(,2704) prevent inadvertent password compromises (i.e., a
-cvs.texi(,2705) system administrator accidentally looking at the file),
-cvs.texi(,2706) and will not prevent even a naive attacker from gaining
-cvs.texi(,2707) the password.
-cvs.texi(,2708)
-cvs.texi(,2709) @c FIXME: The bit about "access to the repository
-cvs.texi(,2710) @c implies general access to the system is *not* specific
-cvs.texi(,2711) @c to pserver; it applies to kerberos and SSH and
-cvs.texi(,2712) @c everything else too. Should reorganize the
-cvs.texi(,2713) @c documentation to make this clear.
-cvs.texi(,2714) The separate @sc{cvs} password file (@pxref{Password
-cvs.texi(,2715) authentication server}) allows people
-cvs.texi(,2716) to use a different password for repository access than
-cvs.texi(,2717) for login access. On the other hand, once a user has
-cvs.texi(,2718) non-read-only
-cvs.texi(,2719) access to the repository, she can execute programs on
-cvs.texi(,2720) the server system through a variety of means. Thus, repository
-cvs.texi(,2721) access implies fairly broad system access as well. It
-cvs.texi(,2722) might be possible to modify @sc{cvs} to prevent that,
-cvs.texi(,2723) but no one has done so as of this writing.
-cvs.texi(,2724) @c OpenBSD uses chroot() and copies the repository to
-cvs.texi(,2725) @c provide anonymous read-only access (for details see
-cvs.texi(,2726) @c http://www.openbsd.org/anoncvs.shar). While this
-cvs.texi(,2727) @c closes the most obvious holes, I'm not sure it
-cvs.texi(,2728) @c closes enough holes to recommend it (plus it is
-cvs.texi(,2729) @c *very* easy to accidentally screw up a setup of this
-cvs.texi(,2730) @c type).
-cvs.texi(,2731)
-cvs.texi(,2732) Note that because the @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT} directory
-cvs.texi(,2733) contains @file{passwd} and other files which are used
-cvs.texi(,2734) to check security, you must control the permissions on
-cvs.texi(,2735) this directory as tightly as the permissions on
-cvs.texi(,2736) @file{/etc}. The same applies to the @file{$CVSROOT}
-cvs.texi(,2737) directory itself and any directory
-cvs.texi(,2738) above it in the tree. Anyone who has write access to
-cvs.texi(,2739) such a directory will have the ability to become any
-cvs.texi(,2740) user on the system. Note that these permissions are
-cvs.texi(,2741) typically tighter than you would use if you are not
-cvs.texi(,2742) using pserver.
-cvs.texi(,2743) @c TODO: Would be really nice to document/implement a
-cvs.texi(,2744) @c scheme where the CVS server can run as some non-root
-cvs.texi(,2745) @c user, e.g. "cvs". CVSROOT/passwd would contain a
-cvs.texi(,2746) @c bunch of entries of the form foo:xxx:cvs (or the "cvs"
-cvs.texi(,2747) @c would be implicit). This would greatly reduce
-cvs.texi(,2748) @c security risks such as those hinted at in the
-cvs.texi(,2749) @c previous paragraph. I think minor changes to CVS
-cvs.texi(,2750) @c might be required but mostly this would just need
-cvs.texi(,2751) @c someone who wants to play with it, document it, &c.
-cvs.texi(,2752)
-cvs.texi(,2753) In summary, anyone who gets the password gets
-cvs.texi(,2754) repository access (which may imply some measure of general
system
-cvs.texi(,2755) access as well). The password is available to anyone
-cvs.texi(,2756) who can sniff network packets or read a protected
-cvs.texi(,2757) (i.e., user read-only) file. If you want real
-cvs.texi(,2758) security, get Kerberos.
-cvs.texi(,2759)
-cvs.texi(,2760) @node GSSAPI authenticated
-cvs.texi(,2761) @subsection Direct connection with GSSAPI
-cvs.texi(,2762)
-cvs.texi(,2763) @cindex GSSAPI
-cvs.texi(,2764) @cindex Security, GSSAPI
-cvs.texi(,2765) @cindex :gserver:, setting up
-cvs.texi(,2766) @cindex Kerberos, using :gserver:
-cvs.texi(,2767) GSSAPI is a generic interface to network security
-cvs.texi(,2768) systems such as Kerberos 5.
-cvs.texi(,2769) If you have a working GSSAPI library, you can have
-cvs.texi(,2770) @sc{cvs} connect via a direct @sc{tcp} connection,
-cvs.texi(,2771) authenticating with GSSAPI.
-cvs.texi(,2772)
-cvs.texi(,2773) To do this, @sc{cvs} needs to be compiled with GSSAPI
-cvs.texi(,2774) support; when configuring @sc{cvs} it tries to detect
-cvs.texi(,2775) whether GSSAPI libraries using kerberos version 5 are
-cvs.texi(,2776) present. You can also use the @file{--with-gssapi}
-cvs.texi(,2777) flag to configure.
+cvs.texi(,2690) Of course, once you have a working copy checked out and
+cvs.texi(,2691) are running @sc{cvs} commands from within it, there is
+cvs.texi(,2692) no longer any need to specify the repository
+cvs.texi(,2693) explicitly, because @sc{cvs} can deduce the repository
+cvs.texi(,2694) from the working copy's @file{CVS} subdirectory.
+cvs.texi(,2695)
+cvs.texi(,2696) @c FIXME: seems to me this needs somewhat more
+cvs.texi(,2697) @c explanation.
+cvs.texi(,2698) @cindex Logout (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,2699) The password for a given remote repository can be
+cvs.texi(,2700) removed from the @code{CVS_PASSFILE} by using the
+cvs.texi(,2701) @code{cvs logout} command.
+cvs.texi(,2702)
+cvs.texi(,2703) @node Password authentication security
+cvs.texi(,2704) @subsubsection Security considerations with password
authentication
+cvs.texi(,2705)
+cvs.texi(,2706) @cindex Security, of pserver
+cvs.texi(,2707) The passwords are stored on the client side in a
+cvs.texi(,2708) trivial encoding of the cleartext, and transmitted in
+cvs.texi(,2709) the same encoding. The encoding is done only to
+cvs.texi(,2710) prevent inadvertent password compromises (i.e., a
+cvs.texi(,2711) system administrator accidentally looking at the file),
+cvs.texi(,2712) and will not prevent even a naive attacker from gaining
+cvs.texi(,2713) the password.
+cvs.texi(,2714)
+cvs.texi(,2715) @c FIXME: The bit about "access to the repository
+cvs.texi(,2716) @c implies general access to the system is *not* specific
+cvs.texi(,2717) @c to pserver; it applies to kerberos and SSH and
+cvs.texi(,2718) @c everything else too. Should reorganize the
+cvs.texi(,2719) @c documentation to make this clear.
+cvs.texi(,2720) The separate @sc{cvs} password file (@pxref{Password
+cvs.texi(,2721) authentication server}) allows people
+cvs.texi(,2722) to use a different password for repository access than
+cvs.texi(,2723) for login access. On the other hand, once a user has
+cvs.texi(,2724) non-read-only
+cvs.texi(,2725) access to the repository, she can execute programs on
+cvs.texi(,2726) the server system through a variety of means. Thus, repository
+cvs.texi(,2727) access implies fairly broad system access as well. It
+cvs.texi(,2728) might be possible to modify @sc{cvs} to prevent that,
+cvs.texi(,2729) but no one has done so as of this writing.
+cvs.texi(,2730) @c OpenBSD uses chroot() and copies the repository to
+cvs.texi(,2731) @c provide anonymous read-only access (for details see
+cvs.texi(,2732) @c http://www.openbsd.org/anoncvs.shar). While this
+cvs.texi(,2733) @c closes the most obvious holes, I'm not sure it
+cvs.texi(,2734) @c closes enough holes to recommend it (plus it is
+cvs.texi(,2735) @c *very* easy to accidentally screw up a setup of this
+cvs.texi(,2736) @c type).
+cvs.texi(,2737)
+cvs.texi(,2738) Note that because the @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT} directory
+cvs.texi(,2739) contains @file{passwd} and other files which are used
+cvs.texi(,2740) to check security, you must control the permissions on
+cvs.texi(,2741) this directory as tightly as the permissions on
+cvs.texi(,2742) @file{/etc}. The same applies to the @file{$CVSROOT}
+cvs.texi(,2743) directory itself and any directory
+cvs.texi(,2744) above it in the tree. Anyone who has write access to
+cvs.texi(,2745) such a directory will have the ability to become any
+cvs.texi(,2746) user on the system. Note that these permissions are
+cvs.texi(,2747) typically tighter than you would use if you are not
+cvs.texi(,2748) using pserver.
+cvs.texi(,2749) @c TODO: Would be really nice to document/implement a
+cvs.texi(,2750) @c scheme where the CVS server can run as some non-root
+cvs.texi(,2751) @c user, e.g. "cvs". CVSROOT/passwd would contain a
+cvs.texi(,2752) @c bunch of entries of the form foo:xxx:cvs (or the "cvs"
+cvs.texi(,2753) @c would be implicit). This would greatly reduce
+cvs.texi(,2754) @c security risks such as those hinted at in the
+cvs.texi(,2755) @c previous paragraph. I think minor changes to CVS
+cvs.texi(,2756) @c might be required but mostly this would just need
+cvs.texi(,2757) @c someone who wants to play with it, document it, &c.
+cvs.texi(,2758)
+cvs.texi(,2759) In summary, anyone who gets the password gets
+cvs.texi(,2760) repository access (which may imply some measure of general
system
+cvs.texi(,2761) access as well). The password is available to anyone
+cvs.texi(,2762) who can sniff network packets or read a protected
+cvs.texi(,2763) (i.e., user read-only) file. If you want real
+cvs.texi(,2764) security, get Kerberos.
+cvs.texi(,2765)
+cvs.texi(,2766) @node GSSAPI authenticated
+cvs.texi(,2767) @subsection Direct connection with GSSAPI
+cvs.texi(,2768)
+cvs.texi(,2769) @cindex GSSAPI
+cvs.texi(,2770) @cindex Security, GSSAPI
+cvs.texi(,2771) @cindex :gserver:, setting up
+cvs.texi(,2772) @cindex Kerberos, using :gserver:
+cvs.texi(,2773) GSSAPI is a generic interface to network security
+cvs.texi(,2774) systems such as Kerberos 5.
+cvs.texi(,2775) If you have a working GSSAPI library, you can have
+cvs.texi(,2776) @sc{cvs} connect via a direct @sc{tcp} connection,
+cvs.texi(,2777) authenticating with GSSAPI.
cvs.texi(,2778)
-cvs.texi(,2779) The connection is authenticated using GSSAPI, but the
-cvs.texi(,2780) message stream is @emph{not} authenticated by default.
-cvs.texi(,2781) You must use the @code{-a} global option to request
-cvs.texi(,2782) stream authentication.
-cvs.texi(,2783)
-cvs.texi(,2784) The data transmitted is @emph{not} encrypted by
-cvs.texi(,2785) default. Encryption support must be compiled into both
-cvs.texi(,2786) the client and the server; use the
-cvs.texi(,2787) @file{--enable-encrypt} configure option to turn it on.
-cvs.texi(,2788) You must then use the @code{-x} global option to
-cvs.texi(,2789) request encryption.
-cvs.texi(,2790)
-cvs.texi(,2791) GSSAPI connections are handled on the server side by
-cvs.texi(,2792) the same server which handles the password
-cvs.texi(,2793) authentication server; see @ref{Password authentication
-cvs.texi(,2794) server}. If you are using a GSSAPI mechanism such as
-cvs.texi(,2795) Kerberos which provides for strong authentication, you
-cvs.texi(,2796) will probably want to disable the ability to
-cvs.texi(,2797) authenticate via cleartext passwords. To do so, create
-cvs.texi(,2798) an empty @file{CVSROOT/passwd} password file, and set
-cvs.texi(,2799) @code{SystemAuth=no} in the config file
-cvs.texi(,2800) (@pxref{config}).
-cvs.texi(,2801)
-cvs.texi(,2802) The GSSAPI server uses a principal name of
-cvs.texi(,2803) cvs/@var{hostname}, where @var{hostname} is the
-cvs.texi(,2804) canonical name of the server host. You will have to
-cvs.texi(,2805) set this up as required by your GSSAPI mechanism.
-cvs.texi(,2806)
-cvs.texi(,2807) To connect using GSSAPI, use @samp{:gserver:}. For
-cvs.texi(,2808) example,
-cvs.texi(,2809)
-cvs.texi(,2810) @example
-cvs.texi(,2811) cvs -d :gserver:faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout
foo
-cvs.texi(,2812) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2813)
-cvs.texi(,2814) @node Kerberos authenticated
-cvs.texi(,2815) @subsection Direct connection with kerberos
-cvs.texi(,2816)
-cvs.texi(,2817) @cindex Kerberos, using :kserver:
-cvs.texi(,2818) @cindex Security, kerberos
-cvs.texi(,2819) @cindex :kserver:, setting up
-cvs.texi(,2820) The easiest way to use kerberos is to use the kerberos
-cvs.texi(,2821) @code{rsh}, as described in @ref{Connecting via rsh}.
-cvs.texi(,2822) The main disadvantage of using rsh is that all the data
-cvs.texi(,2823) needs to pass through additional programs, so it may be
-cvs.texi(,2824) slower. So if you have kerberos installed you can
-cvs.texi(,2825) connect via a direct @sc{tcp} connection,
-cvs.texi(,2826) authenticating with kerberos.
-cvs.texi(,2827)
-cvs.texi(,2828) This section concerns the kerberos network security
-cvs.texi(,2829) system, version 4. Kerberos version 5 is supported via
-cvs.texi(,2830) the GSSAPI generic network security interface, as
-cvs.texi(,2831) described in the previous section.
-cvs.texi(,2832)
-cvs.texi(,2833) To do this, @sc{cvs} needs to be compiled with kerberos
-cvs.texi(,2834) support; when configuring @sc{cvs} it tries to detect
-cvs.texi(,2835) whether kerberos is present or you can use the
-cvs.texi(,2836) @file{--with-krb4} flag to configure.
-cvs.texi(,2837)
-cvs.texi(,2838) The data transmitted is @emph{not} encrypted by
-cvs.texi(,2839) default. Encryption support must be compiled into both
-cvs.texi(,2840) the client and server; use the
-cvs.texi(,2841) @file{--enable-encryption} configure option to turn it
-cvs.texi(,2842) on. You must then use the @code{-x} global option to
-cvs.texi(,2843) request encryption.
-cvs.texi(,2844)
-cvs.texi(,2845) @cindex CVS_CLIENT_PORT
-cvs.texi(,2846) You need to edit @file{inetd.conf} on the server
-cvs.texi(,2847) machine to run @code{cvs kserver}. The client uses
-cvs.texi(,2848) port 1999 by default; if you want to use another port
-cvs.texi(,2849) specify it in the @code{CVSROOT} (@pxref{Remote repositories})
-cvs.texi(,2850) or the @code{CVS_CLIENT_PORT} environment variable
-cvs.texi(,2851) (@pxref{Environment variables}) on the client.
-cvs.texi(,2852)
-cvs.texi(,2853) @cindex kinit
-cvs.texi(,2854) When you want to use @sc{cvs}, get a ticket in the
-cvs.texi(,2855) usual way (generally @code{kinit}); it must be a ticket
-cvs.texi(,2856) which allows you to log into the server machine. Then
-cvs.texi(,2857) you are ready to go:
+cvs.texi(,2779) To do this, @sc{cvs} needs to be compiled with GSSAPI
+cvs.texi(,2780) support; when configuring @sc{cvs} it tries to detect
+cvs.texi(,2781) whether GSSAPI libraries using kerberos version 5 are
+cvs.texi(,2782) present. You can also use the @file{--with-gssapi}
+cvs.texi(,2783) flag to configure.
+cvs.texi(,2784)
+cvs.texi(,2785) The connection is authenticated using GSSAPI, but the
+cvs.texi(,2786) message stream is @emph{not} authenticated by default.
+cvs.texi(,2787) You must use the @code{-a} global option to request
+cvs.texi(,2788) stream authentication.
+cvs.texi(,2789)
+cvs.texi(,2790) The data transmitted is @emph{not} encrypted by
+cvs.texi(,2791) default. Encryption support must be compiled into both
+cvs.texi(,2792) the client and the server; use the
+cvs.texi(,2793) @file{--enable-encrypt} configure option to turn it on.
+cvs.texi(,2794) You must then use the @code{-x} global option to
+cvs.texi(,2795) request encryption.
+cvs.texi(,2796)
+cvs.texi(,2797) GSSAPI connections are handled on the server side by
+cvs.texi(,2798) the same server which handles the password
+cvs.texi(,2799) authentication server; see @ref{Password authentication
+cvs.texi(,2800) server}. If you are using a GSSAPI mechanism such as
+cvs.texi(,2801) Kerberos which provides for strong authentication, you
+cvs.texi(,2802) will probably want to disable the ability to
+cvs.texi(,2803) authenticate via cleartext passwords. To do so, create
+cvs.texi(,2804) an empty @file{CVSROOT/passwd} password file, and set
+cvs.texi(,2805) @code{SystemAuth=no} in the config file
+cvs.texi(,2806) (@pxref{config}).
+cvs.texi(,2807)
+cvs.texi(,2808) The GSSAPI server uses a principal name of
+cvs.texi(,2809) cvs/@var{hostname}, where @var{hostname} is the
+cvs.texi(,2810) canonical name of the server host. You will have to
+cvs.texi(,2811) set this up as required by your GSSAPI mechanism.
+cvs.texi(,2812)
+cvs.texi(,2813) To connect using GSSAPI, use @samp{:gserver:}. For
+cvs.texi(,2814) example,
+cvs.texi(,2815)
+cvs.texi(,2816) @example
+cvs.texi(,2817) cvs -d :gserver:faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout
foo
+cvs.texi(,2818) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2819)
+cvs.texi(,2820) @node Kerberos authenticated
+cvs.texi(,2821) @subsection Direct connection with kerberos
+cvs.texi(,2822)
+cvs.texi(,2823) @cindex Kerberos, using :kserver:
+cvs.texi(,2824) @cindex Security, kerberos
+cvs.texi(,2825) @cindex :kserver:, setting up
+cvs.texi(,2826) The easiest way to use kerberos is to use the kerberos
+cvs.texi(,2827) @code{rsh}, as described in @ref{Connecting via rsh}.
+cvs.texi(,2828) The main disadvantage of using rsh is that all the data
+cvs.texi(,2829) needs to pass through additional programs, so it may be
+cvs.texi(,2830) slower. So if you have kerberos installed you can
+cvs.texi(,2831) connect via a direct @sc{tcp} connection,
+cvs.texi(,2832) authenticating with kerberos.
+cvs.texi(,2833)
+cvs.texi(,2834) This section concerns the kerberos network security
+cvs.texi(,2835) system, version 4. Kerberos version 5 is supported via
+cvs.texi(,2836) the GSSAPI generic network security interface, as
+cvs.texi(,2837) described in the previous section.
+cvs.texi(,2838)
+cvs.texi(,2839) To do this, @sc{cvs} needs to be compiled with kerberos
+cvs.texi(,2840) support; when configuring @sc{cvs} it tries to detect
+cvs.texi(,2841) whether kerberos is present or you can use the
+cvs.texi(,2842) @file{--with-krb4} flag to configure.
+cvs.texi(,2843)
+cvs.texi(,2844) The data transmitted is @emph{not} encrypted by
+cvs.texi(,2845) default. Encryption support must be compiled into both
+cvs.texi(,2846) the client and server; use the
+cvs.texi(,2847) @file{--enable-encryption} configure option to turn it
+cvs.texi(,2848) on. You must then use the @code{-x} global option to
+cvs.texi(,2849) request encryption.
+cvs.texi(,2850)
+cvs.texi(,2851) @cindex CVS_CLIENT_PORT
+cvs.texi(,2852) You need to edit @file{inetd.conf} on the server
+cvs.texi(,2853) machine to run @code{cvs kserver}. The client uses
+cvs.texi(,2854) port 1999 by default; if you want to use another port
+cvs.texi(,2855) specify it in the @code{CVSROOT} (@pxref{Remote repositories})
+cvs.texi(,2856) or the @code{CVS_CLIENT_PORT} environment variable
+cvs.texi(,2857) (@pxref{Environment variables}) on the client.
cvs.texi(,2858)
-cvs.texi(,2859) @example
-cvs.texi(,2860) cvs -d :kserver:faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout
foo
-cvs.texi(,2861) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2862)
-cvs.texi(,2863) Previous versions of @sc{cvs} would fall back to a
-cvs.texi(,2864) connection via rsh; this version will not do so.
-cvs.texi(,2865)
-cvs.texi(,2866) @node Connecting via fork
-cvs.texi(,2867) @subsection Connecting with fork
+cvs.texi(,2859) @cindex kinit
+cvs.texi(,2860) When you want to use @sc{cvs}, get a ticket in the
+cvs.texi(,2861) usual way (generally @code{kinit}); it must be a ticket
+cvs.texi(,2862) which allows you to log into the server machine. Then
+cvs.texi(,2863) you are ready to go:
+cvs.texi(,2864)
+cvs.texi(,2865) @example
+cvs.texi(,2866) cvs -d :kserver:faun.example.org:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout
foo
+cvs.texi(,2867) @end example
cvs.texi(,2868)
-cvs.texi(,2869) @cindex fork, access method
-cvs.texi(,2870) @cindex :fork:, setting up
-cvs.texi(,2871) This access method allows you to connect to a
-cvs.texi(,2872) repository on your local disk via the remote protocol.
-cvs.texi(,2873) In other words it does pretty much the same thing as
-cvs.texi(,2874) @code{:local:}, but various quirks, bugs and the like are
-cvs.texi(,2875) those of the remote @sc{cvs} rather than the local
-cvs.texi(,2876) @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,2877)
-cvs.texi(,2878) For day-to-day operations you might prefer either
-cvs.texi(,2879) @code{:local:} or @code{:fork:}, depending on your
-cvs.texi(,2880) preferences. Of course @code{:fork:} comes in
-cvs.texi(,2881) particularly handy in testing or
-cvs.texi(,2882) debugging @code{cvs} and the remote protocol.
-cvs.texi(,2883) Specifically, we avoid all of the network-related
-cvs.texi(,2884) setup/configuration, timeouts, and authentication
-cvs.texi(,2885) inherent in the other remote access methods but still
-cvs.texi(,2886) create a connection which uses the remote protocol.
-cvs.texi(,2887)
-cvs.texi(,2888) To connect using the @code{fork} method, use
-cvs.texi(,2889) @samp{:fork:} and the pathname to your local
-cvs.texi(,2890) repository. For example:
-cvs.texi(,2891)
-cvs.texi(,2892) @example
-cvs.texi(,2893) cvs -d :fork:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout foo
-cvs.texi(,2894) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2895)
-cvs.texi(,2896) @cindex CVS_SERVER, and :fork:
-cvs.texi(,2897) As with @code{:ext:}, the server is called @samp{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,2898) by default, or the value of the @code{CVS_SERVER}
-cvs.texi(,2899) environment variable.
-cvs.texi(,2900)
-cvs.texi(,2901) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,2902) @node Read-only access
-cvs.texi(,2903) @section Read-only repository access
-cvs.texi(,2904) @cindex Read-only repository access
-cvs.texi(,2905) @cindex readers (admin file)
-cvs.texi(,2906) @cindex writers (admin file)
-cvs.texi(,2907)
-cvs.texi(,2908) It is possible to grant read-only repository
-cvs.texi(,2909) access to people using the password-authenticated
-cvs.texi(,2910) server (@pxref{Password authenticated}). (The
-cvs.texi(,2911) other access methods do not have explicit support for
-cvs.texi(,2912) read-only users because those methods all assume login
-cvs.texi(,2913) access to the repository machine anyway, and therefore
-cvs.texi(,2914) the user can do whatever local file permissions allow
-cvs.texi(,2915) her to do.)
-cvs.texi(,2916)
-cvs.texi(,2917) A user who has read-only access can do only
-cvs.texi(,2918) those @sc{cvs} operations which do not modify the
-cvs.texi(,2919) repository, except for certain ``administrative'' files
-cvs.texi(,2920) (such as lock files and the history file). It may be
-cvs.texi(,2921) desirable to use this feature in conjunction with
-cvs.texi(,2922) user-aliasing (@pxref{Password authentication server}).
-cvs.texi(,2923)
-cvs.texi(,2924) Unlike with previous versions of @sc{cvs}, read-only
-cvs.texi(,2925) users should be able merely to read the repository, and
-cvs.texi(,2926) not to execute programs on the server or otherwise gain
-cvs.texi(,2927) unexpected levels of access. Or to be more accurate,
-cvs.texi(,2928) the @emph{known} holes have been plugged. Because this
-cvs.texi(,2929) feature is new and has not received a comprehensive
-cvs.texi(,2930) security audit, you should use whatever level of
-cvs.texi(,2931) caution seems warranted given your attitude concerning
-cvs.texi(,2932) security.
-cvs.texi(,2933)
-cvs.texi(,2934) There are two ways to specify read-only access
-cvs.texi(,2935) for a user: by inclusion, and by exclusion.
-cvs.texi(,2936)
-cvs.texi(,2937) "Inclusion" means listing that user
-cvs.texi(,2938) specifically in the @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/readers}
-cvs.texi(,2939) file, which is simply a newline-separated list of
-cvs.texi(,2940) users. Here is a sample @file{readers} file:
-cvs.texi(,2941)
-cvs.texi(,2942) @example
-cvs.texi(,2943) melissa
-cvs.texi(,2944) splotnik
-cvs.texi(,2945) jrandom
-cvs.texi(,2946) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2869) Previous versions of @sc{cvs} would fall back to a
+cvs.texi(,2870) connection via rsh; this version will not do so.
+cvs.texi(,2871)
+cvs.texi(,2872) @node Connecting via fork
+cvs.texi(,2873) @subsection Connecting with fork
+cvs.texi(,2874)
+cvs.texi(,2875) @cindex fork, access method
+cvs.texi(,2876) @cindex :fork:, setting up
+cvs.texi(,2877) This access method allows you to connect to a
+cvs.texi(,2878) repository on your local disk via the remote protocol.
+cvs.texi(,2879) In other words it does pretty much the same thing as
+cvs.texi(,2880) @code{:local:}, but various quirks, bugs and the like are
+cvs.texi(,2881) those of the remote @sc{cvs} rather than the local
+cvs.texi(,2882) @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,2883)
+cvs.texi(,2884) For day-to-day operations you might prefer either
+cvs.texi(,2885) @code{:local:} or @code{:fork:}, depending on your
+cvs.texi(,2886) preferences. Of course @code{:fork:} comes in
+cvs.texi(,2887) particularly handy in testing or
+cvs.texi(,2888) debugging @code{cvs} and the remote protocol.
+cvs.texi(,2889) Specifically, we avoid all of the network-related
+cvs.texi(,2890) setup/configuration, timeouts, and authentication
+cvs.texi(,2891) inherent in the other remote access methods but still
+cvs.texi(,2892) create a connection which uses the remote protocol.
+cvs.texi(,2893)
+cvs.texi(,2894) To connect using the @code{fork} method, use
+cvs.texi(,2895) @samp{:fork:} and the pathname to your local
+cvs.texi(,2896) repository. For example:
+cvs.texi(,2897)
+cvs.texi(,2898) @example
+cvs.texi(,2899) cvs -d :fork:/usr/local/cvsroot checkout foo
+cvs.texi(,2900) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2901)
+cvs.texi(,2902) @cindex CVS_SERVER, and :fork:
+cvs.texi(,2903) As with @code{:ext:}, the server is called @samp{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,2904) by default, or the value of the @code{CVS_SERVER}
+cvs.texi(,2905) environment variable.
+cvs.texi(,2906)
+cvs.texi(,2907) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,2908) @node Read-only access
+cvs.texi(,2909) @section Read-only repository access
+cvs.texi(,2910) @cindex Read-only repository access
+cvs.texi(,2911) @cindex readers (admin file)
+cvs.texi(,2912) @cindex writers (admin file)
+cvs.texi(,2913)
+cvs.texi(,2914) It is possible to grant read-only repository
+cvs.texi(,2915) access to people using the password-authenticated
+cvs.texi(,2916) server (@pxref{Password authenticated}). (The
+cvs.texi(,2917) other access methods do not have explicit support for
+cvs.texi(,2918) read-only users because those methods all assume login
+cvs.texi(,2919) access to the repository machine anyway, and therefore
+cvs.texi(,2920) the user can do whatever local file permissions allow
+cvs.texi(,2921) her to do.)
+cvs.texi(,2922)
+cvs.texi(,2923) A user who has read-only access can do only
+cvs.texi(,2924) those @sc{cvs} operations which do not modify the
+cvs.texi(,2925) repository, except for certain ``administrative'' files
+cvs.texi(,2926) (such as lock files and the history file). It may be
+cvs.texi(,2927) desirable to use this feature in conjunction with
+cvs.texi(,2928) user-aliasing (@pxref{Password authentication server}).
+cvs.texi(,2929)
+cvs.texi(,2930) Unlike with previous versions of @sc{cvs}, read-only
+cvs.texi(,2931) users should be able merely to read the repository, and
+cvs.texi(,2932) not to execute programs on the server or otherwise gain
+cvs.texi(,2933) unexpected levels of access. Or to be more accurate,
+cvs.texi(,2934) the @emph{known} holes have been plugged. Because this
+cvs.texi(,2935) feature is new and has not received a comprehensive
+cvs.texi(,2936) security audit, you should use whatever level of
+cvs.texi(,2937) caution seems warranted given your attitude concerning
+cvs.texi(,2938) security.
+cvs.texi(,2939)
+cvs.texi(,2940) There are two ways to specify read-only access
+cvs.texi(,2941) for a user: by inclusion, and by exclusion.
+cvs.texi(,2942)
+cvs.texi(,2943) "Inclusion" means listing that user
+cvs.texi(,2944) specifically in the @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/readers}
+cvs.texi(,2945) file, which is simply a newline-separated list of
+cvs.texi(,2946) users. Here is a sample @file{readers} file:
cvs.texi(,2947)
-cvs.texi(,2948) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,2949) (Don't forget the newline after the last user.)
-cvs.texi(,2950)
-cvs.texi(,2951) "Exclusion" means explicitly listing everyone
-cvs.texi(,2952) who has @emph{write} access---if the file
+cvs.texi(,2948) @example
+cvs.texi(,2949) melissa
+cvs.texi(,2950) splotnik
+cvs.texi(,2951) jrandom
+cvs.texi(,2952) @end example
cvs.texi(,2953)
-cvs.texi(,2954) @example
-cvs.texi(,2955) $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/writers
-cvs.texi(,2956) @end example
-cvs.texi(,2957)
-cvs.texi(,2958) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,2959) exists, then only
-cvs.texi(,2960) those users listed in it have write access, and
-cvs.texi(,2961) everyone else has read-only access (of course, even the
-cvs.texi(,2962) read-only users still need to be listed in the
-cvs.texi(,2963) @sc{cvs} @file{passwd} file). The
-cvs.texi(,2964) @file{writers} file has the same format as the
-cvs.texi(,2965) @file{readers} file.
-cvs.texi(,2966)
-cvs.texi(,2967) Note: if your @sc{cvs} @file{passwd}
-cvs.texi(,2968) file maps cvs users onto system users (@pxref{Password
-cvs.texi(,2969) authentication server}), make sure you deny or grant
-cvs.texi(,2970) read-only access using the @emph{cvs} usernames, not
-cvs.texi(,2971) the system usernames. That is, the @file{readers} and
-cvs.texi(,2972) @file{writers} files contain cvs usernames, which may
-cvs.texi(,2973) or may not be the same as system usernames.
-cvs.texi(,2974)
-cvs.texi(,2975) Here is a complete description of the server's
-cvs.texi(,2976) behavior in deciding whether to grant read-only or
-cvs.texi(,2977) read-write access:
-cvs.texi(,2978)
-cvs.texi(,2979) If @file{readers} exists, and this user is
-cvs.texi(,2980) listed in it, then she gets read-only access. Or if
-cvs.texi(,2981) @file{writers} exists, and this user is NOT listed in
-cvs.texi(,2982) it, then she also gets read-only access (this is true
-cvs.texi(,2983) even if @file{readers} exists but she is not listed
-cvs.texi(,2984) there). Otherwise, she gets full read-write access.
-cvs.texi(,2985)
-cvs.texi(,2986) Of course there is a conflict if the user is
-cvs.texi(,2987) listed in both files. This is resolved in the more
-cvs.texi(,2988) conservative way, it being better to protect the
-cvs.texi(,2989) repository too much than too little: such a user gets
-cvs.texi(,2990) read-only access.
+cvs.texi(,2954) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,2955) (Don't forget the newline after the last user.)
+cvs.texi(,2956)
+cvs.texi(,2957) "Exclusion" means explicitly listing everyone
+cvs.texi(,2958) who has @emph{write} access---if the file
+cvs.texi(,2959)
+cvs.texi(,2960) @example
+cvs.texi(,2961) $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/writers
+cvs.texi(,2962) @end example
+cvs.texi(,2963)
+cvs.texi(,2964) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,2965) exists, then only
+cvs.texi(,2966) those users listed in it have write access, and
+cvs.texi(,2967) everyone else has read-only access (of course, even the
+cvs.texi(,2968) read-only users still need to be listed in the
+cvs.texi(,2969) @sc{cvs} @file{passwd} file). The
+cvs.texi(,2970) @file{writers} file has the same format as the
+cvs.texi(,2971) @file{readers} file.
+cvs.texi(,2972)
+cvs.texi(,2973) Note: if your @sc{cvs} @file{passwd}
+cvs.texi(,2974) file maps cvs users onto system users (@pxref{Password
+cvs.texi(,2975) authentication server}), make sure you deny or grant
+cvs.texi(,2976) read-only access using the @emph{cvs} usernames, not
+cvs.texi(,2977) the system usernames. That is, the @file{readers} and
+cvs.texi(,2978) @file{writers} files contain cvs usernames, which may
+cvs.texi(,2979) or may not be the same as system usernames.
+cvs.texi(,2980)
+cvs.texi(,2981) Here is a complete description of the server's
+cvs.texi(,2982) behavior in deciding whether to grant read-only or
+cvs.texi(,2983) read-write access:
+cvs.texi(,2984)
+cvs.texi(,2985) If @file{readers} exists, and this user is
+cvs.texi(,2986) listed in it, then she gets read-only access. Or if
+cvs.texi(,2987) @file{writers} exists, and this user is NOT listed in
+cvs.texi(,2988) it, then she also gets read-only access (this is true
+cvs.texi(,2989) even if @file{readers} exists but she is not listed
+cvs.texi(,2990) there). Otherwise, she gets full read-write access.
cvs.texi(,2991)
-cvs.texi(,2992) @node Server temporary directory
-cvs.texi(,2993) @section Temporary directories for the server
-cvs.texi(,2994) @cindex Temporary directories, and server
-cvs.texi(,2995) @cindex Server, temporary directories
-cvs.texi(,2996)
-cvs.texi(,2997) While running, the @sc{cvs} server creates temporary
-cvs.texi(,2998) directories. They are named
-cvs.texi(,2999)
-cvs.texi(,3000) @example
-cvs.texi(,3001) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,3002) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3003)
-cvs.texi(,3004) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,3005) where @var{pid} is the process identification number of
-cvs.texi(,3006) the server.
-cvs.texi(,3007) They are located in the directory specified by
-cvs.texi(,3008) the @samp{-T} global option (@pxref{Global options}),
-cvs.texi(,3009) the @code{TMPDIR} environment variable (@pxref{Environment
variables}),
-cvs.texi(,3010) or, failing that, @file{/tmp}.
-cvs.texi(,3011)
-cvs.texi(,3012) In most cases the server will remove the temporary
-cvs.texi(,3013) directory when it is done, whether it finishes normally
-cvs.texi(,3014) or abnormally. However, there are a few cases in which
-cvs.texi(,3015) the server does not or cannot remove the temporary
-cvs.texi(,3016) directory, for example:
+cvs.texi(,2992) Of course there is a conflict if the user is
+cvs.texi(,2993) listed in both files. This is resolved in the more
+cvs.texi(,2994) conservative way, it being better to protect the
+cvs.texi(,2995) repository too much than too little: such a user gets
+cvs.texi(,2996) read-only access.
+cvs.texi(,2997)
+cvs.texi(,2998) @node Server temporary directory
+cvs.texi(,2999) @section Temporary directories for the server
+cvs.texi(,3000) @cindex Temporary directories, and server
+cvs.texi(,3001) @cindex Server, temporary directories
+cvs.texi(,3002)
+cvs.texi(,3003) While running, the @sc{cvs} server creates temporary
+cvs.texi(,3004) directories. They are named
+cvs.texi(,3005)
+cvs.texi(,3006) @example
+cvs.texi(,3007) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,3008) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3009)
+cvs.texi(,3010) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,3011) where @var{pid} is the process identification number of
+cvs.texi(,3012) the server.
+cvs.texi(,3013) They are located in the directory specified by
+cvs.texi(,3014) the @samp{-T} global option (@pxref{Global options}),
+cvs.texi(,3015) the @code{TMPDIR} environment variable (@pxref{Environment
variables}),
+cvs.texi(,3016) or, failing that, @file{/tmp}.
cvs.texi(,3017)
-cvs.texi(,3018) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,3019) @item
-cvs.texi(,3020) If the server aborts due to an internal server error,
-cvs.texi(,3021) it may preserve the directory to aid in debugging
-cvs.texi(,3022)
-cvs.texi(,3023) @item
-cvs.texi(,3024) If the server is killed in a way that it has no way of
-cvs.texi(,3025) cleaning up (most notably, @samp{kill -KILL} on unix).
-cvs.texi(,3026)
-cvs.texi(,3027) @item
-cvs.texi(,3028) If the system shuts down without an orderly shutdown,
-cvs.texi(,3029) which tells the server to clean up.
-cvs.texi(,3030) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,3031)
-cvs.texi(,3032) In cases such as this, you will need to manually remove
-cvs.texi(,3033) the @address@hidden directories. As long as
-cvs.texi(,3034) there is no server running with process identification
-cvs.texi(,3035) number @var{pid}, it is safe to do so.
-cvs.texi(,3036)
-cvs.texi(,3037) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,3038) @node Starting a new project
-cvs.texi(,3039) @chapter Starting a project with CVS
-cvs.texi(,3040) @cindex Starting a project with CVS
-cvs.texi(,3041) @cindex Creating a project
+cvs.texi(,3018) In most cases the server will remove the temporary
+cvs.texi(,3019) directory when it is done, whether it finishes normally
+cvs.texi(,3020) or abnormally. However, there are a few cases in which
+cvs.texi(,3021) the server does not or cannot remove the temporary
+cvs.texi(,3022) directory, for example:
+cvs.texi(,3023)
+cvs.texi(,3024) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,3025) @item
+cvs.texi(,3026) If the server aborts due to an internal server error,
+cvs.texi(,3027) it may preserve the directory to aid in debugging
+cvs.texi(,3028)
+cvs.texi(,3029) @item
+cvs.texi(,3030) If the server is killed in a way that it has no way of
+cvs.texi(,3031) cleaning up (most notably, @samp{kill -KILL} on unix).
+cvs.texi(,3032)
+cvs.texi(,3033) @item
+cvs.texi(,3034) If the system shuts down without an orderly shutdown,
+cvs.texi(,3035) which tells the server to clean up.
+cvs.texi(,3036) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,3037)
+cvs.texi(,3038) In cases such as this, you will need to manually remove
+cvs.texi(,3039) the @address@hidden directories. As long as
+cvs.texi(,3040) there is no server running with process identification
+cvs.texi(,3041) number @var{pid}, it is safe to do so.
cvs.texi(,3042)
-cvs.texi(,3043) @comment --moduledb--
-cvs.texi(,3044) Because renaming files and moving them between
-cvs.texi(,3045) directories is somewhat inconvenient, the first thing
-cvs.texi(,3046) you do when you start a new project should be to think
-cvs.texi(,3047) through your file organization. It is not impossible
-cvs.texi(,3048) to rename or move files, but it does increase the
-cvs.texi(,3049) potential for confusion and @sc{cvs} does have some
-cvs.texi(,3050) quirks particularly in the area of renaming
-cvs.texi(,3051) directories. @xref{Moving files}.
-cvs.texi(,3052)
-cvs.texi(,3053) What to do next depends on the situation at hand.
-cvs.texi(,3054)
-cvs.texi(,3055) @menu
-cvs.texi(,3056) * Setting up the files:: Getting the files into the
repository
-cvs.texi(,3057) * Defining the module:: How to make a module of the
files
-cvs.texi(,3058) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,3059) @c -- File permissions!
+cvs.texi(,3043) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,3044) @node Starting a new project
+cvs.texi(,3045) @chapter Starting a project with CVS
+cvs.texi(,3046) @cindex Starting a project with CVS
+cvs.texi(,3047) @cindex Creating a project
+cvs.texi(,3048)
+cvs.texi(,3049) @comment --moduledb--
+cvs.texi(,3050) Because renaming files and moving them between
+cvs.texi(,3051) directories is somewhat inconvenient, the first thing
+cvs.texi(,3052) you do when you start a new project should be to think
+cvs.texi(,3053) through your file organization. It is not impossible
+cvs.texi(,3054) to rename or move files, but it does increase the
+cvs.texi(,3055) potential for confusion and @sc{cvs} does have some
+cvs.texi(,3056) quirks particularly in the area of renaming
+cvs.texi(,3057) directories. @xref{Moving files}.
+cvs.texi(,3058)
+cvs.texi(,3059) What to do next depends on the situation at hand.
cvs.texi(,3060)
-cvs.texi(,3061) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,3062) @node Setting up the files
-cvs.texi(,3063) @section Setting up the files
-cvs.texi(,3064)
-cvs.texi(,3065) The first step is to create the files inside the repository.
This can
-cvs.texi(,3066) be done in a couple of different ways.
-cvs.texi(,3067)
-cvs.texi(,3068) @c -- The contributed scripts
-cvs.texi(,3069) @menu
-cvs.texi(,3070) * From files:: This method is useful with old
projects
-cvs.texi(,3071) where files already exists.
-cvs.texi(,3072) * From other version control systems:: Old projects where you
want to
-cvs.texi(,3073) preserve history from
another system.
-cvs.texi(,3074) * From scratch:: Creating a directory tree from
scratch.
-cvs.texi(,3075) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,3076)
-cvs.texi(,3077) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
-cvs.texi(,3078) @node From files
-cvs.texi(,3079) @subsection Creating a directory tree from a number of files
-cvs.texi(,3080) @cindex Importing files
-cvs.texi(,3081)
-cvs.texi(,3082) When you begin using @sc{cvs}, you will probably already have
several
-cvs.texi(,3083) projects that can be
-cvs.texi(,3084) put under @sc{cvs} control. In these cases the easiest way is
to use the
-cvs.texi(,3085) @code{import} command. An example is probably the easiest way
to
-cvs.texi(,3086) explain how to use it. If the files you want to install in
-cvs.texi(,3087) @sc{cvs} reside in @address@hidden, and you want them to
appear in the
-cvs.texi(,3088) repository as @file{$CVSROOT/yoyodyne/@var{rdir}}, you can do
this:
-cvs.texi(,3089)
-cvs.texi(,3090) @example
-cvs.texi(,3091) $ cd @var{wdir}
-cvs.texi(,3092) $ cvs import -m "Imported sources" yoyodyne/@var{rdir} yoyo
start
-cvs.texi(,3093) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3094)
-cvs.texi(,3095) Unless you supply a log message with the @samp{-m}
-cvs.texi(,3096) flag, @sc{cvs} starts an editor and prompts for a
-cvs.texi(,3097) message. The string @samp{yoyo} is a @dfn{vendor tag},
-cvs.texi(,3098) and @samp{start} is a @dfn{release tag}. They may fill
-cvs.texi(,3099) no purpose in this context, but since @sc{cvs} requires
-cvs.texi(,3100) them they must be present. @xref{Tracking sources}, for
-cvs.texi(,3101) more information about them.
-cvs.texi(,3102)
-cvs.texi(,3103) You can now verify that it worked, and remove your
-cvs.texi(,3104) original source directory.
-cvs.texi(,3105) @c FIXME: Need to say more about "verify that it
-cvs.texi(,3106) @c worked". What should the user look for in the output
-cvs.texi(,3107) @c from "diff -r"?
+cvs.texi(,3061) @menu
+cvs.texi(,3062) * Setting up the files:: Getting the files into the
repository
+cvs.texi(,3063) * Defining the module:: How to make a module of the
files
+cvs.texi(,3064) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,3065) @c -- File permissions!
+cvs.texi(,3066)
+cvs.texi(,3067) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,3068) @node Setting up the files
+cvs.texi(,3069) @section Setting up the files
+cvs.texi(,3070)
+cvs.texi(,3071) The first step is to create the files inside the repository.
This can
+cvs.texi(,3072) be done in a couple of different ways.
+cvs.texi(,3073)
+cvs.texi(,3074) @c -- The contributed scripts
+cvs.texi(,3075) @menu
+cvs.texi(,3076) * From files:: This method is useful with old
projects
+cvs.texi(,3077) where files already exists.
+cvs.texi(,3078) * From other version control systems:: Old projects where you
want to
+cvs.texi(,3079) preserve history from
another system.
+cvs.texi(,3080) * From scratch:: Creating a directory tree from
scratch.
+cvs.texi(,3081) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,3082)
+cvs.texi(,3083) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
+cvs.texi(,3084) @node From files
+cvs.texi(,3085) @subsection Creating a directory tree from a number of files
+cvs.texi(,3086) @cindex Importing files
+cvs.texi(,3087)
+cvs.texi(,3088) When you begin using @sc{cvs}, you will probably already have
several
+cvs.texi(,3089) projects that can be
+cvs.texi(,3090) put under @sc{cvs} control. In these cases the easiest way is
to use the
+cvs.texi(,3091) @code{import} command. An example is probably the easiest way
to
+cvs.texi(,3092) explain how to use it. If the files you want to install in
+cvs.texi(,3093) @sc{cvs} reside in @address@hidden, and you want them to
appear in the
+cvs.texi(,3094) repository as @file{$CVSROOT/yoyodyne/@var{rdir}}, you can do
this:
+cvs.texi(,3095)
+cvs.texi(,3096) @example
+cvs.texi(,3097) $ cd @var{wdir}
+cvs.texi(,3098) $ cvs import -m "Imported sources" yoyodyne/@var{rdir} yoyo
start
+cvs.texi(,3099) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3100)
+cvs.texi(,3101) Unless you supply a log message with the @samp{-m}
+cvs.texi(,3102) flag, @sc{cvs} starts an editor and prompts for a
+cvs.texi(,3103) message. The string @samp{yoyo} is a @dfn{vendor tag},
+cvs.texi(,3104) and @samp{start} is a @dfn{release tag}. They may fill
+cvs.texi(,3105) no purpose in this context, but since @sc{cvs} requires
+cvs.texi(,3106) them they must be present. @xref{Tracking sources}, for
+cvs.texi(,3107) more information about them.
cvs.texi(,3108)
-cvs.texi(,3109) @example
-cvs.texi(,3110) $ cd ..
-cvs.texi(,3111) $ cvs checkout yoyodyne/@var{rdir} # @r{Explanation
below}
-cvs.texi(,3112) $ diff -r @var{wdir} yoyodyne/@var{rdir}
-cvs.texi(,3113) $ rm -r @var{wdir}
-cvs.texi(,3114) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3115)
-cvs.texi(,3116) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,3117) Erasing the original sources is a good idea, to make sure that
you do
-cvs.texi(,3118) not accidentally edit them in @var{wdir}, bypassing @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,3119) Of course, it would be wise to make sure that you have
-cvs.texi(,3120) a backup of the sources before you remove them.
+cvs.texi(,3109) You can now verify that it worked, and remove your
+cvs.texi(,3110) original source directory.
+cvs.texi(,3111) @c FIXME: Need to say more about "verify that it
+cvs.texi(,3112) @c worked". What should the user look for in the output
+cvs.texi(,3113) @c from "diff -r"?
+cvs.texi(,3114)
+cvs.texi(,3115) @example
+cvs.texi(,3116) $ cd ..
+cvs.texi(,3117) $ cvs checkout yoyodyne/@var{rdir} # @r{Explanation
below}
+cvs.texi(,3118) $ diff -r @var{wdir} yoyodyne/@var{rdir}
+cvs.texi(,3119) $ rm -r @var{wdir}
+cvs.texi(,3120) @end example
cvs.texi(,3121)
-cvs.texi(,3122) The @code{checkout} command can either take a module
-cvs.texi(,3123) name as argument (as it has done in all previous
-cvs.texi(,3124) examples) or a path name relative to @code{$CVSROOT},
-cvs.texi(,3125) as it did in the example above.
-cvs.texi(,3126)
-cvs.texi(,3127) It is a good idea to check that the permissions
-cvs.texi(,3128) @sc{cvs} sets on the directories inside @code{$CVSROOT}
-cvs.texi(,3129) are reasonable, and that they belong to the proper
-cvs.texi(,3130) groups. @xref{File permissions}.
-cvs.texi(,3131)
-cvs.texi(,3132) If some of the files you want to import are binary, you
-cvs.texi(,3133) may want to use the wrappers features to specify which
-cvs.texi(,3134) files are binary and which are not. @xref{Wrappers}.
-cvs.texi(,3135)
-cvs.texi(,3136) @c The node name is too long, but I am having trouble
-cvs.texi(,3137) @c thinking of something more concise.
-cvs.texi(,3138) @node From other version control systems
-cvs.texi(,3139) @subsection Creating Files From Other Version Control Systems
-cvs.texi(,3140) @cindex Importing files, from other version control systems
+cvs.texi(,3122) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,3123) Erasing the original sources is a good idea, to make sure that
you do
+cvs.texi(,3124) not accidentally edit them in @var{wdir}, bypassing @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,3125) Of course, it would be wise to make sure that you have
+cvs.texi(,3126) a backup of the sources before you remove them.
+cvs.texi(,3127)
+cvs.texi(,3128) The @code{checkout} command can either take a module
+cvs.texi(,3129) name as argument (as it has done in all previous
+cvs.texi(,3130) examples) or a path name relative to @code{$CVSROOT},
+cvs.texi(,3131) as it did in the example above.
+cvs.texi(,3132)
+cvs.texi(,3133) It is a good idea to check that the permissions
+cvs.texi(,3134) @sc{cvs} sets on the directories inside @code{$CVSROOT}
+cvs.texi(,3135) are reasonable, and that they belong to the proper
+cvs.texi(,3136) groups. @xref{File permissions}.
+cvs.texi(,3137)
+cvs.texi(,3138) If some of the files you want to import are binary, you
+cvs.texi(,3139) may want to use the wrappers features to specify which
+cvs.texi(,3140) files are binary and which are not. @xref{Wrappers}.
cvs.texi(,3141)
-cvs.texi(,3142) If you have a project which you are maintaining with
-cvs.texi(,3143) another version control system, such as @sc{rcs}, you
-cvs.texi(,3144) may wish to put the files from that project into
-cvs.texi(,3145) @sc{cvs}, and preserve the revision history of the
-cvs.texi(,3146) files.
+cvs.texi(,3142) @c The node name is too long, but I am having trouble
+cvs.texi(,3143) @c thinking of something more concise.
+cvs.texi(,3144) @node From other version control systems
+cvs.texi(,3145) @subsection Creating Files From Other Version Control Systems
+cvs.texi(,3146) @cindex Importing files, from other version control systems
cvs.texi(,3147)
-cvs.texi(,3148) @table @asis
-cvs.texi(,3149) @cindex RCS, importing files from
-cvs.texi(,3150) @item From RCS
-cvs.texi(,3151) If you have been using @sc{rcs}, find the @sc{rcs}
-cvs.texi(,3152) files---usually a file named @file{foo.c} will have its
-cvs.texi(,3153) @sc{rcs} file in @file{RCS/foo.c,v} (but it could be
-cvs.texi(,3154) other places; consult the @sc{rcs} documentation for
-cvs.texi(,3155) details). Then create the appropriate directories in
-cvs.texi(,3156) @sc{cvs} if they do not already exist. Then copy the
-cvs.texi(,3157) files into the appropriate directories in the @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,3158) repository (the name in the repository must be the name
-cvs.texi(,3159) of the source file with @samp{,v} added; the files go
-cvs.texi(,3160) directly in the appropriate directory of the repository,
-cvs.texi(,3161) not in an @file{RCS} subdirectory). This is one of the
-cvs.texi(,3162) few times when it is a good idea to access the @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,3163) repository directly, rather than using @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,3164) commands. Then you are ready to check out a new
-cvs.texi(,3165) working directory.
-cvs.texi(,3166) @c Someday there probably should be a "cvs import -t
-cvs.texi(,3167) @c rcs" or some such. It could even create magic
-cvs.texi(,3168) @c branches. It could also do something about the case
-cvs.texi(,3169) @c where the RCS file had a (non-magic) "0" branch.
-cvs.texi(,3170)
-cvs.texi(,3171) The @sc{rcs} file should not be locked when you move it
-cvs.texi(,3172) into @sc{cvs}; if it is, @sc{cvs} will have trouble
-cvs.texi(,3173) letting you operate on it.
-cvs.texi(,3174) @c What is the easiest way to unlock your files if you
-cvs.texi(,3175) @c have them locked? Especially if you have a lot of them?
-cvs.texi(,3176) @c This is a CVS bug/misfeature; importing RCS files
-cvs.texi(,3177) @c should ignore whether they are locked and leave them in
-cvs.texi(,3178) @c an unlocked state. Yet another reason for a separate
-cvs.texi(,3179) @c "import RCS file" command.
-cvs.texi(,3180)
-cvs.texi(,3181) @c How many is "many"? Or do they just import RCS files?
-cvs.texi(,3182) @item From another version control system
-cvs.texi(,3183) Many version control systems have the ability to export
-cvs.texi(,3184) @sc{rcs} files in the standard format. If yours does,
-cvs.texi(,3185) export the @sc{rcs} files and then follow the above
-cvs.texi(,3186) instructions.
-cvs.texi(,3187)
-cvs.texi(,3188) Failing that, probably your best bet is to write a
-cvs.texi(,3189) script that will check out the files one revision at a
-cvs.texi(,3190) time using the command line interface to the other
-cvs.texi(,3191) system, and then check the revisions into @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,3192) The @file{sccs2rcs} script mentioned below may be a
-cvs.texi(,3193) useful example to follow.
-cvs.texi(,3194)
-cvs.texi(,3195) @cindex SCCS, importing files from
-cvs.texi(,3196) @item From SCCS
-cvs.texi(,3197) There is a script in the @file{contrib} directory of
-cvs.texi(,3198) the @sc{cvs} source distribution called @file{sccs2rcs}
-cvs.texi(,3199) which converts @sc{sccs} files to @sc{rcs} files.
-cvs.texi(,3200) Note: you must run it on a machine which has both
-cvs.texi(,3201) @sc{sccs} and @sc{rcs} installed, and like everything
-cvs.texi(,3202) else in contrib it is unsupported (your mileage may
-cvs.texi(,3203) vary).
-cvs.texi(,3204)
-cvs.texi(,3205) @cindex PVCS, importing files from
-cvs.texi(,3206) @item From PVCS
-cvs.texi(,3207) There is a script in the @file{contrib} directory of
-cvs.texi(,3208) the @sc{cvs} source distribution called @file{pvcs_to_rcs}
-cvs.texi(,3209) which converts @sc{pvcs} archives to @sc{rcs} files.
-cvs.texi(,3210) You must run it on a machine which has both
-cvs.texi(,3211) @sc{pvcs} and @sc{rcs} installed, and like everything
-cvs.texi(,3212) else in contrib it is unsupported (your mileage may
-cvs.texi(,3213) vary). See the comments in the script for details.
-cvs.texi(,3214) @end table
-cvs.texi(,3215) @c CMZ and/or PATCHY were systems that were used in the
-cvs.texi(,3216) @c high energy physics community (especially for
-cvs.texi(,3217) @c CERNLIB). CERN has replaced them with CVS, but the
-cvs.texi(,3218) @c CAR format seems to live on as a way to submit
-cvs.texi(,3219) @c changes. There is a program car2cvs which converts
-cvs.texi(,3220) @c but I'm not sure where one gets a copy.
-cvs.texi(,3221) @c Not sure it is worth mentioning here, since it would
-cvs.texi(,3222) @c appear to affect only one particular community.
-cvs.texi(,3223) @c Best page for more information is:
-cvs.texi(,3224) @c http://wwwcn1.cern.ch/asd/cvs/index.html
-cvs.texi(,3225) @c See also:
-cvs.texi(,3226) @c http://ecponion.cern.ch/ecpsa/cernlib.html
-cvs.texi(,3227)
-cvs.texi(,3228) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
-cvs.texi(,3229) @node From scratch
-cvs.texi(,3230) @subsection Creating a directory tree from scratch
-cvs.texi(,3231)
-cvs.texi(,3232) @c Also/instead should be documenting
-cvs.texi(,3233) @c $ cvs co -l .
-cvs.texi(,3234) @c $ mkdir tc
-cvs.texi(,3235) @c $ cvs add tc
-cvs.texi(,3236) @c $ cd tc
-cvs.texi(,3237) @c $ mkdir man
-cvs.texi(,3238) @c $ cvs add man
-cvs.texi(,3239) @c etc.
-cvs.texi(,3240) @c Using import to create the directories only is
-cvs.texi(,3241) @c probably a somewhat confusing concept.
-cvs.texi(,3242) For a new project, the easiest thing to do is probably
-cvs.texi(,3243) to create an empty directory structure, like this:
-cvs.texi(,3244)
-cvs.texi(,3245) @example
-cvs.texi(,3246) $ mkdir tc
-cvs.texi(,3247) $ mkdir tc/man
-cvs.texi(,3248) $ mkdir tc/testing
-cvs.texi(,3249) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3148) If you have a project which you are maintaining with
+cvs.texi(,3149) another version control system, such as @sc{rcs}, you
+cvs.texi(,3150) may wish to put the files from that project into
+cvs.texi(,3151) @sc{cvs}, and preserve the revision history of the
+cvs.texi(,3152) files.
+cvs.texi(,3153)
+cvs.texi(,3154) @table @asis
+cvs.texi(,3155) @cindex RCS, importing files from
+cvs.texi(,3156) @item From RCS
+cvs.texi(,3157) If you have been using @sc{rcs}, find the @sc{rcs}
+cvs.texi(,3158) files---usually a file named @file{foo.c} will have its
+cvs.texi(,3159) @sc{rcs} file in @file{RCS/foo.c,v} (but it could be
+cvs.texi(,3160) other places; consult the @sc{rcs} documentation for
+cvs.texi(,3161) details). Then create the appropriate directories in
+cvs.texi(,3162) @sc{cvs} if they do not already exist. Then copy the
+cvs.texi(,3163) files into the appropriate directories in the @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,3164) repository (the name in the repository must be the name
+cvs.texi(,3165) of the source file with @samp{,v} added; the files go
+cvs.texi(,3166) directly in the appropriate directory of the repository,
+cvs.texi(,3167) not in an @file{RCS} subdirectory). This is one of the
+cvs.texi(,3168) few times when it is a good idea to access the @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,3169) repository directly, rather than using @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,3170) commands. Then you are ready to check out a new
+cvs.texi(,3171) working directory.
+cvs.texi(,3172) @c Someday there probably should be a "cvs import -t
+cvs.texi(,3173) @c rcs" or some such. It could even create magic
+cvs.texi(,3174) @c branches. It could also do something about the case
+cvs.texi(,3175) @c where the RCS file had a (non-magic) "0" branch.
+cvs.texi(,3176)
+cvs.texi(,3177) The @sc{rcs} file should not be locked when you move it
+cvs.texi(,3178) into @sc{cvs}; if it is, @sc{cvs} will have trouble
+cvs.texi(,3179) letting you operate on it.
+cvs.texi(,3180) @c What is the easiest way to unlock your files if you
+cvs.texi(,3181) @c have them locked? Especially if you have a lot of them?
+cvs.texi(,3182) @c This is a CVS bug/misfeature; importing RCS files
+cvs.texi(,3183) @c should ignore whether they are locked and leave them in
+cvs.texi(,3184) @c an unlocked state. Yet another reason for a separate
+cvs.texi(,3185) @c "import RCS file" command.
+cvs.texi(,3186)
+cvs.texi(,3187) @c How many is "many"? Or do they just import RCS files?
+cvs.texi(,3188) @item From another version control system
+cvs.texi(,3189) Many version control systems have the ability to export
+cvs.texi(,3190) @sc{rcs} files in the standard format. If yours does,
+cvs.texi(,3191) export the @sc{rcs} files and then follow the above
+cvs.texi(,3192) instructions.
+cvs.texi(,3193)
+cvs.texi(,3194) Failing that, probably your best bet is to write a
+cvs.texi(,3195) script that will check out the files one revision at a
+cvs.texi(,3196) time using the command line interface to the other
+cvs.texi(,3197) system, and then check the revisions into @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,3198) The @file{sccs2rcs} script mentioned below may be a
+cvs.texi(,3199) useful example to follow.
+cvs.texi(,3200)
+cvs.texi(,3201) @cindex SCCS, importing files from
+cvs.texi(,3202) @item From SCCS
+cvs.texi(,3203) There is a script in the @file{contrib} directory of
+cvs.texi(,3204) the @sc{cvs} source distribution called @file{sccs2rcs}
+cvs.texi(,3205) which converts @sc{sccs} files to @sc{rcs} files.
+cvs.texi(,3206) Note: you must run it on a machine which has both
+cvs.texi(,3207) @sc{sccs} and @sc{rcs} installed, and like everything
+cvs.texi(,3208) else in contrib it is unsupported (your mileage may
+cvs.texi(,3209) vary).
+cvs.texi(,3210)
+cvs.texi(,3211) @cindex PVCS, importing files from
+cvs.texi(,3212) @item From PVCS
+cvs.texi(,3213) There is a script in the @file{contrib} directory of
+cvs.texi(,3214) the @sc{cvs} source distribution called @file{pvcs_to_rcs}
+cvs.texi(,3215) which converts @sc{pvcs} archives to @sc{rcs} files.
+cvs.texi(,3216) You must run it on a machine which has both
+cvs.texi(,3217) @sc{pvcs} and @sc{rcs} installed, and like everything
+cvs.texi(,3218) else in contrib it is unsupported (your mileage may
+cvs.texi(,3219) vary). See the comments in the script for details.
+cvs.texi(,3220) @end table
+cvs.texi(,3221) @c CMZ and/or PATCHY were systems that were used in the
+cvs.texi(,3222) @c high energy physics community (especially for
+cvs.texi(,3223) @c CERNLIB). CERN has replaced them with CVS, but the
+cvs.texi(,3224) @c CAR format seems to live on as a way to submit
+cvs.texi(,3225) @c changes. There is a program car2cvs which converts
+cvs.texi(,3226) @c but I'm not sure where one gets a copy.
+cvs.texi(,3227) @c Not sure it is worth mentioning here, since it would
+cvs.texi(,3228) @c appear to affect only one particular community.
+cvs.texi(,3229) @c Best page for more information is:
+cvs.texi(,3230) @c http://wwwcn1.cern.ch/asd/cvs/index.html
+cvs.texi(,3231) @c See also:
+cvs.texi(,3232) @c http://ecponion.cern.ch/ecpsa/cernlib.html
+cvs.texi(,3233)
+cvs.texi(,3234) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
+cvs.texi(,3235) @node From scratch
+cvs.texi(,3236) @subsection Creating a directory tree from scratch
+cvs.texi(,3237)
+cvs.texi(,3238) @c Also/instead should be documenting
+cvs.texi(,3239) @c $ cvs co -l .
+cvs.texi(,3240) @c $ mkdir tc
+cvs.texi(,3241) @c $ cvs add tc
+cvs.texi(,3242) @c $ cd tc
+cvs.texi(,3243) @c $ mkdir man
+cvs.texi(,3244) @c $ cvs add man
+cvs.texi(,3245) @c etc.
+cvs.texi(,3246) @c Using import to create the directories only is
+cvs.texi(,3247) @c probably a somewhat confusing concept.
+cvs.texi(,3248) For a new project, the easiest thing to do is probably
+cvs.texi(,3249) to create an empty directory structure, like this:
cvs.texi(,3250)
-cvs.texi(,3251) After that, you use the @code{import} command to create
-cvs.texi(,3252) the corresponding (empty) directory structure inside
-cvs.texi(,3253) the repository:
-cvs.texi(,3254)
-cvs.texi(,3255) @example
-cvs.texi(,3256) $ cd tc
-cvs.texi(,3257) $ cvs import -m "Created directory structure"
yoyodyne/@var{dir} yoyo start
-cvs.texi(,3258) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3259)
-cvs.texi(,3260) Then, use @code{add} to add files (and new directories)
-cvs.texi(,3261) as they appear.
-cvs.texi(,3262)
-cvs.texi(,3263) Check that the permissions @sc{cvs} sets on the
-cvs.texi(,3264) directories inside @code{$CVSROOT} are reasonable.
+cvs.texi(,3251) @example
+cvs.texi(,3252) $ mkdir tc
+cvs.texi(,3253) $ mkdir tc/man
+cvs.texi(,3254) $ mkdir tc/testing
+cvs.texi(,3255) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3256)
+cvs.texi(,3257) After that, you use the @code{import} command to create
+cvs.texi(,3258) the corresponding (empty) directory structure inside
+cvs.texi(,3259) the repository:
+cvs.texi(,3260)
+cvs.texi(,3261) @example
+cvs.texi(,3262) $ cd tc
+cvs.texi(,3263) $ cvs import -m "Created directory structure"
yoyodyne/@var{dir} yoyo start
+cvs.texi(,3264) @end example
cvs.texi(,3265)
-cvs.texi(,3266) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,3267) @node Defining the module
-cvs.texi(,3268) @section Defining the module
-cvs.texi(,3269) @cindex Defining a module
-cvs.texi(,3270) @cindex Editing the modules file
-cvs.texi(,3271) @cindex Module, defining
-cvs.texi(,3272) @cindex Modules file, changing
-cvs.texi(,3273)
-cvs.texi(,3274) The next step is to define the module in the
-cvs.texi(,3275) @file{modules} file. This is not strictly necessary,
-cvs.texi(,3276) but modules can be convenient in grouping together
-cvs.texi(,3277) related files and directories.
-cvs.texi(,3278)
-cvs.texi(,3279) In simple cases these steps are sufficient to define a module.
-cvs.texi(,3280)
-cvs.texi(,3281) @enumerate
-cvs.texi(,3282) @item
-cvs.texi(,3283) Get a working copy of the modules file.
+cvs.texi(,3266) Then, use @code{add} to add files (and new directories)
+cvs.texi(,3267) as they appear.
+cvs.texi(,3268)
+cvs.texi(,3269) Check that the permissions @sc{cvs} sets on the
+cvs.texi(,3270) directories inside @code{$CVSROOT} are reasonable.
+cvs.texi(,3271)
+cvs.texi(,3272) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,3273) @node Defining the module
+cvs.texi(,3274) @section Defining the module
+cvs.texi(,3275) @cindex Defining a module
+cvs.texi(,3276) @cindex Editing the modules file
+cvs.texi(,3277) @cindex Module, defining
+cvs.texi(,3278) @cindex Modules file, changing
+cvs.texi(,3279)
+cvs.texi(,3280) The next step is to define the module in the
+cvs.texi(,3281) @file{modules} file. This is not strictly necessary,
+cvs.texi(,3282) but modules can be convenient in grouping together
+cvs.texi(,3283) related files and directories.
cvs.texi(,3284)
-cvs.texi(,3285) @example
-cvs.texi(,3286) $ cvs checkout CVSROOT/modules
-cvs.texi(,3287) $ cd CVSROOT
-cvs.texi(,3288) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3289)
-cvs.texi(,3290) @item
-cvs.texi(,3291) Edit the file and insert a line that defines the module.
@xref{Intro
-cvs.texi(,3292) administrative files}, for an introduction. @xref{modules},
for a full
-cvs.texi(,3293) description of the modules file. You can use the
-cvs.texi(,3294) following line to define the module @samp{tc}:
+cvs.texi(,3285) In simple cases these steps are sufficient to define a module.
+cvs.texi(,3286)
+cvs.texi(,3287) @enumerate
+cvs.texi(,3288) @item
+cvs.texi(,3289) Get a working copy of the modules file.
+cvs.texi(,3290)
+cvs.texi(,3291) @example
+cvs.texi(,3292) $ cvs checkout CVSROOT/modules
+cvs.texi(,3293) $ cd CVSROOT
+cvs.texi(,3294) @end example
cvs.texi(,3295)
-cvs.texi(,3296) @example
-cvs.texi(,3297) tc yoyodyne/tc
-cvs.texi(,3298) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3299)
-cvs.texi(,3300) @item
-cvs.texi(,3301) Commit your changes to the modules file.
-cvs.texi(,3302)
-cvs.texi(,3303) @example
-cvs.texi(,3304) $ cvs commit -m "Added the tc module." modules
-cvs.texi(,3305) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3306)
-cvs.texi(,3307) @item
-cvs.texi(,3308) Release the modules module.
-cvs.texi(,3309)
-cvs.texi(,3310) @example
-cvs.texi(,3311) $ cd ..
-cvs.texi(,3312) $ cvs release -d CVSROOT
-cvs.texi(,3313) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3314) @end enumerate
+cvs.texi(,3296) @item
+cvs.texi(,3297) Edit the file and insert a line that defines the module.
@xref{Intro
+cvs.texi(,3298) administrative files}, for an introduction. @xref{modules},
for a full
+cvs.texi(,3299) description of the modules file. You can use the
+cvs.texi(,3300) following line to define the module @samp{tc}:
+cvs.texi(,3301)
+cvs.texi(,3302) @example
+cvs.texi(,3303) tc yoyodyne/tc
+cvs.texi(,3304) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3305)
+cvs.texi(,3306) @item
+cvs.texi(,3307) Commit your changes to the modules file.
+cvs.texi(,3308)
+cvs.texi(,3309) @example
+cvs.texi(,3310) $ cvs commit -m "Added the tc module." modules
+cvs.texi(,3311) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3312)
+cvs.texi(,3313) @item
+cvs.texi(,3314) Release the modules module.
cvs.texi(,3315)
-cvs.texi(,3316) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,3317) @node Revisions
-cvs.texi(,3318) @chapter Revisions
-cvs.texi(,3319)
-cvs.texi(,3320) For many uses of @sc{cvs}, one doesn't need to worry
-cvs.texi(,3321) too much about revision numbers; @sc{cvs} assigns
-cvs.texi(,3322) numbers such as @code{1.1}, @code{1.2}, and so on, and
-cvs.texi(,3323) that is all one needs to know. However, some people
-cvs.texi(,3324) prefer to have more knowledge and control concerning
-cvs.texi(,3325) how @sc{cvs} assigns revision numbers.
-cvs.texi(,3326)
-cvs.texi(,3327) If one wants to keep track of a set of revisions
-cvs.texi(,3328) involving more than one file, such as which revisions
-cvs.texi(,3329) went into a particular release, one uses a @dfn{tag},
-cvs.texi(,3330) which is a symbolic revision which can be assigned to a
-cvs.texi(,3331) numeric revision in each file.
+cvs.texi(,3316) @example
+cvs.texi(,3317) $ cd ..
+cvs.texi(,3318) $ cvs release -d CVSROOT
+cvs.texi(,3319) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3320) @end enumerate
+cvs.texi(,3321)
+cvs.texi(,3322) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,3323) @node Revisions
+cvs.texi(,3324) @chapter Revisions
+cvs.texi(,3325)
+cvs.texi(,3326) For many uses of @sc{cvs}, one doesn't need to worry
+cvs.texi(,3327) too much about revision numbers; @sc{cvs} assigns
+cvs.texi(,3328) numbers such as @code{1.1}, @code{1.2}, and so on, and
+cvs.texi(,3329) that is all one needs to know. However, some people
+cvs.texi(,3330) prefer to have more knowledge and control concerning
+cvs.texi(,3331) how @sc{cvs} assigns revision numbers.
cvs.texi(,3332)
-cvs.texi(,3333) @menu
-cvs.texi(,3334) * Revision numbers:: The meaning of a revision
number
-cvs.texi(,3335) * Versions revisions releases:: Terminology used in this
manual
-cvs.texi(,3336) * Assigning revisions:: Assigning revisions
-cvs.texi(,3337) * Tags:: Tags--Symbolic revisions
-cvs.texi(,3338) * Tagging the working directory:: The cvs tag command
-cvs.texi(,3339) * Tagging by date/tag:: The cvs rtag command
-cvs.texi(,3340) * Modifying tags:: Adding, renaming, and deleting
tags
-cvs.texi(,3341) * Tagging add/remove:: Tags with adding and removing
files
-cvs.texi(,3342) * Sticky tags:: Certain tags are persistent
-cvs.texi(,3343) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,3344)
-cvs.texi(,3345) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,3346) @node Revision numbers
-cvs.texi(,3347) @section Revision numbers
-cvs.texi(,3348) @cindex Revision numbers
-cvs.texi(,3349) @cindex Revision tree
-cvs.texi(,3350) @cindex Linear development
-cvs.texi(,3351) @cindex Number, revision-
-cvs.texi(,3352) @cindex Decimal revision number
-cvs.texi(,3353) @cindex Branch number
-cvs.texi(,3354) @cindex Number, branch
-cvs.texi(,3355)
-cvs.texi(,3356) Each version of a file has a unique @dfn{revision
-cvs.texi(,3357) number}. Revision numbers look like @samp{1.1},
-cvs.texi(,3358) @samp{1.2}, @samp{1.3.2.2} or even @samp{1.3.2.2.4.5}.
-cvs.texi(,3359) A revision number always has an even number of
-cvs.texi(,3360) period-separated decimal integers. By default revision
-cvs.texi(,3361) 1.1 is the first revision of a file. Each successive
-cvs.texi(,3362) revision is given a new number by increasing the
-cvs.texi(,3363) rightmost number by one. The following figure displays
-cvs.texi(,3364) a few revisions, with newer revisions to the right.
-cvs.texi(,3365)
-cvs.texi(,3366) @example
-cvs.texi(,3367) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,3368) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !----! 1.3 !----! 1.4 !----! 1.5 !
-cvs.texi(,3369) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,3370) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3333) If one wants to keep track of a set of revisions
+cvs.texi(,3334) involving more than one file, such as which revisions
+cvs.texi(,3335) went into a particular release, one uses a @dfn{tag},
+cvs.texi(,3336) which is a symbolic revision which can be assigned to a
+cvs.texi(,3337) numeric revision in each file.
+cvs.texi(,3338)
+cvs.texi(,3339) @menu
+cvs.texi(,3340) * Revision numbers:: The meaning of a revision
number
+cvs.texi(,3341) * Versions revisions releases:: Terminology used in this
manual
+cvs.texi(,3342) * Assigning revisions:: Assigning revisions
+cvs.texi(,3343) * Tags:: Tags--Symbolic revisions
+cvs.texi(,3344) * Tagging the working directory:: The cvs tag command
+cvs.texi(,3345) * Tagging by date/tag:: The cvs rtag command
+cvs.texi(,3346) * Modifying tags:: Adding, renaming, and deleting
tags
+cvs.texi(,3347) * Tagging add/remove:: Tags with adding and removing
files
+cvs.texi(,3348) * Sticky tags:: Certain tags are persistent
+cvs.texi(,3349) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,3350)
+cvs.texi(,3351) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,3352) @node Revision numbers
+cvs.texi(,3353) @section Revision numbers
+cvs.texi(,3354) @cindex Revision numbers
+cvs.texi(,3355) @cindex Revision tree
+cvs.texi(,3356) @cindex Linear development
+cvs.texi(,3357) @cindex Number, revision-
+cvs.texi(,3358) @cindex Decimal revision number
+cvs.texi(,3359) @cindex Branch number
+cvs.texi(,3360) @cindex Number, branch
+cvs.texi(,3361)
+cvs.texi(,3362) Each version of a file has a unique @dfn{revision
+cvs.texi(,3363) number}. Revision numbers look like @samp{1.1},
+cvs.texi(,3364) @samp{1.2}, @samp{1.3.2.2} or even @samp{1.3.2.2.4.5}.
+cvs.texi(,3365) A revision number always has an even number of
+cvs.texi(,3366) period-separated decimal integers. By default revision
+cvs.texi(,3367) 1.1 is the first revision of a file. Each successive
+cvs.texi(,3368) revision is given a new number by increasing the
+cvs.texi(,3369) rightmost number by one. The following figure displays
+cvs.texi(,3370) a few revisions, with newer revisions to the right.
cvs.texi(,3371)
-cvs.texi(,3372) It is also possible to end up with numbers containing
-cvs.texi(,3373) more than one period, for example @samp{1.3.2.2}. Such
-cvs.texi(,3374) revisions represent revisions on branches
-cvs.texi(,3375) (@pxref{Branching and merging}); such revision numbers
-cvs.texi(,3376) are explained in detail in @ref{Branches and
-cvs.texi(,3377) revisions}.
-cvs.texi(,3378)
-cvs.texi(,3379) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,3380) @node Versions revisions releases
-cvs.texi(,3381) @section Versions, revisions and releases
-cvs.texi(,3382) @cindex Revisions, versions and releases
-cvs.texi(,3383) @cindex Versions, revisions and releases
-cvs.texi(,3384) @cindex Releases, revisions and versions
-cvs.texi(,3385)
-cvs.texi(,3386) A file can have several versions, as described above.
-cvs.texi(,3387) Likewise, a software product can have several versions.
-cvs.texi(,3388) A software product is often given a version number such
-cvs.texi(,3389) as @samp{4.1.1}.
-cvs.texi(,3390)
-cvs.texi(,3391) Versions in the first sense are called @dfn{revisions}
-cvs.texi(,3392) in this document, and versions in the second sense are
-cvs.texi(,3393) called @dfn{releases}. To avoid confusion, the word
-cvs.texi(,3394) @dfn{version} is almost never used in this document.
-cvs.texi(,3395)
-cvs.texi(,3396) @node Assigning revisions
-cvs.texi(,3397) @section Assigning revisions
-cvs.texi(,3398)
-cvs.texi(,3399) @c We avoid the "major revision" terminology. It seems
-cvs.texi(,3400) @c like jargon. Hopefully "first number" is clear enough.
-cvs.texi(,3401) @c
-cvs.texi(,3402) @c Well, in the context of software release numbers,
-cvs.texi(,3403) @c "major" and "minor" release or version numbers are
-cvs.texi(,3404) @c documented in at least the GNU Coding Standards, but I'm
-cvs.texi(,3405) @c still not sure I find that a valid reason to apply the
-cvs.texi(,3406) @c terminology to RCS revision numbers. "First", "Second",
-cvs.texi(,3407) @c "subsequent", and so on is almost surely clearer,
-cvs.texi(,3408) @c especially to a novice reader. -DRP
-cvs.texi(,3409) By default, @sc{cvs} will assign numeric revisions by
-cvs.texi(,3410) leaving the first number the same and incrementing the
-cvs.texi(,3411) second number. For example, @code{1.1}, @code{1.2},
-cvs.texi(,3412) @code{1.3}, etc.
-cvs.texi(,3413)
-cvs.texi(,3414) When adding a new file, the second number will always
-cvs.texi(,3415) be one and the first number will equal the highest
-cvs.texi(,3416) first number of any file in that directory. For
-cvs.texi(,3417) example, the current directory contains files whose
-cvs.texi(,3418) highest numbered revisions are @code{1.7}, @code{3.1},
-cvs.texi(,3419) and @code{4.12}, then an added file will be given the
-cvs.texi(,3420) numeric revision @code{4.1}.
-cvs.texi(,3421)
-cvs.texi(,3422) @c This is sort of redundant with something we said a
-cvs.texi(,3423) @c while ago. Somewhere we need a better way of
-cvs.texi(,3424) @c introducing how the first number can be anything
-cvs.texi(,3425) @c except "1", perhaps. Also I don't think this
-cvs.texi(,3426) @c presentation is clear on why we are discussing releases
-cvs.texi(,3427) @c and first numbers of numeric revisions in the same
-cvs.texi(,3428) @c breath.
-cvs.texi(,3429) Normally there is no reason to care
-cvs.texi(,3430) about the revision numbers---it is easier to treat them
-cvs.texi(,3431) as internal numbers that @sc{cvs} maintains, and tags
-cvs.texi(,3432) provide a better way to distinguish between things like
-cvs.texi(,3433) release 1 versus release 2 of your product
-cvs.texi(,3434) (@pxref{Tags}). However, if you want to set the
-cvs.texi(,3435) numeric revisions, the @samp{-r} option to @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,3436) commit} can do that. The @samp{-r} option implies the
-cvs.texi(,3437) @samp{-f} option, in the sense that it causes the
-cvs.texi(,3438) files to be committed even if they are not modified.
-cvs.texi(,3439)
-cvs.texi(,3440) For example, to bring all your files up to
-cvs.texi(,3441) revision 3.0 (including those that haven't changed),
-cvs.texi(,3442) you might invoke:
-cvs.texi(,3443)
-cvs.texi(,3444) @example
-cvs.texi(,3445) $ cvs commit -r 3.0
-cvs.texi(,3446) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3447)
-cvs.texi(,3448) Note that the number you specify with @samp{-r} must be
-cvs.texi(,3449) larger than any existing revision number. That is, if
-cvs.texi(,3450) revision 3.0 exists, you cannot @samp{cvs commit
-cvs.texi(,3451) -r 1.3}. If you want to maintain several releases in
-cvs.texi(,3452) parallel, you need to use a branch (@pxref{Branching and
merging}).
+cvs.texi(,3372) @example
+cvs.texi(,3373) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,3374) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !----! 1.3 !----! 1.4 !----! 1.5 !
+cvs.texi(,3375) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,3376) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3377)
+cvs.texi(,3378) It is also possible to end up with numbers containing
+cvs.texi(,3379) more than one period, for example @samp{1.3.2.2}. Such
+cvs.texi(,3380) revisions represent revisions on branches
+cvs.texi(,3381) (@pxref{Branching and merging}); such revision numbers
+cvs.texi(,3382) are explained in detail in @ref{Branches and
+cvs.texi(,3383) revisions}.
+cvs.texi(,3384)
+cvs.texi(,3385) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,3386) @node Versions revisions releases
+cvs.texi(,3387) @section Versions, revisions and releases
+cvs.texi(,3388) @cindex Revisions, versions and releases
+cvs.texi(,3389) @cindex Versions, revisions and releases
+cvs.texi(,3390) @cindex Releases, revisions and versions
+cvs.texi(,3391)
+cvs.texi(,3392) A file can have several versions, as described above.
+cvs.texi(,3393) Likewise, a software product can have several versions.
+cvs.texi(,3394) A software product is often given a version number such
+cvs.texi(,3395) as @samp{4.1.1}.
+cvs.texi(,3396)
+cvs.texi(,3397) Versions in the first sense are called @dfn{revisions}
+cvs.texi(,3398) in this document, and versions in the second sense are
+cvs.texi(,3399) called @dfn{releases}. To avoid confusion, the word
+cvs.texi(,3400) @dfn{version} is almost never used in this document.
+cvs.texi(,3401)
+cvs.texi(,3402) @node Assigning revisions
+cvs.texi(,3403) @section Assigning revisions
+cvs.texi(,3404)
+cvs.texi(,3405) @c We avoid the "major revision" terminology. It seems
+cvs.texi(,3406) @c like jargon. Hopefully "first number" is clear enough.
+cvs.texi(,3407) @c
+cvs.texi(,3408) @c Well, in the context of software release numbers,
+cvs.texi(,3409) @c "major" and "minor" release or version numbers are
+cvs.texi(,3410) @c documented in at least the GNU Coding Standards, but I'm
+cvs.texi(,3411) @c still not sure I find that a valid reason to apply the
+cvs.texi(,3412) @c terminology to RCS revision numbers. "First", "Second",
+cvs.texi(,3413) @c "subsequent", and so on is almost surely clearer,
+cvs.texi(,3414) @c especially to a novice reader. -DRP
+cvs.texi(,3415) By default, @sc{cvs} will assign numeric revisions by
+cvs.texi(,3416) leaving the first number the same and incrementing the
+cvs.texi(,3417) second number. For example, @code{1.1}, @code{1.2},
+cvs.texi(,3418) @code{1.3}, etc.
+cvs.texi(,3419)
+cvs.texi(,3420) When adding a new file, the second number will always
+cvs.texi(,3421) be one and the first number will equal the highest
+cvs.texi(,3422) first number of any file in that directory. For
+cvs.texi(,3423) example, the current directory contains files whose
+cvs.texi(,3424) highest numbered revisions are @code{1.7}, @code{3.1},
+cvs.texi(,3425) and @code{4.12}, then an added file will be given the
+cvs.texi(,3426) numeric revision @code{4.1}.
+cvs.texi(,3427)
+cvs.texi(,3428) @c This is sort of redundant with something we said a
+cvs.texi(,3429) @c while ago. Somewhere we need a better way of
+cvs.texi(,3430) @c introducing how the first number can be anything
+cvs.texi(,3431) @c except "1", perhaps. Also I don't think this
+cvs.texi(,3432) @c presentation is clear on why we are discussing releases
+cvs.texi(,3433) @c and first numbers of numeric revisions in the same
+cvs.texi(,3434) @c breath.
+cvs.texi(,3435) Normally there is no reason to care
+cvs.texi(,3436) about the revision numbers---it is easier to treat them
+cvs.texi(,3437) as internal numbers that @sc{cvs} maintains, and tags
+cvs.texi(,3438) provide a better way to distinguish between things like
+cvs.texi(,3439) release 1 versus release 2 of your product
+cvs.texi(,3440) (@pxref{Tags}). However, if you want to set the
+cvs.texi(,3441) numeric revisions, the @samp{-r} option to @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,3442) commit} can do that. The @samp{-r} option implies the
+cvs.texi(,3443) @samp{-f} option, in the sense that it causes the
+cvs.texi(,3444) files to be committed even if they are not modified.
+cvs.texi(,3445)
+cvs.texi(,3446) For example, to bring all your files up to
+cvs.texi(,3447) revision 3.0 (including those that haven't changed),
+cvs.texi(,3448) you might invoke:
+cvs.texi(,3449)
+cvs.texi(,3450) @example
+cvs.texi(,3451) $ cvs commit -r 3.0
+cvs.texi(,3452) @end example
cvs.texi(,3453)
-cvs.texi(,3454) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,3455) @node Tags
-cvs.texi(,3456) @section Tags--Symbolic revisions
-cvs.texi(,3457) @cindex Tags
-cvs.texi(,3458)
-cvs.texi(,3459) The revision numbers live a life of their own. They
-cvs.texi(,3460) need not have anything at all to do with the release
-cvs.texi(,3461) numbers of your software product. Depending
-cvs.texi(,3462) on how you use @sc{cvs} the revision numbers might change
several times
-cvs.texi(,3463) between two releases. As an example, some of the
-cvs.texi(,3464) source files that make up @sc{rcs} 5.6 have the following
-cvs.texi(,3465) revision numbers:
-cvs.texi(,3466) @cindex RCS revision numbers
-cvs.texi(,3467)
-cvs.texi(,3468) @example
-cvs.texi(,3469) ci.c 5.21
-cvs.texi(,3470) co.c 5.9
-cvs.texi(,3471) ident.c 5.3
-cvs.texi(,3472) rcs.c 5.12
-cvs.texi(,3473) rcsbase.h 5.11
-cvs.texi(,3474) rcsdiff.c 5.10
-cvs.texi(,3475) rcsedit.c 5.11
-cvs.texi(,3476) rcsfcmp.c 5.9
-cvs.texi(,3477) rcsgen.c 5.10
-cvs.texi(,3478) rcslex.c 5.11
-cvs.texi(,3479) rcsmap.c 5.2
-cvs.texi(,3480) rcsutil.c 5.10
-cvs.texi(,3481) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3482)
-cvs.texi(,3483) @cindex tag (subcommand), introduction
-cvs.texi(,3484) @cindex Tags, symbolic name
-cvs.texi(,3485) @cindex Symbolic name (tag)
-cvs.texi(,3486) @cindex Name, symbolic (tag)
-cvs.texi(,3487) @cindex HEAD, as reserved tag name
-cvs.texi(,3488) @cindex BASE, as reserved tag name
-cvs.texi(,3489) You can use the @code{tag} command to give a symbolic name to a
-cvs.texi(,3490) certain revision of a file. You can use the @samp{-v} flag to
the
-cvs.texi(,3491) @code{status} command to see all tags that a file has, and
-cvs.texi(,3492) which revision numbers they represent. Tag names must
-cvs.texi(,3493) start with an uppercase or lowercase letter and can
-cvs.texi(,3494) contain uppercase and lowercase letters, digits,
-cvs.texi(,3495) @samp{-}, and @samp{_}. The two tag names @code{BASE}
-cvs.texi(,3496) and @code{HEAD} are reserved for use by @sc{cvs}. It
-cvs.texi(,3497) is expected that future names which are special to
-cvs.texi(,3498) @sc{cvs} will be specially named, for example by
-cvs.texi(,3499) starting with @samp{.}, rather than being named analogously to
-cvs.texi(,3500) @code{BASE} and @code{HEAD}, to avoid conflicts with
-cvs.texi(,3501) actual tag names.
-cvs.texi(,3502) @c Including a character such as % or = has also been
-cvs.texi(,3503) @c suggested as the naming convention for future
-cvs.texi(,3504) @c special tag names. Starting with . is nice because
-cvs.texi(,3505) @c that is not a legal tag name as far as RCS is concerned.
-cvs.texi(,3506) @c FIXME: CVS actually accepts quite a few characters
-cvs.texi(,3507) @c in tag names, not just the ones documented above
-cvs.texi(,3508) @c (see RCS_check_tag). RCS
-cvs.texi(,3509) @c defines legitimate tag names by listing illegal
-cvs.texi(,3510) @c characters rather than legal ones. CVS is said to lose its
-cvs.texi(,3511) @c mind if you try to use "/" (try making such a tag sticky
-cvs.texi(,3512) @c and using "cvs status" client/server--see remote
-cvs.texi(,3513) @c protocol format for entries line for probable cause).
-cvs.texi(,3514) @c TODO: The testsuite
-cvs.texi(,3515) @c should test for whatever are documented above as
-cvs.texi(,3516) @c officially-OK tag names, and CVS should at least reject
-cvs.texi(,3517) @c characters that won't work, like "/".
-cvs.texi(,3518)
-cvs.texi(,3519) You'll want to choose some convention for naming tags,
-cvs.texi(,3520) based on information such as the name of the program
-cvs.texi(,3521) and the version number of the release. For example,
-cvs.texi(,3522) one might take the name of the program, immediately
-cvs.texi(,3523) followed by the version number with @samp{.} changed to
-cvs.texi(,3524) @samp{-}, so that @sc{cvs} 1.9 would be tagged with the name
-cvs.texi(,3525) @code{cvs1-9}. If you choose a consistent convention,
-cvs.texi(,3526) then you won't constantly be guessing whether a tag is
-cvs.texi(,3527) @code{cvs-1-9} or @code{cvs1_9} or what. You might
-cvs.texi(,3528) even want to consider enforcing your convention in the
-cvs.texi(,3529) taginfo file (@pxref{user-defined logging}).
-cvs.texi(,3530) @c Might be nice to say more about using taginfo this
-cvs.texi(,3531) @c way, like giving an example, or pointing out any particular
-cvs.texi(,3532) @c issues which arise.
-cvs.texi(,3533)
-cvs.texi(,3534) @cindex Adding a tag
-cvs.texi(,3535) @cindex Tags, example
-cvs.texi(,3536) The following example shows how you can add a tag to a
-cvs.texi(,3537) file. The commands must be issued inside your working
-cvs.texi(,3538) directory. That is, you should issue the
-cvs.texi(,3539) command in the directory where @file{backend.c}
-cvs.texi(,3540) resides.
-cvs.texi(,3541)
-cvs.texi(,3542) @example
-cvs.texi(,3543) $ cvs tag rel-0-4 backend.c
-cvs.texi(,3544) T backend.c
-cvs.texi(,3545) $ cvs status -v backend.c
-cvs.texi(,3546)
===================================================================
-cvs.texi(,3547) File: backend.c Status: Up-to-date
-cvs.texi(,3548)
-cvs.texi(,3549) Version: 1.4 Tue Dec 1 14:39:01 1992
-cvs.texi(,3550) RCS Version: 1.4
/u/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/backend.c,v
-cvs.texi(,3551) Sticky Tag: (none)
-cvs.texi(,3552) Sticky Date: (none)
-cvs.texi(,3553) Sticky Options: (none)
+cvs.texi(,3454) Note that the number you specify with @samp{-r} must be
+cvs.texi(,3455) larger than any existing revision number. That is, if
+cvs.texi(,3456) revision 3.0 exists, you cannot @samp{cvs commit
+cvs.texi(,3457) -r 1.3}. If you want to maintain several releases in
+cvs.texi(,3458) parallel, you need to use a branch (@pxref{Branching and
merging}).
+cvs.texi(,3459)
+cvs.texi(,3460) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,3461) @node Tags
+cvs.texi(,3462) @section Tags--Symbolic revisions
+cvs.texi(,3463) @cindex Tags
+cvs.texi(,3464)
+cvs.texi(,3465) The revision numbers live a life of their own. They
+cvs.texi(,3466) need not have anything at all to do with the release
+cvs.texi(,3467) numbers of your software product. Depending
+cvs.texi(,3468) on how you use @sc{cvs} the revision numbers might change
several times
+cvs.texi(,3469) between two releases. As an example, some of the
+cvs.texi(,3470) source files that make up @sc{rcs} 5.6 have the following
+cvs.texi(,3471) revision numbers:
+cvs.texi(,3472) @cindex RCS revision numbers
+cvs.texi(,3473)
+cvs.texi(,3474) @example
+cvs.texi(,3475) ci.c 5.21
+cvs.texi(,3476) co.c 5.9
+cvs.texi(,3477) ident.c 5.3
+cvs.texi(,3478) rcs.c 5.12
+cvs.texi(,3479) rcsbase.h 5.11
+cvs.texi(,3480) rcsdiff.c 5.10
+cvs.texi(,3481) rcsedit.c 5.11
+cvs.texi(,3482) rcsfcmp.c 5.9
+cvs.texi(,3483) rcsgen.c 5.10
+cvs.texi(,3484) rcslex.c 5.11
+cvs.texi(,3485) rcsmap.c 5.2
+cvs.texi(,3486) rcsutil.c 5.10
+cvs.texi(,3487) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3488)
+cvs.texi(,3489) @cindex tag (subcommand), introduction
+cvs.texi(,3490) @cindex Tags, symbolic name
+cvs.texi(,3491) @cindex Symbolic name (tag)
+cvs.texi(,3492) @cindex Name, symbolic (tag)
+cvs.texi(,3493) @cindex HEAD, as reserved tag name
+cvs.texi(,3494) @cindex BASE, as reserved tag name
+cvs.texi(,3495) You can use the @code{tag} command to give a symbolic name to a
+cvs.texi(,3496) certain revision of a file. You can use the @samp{-v} flag to
the
+cvs.texi(,3497) @code{status} command to see all tags that a file has, and
+cvs.texi(,3498) which revision numbers they represent. Tag names must
+cvs.texi(,3499) start with an uppercase or lowercase letter and can
+cvs.texi(,3500) contain uppercase and lowercase letters, digits,
+cvs.texi(,3501) @samp{-}, and @samp{_}. The two tag names @code{BASE}
+cvs.texi(,3502) and @code{HEAD} are reserved for use by @sc{cvs}. It
+cvs.texi(,3503) is expected that future names which are special to
+cvs.texi(,3504) @sc{cvs} will be specially named, for example by
+cvs.texi(,3505) starting with @samp{.}, rather than being named analogously to
+cvs.texi(,3506) @code{BASE} and @code{HEAD}, to avoid conflicts with
+cvs.texi(,3507) actual tag names.
+cvs.texi(,3508) @c Including a character such as % or = has also been
+cvs.texi(,3509) @c suggested as the naming convention for future
+cvs.texi(,3510) @c special tag names. Starting with . is nice because
+cvs.texi(,3511) @c that is not a legal tag name as far as RCS is concerned.
+cvs.texi(,3512) @c FIXME: CVS actually accepts quite a few characters
+cvs.texi(,3513) @c in tag names, not just the ones documented above
+cvs.texi(,3514) @c (see RCS_check_tag). RCS
+cvs.texi(,3515) @c defines legitimate tag names by listing illegal
+cvs.texi(,3516) @c characters rather than legal ones. CVS is said to lose its
+cvs.texi(,3517) @c mind if you try to use "/" (try making such a tag sticky
+cvs.texi(,3518) @c and using "cvs status" client/server--see remote
+cvs.texi(,3519) @c protocol format for entries line for probable cause).
+cvs.texi(,3520) @c TODO: The testsuite
+cvs.texi(,3521) @c should test for whatever are documented above as
+cvs.texi(,3522) @c officially-OK tag names, and CVS should at least reject
+cvs.texi(,3523) @c characters that won't work, like "/".
+cvs.texi(,3524)
+cvs.texi(,3525) You'll want to choose some convention for naming tags,
+cvs.texi(,3526) based on information such as the name of the program
+cvs.texi(,3527) and the version number of the release. For example,
+cvs.texi(,3528) one might take the name of the program, immediately
+cvs.texi(,3529) followed by the version number with @samp{.} changed to
+cvs.texi(,3530) @samp{-}, so that @sc{cvs} 1.9 would be tagged with the name
+cvs.texi(,3531) @code{cvs1-9}. If you choose a consistent convention,
+cvs.texi(,3532) then you won't constantly be guessing whether a tag is
+cvs.texi(,3533) @code{cvs-1-9} or @code{cvs1_9} or what. You might
+cvs.texi(,3534) even want to consider enforcing your convention in the
+cvs.texi(,3535) taginfo file (@pxref{user-defined logging}).
+cvs.texi(,3536) @c Might be nice to say more about using taginfo this
+cvs.texi(,3537) @c way, like giving an example, or pointing out any particular
+cvs.texi(,3538) @c issues which arise.
+cvs.texi(,3539)
+cvs.texi(,3540) @cindex Adding a tag
+cvs.texi(,3541) @cindex Tags, example
+cvs.texi(,3542) The following example shows how you can add a tag to a
+cvs.texi(,3543) file. The commands must be issued inside your working
+cvs.texi(,3544) directory. That is, you should issue the
+cvs.texi(,3545) command in the directory where @file{backend.c}
+cvs.texi(,3546) resides.
+cvs.texi(,3547)
+cvs.texi(,3548) @example
+cvs.texi(,3549) $ cvs tag rel-0-4 backend.c
+cvs.texi(,3550) T backend.c
+cvs.texi(,3551) $ cvs status -v backend.c
+cvs.texi(,3552)
===================================================================
+cvs.texi(,3553) File: backend.c Status: Up-to-date
cvs.texi(,3554)
-cvs.texi(,3555) Existing Tags:
-cvs.texi(,3556) rel-0-4 (revision: 1.4)
-cvs.texi(,3557)
-cvs.texi(,3558) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3559)
-cvs.texi(,3560) For a complete summary of the syntax of @code{cvs tag},
-cvs.texi(,3561) including the various options, see @ref{Invoking CVS}.
-cvs.texi(,3562)
-cvs.texi(,3563) There is seldom reason to tag a file in isolation. A more
common use is
-cvs.texi(,3564) to tag all the files that constitute a module with the same
tag at
-cvs.texi(,3565) strategic points in the development life-cycle, such as when a
release
-cvs.texi(,3566) is made.
-cvs.texi(,3567)
-cvs.texi(,3568) @example
-cvs.texi(,3569) $ cvs tag rel-1-0 .
-cvs.texi(,3570) cvs tag: Tagging .
-cvs.texi(,3571) T Makefile
-cvs.texi(,3572) T backend.c
-cvs.texi(,3573) T driver.c
-cvs.texi(,3574) T frontend.c
-cvs.texi(,3575) T parser.c
-cvs.texi(,3576) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3577)
-cvs.texi(,3578) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,3579) (When you give @sc{cvs} a directory as argument, it generally
applies the
-cvs.texi(,3580) operation to all the files in that directory, and
(recursively), to any
-cvs.texi(,3581) subdirectories that it may contain. @xref{Recursive
behavior}.)
-cvs.texi(,3582)
-cvs.texi(,3583) @cindex Retrieving an old revision using tags
-cvs.texi(,3584) @cindex Tags, retrieving old revisions
-cvs.texi(,3585) The @code{checkout} command has a flag, @samp{-r}, that lets
you check out
-cvs.texi(,3586) a certain revision of a module. This flag makes it easy to
-cvs.texi(,3587) retrieve the sources that make up release 1.0 of the module
@samp{tc} at
-cvs.texi(,3588) any time in the future:
-cvs.texi(,3589)
-cvs.texi(,3590) @example
-cvs.texi(,3591) $ cvs checkout -r rel-1-0 tc
-cvs.texi(,3592) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3593)
-cvs.texi(,3594) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,3595) This is useful, for instance, if someone claims that there is
a bug in
-cvs.texi(,3596) that release, but you cannot find the bug in the current
working copy.
-cvs.texi(,3597)
-cvs.texi(,3598) You can also check out a module as it was at any given date.
-cvs.texi(,3599) @xref{checkout options}. When specifying @samp{-r} to
-cvs.texi(,3600) any of these commands, you will need beware of sticky
-cvs.texi(,3601) tags; see @ref{Sticky tags}.
-cvs.texi(,3602)
-cvs.texi(,3603) When you tag more than one file with the same tag you
-cvs.texi(,3604) can think about the tag as "a curve drawn through a
-cvs.texi(,3605) matrix of filename vs. revision number." Say we have 5
-cvs.texi(,3606) files with the following revisions:
-cvs.texi(,3607)
-cvs.texi(,3608) @example
-cvs.texi(,3609) @group
-cvs.texi(,3610) file1 file2 file3 file4 file5
-cvs.texi(,3611)
-cvs.texi(,3612) 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 /--1.1* <-*- TAG
-cvs.texi(,3613) 1.2*- 1.2 1.2 -1.2*-
-cvs.texi(,3614) 1.3 \- 1.3*- 1.3 / 1.3
-cvs.texi(,3615) 1.4 \ 1.4 / 1.4
-cvs.texi(,3616) \-1.5*- 1.5
-cvs.texi(,3617) 1.6
-cvs.texi(,3618) @end group
-cvs.texi(,3619) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3620)
-cvs.texi(,3621) At some time in the past, the @code{*} versions were tagged.
-cvs.texi(,3622) You can think of the tag as a handle attached to the curve
-cvs.texi(,3623) drawn through the tagged revisions. When you pull on
-cvs.texi(,3624) the handle, you get all the tagged revisions. Another
-cvs.texi(,3625) way to look at it is that you "sight" through a set of
-cvs.texi(,3626) revisions that is "flat" along the tagged revisions,
-cvs.texi(,3627) like this:
-cvs.texi(,3628)
-cvs.texi(,3629) @example
-cvs.texi(,3630) @group
-cvs.texi(,3631) file1 file2 file3 file4 file5
-cvs.texi(,3632)
-cvs.texi(,3633) 1.1
-cvs.texi(,3634) 1.2
-cvs.texi(,3635) 1.1 1.3 _
-cvs.texi(,3636) 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.1 /
-cvs.texi(,3637) 1.2*----1.3*----1.5*----1.2*----1.1 (--- <--- Look
here
-cvs.texi(,3638) 1.3 1.6 1.3 \_
-cvs.texi(,3639) 1.4 1.4
-cvs.texi(,3640) 1.5
-cvs.texi(,3641) @end group
-cvs.texi(,3642) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3643)
-cvs.texi(,3644) @node Tagging the working directory
-cvs.texi(,3645) @section Specifying what to tag from the working directory
-cvs.texi(,3646)
-cvs.texi(,3647) @cindex tag (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,3648) The example in the previous section demonstrates one of
-cvs.texi(,3649) the most common ways to choose which revisions to tag.
-cvs.texi(,3650) Namely, running the @code{cvs tag} command without
-cvs.texi(,3651) arguments causes @sc{cvs} to select the revisions which
-cvs.texi(,3652) are checked out in the current working directory. For
-cvs.texi(,3653) example, if the copy of @file{backend.c} in working
-cvs.texi(,3654) directory was checked out from revision 1.4, then
-cvs.texi(,3655) @sc{cvs} will tag revision 1.4. Note that the tag is
-cvs.texi(,3656) applied immediately to revision 1.4 in the repository;
-cvs.texi(,3657) tagging is not like modifying a file, or other
-cvs.texi(,3658) operations in which one first modifies the working
-cvs.texi(,3659) directory and then runs @code{cvs commit} to transfer
-cvs.texi(,3660) that modification to the repository.
-cvs.texi(,3661)
-cvs.texi(,3662) One potentially surprising aspect of the fact that
-cvs.texi(,3663) @code{cvs tag} operates on the repository is that you
-cvs.texi(,3664) are tagging the checked-in revisions, which may differ
-cvs.texi(,3665) from locally modified files in your working directory.
-cvs.texi(,3666) If you want to avoid doing this by mistake, specify the
-cvs.texi(,3667) @samp{-c} option to @code{cvs tag}. If there are any
-cvs.texi(,3668) locally modified files, @sc{cvs} will abort with an
-cvs.texi(,3669) error before it tags any files:
-cvs.texi(,3670)
-cvs.texi(,3671) @example
-cvs.texi(,3672) $ cvs tag -c rel-0-4
-cvs.texi(,3673) cvs tag: backend.c is locally modified
-cvs.texi(,3674) cvs [tag aborted]: correct the above errors first!
-cvs.texi(,3675) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3555) Version: 1.4 Tue Dec 1 14:39:01 1992
+cvs.texi(,3556) RCS Version: 1.4
/u/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/backend.c,v
+cvs.texi(,3557) Sticky Tag: (none)
+cvs.texi(,3558) Sticky Date: (none)
+cvs.texi(,3559) Sticky Options: (none)
+cvs.texi(,3560)
+cvs.texi(,3561) Existing Tags:
+cvs.texi(,3562) rel-0-4 (revision: 1.4)
+cvs.texi(,3563)
+cvs.texi(,3564) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3565)
+cvs.texi(,3566) For a complete summary of the syntax of @code{cvs tag},
+cvs.texi(,3567) including the various options, see @ref{Invoking CVS}.
+cvs.texi(,3568)
+cvs.texi(,3569) There is seldom reason to tag a file in isolation. A more
common use is
+cvs.texi(,3570) to tag all the files that constitute a module with the same
tag at
+cvs.texi(,3571) strategic points in the development life-cycle, such as when a
release
+cvs.texi(,3572) is made.
+cvs.texi(,3573)
+cvs.texi(,3574) @example
+cvs.texi(,3575) $ cvs tag rel-1-0 .
+cvs.texi(,3576) cvs tag: Tagging .
+cvs.texi(,3577) T Makefile
+cvs.texi(,3578) T backend.c
+cvs.texi(,3579) T driver.c
+cvs.texi(,3580) T frontend.c
+cvs.texi(,3581) T parser.c
+cvs.texi(,3582) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3583)
+cvs.texi(,3584) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,3585) (When you give @sc{cvs} a directory as argument, it generally
applies the
+cvs.texi(,3586) operation to all the files in that directory, and
(recursively), to any
+cvs.texi(,3587) subdirectories that it may contain. @xref{Recursive
behavior}.)
+cvs.texi(,3588)
+cvs.texi(,3589) @cindex Retrieving an old revision using tags
+cvs.texi(,3590) @cindex Tags, retrieving old revisions
+cvs.texi(,3591) The @code{checkout} command has a flag, @samp{-r}, that lets
you check out
+cvs.texi(,3592) a certain revision of a module. This flag makes it easy to
+cvs.texi(,3593) retrieve the sources that make up release 1.0 of the module
@samp{tc} at
+cvs.texi(,3594) any time in the future:
+cvs.texi(,3595)
+cvs.texi(,3596) @example
+cvs.texi(,3597) $ cvs checkout -r rel-1-0 tc
+cvs.texi(,3598) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3599)
+cvs.texi(,3600) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,3601) This is useful, for instance, if someone claims that there is
a bug in
+cvs.texi(,3602) that release, but you cannot find the bug in the current
working copy.
+cvs.texi(,3603)
+cvs.texi(,3604) You can also check out a module as it was at any given date.
+cvs.texi(,3605) @xref{checkout options}. When specifying @samp{-r} to
+cvs.texi(,3606) any of these commands, you will need beware of sticky
+cvs.texi(,3607) tags; see @ref{Sticky tags}.
+cvs.texi(,3608)
+cvs.texi(,3609) When you tag more than one file with the same tag you
+cvs.texi(,3610) can think about the tag as "a curve drawn through a
+cvs.texi(,3611) matrix of filename vs. revision number." Say we have 5
+cvs.texi(,3612) files with the following revisions:
+cvs.texi(,3613)
+cvs.texi(,3614) @example
+cvs.texi(,3615) @group
+cvs.texi(,3616) file1 file2 file3 file4 file5
+cvs.texi(,3617)
+cvs.texi(,3618) 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 /--1.1* <-*- TAG
+cvs.texi(,3619) 1.2*- 1.2 1.2 -1.2*-
+cvs.texi(,3620) 1.3 \- 1.3*- 1.3 / 1.3
+cvs.texi(,3621) 1.4 \ 1.4 / 1.4
+cvs.texi(,3622) \-1.5*- 1.5
+cvs.texi(,3623) 1.6
+cvs.texi(,3624) @end group
+cvs.texi(,3625) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3626)
+cvs.texi(,3627) At some time in the past, the @code{*} versions were tagged.
+cvs.texi(,3628) You can think of the tag as a handle attached to the curve
+cvs.texi(,3629) drawn through the tagged revisions. When you pull on
+cvs.texi(,3630) the handle, you get all the tagged revisions. Another
+cvs.texi(,3631) way to look at it is that you "sight" through a set of
+cvs.texi(,3632) revisions that is "flat" along the tagged revisions,
+cvs.texi(,3633) like this:
+cvs.texi(,3634)
+cvs.texi(,3635) @example
+cvs.texi(,3636) @group
+cvs.texi(,3637) file1 file2 file3 file4 file5
+cvs.texi(,3638)
+cvs.texi(,3639) 1.1
+cvs.texi(,3640) 1.2
+cvs.texi(,3641) 1.1 1.3 _
+cvs.texi(,3642) 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.1 /
+cvs.texi(,3643) 1.2*----1.3*----1.5*----1.2*----1.1 (--- <--- Look
here
+cvs.texi(,3644) 1.3 1.6 1.3 \_
+cvs.texi(,3645) 1.4 1.4
+cvs.texi(,3646) 1.5
+cvs.texi(,3647) @end group
+cvs.texi(,3648) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3649)
+cvs.texi(,3650) @node Tagging the working directory
+cvs.texi(,3651) @section Specifying what to tag from the working directory
+cvs.texi(,3652)
+cvs.texi(,3653) @cindex tag (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,3654) The example in the previous section demonstrates one of
+cvs.texi(,3655) the most common ways to choose which revisions to tag.
+cvs.texi(,3656) Namely, running the @code{cvs tag} command without
+cvs.texi(,3657) arguments causes @sc{cvs} to select the revisions which
+cvs.texi(,3658) are checked out in the current working directory. For
+cvs.texi(,3659) example, if the copy of @file{backend.c} in working
+cvs.texi(,3660) directory was checked out from revision 1.4, then
+cvs.texi(,3661) @sc{cvs} will tag revision 1.4. Note that the tag is
+cvs.texi(,3662) applied immediately to revision 1.4 in the repository;
+cvs.texi(,3663) tagging is not like modifying a file, or other
+cvs.texi(,3664) operations in which one first modifies the working
+cvs.texi(,3665) directory and then runs @code{cvs commit} to transfer
+cvs.texi(,3666) that modification to the repository.
+cvs.texi(,3667)
+cvs.texi(,3668) One potentially surprising aspect of the fact that
+cvs.texi(,3669) @code{cvs tag} operates on the repository is that you
+cvs.texi(,3670) are tagging the checked-in revisions, which may differ
+cvs.texi(,3671) from locally modified files in your working directory.
+cvs.texi(,3672) If you want to avoid doing this by mistake, specify the
+cvs.texi(,3673) @samp{-c} option to @code{cvs tag}. If there are any
+cvs.texi(,3674) locally modified files, @sc{cvs} will abort with an
+cvs.texi(,3675) error before it tags any files:
cvs.texi(,3676)
-cvs.texi(,3677) @node Tagging by date/tag
-cvs.texi(,3678) @section Specifying what to tag by date or revision
-cvs.texi(,3679) @cindex rtag (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,3680)
-cvs.texi(,3681) The @code{cvs rtag} command tags the repository as of a
-cvs.texi(,3682) certain date or time (or can be used to tag the latest
-cvs.texi(,3683) revision). @code{rtag} works directly on the
-cvs.texi(,3684) repository contents (it requires no prior checkout and
-cvs.texi(,3685) does not look for a working directory).
+cvs.texi(,3677) @example
+cvs.texi(,3678) $ cvs tag -c rel-0-4
+cvs.texi(,3679) cvs tag: backend.c is locally modified
+cvs.texi(,3680) cvs [tag aborted]: correct the above errors first!
+cvs.texi(,3681) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3682)
+cvs.texi(,3683) @node Tagging by date/tag
+cvs.texi(,3684) @section Specifying what to tag by date or revision
+cvs.texi(,3685) @cindex rtag (subcommand)
cvs.texi(,3686)
-cvs.texi(,3687) The following options specify which date or revision to
-cvs.texi(,3688) tag. See @ref{Common options}, for a complete
-cvs.texi(,3689) description of them.
-cvs.texi(,3690)
-cvs.texi(,3691) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,3692) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,3693) Tag the most recent revision no later than @var{date}.
-cvs.texi(,3694)
-cvs.texi(,3695) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,3696) Only useful with the @samp{-D @var{date}} or @samp{-r
@var{tag}}
-cvs.texi(,3697) flags. If no matching revision is found, use the most
-cvs.texi(,3698) recent revision (instead of ignoring the file).
-cvs.texi(,3699)
-cvs.texi(,3700) @item -r @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,3701) Only tag those files that contain existing tag @var{tag}.
-cvs.texi(,3702) @end table
-cvs.texi(,3703)
-cvs.texi(,3704) The @code{cvs tag} command also allows one to specify
-cvs.texi(,3705) files by revision or date, using the same @samp{-r},
-cvs.texi(,3706) @samp{-D}, and @samp{-f} options. However, this
-cvs.texi(,3707) feature is probably not what you want. The reason is
-cvs.texi(,3708) that @code{cvs tag} chooses which files to tag based on
-cvs.texi(,3709) the files that exist in the working directory, rather
-cvs.texi(,3710) than the files which existed as of the given tag/date.
-cvs.texi(,3711) Therefore, you are generally better off using @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,3712) rtag}. The exceptions might be cases like:
-cvs.texi(,3713)
-cvs.texi(,3714) @example
-cvs.texi(,3715) cvs tag -r 1.4 stable backend.c
-cvs.texi(,3716) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3717)
-cvs.texi(,3718) @node Modifying tags
-cvs.texi(,3719) @section Deleting, moving, and renaming tags
-cvs.texi(,3720)
-cvs.texi(,3721) @c Also see:
-cvs.texi(,3722) @c "How do I move or rename a magic branch tag?"
-cvs.texi(,3723) @c in the FAQ (I think the issues it talks about still
-cvs.texi(,3724) @c apply, but this could use some sanity.sh work).
-cvs.texi(,3725)
-cvs.texi(,3726) Normally one does not modify tags. They exist in order
-cvs.texi(,3727) to record the history of the repository and so deleting
-cvs.texi(,3728) them or changing their meaning would, generally, not be
-cvs.texi(,3729) what you want.
-cvs.texi(,3730)
-cvs.texi(,3731) However, there might be cases in which one uses a tag
-cvs.texi(,3732) temporarily or accidentally puts one in the wrong
-cvs.texi(,3733) place. Therefore, one might delete, move, or rename a
-cvs.texi(,3734) tag.
-cvs.texi(,3735)
-cvs.texi(,3736) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,3737) @strong{WARNING: the commands in this section are
-cvs.texi(,3738) dangerous; they permanently discard historical
-cvs.texi(,3739) information and it can be difficult or impossible to
-cvs.texi(,3740) recover from errors. If you are a @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,3741) administrator, you may consider restricting these
-cvs.texi(,3742) commands with taginfo (@pxref{user-defined logging}).}
-cvs.texi(,3743)
-cvs.texi(,3744) @cindex Deleting tags
-cvs.texi(,3745) @cindex Deleting branch tags
-cvs.texi(,3746) @cindex Removing tags
-cvs.texi(,3747) @cindex Removing branch tags
-cvs.texi(,3748) @cindex Tags, deleting
-cvs.texi(,3749) @cindex Branch tags, deleting
-cvs.texi(,3750) To delete a tag, specify the @samp{-d} option to either
-cvs.texi(,3751) @code{cvs tag} or @code{cvs rtag}. For example:
-cvs.texi(,3752)
-cvs.texi(,3753) @example
-cvs.texi(,3754) cvs rtag -d rel-0-4 tc
-cvs.texi(,3755) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3756)
-cvs.texi(,3757) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,3758) deletes the non-branch tag @code{rel-0-4} from the module
@code{tc}.
-cvs.texi(,3759) In the event that branch tags are encountered within the
repository
-cvs.texi(,3760) with the given name, a warning message will be issued and the
branch
-cvs.texi(,3761) tag will not be deleted. If you are absolutely certain you
know what
-cvs.texi(,3762) you are doing, the @code{-B} option may be specified to allow
deletion
-cvs.texi(,3763) of branch tags. In that case, any non-branch tags encountered
will
-cvs.texi(,3764) trigger warnings and will not be deleted.
-cvs.texi(,3765)
-cvs.texi(,3766) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,3767) @strong{WARNING: Moving branch tags is very dangerous! If you
think
-cvs.texi(,3768) you need the @code{-B} option, think again and ask your
@sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,3769) administrator about it (if that isn't you). There is almost
certainly
-cvs.texi(,3770) another way to accomplish what you want to accomplish.}
+cvs.texi(,3687) The @code{cvs rtag} command tags the repository as of a
+cvs.texi(,3688) certain date or time (or can be used to tag the latest
+cvs.texi(,3689) revision). @code{rtag} works directly on the
+cvs.texi(,3690) repository contents (it requires no prior checkout and
+cvs.texi(,3691) does not look for a working directory).
+cvs.texi(,3692)
+cvs.texi(,3693) The following options specify which date or revision to
+cvs.texi(,3694) tag. See @ref{Common options}, for a complete
+cvs.texi(,3695) description of them.
+cvs.texi(,3696)
+cvs.texi(,3697) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,3698) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,3699) Tag the most recent revision no later than @var{date}.
+cvs.texi(,3700)
+cvs.texi(,3701) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,3702) Only useful with the @samp{-D @var{date}} or @samp{-r
@var{tag}}
+cvs.texi(,3703) flags. If no matching revision is found, use the most
+cvs.texi(,3704) recent revision (instead of ignoring the file).
+cvs.texi(,3705)
+cvs.texi(,3706) @item -r @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,3707) Only tag those files that contain existing tag @var{tag}.
+cvs.texi(,3708) @end table
+cvs.texi(,3709)
+cvs.texi(,3710) The @code{cvs tag} command also allows one to specify
+cvs.texi(,3711) files by revision or date, using the same @samp{-r},
+cvs.texi(,3712) @samp{-D}, and @samp{-f} options. However, this
+cvs.texi(,3713) feature is probably not what you want. The reason is
+cvs.texi(,3714) that @code{cvs tag} chooses which files to tag based on
+cvs.texi(,3715) the files that exist in the working directory, rather
+cvs.texi(,3716) than the files which existed as of the given tag/date.
+cvs.texi(,3717) Therefore, you are generally better off using @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,3718) rtag}. The exceptions might be cases like:
+cvs.texi(,3719)
+cvs.texi(,3720) @example
+cvs.texi(,3721) cvs tag -r 1.4 stable backend.c
+cvs.texi(,3722) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3723)
+cvs.texi(,3724) @node Modifying tags
+cvs.texi(,3725) @section Deleting, moving, and renaming tags
+cvs.texi(,3726)
+cvs.texi(,3727) @c Also see:
+cvs.texi(,3728) @c "How do I move or rename a magic branch tag?"
+cvs.texi(,3729) @c in the FAQ (I think the issues it talks about still
+cvs.texi(,3730) @c apply, but this could use some sanity.sh work).
+cvs.texi(,3731)
+cvs.texi(,3732) Normally one does not modify tags. They exist in order
+cvs.texi(,3733) to record the history of the repository and so deleting
+cvs.texi(,3734) them or changing their meaning would, generally, not be
+cvs.texi(,3735) what you want.
+cvs.texi(,3736)
+cvs.texi(,3737) However, there might be cases in which one uses a tag
+cvs.texi(,3738) temporarily or accidentally puts one in the wrong
+cvs.texi(,3739) place. Therefore, one might delete, move, or rename a
+cvs.texi(,3740) tag.
+cvs.texi(,3741)
+cvs.texi(,3742) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,3743) @strong{WARNING: the commands in this section are
+cvs.texi(,3744) dangerous; they permanently discard historical
+cvs.texi(,3745) information and it can be difficult or impossible to
+cvs.texi(,3746) recover from errors. If you are a @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,3747) administrator, you may consider restricting these
+cvs.texi(,3748) commands with taginfo (@pxref{user-defined logging}).}
+cvs.texi(,3749)
+cvs.texi(,3750) @cindex Deleting tags
+cvs.texi(,3751) @cindex Deleting branch tags
+cvs.texi(,3752) @cindex Removing tags
+cvs.texi(,3753) @cindex Removing branch tags
+cvs.texi(,3754) @cindex Tags, deleting
+cvs.texi(,3755) @cindex Branch tags, deleting
+cvs.texi(,3756) To delete a tag, specify the @samp{-d} option to either
+cvs.texi(,3757) @code{cvs tag} or @code{cvs rtag}. For example:
+cvs.texi(,3758)
+cvs.texi(,3759) @example
+cvs.texi(,3760) cvs rtag -d rel-0-4 tc
+cvs.texi(,3761) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3762)
+cvs.texi(,3763) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,3764) deletes the non-branch tag @code{rel-0-4} from the module
@code{tc}.
+cvs.texi(,3765) In the event that branch tags are encountered within the
repository
+cvs.texi(,3766) with the given name, a warning message will be issued and the
branch
+cvs.texi(,3767) tag will not be deleted. If you are absolutely certain you
know what
+cvs.texi(,3768) you are doing, the @code{-B} option may be specified to allow
deletion
+cvs.texi(,3769) of branch tags. In that case, any non-branch tags encountered
will
+cvs.texi(,3770) trigger warnings and will not be deleted.
cvs.texi(,3771)
-cvs.texi(,3772) @cindex Moving tags
-cvs.texi(,3773) @cindex Moving branch tags
-cvs.texi(,3774) @cindex Tags, moving
-cvs.texi(,3775) @cindex Branch tags, moving
-cvs.texi(,3776) When we say @dfn{move} a tag, we mean to make the same
-cvs.texi(,3777) name point to different revisions. For example, the
-cvs.texi(,3778) @code{stable} tag may currently point to revision 1.4
-cvs.texi(,3779) of @file{backend.c} and perhaps we want to make it
-cvs.texi(,3780) point to revision 1.6. To move a non-branch tag, specify the
-cvs.texi(,3781) @samp{-F} option to either @code{cvs tag} or @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,3782) rtag}. For example, the task just mentioned might be
-cvs.texi(,3783) accomplished as:
-cvs.texi(,3784)
-cvs.texi(,3785) @example
-cvs.texi(,3786) cvs tag -r 1.6 -F stable backend.c
-cvs.texi(,3787) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3788)
-cvs.texi(,3789) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,3790) If any branch tags are encountered in the repository
-cvs.texi(,3791) with the given name, a warning is issued and the branch
-cvs.texi(,3792) tag is not disturbed. If you are absolutely certain you
-cvs.texi(,3793) wish to move the branch tag, the @code{-B} option may be
specified.
-cvs.texi(,3794) In that case, non-branch tags encountered with the given
-cvs.texi(,3795) name are ignored with a warning message.
-cvs.texi(,3796)
-cvs.texi(,3797) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,3798) @strong{WARNING: Moving branch tags is very dangerous! If you
think you
-cvs.texi(,3799) need the @code{-B} option, think again and ask your @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,3800) administrator about it (if that isn't you). There is almost
certainly
-cvs.texi(,3801) another way to accomplish what you want to accomplish.}
+cvs.texi(,3772) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,3773) @strong{WARNING: Moving branch tags is very dangerous! If you
think
+cvs.texi(,3774) you need the @code{-B} option, think again and ask your
@sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,3775) administrator about it (if that isn't you). There is almost
certainly
+cvs.texi(,3776) another way to accomplish what you want to accomplish.}
+cvs.texi(,3777)
+cvs.texi(,3778) @cindex Moving tags
+cvs.texi(,3779) @cindex Moving branch tags
+cvs.texi(,3780) @cindex Tags, moving
+cvs.texi(,3781) @cindex Branch tags, moving
+cvs.texi(,3782) When we say @dfn{move} a tag, we mean to make the same
+cvs.texi(,3783) name point to different revisions. For example, the
+cvs.texi(,3784) @code{stable} tag may currently point to revision 1.4
+cvs.texi(,3785) of @file{backend.c} and perhaps we want to make it
+cvs.texi(,3786) point to revision 1.6. To move a non-branch tag, specify the
+cvs.texi(,3787) @samp{-F} option to either @code{cvs tag} or @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,3788) rtag}. For example, the task just mentioned might be
+cvs.texi(,3789) accomplished as:
+cvs.texi(,3790)
+cvs.texi(,3791) @example
+cvs.texi(,3792) cvs tag -r 1.6 -F stable backend.c
+cvs.texi(,3793) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3794)
+cvs.texi(,3795) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,3796) If any branch tags are encountered in the repository
+cvs.texi(,3797) with the given name, a warning is issued and the branch
+cvs.texi(,3798) tag is not disturbed. If you are absolutely certain you
+cvs.texi(,3799) wish to move the branch tag, the @code{-B} option may be
specified.
+cvs.texi(,3800) In that case, non-branch tags encountered with the given
+cvs.texi(,3801) name are ignored with a warning message.
cvs.texi(,3802)
-cvs.texi(,3803) @cindex Renaming tags
-cvs.texi(,3804) @cindex Tags, renaming
-cvs.texi(,3805) When we say @dfn{rename} a tag, we mean to make a
-cvs.texi(,3806) different name point to the same revisions as the old
-cvs.texi(,3807) tag. For example, one may have misspelled the tag name
-cvs.texi(,3808) and want to correct it (hopefully before others are
-cvs.texi(,3809) relying on the old spelling). To rename a tag, first
-cvs.texi(,3810) create a new tag using the @samp{-r} option to
-cvs.texi(,3811) @code{cvs rtag}, and then delete the old name. (Caution:
-cvs.texi(,3812) this method will not work with branch tags.)
-cvs.texi(,3813) This leaves the new tag on exactly the
-cvs.texi(,3814) same files as the old tag. For example:
-cvs.texi(,3815)
-cvs.texi(,3816) @example
-cvs.texi(,3817) cvs rtag -r old-name-0-4 rel-0-4 tc
-cvs.texi(,3818) cvs rtag -d old-name-0-4 tc
-cvs.texi(,3819) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3820)
-cvs.texi(,3821) @node Tagging add/remove
-cvs.texi(,3822) @section Tagging and adding and removing files
-cvs.texi(,3823)
-cvs.texi(,3824) The subject of exactly how tagging interacts with
-cvs.texi(,3825) adding and removing files is somewhat obscure; for the
-cvs.texi(,3826) most part @sc{cvs} will keep track of whether files
-cvs.texi(,3827) exist or not without too much fussing. By default,
-cvs.texi(,3828) tags are applied to only files which have a revision
-cvs.texi(,3829) corresponding to what is being tagged. Files which did
-cvs.texi(,3830) not exist yet, or which were already removed, simply
-cvs.texi(,3831) omit the tag, and @sc{cvs} knows to treat the absence
-cvs.texi(,3832) of a tag as meaning that the file didn't exist as of
-cvs.texi(,3833) that tag.
-cvs.texi(,3834)
-cvs.texi(,3835) However, this can lose a small amount of information.
-cvs.texi(,3836) For example, suppose a file was added and then removed.
-cvs.texi(,3837) Then, if the tag is missing for that file, there is no
-cvs.texi(,3838) way to know whether the tag refers to the time before
-cvs.texi(,3839) the file was added, or the time after it was removed.
-cvs.texi(,3840) If you specify the @samp{-r} option to @code{cvs rtag},
-cvs.texi(,3841) then @sc{cvs} tags the files which have been removed,
-cvs.texi(,3842) and thereby avoids this problem. For example, one
-cvs.texi(,3843) might specify @code{-r HEAD} to tag the head.
-cvs.texi(,3844)
-cvs.texi(,3845) On the subject of adding and removing files, the
-cvs.texi(,3846) @code{cvs rtag} command has a @samp{-a} option which
-cvs.texi(,3847) means to clear the tag from removed files that would
-cvs.texi(,3848) not otherwise be tagged. For example, one might
-cvs.texi(,3849) specify this option in conjunction with @samp{-F} when
-cvs.texi(,3850) moving a tag. If one moved a tag without @samp{-a},
-cvs.texi(,3851) then the tag in the removed files might still refer to
-cvs.texi(,3852) the old revision, rather than reflecting the fact that
-cvs.texi(,3853) the file had been removed. I don't think this is
-cvs.texi(,3854) necessary if @samp{-r} is specified, as noted above.
-cvs.texi(,3855)
-cvs.texi(,3856) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,3857) @node Sticky tags
-cvs.texi(,3858) @section Sticky tags
-cvs.texi(,3859) @cindex Sticky tags
-cvs.texi(,3860) @cindex Tags, sticky
+cvs.texi(,3803) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,3804) @strong{WARNING: Moving branch tags is very dangerous! If you
think you
+cvs.texi(,3805) need the @code{-B} option, think again and ask your @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,3806) administrator about it (if that isn't you). There is almost
certainly
+cvs.texi(,3807) another way to accomplish what you want to accomplish.}
+cvs.texi(,3808)
+cvs.texi(,3809) @cindex Renaming tags
+cvs.texi(,3810) @cindex Tags, renaming
+cvs.texi(,3811) When we say @dfn{rename} a tag, we mean to make a
+cvs.texi(,3812) different name point to the same revisions as the old
+cvs.texi(,3813) tag. For example, one may have misspelled the tag name
+cvs.texi(,3814) and want to correct it (hopefully before others are
+cvs.texi(,3815) relying on the old spelling). To rename a tag, first
+cvs.texi(,3816) create a new tag using the @samp{-r} option to
+cvs.texi(,3817) @code{cvs rtag}, and then delete the old name. (Caution:
+cvs.texi(,3818) this method will not work with branch tags.)
+cvs.texi(,3819) This leaves the new tag on exactly the
+cvs.texi(,3820) same files as the old tag. For example:
+cvs.texi(,3821)
+cvs.texi(,3822) @example
+cvs.texi(,3823) cvs rtag -r old-name-0-4 rel-0-4 tc
+cvs.texi(,3824) cvs rtag -d old-name-0-4 tc
+cvs.texi(,3825) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3826)
+cvs.texi(,3827) @node Tagging add/remove
+cvs.texi(,3828) @section Tagging and adding and removing files
+cvs.texi(,3829)
+cvs.texi(,3830) The subject of exactly how tagging interacts with
+cvs.texi(,3831) adding and removing files is somewhat obscure; for the
+cvs.texi(,3832) most part @sc{cvs} will keep track of whether files
+cvs.texi(,3833) exist or not without too much fussing. By default,
+cvs.texi(,3834) tags are applied to only files which have a revision
+cvs.texi(,3835) corresponding to what is being tagged. Files which did
+cvs.texi(,3836) not exist yet, or which were already removed, simply
+cvs.texi(,3837) omit the tag, and @sc{cvs} knows to treat the absence
+cvs.texi(,3838) of a tag as meaning that the file didn't exist as of
+cvs.texi(,3839) that tag.
+cvs.texi(,3840)
+cvs.texi(,3841) However, this can lose a small amount of information.
+cvs.texi(,3842) For example, suppose a file was added and then removed.
+cvs.texi(,3843) Then, if the tag is missing for that file, there is no
+cvs.texi(,3844) way to know whether the tag refers to the time before
+cvs.texi(,3845) the file was added, or the time after it was removed.
+cvs.texi(,3846) If you specify the @samp{-r} option to @code{cvs rtag},
+cvs.texi(,3847) then @sc{cvs} tags the files which have been removed,
+cvs.texi(,3848) and thereby avoids this problem. For example, one
+cvs.texi(,3849) might specify @code{-r HEAD} to tag the head.
+cvs.texi(,3850)
+cvs.texi(,3851) On the subject of adding and removing files, the
+cvs.texi(,3852) @code{cvs rtag} command has a @samp{-a} option which
+cvs.texi(,3853) means to clear the tag from removed files that would
+cvs.texi(,3854) not otherwise be tagged. For example, one might
+cvs.texi(,3855) specify this option in conjunction with @samp{-F} when
+cvs.texi(,3856) moving a tag. If one moved a tag without @samp{-a},
+cvs.texi(,3857) then the tag in the removed files might still refer to
+cvs.texi(,3858) the old revision, rather than reflecting the fact that
+cvs.texi(,3859) the file had been removed. I don't think this is
+cvs.texi(,3860) necessary if @samp{-r} is specified, as noted above.
cvs.texi(,3861)
-cvs.texi(,3862) @c A somewhat related issue is per-directory sticky
-cvs.texi(,3863) @c tags (see comment at CVS/Tag in node Working
-cvs.texi(,3864) @c directory storage); we probably want to say
-cvs.texi(,3865) @c something like "you can set a sticky tag for only
-cvs.texi(,3866) @c some files, but you don't want to" or some such.
+cvs.texi(,3862) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,3863) @node Sticky tags
+cvs.texi(,3864) @section Sticky tags
+cvs.texi(,3865) @cindex Sticky tags
+cvs.texi(,3866) @cindex Tags, sticky
cvs.texi(,3867)
-cvs.texi(,3868) Sometimes a working copy's revision has extra data
-cvs.texi(,3869) associated with it, for example it might be on a branch
-cvs.texi(,3870) (@pxref{Branching and merging}), or restricted to
-cvs.texi(,3871) versions prior to a certain date by @samp{checkout -D}
-cvs.texi(,3872) or @samp{update -D}. Because this data persists --
-cvs.texi(,3873) that is, it applies to subsequent commands in the
-cvs.texi(,3874) working copy -- we refer to it as @dfn{sticky}.
-cvs.texi(,3875)
-cvs.texi(,3876) Most of the time, stickiness is an obscure aspect of
-cvs.texi(,3877) @sc{cvs} that you don't need to think about. However,
-cvs.texi(,3878) even if you don't want to use the feature, you may need
-cvs.texi(,3879) to know @emph{something} about sticky tags (for
-cvs.texi(,3880) example, how to avoid them!).
+cvs.texi(,3868) @c A somewhat related issue is per-directory sticky
+cvs.texi(,3869) @c tags (see comment at CVS/Tag in node Working
+cvs.texi(,3870) @c directory storage); we probably want to say
+cvs.texi(,3871) @c something like "you can set a sticky tag for only
+cvs.texi(,3872) @c some files, but you don't want to" or some such.
+cvs.texi(,3873)
+cvs.texi(,3874) Sometimes a working copy's revision has extra data
+cvs.texi(,3875) associated with it, for example it might be on a branch
+cvs.texi(,3876) (@pxref{Branching and merging}), or restricted to
+cvs.texi(,3877) versions prior to a certain date by @samp{checkout -D}
+cvs.texi(,3878) or @samp{update -D}. Because this data persists --
+cvs.texi(,3879) that is, it applies to subsequent commands in the
+cvs.texi(,3880) working copy -- we refer to it as @dfn{sticky}.
cvs.texi(,3881)
-cvs.texi(,3882) You can use the @code{status} command to see if any
-cvs.texi(,3883) sticky tags or dates are set:
-cvs.texi(,3884)
-cvs.texi(,3885) @example
-cvs.texi(,3886) $ cvs status driver.c
-cvs.texi(,3887)
===================================================================
-cvs.texi(,3888) File: driver.c Status: Up-to-date
-cvs.texi(,3889)
-cvs.texi(,3890) Version: 1.7.2.1 Sat Dec 5 19:35:03 1992
-cvs.texi(,3891) RCS Version: 1.7.2.1
/u/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/driver.c,v
-cvs.texi(,3892) Sticky Tag: rel-1-0-patches (branch: 1.7.2)
-cvs.texi(,3893) Sticky Date: (none)
-cvs.texi(,3894) Sticky Options: (none)
+cvs.texi(,3882) Most of the time, stickiness is an obscure aspect of
+cvs.texi(,3883) @sc{cvs} that you don't need to think about. However,
+cvs.texi(,3884) even if you don't want to use the feature, you may need
+cvs.texi(,3885) to know @emph{something} about sticky tags (for
+cvs.texi(,3886) example, how to avoid them!).
+cvs.texi(,3887)
+cvs.texi(,3888) You can use the @code{status} command to see if any
+cvs.texi(,3889) sticky tags or dates are set:
+cvs.texi(,3890)
+cvs.texi(,3891) @example
+cvs.texi(,3892) $ cvs status driver.c
+cvs.texi(,3893)
===================================================================
+cvs.texi(,3894) File: driver.c Status: Up-to-date
cvs.texi(,3895)
-cvs.texi(,3896) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3897)
-cvs.texi(,3898) @cindex Resetting sticky tags
-cvs.texi(,3899) @cindex Sticky tags, resetting
-cvs.texi(,3900) @cindex Deleting sticky tags
-cvs.texi(,3901) The sticky tags will remain on your working files until
-cvs.texi(,3902) you delete them with @samp{cvs update -A}. The
-cvs.texi(,3903) @samp{-A} option merges local changes into the version of the
-cvs.texi(,3904) file from the head of the trunk, removing any sticky tags,
-cvs.texi(,3905) dates, or options. See @ref{update} for more on the operation
-cvs.texi(,3906) of @code{cvs update}.
-cvs.texi(,3907)
-cvs.texi(,3908) @cindex Sticky date
-cvs.texi(,3909) The most common use of sticky tags is to identify which
-cvs.texi(,3910) branch one is working on, as described in
-cvs.texi(,3911) @ref{Accessing branches}. However, non-branch
-cvs.texi(,3912) sticky tags have uses as well. For example,
-cvs.texi(,3913) suppose that you want to avoid updating your working
-cvs.texi(,3914) directory, to isolate yourself from possibly
-cvs.texi(,3915) destabilizing changes other people are making. You
-cvs.texi(,3916) can, of course, just refrain from running @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,3917) update}. But if you want to avoid updating only a
-cvs.texi(,3918) portion of a larger tree, then sticky tags can help.
-cvs.texi(,3919) If you check out a certain revision (such as 1.4) it
-cvs.texi(,3920) will become sticky. Subsequent @code{cvs update}
-cvs.texi(,3921) commands will
-cvs.texi(,3922) not retrieve the latest revision until you reset the
-cvs.texi(,3923) tag with @code{cvs update -A}. Likewise, use of the
-cvs.texi(,3924) @samp{-D} option to @code{update} or @code{checkout}
-cvs.texi(,3925) sets a @dfn{sticky date}, which, similarly, causes that
-cvs.texi(,3926) date to be used for future retrievals.
-cvs.texi(,3927)
-cvs.texi(,3928) People often want to retrieve an old version of
-cvs.texi(,3929) a file without setting a sticky tag. This can
-cvs.texi(,3930) be done with the @samp{-p} option to @code{checkout} or
-cvs.texi(,3931) @code{update}, which sends the contents of the file to
-cvs.texi(,3932) standard output. For example:
-cvs.texi(,3933) @example
-cvs.texi(,3934) $ cvs update -p -r 1.1 file1 >file1
-cvs.texi(,3935)
===================================================================
-cvs.texi(,3936) Checking out file1
-cvs.texi(,3937) RCS: /tmp/cvs-sanity/cvsroot/first-dir/Attic/file1,v
-cvs.texi(,3938) VERS: 1.1
-cvs.texi(,3939) ***************
-cvs.texi(,3940) $
-cvs.texi(,3941) @end example
-cvs.texi(,3942)
-cvs.texi(,3943) However, this isn't the easiest way, if you are asking
-cvs.texi(,3944) how to undo a previous checkin (in this example, put
-cvs.texi(,3945) @file{file1} back to the way it was as of revision
-cvs.texi(,3946) 1.1). In that case you are better off using the
-cvs.texi(,3947) @samp{-j} option to @code{update}; for further
-cvs.texi(,3948) discussion see @ref{Merging two revisions}.
-cvs.texi(,3949)
-cvs.texi(,3950) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,3951) @node Branching and merging
-cvs.texi(,3952) @chapter Branching and merging
-cvs.texi(,3953) @cindex Branching
-cvs.texi(,3954) @cindex Merging
-cvs.texi(,3955) @cindex Copying changes
-cvs.texi(,3956) @cindex Main trunk and branches
-cvs.texi(,3957) @cindex Revision tree, making branches
-cvs.texi(,3958) @cindex Branches, copying changes between
-cvs.texi(,3959) @cindex Changes, copying between branches
-cvs.texi(,3960) @cindex Modifications, copying between branches
-cvs.texi(,3961)
-cvs.texi(,3962) @sc{cvs} allows you to isolate changes onto a separate
-cvs.texi(,3963) line of development, known as a @dfn{branch}. When you
-cvs.texi(,3964) change files on a branch, those changes do not appear
-cvs.texi(,3965) on the main trunk or other branches.
-cvs.texi(,3966)
-cvs.texi(,3967) Later you can move changes from one branch to another
-cvs.texi(,3968) branch (or the main trunk) by @dfn{merging}. Merging
-cvs.texi(,3969) involves first running @code{cvs update -j}, to merge
-cvs.texi(,3970) the changes into the working directory.
-cvs.texi(,3971) You can then commit that revision, and thus effectively
-cvs.texi(,3972) copy the changes onto another branch.
-cvs.texi(,3973)
-cvs.texi(,3974) @menu
-cvs.texi(,3975) * Branches motivation:: What branches are good for
-cvs.texi(,3976) * Creating a branch:: Creating a branch
-cvs.texi(,3977) * Accessing branches:: Checking out and updating
branches
-cvs.texi(,3978) * Branches and revisions:: Branches are reflected in
revision numbers
-cvs.texi(,3979) * Magic branch numbers:: Magic branch numbers
-cvs.texi(,3980) * Merging a branch:: Merging an entire branch
-cvs.texi(,3981) * Merging more than once:: Merging from a branch several
times
-cvs.texi(,3982) * Merging two revisions:: Merging differences between
two revisions
-cvs.texi(,3983) * Merging adds and removals:: What if files are added or
removed?
-cvs.texi(,3984) * Merging and keywords:: Avoiding conflicts due to
keyword substitution
-cvs.texi(,3985) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,3986)
-cvs.texi(,3987) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,3988) @node Branches motivation
-cvs.texi(,3989) @section What branches are good for
-cvs.texi(,3990) @cindex Branches motivation
-cvs.texi(,3991) @cindex What branches are good for
-cvs.texi(,3992) @cindex Motivation for branches
-cvs.texi(,3993)
-cvs.texi(,3994) @c FIXME: this node mentions one way to use branches,
-cvs.texi(,3995) @c but it is by no means the only way. For example,
-cvs.texi(,3996) @c the technique of committing a new feature on a branch,
-cvs.texi(,3997) @c until it is ready for the main trunk. The whole
-cvs.texi(,3998) @c thing is generally speaking more akin to the
-cvs.texi(,3999) @c "Revision management" node although it isn't clear to
-cvs.texi(,4000) @c me whether policy matters should be centralized or
-cvs.texi(,4001) @c distributed throughout the relevant sections.
-cvs.texi(,4002) Suppose that release 1.0 of tc has been made. You are
continuing to
-cvs.texi(,4003) develop tc, planning to create release 1.1 in a couple of
months. After a
-cvs.texi(,4004) while your customers start to complain about a fatal bug. You
check
-cvs.texi(,4005) out release 1.0 (@pxref{Tags}) and find the bug
-cvs.texi(,4006) (which turns out to have a trivial fix). However, the current
revision
-cvs.texi(,4007) of the sources are in a state of flux and are not expected to
be stable
-cvs.texi(,4008) for at least another month. There is no way to make a
-cvs.texi(,4009) bugfix release based on the newest sources.
-cvs.texi(,4010)
-cvs.texi(,4011) The thing to do in a situation like this is to create a
@dfn{branch} on
-cvs.texi(,4012) the revision trees for all the files that make up
-cvs.texi(,4013) release 1.0 of tc. You can then make
-cvs.texi(,4014) modifications to the branch without disturbing the main trunk.
When the
-cvs.texi(,4015) modifications are finished you can elect to either incorporate
them on
-cvs.texi(,4016) the main trunk, or leave them on the branch.
-cvs.texi(,4017)
-cvs.texi(,4018) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,4019) @node Creating a branch
-cvs.texi(,4020) @section Creating a branch
-cvs.texi(,4021) @cindex Creating a branch
-cvs.texi(,4022) @cindex Branch, creating a
-cvs.texi(,4023) @cindex tag (subcommand), creating a branch using
-cvs.texi(,4024) @cindex rtag (subcommand), creating a branch using
-cvs.texi(,4025)
-cvs.texi(,4026) You can create a branch with @code{tag -b}; for
-cvs.texi(,4027) example, assuming you're in a working copy:
-cvs.texi(,4028)
-cvs.texi(,4029) @example
-cvs.texi(,4030) $ cvs tag -b rel-1-0-patches
-cvs.texi(,4031) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4032)
-cvs.texi(,4033) @c FIXME: we should be more explicit about the value of
-cvs.texi(,4034) @c having a tag on the branchpoint. For example
-cvs.texi(,4035) @c "cvs tag rel-1-0-patches-branchpoint" before
-cvs.texi(,4036) @c the "cvs tag -b". This points out that
-cvs.texi(,4037) @c rel-1-0-patches is a pretty awkward name for
-cvs.texi(,4038) @c this example (more so than for the rtag example
-cvs.texi(,4039) @c below).
-cvs.texi(,4040)
-cvs.texi(,4041) This splits off a branch based on the current revisions
-cvs.texi(,4042) in the working copy, assigning that branch the name
-cvs.texi(,4043) @samp{rel-1-0-patches}.
-cvs.texi(,4044)
-cvs.texi(,4045) It is important to understand that branches get created
-cvs.texi(,4046) in the repository, not in the working copy. Creating a
-cvs.texi(,4047) branch based on current revisions, as the above example
-cvs.texi(,4048) does, will @emph{not} automatically switch the working
-cvs.texi(,4049) copy to be on the new branch. For information on how
-cvs.texi(,4050) to do that, see @ref{Accessing branches}.
-cvs.texi(,4051)
-cvs.texi(,4052) You can also create a branch without reference to any
-cvs.texi(,4053) working copy, by using @code{rtag}:
-cvs.texi(,4054)
-cvs.texi(,4055) @example
-cvs.texi(,4056) $ cvs rtag -b -r rel-1-0 rel-1-0-patches tc
-cvs.texi(,4057) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4058)
-cvs.texi(,4059) @samp{-r rel-1-0} says that this branch should be
-cvs.texi(,4060) rooted at the revision that
-cvs.texi(,4061) corresponds to the tag @samp{rel-1-0}. It need not
-cvs.texi(,4062) be the most recent revision -- it's often useful to
-cvs.texi(,4063) split a branch off an old revision (for example, when
-cvs.texi(,4064) fixing a bug in a past release otherwise known to be
-cvs.texi(,4065) stable).
-cvs.texi(,4066)
-cvs.texi(,4067) As with @samp{tag}, the @samp{-b} flag tells
-cvs.texi(,4068) @code{rtag} to create a branch (rather than just a
-cvs.texi(,4069) symbolic revision name). Note that the numeric
-cvs.texi(,4070) revision number that matches @samp{rel-1-0} will
-cvs.texi(,4071) probably be different from file to file.
+cvs.texi(,3896) Version: 1.7.2.1 Sat Dec 5 19:35:03 1992
+cvs.texi(,3897) RCS Version: 1.7.2.1
/u/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/driver.c,v
+cvs.texi(,3898) Sticky Tag: rel-1-0-patches (branch: 1.7.2)
+cvs.texi(,3899) Sticky Date: (none)
+cvs.texi(,3900) Sticky Options: (none)
+cvs.texi(,3901)
+cvs.texi(,3902) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3903)
+cvs.texi(,3904) @cindex Resetting sticky tags
+cvs.texi(,3905) @cindex Sticky tags, resetting
+cvs.texi(,3906) @cindex Deleting sticky tags
+cvs.texi(,3907) The sticky tags will remain on your working files until
+cvs.texi(,3908) you delete them with @samp{cvs update -A}. The
+cvs.texi(,3909) @samp{-A} option merges local changes into the version of the
+cvs.texi(,3910) file from the head of the trunk, removing any sticky tags,
+cvs.texi(,3911) dates, or options. See @ref{update} for more on the operation
+cvs.texi(,3912) of @code{cvs update}.
+cvs.texi(,3913)
+cvs.texi(,3914) @cindex Sticky date
+cvs.texi(,3915) The most common use of sticky tags is to identify which
+cvs.texi(,3916) branch one is working on, as described in
+cvs.texi(,3917) @ref{Accessing branches}. However, non-branch
+cvs.texi(,3918) sticky tags have uses as well. For example,
+cvs.texi(,3919) suppose that you want to avoid updating your working
+cvs.texi(,3920) directory, to isolate yourself from possibly
+cvs.texi(,3921) destabilizing changes other people are making. You
+cvs.texi(,3922) can, of course, just refrain from running @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,3923) update}. But if you want to avoid updating only a
+cvs.texi(,3924) portion of a larger tree, then sticky tags can help.
+cvs.texi(,3925) If you check out a certain revision (such as 1.4) it
+cvs.texi(,3926) will become sticky. Subsequent @code{cvs update}
+cvs.texi(,3927) commands will
+cvs.texi(,3928) not retrieve the latest revision until you reset the
+cvs.texi(,3929) tag with @code{cvs update -A}. Likewise, use of the
+cvs.texi(,3930) @samp{-D} option to @code{update} or @code{checkout}
+cvs.texi(,3931) sets a @dfn{sticky date}, which, similarly, causes that
+cvs.texi(,3932) date to be used for future retrievals.
+cvs.texi(,3933)
+cvs.texi(,3934) People often want to retrieve an old version of
+cvs.texi(,3935) a file without setting a sticky tag. This can
+cvs.texi(,3936) be done with the @samp{-p} option to @code{checkout} or
+cvs.texi(,3937) @code{update}, which sends the contents of the file to
+cvs.texi(,3938) standard output. For example:
+cvs.texi(,3939) @example
+cvs.texi(,3940) $ cvs update -p -r 1.1 file1 >file1
+cvs.texi(,3941)
===================================================================
+cvs.texi(,3942) Checking out file1
+cvs.texi(,3943) RCS: /tmp/cvs-sanity/cvsroot/first-dir/Attic/file1,v
+cvs.texi(,3944) VERS: 1.1
+cvs.texi(,3945) ***************
+cvs.texi(,3946) $
+cvs.texi(,3947) @end example
+cvs.texi(,3948)
+cvs.texi(,3949) However, this isn't the easiest way, if you are asking
+cvs.texi(,3950) how to undo a previous checkin (in this example, put
+cvs.texi(,3951) @file{file1} back to the way it was as of revision
+cvs.texi(,3952) 1.1). In that case you are better off using the
+cvs.texi(,3953) @samp{-j} option to @code{update}; for further
+cvs.texi(,3954) discussion see @ref{Merging two revisions}.
+cvs.texi(,3955)
+cvs.texi(,3956) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,3957) @node Branching and merging
+cvs.texi(,3958) @chapter Branching and merging
+cvs.texi(,3959) @cindex Branching
+cvs.texi(,3960) @cindex Merging
+cvs.texi(,3961) @cindex Copying changes
+cvs.texi(,3962) @cindex Main trunk and branches
+cvs.texi(,3963) @cindex Revision tree, making branches
+cvs.texi(,3964) @cindex Branches, copying changes between
+cvs.texi(,3965) @cindex Changes, copying between branches
+cvs.texi(,3966) @cindex Modifications, copying between branches
+cvs.texi(,3967)
+cvs.texi(,3968) @sc{cvs} allows you to isolate changes onto a separate
+cvs.texi(,3969) line of development, known as a @dfn{branch}. When you
+cvs.texi(,3970) change files on a branch, those changes do not appear
+cvs.texi(,3971) on the main trunk or other branches.
+cvs.texi(,3972)
+cvs.texi(,3973) Later you can move changes from one branch to another
+cvs.texi(,3974) branch (or the main trunk) by @dfn{merging}. Merging
+cvs.texi(,3975) involves first running @code{cvs update -j}, to merge
+cvs.texi(,3976) the changes into the working directory.
+cvs.texi(,3977) You can then commit that revision, and thus effectively
+cvs.texi(,3978) copy the changes onto another branch.
+cvs.texi(,3979)
+cvs.texi(,3980) @menu
+cvs.texi(,3981) * Branches motivation:: What branches are good for
+cvs.texi(,3982) * Creating a branch:: Creating a branch
+cvs.texi(,3983) * Accessing branches:: Checking out and updating
branches
+cvs.texi(,3984) * Branches and revisions:: Branches are reflected in
revision numbers
+cvs.texi(,3985) * Magic branch numbers:: Magic branch numbers
+cvs.texi(,3986) * Merging a branch:: Merging an entire branch
+cvs.texi(,3987) * Merging more than once:: Merging from a branch several
times
+cvs.texi(,3988) * Merging two revisions:: Merging differences between
two revisions
+cvs.texi(,3989) * Merging adds and removals:: What if files are added or
removed?
+cvs.texi(,3990) * Merging and keywords:: Avoiding conflicts due to
keyword substitution
+cvs.texi(,3991) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,3992)
+cvs.texi(,3993) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,3994) @node Branches motivation
+cvs.texi(,3995) @section What branches are good for
+cvs.texi(,3996) @cindex Branches motivation
+cvs.texi(,3997) @cindex What branches are good for
+cvs.texi(,3998) @cindex Motivation for branches
+cvs.texi(,3999)
+cvs.texi(,4000) @c FIXME: this node mentions one way to use branches,
+cvs.texi(,4001) @c but it is by no means the only way. For example,
+cvs.texi(,4002) @c the technique of committing a new feature on a branch,
+cvs.texi(,4003) @c until it is ready for the main trunk. The whole
+cvs.texi(,4004) @c thing is generally speaking more akin to the
+cvs.texi(,4005) @c "Revision management" node although it isn't clear to
+cvs.texi(,4006) @c me whether policy matters should be centralized or
+cvs.texi(,4007) @c distributed throughout the relevant sections.
+cvs.texi(,4008) Suppose that release 1.0 of tc has been made. You are
continuing to
+cvs.texi(,4009) develop tc, planning to create release 1.1 in a couple of
months. After a
+cvs.texi(,4010) while your customers start to complain about a fatal bug. You
check
+cvs.texi(,4011) out release 1.0 (@pxref{Tags}) and find the bug
+cvs.texi(,4012) (which turns out to have a trivial fix). However, the current
revision
+cvs.texi(,4013) of the sources are in a state of flux and are not expected to
be stable
+cvs.texi(,4014) for at least another month. There is no way to make a
+cvs.texi(,4015) bugfix release based on the newest sources.
+cvs.texi(,4016)
+cvs.texi(,4017) The thing to do in a situation like this is to create a
@dfn{branch} on
+cvs.texi(,4018) the revision trees for all the files that make up
+cvs.texi(,4019) release 1.0 of tc. You can then make
+cvs.texi(,4020) modifications to the branch without disturbing the main trunk.
When the
+cvs.texi(,4021) modifications are finished you can elect to either incorporate
them on
+cvs.texi(,4022) the main trunk, or leave them on the branch.
+cvs.texi(,4023)
+cvs.texi(,4024) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,4025) @node Creating a branch
+cvs.texi(,4026) @section Creating a branch
+cvs.texi(,4027) @cindex Creating a branch
+cvs.texi(,4028) @cindex Branch, creating a
+cvs.texi(,4029) @cindex tag (subcommand), creating a branch using
+cvs.texi(,4030) @cindex rtag (subcommand), creating a branch using
+cvs.texi(,4031)
+cvs.texi(,4032) You can create a branch with @code{tag -b}; for
+cvs.texi(,4033) example, assuming you're in a working copy:
+cvs.texi(,4034)
+cvs.texi(,4035) @example
+cvs.texi(,4036) $ cvs tag -b rel-1-0-patches
+cvs.texi(,4037) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4038)
+cvs.texi(,4039) @c FIXME: we should be more explicit about the value of
+cvs.texi(,4040) @c having a tag on the branchpoint. For example
+cvs.texi(,4041) @c "cvs tag rel-1-0-patches-branchpoint" before
+cvs.texi(,4042) @c the "cvs tag -b". This points out that
+cvs.texi(,4043) @c rel-1-0-patches is a pretty awkward name for
+cvs.texi(,4044) @c this example (more so than for the rtag example
+cvs.texi(,4045) @c below).
+cvs.texi(,4046)
+cvs.texi(,4047) This splits off a branch based on the current revisions
+cvs.texi(,4048) in the working copy, assigning that branch the name
+cvs.texi(,4049) @samp{rel-1-0-patches}.
+cvs.texi(,4050)
+cvs.texi(,4051) It is important to understand that branches get created
+cvs.texi(,4052) in the repository, not in the working copy. Creating a
+cvs.texi(,4053) branch based on current revisions, as the above example
+cvs.texi(,4054) does, will @emph{not} automatically switch the working
+cvs.texi(,4055) copy to be on the new branch. For information on how
+cvs.texi(,4056) to do that, see @ref{Accessing branches}.
+cvs.texi(,4057)
+cvs.texi(,4058) You can also create a branch without reference to any
+cvs.texi(,4059) working copy, by using @code{rtag}:
+cvs.texi(,4060)
+cvs.texi(,4061) @example
+cvs.texi(,4062) $ cvs rtag -b -r rel-1-0 rel-1-0-patches tc
+cvs.texi(,4063) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4064)
+cvs.texi(,4065) @samp{-r rel-1-0} says that this branch should be
+cvs.texi(,4066) rooted at the revision that
+cvs.texi(,4067) corresponds to the tag @samp{rel-1-0}. It need not
+cvs.texi(,4068) be the most recent revision -- it's often useful to
+cvs.texi(,4069) split a branch off an old revision (for example, when
+cvs.texi(,4070) fixing a bug in a past release otherwise known to be
+cvs.texi(,4071) stable).
cvs.texi(,4072)
-cvs.texi(,4073) So, the full effect of the command is to create a new
-cvs.texi(,4074) branch -- named @samp{rel-1-0-patches} -- in module
-cvs.texi(,4075) @samp{tc}, rooted in the revision tree at the point tagged
-cvs.texi(,4076) by @samp{rel-1-0}.
-cvs.texi(,4077)
-cvs.texi(,4078) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,4079) @node Accessing branches
-cvs.texi(,4080) @section Accessing branches
-cvs.texi(,4081) @cindex Check out a branch
-cvs.texi(,4082) @cindex Retrieve a branch
-cvs.texi(,4083) @cindex Access a branch
-cvs.texi(,4084) @cindex Identifying a branch
-cvs.texi(,4085) @cindex Branch, check out
-cvs.texi(,4086) @cindex Branch, retrieving
-cvs.texi(,4087) @cindex Branch, accessing
-cvs.texi(,4088) @cindex Branch, identifying
-cvs.texi(,4089)
-cvs.texi(,4090) You can retrieve a branch in one of two ways: by
-cvs.texi(,4091) checking it out fresh from the repository, or by
-cvs.texi(,4092) switching an existing working copy over to the branch.
-cvs.texi(,4093)
-cvs.texi(,4094) To check out a branch from the repository, invoke
-cvs.texi(,4095) @samp{checkout} with the @samp{-r} flag, followed by
-cvs.texi(,4096) the tag name of the branch (@pxref{Creating a branch}):
-cvs.texi(,4097)
-cvs.texi(,4098) @example
-cvs.texi(,4099) $ cvs checkout -r rel-1-0-patches tc
-cvs.texi(,4100) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4101)
-cvs.texi(,4102) Or, if you already have a working copy, you can switch
-cvs.texi(,4103) it to a given branch with @samp{update -r}:
-cvs.texi(,4104)
-cvs.texi(,4105) @example
-cvs.texi(,4106) $ cvs update -r rel-1-0-patches tc
-cvs.texi(,4107) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4108)
-cvs.texi(,4109) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,4110) or equivalently:
-cvs.texi(,4111)
-cvs.texi(,4112) @example
-cvs.texi(,4113) $ cd tc
-cvs.texi(,4114) $ cvs update -r rel-1-0-patches
-cvs.texi(,4115) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4116)
-cvs.texi(,4117) It does not matter if the working copy was originally
-cvs.texi(,4118) on the main trunk or on some other branch -- the above
-cvs.texi(,4119) command will switch it to the named branch. And
-cvs.texi(,4120) similarly to a regular @samp{update} command,
-cvs.texi(,4121) @samp{update -r} merges any changes you have made,
-cvs.texi(,4122) notifying you of conflicts where they occur.
-cvs.texi(,4123)
-cvs.texi(,4124) Once you have a working copy tied to a particular
-cvs.texi(,4125) branch, it remains there until you tell it otherwise.
-cvs.texi(,4126) This means that changes checked in from the working
-cvs.texi(,4127) copy will add new revisions on that branch, while
-cvs.texi(,4128) leaving the main trunk and other branches unaffected.
+cvs.texi(,4073) As with @samp{tag}, the @samp{-b} flag tells
+cvs.texi(,4074) @code{rtag} to create a branch (rather than just a
+cvs.texi(,4075) symbolic revision name). Note that the numeric
+cvs.texi(,4076) revision number that matches @samp{rel-1-0} will
+cvs.texi(,4077) probably be different from file to file.
+cvs.texi(,4078)
+cvs.texi(,4079) So, the full effect of the command is to create a new
+cvs.texi(,4080) branch -- named @samp{rel-1-0-patches} -- in module
+cvs.texi(,4081) @samp{tc}, rooted in the revision tree at the point tagged
+cvs.texi(,4082) by @samp{rel-1-0}.
+cvs.texi(,4083)
+cvs.texi(,4084) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,4085) @node Accessing branches
+cvs.texi(,4086) @section Accessing branches
+cvs.texi(,4087) @cindex Check out a branch
+cvs.texi(,4088) @cindex Retrieve a branch
+cvs.texi(,4089) @cindex Access a branch
+cvs.texi(,4090) @cindex Identifying a branch
+cvs.texi(,4091) @cindex Branch, check out
+cvs.texi(,4092) @cindex Branch, retrieving
+cvs.texi(,4093) @cindex Branch, accessing
+cvs.texi(,4094) @cindex Branch, identifying
+cvs.texi(,4095)
+cvs.texi(,4096) You can retrieve a branch in one of two ways: by
+cvs.texi(,4097) checking it out fresh from the repository, or by
+cvs.texi(,4098) switching an existing working copy over to the branch.
+cvs.texi(,4099)
+cvs.texi(,4100) To check out a branch from the repository, invoke
+cvs.texi(,4101) @samp{checkout} with the @samp{-r} flag, followed by
+cvs.texi(,4102) the tag name of the branch (@pxref{Creating a branch}):
+cvs.texi(,4103)
+cvs.texi(,4104) @example
+cvs.texi(,4105) $ cvs checkout -r rel-1-0-patches tc
+cvs.texi(,4106) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4107)
+cvs.texi(,4108) Or, if you already have a working copy, you can switch
+cvs.texi(,4109) it to a given branch with @samp{update -r}:
+cvs.texi(,4110)
+cvs.texi(,4111) @example
+cvs.texi(,4112) $ cvs update -r rel-1-0-patches tc
+cvs.texi(,4113) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4114)
+cvs.texi(,4115) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,4116) or equivalently:
+cvs.texi(,4117)
+cvs.texi(,4118) @example
+cvs.texi(,4119) $ cd tc
+cvs.texi(,4120) $ cvs update -r rel-1-0-patches
+cvs.texi(,4121) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4122)
+cvs.texi(,4123) It does not matter if the working copy was originally
+cvs.texi(,4124) on the main trunk or on some other branch -- the above
+cvs.texi(,4125) command will switch it to the named branch. And
+cvs.texi(,4126) similarly to a regular @samp{update} command,
+cvs.texi(,4127) @samp{update -r} merges any changes you have made,
+cvs.texi(,4128) notifying you of conflicts where they occur.
cvs.texi(,4129)
-cvs.texi(,4130) @cindex Branches, sticky
-cvs.texi(,4131) To find out what branch a working copy is on, you can
-cvs.texi(,4132) use the @samp{status} command. In its output, look for
-cvs.texi(,4133) the field named @samp{Sticky tag} (@pxref{Sticky tags})
-cvs.texi(,4134) -- that's @sc{cvs}'s way of telling you the branch, if
-cvs.texi(,4135) any, of the current working files:
-cvs.texi(,4136)
-cvs.texi(,4137) @example
-cvs.texi(,4138) $ cvs status -v driver.c backend.c
-cvs.texi(,4139)
===================================================================
-cvs.texi(,4140) File: driver.c Status: Up-to-date
-cvs.texi(,4141)
-cvs.texi(,4142) Version: 1.7 Sat Dec 5 18:25:54 1992
-cvs.texi(,4143) RCS Version: 1.7
/u/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/driver.c,v
-cvs.texi(,4144) Sticky Tag: rel-1-0-patches (branch: 1.7.2)
-cvs.texi(,4145) Sticky Date: (none)
-cvs.texi(,4146) Sticky Options: (none)
+cvs.texi(,4130) Once you have a working copy tied to a particular
+cvs.texi(,4131) branch, it remains there until you tell it otherwise.
+cvs.texi(,4132) This means that changes checked in from the working
+cvs.texi(,4133) copy will add new revisions on that branch, while
+cvs.texi(,4134) leaving the main trunk and other branches unaffected.
+cvs.texi(,4135)
+cvs.texi(,4136) @cindex Branches, sticky
+cvs.texi(,4137) To find out what branch a working copy is on, you can
+cvs.texi(,4138) use the @samp{status} command. In its output, look for
+cvs.texi(,4139) the field named @samp{Sticky tag} (@pxref{Sticky tags})
+cvs.texi(,4140) -- that's @sc{cvs}'s way of telling you the branch, if
+cvs.texi(,4141) any, of the current working files:
+cvs.texi(,4142)
+cvs.texi(,4143) @example
+cvs.texi(,4144) $ cvs status -v driver.c backend.c
+cvs.texi(,4145)
===================================================================
+cvs.texi(,4146) File: driver.c Status: Up-to-date
cvs.texi(,4147)
-cvs.texi(,4148) Existing Tags:
-cvs.texi(,4149) rel-1-0-patches (branch: 1.7.2)
-cvs.texi(,4150) rel-1-0 (revision: 1.7)
-cvs.texi(,4151)
-cvs.texi(,4152)
===================================================================
-cvs.texi(,4153) File: backend.c Status: Up-to-date
-cvs.texi(,4154)
-cvs.texi(,4155) Version: 1.4 Tue Dec 1 14:39:01 1992
-cvs.texi(,4156) RCS Version: 1.4
/u/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/backend.c,v
-cvs.texi(,4157) Sticky Tag: rel-1-0-patches (branch: 1.4.2)
-cvs.texi(,4158) Sticky Date: (none)
-cvs.texi(,4159) Sticky Options: (none)
+cvs.texi(,4148) Version: 1.7 Sat Dec 5 18:25:54 1992
+cvs.texi(,4149) RCS Version: 1.7
/u/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/driver.c,v
+cvs.texi(,4150) Sticky Tag: rel-1-0-patches (branch: 1.7.2)
+cvs.texi(,4151) Sticky Date: (none)
+cvs.texi(,4152) Sticky Options: (none)
+cvs.texi(,4153)
+cvs.texi(,4154) Existing Tags:
+cvs.texi(,4155) rel-1-0-patches (branch: 1.7.2)
+cvs.texi(,4156) rel-1-0 (revision: 1.7)
+cvs.texi(,4157)
+cvs.texi(,4158)
===================================================================
+cvs.texi(,4159) File: backend.c Status: Up-to-date
cvs.texi(,4160)
-cvs.texi(,4161) Existing Tags:
-cvs.texi(,4162) rel-1-0-patches (branch: 1.4.2)
-cvs.texi(,4163) rel-1-0 (revision: 1.4)
-cvs.texi(,4164) rel-0-4 (revision: 1.4)
-cvs.texi(,4165)
-cvs.texi(,4166) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4167)
-cvs.texi(,4168) Don't be confused by the fact that the branch numbers
-cvs.texi(,4169) for each file are different (@samp{1.7.2} and
-cvs.texi(,4170) @samp{1.4.2} respectively). The branch tag is the
-cvs.texi(,4171) same, @samp{rel-1-0-patches}, and the files are
-cvs.texi(,4172) indeed on the same branch. The numbers simply reflect
-cvs.texi(,4173) the point in each file's revision history at which the
-cvs.texi(,4174) branch was made. In the above example, one can deduce
-cvs.texi(,4175) that @samp{driver.c} had been through more changes than
-cvs.texi(,4176) @samp{backend.c} before this branch was created.
-cvs.texi(,4177)
-cvs.texi(,4178) See @ref{Branches and revisions} for details about how
-cvs.texi(,4179) branch numbers are constructed.
-cvs.texi(,4180)
-cvs.texi(,4181) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,4182) @node Branches and revisions
-cvs.texi(,4183) @section Branches and revisions
-cvs.texi(,4184) @cindex Branch number
-cvs.texi(,4185) @cindex Number, branch
-cvs.texi(,4186) @cindex Revision numbers (branches)
-cvs.texi(,4187)
-cvs.texi(,4188) Ordinarily, a file's revision history is a linear
-cvs.texi(,4189) series of increments (@pxref{Revision numbers}):
-cvs.texi(,4190)
-cvs.texi(,4191) @example
-cvs.texi(,4192) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,4193) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !----! 1.3 !----! 1.4 !----! 1.5 !
-cvs.texi(,4194) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,4195) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4161) Version: 1.4 Tue Dec 1 14:39:01 1992
+cvs.texi(,4162) RCS Version: 1.4
/u/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/backend.c,v
+cvs.texi(,4163) Sticky Tag: rel-1-0-patches (branch: 1.4.2)
+cvs.texi(,4164) Sticky Date: (none)
+cvs.texi(,4165) Sticky Options: (none)
+cvs.texi(,4166)
+cvs.texi(,4167) Existing Tags:
+cvs.texi(,4168) rel-1-0-patches (branch: 1.4.2)
+cvs.texi(,4169) rel-1-0 (revision: 1.4)
+cvs.texi(,4170) rel-0-4 (revision: 1.4)
+cvs.texi(,4171)
+cvs.texi(,4172) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4173)
+cvs.texi(,4174) Don't be confused by the fact that the branch numbers
+cvs.texi(,4175) for each file are different (@samp{1.7.2} and
+cvs.texi(,4176) @samp{1.4.2} respectively). The branch tag is the
+cvs.texi(,4177) same, @samp{rel-1-0-patches}, and the files are
+cvs.texi(,4178) indeed on the same branch. The numbers simply reflect
+cvs.texi(,4179) the point in each file's revision history at which the
+cvs.texi(,4180) branch was made. In the above example, one can deduce
+cvs.texi(,4181) that @samp{driver.c} had been through more changes than
+cvs.texi(,4182) @samp{backend.c} before this branch was created.
+cvs.texi(,4183)
+cvs.texi(,4184) See @ref{Branches and revisions} for details about how
+cvs.texi(,4185) branch numbers are constructed.
+cvs.texi(,4186)
+cvs.texi(,4187) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,4188) @node Branches and revisions
+cvs.texi(,4189) @section Branches and revisions
+cvs.texi(,4190) @cindex Branch number
+cvs.texi(,4191) @cindex Number, branch
+cvs.texi(,4192) @cindex Revision numbers (branches)
+cvs.texi(,4193)
+cvs.texi(,4194) Ordinarily, a file's revision history is a linear
+cvs.texi(,4195) series of increments (@pxref{Revision numbers}):
cvs.texi(,4196)
-cvs.texi(,4197) However, @sc{cvs} is not limited to linear development. The
-cvs.texi(,4198) @dfn{revision tree} can be split into @dfn{branches},
-cvs.texi(,4199) where each branch is a self-maintained line of
-cvs.texi(,4200) development. Changes made on one branch can easily be
-cvs.texi(,4201) moved back to the main trunk.
+cvs.texi(,4197) @example
+cvs.texi(,4198) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,4199) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !----! 1.3 !----! 1.4 !----! 1.5 !
+cvs.texi(,4200) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,4201) @end example
cvs.texi(,4202)
-cvs.texi(,4203) Each branch has a @dfn{branch number}, consisting of an
-cvs.texi(,4204) odd number of period-separated decimal integers. The
-cvs.texi(,4205) branch number is created by appending an integer to the
-cvs.texi(,4206) revision number where the corresponding branch forked
-cvs.texi(,4207) off. Having branch numbers allows more than one branch
-cvs.texi(,4208) to be forked off from a certain revision.
-cvs.texi(,4209)
-cvs.texi(,4210) @need 3500
-cvs.texi(,4211) All revisions on a branch have revision numbers formed
-cvs.texi(,4212) by appending an ordinal number to the branch number.
-cvs.texi(,4213) The following figure illustrates branching with an
-cvs.texi(,4214) example.
+cvs.texi(,4203) However, @sc{cvs} is not limited to linear development. The
+cvs.texi(,4204) @dfn{revision tree} can be split into @dfn{branches},
+cvs.texi(,4205) where each branch is a self-maintained line of
+cvs.texi(,4206) development. Changes made on one branch can easily be
+cvs.texi(,4207) moved back to the main trunk.
+cvs.texi(,4208)
+cvs.texi(,4209) Each branch has a @dfn{branch number}, consisting of an
+cvs.texi(,4210) odd number of period-separated decimal integers. The
+cvs.texi(,4211) branch number is created by appending an integer to the
+cvs.texi(,4212) revision number where the corresponding branch forked
+cvs.texi(,4213) off. Having branch numbers allows more than one branch
+cvs.texi(,4214) to be forked off from a certain revision.
cvs.texi(,4215)
-cvs.texi(,4216) @example
-cvs.texi(,4217) @c This example used to have a 1.2.2.4 revision, which
-cvs.texi(,4218) @c might help clarify that development can continue on
-cvs.texi(,4219) @c 1.2.2. Might be worth reinstating if it can be done
-cvs.texi(,4220) @c without overfull hboxes.
-cvs.texi(,4221) @group
-cvs.texi(,4222)
+-------------+
-cvs.texi(,4223) Branch 1.2.2.3.2 -> !
1.2.2.3.2.1 !
-cvs.texi(,4224) /
+-------------+
-cvs.texi(,4225) /
-cvs.texi(,4226) /
-cvs.texi(,4227) +---------+ +---------+ +---------+
-cvs.texi(,4228) Branch 1.2.2 -> _! 1.2.2.1 !----! 1.2.2.2 !----! 1.2.2.3 !
-cvs.texi(,4229) / +---------+ +---------+ +---------+
-cvs.texi(,4230) /
+cvs.texi(,4216) @need 3500
+cvs.texi(,4217) All revisions on a branch have revision numbers formed
+cvs.texi(,4218) by appending an ordinal number to the branch number.
+cvs.texi(,4219) The following figure illustrates branching with an
+cvs.texi(,4220) example.
+cvs.texi(,4221)
+cvs.texi(,4222) @example
+cvs.texi(,4223) @c This example used to have a 1.2.2.4 revision, which
+cvs.texi(,4224) @c might help clarify that development can continue on
+cvs.texi(,4225) @c 1.2.2. Might be worth reinstating if it can be done
+cvs.texi(,4226) @c without overfull hboxes.
+cvs.texi(,4227) @group
+cvs.texi(,4228)
+-------------+
+cvs.texi(,4229) Branch 1.2.2.3.2 -> !
1.2.2.3.2.1 !
+cvs.texi(,4230) /
+-------------+
cvs.texi(,4231) /
-cvs.texi(,4232) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,4233) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !----! 1.3 !----! 1.4 !----! 1.5 ! <- The
main trunk
-cvs.texi(,4234) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,4235) !
-cvs.texi(,4236) !
-cvs.texi(,4237) ! +---------+ +---------+ +---------+
-cvs.texi(,4238) Branch 1.2.4 -> +---! 1.2.4.1 !----! 1.2.4.2 !----! 1.2.4.3 !
-cvs.texi(,4239) +---------+ +---------+ +---------+
-cvs.texi(,4240)
-cvs.texi(,4241) @end group
-cvs.texi(,4242) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4243)
-cvs.texi(,4244) @c -- However, at least for me the figure is not enough. I
suggest more
-cvs.texi(,4245) @c -- text to accompany it. "A picture is worth a thousand
words", so you
-cvs.texi(,4246) @c -- have to make sure the reader notices the couple of
hundred words
-cvs.texi(,4247) @c -- *you* had in mind more than the others!
-cvs.texi(,4248)
-cvs.texi(,4249) @c -- Why an even number of segments? This section implies
that this is
-cvs.texi(,4250) @c -- how the main trunk is distinguished from branch roots,
but you never
-cvs.texi(,4251) @c -- explicitly say that this is the purpose of the [by
itself rather
-cvs.texi(,4252) @c -- surprising] restriction to an even number of segments.
-cvs.texi(,4253)
-cvs.texi(,4254) The exact details of how the branch number is
-cvs.texi(,4255) constructed is not something you normally need to be
-cvs.texi(,4256) concerned about, but here is how it works: When
-cvs.texi(,4257) @sc{cvs} creates a branch number it picks the first
-cvs.texi(,4258) unused even integer, starting with 2. So when you want
-cvs.texi(,4259) to create a branch from revision 6.4 it will be
-cvs.texi(,4260) numbered 6.4.2. All branch numbers ending in a zero
-cvs.texi(,4261) (such as 6.4.0) are used internally by @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,4262) (@pxref{Magic branch numbers}). The branch 1.1.1 has a
-cvs.texi(,4263) special meaning. @xref{Tracking sources}.
-cvs.texi(,4264)
-cvs.texi(,4265) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,4266) @node Magic branch numbers
-cvs.texi(,4267) @section Magic branch numbers
-cvs.texi(,4268)
-cvs.texi(,4269) @c Want xref to here from "log"?
+cvs.texi(,4232) /
+cvs.texi(,4233) +---------+ +---------+ +---------+
+cvs.texi(,4234) Branch 1.2.2 -> _! 1.2.2.1 !----! 1.2.2.2 !----! 1.2.2.3 !
+cvs.texi(,4235) / +---------+ +---------+ +---------+
+cvs.texi(,4236) /
+cvs.texi(,4237) /
+cvs.texi(,4238) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,4239) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !----! 1.3 !----! 1.4 !----! 1.5 ! <- The
main trunk
+cvs.texi(,4240) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,4241) !
+cvs.texi(,4242) !
+cvs.texi(,4243) ! +---------+ +---------+ +---------+
+cvs.texi(,4244) Branch 1.2.4 -> +---! 1.2.4.1 !----! 1.2.4.2 !----! 1.2.4.3 !
+cvs.texi(,4245) +---------+ +---------+ +---------+
+cvs.texi(,4246)
+cvs.texi(,4247) @end group
+cvs.texi(,4248) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4249)
+cvs.texi(,4250) @c -- However, at least for me the figure is not enough. I
suggest more
+cvs.texi(,4251) @c -- text to accompany it. "A picture is worth a thousand
words", so you
+cvs.texi(,4252) @c -- have to make sure the reader notices the couple of
hundred words
+cvs.texi(,4253) @c -- *you* had in mind more than the others!
+cvs.texi(,4254)
+cvs.texi(,4255) @c -- Why an even number of segments? This section implies
that this is
+cvs.texi(,4256) @c -- how the main trunk is distinguished from branch roots,
but you never
+cvs.texi(,4257) @c -- explicitly say that this is the purpose of the [by
itself rather
+cvs.texi(,4258) @c -- surprising] restriction to an even number of segments.
+cvs.texi(,4259)
+cvs.texi(,4260) The exact details of how the branch number is
+cvs.texi(,4261) constructed is not something you normally need to be
+cvs.texi(,4262) concerned about, but here is how it works: When
+cvs.texi(,4263) @sc{cvs} creates a branch number it picks the first
+cvs.texi(,4264) unused even integer, starting with 2. So when you want
+cvs.texi(,4265) to create a branch from revision 6.4 it will be
+cvs.texi(,4266) numbered 6.4.2. All branch numbers ending in a zero
+cvs.texi(,4267) (such as 6.4.0) are used internally by @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,4268) (@pxref{Magic branch numbers}). The branch 1.1.1 has a
+cvs.texi(,4269) special meaning. @xref{Tracking sources}.
cvs.texi(,4270)
-cvs.texi(,4271) This section describes a @sc{cvs} feature called
-cvs.texi(,4272) @dfn{magic branches}. For most purposes, you need not
-cvs.texi(,4273) worry about magic branches; @sc{cvs} handles them for
-cvs.texi(,4274) you. However, they are visible to you in certain
-cvs.texi(,4275) circumstances, so it may be useful to have some idea of
-cvs.texi(,4276) how it works.
-cvs.texi(,4277)
-cvs.texi(,4278) Externally, branch numbers consist of an odd number of
-cvs.texi(,4279) dot-separated decimal integers. @xref{Revision
-cvs.texi(,4280) numbers}. That is not the whole truth, however. For
-cvs.texi(,4281) efficiency reasons @sc{cvs} sometimes inserts an extra 0
-cvs.texi(,4282) in the second rightmost position (1.2.4 becomes
-cvs.texi(,4283) 1.2.0.4, 8.9.10.11.12 becomes 8.9.10.11.0.12 and so
-cvs.texi(,4284) on).
-cvs.texi(,4285)
-cvs.texi(,4286) @sc{cvs} does a pretty good job at hiding these so
-cvs.texi(,4287) called magic branches, but in a few places the hiding
-cvs.texi(,4288) is incomplete:
-cvs.texi(,4289)
-cvs.texi(,4290) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,4303) @item
-cvs.texi(,4304) The magic branch number appears in the output from
-cvs.texi(,4305) @code{cvs log}.
-cvs.texi(,4306) @c What output should appear instead?
-cvs.texi(,4307)
-cvs.texi(,4308) @item
-cvs.texi(,4309) You cannot specify a symbolic branch name to @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,4310) admin}.
-cvs.texi(,4311)
-cvs.texi(,4312) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,4271) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,4272) @node Magic branch numbers
+cvs.texi(,4273) @section Magic branch numbers
+cvs.texi(,4274)
+cvs.texi(,4275) @c Want xref to here from "log"?
+cvs.texi(,4276)
+cvs.texi(,4277) This section describes a @sc{cvs} feature called
+cvs.texi(,4278) @dfn{magic branches}. For most purposes, you need not
+cvs.texi(,4279) worry about magic branches; @sc{cvs} handles them for
+cvs.texi(,4280) you. However, they are visible to you in certain
+cvs.texi(,4281) circumstances, so it may be useful to have some idea of
+cvs.texi(,4282) how it works.
+cvs.texi(,4283)
+cvs.texi(,4284) Externally, branch numbers consist of an odd number of
+cvs.texi(,4285) dot-separated decimal integers. @xref{Revision
+cvs.texi(,4286) numbers}. That is not the whole truth, however. For
+cvs.texi(,4287) efficiency reasons @sc{cvs} sometimes inserts an extra 0
+cvs.texi(,4288) in the second rightmost position (1.2.4 becomes
+cvs.texi(,4289) 1.2.0.4, 8.9.10.11.12 becomes 8.9.10.11.0.12 and so
+cvs.texi(,4290) on).
+cvs.texi(,4291)
+cvs.texi(,4292) @sc{cvs} does a pretty good job at hiding these so
+cvs.texi(,4293) called magic branches, but in a few places the hiding
+cvs.texi(,4294) is incomplete:
+cvs.texi(,4295)
+cvs.texi(,4296) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,4309) @item
+cvs.texi(,4310) The magic branch number appears in the output from
+cvs.texi(,4311) @code{cvs log}.
+cvs.texi(,4312) @c What output should appear instead?
cvs.texi(,4313)
-cvs.texi(,4314) @c Can CVS do this automatically the first time
-cvs.texi(,4315) @c you check something in to that branch? Should
-cvs.texi(,4316) @c it?
-cvs.texi(,4317) You can use the @code{admin} command to reassign a
-cvs.texi(,4318) symbolic name to a branch the way @sc{rcs} expects it
-cvs.texi(,4319) to be. If @code{R4patches} is assigned to the branch
-cvs.texi(,4320) 1.4.2 (magic branch number 1.4.0.2) in file
-cvs.texi(,4321) @file{numbers.c} you can do this:
-cvs.texi(,4322)
-cvs.texi(,4323) @example
-cvs.texi(,4324) $ cvs admin -NR4patches:1.4.2 numbers.c
-cvs.texi(,4325) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4326)
-cvs.texi(,4327) It only works if at least one revision is already
-cvs.texi(,4328) committed on the branch. Be very careful so that you
-cvs.texi(,4329) do not assign the tag to the wrong number. (There is
-cvs.texi(,4330) no way to see how the tag was assigned yesterday).
-cvs.texi(,4331)
-cvs.texi(,4332) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,4333) @node Merging a branch
-cvs.texi(,4334) @section Merging an entire branch
-cvs.texi(,4335) @cindex Merging a branch
-cvs.texi(,4336) @cindex -j (merging branches)
+cvs.texi(,4314) @item
+cvs.texi(,4315) You cannot specify a symbolic branch name to @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,4316) admin}.
+cvs.texi(,4317)
+cvs.texi(,4318) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,4319)
+cvs.texi(,4320) @c Can CVS do this automatically the first time
+cvs.texi(,4321) @c you check something in to that branch? Should
+cvs.texi(,4322) @c it?
+cvs.texi(,4323) You can use the @code{admin} command to reassign a
+cvs.texi(,4324) symbolic name to a branch the way @sc{rcs} expects it
+cvs.texi(,4325) to be. If @code{R4patches} is assigned to the branch
+cvs.texi(,4326) 1.4.2 (magic branch number 1.4.0.2) in file
+cvs.texi(,4327) @file{numbers.c} you can do this:
+cvs.texi(,4328)
+cvs.texi(,4329) @example
+cvs.texi(,4330) $ cvs admin -NR4patches:1.4.2 numbers.c
+cvs.texi(,4331) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4332)
+cvs.texi(,4333) It only works if at least one revision is already
+cvs.texi(,4334) committed on the branch. Be very careful so that you
+cvs.texi(,4335) do not assign the tag to the wrong number. (There is
+cvs.texi(,4336) no way to see how the tag was assigned yesterday).
cvs.texi(,4337)
-cvs.texi(,4338) You can merge changes made on a branch into your working copy
by giving
-cvs.texi(,4339) the @samp{-j @var{branchname}} flag to the @code{update}
subcommand. With one
-cvs.texi(,4340) @samp{-j @var{branchname}} option it merges the changes made
between the
-cvs.texi(,4341) greatest common ancestor (GCA) of the branch and the
destination revision (in
-cvs.texi(,4342) the simple case below the GCA is the point where the branch
forked) and the
-cvs.texi(,4343) newest revision on that branch into your working copy.
-cvs.texi(,4344)
-cvs.texi(,4345) @cindex Join
-cvs.texi(,4346) The @samp{-j} stands for ``join''.
-cvs.texi(,4347)
-cvs.texi(,4348) @cindex Branch merge example
-cvs.texi(,4349) @cindex Example, branch merge
-cvs.texi(,4350) @cindex Merge, branch example
-cvs.texi(,4351) Consider this revision tree:
-cvs.texi(,4352)
-cvs.texi(,4353) @example
-cvs.texi(,4354) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,4355) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !----! 1.3 !----! 1.4 ! <- The main trunk
-cvs.texi(,4356) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,4357) !
-cvs.texi(,4358) !
-cvs.texi(,4359) ! +---------+ +---------+
-cvs.texi(,4360) Branch R1fix -> +---! 1.2.2.1 !----! 1.2.2.2 !
-cvs.texi(,4361) +---------+ +---------+
-cvs.texi(,4362) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4363)
-cvs.texi(,4364) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,4365) The branch 1.2.2 has been given the tag (symbolic name)
@samp{R1fix}. The
-cvs.texi(,4366) following example assumes that the module @samp{mod} contains
only one
-cvs.texi(,4367) file, @file{m.c}.
-cvs.texi(,4368)
-cvs.texi(,4369) @example
-cvs.texi(,4370) $ cvs checkout mod # @r{Retrieve the latest
revision, 1.4}
-cvs.texi(,4371)
-cvs.texi(,4372) $ cvs update -j R1fix m.c # @r{Merge all changes made
on the branch,}
-cvs.texi(,4373) # @r{i.e. the changes between
revision 1.2}
-cvs.texi(,4374) # @r{and 1.2.2.2, into your
working copy}
-cvs.texi(,4375) # @r{of the file.}
-cvs.texi(,4376)
-cvs.texi(,4377) $ cvs commit -m "Included R1fix" # @r{Create revision 1.5.}
-cvs.texi(,4378) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4379)
-cvs.texi(,4380) A conflict can result from a merge operation. If that
-cvs.texi(,4381) happens, you should resolve it before committing the
-cvs.texi(,4382) new revision. @xref{Conflicts example}.
-cvs.texi(,4383)
-cvs.texi(,4384) If your source files contain keywords (@pxref{Keyword
substitution}),
-cvs.texi(,4385) you might be getting more conflicts than strictly necessary.
See
-cvs.texi(,4386) @ref{Merging and keywords}, for information on how to avoid
this.
-cvs.texi(,4387)
-cvs.texi(,4388) The @code{checkout} command also supports the @samp{-j
@var{branchname}} flag. The
-cvs.texi(,4389) same effect as above could be achieved with this:
-cvs.texi(,4390)
-cvs.texi(,4391) @example
-cvs.texi(,4392) $ cvs checkout -j R1fix mod
-cvs.texi(,4393) $ cvs commit -m "Included R1fix"
-cvs.texi(,4394) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4395)
-cvs.texi(,4396) It should be noted that @code{update -j @var{tagname}} will
also work but may
-cvs.texi(,4397) not produce the desired result. @xref{Merging adds and
removals}, for more.
-cvs.texi(,4398)
-cvs.texi(,4399) @node Merging more than once
-cvs.texi(,4400) @section Merging from a branch several times
+cvs.texi(,4338) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,4339) @node Merging a branch
+cvs.texi(,4340) @section Merging an entire branch
+cvs.texi(,4341) @cindex Merging a branch
+cvs.texi(,4342) @cindex -j (merging branches)
+cvs.texi(,4343)
+cvs.texi(,4344) You can merge changes made on a branch into your working copy
by giving
+cvs.texi(,4345) the @samp{-j @var{branchname}} flag to the @code{update}
subcommand. With one
+cvs.texi(,4346) @samp{-j @var{branchname}} option it merges the changes made
between the
+cvs.texi(,4347) greatest common ancestor (GCA) of the branch and the
destination revision (in
+cvs.texi(,4348) the simple case below the GCA is the point where the branch
forked) and the
+cvs.texi(,4349) newest revision on that branch into your working copy.
+cvs.texi(,4350)
+cvs.texi(,4351) @cindex Join
+cvs.texi(,4352) The @samp{-j} stands for ``join''.
+cvs.texi(,4353)
+cvs.texi(,4354) @cindex Branch merge example
+cvs.texi(,4355) @cindex Example, branch merge
+cvs.texi(,4356) @cindex Merge, branch example
+cvs.texi(,4357) Consider this revision tree:
+cvs.texi(,4358)
+cvs.texi(,4359) @example
+cvs.texi(,4360) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,4361) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !----! 1.3 !----! 1.4 ! <- The main trunk
+cvs.texi(,4362) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,4363) !
+cvs.texi(,4364) !
+cvs.texi(,4365) ! +---------+ +---------+
+cvs.texi(,4366) Branch R1fix -> +---! 1.2.2.1 !----! 1.2.2.2 !
+cvs.texi(,4367) +---------+ +---------+
+cvs.texi(,4368) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4369)
+cvs.texi(,4370) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,4371) The branch 1.2.2 has been given the tag (symbolic name)
@samp{R1fix}. The
+cvs.texi(,4372) following example assumes that the module @samp{mod} contains
only one
+cvs.texi(,4373) file, @file{m.c}.
+cvs.texi(,4374)
+cvs.texi(,4375) @example
+cvs.texi(,4376) $ cvs checkout mod # @r{Retrieve the latest
revision, 1.4}
+cvs.texi(,4377)
+cvs.texi(,4378) $ cvs update -j R1fix m.c # @r{Merge all changes made
on the branch,}
+cvs.texi(,4379) # @r{i.e. the changes between
revision 1.2}
+cvs.texi(,4380) # @r{and 1.2.2.2, into your
working copy}
+cvs.texi(,4381) # @r{of the file.}
+cvs.texi(,4382)
+cvs.texi(,4383) $ cvs commit -m "Included R1fix" # @r{Create revision 1.5.}
+cvs.texi(,4384) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4385)
+cvs.texi(,4386) A conflict can result from a merge operation. If that
+cvs.texi(,4387) happens, you should resolve it before committing the
+cvs.texi(,4388) new revision. @xref{Conflicts example}.
+cvs.texi(,4389)
+cvs.texi(,4390) If your source files contain keywords (@pxref{Keyword
substitution}),
+cvs.texi(,4391) you might be getting more conflicts than strictly necessary.
See
+cvs.texi(,4392) @ref{Merging and keywords}, for information on how to avoid
this.
+cvs.texi(,4393)
+cvs.texi(,4394) The @code{checkout} command also supports the @samp{-j
@var{branchname}} flag. The
+cvs.texi(,4395) same effect as above could be achieved with this:
+cvs.texi(,4396)
+cvs.texi(,4397) @example
+cvs.texi(,4398) $ cvs checkout -j R1fix mod
+cvs.texi(,4399) $ cvs commit -m "Included R1fix"
+cvs.texi(,4400) @end example
cvs.texi(,4401)
-cvs.texi(,4402) Continuing our example, the revision tree now looks
-cvs.texi(,4403) like this:
+cvs.texi(,4402) It should be noted that @code{update -j @var{tagname}} will
also work but may
+cvs.texi(,4403) not produce the desired result. @xref{Merging adds and
removals}, for more.
cvs.texi(,4404)
-cvs.texi(,4405) @example
-cvs.texi(,4406) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,4407) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !----! 1.3 !----! 1.4 !----! 1.5 ! <- The
main trunk
-cvs.texi(,4408) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,4409) ! *
-cvs.texi(,4410) ! *
-cvs.texi(,4411) ! +---------+ +---------+
-cvs.texi(,4412) Branch R1fix -> +---! 1.2.2.1 !----! 1.2.2.2 !
-cvs.texi(,4413) +---------+ +---------+
-cvs.texi(,4414) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4415)
-cvs.texi(,4416) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,4417) where the starred line represents the merge from the
-cvs.texi(,4418) @samp{R1fix} branch to the main trunk, as just
-cvs.texi(,4419) discussed.
-cvs.texi(,4420)
-cvs.texi(,4421) Now suppose that development continues on the
-cvs.texi(,4422) @samp{R1fix} branch:
-cvs.texi(,4423)
-cvs.texi(,4424) @example
-cvs.texi(,4425) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,4426) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !----! 1.3 !----! 1.4 !----! 1.5 ! <- The
main trunk
-cvs.texi(,4427) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,4428) ! *
-cvs.texi(,4429) ! *
-cvs.texi(,4430) ! +---------+ +---------+ +---------+
-cvs.texi(,4431) Branch R1fix -> +---! 1.2.2.1 !----! 1.2.2.2 !----! 1.2.2.3 !
-cvs.texi(,4432) +---------+ +---------+ +---------+
-cvs.texi(,4433) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4434)
-cvs.texi(,4435) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,4436) and then you want to merge those new changes onto the
-cvs.texi(,4437) main trunk. If you just use the @code{cvs update -j
-cvs.texi(,4438) R1fix m.c} command again, @sc{cvs} will attempt to
-cvs.texi(,4439) merge again the changes which you have already merged,
-cvs.texi(,4440) which can have undesirable side effects.
-cvs.texi(,4441)
-cvs.texi(,4442) So instead you need to specify that you only want to
-cvs.texi(,4443) merge the changes on the branch which have not yet been
-cvs.texi(,4444) merged into the trunk. To do that you specify two
-cvs.texi(,4445) @samp{-j} options, and @sc{cvs} merges the changes from
-cvs.texi(,4446) the first revision to the second revision. For
-cvs.texi(,4447) example, in this case the simplest way would be
-cvs.texi(,4448)
-cvs.texi(,4449) @example
-cvs.texi(,4450) cvs update -j 1.2.2.2 -j R1fix m.c # @r{Merge changes from
1.2.2.2 to the}
-cvs.texi(,4451) # @r{head of the R1fix
branch}
-cvs.texi(,4452) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4453)
-cvs.texi(,4454) The problem with this is that you need to specify the
-cvs.texi(,4455) 1.2.2.2 revision manually. A slightly better approach
-cvs.texi(,4456) might be to use the date the last merge was done:
-cvs.texi(,4457)
-cvs.texi(,4458) @example
-cvs.texi(,4459) cvs update -j R1fix:yesterday -j R1fix m.c
-cvs.texi(,4460) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4461)
-cvs.texi(,4462) Better yet, tag the R1fix branch after every merge into
-cvs.texi(,4463) the trunk, and then use that tag for subsequent merges:
-cvs.texi(,4464)
-cvs.texi(,4465) @example
-cvs.texi(,4466) cvs update -j merged_from_R1fix_to_trunk -j R1fix m.c
-cvs.texi(,4467) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4468)
-cvs.texi(,4469) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,4470) @node Merging two revisions
-cvs.texi(,4471) @section Merging differences between any two revisions
-cvs.texi(,4472) @cindex Merging two revisions
-cvs.texi(,4473) @cindex Revisions, merging differences between
-cvs.texi(,4474) @cindex Differences, merging
-cvs.texi(,4475)
-cvs.texi(,4476) With two @samp{-j @var{revision}} flags, the @code{update}
-cvs.texi(,4477) (and @code{checkout}) command can merge the differences
-cvs.texi(,4478) between any two revisions into your working file.
-cvs.texi(,4479)
-cvs.texi(,4480) @cindex Undoing a change
-cvs.texi(,4481) @cindex Removing a change
-cvs.texi(,4482) @example
-cvs.texi(,4483) $ cvs update -j 1.5 -j 1.3 backend.c
-cvs.texi(,4484) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4405) @node Merging more than once
+cvs.texi(,4406) @section Merging from a branch several times
+cvs.texi(,4407)
+cvs.texi(,4408) Continuing our example, the revision tree now looks
+cvs.texi(,4409) like this:
+cvs.texi(,4410)
+cvs.texi(,4411) @example
+cvs.texi(,4412) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,4413) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !----! 1.3 !----! 1.4 !----! 1.5 ! <- The
main trunk
+cvs.texi(,4414) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,4415) ! *
+cvs.texi(,4416) ! *
+cvs.texi(,4417) ! +---------+ +---------+
+cvs.texi(,4418) Branch R1fix -> +---! 1.2.2.1 !----! 1.2.2.2 !
+cvs.texi(,4419) +---------+ +---------+
+cvs.texi(,4420) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4421)
+cvs.texi(,4422) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,4423) where the starred line represents the merge from the
+cvs.texi(,4424) @samp{R1fix} branch to the main trunk, as just
+cvs.texi(,4425) discussed.
+cvs.texi(,4426)
+cvs.texi(,4427) Now suppose that development continues on the
+cvs.texi(,4428) @samp{R1fix} branch:
+cvs.texi(,4429)
+cvs.texi(,4430) @example
+cvs.texi(,4431) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,4432) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !----! 1.3 !----! 1.4 !----! 1.5 ! <- The
main trunk
+cvs.texi(,4433) +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,4434) ! *
+cvs.texi(,4435) ! *
+cvs.texi(,4436) ! +---------+ +---------+ +---------+
+cvs.texi(,4437) Branch R1fix -> +---! 1.2.2.1 !----! 1.2.2.2 !----! 1.2.2.3 !
+cvs.texi(,4438) +---------+ +---------+ +---------+
+cvs.texi(,4439) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4440)
+cvs.texi(,4441) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,4442) and then you want to merge those new changes onto the
+cvs.texi(,4443) main trunk. If you just use the @code{cvs update -j
+cvs.texi(,4444) R1fix m.c} command again, @sc{cvs} will attempt to
+cvs.texi(,4445) merge again the changes which you have already merged,
+cvs.texi(,4446) which can have undesirable side effects.
+cvs.texi(,4447)
+cvs.texi(,4448) So instead you need to specify that you only want to
+cvs.texi(,4449) merge the changes on the branch which have not yet been
+cvs.texi(,4450) merged into the trunk. To do that you specify two
+cvs.texi(,4451) @samp{-j} options, and @sc{cvs} merges the changes from
+cvs.texi(,4452) the first revision to the second revision. For
+cvs.texi(,4453) example, in this case the simplest way would be
+cvs.texi(,4454)
+cvs.texi(,4455) @example
+cvs.texi(,4456) cvs update -j 1.2.2.2 -j R1fix m.c # @r{Merge changes from
1.2.2.2 to the}
+cvs.texi(,4457) # @r{head of the R1fix
branch}
+cvs.texi(,4458) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4459)
+cvs.texi(,4460) The problem with this is that you need to specify the
+cvs.texi(,4461) 1.2.2.2 revision manually. A slightly better approach
+cvs.texi(,4462) might be to use the date the last merge was done:
+cvs.texi(,4463)
+cvs.texi(,4464) @example
+cvs.texi(,4465) cvs update -j R1fix:yesterday -j R1fix m.c
+cvs.texi(,4466) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4467)
+cvs.texi(,4468) Better yet, tag the R1fix branch after every merge into
+cvs.texi(,4469) the trunk, and then use that tag for subsequent merges:
+cvs.texi(,4470)
+cvs.texi(,4471) @example
+cvs.texi(,4472) cvs update -j merged_from_R1fix_to_trunk -j R1fix m.c
+cvs.texi(,4473) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4474)
+cvs.texi(,4475) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,4476) @node Merging two revisions
+cvs.texi(,4477) @section Merging differences between any two revisions
+cvs.texi(,4478) @cindex Merging two revisions
+cvs.texi(,4479) @cindex Revisions, merging differences between
+cvs.texi(,4480) @cindex Differences, merging
+cvs.texi(,4481)
+cvs.texi(,4482) With two @samp{-j @var{revision}} flags, the @code{update}
+cvs.texi(,4483) (and @code{checkout}) command can merge the differences
+cvs.texi(,4484) between any two revisions into your working file.
cvs.texi(,4485)
-cvs.texi(,4486) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,4487) will undo all changes made between revision
-cvs.texi(,4488) 1.3 and 1.5. Note the order of the revisions!
-cvs.texi(,4489)
-cvs.texi(,4490) If you try to use this option when operating on
-cvs.texi(,4491) multiple files, remember that the numeric revisions will
-cvs.texi(,4492) probably be very different between the various files.
-cvs.texi(,4493) You almost always use symbolic
-cvs.texi(,4494) tags rather than revision numbers when operating on
-cvs.texi(,4495) multiple files.
-cvs.texi(,4496)
-cvs.texi(,4497) @cindex Restoring old version of removed file
-cvs.texi(,4498) @cindex Resurrecting old version of dead file
-cvs.texi(,4499) Specifying two @samp{-j} options can also undo file
-cvs.texi(,4500) removals or additions. For example, suppose you have
-cvs.texi(,4501) a file
-cvs.texi(,4502) named @file{file1} which existed as revision 1.1, and
-cvs.texi(,4503) you then removed it (thus adding a dead revision 1.2).
-cvs.texi(,4504) Now suppose you want to add it again, with the same
-cvs.texi(,4505) contents it had previously. Here is how to do it:
-cvs.texi(,4506)
-cvs.texi(,4507) @example
-cvs.texi(,4508) $ cvs update -j 1.2 -j 1.1 file1
-cvs.texi(,4509) U file1
-cvs.texi(,4510) $ cvs commit -m test
-cvs.texi(,4511) Checking in file1;
-cvs.texi(,4512) /tmp/cvs-sanity/cvsroot/first-dir/file1,v <-- file1
-cvs.texi(,4513) new revision: 1.3; previous revision: 1.2
-cvs.texi(,4514) done
-cvs.texi(,4515) $
-cvs.texi(,4516) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4517)
-cvs.texi(,4518) @node Merging adds and removals
-cvs.texi(,4519) @section Merging can add or remove files
-cvs.texi(,4520)
-cvs.texi(,4521) If the changes which you are merging involve removing
-cvs.texi(,4522) or adding some files, @code{update -j} will reflect
-cvs.texi(,4523) such additions or removals.
-cvs.texi(,4524)
-cvs.texi(,4525) @c FIXME: This example needs a lot more explanation.
-cvs.texi(,4526) @c We also need other examples for some of the other
-cvs.texi(,4527) @c cases (not all--there are too many--as long as we present a
-cvs.texi(,4528) @c coherent general principle).
-cvs.texi(,4529) For example:
-cvs.texi(,4530) @example
-cvs.texi(,4531) cvs update -A
-cvs.texi(,4532) touch a b c
-cvs.texi(,4533) cvs add a b c ; cvs ci -m "added" a b c
-cvs.texi(,4534) cvs tag -b branchtag
-cvs.texi(,4535) cvs update -r branchtag
-cvs.texi(,4536) touch d ; cvs add d
-cvs.texi(,4537) rm a ; cvs rm a
-cvs.texi(,4538) cvs ci -m "added d, removed a"
-cvs.texi(,4539) cvs update -A
-cvs.texi(,4540) cvs update -jbranchtag
-cvs.texi(,4541) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4542)
-cvs.texi(,4543) After these commands are executed and a @samp{cvs commit} is
done,
-cvs.texi(,4544) file @file{a} will be removed and file @file{d} added in the
main branch.
-cvs.texi(,4545) @c (which was determined by trying it)
-cvs.texi(,4546)
-cvs.texi(,4547) Note that using a single static tag (@samp{-j @var{tagname}})
-cvs.texi(,4548) rather than a dynamic tag (@samp{-j @var{branchname}}) to merge
-cvs.texi(,4549) changes from a branch will usually not remove files which were
removed on the
-cvs.texi(,4550) branch since @sc{cvs} does not automatically add static tags
to dead revisions.
-cvs.texi(,4551) The exception to this rule occurs when
-cvs.texi(,4552) a static tag has been attached to a dead revision manually.
Use the branch tag
-cvs.texi(,4553) to merge all changes from the branch or use two static tags as
merge endpoints
-cvs.texi(,4554) to be sure that all intended changes are propagated in the
merge.
-cvs.texi(,4555)
-cvs.texi(,4556) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,4557) @node Merging and keywords
-cvs.texi(,4558) @section Merging and keywords
-cvs.texi(,4559) @cindex Merging, and keyword substitution
-cvs.texi(,4560) @cindex Keyword substitution, and merging
-cvs.texi(,4561) @cindex -j (merging branches), and keyword substitution
-cvs.texi(,4562) @cindex -kk, to avoid conflicts during a merge
-cvs.texi(,4563)
-cvs.texi(,4564) If you merge files containing keywords (@pxref{Keyword
-cvs.texi(,4565) substitution}), you will normally get numerous
-cvs.texi(,4566) conflicts during the merge, because the keywords are
-cvs.texi(,4567) expanded differently in the revisions which you are
-cvs.texi(,4568) merging.
+cvs.texi(,4486) @cindex Undoing a change
+cvs.texi(,4487) @cindex Removing a change
+cvs.texi(,4488) @example
+cvs.texi(,4489) $ cvs update -j 1.5 -j 1.3 backend.c
+cvs.texi(,4490) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4491)
+cvs.texi(,4492) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,4493) will undo all changes made between revision
+cvs.texi(,4494) 1.3 and 1.5. Note the order of the revisions!
+cvs.texi(,4495)
+cvs.texi(,4496) If you try to use this option when operating on
+cvs.texi(,4497) multiple files, remember that the numeric revisions will
+cvs.texi(,4498) probably be very different between the various files.
+cvs.texi(,4499) You almost always use symbolic
+cvs.texi(,4500) tags rather than revision numbers when operating on
+cvs.texi(,4501) multiple files.
+cvs.texi(,4502)
+cvs.texi(,4503) @cindex Restoring old version of removed file
+cvs.texi(,4504) @cindex Resurrecting old version of dead file
+cvs.texi(,4505) Specifying two @samp{-j} options can also undo file
+cvs.texi(,4506) removals or additions. For example, suppose you have
+cvs.texi(,4507) a file
+cvs.texi(,4508) named @file{file1} which existed as revision 1.1, and
+cvs.texi(,4509) you then removed it (thus adding a dead revision 1.2).
+cvs.texi(,4510) Now suppose you want to add it again, with the same
+cvs.texi(,4511) contents it had previously. Here is how to do it:
+cvs.texi(,4512)
+cvs.texi(,4513) @example
+cvs.texi(,4514) $ cvs update -j 1.2 -j 1.1 file1
+cvs.texi(,4515) U file1
+cvs.texi(,4516) $ cvs commit -m test
+cvs.texi(,4517) Checking in file1;
+cvs.texi(,4518) /tmp/cvs-sanity/cvsroot/first-dir/file1,v <-- file1
+cvs.texi(,4519) new revision: 1.3; previous revision: 1.2
+cvs.texi(,4520) done
+cvs.texi(,4521) $
+cvs.texi(,4522) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4523)
+cvs.texi(,4524) @node Merging adds and removals
+cvs.texi(,4525) @section Merging can add or remove files
+cvs.texi(,4526)
+cvs.texi(,4527) If the changes which you are merging involve removing
+cvs.texi(,4528) or adding some files, @code{update -j} will reflect
+cvs.texi(,4529) such additions or removals.
+cvs.texi(,4530)
+cvs.texi(,4531) @c FIXME: This example needs a lot more explanation.
+cvs.texi(,4532) @c We also need other examples for some of the other
+cvs.texi(,4533) @c cases (not all--there are too many--as long as we present a
+cvs.texi(,4534) @c coherent general principle).
+cvs.texi(,4535) For example:
+cvs.texi(,4536) @example
+cvs.texi(,4537) cvs update -A
+cvs.texi(,4538) touch a b c
+cvs.texi(,4539) cvs add a b c ; cvs ci -m "added" a b c
+cvs.texi(,4540) cvs tag -b branchtag
+cvs.texi(,4541) cvs update -r branchtag
+cvs.texi(,4542) touch d ; cvs add d
+cvs.texi(,4543) rm a ; cvs rm a
+cvs.texi(,4544) cvs ci -m "added d, removed a"
+cvs.texi(,4545) cvs update -A
+cvs.texi(,4546) cvs update -jbranchtag
+cvs.texi(,4547) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4548)
+cvs.texi(,4549) After these commands are executed and a @samp{cvs commit} is
done,
+cvs.texi(,4550) file @file{a} will be removed and file @file{d} added in the
main branch.
+cvs.texi(,4551) @c (which was determined by trying it)
+cvs.texi(,4552)
+cvs.texi(,4553) Note that using a single static tag (@samp{-j @var{tagname}})
+cvs.texi(,4554) rather than a dynamic tag (@samp{-j @var{branchname}}) to merge
+cvs.texi(,4555) changes from a branch will usually not remove files which were
removed on the
+cvs.texi(,4556) branch since @sc{cvs} does not automatically add static tags
to dead revisions.
+cvs.texi(,4557) The exception to this rule occurs when
+cvs.texi(,4558) a static tag has been attached to a dead revision manually.
Use the branch tag
+cvs.texi(,4559) to merge all changes from the branch or use two static tags as
merge endpoints
+cvs.texi(,4560) to be sure that all intended changes are propagated in the
merge.
+cvs.texi(,4561)
+cvs.texi(,4562) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,4563) @node Merging and keywords
+cvs.texi(,4564) @section Merging and keywords
+cvs.texi(,4565) @cindex Merging, and keyword substitution
+cvs.texi(,4566) @cindex Keyword substitution, and merging
+cvs.texi(,4567) @cindex -j (merging branches), and keyword substitution
+cvs.texi(,4568) @cindex -kk, to avoid conflicts during a merge
cvs.texi(,4569)
-cvs.texi(,4570) Therefore, you will often want to specify the
-cvs.texi(,4571) @samp{-kk} (@pxref{Substitution modes}) switch to the
-cvs.texi(,4572) merge command line. By substituting just the name of
-cvs.texi(,4573) the keyword, not the expanded value of that keyword,
-cvs.texi(,4574) this option ensures that the revisions which you are
-cvs.texi(,4575) merging will be the same as each other, and avoid
-cvs.texi(,4576) spurious conflicts.
-cvs.texi(,4577)
-cvs.texi(,4578) For example, suppose you have a file like this:
-cvs.texi(,4579)
-cvs.texi(,4580) @example
-cvs.texi(,4581) +---------+
-cvs.texi(,4582) _! 1.1.2.1 ! <- br1
-cvs.texi(,4583) / +---------+
-cvs.texi(,4584) /
-cvs.texi(,4585) /
-cvs.texi(,4586) +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,4587) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !
-cvs.texi(,4588) +-----+ +-----+
-cvs.texi(,4589) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4590)
-cvs.texi(,4591) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,4592) and your working directory is currently on the trunk
-cvs.texi(,4593) (revision 1.2). Then you might get the following
-cvs.texi(,4594) results from a merge:
-cvs.texi(,4595)
-cvs.texi(,4596) @example
-cvs.texi(,4597) $ cat file1
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4598) key $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4598)
@i{}Revision: 1.2 $
-cvs.texi(,4599) . . .
-cvs.texi(,4600) $ cvs update -j br1
-cvs.texi(,4601) U file1
-cvs.texi(,4602) RCS file: /cvsroot/first-dir/file1,v
-cvs.texi(,4603) retrieving revision 1.1
-cvs.texi(,4604) retrieving revision 1.1.2.1
-cvs.texi(,4605) Merging differences between 1.1 and 1.1.2.1 into file1
-cvs.texi(,4606) rcsmerge: warning: conflicts during merge
-cvs.texi(,4607) $ cat file1
-cvs.texi(,4608) @asis{}<<<<<<< file1
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4609) key $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4609)
@i{}Revision: 1.2 $
-cvs.texi(,4610) @asis{}=======
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4611) key $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4611)
@i{}Revision: 1.1.2.1 $
-cvs.texi(,4612) @asis{}>>>>>>> 1.1.2.1
-cvs.texi(,4613) . . .
-cvs.texi(,4614) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4615)
-cvs.texi(,4616) What happened was that the merge tried to merge the
-cvs.texi(,4617) differences between 1.1 and 1.1.2.1 into your working
-cvs.texi(,4618) directory. So, since the keyword changed from
-cvs.texi(,4619) @code{Revision: 1.1} to @code{Revision: 1.1.2.1},
-cvs.texi(,4620) @sc{cvs} tried to merge that change into your working
-cvs.texi(,4621) directory, which conflicted with the fact that your
-cvs.texi(,4622) working directory had contained @code{Revision: 1.2}.
-cvs.texi(,4623)
-cvs.texi(,4624) Here is what happens if you had used @samp{-kk}:
-cvs.texi(,4625)
-cvs.texi(,4626) @example
-cvs.texi(,4627) $ cat file1
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4628) key $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4628)
@i{}Revision: 1.2 $
-cvs.texi(,4629) . . .
-cvs.texi(,4630) $ cvs update -kk -j br1
-cvs.texi(,4631) U file1
-cvs.texi(,4632) RCS file: /cvsroot/first-dir/file1,v
-cvs.texi(,4633) retrieving revision 1.1
-cvs.texi(,4634) retrieving revision 1.1.2.1
-cvs.texi(,4635) Merging differences between 1.1 and 1.1.2.1 into file1
-cvs.texi(,4636) $ cat file1
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4637) key $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4637)
@i{}Revision$
-cvs.texi(,4638) . . .
-cvs.texi(,4639) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4640)
-cvs.texi(,4641) What is going on here is that revision 1.1 and 1.1.2.1
-cvs.texi(,4642) both expand as plain @code{Revision}, and therefore
-cvs.texi(,4643) merging the changes between them into the working
-cvs.texi(,4644) directory need not change anything. Therefore, there
-cvs.texi(,4645) is no conflict.
+cvs.texi(,4570) If you merge files containing keywords (@pxref{Keyword
+cvs.texi(,4571) substitution}), you will normally get numerous
+cvs.texi(,4572) conflicts during the merge, because the keywords are
+cvs.texi(,4573) expanded differently in the revisions which you are
+cvs.texi(,4574) merging.
+cvs.texi(,4575)
+cvs.texi(,4576) Therefore, you will often want to specify the
+cvs.texi(,4577) @samp{-kk} (@pxref{Substitution modes}) switch to the
+cvs.texi(,4578) merge command line. By substituting just the name of
+cvs.texi(,4579) the keyword, not the expanded value of that keyword,
+cvs.texi(,4580) this option ensures that the revisions which you are
+cvs.texi(,4581) merging will be the same as each other, and avoid
+cvs.texi(,4582) spurious conflicts.
+cvs.texi(,4583)
+cvs.texi(,4584) For example, suppose you have a file like this:
+cvs.texi(,4585)
+cvs.texi(,4586) @example
+cvs.texi(,4587) +---------+
+cvs.texi(,4588) _! 1.1.2.1 ! <- br1
+cvs.texi(,4589) / +---------+
+cvs.texi(,4590) /
+cvs.texi(,4591) /
+cvs.texi(,4592) +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,4593) ! 1.1 !----! 1.2 !
+cvs.texi(,4594) +-----+ +-----+
+cvs.texi(,4595) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4596)
+cvs.texi(,4597) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,4598) and your working directory is currently on the trunk
+cvs.texi(,4599) (revision 1.2). Then you might get the following
+cvs.texi(,4600) results from a merge:
+cvs.texi(,4601)
+cvs.texi(,4602) @example
+cvs.texi(,4603) $ cat file1
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4604) key $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4604)
@i{}Revision: 1.2 $
+cvs.texi(,4605) . . .
+cvs.texi(,4606) $ cvs update -j br1
+cvs.texi(,4607) U file1
+cvs.texi(,4608) RCS file: /cvsroot/first-dir/file1,v
+cvs.texi(,4609) retrieving revision 1.1
+cvs.texi(,4610) retrieving revision 1.1.2.1
+cvs.texi(,4611) Merging differences between 1.1 and 1.1.2.1 into file1
+cvs.texi(,4612) rcsmerge: warning: conflicts during merge
+cvs.texi(,4613) $ cat file1
+cvs.texi(,4614) @asis{}<<<<<<< file1
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4615) key $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4615)
@i{}Revision: 1.2 $
+cvs.texi(,4616) @asis{}=======
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4617) key $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4617)
@i{}Revision: 1.1.2.1 $
+cvs.texi(,4618) @asis{}>>>>>>> 1.1.2.1
+cvs.texi(,4619) . . .
+cvs.texi(,4620) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4621)
+cvs.texi(,4622) What happened was that the merge tried to merge the
+cvs.texi(,4623) differences between 1.1 and 1.1.2.1 into your working
+cvs.texi(,4624) directory. So, since the keyword changed from
+cvs.texi(,4625) @code{Revision: 1.1} to @code{Revision: 1.1.2.1},
+cvs.texi(,4626) @sc{cvs} tried to merge that change into your working
+cvs.texi(,4627) directory, which conflicted with the fact that your
+cvs.texi(,4628) working directory had contained @code{Revision: 1.2}.
+cvs.texi(,4629)
+cvs.texi(,4630) Here is what happens if you had used @samp{-kk}:
+cvs.texi(,4631)
+cvs.texi(,4632) @example
+cvs.texi(,4633) $ cat file1
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4634) key $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4634)
@i{}Revision: 1.2 $
+cvs.texi(,4635) . . .
+cvs.texi(,4636) $ cvs update -kk -j br1
+cvs.texi(,4637) U file1
+cvs.texi(,4638) RCS file: /cvsroot/first-dir/file1,v
+cvs.texi(,4639) retrieving revision 1.1
+cvs.texi(,4640) retrieving revision 1.1.2.1
+cvs.texi(,4641) Merging differences between 1.1 and 1.1.2.1 into file1
+cvs.texi(,4642) $ cat file1
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4643) key $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,4643)
@i{}Revision$
+cvs.texi(,4644) . . .
+cvs.texi(,4645) @end example
cvs.texi(,4646)
-cvs.texi(,4647) @strong{WARNING: In versions of @sc{cvs} prior to 1.12.2,
there was a
-cvs.texi(,4648) major problem with using @samp{-kk} on merges. Namely,
@samp{-kk}
-cvs.texi(,4649) overrode any default keyword expansion mode set in the archive
file in
-cvs.texi(,4650) the repository. This could, unfortunately for some users,
cause data
-cvs.texi(,4651) corruption in binary files (with a default keyword expansion
mode set
-cvs.texi(,4652) to @samp{-kb}). Therefore, when a repository contained binary
files,
-cvs.texi(,4653) conflicts had to be dealt with manually rather than using
@samp{-kk} in
-cvs.texi(,4654) a merge command.}
-cvs.texi(,4655)
-cvs.texi(,4656) In @sc{cvs} version 1.12.2 and later, the keyword expansion
mode
-cvs.texi(,4657) provided on the command line to any @sc{cvs} command no longer
-cvs.texi(,4658) overrides the @samp{-kb} keyword expansion mode setting for
binary
-cvs.texi(,4659) files, though it will still override other default keyword
expansion
-cvs.texi(,4660) modes. You can now safely merge using @samp{-kk} to avoid
spurious conflicts
-cvs.texi(,4661) on lines containing RCS keywords, even when your repository
contains
-cvs.texi(,4662) binary files.
-cvs.texi(,4663)
-cvs.texi(,4664) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,4665) @node Recursive behavior
-cvs.texi(,4666) @chapter Recursive behavior
-cvs.texi(,4667) @cindex Recursive (directory descending)
-cvs.texi(,4668) @cindex Directory, descending
-cvs.texi(,4669) @cindex Descending directories
-cvs.texi(,4670) @cindex Subdirectories
-cvs.texi(,4671)
-cvs.texi(,4672) Almost all of the subcommands of @sc{cvs} work
-cvs.texi(,4673) recursively when you specify a directory as an
-cvs.texi(,4674) argument. For instance, consider this directory
-cvs.texi(,4675) structure:
-cvs.texi(,4676)
-cvs.texi(,4677) @example
-cvs.texi(,4678) @code{$HOME}
-cvs.texi(,4679) |
-cvs.texi(,4680) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4681) | |
-cvs.texi(,4682) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4683) | (internal @sc{cvs} files)
-cvs.texi(,4684) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4685) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4686) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4687) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4688) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4689) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4690) | |
-cvs.texi(,4691) | address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4692) | | (internal @sc{cvs} files)
-cvs.texi(,4693) | address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4694) |
-cvs.texi(,4695) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4696) |
-cvs.texi(,4697) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4698) | (internal @sc{cvs} files)
-cvs.texi(,4699) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4700) address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,4701) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4702)
-cvs.texi(,4703) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,4704) If @file{tc} is the current working directory, the
-cvs.texi(,4705) following is true:
-cvs.texi(,4706)
-cvs.texi(,4707) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,4708) @item
-cvs.texi(,4709) @samp{cvs update testing} is equivalent to
-cvs.texi(,4710)
-cvs.texi(,4711) @example
-cvs.texi(,4712) cvs update testing/testpgm.t testing/test2.t
-cvs.texi(,4713) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4714)
-cvs.texi(,4715) @item
-cvs.texi(,4716) @samp{cvs update testing man} updates all files in the
-cvs.texi(,4717) subdirectories
-cvs.texi(,4718)
-cvs.texi(,4719) @item
-cvs.texi(,4720) @samp{cvs update .} or just @samp{cvs update} updates
-cvs.texi(,4721) all files in the @code{tc} directory
-cvs.texi(,4722) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,4723)
-cvs.texi(,4724) If no arguments are given to @code{update} it will
-cvs.texi(,4725) update all files in the current working directory and
-cvs.texi(,4726) all its subdirectories. In other words, @file{.} is a
-cvs.texi(,4727) default argument to @code{update}. This is also true
-cvs.texi(,4728) for most of the @sc{cvs} subcommands, not only the
-cvs.texi(,4729) @code{update} command.
-cvs.texi(,4730)
-cvs.texi(,4731) The recursive behavior of the @sc{cvs} subcommands can be
-cvs.texi(,4732) turned off with the @samp{-l} option.
-cvs.texi(,4733) Conversely, the @samp{-R} option can be used to force
recursion if
-cvs.texi(,4734) @samp{-l} is specified in @file{~/.cvsrc} (@pxref{~/.cvsrc}).
-cvs.texi(,4735)
-cvs.texi(,4736) @example
-cvs.texi(,4737) $ cvs update -l # @r{Don't update files in
subdirectories}
-cvs.texi(,4738) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4739)
-cvs.texi(,4740) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,4741) @node Adding and removing
-cvs.texi(,4742) @chapter Adding, removing, and renaming files and directories
-cvs.texi(,4743)
-cvs.texi(,4744) In the course of a project, one will often add new
-cvs.texi(,4745) files. Likewise with removing or renaming, or with
-cvs.texi(,4746) directories. The general concept to keep in mind in
-cvs.texi(,4747) all these cases is that instead of making an
-cvs.texi(,4748) irreversible change you want @sc{cvs} to record the
-cvs.texi(,4749) fact that a change has taken place, just as with
-cvs.texi(,4750) modifying an existing file. The exact mechanisms to do
-cvs.texi(,4751) this in @sc{cvs} vary depending on the situation.
-cvs.texi(,4752)
-cvs.texi(,4753) @menu
-cvs.texi(,4754) * Adding files:: Adding files
-cvs.texi(,4755) * Removing files:: Removing files
-cvs.texi(,4756) * Removing directories:: Removing directories
-cvs.texi(,4757) * Moving files:: Moving and renaming files
-cvs.texi(,4758) * Moving directories:: Moving and renaming directories
-cvs.texi(,4759) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,4760)
-cvs.texi(,4761) @node Adding files
-cvs.texi(,4762) @section Adding files to a directory
-cvs.texi(,4763) @cindex Adding files
-cvs.texi(,4764)
-cvs.texi(,4765) To add a new file to a directory, follow these steps.
+cvs.texi(,4647) What is going on here is that revision 1.1 and 1.1.2.1
+cvs.texi(,4648) both expand as plain @code{Revision}, and therefore
+cvs.texi(,4649) merging the changes between them into the working
+cvs.texi(,4650) directory need not change anything. Therefore, there
+cvs.texi(,4651) is no conflict.
+cvs.texi(,4652)
+cvs.texi(,4653) @strong{WARNING: In versions of @sc{cvs} prior to 1.12.2,
there was a
+cvs.texi(,4654) major problem with using @samp{-kk} on merges. Namely,
@samp{-kk}
+cvs.texi(,4655) overrode any default keyword expansion mode set in the archive
file in
+cvs.texi(,4656) the repository. This could, unfortunately for some users,
cause data
+cvs.texi(,4657) corruption in binary files (with a default keyword expansion
mode set
+cvs.texi(,4658) to @samp{-kb}). Therefore, when a repository contained binary
files,
+cvs.texi(,4659) conflicts had to be dealt with manually rather than using
@samp{-kk} in
+cvs.texi(,4660) a merge command.}
+cvs.texi(,4661)
+cvs.texi(,4662) In @sc{cvs} version 1.12.2 and later, the keyword expansion
mode
+cvs.texi(,4663) provided on the command line to any @sc{cvs} command no longer
+cvs.texi(,4664) overrides the @samp{-kb} keyword expansion mode setting for
binary
+cvs.texi(,4665) files, though it will still override other default keyword
expansion
+cvs.texi(,4666) modes. You can now safely merge using @samp{-kk} to avoid
spurious conflicts
+cvs.texi(,4667) on lines containing RCS keywords, even when your repository
contains
+cvs.texi(,4668) binary files.
+cvs.texi(,4669)
+cvs.texi(,4670) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,4671) @node Recursive behavior
+cvs.texi(,4672) @chapter Recursive behavior
+cvs.texi(,4673) @cindex Recursive (directory descending)
+cvs.texi(,4674) @cindex Directory, descending
+cvs.texi(,4675) @cindex Descending directories
+cvs.texi(,4676) @cindex Subdirectories
+cvs.texi(,4677)
+cvs.texi(,4678) Almost all of the subcommands of @sc{cvs} work
+cvs.texi(,4679) recursively when you specify a directory as an
+cvs.texi(,4680) argument. For instance, consider this directory
+cvs.texi(,4681) structure:
+cvs.texi(,4682)
+cvs.texi(,4683) @example
+cvs.texi(,4684) @code{$HOME}
+cvs.texi(,4685) |
+cvs.texi(,4686) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4687) | |
+cvs.texi(,4688) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4689) | (internal @sc{cvs} files)
+cvs.texi(,4690) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4691) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4692) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4693) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4694) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4695) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4696) | |
+cvs.texi(,4697) | address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4698) | | (internal @sc{cvs} files)
+cvs.texi(,4699) | address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4700) |
+cvs.texi(,4701) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4702) |
+cvs.texi(,4703) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4704) | (internal @sc{cvs} files)
+cvs.texi(,4705) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4706) address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,4707) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4708)
+cvs.texi(,4709) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,4710) If @file{tc} is the current working directory, the
+cvs.texi(,4711) following is true:
+cvs.texi(,4712)
+cvs.texi(,4713) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,4714) @item
+cvs.texi(,4715) @samp{cvs update testing} is equivalent to
+cvs.texi(,4716)
+cvs.texi(,4717) @example
+cvs.texi(,4718) cvs update testing/testpgm.t testing/test2.t
+cvs.texi(,4719) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4720)
+cvs.texi(,4721) @item
+cvs.texi(,4722) @samp{cvs update testing man} updates all files in the
+cvs.texi(,4723) subdirectories
+cvs.texi(,4724)
+cvs.texi(,4725) @item
+cvs.texi(,4726) @samp{cvs update .} or just @samp{cvs update} updates
+cvs.texi(,4727) all files in the @code{tc} directory
+cvs.texi(,4728) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,4729)
+cvs.texi(,4730) If no arguments are given to @code{update} it will
+cvs.texi(,4731) update all files in the current working directory and
+cvs.texi(,4732) all its subdirectories. In other words, @file{.} is a
+cvs.texi(,4733) default argument to @code{update}. This is also true
+cvs.texi(,4734) for most of the @sc{cvs} subcommands, not only the
+cvs.texi(,4735) @code{update} command.
+cvs.texi(,4736)
+cvs.texi(,4737) The recursive behavior of the @sc{cvs} subcommands can be
+cvs.texi(,4738) turned off with the @samp{-l} option.
+cvs.texi(,4739) Conversely, the @samp{-R} option can be used to force
recursion if
+cvs.texi(,4740) @samp{-l} is specified in @file{~/.cvsrc} (@pxref{~/.cvsrc}).
+cvs.texi(,4741)
+cvs.texi(,4742) @example
+cvs.texi(,4743) $ cvs update -l # @r{Don't update files in
subdirectories}
+cvs.texi(,4744) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4745)
+cvs.texi(,4746) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,4747) @node Adding and removing
+cvs.texi(,4748) @chapter Adding, removing, and renaming files and directories
+cvs.texi(,4749)
+cvs.texi(,4750) In the course of a project, one will often add new
+cvs.texi(,4751) files. Likewise with removing or renaming, or with
+cvs.texi(,4752) directories. The general concept to keep in mind in
+cvs.texi(,4753) all these cases is that instead of making an
+cvs.texi(,4754) irreversible change you want @sc{cvs} to record the
+cvs.texi(,4755) fact that a change has taken place, just as with
+cvs.texi(,4756) modifying an existing file. The exact mechanisms to do
+cvs.texi(,4757) this in @sc{cvs} vary depending on the situation.
+cvs.texi(,4758)
+cvs.texi(,4759) @menu
+cvs.texi(,4760) * Adding files:: Adding files
+cvs.texi(,4761) * Removing files:: Removing files
+cvs.texi(,4762) * Removing directories:: Removing directories
+cvs.texi(,4763) * Moving files:: Moving and renaming files
+cvs.texi(,4764) * Moving directories:: Moving and renaming directories
+cvs.texi(,4765) @end menu
cvs.texi(,4766)
-cvs.texi(,4767) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,4768) @item
-cvs.texi(,4769) You must have a working copy of the directory.
-cvs.texi(,4770) @xref{Getting the source}.
-cvs.texi(,4771)
-cvs.texi(,4772) @item
-cvs.texi(,4773) Create the new file inside your working copy of the directory.
-cvs.texi(,4774)
-cvs.texi(,4775) @item
-cvs.texi(,4776) Use @samp{cvs add @var{filename}} to tell @sc{cvs} that you
-cvs.texi(,4777) want to version control the file. If the file contains
-cvs.texi(,4778) binary data, specify @samp{-kb} (@pxref{Binary files}).
-cvs.texi(,4779)
-cvs.texi(,4780) @item
-cvs.texi(,4781) Use @samp{cvs commit @var{filename}} to actually check
-cvs.texi(,4782) in the file into the repository. Other developers
-cvs.texi(,4783) cannot see the file until you perform this step.
-cvs.texi(,4784) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,4767) @node Adding files
+cvs.texi(,4768) @section Adding files to a directory
+cvs.texi(,4769) @cindex Adding files
+cvs.texi(,4770)
+cvs.texi(,4771) To add a new file to a directory, follow these steps.
+cvs.texi(,4772)
+cvs.texi(,4773) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,4774) @item
+cvs.texi(,4775) You must have a working copy of the directory.
+cvs.texi(,4776) @xref{Getting the source}.
+cvs.texi(,4777)
+cvs.texi(,4778) @item
+cvs.texi(,4779) Create the new file inside your working copy of the directory.
+cvs.texi(,4780)
+cvs.texi(,4781) @item
+cvs.texi(,4782) Use @samp{cvs add @var{filename}} to tell @sc{cvs} that you
+cvs.texi(,4783) want to version control the file. If the file contains
+cvs.texi(,4784) binary data, specify @samp{-kb} (@pxref{Binary files}).
cvs.texi(,4785)
-cvs.texi(,4786) You can also use the @code{add} command to add a new
-cvs.texi(,4787) directory.
-cvs.texi(,4788) @c FIXCVS and/or FIXME: Adding a directory doesn't
-cvs.texi(,4789) @c require the commit step. This probably can be
-cvs.texi(,4790) @c considered a CVS bug, but it is possible we should
-cvs.texi(,4791) @c warn people since this behavior probably won't be
-cvs.texi(,4792) @c changing right away.
-cvs.texi(,4793)
-cvs.texi(,4794) Unlike most other commands, the @code{add} command is
-cvs.texi(,4795) not recursive. You cannot even type @samp{cvs add
-cvs.texi(,4796) foo/bar}! Instead, you have to
-cvs.texi(,4797) @c FIXCVS: This is, of course, not a feature. It is
-cvs.texi(,4798) @c just that no one has gotten around to fixing "cvs add
-cvs.texi(,4799) @c foo/bar".
-cvs.texi(,4800)
-cvs.texi(,4801) @example
-cvs.texi(,4802) $ cd foo
-cvs.texi(,4803) $ cvs add bar
-cvs.texi(,4804) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4805)
-cvs.texi(,4806) @cindex add (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,4807) @deffn Command {cvs add} address@hidden kflag] address@hidden
message] files @dots{}
-cvs.texi(,4808)
-cvs.texi(,4809) Schedule @var{files} to be added to the repository.
-cvs.texi(,4810) The files or directories specified with @code{add} must
-cvs.texi(,4811) already exist in the current directory. To add a whole
-cvs.texi(,4812) new directory hierarchy to the source repository (for
-cvs.texi(,4813) example, files received from a third-party vendor), use
-cvs.texi(,4814) the @code{import} command instead. @xref{import}.
-cvs.texi(,4815)
-cvs.texi(,4816) The added files are not placed in the source repository
-cvs.texi(,4817) until you use @code{commit} to make the change
-cvs.texi(,4818) permanent. Doing an @code{add} on a file that was
-cvs.texi(,4819) removed with the @code{remove} command will undo the
-cvs.texi(,4820) effect of the @code{remove}, unless a @code{commit}
-cvs.texi(,4821) command intervened. @xref{Removing files}, for an
-cvs.texi(,4822) example.
-cvs.texi(,4823)
-cvs.texi(,4824) The @samp{-k} option specifies the default way that
-cvs.texi(,4825) this file will be checked out; for more information see
-cvs.texi(,4826) @ref{Substitution modes}.
-cvs.texi(,4827)
-cvs.texi(,4828) @c As noted in BUGS, -m is broken client/server (Nov
-cvs.texi(,4829) @c 96). Also see testsuite log2-* tests.
-cvs.texi(,4830) The @samp{-m} option specifies a description for the
-cvs.texi(,4831) file. This description appears in the history log (if
-cvs.texi(,4832) it is enabled, @pxref{history file}). It will also be
-cvs.texi(,4833) saved in the version history inside the repository when
-cvs.texi(,4834) the file is committed. The @code{log} command displays
-cvs.texi(,4835) this description. The description can be changed using
-cvs.texi(,4836) @samp{admin -t}. @xref{admin}. If you omit the
-cvs.texi(,4837) @samp{-m @var{description}} flag, an empty string will
-cvs.texi(,4838) be used. You will not be prompted for a description.
-cvs.texi(,4839) @end deffn
-cvs.texi(,4840)
-cvs.texi(,4841) For example, the following commands add the file
-cvs.texi(,4842) @file{backend.c} to the repository:
-cvs.texi(,4843)
-cvs.texi(,4844) @c This example used to specify
-cvs.texi(,4845) @c -m "Optimizer and code generation passes."
-cvs.texi(,4846) @c to the cvs add command, but that doesn't work
-cvs.texi(,4847) @c client/server (see log2 in sanity.sh). Should fix CVS,
-cvs.texi(,4848) @c but also seems strange to document things which
-cvs.texi(,4849) @c don't work...
-cvs.texi(,4850) @example
-cvs.texi(,4851) $ cvs add backend.c
-cvs.texi(,4852) $ cvs commit -m "Early version. Not yet compilable." backend.c
-cvs.texi(,4853) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4854)
-cvs.texi(,4855) When you add a file it is added only on the branch
-cvs.texi(,4856) which you are working on (@pxref{Branching and merging}). You
can
-cvs.texi(,4857) later merge the additions to another branch if you want
-cvs.texi(,4858) (@pxref{Merging adds and removals}).
-cvs.texi(,4859) @c Should we mention that earlier versions of CVS
-cvs.texi(,4860) @c lacked this feature (1.3) or implemented it in a buggy
-cvs.texi(,4861) @c way (well, 1.8 had many bugs in cvs update -j)?
-cvs.texi(,4862) @c Should we mention the bug/limitation regarding a
-cvs.texi(,4863) @c file being a regular file on one branch and a directory
-cvs.texi(,4864) @c on another?
-cvs.texi(,4865) @c FIXME: This needs an example, or several, here or
-cvs.texi(,4866) @c elsewhere, for it to make much sense.
-cvs.texi(,4867) @c Somewhere we need to discuss the aspects of death
-cvs.texi(,4868) @c support which don't involve branching, I guess.
-cvs.texi(,4869) @c Like the ability to re-create a release from a tag.
-cvs.texi(,4870)
-cvs.texi(,4871) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,4872) @node Removing files
-cvs.texi(,4873) @section Removing files
-cvs.texi(,4874) @cindex Removing files
-cvs.texi(,4875) @cindex Deleting files
+cvs.texi(,4786) @item
+cvs.texi(,4787) Use @samp{cvs commit @var{filename}} to actually check
+cvs.texi(,4788) in the file into the repository. Other developers
+cvs.texi(,4789) cannot see the file until you perform this step.
+cvs.texi(,4790) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,4791)
+cvs.texi(,4792) You can also use the @code{add} command to add a new
+cvs.texi(,4793) directory.
+cvs.texi(,4794) @c FIXCVS and/or FIXME: Adding a directory doesn't
+cvs.texi(,4795) @c require the commit step. This probably can be
+cvs.texi(,4796) @c considered a CVS bug, but it is possible we should
+cvs.texi(,4797) @c warn people since this behavior probably won't be
+cvs.texi(,4798) @c changing right away.
+cvs.texi(,4799)
+cvs.texi(,4800) Unlike most other commands, the @code{add} command is
+cvs.texi(,4801) not recursive. You cannot even type @samp{cvs add
+cvs.texi(,4802) foo/bar}! Instead, you have to
+cvs.texi(,4803) @c FIXCVS: This is, of course, not a feature. It is
+cvs.texi(,4804) @c just that no one has gotten around to fixing "cvs add
+cvs.texi(,4805) @c foo/bar".
+cvs.texi(,4806)
+cvs.texi(,4807) @example
+cvs.texi(,4808) $ cd foo
+cvs.texi(,4809) $ cvs add bar
+cvs.texi(,4810) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4811)
+cvs.texi(,4812) @cindex add (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,4813) @deffn Command {cvs add} address@hidden kflag] address@hidden
message] files @dots{}
+cvs.texi(,4814)
+cvs.texi(,4815) Schedule @var{files} to be added to the repository.
+cvs.texi(,4816) The files or directories specified with @code{add} must
+cvs.texi(,4817) already exist in the current directory. To add a whole
+cvs.texi(,4818) new directory hierarchy to the source repository (for
+cvs.texi(,4819) example, files received from a third-party vendor), use
+cvs.texi(,4820) the @code{import} command instead. @xref{import}.
+cvs.texi(,4821)
+cvs.texi(,4822) The added files are not placed in the source repository
+cvs.texi(,4823) until you use @code{commit} to make the change
+cvs.texi(,4824) permanent. Doing an @code{add} on a file that was
+cvs.texi(,4825) removed with the @code{remove} command will undo the
+cvs.texi(,4826) effect of the @code{remove}, unless a @code{commit}
+cvs.texi(,4827) command intervened. @xref{Removing files}, for an
+cvs.texi(,4828) example.
+cvs.texi(,4829)
+cvs.texi(,4830) The @samp{-k} option specifies the default way that
+cvs.texi(,4831) this file will be checked out; for more information see
+cvs.texi(,4832) @ref{Substitution modes}.
+cvs.texi(,4833)
+cvs.texi(,4834) @c As noted in BUGS, -m is broken client/server (Nov
+cvs.texi(,4835) @c 96). Also see testsuite log2-* tests.
+cvs.texi(,4836) The @samp{-m} option specifies a description for the
+cvs.texi(,4837) file. This description appears in the history log (if
+cvs.texi(,4838) it is enabled, @pxref{history file}). It will also be
+cvs.texi(,4839) saved in the version history inside the repository when
+cvs.texi(,4840) the file is committed. The @code{log} command displays
+cvs.texi(,4841) this description. The description can be changed using
+cvs.texi(,4842) @samp{admin -t}. @xref{admin}. If you omit the
+cvs.texi(,4843) @samp{-m @var{description}} flag, an empty string will
+cvs.texi(,4844) be used. You will not be prompted for a description.
+cvs.texi(,4845) @end deffn
+cvs.texi(,4846)
+cvs.texi(,4847) For example, the following commands add the file
+cvs.texi(,4848) @file{backend.c} to the repository:
+cvs.texi(,4849)
+cvs.texi(,4850) @c This example used to specify
+cvs.texi(,4851) @c -m "Optimizer and code generation passes."
+cvs.texi(,4852) @c to the cvs add command, but that doesn't work
+cvs.texi(,4853) @c client/server (see log2 in sanity.sh). Should fix CVS,
+cvs.texi(,4854) @c but also seems strange to document things which
+cvs.texi(,4855) @c don't work...
+cvs.texi(,4856) @example
+cvs.texi(,4857) $ cvs add backend.c
+cvs.texi(,4858) $ cvs commit -m "Early version. Not yet compilable." backend.c
+cvs.texi(,4859) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4860)
+cvs.texi(,4861) When you add a file it is added only on the branch
+cvs.texi(,4862) which you are working on (@pxref{Branching and merging}). You
can
+cvs.texi(,4863) later merge the additions to another branch if you want
+cvs.texi(,4864) (@pxref{Merging adds and removals}).
+cvs.texi(,4865) @c Should we mention that earlier versions of CVS
+cvs.texi(,4866) @c lacked this feature (1.3) or implemented it in a buggy
+cvs.texi(,4867) @c way (well, 1.8 had many bugs in cvs update -j)?
+cvs.texi(,4868) @c Should we mention the bug/limitation regarding a
+cvs.texi(,4869) @c file being a regular file on one branch and a directory
+cvs.texi(,4870) @c on another?
+cvs.texi(,4871) @c FIXME: This needs an example, or several, here or
+cvs.texi(,4872) @c elsewhere, for it to make much sense.
+cvs.texi(,4873) @c Somewhere we need to discuss the aspects of death
+cvs.texi(,4874) @c support which don't involve branching, I guess.
+cvs.texi(,4875) @c Like the ability to re-create a release from a tag.
cvs.texi(,4876)
-cvs.texi(,4877) @c FIXME: this node wants to be split into several
-cvs.texi(,4878) @c smaller nodes. Could make these children of
-cvs.texi(,4879) @c "Adding and removing", probably (death support could
-cvs.texi(,4880) @c be its own section, for example, as could the
-cvs.texi(,4881) @c various bits about undoing mistakes in adding and
-cvs.texi(,4882) @c removing).
-cvs.texi(,4883) Directories change. New files are added, and old files
-cvs.texi(,4884) disappear. Still, you want to be able to retrieve an
-cvs.texi(,4885) exact copy of old releases.
-cvs.texi(,4886)
-cvs.texi(,4887) Here is what you can do to remove a file,
-cvs.texi(,4888) but remain able to retrieve old revisions:
-cvs.texi(,4889)
-cvs.texi(,4890) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,4891) @c FIXME: should probably be saying something about
-cvs.texi(,4892) @c having a working directory in the first place.
-cvs.texi(,4893) @item
-cvs.texi(,4894) Make sure that you have not made any uncommitted
-cvs.texi(,4895) modifications to the file. @xref{Viewing differences},
-cvs.texi(,4896) for one way to do that. You can also use the
-cvs.texi(,4897) @code{status} or @code{update} command. If you remove
-cvs.texi(,4898) the file without committing your changes, you will of
-cvs.texi(,4899) course not be able to retrieve the file as it was
-cvs.texi(,4900) immediately before you deleted it.
-cvs.texi(,4901)
-cvs.texi(,4902) @item
-cvs.texi(,4903) Remove the file from your working copy of the directory.
-cvs.texi(,4904) You can for instance use @code{rm}.
-cvs.texi(,4905)
-cvs.texi(,4906) @item
-cvs.texi(,4907) Use @samp{cvs remove @var{filename}} to tell @sc{cvs} that
-cvs.texi(,4908) you really want to delete the file.
-cvs.texi(,4909)
-cvs.texi(,4910) @item
-cvs.texi(,4911) Use @samp{cvs commit @var{filename}} to actually
-cvs.texi(,4912) perform the removal of the file from the repository.
-cvs.texi(,4913) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,4914)
-cvs.texi(,4915) @c FIXME: Somehow this should be linked in with a more
-cvs.texi(,4916) @c general discussion of death support. I don't know
-cvs.texi(,4917) @c whether we want to use the term "death support" or
-cvs.texi(,4918) @c not (we can perhaps get by without it), but we do
-cvs.texi(,4919) @c need to discuss the "dead" state in "cvs log" and
-cvs.texi(,4920) @c related subjects. The current discussion is
-cvs.texi(,4921) @c scattered around, and not xref'd to each other.
-cvs.texi(,4922) @c FIXME: I think this paragraph wants to be moved
-cvs.texi(,4923) @c later down, at least after the first example.
-cvs.texi(,4924) When you commit the removal of the file, @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,4925) records the fact that the file no longer exists. It is
-cvs.texi(,4926) possible for a file to exist on only some branches and
-cvs.texi(,4927) not on others, or to re-add another file with the same
-cvs.texi(,4928) name later. @sc{cvs} will correctly create or not create
-cvs.texi(,4929) the file, based on the @samp{-r} and @samp{-D} options
-cvs.texi(,4930) specified to @code{checkout} or @code{update}.
-cvs.texi(,4931)
-cvs.texi(,4932) @c FIXME: This style seems to clash with how we
-cvs.texi(,4933) @c document things in general.
-cvs.texi(,4934) @cindex Remove (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,4935) @deffn Command {cvs remove} [options] files @dots{}
-cvs.texi(,4936)
-cvs.texi(,4937) Schedule file(s) to be removed from the repository
-cvs.texi(,4938) (files which have not already been removed from the
-cvs.texi(,4939) working directory are not processed). This command
-cvs.texi(,4940) does not actually remove the file from the repository
-cvs.texi(,4941) until you commit the removal. For a full list of
-cvs.texi(,4942) options, see @ref{Invoking CVS}.
-cvs.texi(,4943) @end deffn
-cvs.texi(,4944)
-cvs.texi(,4945) Here is an example of removing several files:
-cvs.texi(,4946)
-cvs.texi(,4947) @example
-cvs.texi(,4948) $ cd test
-cvs.texi(,4949) $ rm *.c
-cvs.texi(,4950) $ cvs remove
-cvs.texi(,4951) cvs remove: Removing .
-cvs.texi(,4952) cvs remove: scheduling a.c for removal
-cvs.texi(,4953) cvs remove: scheduling b.c for removal
-cvs.texi(,4954) cvs remove: use 'cvs commit' to remove these files permanently
-cvs.texi(,4955) $ cvs ci -m "Removed unneeded files"
-cvs.texi(,4956) cvs commit: Examining .
-cvs.texi(,4957) cvs commit: Committing .
-cvs.texi(,4958) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4959)
-cvs.texi(,4960) As a convenience you can remove the file and @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,4961) remove} it in one step, by specifying the @samp{-f}
-cvs.texi(,4962) option. For example, the above example could also be
-cvs.texi(,4963) done like this:
-cvs.texi(,4964)
-cvs.texi(,4965) @example
-cvs.texi(,4966) $ cd test
-cvs.texi(,4967) $ cvs remove -f *.c
-cvs.texi(,4968) cvs remove: scheduling a.c for removal
-cvs.texi(,4969) cvs remove: scheduling b.c for removal
-cvs.texi(,4970) cvs remove: use 'cvs commit' to remove these files permanently
-cvs.texi(,4971) $ cvs ci -m "Removed unneeded files"
-cvs.texi(,4972) cvs commit: Examining .
-cvs.texi(,4973) cvs commit: Committing .
-cvs.texi(,4974) @end example
-cvs.texi(,4975)
-cvs.texi(,4976) If you execute @code{remove} for a file, and then
-cvs.texi(,4977) change your mind before you commit, you can undo the
-cvs.texi(,4978) @code{remove} with an @code{add} command.
-cvs.texi(,4989)
-cvs.texi(,4990) @c FIXME: what if you change your mind after you commit
-cvs.texi(,4991) @c it? (answer is also "cvs add" but we don't say that...).
-cvs.texi(,4992) @c We need some index entries for thinks like "undoing
-cvs.texi(,4993) @c removal" too.
-cvs.texi(,4994)
-cvs.texi(,4995) @example
-cvs.texi(,4996) $ ls
-cvs.texi(,4997) CVS ja.h oj.c
-cvs.texi(,4998) $ rm oj.c
-cvs.texi(,4999) $ cvs remove oj.c
-cvs.texi(,5000) cvs remove: scheduling oj.c for removal
-cvs.texi(,5001) cvs remove: use 'cvs commit' to remove this file permanently
-cvs.texi(,5002) $ cvs add oj.c
-cvs.texi(,5003) U oj.c
-cvs.texi(,5004) cvs add: oj.c, version 1.1.1.1, resurrected
-cvs.texi(,5005) @end example
-cvs.texi(,5006)
-cvs.texi(,5007) If you realize your mistake before you run the
-cvs.texi(,5008) @code{remove} command you can use @code{update} to
-cvs.texi(,5009) resurrect the file:
-cvs.texi(,5010)
-cvs.texi(,5011) @example
-cvs.texi(,5012) $ rm oj.c
-cvs.texi(,5013) $ cvs update oj.c
-cvs.texi(,5014) cvs update: warning: oj.c was lost
-cvs.texi(,5015) U oj.c
-cvs.texi(,5016) @end example
-cvs.texi(,5017)
-cvs.texi(,5018) When you remove a file it is removed only on the branch
-cvs.texi(,5019) which you are working on (@pxref{Branching and merging}). You
can
-cvs.texi(,5020) later merge the removals to another branch if you want
-cvs.texi(,5021) (@pxref{Merging adds and removals}).
-cvs.texi(,5022)
-cvs.texi(,5023) @node Removing directories
-cvs.texi(,5024) @section Removing directories
-cvs.texi(,5025) @cindex Removing directories
-cvs.texi(,5026) @cindex Directories, removing
-cvs.texi(,5027)
-cvs.texi(,5028) In concept removing directories is somewhat similar to
-cvs.texi(,5029) removing files---you want the directory to not exist in
-cvs.texi(,5030) your current working directories, but you also want to
-cvs.texi(,5031) be able to retrieve old releases in which the directory
-cvs.texi(,5032) existed.
+cvs.texi(,4877) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,4878) @node Removing files
+cvs.texi(,4879) @section Removing files
+cvs.texi(,4880) @cindex Removing files
+cvs.texi(,4881) @cindex Deleting files
+cvs.texi(,4882)
+cvs.texi(,4883) @c FIXME: this node wants to be split into several
+cvs.texi(,4884) @c smaller nodes. Could make these children of
+cvs.texi(,4885) @c "Adding and removing", probably (death support could
+cvs.texi(,4886) @c be its own section, for example, as could the
+cvs.texi(,4887) @c various bits about undoing mistakes in adding and
+cvs.texi(,4888) @c removing).
+cvs.texi(,4889) Directories change. New files are added, and old files
+cvs.texi(,4890) disappear. Still, you want to be able to retrieve an
+cvs.texi(,4891) exact copy of old releases.
+cvs.texi(,4892)
+cvs.texi(,4893) Here is what you can do to remove a file,
+cvs.texi(,4894) but remain able to retrieve old revisions:
+cvs.texi(,4895)
+cvs.texi(,4896) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,4897) @c FIXME: should probably be saying something about
+cvs.texi(,4898) @c having a working directory in the first place.
+cvs.texi(,4899) @item
+cvs.texi(,4900) Make sure that you have not made any uncommitted
+cvs.texi(,4901) modifications to the file. @xref{Viewing differences},
+cvs.texi(,4902) for one way to do that. You can also use the
+cvs.texi(,4903) @code{status} or @code{update} command. If you remove
+cvs.texi(,4904) the file without committing your changes, you will of
+cvs.texi(,4905) course not be able to retrieve the file as it was
+cvs.texi(,4906) immediately before you deleted it.
+cvs.texi(,4907)
+cvs.texi(,4908) @item
+cvs.texi(,4909) Remove the file from your working copy of the directory.
+cvs.texi(,4910) You can for instance use @code{rm}.
+cvs.texi(,4911)
+cvs.texi(,4912) @item
+cvs.texi(,4913) Use @samp{cvs remove @var{filename}} to tell @sc{cvs} that
+cvs.texi(,4914) you really want to delete the file.
+cvs.texi(,4915)
+cvs.texi(,4916) @item
+cvs.texi(,4917) Use @samp{cvs commit @var{filename}} to actually
+cvs.texi(,4918) perform the removal of the file from the repository.
+cvs.texi(,4919) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,4920)
+cvs.texi(,4921) @c FIXME: Somehow this should be linked in with a more
+cvs.texi(,4922) @c general discussion of death support. I don't know
+cvs.texi(,4923) @c whether we want to use the term "death support" or
+cvs.texi(,4924) @c not (we can perhaps get by without it), but we do
+cvs.texi(,4925) @c need to discuss the "dead" state in "cvs log" and
+cvs.texi(,4926) @c related subjects. The current discussion is
+cvs.texi(,4927) @c scattered around, and not xref'd to each other.
+cvs.texi(,4928) @c FIXME: I think this paragraph wants to be moved
+cvs.texi(,4929) @c later down, at least after the first example.
+cvs.texi(,4930) When you commit the removal of the file, @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,4931) records the fact that the file no longer exists. It is
+cvs.texi(,4932) possible for a file to exist on only some branches and
+cvs.texi(,4933) not on others, or to re-add another file with the same
+cvs.texi(,4934) name later. @sc{cvs} will correctly create or not create
+cvs.texi(,4935) the file, based on the @samp{-r} and @samp{-D} options
+cvs.texi(,4936) specified to @code{checkout} or @code{update}.
+cvs.texi(,4937)
+cvs.texi(,4938) @c FIXME: This style seems to clash with how we
+cvs.texi(,4939) @c document things in general.
+cvs.texi(,4940) @cindex Remove (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,4941) @deffn Command {cvs remove} [options] files @dots{}
+cvs.texi(,4942)
+cvs.texi(,4943) Schedule file(s) to be removed from the repository
+cvs.texi(,4944) (files which have not already been removed from the
+cvs.texi(,4945) working directory are not processed). This command
+cvs.texi(,4946) does not actually remove the file from the repository
+cvs.texi(,4947) until you commit the removal. For a full list of
+cvs.texi(,4948) options, see @ref{Invoking CVS}.
+cvs.texi(,4949) @end deffn
+cvs.texi(,4950)
+cvs.texi(,4951) Here is an example of removing several files:
+cvs.texi(,4952)
+cvs.texi(,4953) @example
+cvs.texi(,4954) $ cd test
+cvs.texi(,4955) $ rm *.c
+cvs.texi(,4956) $ cvs remove
+cvs.texi(,4957) cvs remove: Removing .
+cvs.texi(,4958) cvs remove: scheduling a.c for removal
+cvs.texi(,4959) cvs remove: scheduling b.c for removal
+cvs.texi(,4960) cvs remove: use 'cvs commit' to remove these files permanently
+cvs.texi(,4961) $ cvs ci -m "Removed unneeded files"
+cvs.texi(,4962) cvs commit: Examining .
+cvs.texi(,4963) cvs commit: Committing .
+cvs.texi(,4964) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4965)
+cvs.texi(,4966) As a convenience you can remove the file and @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,4967) remove} it in one step, by specifying the @samp{-f}
+cvs.texi(,4968) option. For example, the above example could also be
+cvs.texi(,4969) done like this:
+cvs.texi(,4970)
+cvs.texi(,4971) @example
+cvs.texi(,4972) $ cd test
+cvs.texi(,4973) $ cvs remove -f *.c
+cvs.texi(,4974) cvs remove: scheduling a.c for removal
+cvs.texi(,4975) cvs remove: scheduling b.c for removal
+cvs.texi(,4976) cvs remove: use 'cvs commit' to remove these files permanently
+cvs.texi(,4977) $ cvs ci -m "Removed unneeded files"
+cvs.texi(,4978) cvs commit: Examining .
+cvs.texi(,4979) cvs commit: Committing .
+cvs.texi(,4980) @end example
+cvs.texi(,4981)
+cvs.texi(,4982) If you execute @code{remove} for a file, and then
+cvs.texi(,4983) change your mind before you commit, you can undo the
+cvs.texi(,4984) @code{remove} with an @code{add} command.
+cvs.texi(,4995)
+cvs.texi(,4996) @c FIXME: what if you change your mind after you commit
+cvs.texi(,4997) @c it? (answer is also "cvs add" but we don't say that...).
+cvs.texi(,4998) @c We need some index entries for thinks like "undoing
+cvs.texi(,4999) @c removal" too.
+cvs.texi(,5000)
+cvs.texi(,5001) @example
+cvs.texi(,5002) $ ls
+cvs.texi(,5003) CVS ja.h oj.c
+cvs.texi(,5004) $ rm oj.c
+cvs.texi(,5005) $ cvs remove oj.c
+cvs.texi(,5006) cvs remove: scheduling oj.c for removal
+cvs.texi(,5007) cvs remove: use 'cvs commit' to remove this file permanently
+cvs.texi(,5008) $ cvs add oj.c
+cvs.texi(,5009) U oj.c
+cvs.texi(,5010) cvs add: oj.c, version 1.1.1.1, resurrected
+cvs.texi(,5011) @end example
+cvs.texi(,5012)
+cvs.texi(,5013) If you realize your mistake before you run the
+cvs.texi(,5014) @code{remove} command you can use @code{update} to
+cvs.texi(,5015) resurrect the file:
+cvs.texi(,5016)
+cvs.texi(,5017) @example
+cvs.texi(,5018) $ rm oj.c
+cvs.texi(,5019) $ cvs update oj.c
+cvs.texi(,5020) cvs update: warning: oj.c was lost
+cvs.texi(,5021) U oj.c
+cvs.texi(,5022) @end example
+cvs.texi(,5023)
+cvs.texi(,5024) When you remove a file it is removed only on the branch
+cvs.texi(,5025) which you are working on (@pxref{Branching and merging}). You
can
+cvs.texi(,5026) later merge the removals to another branch if you want
+cvs.texi(,5027) (@pxref{Merging adds and removals}).
+cvs.texi(,5028)
+cvs.texi(,5029) @node Removing directories
+cvs.texi(,5030) @section Removing directories
+cvs.texi(,5031) @cindex Removing directories
+cvs.texi(,5032) @cindex Directories, removing
cvs.texi(,5033)
-cvs.texi(,5034) The way that you remove a directory is to remove all
-cvs.texi(,5035) the files in it. You don't remove the directory
-cvs.texi(,5036) itself; there is no way to do that.
-cvs.texi(,5037) Instead you specify the @samp{-P} option to
-cvs.texi(,5038) @code{cvs update} or @code{cvs checkout},
-cvs.texi(,5039) which will cause @sc{cvs} to remove empty
-cvs.texi(,5040) directories from working directories.
-cvs.texi(,5041) (Note that @code{cvs export} always removes empty directories.)
-cvs.texi(,5042) Probably the
-cvs.texi(,5043) best way to do this is to always specify @samp{-P}; if
-cvs.texi(,5044) you want an empty directory then put a dummy file (for
-cvs.texi(,5045) example @file{.keepme}) in it to prevent @samp{-P} from
-cvs.texi(,5046) removing it.
-cvs.texi(,5047)
-cvs.texi(,5048) @c I'd try to give a rationale for this, but I'm not
-cvs.texi(,5049) @c sure there is a particularly convincing one. What
-cvs.texi(,5050) @c we would _like_ is for CVS to do a better job of version
-cvs.texi(,5051) @c controlling whether directories exist, to eliminate the
-cvs.texi(,5052) @c need for -P and so that a file can be a directory in
-cvs.texi(,5053) @c one revision and a regular file in another.
-cvs.texi(,5054) Note that @samp{-P} is implied by the @samp{-r} or @samp{-D}
-cvs.texi(,5055) options of @code{checkout}. This way
-cvs.texi(,5056) @sc{cvs} will be able to correctly create the directory
-cvs.texi(,5057) or not depending on whether the particular version you
-cvs.texi(,5058) are checking out contains any files in that directory.
-cvs.texi(,5059)
-cvs.texi(,5060) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,5061) @node Moving files
-cvs.texi(,5062) @section Moving and renaming files
-cvs.texi(,5063) @cindex Moving files
-cvs.texi(,5064) @cindex Renaming files
-cvs.texi(,5065) @cindex Files, moving
-cvs.texi(,5066)
-cvs.texi(,5067) Moving files to a different directory or renaming them
-cvs.texi(,5068) is not difficult, but some of the ways in which this
-cvs.texi(,5069) works may be non-obvious. (Moving or renaming a
-cvs.texi(,5070) directory is even harder. @xref{Moving directories}.).
-cvs.texi(,5071)
-cvs.texi(,5072) The examples below assume that the file @var{old} is renamed to
-cvs.texi(,5073) @var{new}.
-cvs.texi(,5074)
-cvs.texi(,5075) @menu
-cvs.texi(,5076) * Outside:: The normal way to Rename
-cvs.texi(,5077) * Inside:: A tricky, alternative way
-cvs.texi(,5078) * Rename by copying:: Another tricky, alternative way
-cvs.texi(,5079) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,5034) In concept removing directories is somewhat similar to
+cvs.texi(,5035) removing files---you want the directory to not exist in
+cvs.texi(,5036) your current working directories, but you also want to
+cvs.texi(,5037) be able to retrieve old releases in which the directory
+cvs.texi(,5038) existed.
+cvs.texi(,5039)
+cvs.texi(,5040) The way that you remove a directory is to remove all
+cvs.texi(,5041) the files in it. You don't remove the directory
+cvs.texi(,5042) itself; there is no way to do that.
+cvs.texi(,5043) Instead you specify the @samp{-P} option to
+cvs.texi(,5044) @code{cvs update} or @code{cvs checkout},
+cvs.texi(,5045) which will cause @sc{cvs} to remove empty
+cvs.texi(,5046) directories from working directories.
+cvs.texi(,5047) (Note that @code{cvs export} always removes empty directories.)
+cvs.texi(,5048) Probably the
+cvs.texi(,5049) best way to do this is to always specify @samp{-P}; if
+cvs.texi(,5050) you want an empty directory then put a dummy file (for
+cvs.texi(,5051) example @file{.keepme}) in it to prevent @samp{-P} from
+cvs.texi(,5052) removing it.
+cvs.texi(,5053)
+cvs.texi(,5054) @c I'd try to give a rationale for this, but I'm not
+cvs.texi(,5055) @c sure there is a particularly convincing one. What
+cvs.texi(,5056) @c we would _like_ is for CVS to do a better job of version
+cvs.texi(,5057) @c controlling whether directories exist, to eliminate the
+cvs.texi(,5058) @c need for -P and so that a file can be a directory in
+cvs.texi(,5059) @c one revision and a regular file in another.
+cvs.texi(,5060) Note that @samp{-P} is implied by the @samp{-r} or @samp{-D}
+cvs.texi(,5061) options of @code{checkout}. This way
+cvs.texi(,5062) @sc{cvs} will be able to correctly create the directory
+cvs.texi(,5063) or not depending on whether the particular version you
+cvs.texi(,5064) are checking out contains any files in that directory.
+cvs.texi(,5065)
+cvs.texi(,5066) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,5067) @node Moving files
+cvs.texi(,5068) @section Moving and renaming files
+cvs.texi(,5069) @cindex Moving files
+cvs.texi(,5070) @cindex Renaming files
+cvs.texi(,5071) @cindex Files, moving
+cvs.texi(,5072)
+cvs.texi(,5073) Moving files to a different directory or renaming them
+cvs.texi(,5074) is not difficult, but some of the ways in which this
+cvs.texi(,5075) works may be non-obvious. (Moving or renaming a
+cvs.texi(,5076) directory is even harder. @xref{Moving directories}.).
+cvs.texi(,5077)
+cvs.texi(,5078) The examples below assume that the file @var{old} is renamed to
+cvs.texi(,5079) @var{new}.
cvs.texi(,5080)
-cvs.texi(,5081) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,5082) @node Outside
-cvs.texi(,5083) @subsection The Normal way to Rename
-cvs.texi(,5084)
-cvs.texi(,5085) @c More rename issues. Not sure whether these are
-cvs.texi(,5086) @c worth documenting; I'm putting them here because
-cvs.texi(,5087) @c it seems to be as good a place as any to try to
-cvs.texi(,5088) @c set down the issues.
-cvs.texi(,5089) @c * "cvs annotate" will annotate either the new
-cvs.texi(,5090) @c file or the old file; it cannot annotate _each
-cvs.texi(,5091) @c line_ based on whether it was last changed in the
-cvs.texi(,5092) @c new or old file. Unlike "cvs log", where the
-cvs.texi(,5093) @c consequences of having to select either the new
-cvs.texi(,5094) @c or old name seem fairly benign, this may be a
-cvs.texi(,5095) @c real advantage to having CVS know about renames
-cvs.texi(,5096) @c other than as a deletion and an addition.
-cvs.texi(,5097)
-cvs.texi(,5098) The normal way to move a file is to copy @var{old} to
-cvs.texi(,5099) @var{new}, and then issue the normal @sc{cvs} commands
-cvs.texi(,5100) to remove @var{old} from the repository, and add
-cvs.texi(,5101) @var{new} to it.
-cvs.texi(,5102) @c The following sentence is not true: one must cd into
-cvs.texi(,5103) @c the directory to run "cvs add".
-cvs.texi(,5104) @c (Both @var{old} and @var{new} could
-cvs.texi(,5105) @c contain relative paths, for example @file{foo/bar.c}).
-cvs.texi(,5106)
-cvs.texi(,5107) @example
-cvs.texi(,5108) $ mv @var{old} @var{new}
-cvs.texi(,5109) $ cvs remove @var{old}
-cvs.texi(,5110) $ cvs add @var{new}
-cvs.texi(,5111) $ cvs commit -m "Renamed @var{old} to @var{new}" @var{old}
@var{new}
-cvs.texi(,5112) @end example
-cvs.texi(,5113)
-cvs.texi(,5114) This is the simplest way to move a file, it is not
-cvs.texi(,5115) error-prone, and it preserves the history of what was
-cvs.texi(,5116) done. Note that to access the history of the file you
-cvs.texi(,5117) must specify the old or the new name, depending on what
-cvs.texi(,5118) portion of the history you are accessing. For example,
-cvs.texi(,5119) @code{cvs log @var{old}} will give the log up until the
-cvs.texi(,5120) time of the rename.
-cvs.texi(,5121)
-cvs.texi(,5122) When @var{new} is committed its revision numbers will
-cvs.texi(,5123) start again, usually at 1.1, so if that bothers you,
-cvs.texi(,5124) use the @samp{-r rev} option to commit. For more
-cvs.texi(,5125) information see @ref{Assigning revisions}.
-cvs.texi(,5126)
-cvs.texi(,5127) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,5128) @node Inside
-cvs.texi(,5129) @subsection Moving the history file
-cvs.texi(,5130)
-cvs.texi(,5131) This method is more dangerous, since it involves moving
-cvs.texi(,5132) files inside the repository. Read this entire section
-cvs.texi(,5133) before trying it out!
-cvs.texi(,5134)
-cvs.texi(,5135) @example
-cvs.texi(,5136) $ cd $CVSROOT/@var{dir}
-cvs.texi(,5137) $ mv @var{old},v @var{new},v
-cvs.texi(,5138) @end example
-cvs.texi(,5139)
-cvs.texi(,5140) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,5141) Advantages:
-cvs.texi(,5142)
-cvs.texi(,5143) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,5144) @item
-cvs.texi(,5145) The log of changes is maintained intact.
-cvs.texi(,5146)
-cvs.texi(,5147) @item
-cvs.texi(,5148) The revision numbers are not affected.
-cvs.texi(,5149) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,5150)
-cvs.texi(,5151) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,5152) Disadvantages:
-cvs.texi(,5153)
-cvs.texi(,5154) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,5155) @item
-cvs.texi(,5156) Old releases cannot easily be fetched from the
-cvs.texi(,5157) repository. (The file will show up as @var{new} even
-cvs.texi(,5158) in revisions from the time before it was renamed).
+cvs.texi(,5081) @menu
+cvs.texi(,5082) * Outside:: The normal way to Rename
+cvs.texi(,5083) * Inside:: A tricky, alternative way
+cvs.texi(,5084) * Rename by copying:: Another tricky, alternative way
+cvs.texi(,5085) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,5086)
+cvs.texi(,5087) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,5088) @node Outside
+cvs.texi(,5089) @subsection The Normal way to Rename
+cvs.texi(,5090)
+cvs.texi(,5091) @c More rename issues. Not sure whether these are
+cvs.texi(,5092) @c worth documenting; I'm putting them here because
+cvs.texi(,5093) @c it seems to be as good a place as any to try to
+cvs.texi(,5094) @c set down the issues.
+cvs.texi(,5095) @c * "cvs annotate" will annotate either the new
+cvs.texi(,5096) @c file or the old file; it cannot annotate _each
+cvs.texi(,5097) @c line_ based on whether it was last changed in the
+cvs.texi(,5098) @c new or old file. Unlike "cvs log", where the
+cvs.texi(,5099) @c consequences of having to select either the new
+cvs.texi(,5100) @c or old name seem fairly benign, this may be a
+cvs.texi(,5101) @c real advantage to having CVS know about renames
+cvs.texi(,5102) @c other than as a deletion and an addition.
+cvs.texi(,5103)
+cvs.texi(,5104) The normal way to move a file is to copy @var{old} to
+cvs.texi(,5105) @var{new}, and then issue the normal @sc{cvs} commands
+cvs.texi(,5106) to remove @var{old} from the repository, and add
+cvs.texi(,5107) @var{new} to it.
+cvs.texi(,5108) @c The following sentence is not true: one must cd into
+cvs.texi(,5109) @c the directory to run "cvs add".
+cvs.texi(,5110) @c (Both @var{old} and @var{new} could
+cvs.texi(,5111) @c contain relative paths, for example @file{foo/bar.c}).
+cvs.texi(,5112)
+cvs.texi(,5113) @example
+cvs.texi(,5114) $ mv @var{old} @var{new}
+cvs.texi(,5115) $ cvs remove @var{old}
+cvs.texi(,5116) $ cvs add @var{new}
+cvs.texi(,5117) $ cvs commit -m "Renamed @var{old} to @var{new}" @var{old}
@var{new}
+cvs.texi(,5118) @end example
+cvs.texi(,5119)
+cvs.texi(,5120) This is the simplest way to move a file, it is not
+cvs.texi(,5121) error-prone, and it preserves the history of what was
+cvs.texi(,5122) done. Note that to access the history of the file you
+cvs.texi(,5123) must specify the old or the new name, depending on what
+cvs.texi(,5124) portion of the history you are accessing. For example,
+cvs.texi(,5125) @code{cvs log @var{old}} will give the log up until the
+cvs.texi(,5126) time of the rename.
+cvs.texi(,5127)
+cvs.texi(,5128) When @var{new} is committed its revision numbers will
+cvs.texi(,5129) start again, usually at 1.1, so if that bothers you,
+cvs.texi(,5130) use the @samp{-r rev} option to commit. For more
+cvs.texi(,5131) information see @ref{Assigning revisions}.
+cvs.texi(,5132)
+cvs.texi(,5133) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,5134) @node Inside
+cvs.texi(,5135) @subsection Moving the history file
+cvs.texi(,5136)
+cvs.texi(,5137) This method is more dangerous, since it involves moving
+cvs.texi(,5138) files inside the repository. Read this entire section
+cvs.texi(,5139) before trying it out!
+cvs.texi(,5140)
+cvs.texi(,5141) @example
+cvs.texi(,5142) $ cd $CVSROOT/@var{dir}
+cvs.texi(,5143) $ mv @var{old},v @var{new},v
+cvs.texi(,5144) @end example
+cvs.texi(,5145)
+cvs.texi(,5146) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,5147) Advantages:
+cvs.texi(,5148)
+cvs.texi(,5149) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,5150) @item
+cvs.texi(,5151) The log of changes is maintained intact.
+cvs.texi(,5152)
+cvs.texi(,5153) @item
+cvs.texi(,5154) The revision numbers are not affected.
+cvs.texi(,5155) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,5156)
+cvs.texi(,5157) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,5158) Disadvantages:
cvs.texi(,5159)
-cvs.texi(,5160) @item
-cvs.texi(,5161) There is no log information of when the file was renamed.
-cvs.texi(,5162)
-cvs.texi(,5163) @item
-cvs.texi(,5164) Nasty things might happen if someone accesses the history file
-cvs.texi(,5165) while you are moving it. Make sure no one else runs any of
the @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,5166) commands while you move it.
-cvs.texi(,5167) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,5160) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,5161) @item
+cvs.texi(,5162) Old releases cannot easily be fetched from the
+cvs.texi(,5163) repository. (The file will show up as @var{new} even
+cvs.texi(,5164) in revisions from the time before it was renamed).
+cvs.texi(,5165)
+cvs.texi(,5166) @item
+cvs.texi(,5167) There is no log information of when the file was renamed.
cvs.texi(,5168)
-cvs.texi(,5169) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,5170) @node Rename by copying
-cvs.texi(,5171) @subsection Copying the history file
-cvs.texi(,5172)
-cvs.texi(,5173) This way also involves direct modifications to the
-cvs.texi(,5174) repository. It is safe, but not without drawbacks.
-cvs.texi(,5175)
-cvs.texi(,5176) @example
-cvs.texi(,5177) # @r{Copy the @sc{rcs} file inside the repository}
-cvs.texi(,5178) $ cd $CVSROOT/@var{dir}
-cvs.texi(,5179) $ cp @var{old},v @var{new},v
-cvs.texi(,5180) # @r{Remove the old file}
-cvs.texi(,5181) $ cd ~/@var{dir}
-cvs.texi(,5182) $ rm @var{old}
-cvs.texi(,5183) $ cvs remove @var{old}
-cvs.texi(,5184) $ cvs commit @var{old}
-cvs.texi(,5185) # @r{Remove all tags from @var{new}}
-cvs.texi(,5186) $ cvs update @var{new}
-cvs.texi(,5187) $ cvs log @var{new} # @r{Remember the non-branch
tag names}
-cvs.texi(,5188) $ cvs tag -d @var{tag1} @var{new}
-cvs.texi(,5189) $ cvs tag -d @var{tag2} @var{new}
-cvs.texi(,5190) @dots{}
-cvs.texi(,5191) @end example
-cvs.texi(,5192)
-cvs.texi(,5193) By removing the tags you will be able to check out old
-cvs.texi(,5194) revisions.
-cvs.texi(,5195)
-cvs.texi(,5196) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,5197) Advantages:
+cvs.texi(,5169) @item
+cvs.texi(,5170) Nasty things might happen if someone accesses the history file
+cvs.texi(,5171) while you are moving it. Make sure no one else runs any of
the @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,5172) commands while you move it.
+cvs.texi(,5173) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,5174)
+cvs.texi(,5175) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,5176) @node Rename by copying
+cvs.texi(,5177) @subsection Copying the history file
+cvs.texi(,5178)
+cvs.texi(,5179) This way also involves direct modifications to the
+cvs.texi(,5180) repository. It is safe, but not without drawbacks.
+cvs.texi(,5181)
+cvs.texi(,5182) @example
+cvs.texi(,5183) # @r{Copy the @sc{rcs} file inside the repository}
+cvs.texi(,5184) $ cd $CVSROOT/@var{dir}
+cvs.texi(,5185) $ cp @var{old},v @var{new},v
+cvs.texi(,5186) # @r{Remove the old file}
+cvs.texi(,5187) $ cd ~/@var{dir}
+cvs.texi(,5188) $ rm @var{old}
+cvs.texi(,5189) $ cvs remove @var{old}
+cvs.texi(,5190) $ cvs commit @var{old}
+cvs.texi(,5191) # @r{Remove all tags from @var{new}}
+cvs.texi(,5192) $ cvs update @var{new}
+cvs.texi(,5193) $ cvs log @var{new} # @r{Remember the non-branch
tag names}
+cvs.texi(,5194) $ cvs tag -d @var{tag1} @var{new}
+cvs.texi(,5195) $ cvs tag -d @var{tag2} @var{new}
+cvs.texi(,5196) @dots{}
+cvs.texi(,5197) @end example
cvs.texi(,5198)
-cvs.texi(,5199) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,5200) @item
-cvs.texi(,5201) @c FIXME: Is this true about -D now that we have death
-cvs.texi(,5202) @c support? See 5B.3 in the FAQ.
-cvs.texi(,5203) Checking out old revisions works correctly, as long as
-cvs.texi(,5204) you use @address@hidden and not @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,5205) to retrieve the revisions.
-cvs.texi(,5206)
-cvs.texi(,5207) @item
-cvs.texi(,5208) The log of changes is maintained intact.
-cvs.texi(,5209)
-cvs.texi(,5210) @item
-cvs.texi(,5211) The revision numbers are not affected.
-cvs.texi(,5212) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,5213)
-cvs.texi(,5214) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,5215) Disadvantages:
-cvs.texi(,5216)
-cvs.texi(,5217) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,5218) @item
-cvs.texi(,5219) You cannot easily see the history of the file across the
rename.
-cvs.texi(,5220)
-cvs.texi(,5233) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,5234)
-cvs.texi(,5235) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,5236) @node Moving directories
-cvs.texi(,5237) @section Moving and renaming directories
-cvs.texi(,5238) @cindex Moving directories
-cvs.texi(,5239) @cindex Renaming directories
-cvs.texi(,5240) @cindex Directories, moving
-cvs.texi(,5241)
-cvs.texi(,5242) The normal way to rename or move a directory is to
-cvs.texi(,5243) rename or move each file within it as described in
-cvs.texi(,5244) @ref{Outside}. Then check out with the @samp{-P}
-cvs.texi(,5245) option, as described in @ref{Removing directories}.
-cvs.texi(,5246)
-cvs.texi(,5247) If you really want to hack the repository to rename or
-cvs.texi(,5248) delete a directory in the repository, you can do it
-cvs.texi(,5249) like this:
-cvs.texi(,5250)
-cvs.texi(,5251) @enumerate
-cvs.texi(,5252) @item
-cvs.texi(,5253) Inform everyone who has a checked out copy of the directory
that the
-cvs.texi(,5254) directory will be renamed. They should commit all
-cvs.texi(,5255) their changes, and remove their working copies,
-cvs.texi(,5256) before you take the steps below.
-cvs.texi(,5257)
+cvs.texi(,5199) By removing the tags you will be able to check out old
+cvs.texi(,5200) revisions.
+cvs.texi(,5201)
+cvs.texi(,5202) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,5203) Advantages:
+cvs.texi(,5204)
+cvs.texi(,5205) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,5206) @item
+cvs.texi(,5207) @c FIXME: Is this true about -D now that we have death
+cvs.texi(,5208) @c support? See 5B.3 in the FAQ.
+cvs.texi(,5209) Checking out old revisions works correctly, as long as
+cvs.texi(,5210) you use @address@hidden and not @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,5211) to retrieve the revisions.
+cvs.texi(,5212)
+cvs.texi(,5213) @item
+cvs.texi(,5214) The log of changes is maintained intact.
+cvs.texi(,5215)
+cvs.texi(,5216) @item
+cvs.texi(,5217) The revision numbers are not affected.
+cvs.texi(,5218) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,5219)
+cvs.texi(,5220) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,5221) Disadvantages:
+cvs.texi(,5222)
+cvs.texi(,5223) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,5224) @item
+cvs.texi(,5225) You cannot easily see the history of the file across the
rename.
+cvs.texi(,5226)
+cvs.texi(,5239) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,5240)
+cvs.texi(,5241) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,5242) @node Moving directories
+cvs.texi(,5243) @section Moving and renaming directories
+cvs.texi(,5244) @cindex Moving directories
+cvs.texi(,5245) @cindex Renaming directories
+cvs.texi(,5246) @cindex Directories, moving
+cvs.texi(,5247)
+cvs.texi(,5248) The normal way to rename or move a directory is to
+cvs.texi(,5249) rename or move each file within it as described in
+cvs.texi(,5250) @ref{Outside}. Then check out with the @samp{-P}
+cvs.texi(,5251) option, as described in @ref{Removing directories}.
+cvs.texi(,5252)
+cvs.texi(,5253) If you really want to hack the repository to rename or
+cvs.texi(,5254) delete a directory in the repository, you can do it
+cvs.texi(,5255) like this:
+cvs.texi(,5256)
+cvs.texi(,5257) @enumerate
cvs.texi(,5258) @item
-cvs.texi(,5259) Rename the directory inside the repository.
-cvs.texi(,5260)
-cvs.texi(,5261) @example
-cvs.texi(,5262) $ cd $CVSROOT/@var{parent-dir}
-cvs.texi(,5263) $ mv @var{old-dir} @var{new-dir}
-cvs.texi(,5264) @end example
-cvs.texi(,5265)
-cvs.texi(,5266) @item
-cvs.texi(,5267) Fix the @sc{cvs} administrative files, if necessary (for
-cvs.texi(,5268) instance if you renamed an entire module).
-cvs.texi(,5269)
-cvs.texi(,5270) @item
-cvs.texi(,5271) Tell everyone that they can check out again and continue
-cvs.texi(,5272) working.
-cvs.texi(,5273)
-cvs.texi(,5274) @end enumerate
+cvs.texi(,5259) Inform everyone who has a checked out copy of the directory
that the
+cvs.texi(,5260) directory will be renamed. They should commit all
+cvs.texi(,5261) their changes, and remove their working copies,
+cvs.texi(,5262) before you take the steps below.
+cvs.texi(,5263)
+cvs.texi(,5264) @item
+cvs.texi(,5265) Rename the directory inside the repository.
+cvs.texi(,5266)
+cvs.texi(,5267) @example
+cvs.texi(,5268) $ cd $CVSROOT/@var{parent-dir}
+cvs.texi(,5269) $ mv @var{old-dir} @var{new-dir}
+cvs.texi(,5270) @end example
+cvs.texi(,5271)
+cvs.texi(,5272) @item
+cvs.texi(,5273) Fix the @sc{cvs} administrative files, if necessary (for
+cvs.texi(,5274) instance if you renamed an entire module).
cvs.texi(,5275)
-cvs.texi(,5276) If someone had a working copy the @sc{cvs} commands will
-cvs.texi(,5277) cease to work for him, until he removes the directory
-cvs.texi(,5278) that disappeared inside the repository.
+cvs.texi(,5276) @item
+cvs.texi(,5277) Tell everyone that they can check out again and continue
+cvs.texi(,5278) working.
cvs.texi(,5279)
-cvs.texi(,5280) It is almost always better to move the files in the
-cvs.texi(,5281) directory instead of moving the directory. If you move the
-cvs.texi(,5282) directory you are unlikely to be able to retrieve old
-cvs.texi(,5283) releases correctly, since they probably depend on the
-cvs.texi(,5284) name of the directories.
+cvs.texi(,5280) @end enumerate
+cvs.texi(,5281)
+cvs.texi(,5282) If someone had a working copy the @sc{cvs} commands will
+cvs.texi(,5283) cease to work for him, until he removes the directory
+cvs.texi(,5284) that disappeared inside the repository.
cvs.texi(,5285)
-cvs.texi(,5286) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,5287) @node History browsing
-cvs.texi(,5288) @chapter History browsing
-cvs.texi(,5289) @cindex History browsing
-cvs.texi(,5290) @cindex Traceability
-cvs.texi(,5291) @cindex Isolation
-cvs.texi(,5292)
-cvs.texi(,5344)
-cvs.texi(,5345) @c kind of lame, in a lot of ways the above text inside
-cvs.texi(,5346) @c the @ignore motivates this chapter better
-cvs.texi(,5347) Once you have used @sc{cvs} to store a version control
-cvs.texi(,5348) history---what files have changed when, how, and by
-cvs.texi(,5349) whom, there are a variety of mechanisms for looking
-cvs.texi(,5350) through the history.
-cvs.texi(,5351)
-cvs.texi(,5352) @c FIXME: should also be talking about how you look at
-cvs.texi(,5353) @c old revisions (e.g. "cvs update -p -r 1.2 foo.c").
-cvs.texi(,5354) @menu
-cvs.texi(,5355) * log messages:: Log messages
-cvs.texi(,5356) * history database:: The history database
-cvs.texi(,5357) * user-defined logging:: User-defined logging
-cvs.texi(,5358) * annotate:: What revision modified each
line of a file?
-cvs.texi(,5359) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,5360)
-cvs.texi(,5361) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,5362) @node log messages
-cvs.texi(,5363) @section Log messages
-cvs.texi(,5364)
-cvs.texi(,5365) @c FIXME: @xref to place where we talk about how to
-cvs.texi(,5366) @c specify message to commit.
-cvs.texi(,5367) Whenever you commit a file you specify a log message.
-cvs.texi(,5368)
-cvs.texi(,5369) @c FIXME: bring the information here, and get rid of or
-cvs.texi(,5370) @c greatly shrink the "log" node.
-cvs.texi(,5371) To look through the log messages which have been
-cvs.texi(,5372) specified for every revision which has been committed,
-cvs.texi(,5373) use the @code{cvs log} command (@pxref{log}).
+cvs.texi(,5286) It is almost always better to move the files in the
+cvs.texi(,5287) directory instead of moving the directory. If you move the
+cvs.texi(,5288) directory you are unlikely to be able to retrieve old
+cvs.texi(,5289) releases correctly, since they probably depend on the
+cvs.texi(,5290) name of the directories.
+cvs.texi(,5291)
+cvs.texi(,5292) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,5293) @node History browsing
+cvs.texi(,5294) @chapter History browsing
+cvs.texi(,5295) @cindex History browsing
+cvs.texi(,5296) @cindex Traceability
+cvs.texi(,5297) @cindex Isolation
+cvs.texi(,5298)
+cvs.texi(,5350)
+cvs.texi(,5351) @c kind of lame, in a lot of ways the above text inside
+cvs.texi(,5352) @c the @ignore motivates this chapter better
+cvs.texi(,5353) Once you have used @sc{cvs} to store a version control
+cvs.texi(,5354) history---what files have changed when, how, and by
+cvs.texi(,5355) whom, there are a variety of mechanisms for looking
+cvs.texi(,5356) through the history.
+cvs.texi(,5357)
+cvs.texi(,5358) @c FIXME: should also be talking about how you look at
+cvs.texi(,5359) @c old revisions (e.g. "cvs update -p -r 1.2 foo.c").
+cvs.texi(,5360) @menu
+cvs.texi(,5361) * log messages:: Log messages
+cvs.texi(,5362) * history database:: The history database
+cvs.texi(,5363) * user-defined logging:: User-defined logging
+cvs.texi(,5364) * annotate:: What revision modified each
line of a file?
+cvs.texi(,5365) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,5366)
+cvs.texi(,5367) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,5368) @node log messages
+cvs.texi(,5369) @section Log messages
+cvs.texi(,5370)
+cvs.texi(,5371) @c FIXME: @xref to place where we talk about how to
+cvs.texi(,5372) @c specify message to commit.
+cvs.texi(,5373) Whenever you commit a file you specify a log message.
cvs.texi(,5374)
-cvs.texi(,5375) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,5376) @node history database
-cvs.texi(,5377) @section The history database
-cvs.texi(,5378)
-cvs.texi(,5379) @c FIXME: bring the information from the history file
-cvs.texi(,5380) @c and history nodes here. Rewrite it to be motivated
-cvs.texi(,5381) @c better (start out by clearly explaining what gets
-cvs.texi(,5382) @c logged in history, for example).
-cvs.texi(,5383) You can use the history file (@pxref{history file}) to
-cvs.texi(,5384) log various @sc{cvs} actions. To retrieve the
-cvs.texi(,5385) information from the history file, use the @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,5386) history} command (@pxref{history}).
-cvs.texi(,5387)
-cvs.texi(,5388) Note: you can control what is logged to this file by using the
-cvs.texi(,5389) @samp{LogHistory} keyword in the @file{CVSROOT/config} file
-cvs.texi(,5390) (@pxref{config}).
-cvs.texi(,5391)
-cvs.texi(,5392) @c
-cvs.texi(,5393) @c The history database has many problems:
-cvs.texi(,5394) @c * It is very unclear what field means what. This
-cvs.texi(,5395) @c could be improved greatly by better documentation,
-cvs.texi(,5396) @c but there are still non-orthogonalities (for
-cvs.texi(,5397) @c example, tag does not record the "repository"
-cvs.texi(,5398) @c field but most records do).
-cvs.texi(,5399) @c * Confusion about files, directories, and modules.
-cvs.texi(,5400) @c Some commands record one, some record others.
-cvs.texi(,5401) @c * File removal is not logged. There is an 'R'
-cvs.texi(,5402) @c record type documented, but CVS never uses it.
-cvs.texi(,5403) @c * Tags are only logged for the "cvs rtag" command,
-cvs.texi(,5404) @c not "cvs tag". The fix for this is not completely
-cvs.texi(,5405) @c clear (see above about modules vs. files).
-cvs.texi(,5406) @c * Are there other cases of operations that are not
-cvs.texi(,5407) @c logged? One would hope for all changes to the
-cvs.texi(,5408) @c repository to be logged somehow (particularly
-cvs.texi(,5409) @c operations like tagging, "cvs admin -k", and other
-cvs.texi(,5410) @c operations which do not record a history that one
-cvs.texi(,5411) @c can get with "cvs log"). Operations on the working
-cvs.texi(,5412) @c directory, like export, get, and release, are a
-cvs.texi(,5413) @c second category also covered by the current "cvs
-cvs.texi(,5414) @c history".
-cvs.texi(,5415) @c * The history file does not record the options given
-cvs.texi(,5416) @c to a command. The most serious manifestation of
-cvs.texi(,5417) @c this is perhaps that it doesn't record whether a command
-cvs.texi(,5418) @c was recursive. It is not clear to me whether one
-cvs.texi(,5419) @c wants to log at a level very close to the command
-cvs.texi(,5420) @c line, as a sort of way of logging each command
-cvs.texi(,5421) @c (more or less), or whether one wants
-cvs.texi(,5422) @c to log more at the level of what was changed (or
-cvs.texi(,5423) @c something in between), but either way the current
-cvs.texi(,5424) @c information has pretty big gaps.
-cvs.texi(,5425) @c * Further details about a tag--like whether it is a
-cvs.texi(,5426) @c branch tag or, if a non-branch tag, which branch it
-cvs.texi(,5427) @c is on. One can find out this information about the
-cvs.texi(,5428) @c tag as it exists _now_, but if the tag has been
-cvs.texi(,5429) @c moved, one doesn't know what it was like at the time
-cvs.texi(,5430) @c the history record was written.
-cvs.texi(,5431) @c * Whether operating on a particular tag, date, or
-cvs.texi(,5432) @c options was implicit (sticky) or explicit.
-cvs.texi(,5433) @c
-cvs.texi(,5434) @c Another item, only somewhat related to the above, is a
-cvs.texi(,5435) @c way to control what is logged in the history file.
-cvs.texi(,5436) @c This is probably the only good way to handle
-cvs.texi(,5437) @c different people having different ideas about
-cvs.texi(,5438) @c information/space tradeoffs.
+cvs.texi(,5375) @c FIXME: bring the information here, and get rid of or
+cvs.texi(,5376) @c greatly shrink the "log" node.
+cvs.texi(,5377) To look through the log messages which have been
+cvs.texi(,5378) specified for every revision which has been committed,
+cvs.texi(,5379) use the @code{cvs log} command (@pxref{log}).
+cvs.texi(,5380)
+cvs.texi(,5381) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,5382) @node history database
+cvs.texi(,5383) @section The history database
+cvs.texi(,5384)
+cvs.texi(,5385) @c FIXME: bring the information from the history file
+cvs.texi(,5386) @c and history nodes here. Rewrite it to be motivated
+cvs.texi(,5387) @c better (start out by clearly explaining what gets
+cvs.texi(,5388) @c logged in history, for example).
+cvs.texi(,5389) You can use the history file (@pxref{history file}) to
+cvs.texi(,5390) log various @sc{cvs} actions. To retrieve the
+cvs.texi(,5391) information from the history file, use the @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,5392) history} command (@pxref{history}).
+cvs.texi(,5393)
+cvs.texi(,5394) Note: you can control what is logged to this file by using the
+cvs.texi(,5395) @samp{LogHistory} keyword in the @file{CVSROOT/config} file
+cvs.texi(,5396) (@pxref{config}).
+cvs.texi(,5397)
+cvs.texi(,5398) @c
+cvs.texi(,5399) @c The history database has many problems:
+cvs.texi(,5400) @c * It is very unclear what field means what. This
+cvs.texi(,5401) @c could be improved greatly by better documentation,
+cvs.texi(,5402) @c but there are still non-orthogonalities (for
+cvs.texi(,5403) @c example, tag does not record the "repository"
+cvs.texi(,5404) @c field but most records do).
+cvs.texi(,5405) @c * Confusion about files, directories, and modules.
+cvs.texi(,5406) @c Some commands record one, some record others.
+cvs.texi(,5407) @c * File removal is not logged. There is an 'R'
+cvs.texi(,5408) @c record type documented, but CVS never uses it.
+cvs.texi(,5409) @c * Tags are only logged for the "cvs rtag" command,
+cvs.texi(,5410) @c not "cvs tag". The fix for this is not completely
+cvs.texi(,5411) @c clear (see above about modules vs. files).
+cvs.texi(,5412) @c * Are there other cases of operations that are not
+cvs.texi(,5413) @c logged? One would hope for all changes to the
+cvs.texi(,5414) @c repository to be logged somehow (particularly
+cvs.texi(,5415) @c operations like tagging, "cvs admin -k", and other
+cvs.texi(,5416) @c operations which do not record a history that one
+cvs.texi(,5417) @c can get with "cvs log"). Operations on the working
+cvs.texi(,5418) @c directory, like export, get, and release, are a
+cvs.texi(,5419) @c second category also covered by the current "cvs
+cvs.texi(,5420) @c history".
+cvs.texi(,5421) @c * The history file does not record the options given
+cvs.texi(,5422) @c to a command. The most serious manifestation of
+cvs.texi(,5423) @c this is perhaps that it doesn't record whether a command
+cvs.texi(,5424) @c was recursive. It is not clear to me whether one
+cvs.texi(,5425) @c wants to log at a level very close to the command
+cvs.texi(,5426) @c line, as a sort of way of logging each command
+cvs.texi(,5427) @c (more or less), or whether one wants
+cvs.texi(,5428) @c to log more at the level of what was changed (or
+cvs.texi(,5429) @c something in between), but either way the current
+cvs.texi(,5430) @c information has pretty big gaps.
+cvs.texi(,5431) @c * Further details about a tag--like whether it is a
+cvs.texi(,5432) @c branch tag or, if a non-branch tag, which branch it
+cvs.texi(,5433) @c is on. One can find out this information about the
+cvs.texi(,5434) @c tag as it exists _now_, but if the tag has been
+cvs.texi(,5435) @c moved, one doesn't know what it was like at the time
+cvs.texi(,5436) @c the history record was written.
+cvs.texi(,5437) @c * Whether operating on a particular tag, date, or
+cvs.texi(,5438) @c options was implicit (sticky) or explicit.
cvs.texi(,5439) @c
-cvs.texi(,5440) @c It isn't really clear that it makes sense to try to
-cvs.texi(,5441) @c patch up the history file format as it exists now to
-cvs.texi(,5442) @c include all that stuff. It might be better to
-cvs.texi(,5443) @c design a whole new CVSROOT/nhistory file and "cvs
-cvs.texi(,5444) @c nhistory" command, or some such, or in some other
-cvs.texi(,5445) @c way trying to come up with a clean break from the
-cvs.texi(,5446) @c past, which can address the above concerns. Another
-cvs.texi(,5447) @c open question is how/whether this relates to
-cvs.texi(,5448) @c taginfo/loginfo/etc.
-cvs.texi(,5449)
-cvs.texi(,5450) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,5451) @node user-defined logging
-cvs.texi(,5452) @section User-defined logging
-cvs.texi(,5453)
-cvs.texi(,5454) @c FIXME: should probably also mention the fact the -l
-cvs.texi(,5455) @c global option can disable most of the mechanisms
-cvs.texi(,5456) @c discussed here (why? What is the -l global option for?).
-cvs.texi(,5457) @c
-cvs.texi(,5458) @c FIXME: probably should centralize this information
-cvs.texi(,5459) @c here, at least to some extent. Maybe by moving the
-cvs.texi(,5460) @c loginfo, etc., nodes here and replacing
-cvs.texi(,5461) @c the "user-defined logging" node with one node for
-cvs.texi(,5462) @c each method.
-cvs.texi(,5463) You can customize @sc{cvs} to log various kinds of
-cvs.texi(,5464) actions, in whatever manner you choose. These
-cvs.texi(,5465) mechanisms operate by executing a script at various
-cvs.texi(,5466) times. The script might append a message to a file
-cvs.texi(,5467) listing the information and the programmer who created
-cvs.texi(,5468) it, or send mail to a group of developers, or, perhaps,
-cvs.texi(,5469) post a message to a particular newsgroup. To log
-cvs.texi(,5470) commits, use the @file{loginfo} file (@pxref{loginfo}).
-cvs.texi(,5471) @c FIXME: What is difference between doing it in the
-cvs.texi(,5472) @c modules file and using loginfo/taginfo? Why should
-cvs.texi(,5473) @c user use one or the other?
-cvs.texi(,5474) To log commits, checkouts, exports, and tags,
-cvs.texi(,5475) respectively, you can also use the @samp{-i},
-cvs.texi(,5476) @samp{-o}, @samp{-e}, and @samp{-t} options in the
-cvs.texi(,5477) modules file. For a more flexible way of giving
-cvs.texi(,5478) notifications to various users, which requires less in
-cvs.texi(,5479) the way of keeping centralized scripts up to date, use
-cvs.texi(,5480) the @code{cvs watch add} command (@pxref{Getting
-cvs.texi(,5481) Notified}); this command is useful even if you are not
-cvs.texi(,5482) using @code{cvs watch on}.
-cvs.texi(,5483)
-cvs.texi(,5484) @cindex taginfo
-cvs.texi(,5485) @cindex Exit status, of taginfo
-cvs.texi(,5486) The @file{taginfo} file defines programs to execute
-cvs.texi(,5487) when someone executes a @code{tag} or @code{rtag}
-cvs.texi(,5488) command. The @file{taginfo} file has the standard form
-cvs.texi(,5489) for administrative files (@pxref{Administrative
-cvs.texi(,5490) files}), where each line is a regular expression
-cvs.texi(,5491) followed by a command to execute. The arguments passed
-cvs.texi(,5492) to the command are, in order, the @var{tagname},
-cvs.texi(,5493) @var{operation} (@code{add} for @code{tag},
-cvs.texi(,5494) @code{mov} for @code{tag -F}, and @code{del} for
-cvs.texi(,5495) @code{tag -d}), @var{repository}, and any remaining are
-cvs.texi(,5496) pairs of @var{filename} @var{revision}. A non-zero
-cvs.texi(,5497) exit of the filter program will cause the tag to be
-cvs.texi(,5498) aborted.
-cvs.texi(,5499)
-cvs.texi(,5500) Here is an example of using taginfo to log tag and rtag
-cvs.texi(,5501) commands. In the taginfo file put:
-cvs.texi(,5502)
-cvs.texi(,5503) @example
-cvs.texi(,5504) ALL /usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT/loggit
-cvs.texi(,5505) @end example
-cvs.texi(,5506)
-cvs.texi(,5507) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,5508) Where @file{/usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT/loggit} contains the
-cvs.texi(,5509) following script:
-cvs.texi(,5510)
-cvs.texi(,5511) @example
-cvs.texi(,5512) #!/bin/sh
-cvs.texi(,5513) echo "$@@" >>/home/kingdon/cvsroot/CVSROOT/taglog
-cvs.texi(,5514) @end example
-cvs.texi(,5515)
-cvs.texi(,5516) @node annotate
-cvs.texi(,5517) @section Annotate command
-cvs.texi(,5518) @cindex annotate (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,5519)
-cvs.texi(,5520) @deffn Command {cvs annotate} address@hidden address@hidden
rev}|@code{-D date}] files @dots{}
+cvs.texi(,5440) @c Another item, only somewhat related to the above, is a
+cvs.texi(,5441) @c way to control what is logged in the history file.
+cvs.texi(,5442) @c This is probably the only good way to handle
+cvs.texi(,5443) @c different people having different ideas about
+cvs.texi(,5444) @c information/space tradeoffs.
+cvs.texi(,5445) @c
+cvs.texi(,5446) @c It isn't really clear that it makes sense to try to
+cvs.texi(,5447) @c patch up the history file format as it exists now to
+cvs.texi(,5448) @c include all that stuff. It might be better to
+cvs.texi(,5449) @c design a whole new CVSROOT/nhistory file and "cvs
+cvs.texi(,5450) @c nhistory" command, or some such, or in some other
+cvs.texi(,5451) @c way trying to come up with a clean break from the
+cvs.texi(,5452) @c past, which can address the above concerns. Another
+cvs.texi(,5453) @c open question is how/whether this relates to
+cvs.texi(,5454) @c taginfo/loginfo/etc.
+cvs.texi(,5455)
+cvs.texi(,5456) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,5457) @node user-defined logging
+cvs.texi(,5458) @section User-defined logging
+cvs.texi(,5459)
+cvs.texi(,5460) @c FIXME: should probably also mention the fact the -l
+cvs.texi(,5461) @c global option can disable most of the mechanisms
+cvs.texi(,5462) @c discussed here (why? What is the -l global option for?).
+cvs.texi(,5463) @c
+cvs.texi(,5464) @c FIXME: probably should centralize this information
+cvs.texi(,5465) @c here, at least to some extent. Maybe by moving the
+cvs.texi(,5466) @c loginfo, etc., nodes here and replacing
+cvs.texi(,5467) @c the "user-defined logging" node with one node for
+cvs.texi(,5468) @c each method.
+cvs.texi(,5469) You can customize @sc{cvs} to log various kinds of
+cvs.texi(,5470) actions, in whatever manner you choose. These
+cvs.texi(,5471) mechanisms operate by executing a script at various
+cvs.texi(,5472) times. The script might append a message to a file
+cvs.texi(,5473) listing the information and the programmer who created
+cvs.texi(,5474) it, or send mail to a group of developers, or, perhaps,
+cvs.texi(,5475) post a message to a particular newsgroup. To log
+cvs.texi(,5476) commits, use the @file{loginfo} file (@pxref{loginfo}).
+cvs.texi(,5477) @c FIXME: What is difference between doing it in the
+cvs.texi(,5478) @c modules file and using loginfo/taginfo? Why should
+cvs.texi(,5479) @c user use one or the other?
+cvs.texi(,5480) To log commits, checkouts, exports, and tags,
+cvs.texi(,5481) respectively, you can also use the @samp{-i},
+cvs.texi(,5482) @samp{-o}, @samp{-e}, and @samp{-t} options in the
+cvs.texi(,5483) modules file. For a more flexible way of giving
+cvs.texi(,5484) notifications to various users, which requires less in
+cvs.texi(,5485) the way of keeping centralized scripts up to date, use
+cvs.texi(,5486) the @code{cvs watch add} command (@pxref{Getting
+cvs.texi(,5487) Notified}); this command is useful even if you are not
+cvs.texi(,5488) using @code{cvs watch on}.
+cvs.texi(,5489)
+cvs.texi(,5490) @cindex taginfo
+cvs.texi(,5491) @cindex Exit status, of taginfo
+cvs.texi(,5492) The @file{taginfo} file defines programs to execute
+cvs.texi(,5493) when someone executes a @code{tag} or @code{rtag}
+cvs.texi(,5494) command. The @file{taginfo} file has the standard form
+cvs.texi(,5495) for administrative files (@pxref{Administrative
+cvs.texi(,5496) files}), where each line is a regular expression
+cvs.texi(,5497) followed by a command to execute. The arguments passed
+cvs.texi(,5498) to the command are, in order, the @var{tagname},
+cvs.texi(,5499) @var{operation} (@code{add} for @code{tag},
+cvs.texi(,5500) @code{mov} for @code{tag -F}, and @code{del} for
+cvs.texi(,5501) @code{tag -d}), @var{repository}, and any remaining are
+cvs.texi(,5502) pairs of @var{filename} @var{revision}. A non-zero
+cvs.texi(,5503) exit of the filter program will cause the tag to be
+cvs.texi(,5504) aborted.
+cvs.texi(,5505)
+cvs.texi(,5506) Here is an example of using taginfo to log tag and rtag
+cvs.texi(,5507) commands. In the taginfo file put:
+cvs.texi(,5508)
+cvs.texi(,5509) @example
+cvs.texi(,5510) ALL /usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT/loggit
+cvs.texi(,5511) @end example
+cvs.texi(,5512)
+cvs.texi(,5513) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,5514) Where @file{/usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT/loggit} contains the
+cvs.texi(,5515) following script:
+cvs.texi(,5516)
+cvs.texi(,5517) @example
+cvs.texi(,5518) #!/bin/sh
+cvs.texi(,5519) echo "$@@" >>/home/kingdon/cvsroot/CVSROOT/taglog
+cvs.texi(,5520) @end example
cvs.texi(,5521)
-cvs.texi(,5522) For each file in @var{files}, print the head revision
-cvs.texi(,5523) of the trunk, together with information on the last
-cvs.texi(,5524) modification for each line. For example:
+cvs.texi(,5522) @node annotate
+cvs.texi(,5523) @section Annotate command
+cvs.texi(,5524) @cindex annotate (subcommand)
cvs.texi(,5525)
-cvs.texi(,5526) @example
-cvs.texi(,5527) $ cvs annotate ssfile
-cvs.texi(,5528) Annotations for ssfile
-cvs.texi(,5529) ***************
-cvs.texi(,5530) 1.1 (mary 27-Mar-96): ssfile line 1
-cvs.texi(,5531) 1.2 (joe 28-Mar-96): ssfile line 2
-cvs.texi(,5532) @end example
-cvs.texi(,5533)
-cvs.texi(,5534) The file @file{ssfile} currently contains two lines.
-cvs.texi(,5535) The @code{ssfile line 1} line was checked in by
-cvs.texi(,5536) @code{mary} on March 27. Then, on March 28, @code{joe}
-cvs.texi(,5537) added a line @code{ssfile line 2}, without modifying
-cvs.texi(,5538) the @code{ssfile line 1} line. This report doesn't
-cvs.texi(,5539) tell you anything about lines which have been deleted
-cvs.texi(,5540) or replaced; you need to use @code{cvs diff} for that
-cvs.texi(,5541) (@pxref{diff}).
-cvs.texi(,5542)
-cvs.texi(,5543) @end deffn
-cvs.texi(,5544)
-cvs.texi(,5545) The options to @code{cvs annotate} are listed in
-cvs.texi(,5546) @ref{Invoking CVS}, and can be used to select the files
-cvs.texi(,5547) and revisions to annotate. The options are described
-cvs.texi(,5548) in more detail there and in @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,5549)
-cvs.texi(,5550) @c FIXME: maybe an example using the options? Just
-cvs.texi(,5551) @c what it means to select a revision might be worth a
-cvs.texi(,5552) @c few words of explanation ("you want to see who
-cvs.texi(,5553) @c changed this line *before* 1.4"...).
-cvs.texi(,5554)
-cvs.texi(,5555) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,5556) @node Binary files
-cvs.texi(,5557) @chapter Handling binary files
-cvs.texi(,5558) @cindex Binary files
-cvs.texi(,5559)
-cvs.texi(,5560) The most common use for @sc{cvs} is to store text
-cvs.texi(,5561) files. With text files, @sc{cvs} can merge revisions,
-cvs.texi(,5562) display the differences between revisions in a
-cvs.texi(,5563) human-visible fashion, and other such operations.
-cvs.texi(,5564) However, if you are willing to give up a few of these
-cvs.texi(,5565) abilities, @sc{cvs} can store binary files. For
-cvs.texi(,5566) example, one might store a web site in @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,5567) including both text files and binary images.
-cvs.texi(,5568)
-cvs.texi(,5569) @menu
-cvs.texi(,5570) * Binary why:: More details on issues with binary files
-cvs.texi(,5571) * Binary howto:: How to store them
-cvs.texi(,5572) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,5573)
-cvs.texi(,5574) @node Binary why
-cvs.texi(,5575) @section The issues with binary files
-cvs.texi(,5576)
-cvs.texi(,5577) While the need to manage binary files may seem obvious
-cvs.texi(,5578) if the files that you customarily work with are binary,
-cvs.texi(,5579) putting them into version control does present some
-cvs.texi(,5580) additional issues.
-cvs.texi(,5581)
-cvs.texi(,5582) One basic function of version control is to show the
-cvs.texi(,5583) differences between two revisions. For example, if
-cvs.texi(,5584) someone else checked in a new version of a file, you
-cvs.texi(,5585) may wish to look at what they changed and determine
-cvs.texi(,5586) whether their changes are good. For text files,
-cvs.texi(,5587) @sc{cvs} provides this functionality via the @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,5588) diff} command. For binary files, it may be possible to
-cvs.texi(,5589) extract the two revisions and then compare them with a
-cvs.texi(,5590) tool external to @sc{cvs} (for example, word processing
-cvs.texi(,5591) software often has such a feature). If there is no
-cvs.texi(,5592) such tool, one must track changes via other mechanisms,
-cvs.texi(,5593) such as urging people to write good log messages, and
-cvs.texi(,5594) hoping that the changes they actually made were the
-cvs.texi(,5595) changes that they intended to make.
-cvs.texi(,5596)
-cvs.texi(,5597) Another ability of a version control system is the
-cvs.texi(,5598) ability to merge two revisions. For @sc{cvs} this
-cvs.texi(,5599) happens in two contexts. The first is when users make
-cvs.texi(,5600) changes in separate working directories
-cvs.texi(,5601) (@pxref{Multiple developers}). The second is when one
-cvs.texi(,5602) merges explicitly with the @samp{update -j} command
-cvs.texi(,5603) (@pxref{Branching and merging}).
-cvs.texi(,5604)
-cvs.texi(,5605) In the case of text
-cvs.texi(,5606) files, @sc{cvs} can merge changes made independently,
-cvs.texi(,5607) and signal a conflict if the changes conflict. With
-cvs.texi(,5608) binary files, the best that @sc{cvs} can do is present
-cvs.texi(,5609) the two different copies of the file, and leave it to
-cvs.texi(,5610) the user to resolve the conflict. The user may choose
-cvs.texi(,5611) one copy or the other, or may run an external merge
-cvs.texi(,5612) tool which knows about that particular file format, if
-cvs.texi(,5613) one exists.
-cvs.texi(,5614) Note that having the user merge relies primarily on the
-cvs.texi(,5615) user to not accidentally omit some changes, and thus is
-cvs.texi(,5616) potentially error prone.
-cvs.texi(,5617)
-cvs.texi(,5618) If this process is thought to be undesirable, the best
-cvs.texi(,5619) choice may be to avoid merging. To avoid the merges
-cvs.texi(,5620) that result from separate working directories, see the
-cvs.texi(,5621) discussion of reserved checkouts (file locking) in
-cvs.texi(,5622) @ref{Multiple developers}. To avoid the merges
-cvs.texi(,5623) resulting from branches, restrict use of branches.
-cvs.texi(,5624)
-cvs.texi(,5625) @node Binary howto
-cvs.texi(,5626) @section How to store binary files
-cvs.texi(,5627)
-cvs.texi(,5628) There are two issues with using @sc{cvs} to store
-cvs.texi(,5629) binary files. The first is that @sc{cvs} by default
-cvs.texi(,5630) converts line endings between the canonical form in
-cvs.texi(,5631) which they are stored in the repository (linefeed
-cvs.texi(,5632) only), and the form appropriate to the operating system
-cvs.texi(,5633) in use on the client (for example, carriage return
-cvs.texi(,5634) followed by line feed for Windows NT).
-cvs.texi(,5635)
-cvs.texi(,5636) The second is that a binary file might happen to
-cvs.texi(,5637) contain data which looks like a keyword (@pxref{Keyword
-cvs.texi(,5638) substitution}), so keyword expansion must be turned
-cvs.texi(,5639) off.
-cvs.texi(,5640)
-cvs.texi(,5641) @c FIXME: the third is that one can't do merges with
-cvs.texi(,5642) @c binary files. xref to Multiple Developers and the
-cvs.texi(,5643) @c reserved checkout issues.
-cvs.texi(,5644)
-cvs.texi(,5645) The @samp{-kb} option available with some @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,5646) commands insures that neither line ending conversion
-cvs.texi(,5647) nor keyword expansion will be done.
-cvs.texi(,5648)
-cvs.texi(,5649) Here is an example of how you can create a new file
-cvs.texi(,5650) using the @samp{-kb} flag:
-cvs.texi(,5651)
-cvs.texi(,5652) @example
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,5653) $ echo '$cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,5653)
@i{}Id$' > kotest
-cvs.texi(,5654) $ cvs add -kb -m"A test file" kotest
-cvs.texi(,5655) $ cvs ci -m"First checkin; contains a keyword" kotest
-cvs.texi(,5656) @end example
+cvs.texi(,5526) @deffn Command {cvs annotate} address@hidden address@hidden
rev}|@code{-D date}] files @dots{}
+cvs.texi(,5527)
+cvs.texi(,5528) For each file in @var{files}, print the head revision
+cvs.texi(,5529) of the trunk, together with information on the last
+cvs.texi(,5530) modification for each line. For example:
+cvs.texi(,5531)
+cvs.texi(,5532) @example
+cvs.texi(,5533) $ cvs annotate ssfile
+cvs.texi(,5534) Annotations for ssfile
+cvs.texi(,5535) ***************
+cvs.texi(,5536) 1.1 (mary 27-Mar-96): ssfile line 1
+cvs.texi(,5537) 1.2 (joe 28-Mar-96): ssfile line 2
+cvs.texi(,5538) @end example
+cvs.texi(,5539)
+cvs.texi(,5540) The file @file{ssfile} currently contains two lines.
+cvs.texi(,5541) The @code{ssfile line 1} line was checked in by
+cvs.texi(,5542) @code{mary} on March 27. Then, on March 28, @code{joe}
+cvs.texi(,5543) added a line @code{ssfile line 2}, without modifying
+cvs.texi(,5544) the @code{ssfile line 1} line. This report doesn't
+cvs.texi(,5545) tell you anything about lines which have been deleted
+cvs.texi(,5546) or replaced; you need to use @code{cvs diff} for that
+cvs.texi(,5547) (@pxref{diff}).
+cvs.texi(,5548)
+cvs.texi(,5549) @end deffn
+cvs.texi(,5550)
+cvs.texi(,5551) The options to @code{cvs annotate} are listed in
+cvs.texi(,5552) @ref{Invoking CVS}, and can be used to select the files
+cvs.texi(,5553) and revisions to annotate. The options are described
+cvs.texi(,5554) in more detail there and in @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,5555)
+cvs.texi(,5556) @c FIXME: maybe an example using the options? Just
+cvs.texi(,5557) @c what it means to select a revision might be worth a
+cvs.texi(,5558) @c few words of explanation ("you want to see who
+cvs.texi(,5559) @c changed this line *before* 1.4"...).
+cvs.texi(,5560)
+cvs.texi(,5561) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,5562) @node Binary files
+cvs.texi(,5563) @chapter Handling binary files
+cvs.texi(,5564) @cindex Binary files
+cvs.texi(,5565)
+cvs.texi(,5566) The most common use for @sc{cvs} is to store text
+cvs.texi(,5567) files. With text files, @sc{cvs} can merge revisions,
+cvs.texi(,5568) display the differences between revisions in a
+cvs.texi(,5569) human-visible fashion, and other such operations.
+cvs.texi(,5570) However, if you are willing to give up a few of these
+cvs.texi(,5571) abilities, @sc{cvs} can store binary files. For
+cvs.texi(,5572) example, one might store a web site in @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,5573) including both text files and binary images.
+cvs.texi(,5574)
+cvs.texi(,5575) @menu
+cvs.texi(,5576) * Binary why:: More details on issues with binary files
+cvs.texi(,5577) * Binary howto:: How to store them
+cvs.texi(,5578) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,5579)
+cvs.texi(,5580) @node Binary why
+cvs.texi(,5581) @section The issues with binary files
+cvs.texi(,5582)
+cvs.texi(,5583) While the need to manage binary files may seem obvious
+cvs.texi(,5584) if the files that you customarily work with are binary,
+cvs.texi(,5585) putting them into version control does present some
+cvs.texi(,5586) additional issues.
+cvs.texi(,5587)
+cvs.texi(,5588) One basic function of version control is to show the
+cvs.texi(,5589) differences between two revisions. For example, if
+cvs.texi(,5590) someone else checked in a new version of a file, you
+cvs.texi(,5591) may wish to look at what they changed and determine
+cvs.texi(,5592) whether their changes are good. For text files,
+cvs.texi(,5593) @sc{cvs} provides this functionality via the @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,5594) diff} command. For binary files, it may be possible to
+cvs.texi(,5595) extract the two revisions and then compare them with a
+cvs.texi(,5596) tool external to @sc{cvs} (for example, word processing
+cvs.texi(,5597) software often has such a feature). If there is no
+cvs.texi(,5598) such tool, one must track changes via other mechanisms,
+cvs.texi(,5599) such as urging people to write good log messages, and
+cvs.texi(,5600) hoping that the changes they actually made were the
+cvs.texi(,5601) changes that they intended to make.
+cvs.texi(,5602)
+cvs.texi(,5603) Another ability of a version control system is the
+cvs.texi(,5604) ability to merge two revisions. For @sc{cvs} this
+cvs.texi(,5605) happens in two contexts. The first is when users make
+cvs.texi(,5606) changes in separate working directories
+cvs.texi(,5607) (@pxref{Multiple developers}). The second is when one
+cvs.texi(,5608) merges explicitly with the @samp{update -j} command
+cvs.texi(,5609) (@pxref{Branching and merging}).
+cvs.texi(,5610)
+cvs.texi(,5611) In the case of text
+cvs.texi(,5612) files, @sc{cvs} can merge changes made independently,
+cvs.texi(,5613) and signal a conflict if the changes conflict. With
+cvs.texi(,5614) binary files, the best that @sc{cvs} can do is present
+cvs.texi(,5615) the two different copies of the file, and leave it to
+cvs.texi(,5616) the user to resolve the conflict. The user may choose
+cvs.texi(,5617) one copy or the other, or may run an external merge
+cvs.texi(,5618) tool which knows about that particular file format, if
+cvs.texi(,5619) one exists.
+cvs.texi(,5620) Note that having the user merge relies primarily on the
+cvs.texi(,5621) user to not accidentally omit some changes, and thus is
+cvs.texi(,5622) potentially error prone.
+cvs.texi(,5623)
+cvs.texi(,5624) If this process is thought to be undesirable, the best
+cvs.texi(,5625) choice may be to avoid merging. To avoid the merges
+cvs.texi(,5626) that result from separate working directories, see the
+cvs.texi(,5627) discussion of reserved checkouts (file locking) in
+cvs.texi(,5628) @ref{Multiple developers}. To avoid the merges
+cvs.texi(,5629) resulting from branches, restrict use of branches.
+cvs.texi(,5630)
+cvs.texi(,5631) @node Binary howto
+cvs.texi(,5632) @section How to store binary files
+cvs.texi(,5633)
+cvs.texi(,5634) There are two issues with using @sc{cvs} to store
+cvs.texi(,5635) binary files. The first is that @sc{cvs} by default
+cvs.texi(,5636) converts line endings between the canonical form in
+cvs.texi(,5637) which they are stored in the repository (linefeed
+cvs.texi(,5638) only), and the form appropriate to the operating system
+cvs.texi(,5639) in use on the client (for example, carriage return
+cvs.texi(,5640) followed by line feed for Windows NT).
+cvs.texi(,5641)
+cvs.texi(,5642) The second is that a binary file might happen to
+cvs.texi(,5643) contain data which looks like a keyword (@pxref{Keyword
+cvs.texi(,5644) substitution}), so keyword expansion must be turned
+cvs.texi(,5645) off.
+cvs.texi(,5646)
+cvs.texi(,5647) @c FIXME: the third is that one can't do merges with
+cvs.texi(,5648) @c binary files. xref to Multiple Developers and the
+cvs.texi(,5649) @c reserved checkout issues.
+cvs.texi(,5650)
+cvs.texi(,5651) The @samp{-kb} option available with some @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,5652) commands insures that neither line ending conversion
+cvs.texi(,5653) nor keyword expansion will be done.
+cvs.texi(,5654)
+cvs.texi(,5655) Here is an example of how you can create a new file
+cvs.texi(,5656) using the @samp{-kb} flag:
cvs.texi(,5657)
-cvs.texi(,5658) If a file accidentally gets added without @samp{-kb},
-cvs.texi(,5659) one can use the @code{cvs admin} command to recover.
-cvs.texi(,5660) For example:
-cvs.texi(,5661)
-cvs.texi(,5662) @example
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,5663) $ echo '$cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,5663)
@i{}Id$' > kotest
-cvs.texi(,5664) $ cvs add -m"A test file" kotest
-cvs.texi(,5665) $ cvs ci -m"First checkin; contains a keyword" kotest
-cvs.texi(,5666) $ cvs admin -kb kotest
-cvs.texi(,5667) $ cvs update -A kotest
-cvs.texi(,5668) # @r{For non-unix systems:}
-cvs.texi(,5669) # @r{Copy in a good copy of the file from outside CVS}
-cvs.texi(,5670) $ cvs commit -m "make it binary" kotest
-cvs.texi(,5671) @end example
-cvs.texi(,5672)
-cvs.texi(,5673) @c Trying to describe this for both unix and non-unix
-cvs.texi(,5674) @c in the same description is very confusing. Might
-cvs.texi(,5675) @c want to split the two, or just ditch the unix "shortcut"
-cvs.texi(,5676) @c (unixheads don't do much with binary files, anyway).
-cvs.texi(,5677) @c This used to say "(Try the above example, and do a
-cvs.texi(,5678) @c @code{cat kotest} after every command)". But that
-cvs.texi(,5679) @c only really makes sense for the unix case.
-cvs.texi(,5680) When you check in the file @file{kotest} the file is
-cvs.texi(,5681) not preserved as a binary file, because you did not
-cvs.texi(,5682) check it in as a binary file. The @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,5683) admin -kb} command sets the default keyword
-cvs.texi(,5684) substitution method for this file, but it does not
-cvs.texi(,5685) alter the working copy of the file that you have. If you need
to
-cvs.texi(,5686) cope with line endings (that is, you are using
-cvs.texi(,5687) @sc{cvs} on a non-unix system), then you need to
-cvs.texi(,5688) check in a new copy of the file, as shown by the
-cvs.texi(,5689) @code{cvs commit} command above.
-cvs.texi(,5690) On unix, the @code{cvs update -A} command suffices.
-cvs.texi(,5691) @c FIXME: should also describe what the *other users*
-cvs.texi(,5692) @c need to do, if they have checked out copies which
-cvs.texi(,5693) @c have been corrupted by lack of -kb. I think maybe
-cvs.texi(,5694) @c "cvs update -kb" or "cvs
-cvs.texi(,5695) @c update -A" would suffice, although the user who
-cvs.texi(,5696) @c reported this suggested removing the file, manually
-cvs.texi(,5697) @c removing it from CVS/Entries, and then "cvs update"
-cvs.texi(,5698) (Note that you can use @code{cvs log} to determine the default
keyword
-cvs.texi(,5699) substitution method for a file and @code{cvs status} to
determine
-cvs.texi(,5700) the keyword substitution method for a working copy.)
-cvs.texi(,5701)
-cvs.texi(,5702) However, in using @code{cvs admin -k} to change the
-cvs.texi(,5703) keyword expansion, be aware that the keyword expansion
-cvs.texi(,5704) mode is not version controlled. This means that, for
-cvs.texi(,5705) example, that if you have a text file in old releases,
-cvs.texi(,5706) and a binary file with the same name in new releases,
-cvs.texi(,5707) @sc{cvs} provides no way to check out the file in text
-cvs.texi(,5708) or binary mode depending on what version you are
-cvs.texi(,5709) checking out. There is no good workaround for this
-cvs.texi(,5710) problem.
-cvs.texi(,5711)
-cvs.texi(,5712) You can also set a default for whether @code{cvs add}
-cvs.texi(,5713) and @code{cvs import} treat a file as binary based on
-cvs.texi(,5714) its name; for example you could say that files who
-cvs.texi(,5715) names end in @samp{.exe} are binary. @xref{Wrappers}.
-cvs.texi(,5716) There is currently no way to have @sc{cvs} detect
-cvs.texi(,5717) whether a file is binary based on its contents. The
-cvs.texi(,5718) main difficulty with designing such a feature is that
-cvs.texi(,5719) it is not clear how to distinguish between binary and
-cvs.texi(,5720) non-binary files, and the rules to apply would vary
-cvs.texi(,5721) considerably with the operating system.
-cvs.texi(,5722) @c For example, it would be good on MS-DOS-family OSes
-cvs.texi(,5723) @c for anything containing ^Z to be binary. Having
-cvs.texi(,5724) @c characters with the 8th bit set imply binary is almost
-cvs.texi(,5725) @c surely a bad idea in the context of ISO-8859-* and
-cvs.texi(,5726) @c other such character sets. On VMS or the Mac, we
-cvs.texi(,5727) @c could use the OS's file typing. This is a
-cvs.texi(,5728) @c commonly-desired feature, and something of this sort
-cvs.texi(,5729) @c may make sense. But there are a lot of pitfalls here.
-cvs.texi(,5730) @c
-cvs.texi(,5731) @c Another, probably better, way to tell is to read the
-cvs.texi(,5732) @c file in text mode, write it to a temp file in text
-cvs.texi(,5733) @c mode, and then do a binary mode compare of the two
-cvs.texi(,5734) @c files. If they differ, it is a binary file. This
-cvs.texi(,5735) @c might have problems on VMS (or some other system
-cvs.texi(,5736) @c with several different text modes), but in general
-cvs.texi(,5737) @c should be relatively portable. The only other
-cvs.texi(,5738) @c downside I can think of is that it would be fairly
-cvs.texi(,5739) @c slow, but that is perhaps a small price to pay for
-cvs.texi(,5740) @c not having your files corrupted. Another issue is
-cvs.texi(,5741) @c what happens if you import a text file with bare
-cvs.texi(,5742) @c linefeeds on Windows. Such files will show up on
-cvs.texi(,5743) @c Windows sometimes (I think some native windows
-cvs.texi(,5744) @c programs even write them, on occasion). Perhaps it
-cvs.texi(,5745) @c is reasonable to treat such files as binary; after
-cvs.texi(,5746) @c all it is something of a presumption to assume that
-cvs.texi(,5747) @c the user would want the linefeeds converted to CRLF.
-cvs.texi(,5748)
-cvs.texi(,5749) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,5750) @node Multiple developers
-cvs.texi(,5751) @chapter Multiple developers
-cvs.texi(,5752) @cindex Multiple developers
-cvs.texi(,5753) @cindex Team of developers
-cvs.texi(,5754) @cindex File locking
-cvs.texi(,5755) @cindex Locking files
-cvs.texi(,5756) @cindex Working copy
-cvs.texi(,5757) @cindex Reserved checkouts
-cvs.texi(,5758) @cindex Unreserved checkouts
-cvs.texi(,5759) @cindex RCS-style locking
-cvs.texi(,5760)
-cvs.texi(,5761) When more than one person works on a software project
-cvs.texi(,5762) things often get complicated. Often, two people try to
-cvs.texi(,5763) edit the same file simultaneously. One solution, known
-cvs.texi(,5764) as @dfn{file locking} or @dfn{reserved checkouts}, is
-cvs.texi(,5765) to allow only one person to edit each file at a time.
-cvs.texi(,5766) This is the only solution with some version control
-cvs.texi(,5767) systems, including @sc{rcs} and @sc{sccs}. Currently
-cvs.texi(,5768) the usual way to get reserved checkouts with @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,5769) is the @code{cvs admin -l} command (@pxref{admin
-cvs.texi(,5770) options}). This is not as nicely integrated into
-cvs.texi(,5771) @sc{cvs} as the watch features, described below, but it
-cvs.texi(,5772) seems that most people with a need for reserved
-cvs.texi(,5773) checkouts find it adequate.
-cvs.texi(,5774) @c Or "find it better than worrying about implementing
-cvs.texi(,5775) @c nicely integrated reserved checkouts" or ...?
-cvs.texi(,5776) It also may be possible to use the watches
-cvs.texi(,5777) features described below, together with suitable
-cvs.texi(,5778) procedures (not enforced by software), to avoid having
-cvs.texi(,5779) two people edit at the same time.
-cvs.texi(,5780)
-cvs.texi(,5781) @c Our unreserved checkout model might not
-cvs.texi(,5782) @c be quite the same as others. For example, I
-cvs.texi(,5783) @c think that some systems will tend to create a branch
-cvs.texi(,5784) @c in the case where CVS prints "up-to-date check failed".
-cvs.texi(,5785) @c It isn't clear to me whether we should try to
-cvs.texi(,5786) @c explore these subtleties; it could easily just
-cvs.texi(,5787) @c confuse people.
-cvs.texi(,5788) The default model with @sc{cvs} is known as
-cvs.texi(,5789) @dfn{unreserved checkouts}. In this model, developers
-cvs.texi(,5790) can edit their own @dfn{working copy} of a file
-cvs.texi(,5791) simultaneously. The first person that commits his
-cvs.texi(,5792) changes has no automatic way of knowing that another
-cvs.texi(,5793) has started to edit it. Others will get an error
-cvs.texi(,5794) message when they try to commit the file. They must
-cvs.texi(,5795) then use @sc{cvs} commands to bring their working copy
-cvs.texi(,5796) up to date with the repository revision. This process
-cvs.texi(,5797) is almost automatic.
-cvs.texi(,5798)
-cvs.texi(,5799) @c FIXME? should probably use the word "watch" here, to
-cvs.texi(,5800) @c tie this into the text below and above.
-cvs.texi(,5801) @sc{cvs} also supports mechanisms which facilitate
-cvs.texi(,5802) various kinds of communication, without actually
-cvs.texi(,5803) enforcing rules like reserved checkouts do.
+cvs.texi(,5658) @example
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,5659) $ echo '$cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,5659)
@i{}Id$' > kotest
+cvs.texi(,5660) $ cvs add -kb -m"A test file" kotest
+cvs.texi(,5661) $ cvs ci -m"First checkin; contains a keyword" kotest
+cvs.texi(,5662) @end example
+cvs.texi(,5663)
+cvs.texi(,5664) If a file accidentally gets added without @samp{-kb},
+cvs.texi(,5665) one can use the @code{cvs admin} command to recover.
+cvs.texi(,5666) For example:
+cvs.texi(,5667)
+cvs.texi(,5668) @example
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,5669) $ echo '$cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,5669)
@i{}Id$' > kotest
+cvs.texi(,5670) $ cvs add -m"A test file" kotest
+cvs.texi(,5671) $ cvs ci -m"First checkin; contains a keyword" kotest
+cvs.texi(,5672) $ cvs admin -kb kotest
+cvs.texi(,5673) $ cvs update -A kotest
+cvs.texi(,5674) # @r{For non-unix systems:}
+cvs.texi(,5675) # @r{Copy in a good copy of the file from outside CVS}
+cvs.texi(,5676) $ cvs commit -m "make it binary" kotest
+cvs.texi(,5677) @end example
+cvs.texi(,5678)
+cvs.texi(,5679) @c Trying to describe this for both unix and non-unix
+cvs.texi(,5680) @c in the same description is very confusing. Might
+cvs.texi(,5681) @c want to split the two, or just ditch the unix "shortcut"
+cvs.texi(,5682) @c (unixheads don't do much with binary files, anyway).
+cvs.texi(,5683) @c This used to say "(Try the above example, and do a
+cvs.texi(,5684) @c @code{cat kotest} after every command)". But that
+cvs.texi(,5685) @c only really makes sense for the unix case.
+cvs.texi(,5686) When you check in the file @file{kotest} the file is
+cvs.texi(,5687) not preserved as a binary file, because you did not
+cvs.texi(,5688) check it in as a binary file. The @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,5689) admin -kb} command sets the default keyword
+cvs.texi(,5690) substitution method for this file, but it does not
+cvs.texi(,5691) alter the working copy of the file that you have. If you need
to
+cvs.texi(,5692) cope with line endings (that is, you are using
+cvs.texi(,5693) @sc{cvs} on a non-unix system), then you need to
+cvs.texi(,5694) check in a new copy of the file, as shown by the
+cvs.texi(,5695) @code{cvs commit} command above.
+cvs.texi(,5696) On unix, the @code{cvs update -A} command suffices.
+cvs.texi(,5697) @c FIXME: should also describe what the *other users*
+cvs.texi(,5698) @c need to do, if they have checked out copies which
+cvs.texi(,5699) @c have been corrupted by lack of -kb. I think maybe
+cvs.texi(,5700) @c "cvs update -kb" or "cvs
+cvs.texi(,5701) @c update -A" would suffice, although the user who
+cvs.texi(,5702) @c reported this suggested removing the file, manually
+cvs.texi(,5703) @c removing it from CVS/Entries, and then "cvs update"
+cvs.texi(,5704) (Note that you can use @code{cvs log} to determine the default
keyword
+cvs.texi(,5705) substitution method for a file and @code{cvs status} to
determine
+cvs.texi(,5706) the keyword substitution method for a working copy.)
+cvs.texi(,5707)
+cvs.texi(,5708) However, in using @code{cvs admin -k} to change the
+cvs.texi(,5709) keyword expansion, be aware that the keyword expansion
+cvs.texi(,5710) mode is not version controlled. This means that, for
+cvs.texi(,5711) example, that if you have a text file in old releases,
+cvs.texi(,5712) and a binary file with the same name in new releases,
+cvs.texi(,5713) @sc{cvs} provides no way to check out the file in text
+cvs.texi(,5714) or binary mode depending on what version you are
+cvs.texi(,5715) checking out. There is no good workaround for this
+cvs.texi(,5716) problem.
+cvs.texi(,5717)
+cvs.texi(,5718) You can also set a default for whether @code{cvs add}
+cvs.texi(,5719) and @code{cvs import} treat a file as binary based on
+cvs.texi(,5720) its name; for example you could say that files who
+cvs.texi(,5721) names end in @samp{.exe} are binary. @xref{Wrappers}.
+cvs.texi(,5722) There is currently no way to have @sc{cvs} detect
+cvs.texi(,5723) whether a file is binary based on its contents. The
+cvs.texi(,5724) main difficulty with designing such a feature is that
+cvs.texi(,5725) it is not clear how to distinguish between binary and
+cvs.texi(,5726) non-binary files, and the rules to apply would vary
+cvs.texi(,5727) considerably with the operating system.
+cvs.texi(,5728) @c For example, it would be good on MS-DOS-family OSes
+cvs.texi(,5729) @c for anything containing ^Z to be binary. Having
+cvs.texi(,5730) @c characters with the 8th bit set imply binary is almost
+cvs.texi(,5731) @c surely a bad idea in the context of ISO-8859-* and
+cvs.texi(,5732) @c other such character sets. On VMS or the Mac, we
+cvs.texi(,5733) @c could use the OS's file typing. This is a
+cvs.texi(,5734) @c commonly-desired feature, and something of this sort
+cvs.texi(,5735) @c may make sense. But there are a lot of pitfalls here.
+cvs.texi(,5736) @c
+cvs.texi(,5737) @c Another, probably better, way to tell is to read the
+cvs.texi(,5738) @c file in text mode, write it to a temp file in text
+cvs.texi(,5739) @c mode, and then do a binary mode compare of the two
+cvs.texi(,5740) @c files. If they differ, it is a binary file. This
+cvs.texi(,5741) @c might have problems on VMS (or some other system
+cvs.texi(,5742) @c with several different text modes), but in general
+cvs.texi(,5743) @c should be relatively portable. The only other
+cvs.texi(,5744) @c downside I can think of is that it would be fairly
+cvs.texi(,5745) @c slow, but that is perhaps a small price to pay for
+cvs.texi(,5746) @c not having your files corrupted. Another issue is
+cvs.texi(,5747) @c what happens if you import a text file with bare
+cvs.texi(,5748) @c linefeeds on Windows. Such files will show up on
+cvs.texi(,5749) @c Windows sometimes (I think some native windows
+cvs.texi(,5750) @c programs even write them, on occasion). Perhaps it
+cvs.texi(,5751) @c is reasonable to treat such files as binary; after
+cvs.texi(,5752) @c all it is something of a presumption to assume that
+cvs.texi(,5753) @c the user would want the linefeeds converted to CRLF.
+cvs.texi(,5754)
+cvs.texi(,5755) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,5756) @node Multiple developers
+cvs.texi(,5757) @chapter Multiple developers
+cvs.texi(,5758) @cindex Multiple developers
+cvs.texi(,5759) @cindex Team of developers
+cvs.texi(,5760) @cindex File locking
+cvs.texi(,5761) @cindex Locking files
+cvs.texi(,5762) @cindex Working copy
+cvs.texi(,5763) @cindex Reserved checkouts
+cvs.texi(,5764) @cindex Unreserved checkouts
+cvs.texi(,5765) @cindex RCS-style locking
+cvs.texi(,5766)
+cvs.texi(,5767) When more than one person works on a software project
+cvs.texi(,5768) things often get complicated. Often, two people try to
+cvs.texi(,5769) edit the same file simultaneously. One solution, known
+cvs.texi(,5770) as @dfn{file locking} or @dfn{reserved checkouts}, is
+cvs.texi(,5771) to allow only one person to edit each file at a time.
+cvs.texi(,5772) This is the only solution with some version control
+cvs.texi(,5773) systems, including @sc{rcs} and @sc{sccs}. Currently
+cvs.texi(,5774) the usual way to get reserved checkouts with @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,5775) is the @code{cvs admin -l} command (@pxref{admin
+cvs.texi(,5776) options}). This is not as nicely integrated into
+cvs.texi(,5777) @sc{cvs} as the watch features, described below, but it
+cvs.texi(,5778) seems that most people with a need for reserved
+cvs.texi(,5779) checkouts find it adequate.
+cvs.texi(,5780) @c Or "find it better than worrying about implementing
+cvs.texi(,5781) @c nicely integrated reserved checkouts" or ...?
+cvs.texi(,5782) It also may be possible to use the watches
+cvs.texi(,5783) features described below, together with suitable
+cvs.texi(,5784) procedures (not enforced by software), to avoid having
+cvs.texi(,5785) two people edit at the same time.
+cvs.texi(,5786)
+cvs.texi(,5787) @c Our unreserved checkout model might not
+cvs.texi(,5788) @c be quite the same as others. For example, I
+cvs.texi(,5789) @c think that some systems will tend to create a branch
+cvs.texi(,5790) @c in the case where CVS prints "up-to-date check failed".
+cvs.texi(,5791) @c It isn't clear to me whether we should try to
+cvs.texi(,5792) @c explore these subtleties; it could easily just
+cvs.texi(,5793) @c confuse people.
+cvs.texi(,5794) The default model with @sc{cvs} is known as
+cvs.texi(,5795) @dfn{unreserved checkouts}. In this model, developers
+cvs.texi(,5796) can edit their own @dfn{working copy} of a file
+cvs.texi(,5797) simultaneously. The first person that commits his
+cvs.texi(,5798) changes has no automatic way of knowing that another
+cvs.texi(,5799) has started to edit it. Others will get an error
+cvs.texi(,5800) message when they try to commit the file. They must
+cvs.texi(,5801) then use @sc{cvs} commands to bring their working copy
+cvs.texi(,5802) up to date with the repository revision. This process
+cvs.texi(,5803) is almost automatic.
cvs.texi(,5804)
-cvs.texi(,5805) The rest of this chapter describes how these various
-cvs.texi(,5806) models work, and some of the issues involved in
-cvs.texi(,5807) choosing between them.
-cvs.texi(,5808)
-cvs.texi(,5886)
-cvs.texi(,5887) @menu
-cvs.texi(,5888) * File status:: A file can be in several states
-cvs.texi(,5889) * Updating a file:: Bringing a file up-to-date
-cvs.texi(,5890) * Conflicts example:: An informative example
-cvs.texi(,5891) * Informing others:: To cooperate you must inform
-cvs.texi(,5892) * Concurrency:: Simultaneous repository access
-cvs.texi(,5893) * Watches:: Mechanisms to track who is
editing files
-cvs.texi(,5894) * Choosing a model:: Reserved or unreserved
checkouts?
-cvs.texi(,5895) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,5896)
-cvs.texi(,5897) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,5898) @node File status
-cvs.texi(,5899) @section File status
-cvs.texi(,5900) @cindex File status
-cvs.texi(,5901) @cindex Status of a file
+cvs.texi(,5805) @c FIXME? should probably use the word "watch" here, to
+cvs.texi(,5806) @c tie this into the text below and above.
+cvs.texi(,5807) @sc{cvs} also supports mechanisms which facilitate
+cvs.texi(,5808) various kinds of communication, without actually
+cvs.texi(,5809) enforcing rules like reserved checkouts do.
+cvs.texi(,5810)
+cvs.texi(,5811) The rest of this chapter describes how these various
+cvs.texi(,5812) models work, and some of the issues involved in
+cvs.texi(,5813) choosing between them.
+cvs.texi(,5814)
+cvs.texi(,5892)
+cvs.texi(,5893) @menu
+cvs.texi(,5894) * File status:: A file can be in several states
+cvs.texi(,5895) * Updating a file:: Bringing a file up-to-date
+cvs.texi(,5896) * Conflicts example:: An informative example
+cvs.texi(,5897) * Informing others:: To cooperate you must inform
+cvs.texi(,5898) * Concurrency:: Simultaneous repository access
+cvs.texi(,5899) * Watches:: Mechanisms to track who is
editing files
+cvs.texi(,5900) * Choosing a model:: Reserved or unreserved
checkouts?
+cvs.texi(,5901) @end menu
cvs.texi(,5902)
-cvs.texi(,5903) @c Shouldn't this start with an example or something,
-cvs.texi(,5904) @c introducing the unreserved checkout model? Before we
-cvs.texi(,5905) @c dive into listing states?
-cvs.texi(,5906) Based on what operations you have performed on a
-cvs.texi(,5907) checked out file, and what operations others have
-cvs.texi(,5908) performed to that file in the repository, one can
-cvs.texi(,5909) classify a file in a number of states. The states, as
-cvs.texi(,5910) reported by the @code{status} command, are:
-cvs.texi(,5911)
-cvs.texi(,5912) @c The order of items is chosen to group logically
-cvs.texi(,5913) @c similar outputs together.
-cvs.texi(,5914) @c People who want alphabetical can use the index...
-cvs.texi(,5915) @table @asis
-cvs.texi(,5916) @cindex Up-to-date
-cvs.texi(,5917) @item Up-to-date
-cvs.texi(,5918) The file is identical with the latest revision in the
-cvs.texi(,5919) repository for the branch in use.
-cvs.texi(,5920) @c FIXME: should we clarify "in use"? The answer is
-cvs.texi(,5921) @c sticky tags, and trying to distinguish branch sticky
-cvs.texi(,5922) @c tags from non-branch sticky tags seems rather awkward
-cvs.texi(,5923) @c here.
-cvs.texi(,5924) @c FIXME: What happens with non-branch sticky tags? Is
-cvs.texi(,5925) @c a stuck file "Up-to-date" or "Needs checkout" or what?
-cvs.texi(,5926)
-cvs.texi(,5927) @item Locally Modified
-cvs.texi(,5928) @cindex Locally Modified
-cvs.texi(,5929) You have edited the file, and not yet committed your changes.
-cvs.texi(,5930)
-cvs.texi(,5931) @item Locally Added
-cvs.texi(,5932) @cindex Locally Added
-cvs.texi(,5933) You have added the file with @code{add}, and not yet
-cvs.texi(,5934) committed your changes.
-cvs.texi(,5935) @c There are many cases involving the file being
-cvs.texi(,5936) @c added/removed/modified in the working directory, and
-cvs.texi(,5937) @c added/removed/modified in the repository, which we
-cvs.texi(,5938) @c don't try to describe here. I'm not sure that "cvs
-cvs.texi(,5939) @c status" produces a non-confusing output in most of
-cvs.texi(,5940) @c those cases.
-cvs.texi(,5941)
-cvs.texi(,5942) @item Locally Removed
-cvs.texi(,5943) @cindex Locally Removed
-cvs.texi(,5944) You have removed the file with @code{remove}, and not yet
-cvs.texi(,5945) committed your changes.
-cvs.texi(,5946)
-cvs.texi(,5947) @item Needs Checkout
-cvs.texi(,5948) @cindex Needs Checkout
-cvs.texi(,5949) Someone else has committed a newer revision to the
-cvs.texi(,5950) repository. The name is slightly misleading; you will
-cvs.texi(,5951) ordinarily use @code{update} rather than
-cvs.texi(,5952) @code{checkout} to get that newer revision.
-cvs.texi(,5953)
-cvs.texi(,5954) @item Needs Patch
-cvs.texi(,5955) @cindex Needs Patch
-cvs.texi(,5956) @c See also newb-123j0 in sanity.sh (although that case
-cvs.texi(,5957) @c should probably be changed rather than documented).
-cvs.texi(,5958) Like Needs Checkout, but the @sc{cvs} server will send
-cvs.texi(,5959) a patch rather than the entire file. Sending a patch or
-cvs.texi(,5960) sending an entire file accomplishes the same thing.
-cvs.texi(,5961)
-cvs.texi(,5962) @item Needs Merge
-cvs.texi(,5963) @cindex Needs Merge
-cvs.texi(,5964) Someone else has committed a newer revision to the repository,
and you
-cvs.texi(,5965) have also made modifications to the file.
-cvs.texi(,5966)
-cvs.texi(,5967) @item Unresolved Conflict
-cvs.texi(,5968) @cindex Unresolved Conflict
-cvs.texi(,5969) @c FIXCVS - This file status needs to be changed to some more
informative
-cvs.texi(,5970) @c text that distinguishes it more clearly from each of the
Locally Added,
-cvs.texi(,5971) @c File had conflicts on merge, and Unknown status types, but
an exact and
-cvs.texi(,5972) @c succinct wording escapes me at the moment.
-cvs.texi(,5973) A file with the same name as this new file has been added to
the repository
-cvs.texi(,5974) from a second workspace. This file will need to be moved out
of the way
-cvs.texi(,5975) to allow an @code{update} to complete.
-cvs.texi(,5976)
-cvs.texi(,5977) @item File had conflicts on merge
-cvs.texi(,5978) @cindex File had conflicts on merge
-cvs.texi(,5979) @c is it worth saying that this message was "Unresolved
-cvs.texi(,5980) @c Conflict" in CVS 1.9 and earlier? I'm inclined to
-cvs.texi(,5981) @c think that is unnecessarily confusing to new users.
-cvs.texi(,5982) This is like Locally Modified, except that a previous
-cvs.texi(,5983) @code{update} command gave a conflict. If you have not
-cvs.texi(,5984) already done so, you need to
-cvs.texi(,5985) resolve the conflict as described in @ref{Conflicts example}.
-cvs.texi(,5986)
-cvs.texi(,5987) @item Unknown
-cvs.texi(,5988) @cindex Unknown
-cvs.texi(,5989) @sc{cvs} doesn't know anything about this file. For
-cvs.texi(,5990) example, you have created a new file and have not run
-cvs.texi(,5991) @code{add}.
-cvs.texi(,5992) @c
-cvs.texi(,5993) @c "Entry Invalid" and "Classify Error" are also in the
-cvs.texi(,5994) @c status.c. The latter definitely indicates a CVS bug
-cvs.texi(,5995) @c (should it be worded more like "internal error" so
-cvs.texi(,5996) @c people submit bug reports if they see it?). The former
-cvs.texi(,5997) @c I'm not as sure; I haven't tracked down whether/when it
-cvs.texi(,5998) @c appears in "cvs status" output.
-cvs.texi(,5999)
-cvs.texi(,6000) @end table
-cvs.texi(,6001)
-cvs.texi(,6002) To help clarify the file status, @code{status} also
-cvs.texi(,6003) reports the @code{Working revision} which is the
-cvs.texi(,6004) revision that the file in the working directory derives
-cvs.texi(,6005) from, and the @code{Repository revision} which is the
-cvs.texi(,6006) latest revision in the repository for the branch in
-cvs.texi(,6007) use.
-cvs.texi(,6008) @c FIXME: should we clarify "in use"? The answer is
-cvs.texi(,6009) @c sticky tags, and trying to distinguish branch sticky
-cvs.texi(,6010) @c tags from non-branch sticky tags seems rather awkward
-cvs.texi(,6011) @c here.
-cvs.texi(,6012) @c FIXME: What happens with non-branch sticky tags?
-cvs.texi(,6013) @c What is the Repository Revision there? See the
-cvs.texi(,6014) @c comment at vn_rcs in cvs.h, which is kind of
-cvs.texi(,6015) @c confused--we really need to document better what this
-cvs.texi(,6016) @c field contains.
-cvs.texi(,6017) @c Q: Should we document "New file!" and other such
-cvs.texi(,6018) @c outputs or are they self-explanatory?
-cvs.texi(,6019) @c FIXME: what about the date to the right of "Working
-cvs.texi(,6020) @c revision"? It doesn't appear with client/server and
-cvs.texi(,6021) @c seems unnecessary (redundant with "ls -l") so
-cvs.texi(,6022) @c perhaps it should be removed for non-client/server too?
-cvs.texi(,6023) @c FIXME: Need some examples.
-cvs.texi(,6024) @c FIXME: Working revision can also be something like
-cvs.texi(,6025) @c "-1.3" for a locally removed file. Not at all
-cvs.texi(,6026) @c self-explanatory (and it is possible that CVS should
-cvs.texi(,6027) @c be changed rather than documenting this).
-cvs.texi(,6028)
-cvs.texi(,6029) @c Would be nice to have an @example showing output
-cvs.texi(,6030) @c from cvs status, with comments showing the xref
-cvs.texi(,6031) @c where each part of the output is described. This
-cvs.texi(,6032) @c might fit in nicely if it is desirable to split this
-cvs.texi(,6033) @c node in two; one to introduce "cvs status" and one
-cvs.texi(,6034) @c to list each of the states.
-cvs.texi(,6035) The options to @code{status} are listed in
-cvs.texi(,6036) @ref{Invoking CVS}. For information on its @code{Sticky tag}
-cvs.texi(,6037) and @code{Sticky date} output, see @ref{Sticky tags}.
-cvs.texi(,6038) For information on its @code{Sticky options} output,
-cvs.texi(,6039) see the @samp{-k} option in @ref{update options}.
-cvs.texi(,6040)
-cvs.texi(,6041) You can think of the @code{status} and @code{update}
-cvs.texi(,6042) commands as somewhat complementary. You use
-cvs.texi(,6043) @code{update} to bring your files up to date, and you
-cvs.texi(,6044) can use @code{status} to give you some idea of what an
-cvs.texi(,6045) @code{update} would do (of course, the state of the
-cvs.texi(,6046) repository might change before you actually run
-cvs.texi(,6047) @code{update}). In fact, if you want a command to
-cvs.texi(,6048) display file status in a more brief format than is
-cvs.texi(,6049) displayed by the @code{status} command, you can invoke
-cvs.texi(,6050)
-cvs.texi(,6051) @cindex update, to display file status
-cvs.texi(,6052) @example
-cvs.texi(,6053) $ cvs -n -q update
-cvs.texi(,6054) @end example
-cvs.texi(,6055)
-cvs.texi(,6056) The @samp{-n} option means to not actually do the
-cvs.texi(,6057) update, but merely to display statuses; the @samp{-q}
-cvs.texi(,6058) option avoids printing the name of each directory. For
-cvs.texi(,6059) more information on the @code{update} command, and
-cvs.texi(,6060) these options, see @ref{Invoking CVS}.
+cvs.texi(,5903) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,5904) @node File status
+cvs.texi(,5905) @section File status
+cvs.texi(,5906) @cindex File status
+cvs.texi(,5907) @cindex Status of a file
+cvs.texi(,5908)
+cvs.texi(,5909) @c Shouldn't this start with an example or something,
+cvs.texi(,5910) @c introducing the unreserved checkout model? Before we
+cvs.texi(,5911) @c dive into listing states?
+cvs.texi(,5912) Based on what operations you have performed on a
+cvs.texi(,5913) checked out file, and what operations others have
+cvs.texi(,5914) performed to that file in the repository, one can
+cvs.texi(,5915) classify a file in a number of states. The states, as
+cvs.texi(,5916) reported by the @code{status} command, are:
+cvs.texi(,5917)
+cvs.texi(,5918) @c The order of items is chosen to group logically
+cvs.texi(,5919) @c similar outputs together.
+cvs.texi(,5920) @c People who want alphabetical can use the index...
+cvs.texi(,5921) @table @asis
+cvs.texi(,5922) @cindex Up-to-date
+cvs.texi(,5923) @item Up-to-date
+cvs.texi(,5924) The file is identical with the latest revision in the
+cvs.texi(,5925) repository for the branch in use.
+cvs.texi(,5926) @c FIXME: should we clarify "in use"? The answer is
+cvs.texi(,5927) @c sticky tags, and trying to distinguish branch sticky
+cvs.texi(,5928) @c tags from non-branch sticky tags seems rather awkward
+cvs.texi(,5929) @c here.
+cvs.texi(,5930) @c FIXME: What happens with non-branch sticky tags? Is
+cvs.texi(,5931) @c a stuck file "Up-to-date" or "Needs checkout" or what?
+cvs.texi(,5932)
+cvs.texi(,5933) @item Locally Modified
+cvs.texi(,5934) @cindex Locally Modified
+cvs.texi(,5935) You have edited the file, and not yet committed your changes.
+cvs.texi(,5936)
+cvs.texi(,5937) @item Locally Added
+cvs.texi(,5938) @cindex Locally Added
+cvs.texi(,5939) You have added the file with @code{add}, and not yet
+cvs.texi(,5940) committed your changes.
+cvs.texi(,5941) @c There are many cases involving the file being
+cvs.texi(,5942) @c added/removed/modified in the working directory, and
+cvs.texi(,5943) @c added/removed/modified in the repository, which we
+cvs.texi(,5944) @c don't try to describe here. I'm not sure that "cvs
+cvs.texi(,5945) @c status" produces a non-confusing output in most of
+cvs.texi(,5946) @c those cases.
+cvs.texi(,5947)
+cvs.texi(,5948) @item Locally Removed
+cvs.texi(,5949) @cindex Locally Removed
+cvs.texi(,5950) You have removed the file with @code{remove}, and not yet
+cvs.texi(,5951) committed your changes.
+cvs.texi(,5952)
+cvs.texi(,5953) @item Needs Checkout
+cvs.texi(,5954) @cindex Needs Checkout
+cvs.texi(,5955) Someone else has committed a newer revision to the
+cvs.texi(,5956) repository. The name is slightly misleading; you will
+cvs.texi(,5957) ordinarily use @code{update} rather than
+cvs.texi(,5958) @code{checkout} to get that newer revision.
+cvs.texi(,5959)
+cvs.texi(,5960) @item Needs Patch
+cvs.texi(,5961) @cindex Needs Patch
+cvs.texi(,5962) @c See also newb-123j0 in sanity.sh (although that case
+cvs.texi(,5963) @c should probably be changed rather than documented).
+cvs.texi(,5964) Like Needs Checkout, but the @sc{cvs} server will send
+cvs.texi(,5965) a patch rather than the entire file. Sending a patch or
+cvs.texi(,5966) sending an entire file accomplishes the same thing.
+cvs.texi(,5967)
+cvs.texi(,5968) @item Needs Merge
+cvs.texi(,5969) @cindex Needs Merge
+cvs.texi(,5970) Someone else has committed a newer revision to the repository,
and you
+cvs.texi(,5971) have also made modifications to the file.
+cvs.texi(,5972)
+cvs.texi(,5973) @item Unresolved Conflict
+cvs.texi(,5974) @cindex Unresolved Conflict
+cvs.texi(,5975) @c FIXCVS - This file status needs to be changed to some more
informative
+cvs.texi(,5976) @c text that distinguishes it more clearly from each of the
Locally Added,
+cvs.texi(,5977) @c File had conflicts on merge, and Unknown status types, but
an exact and
+cvs.texi(,5978) @c succinct wording escapes me at the moment.
+cvs.texi(,5979) A file with the same name as this new file has been added to
the repository
+cvs.texi(,5980) from a second workspace. This file will need to be moved out
of the way
+cvs.texi(,5981) to allow an @code{update} to complete.
+cvs.texi(,5982)
+cvs.texi(,5983) @item File had conflicts on merge
+cvs.texi(,5984) @cindex File had conflicts on merge
+cvs.texi(,5985) @c is it worth saying that this message was "Unresolved
+cvs.texi(,5986) @c Conflict" in CVS 1.9 and earlier? I'm inclined to
+cvs.texi(,5987) @c think that is unnecessarily confusing to new users.
+cvs.texi(,5988) This is like Locally Modified, except that a previous
+cvs.texi(,5989) @code{update} command gave a conflict. If you have not
+cvs.texi(,5990) already done so, you need to
+cvs.texi(,5991) resolve the conflict as described in @ref{Conflicts example}.
+cvs.texi(,5992)
+cvs.texi(,5993) @item Unknown
+cvs.texi(,5994) @cindex Unknown
+cvs.texi(,5995) @sc{cvs} doesn't know anything about this file. For
+cvs.texi(,5996) example, you have created a new file and have not run
+cvs.texi(,5997) @code{add}.
+cvs.texi(,5998) @c
+cvs.texi(,5999) @c "Entry Invalid" and "Classify Error" are also in the
+cvs.texi(,6000) @c status.c. The latter definitely indicates a CVS bug
+cvs.texi(,6001) @c (should it be worded more like "internal error" so
+cvs.texi(,6002) @c people submit bug reports if they see it?). The former
+cvs.texi(,6003) @c I'm not as sure; I haven't tracked down whether/when it
+cvs.texi(,6004) @c appears in "cvs status" output.
+cvs.texi(,6005)
+cvs.texi(,6006) @end table
+cvs.texi(,6007)
+cvs.texi(,6008) To help clarify the file status, @code{status} also
+cvs.texi(,6009) reports the @code{Working revision} which is the
+cvs.texi(,6010) revision that the file in the working directory derives
+cvs.texi(,6011) from, and the @code{Repository revision} which is the
+cvs.texi(,6012) latest revision in the repository for the branch in
+cvs.texi(,6013) use.
+cvs.texi(,6014) @c FIXME: should we clarify "in use"? The answer is
+cvs.texi(,6015) @c sticky tags, and trying to distinguish branch sticky
+cvs.texi(,6016) @c tags from non-branch sticky tags seems rather awkward
+cvs.texi(,6017) @c here.
+cvs.texi(,6018) @c FIXME: What happens with non-branch sticky tags?
+cvs.texi(,6019) @c What is the Repository Revision there? See the
+cvs.texi(,6020) @c comment at vn_rcs in cvs.h, which is kind of
+cvs.texi(,6021) @c confused--we really need to document better what this
+cvs.texi(,6022) @c field contains.
+cvs.texi(,6023) @c Q: Should we document "New file!" and other such
+cvs.texi(,6024) @c outputs or are they self-explanatory?
+cvs.texi(,6025) @c FIXME: what about the date to the right of "Working
+cvs.texi(,6026) @c revision"? It doesn't appear with client/server and
+cvs.texi(,6027) @c seems unnecessary (redundant with "ls -l") so
+cvs.texi(,6028) @c perhaps it should be removed for non-client/server too?
+cvs.texi(,6029) @c FIXME: Need some examples.
+cvs.texi(,6030) @c FIXME: Working revision can also be something like
+cvs.texi(,6031) @c "-1.3" for a locally removed file. Not at all
+cvs.texi(,6032) @c self-explanatory (and it is possible that CVS should
+cvs.texi(,6033) @c be changed rather than documenting this).
+cvs.texi(,6034)
+cvs.texi(,6035) @c Would be nice to have an @example showing output
+cvs.texi(,6036) @c from cvs status, with comments showing the xref
+cvs.texi(,6037) @c where each part of the output is described. This
+cvs.texi(,6038) @c might fit in nicely if it is desirable to split this
+cvs.texi(,6039) @c node in two; one to introduce "cvs status" and one
+cvs.texi(,6040) @c to list each of the states.
+cvs.texi(,6041) The options to @code{status} are listed in
+cvs.texi(,6042) @ref{Invoking CVS}. For information on its @code{Sticky tag}
+cvs.texi(,6043) and @code{Sticky date} output, see @ref{Sticky tags}.
+cvs.texi(,6044) For information on its @code{Sticky options} output,
+cvs.texi(,6045) see the @samp{-k} option in @ref{update options}.
+cvs.texi(,6046)
+cvs.texi(,6047) You can think of the @code{status} and @code{update}
+cvs.texi(,6048) commands as somewhat complementary. You use
+cvs.texi(,6049) @code{update} to bring your files up to date, and you
+cvs.texi(,6050) can use @code{status} to give you some idea of what an
+cvs.texi(,6051) @code{update} would do (of course, the state of the
+cvs.texi(,6052) repository might change before you actually run
+cvs.texi(,6053) @code{update}). In fact, if you want a command to
+cvs.texi(,6054) display file status in a more brief format than is
+cvs.texi(,6055) displayed by the @code{status} command, you can invoke
+cvs.texi(,6056)
+cvs.texi(,6057) @cindex update, to display file status
+cvs.texi(,6058) @example
+cvs.texi(,6059) $ cvs -n -q update
+cvs.texi(,6060) @end example
cvs.texi(,6061)
-cvs.texi(,6062) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,6063) @node Updating a file
-cvs.texi(,6064) @section Bringing a file up to date
-cvs.texi(,6065) @cindex Bringing a file up to date
-cvs.texi(,6066) @cindex Updating a file
-cvs.texi(,6067) @cindex Merging a file
-cvs.texi(,6068) @cindex Update, introduction
-cvs.texi(,6069)
-cvs.texi(,6070) When you want to update or merge a file, use the @code{update}
-cvs.texi(,6071) command. For files that are not up to date this is roughly
equivalent
-cvs.texi(,6072) to a @code{checkout} command: the newest revision of the file
is
-cvs.texi(,6073) extracted from the repository and put in your working
directory.
-cvs.texi(,6074)
-cvs.texi(,6075) Your modifications to a file are never lost when you
-cvs.texi(,6076) use @code{update}. If no newer revision exists,
-cvs.texi(,6077) running @code{update} has no effect. If you have
-cvs.texi(,6078) edited the file, and a newer revision is available,
-cvs.texi(,6079) @sc{cvs} will merge all changes into your working copy.
+cvs.texi(,6062) The @samp{-n} option means to not actually do the
+cvs.texi(,6063) update, but merely to display statuses; the @samp{-q}
+cvs.texi(,6064) option avoids printing the name of each directory. For
+cvs.texi(,6065) more information on the @code{update} command, and
+cvs.texi(,6066) these options, see @ref{Invoking CVS}.
+cvs.texi(,6067)
+cvs.texi(,6068) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,6069) @node Updating a file
+cvs.texi(,6070) @section Bringing a file up to date
+cvs.texi(,6071) @cindex Bringing a file up to date
+cvs.texi(,6072) @cindex Updating a file
+cvs.texi(,6073) @cindex Merging a file
+cvs.texi(,6074) @cindex Update, introduction
+cvs.texi(,6075)
+cvs.texi(,6076) When you want to update or merge a file, use the @code{update}
+cvs.texi(,6077) command. For files that are not up to date this is roughly
equivalent
+cvs.texi(,6078) to a @code{checkout} command: the newest revision of the file
is
+cvs.texi(,6079) extracted from the repository and put in your working
directory.
cvs.texi(,6080)
-cvs.texi(,6081) For instance, imagine that you checked out revision 1.4 and
started
-cvs.texi(,6082) editing it. In the meantime someone else committed revision
1.5, and
-cvs.texi(,6083) shortly after that revision 1.6. If you run @code{update} on
the file
-cvs.texi(,6084) now, @sc{cvs} will incorporate all changes between revision
1.4 and 1.6 into
-cvs.texi(,6085) your file.
+cvs.texi(,6081) Your modifications to a file are never lost when you
+cvs.texi(,6082) use @code{update}. If no newer revision exists,
+cvs.texi(,6083) running @code{update} has no effect. If you have
+cvs.texi(,6084) edited the file, and a newer revision is available,
+cvs.texi(,6085) @sc{cvs} will merge all changes into your working copy.
cvs.texi(,6086)
-cvs.texi(,6087) @cindex Overlap
-cvs.texi(,6088) If any of the changes between 1.4 and 1.6 were made too
-cvs.texi(,6089) close to any of the changes you have made, an
-cvs.texi(,6090) @dfn{overlap} occurs. In such cases a warning is
-cvs.texi(,6091) printed, and the resulting file includes both
-cvs.texi(,6092) versions of the lines that overlap, delimited by
-cvs.texi(,6093) special markers.
-cvs.texi(,6094) @xref{update}, for a complete description of the
-cvs.texi(,6095) @code{update} command.
-cvs.texi(,6096)
-cvs.texi(,6097) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,6098) @node Conflicts example
-cvs.texi(,6099) @section Conflicts example
-cvs.texi(,6100) @cindex Merge, an example
-cvs.texi(,6101) @cindex Example of merge
-cvs.texi(,6102) @cindex driver.c (merge example)
-cvs.texi(,6103)
-cvs.texi(,6104) Suppose revision 1.4 of @file{driver.c} contains this:
-cvs.texi(,6105)
-cvs.texi(,6106) @example
-cvs.texi(,6107) #include <stdio.h>
-cvs.texi(,6108)
-cvs.texi(,6109) void main()
-cvs.texi(,6110) @{
-cvs.texi(,6111) parse();
-cvs.texi(,6112) if (nerr == 0)
-cvs.texi(,6113) gencode();
-cvs.texi(,6114) else
-cvs.texi(,6115) fprintf(stderr, "No code generated.\n");
-cvs.texi(,6116) exit(nerr == 0 ? 0 : 1);
-cvs.texi(,6117) @}
-cvs.texi(,6118) @end example
-cvs.texi(,6119)
-cvs.texi(,6120) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,6121) Revision 1.6 of @file{driver.c} contains this:
-cvs.texi(,6122)
-cvs.texi(,6123) @example
-cvs.texi(,6124) #include <stdio.h>
+cvs.texi(,6087) For instance, imagine that you checked out revision 1.4 and
started
+cvs.texi(,6088) editing it. In the meantime someone else committed revision
1.5, and
+cvs.texi(,6089) shortly after that revision 1.6. If you run @code{update} on
the file
+cvs.texi(,6090) now, @sc{cvs} will incorporate all changes between revision
1.4 and 1.6 into
+cvs.texi(,6091) your file.
+cvs.texi(,6092)
+cvs.texi(,6093) @cindex Overlap
+cvs.texi(,6094) If any of the changes between 1.4 and 1.6 were made too
+cvs.texi(,6095) close to any of the changes you have made, an
+cvs.texi(,6096) @dfn{overlap} occurs. In such cases a warning is
+cvs.texi(,6097) printed, and the resulting file includes both
+cvs.texi(,6098) versions of the lines that overlap, delimited by
+cvs.texi(,6099) special markers.
+cvs.texi(,6100) @xref{update}, for a complete description of the
+cvs.texi(,6101) @code{update} command.
+cvs.texi(,6102)
+cvs.texi(,6103) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,6104) @node Conflicts example
+cvs.texi(,6105) @section Conflicts example
+cvs.texi(,6106) @cindex Merge, an example
+cvs.texi(,6107) @cindex Example of merge
+cvs.texi(,6108) @cindex driver.c (merge example)
+cvs.texi(,6109)
+cvs.texi(,6110) Suppose revision 1.4 of @file{driver.c} contains this:
+cvs.texi(,6111)
+cvs.texi(,6112) @example
+cvs.texi(,6113) #include <stdio.h>
+cvs.texi(,6114)
+cvs.texi(,6115) void main()
+cvs.texi(,6116) @{
+cvs.texi(,6117) parse();
+cvs.texi(,6118) if (nerr == 0)
+cvs.texi(,6119) gencode();
+cvs.texi(,6120) else
+cvs.texi(,6121) fprintf(stderr, "No code generated.\n");
+cvs.texi(,6122) exit(nerr == 0 ? 0 : 1);
+cvs.texi(,6123) @}
+cvs.texi(,6124) @end example
cvs.texi(,6125)
-cvs.texi(,6126) int main(int argc,
-cvs.texi(,6127) char **argv)
-cvs.texi(,6128) @{
-cvs.texi(,6129) parse();
-cvs.texi(,6130) if (argc != 1)
-cvs.texi(,6131) @{
-cvs.texi(,6132) fprintf(stderr, "tc: No args expected.\n");
-cvs.texi(,6133) exit(1);
-cvs.texi(,6134) @}
-cvs.texi(,6135) if (nerr == 0)
-cvs.texi(,6136) gencode();
-cvs.texi(,6137) else
-cvs.texi(,6138) fprintf(stderr, "No code generated.\n");
-cvs.texi(,6139) exit(!!nerr);
+cvs.texi(,6126) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,6127) Revision 1.6 of @file{driver.c} contains this:
+cvs.texi(,6128)
+cvs.texi(,6129) @example
+cvs.texi(,6130) #include <stdio.h>
+cvs.texi(,6131)
+cvs.texi(,6132) int main(int argc,
+cvs.texi(,6133) char **argv)
+cvs.texi(,6134) @{
+cvs.texi(,6135) parse();
+cvs.texi(,6136) if (argc != 1)
+cvs.texi(,6137) @{
+cvs.texi(,6138) fprintf(stderr, "tc: No args expected.\n");
+cvs.texi(,6139) exit(1);
cvs.texi(,6140) @}
-cvs.texi(,6141) @end example
-cvs.texi(,6142)
-cvs.texi(,6143) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,6144) Your working copy of @file{driver.c}, based on revision
-cvs.texi(,6145) 1.4, contains this before you run @samp{cvs update}:
-cvs.texi(,6146) @c -- Really include "cvs"?
-cvs.texi(,6147)
-cvs.texi(,6148) @example
-cvs.texi(,6149) #include <stdlib.h>
-cvs.texi(,6150) #include <stdio.h>
-cvs.texi(,6151)
-cvs.texi(,6152) void main()
-cvs.texi(,6153) @{
-cvs.texi(,6154) init_scanner();
-cvs.texi(,6155) parse();
-cvs.texi(,6156) if (nerr == 0)
-cvs.texi(,6157) gencode();
-cvs.texi(,6158) else
-cvs.texi(,6159) fprintf(stderr, "No code generated.\n");
-cvs.texi(,6160) exit(nerr == 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);
-cvs.texi(,6161) @}
-cvs.texi(,6162) @end example
-cvs.texi(,6163)
-cvs.texi(,6164) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,6165) You run @samp{cvs update}:
-cvs.texi(,6166) @c -- Really include "cvs"?
-cvs.texi(,6167)
-cvs.texi(,6168) @example
-cvs.texi(,6169) $ cvs update driver.c
-cvs.texi(,6170) RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/driver.c,v
-cvs.texi(,6171) retrieving revision 1.4
-cvs.texi(,6172) retrieving revision 1.6
-cvs.texi(,6173) Merging differences between 1.4 and 1.6 into driver.c
-cvs.texi(,6174) rcsmerge warning: overlaps during merge
-cvs.texi(,6175) cvs update: conflicts found in driver.c
-cvs.texi(,6176) C driver.c
-cvs.texi(,6177) @end example
-cvs.texi(,6178)
-cvs.texi(,6179) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,6180) @cindex Conflicts (merge example)
-cvs.texi(,6181) @sc{cvs} tells you that there were some conflicts.
-cvs.texi(,6182) Your original working file is saved unmodified in
-cvs.texi(,6183) @file{.#driver.c.1.4}. The new version of
-cvs.texi(,6184) @file{driver.c} contains this:
-cvs.texi(,6185)
-cvs.texi(,6186) @example
-cvs.texi(,6187) #include <stdlib.h>
-cvs.texi(,6188) #include <stdio.h>
-cvs.texi(,6189)
-cvs.texi(,6190) int main(int argc,
-cvs.texi(,6191) char **argv)
-cvs.texi(,6192) @{
-cvs.texi(,6193) init_scanner();
-cvs.texi(,6194) parse();
-cvs.texi(,6195) if (argc != 1)
-cvs.texi(,6196) @{
-cvs.texi(,6197) fprintf(stderr, "tc: No args expected.\n");
-cvs.texi(,6198) exit(1);
-cvs.texi(,6199) @}
-cvs.texi(,6200) if (nerr == 0)
-cvs.texi(,6201) gencode();
-cvs.texi(,6202) else
-cvs.texi(,6203) fprintf(stderr, "No code generated.\n");
-cvs.texi(,6204) @asis{}<<<<<<< driver.c
-cvs.texi(,6205) exit(nerr == 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);
-cvs.texi(,6206) @asis{}=======
-cvs.texi(,6207) exit(!!nerr);
-cvs.texi(,6208) @asis{}>>>>>>> 1.6
-cvs.texi(,6209) @}
-cvs.texi(,6210) @end example
-cvs.texi(,6211)
-cvs.texi(,6212) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,6213) @cindex Markers, conflict
-cvs.texi(,6214) @cindex Conflict markers
-cvs.texi(,6215) @cindex <<<<<<<
-cvs.texi(,6216) @cindex >>>>>>>
-cvs.texi(,6217) @cindex =======
-cvs.texi(,6218)
-cvs.texi(,6219) Note how all non-overlapping modifications are incorporated in
your working
-cvs.texi(,6220) copy, and that the overlapping section is clearly marked with
-cvs.texi(,6221) @samp{<<<<<<<}, @samp{=======} and @samp{>>>>>>>}.
-cvs.texi(,6222)
-cvs.texi(,6223) @cindex Resolving a conflict
-cvs.texi(,6224) @cindex Conflict resolution
-cvs.texi(,6225) You resolve the conflict by editing the file, removing the
markers and
-cvs.texi(,6226) the erroneous line. Suppose you end up with this file:
-cvs.texi(,6227) @c -- Add xref to the pcl-cvs manual when it talks
-cvs.texi(,6228) @c -- about this.
-cvs.texi(,6229) @example
-cvs.texi(,6230) #include <stdlib.h>
-cvs.texi(,6231) #include <stdio.h>
-cvs.texi(,6232)
-cvs.texi(,6233) int main(int argc,
-cvs.texi(,6234) char **argv)
-cvs.texi(,6235) @{
-cvs.texi(,6236) init_scanner();
-cvs.texi(,6237) parse();
-cvs.texi(,6238) if (argc != 1)
-cvs.texi(,6239) @{
-cvs.texi(,6240) fprintf(stderr, "tc: No args expected.\n");
-cvs.texi(,6241) exit(1);
-cvs.texi(,6242) @}
-cvs.texi(,6243) if (nerr == 0)
-cvs.texi(,6244) gencode();
-cvs.texi(,6245) else
-cvs.texi(,6246) fprintf(stderr, "No code generated.\n");
-cvs.texi(,6247) exit(nerr == 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);
+cvs.texi(,6141) if (nerr == 0)
+cvs.texi(,6142) gencode();
+cvs.texi(,6143) else
+cvs.texi(,6144) fprintf(stderr, "No code generated.\n");
+cvs.texi(,6145) exit(!!nerr);
+cvs.texi(,6146) @}
+cvs.texi(,6147) @end example
+cvs.texi(,6148)
+cvs.texi(,6149) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,6150) Your working copy of @file{driver.c}, based on revision
+cvs.texi(,6151) 1.4, contains this before you run @samp{cvs update}:
+cvs.texi(,6152) @c -- Really include "cvs"?
+cvs.texi(,6153)
+cvs.texi(,6154) @example
+cvs.texi(,6155) #include <stdlib.h>
+cvs.texi(,6156) #include <stdio.h>
+cvs.texi(,6157)
+cvs.texi(,6158) void main()
+cvs.texi(,6159) @{
+cvs.texi(,6160) init_scanner();
+cvs.texi(,6161) parse();
+cvs.texi(,6162) if (nerr == 0)
+cvs.texi(,6163) gencode();
+cvs.texi(,6164) else
+cvs.texi(,6165) fprintf(stderr, "No code generated.\n");
+cvs.texi(,6166) exit(nerr == 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);
+cvs.texi(,6167) @}
+cvs.texi(,6168) @end example
+cvs.texi(,6169)
+cvs.texi(,6170) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,6171) You run @samp{cvs update}:
+cvs.texi(,6172) @c -- Really include "cvs"?
+cvs.texi(,6173)
+cvs.texi(,6174) @example
+cvs.texi(,6175) $ cvs update driver.c
+cvs.texi(,6176) RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/driver.c,v
+cvs.texi(,6177) retrieving revision 1.4
+cvs.texi(,6178) retrieving revision 1.6
+cvs.texi(,6179) Merging differences between 1.4 and 1.6 into driver.c
+cvs.texi(,6180) rcsmerge warning: overlaps during merge
+cvs.texi(,6181) cvs update: conflicts found in driver.c
+cvs.texi(,6182) C driver.c
+cvs.texi(,6183) @end example
+cvs.texi(,6184)
+cvs.texi(,6185) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,6186) @cindex Conflicts (merge example)
+cvs.texi(,6187) @sc{cvs} tells you that there were some conflicts.
+cvs.texi(,6188) Your original working file is saved unmodified in
+cvs.texi(,6189) @file{.#driver.c.1.4}. The new version of
+cvs.texi(,6190) @file{driver.c} contains this:
+cvs.texi(,6191)
+cvs.texi(,6192) @example
+cvs.texi(,6193) #include <stdlib.h>
+cvs.texi(,6194) #include <stdio.h>
+cvs.texi(,6195)
+cvs.texi(,6196) int main(int argc,
+cvs.texi(,6197) char **argv)
+cvs.texi(,6198) @{
+cvs.texi(,6199) init_scanner();
+cvs.texi(,6200) parse();
+cvs.texi(,6201) if (argc != 1)
+cvs.texi(,6202) @{
+cvs.texi(,6203) fprintf(stderr, "tc: No args expected.\n");
+cvs.texi(,6204) exit(1);
+cvs.texi(,6205) @}
+cvs.texi(,6206) if (nerr == 0)
+cvs.texi(,6207) gencode();
+cvs.texi(,6208) else
+cvs.texi(,6209) fprintf(stderr, "No code generated.\n");
+cvs.texi(,6210) @asis{}<<<<<<< driver.c
+cvs.texi(,6211) exit(nerr == 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);
+cvs.texi(,6212) @asis{}=======
+cvs.texi(,6213) exit(!!nerr);
+cvs.texi(,6214) @asis{}>>>>>>> 1.6
+cvs.texi(,6215) @}
+cvs.texi(,6216) @end example
+cvs.texi(,6217)
+cvs.texi(,6218) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,6219) @cindex Markers, conflict
+cvs.texi(,6220) @cindex Conflict markers
+cvs.texi(,6221) @cindex <<<<<<<
+cvs.texi(,6222) @cindex >>>>>>>
+cvs.texi(,6223) @cindex =======
+cvs.texi(,6224)
+cvs.texi(,6225) Note how all non-overlapping modifications are incorporated in
your working
+cvs.texi(,6226) copy, and that the overlapping section is clearly marked with
+cvs.texi(,6227) @samp{<<<<<<<}, @samp{=======} and @samp{>>>>>>>}.
+cvs.texi(,6228)
+cvs.texi(,6229) @cindex Resolving a conflict
+cvs.texi(,6230) @cindex Conflict resolution
+cvs.texi(,6231) You resolve the conflict by editing the file, removing the
markers and
+cvs.texi(,6232) the erroneous line. Suppose you end up with this file:
+cvs.texi(,6233) @c -- Add xref to the pcl-cvs manual when it talks
+cvs.texi(,6234) @c -- about this.
+cvs.texi(,6235) @example
+cvs.texi(,6236) #include <stdlib.h>
+cvs.texi(,6237) #include <stdio.h>
+cvs.texi(,6238)
+cvs.texi(,6239) int main(int argc,
+cvs.texi(,6240) char **argv)
+cvs.texi(,6241) @{
+cvs.texi(,6242) init_scanner();
+cvs.texi(,6243) parse();
+cvs.texi(,6244) if (argc != 1)
+cvs.texi(,6245) @{
+cvs.texi(,6246) fprintf(stderr, "tc: No args expected.\n");
+cvs.texi(,6247) exit(1);
cvs.texi(,6248) @}
-cvs.texi(,6249) @end example
-cvs.texi(,6250)
-cvs.texi(,6251) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,6252) You can now go ahead and commit this as revision 1.7.
-cvs.texi(,6253)
-cvs.texi(,6254) @example
-cvs.texi(,6255) $ cvs commit -m "Initialize scanner. Use symbolic exit
values." driver.c
-cvs.texi(,6256) Checking in driver.c;
-cvs.texi(,6257) /usr/local/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/driver.c,v <-- driver.c
-cvs.texi(,6258) new revision: 1.7; previous revision: 1.6
-cvs.texi(,6259) done
-cvs.texi(,6260) @end example
-cvs.texi(,6261)
-cvs.texi(,6262) For your protection, @sc{cvs} will refuse to check in a
-cvs.texi(,6263) file if a conflict occurred and you have not resolved
-cvs.texi(,6264) the conflict. Currently to resolve a conflict, you
-cvs.texi(,6265) must change the timestamp on the file. In previous
-cvs.texi(,6266) versions of @sc{cvs}, you also needed to
-cvs.texi(,6267) insure that the file contains no conflict markers.
-cvs.texi(,6268) Because
-cvs.texi(,6269) your file may legitimately contain conflict markers (that
-cvs.texi(,6270) is, occurrences of @samp{>>>>>>> } at the start of a
-cvs.texi(,6271) line that don't mark a conflict), the current
-cvs.texi(,6272) version of @sc{cvs} will print a warning and proceed to
-cvs.texi(,6273) check in the file.
-cvs.texi(,6274) @c The old behavior was really icky; the only way out
-cvs.texi(,6275) @c was to start hacking on
-cvs.texi(,6276) @c the @code{CVS/Entries} file or other such workarounds.
-cvs.texi(,6277) @c
-cvs.texi(,6278) @c If the timestamp thing isn't considered nice enough,
-cvs.texi(,6279) @c maybe there should be a "cvs resolved" command
-cvs.texi(,6280) @c which clears the conflict indication. For a nice user
-cvs.texi(,6281) @c interface, this should be invoked by an interactive
-cvs.texi(,6282) @c merge tool like emerge rather than by the user
-cvs.texi(,6283) @c directly--such a tool can verify that the user has
-cvs.texi(,6284) @c really dealt with each conflict.
-cvs.texi(,6285)
-cvs.texi(,6286) @cindex emerge
-cvs.texi(,6287) If you use release 1.04 or later of pcl-cvs (a @sc{gnu}
-cvs.texi(,6288) Emacs front-end for @sc{cvs}) you can use an Emacs
-cvs.texi(,6289) package called emerge to help you resolve conflicts.
-cvs.texi(,6290) See the documentation for pcl-cvs.
+cvs.texi(,6249) if (nerr == 0)
+cvs.texi(,6250) gencode();
+cvs.texi(,6251) else
+cvs.texi(,6252) fprintf(stderr, "No code generated.\n");
+cvs.texi(,6253) exit(nerr == 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);
+cvs.texi(,6254) @}
+cvs.texi(,6255) @end example
+cvs.texi(,6256)
+cvs.texi(,6257) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,6258) You can now go ahead and commit this as revision 1.7.
+cvs.texi(,6259)
+cvs.texi(,6260) @example
+cvs.texi(,6261) $ cvs commit -m "Initialize scanner. Use symbolic exit
values." driver.c
+cvs.texi(,6262) Checking in driver.c;
+cvs.texi(,6263) /usr/local/cvsroot/yoyodyne/tc/driver.c,v <-- driver.c
+cvs.texi(,6264) new revision: 1.7; previous revision: 1.6
+cvs.texi(,6265) done
+cvs.texi(,6266) @end example
+cvs.texi(,6267)
+cvs.texi(,6268) For your protection, @sc{cvs} will refuse to check in a
+cvs.texi(,6269) file if a conflict occurred and you have not resolved
+cvs.texi(,6270) the conflict. Currently to resolve a conflict, you
+cvs.texi(,6271) must change the timestamp on the file. In previous
+cvs.texi(,6272) versions of @sc{cvs}, you also needed to
+cvs.texi(,6273) insure that the file contains no conflict markers.
+cvs.texi(,6274) Because
+cvs.texi(,6275) your file may legitimately contain conflict markers (that
+cvs.texi(,6276) is, occurrences of @samp{>>>>>>> } at the start of a
+cvs.texi(,6277) line that don't mark a conflict), the current
+cvs.texi(,6278) version of @sc{cvs} will print a warning and proceed to
+cvs.texi(,6279) check in the file.
+cvs.texi(,6280) @c The old behavior was really icky; the only way out
+cvs.texi(,6281) @c was to start hacking on
+cvs.texi(,6282) @c the @code{CVS/Entries} file or other such workarounds.
+cvs.texi(,6283) @c
+cvs.texi(,6284) @c If the timestamp thing isn't considered nice enough,
+cvs.texi(,6285) @c maybe there should be a "cvs resolved" command
+cvs.texi(,6286) @c which clears the conflict indication. For a nice user
+cvs.texi(,6287) @c interface, this should be invoked by an interactive
+cvs.texi(,6288) @c merge tool like emerge rather than by the user
+cvs.texi(,6289) @c directly--such a tool can verify that the user has
+cvs.texi(,6290) @c really dealt with each conflict.
cvs.texi(,6291)
-cvs.texi(,6292) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,6293) @node Informing others
-cvs.texi(,6294) @section Informing others about commits
-cvs.texi(,6295) @cindex Informing others
-cvs.texi(,6296) @cindex Spreading information
-cvs.texi(,6297) @cindex Mail, automatic mail on commit
-cvs.texi(,6298)
-cvs.texi(,6299) It is often useful to inform others when you commit a
-cvs.texi(,6300) new revision of a file. The @samp{-i} option of the
-cvs.texi(,6301) @file{modules} file, or the @file{loginfo} file, can be
-cvs.texi(,6302) used to automate this process. @xref{modules}.
-cvs.texi(,6303) @xref{loginfo}. You can use these features of @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,6304) to, for instance, instruct @sc{cvs} to mail a
-cvs.texi(,6305) message to all developers, or post a message to a local
-cvs.texi(,6306) newsgroup.
-cvs.texi(,6307) @c -- More text would be nice here.
-cvs.texi(,6308)
-cvs.texi(,6309) @node Concurrency
-cvs.texi(,6310) @section Several developers simultaneously attempting to run
CVS
-cvs.texi(,6311)
-cvs.texi(,6312) @cindex Locks, cvs, introduction
-cvs.texi(,6313) @c For a discussion of *why* CVS creates locks, see
-cvs.texi(,6314) @c the comment at the start of src/lock.c
-cvs.texi(,6315) If several developers try to run @sc{cvs} at the same
-cvs.texi(,6316) time, one may get the following message:
+cvs.texi(,6292) @cindex emerge
+cvs.texi(,6293) If you use release 1.04 or later of pcl-cvs (a @sc{gnu}
+cvs.texi(,6294) Emacs front-end for @sc{cvs}) you can use an Emacs
+cvs.texi(,6295) package called emerge to help you resolve conflicts.
+cvs.texi(,6296) See the documentation for pcl-cvs.
+cvs.texi(,6297)
+cvs.texi(,6298) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,6299) @node Informing others
+cvs.texi(,6300) @section Informing others about commits
+cvs.texi(,6301) @cindex Informing others
+cvs.texi(,6302) @cindex Spreading information
+cvs.texi(,6303) @cindex Mail, automatic mail on commit
+cvs.texi(,6304)
+cvs.texi(,6305) It is often useful to inform others when you commit a
+cvs.texi(,6306) new revision of a file. The @samp{-i} option of the
+cvs.texi(,6307) @file{modules} file, or the @file{loginfo} file, can be
+cvs.texi(,6308) used to automate this process. @xref{modules}.
+cvs.texi(,6309) @xref{loginfo}. You can use these features of @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,6310) to, for instance, instruct @sc{cvs} to mail a
+cvs.texi(,6311) message to all developers, or post a message to a local
+cvs.texi(,6312) newsgroup.
+cvs.texi(,6313) @c -- More text would be nice here.
+cvs.texi(,6314)
+cvs.texi(,6315) @node Concurrency
+cvs.texi(,6316) @section Several developers simultaneously attempting to run
CVS
cvs.texi(,6317)
-cvs.texi(,6318) @example
-cvs.texi(,6319) [11:43:23] waiting for bach's lock in /usr/local/cvsroot/foo
-cvs.texi(,6320) @end example
-cvs.texi(,6321)
-cvs.texi(,6322) @cindex #cvs.rfl, removing
-cvs.texi(,6323) @cindex #cvs.wfl, removing
-cvs.texi(,6324) @cindex #cvs.lock, removing
-cvs.texi(,6325) @sc{cvs} will try again every 30 seconds, and either
-cvs.texi(,6326) continue with the operation or print the message again,
-cvs.texi(,6327) if it still needs to wait. If a lock seems to stick
-cvs.texi(,6328) around for an undue amount of time, find the person
-cvs.texi(,6329) holding the lock and ask them about the cvs command
-cvs.texi(,6330) they are running. If they aren't running a cvs
-cvs.texi(,6331) command, look in the repository directory mentioned in
-cvs.texi(,6332) the message and remove files which they own whose names
-cvs.texi(,6333) start with @file{#cvs.rfl},
-cvs.texi(,6334) @file{#cvs.wfl}, or @file{#cvs.lock}.
-cvs.texi(,6335)
-cvs.texi(,6336) Note that these locks are to protect @sc{cvs}'s
-cvs.texi(,6337) internal data structures and have no relationship to
-cvs.texi(,6338) the word @dfn{lock} in the sense used by
-cvs.texi(,6339) @sc{rcs}---which refers to reserved checkouts
-cvs.texi(,6340) (@pxref{Multiple developers}).
+cvs.texi(,6318) @cindex Locks, cvs, introduction
+cvs.texi(,6319) @c For a discussion of *why* CVS creates locks, see
+cvs.texi(,6320) @c the comment at the start of src/lock.c
+cvs.texi(,6321) If several developers try to run @sc{cvs} at the same
+cvs.texi(,6322) time, one may get the following message:
+cvs.texi(,6323)
+cvs.texi(,6324) @example
+cvs.texi(,6325) [11:43:23] waiting for bach's lock in /usr/local/cvsroot/foo
+cvs.texi(,6326) @end example
+cvs.texi(,6327)
+cvs.texi(,6328) @cindex #cvs.rfl, removing
+cvs.texi(,6329) @cindex #cvs.wfl, removing
+cvs.texi(,6330) @cindex #cvs.lock, removing
+cvs.texi(,6331) @sc{cvs} will try again every 30 seconds, and either
+cvs.texi(,6332) continue with the operation or print the message again,
+cvs.texi(,6333) if it still needs to wait. If a lock seems to stick
+cvs.texi(,6334) around for an undue amount of time, find the person
+cvs.texi(,6335) holding the lock and ask them about the cvs command
+cvs.texi(,6336) they are running. If they aren't running a cvs
+cvs.texi(,6337) command, look in the repository directory mentioned in
+cvs.texi(,6338) the message and remove files which they own whose names
+cvs.texi(,6339) start with @file{#cvs.rfl},
+cvs.texi(,6340) @file{#cvs.wfl}, or @file{#cvs.lock}.
cvs.texi(,6341)
-cvs.texi(,6342) Any number of people can be reading from a given
-cvs.texi(,6343) repository at a time; only when someone is writing do
-cvs.texi(,6344) the locks prevent other people from reading or writing.
-cvs.texi(,6345)
-cvs.texi(,6346) @cindex Atomic transactions, lack of
-cvs.texi(,6347) @cindex Transactions, atomic, lack of
-cvs.texi(,6348) @c the following talks about what one might call commit/update
-cvs.texi(,6349) @c atomicity.
-cvs.texi(,6350) @c Probably also should say something about
-cvs.texi(,6351) @c commit/commit atomicity, that is, "An update will
-cvs.texi(,6352) @c not get partial versions of more than one commit".
-cvs.texi(,6353) @c CVS currently has this property and I guess we can
-cvs.texi(,6354) @c make it a documented feature.
-cvs.texi(,6355) @c For example one person commits
-cvs.texi(,6356) @c a/one.c and b/four.c and another commits a/two.c and
-cvs.texi(,6357) @c b/three.c. Then an update cannot get the new a/one.c
-cvs.texi(,6358) @c and a/two.c and the old b/four.c and b/three.c.
-cvs.texi(,6359) One might hope for the following property:
-cvs.texi(,6360)
-cvs.texi(,6361) @quotation
-cvs.texi(,6362) If someone commits some changes in one cvs command,
-cvs.texi(,6363) then an update by someone else will either get all the
-cvs.texi(,6364) changes, or none of them.
-cvs.texi(,6365) @end quotation
+cvs.texi(,6342) Note that these locks are to protect @sc{cvs}'s
+cvs.texi(,6343) internal data structures and have no relationship to
+cvs.texi(,6344) the word @dfn{lock} in the sense used by
+cvs.texi(,6345) @sc{rcs}---which refers to reserved checkouts
+cvs.texi(,6346) (@pxref{Multiple developers}).
+cvs.texi(,6347)
+cvs.texi(,6348) Any number of people can be reading from a given
+cvs.texi(,6349) repository at a time; only when someone is writing do
+cvs.texi(,6350) the locks prevent other people from reading or writing.
+cvs.texi(,6351)
+cvs.texi(,6352) @cindex Atomic transactions, lack of
+cvs.texi(,6353) @cindex Transactions, atomic, lack of
+cvs.texi(,6354) @c the following talks about what one might call commit/update
+cvs.texi(,6355) @c atomicity.
+cvs.texi(,6356) @c Probably also should say something about
+cvs.texi(,6357) @c commit/commit atomicity, that is, "An update will
+cvs.texi(,6358) @c not get partial versions of more than one commit".
+cvs.texi(,6359) @c CVS currently has this property and I guess we can
+cvs.texi(,6360) @c make it a documented feature.
+cvs.texi(,6361) @c For example one person commits
+cvs.texi(,6362) @c a/one.c and b/four.c and another commits a/two.c and
+cvs.texi(,6363) @c b/three.c. Then an update cannot get the new a/one.c
+cvs.texi(,6364) @c and a/two.c and the old b/four.c and b/three.c.
+cvs.texi(,6365) One might hope for the following property:
cvs.texi(,6366)
-cvs.texi(,6367) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,6368) but @sc{cvs} does @emph{not} have this property. For
-cvs.texi(,6369) example, given the files
-cvs.texi(,6370)
-cvs.texi(,6371) @example
-cvs.texi(,6372) a/one.c
-cvs.texi(,6373) a/two.c
-cvs.texi(,6374) b/three.c
-cvs.texi(,6375) b/four.c
-cvs.texi(,6376) @end example
-cvs.texi(,6377)
-cvs.texi(,6378) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,6379) if someone runs
-cvs.texi(,6380)
-cvs.texi(,6381) @example
-cvs.texi(,6382) cvs ci a/two.c b/three.c
-cvs.texi(,6383) @end example
-cvs.texi(,6384)
-cvs.texi(,6385) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,6386) and someone else runs @code{cvs update} at the same
-cvs.texi(,6387) time, the person running @code{update} might get only
-cvs.texi(,6388) the change to @file{b/three.c} and not the change to
-cvs.texi(,6389) @file{a/two.c}.
+cvs.texi(,6367) @quotation
+cvs.texi(,6368) If someone commits some changes in one cvs command,
+cvs.texi(,6369) then an update by someone else will either get all the
+cvs.texi(,6370) changes, or none of them.
+cvs.texi(,6371) @end quotation
+cvs.texi(,6372)
+cvs.texi(,6373) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,6374) but @sc{cvs} does @emph{not} have this property. For
+cvs.texi(,6375) example, given the files
+cvs.texi(,6376)
+cvs.texi(,6377) @example
+cvs.texi(,6378) a/one.c
+cvs.texi(,6379) a/two.c
+cvs.texi(,6380) b/three.c
+cvs.texi(,6381) b/four.c
+cvs.texi(,6382) @end example
+cvs.texi(,6383)
+cvs.texi(,6384) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,6385) if someone runs
+cvs.texi(,6386)
+cvs.texi(,6387) @example
+cvs.texi(,6388) cvs ci a/two.c b/three.c
+cvs.texi(,6389) @end example
cvs.texi(,6390)
-cvs.texi(,6391) @node Watches
-cvs.texi(,6392) @section Mechanisms to track who is editing files
-cvs.texi(,6393) @cindex Watches
-cvs.texi(,6394)
-cvs.texi(,6395) For many groups, use of @sc{cvs} in its default mode is
-cvs.texi(,6396) perfectly satisfactory. Users may sometimes go to
-cvs.texi(,6397) check in a modification only to find that another
-cvs.texi(,6398) modification has intervened, but they deal with it and
-cvs.texi(,6399) proceed with their check in. Other groups prefer to be
-cvs.texi(,6400) able to know who is editing what files, so that if two
-cvs.texi(,6401) people try to edit the same file they can choose to
-cvs.texi(,6402) talk about who is doing what when rather than be
-cvs.texi(,6403) surprised at check in time. The features in this
-cvs.texi(,6404) section allow such coordination, while retaining the
-cvs.texi(,6405) ability of two developers to edit the same file at the
-cvs.texi(,6406) same time.
-cvs.texi(,6407)
-cvs.texi(,6408) @c Some people might ask why CVS does not enforce the
-cvs.texi(,6409) @c rule on chmod, by requiring a cvs edit before a cvs
-cvs.texi(,6410) @c commit. The main reason is that it could always be
-cvs.texi(,6411) @c circumvented--one could edit the file, and
-cvs.texi(,6412) @c then when ready to check it in, do the cvs edit and put
-cvs.texi(,6413) @c in the new contents and do the cvs commit. One
-cvs.texi(,6414) @c implementation note: if we _do_ want to have cvs commit
-cvs.texi(,6415) @c require a cvs edit, we should store the state on
-cvs.texi(,6416) @c whether the cvs edit has occurred in the working
-cvs.texi(,6417) @c directory, rather than having the server try to keep
-cvs.texi(,6418) @c track of what working directories exist.
-cvs.texi(,6419) @c FIXME: should the above discussion be part of the
-cvs.texi(,6420) @c manual proper, somewhere, not just in a comment?
-cvs.texi(,6421) For maximum benefit developers should use @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,6422) edit} (not @code{chmod}) to make files read-write to
-cvs.texi(,6423) edit them, and @code{cvs release} (not @code{rm}) to
-cvs.texi(,6424) discard a working directory which is no longer in use,
-cvs.texi(,6425) but @sc{cvs} is not able to enforce this behavior.
-cvs.texi(,6426)
-cvs.texi(,6427) @c I'm a little dissatisfied with this presentation,
-cvs.texi(,6428) @c because "watch on"/"edit"/"editors" are one set of
-cvs.texi(,6429) @c functionality, and "watch add"/"watchers" is another
-cvs.texi(,6430) @c which is somewhat orthogonal even though they interact in
-cvs.texi(,6431) @c various ways. But I think it might be
-cvs.texi(,6432) @c confusing to describe them separately (e.g. "watch
-cvs.texi(,6433) @c add" with loginfo). I don't know.
-cvs.texi(,6434)
-cvs.texi(,6435) @menu
-cvs.texi(,6436) * Setting a watch:: Telling CVS to watch certain
files
-cvs.texi(,6437) * Getting Notified:: Telling CVS to notify you
-cvs.texi(,6438) * Editing files:: How to edit a file which is
being watched
-cvs.texi(,6439) * Watch information:: Information about who is
watching and editing
-cvs.texi(,6440) * Watches Compatibility:: Watches interact poorly with
CVS 1.6 or earlier
-cvs.texi(,6441) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,6442)
-cvs.texi(,6443) @node Setting a watch
-cvs.texi(,6444) @subsection Telling CVS to watch certain files
-cvs.texi(,6445)
-cvs.texi(,6446) To enable the watch features, you first specify that
-cvs.texi(,6447) certain files are to be watched.
+cvs.texi(,6391) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,6392) and someone else runs @code{cvs update} at the same
+cvs.texi(,6393) time, the person running @code{update} might get only
+cvs.texi(,6394) the change to @file{b/three.c} and not the change to
+cvs.texi(,6395) @file{a/two.c}.
+cvs.texi(,6396)
+cvs.texi(,6397) @node Watches
+cvs.texi(,6398) @section Mechanisms to track who is editing files
+cvs.texi(,6399) @cindex Watches
+cvs.texi(,6400)
+cvs.texi(,6401) For many groups, use of @sc{cvs} in its default mode is
+cvs.texi(,6402) perfectly satisfactory. Users may sometimes go to
+cvs.texi(,6403) check in a modification only to find that another
+cvs.texi(,6404) modification has intervened, but they deal with it and
+cvs.texi(,6405) proceed with their check in. Other groups prefer to be
+cvs.texi(,6406) able to know who is editing what files, so that if two
+cvs.texi(,6407) people try to edit the same file they can choose to
+cvs.texi(,6408) talk about who is doing what when rather than be
+cvs.texi(,6409) surprised at check in time. The features in this
+cvs.texi(,6410) section allow such coordination, while retaining the
+cvs.texi(,6411) ability of two developers to edit the same file at the
+cvs.texi(,6412) same time.
+cvs.texi(,6413)
+cvs.texi(,6414) @c Some people might ask why CVS does not enforce the
+cvs.texi(,6415) @c rule on chmod, by requiring a cvs edit before a cvs
+cvs.texi(,6416) @c commit. The main reason is that it could always be
+cvs.texi(,6417) @c circumvented--one could edit the file, and
+cvs.texi(,6418) @c then when ready to check it in, do the cvs edit and put
+cvs.texi(,6419) @c in the new contents and do the cvs commit. One
+cvs.texi(,6420) @c implementation note: if we _do_ want to have cvs commit
+cvs.texi(,6421) @c require a cvs edit, we should store the state on
+cvs.texi(,6422) @c whether the cvs edit has occurred in the working
+cvs.texi(,6423) @c directory, rather than having the server try to keep
+cvs.texi(,6424) @c track of what working directories exist.
+cvs.texi(,6425) @c FIXME: should the above discussion be part of the
+cvs.texi(,6426) @c manual proper, somewhere, not just in a comment?
+cvs.texi(,6427) For maximum benefit developers should use @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,6428) edit} (not @code{chmod}) to make files read-write to
+cvs.texi(,6429) edit them, and @code{cvs release} (not @code{rm}) to
+cvs.texi(,6430) discard a working directory which is no longer in use,
+cvs.texi(,6431) but @sc{cvs} is not able to enforce this behavior.
+cvs.texi(,6432)
+cvs.texi(,6433) @c I'm a little dissatisfied with this presentation,
+cvs.texi(,6434) @c because "watch on"/"edit"/"editors" are one set of
+cvs.texi(,6435) @c functionality, and "watch add"/"watchers" is another
+cvs.texi(,6436) @c which is somewhat orthogonal even though they interact in
+cvs.texi(,6437) @c various ways. But I think it might be
+cvs.texi(,6438) @c confusing to describe them separately (e.g. "watch
+cvs.texi(,6439) @c add" with loginfo). I don't know.
+cvs.texi(,6440)
+cvs.texi(,6441) @menu
+cvs.texi(,6442) * Setting a watch:: Telling CVS to watch certain
files
+cvs.texi(,6443) * Getting Notified:: Telling CVS to notify you
+cvs.texi(,6444) * Editing files:: How to edit a file which is
being watched
+cvs.texi(,6445) * Watch information:: Information about who is
watching and editing
+cvs.texi(,6446) * Watches Compatibility:: Watches interact poorly with
CVS 1.6 or earlier
+cvs.texi(,6447) @end menu
cvs.texi(,6448)
-cvs.texi(,6449) @cindex watch on (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,6450) @deffn Command {cvs watch on} address@hidden
address@hidden@dots{}
+cvs.texi(,6449) @node Setting a watch
+cvs.texi(,6450) @subsection Telling CVS to watch certain files
cvs.texi(,6451)
-cvs.texi(,6452) @cindex Read-only files, and watches
-cvs.texi(,6453) Specify that developers should run @code{cvs edit}
-cvs.texi(,6454) before editing @var{files}. @sc{cvs} will create working
-cvs.texi(,6455) copies of @var{files} read-only, to remind developers
-cvs.texi(,6456) to run the @code{cvs edit} command before working on
-cvs.texi(,6457) them.
-cvs.texi(,6458)
-cvs.texi(,6459) If @var{files} includes the name of a directory, @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,6460) arranges to watch all files added to the corresponding
-cvs.texi(,6461) repository directory, and sets a default for files
-cvs.texi(,6462) added in the future; this allows the user to set
-cvs.texi(,6463) notification policies on a per-directory basis. The
-cvs.texi(,6464) contents of the directory are processed recursively,
-cvs.texi(,6465) unless the @code{-l} option is given.
-cvs.texi(,6466) The @code{-R} option can be used to force recursion if the
@code{-l}
-cvs.texi(,6467) option is set in @file{~/.cvsrc} (@pxref{~/.cvsrc}).
-cvs.texi(,6468)
-cvs.texi(,6469) If @var{files} is omitted, it defaults to the current
directory.
-cvs.texi(,6470)
-cvs.texi(,6471) @cindex watch off (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,6472) @end deffn
-cvs.texi(,6473)
-cvs.texi(,6474) @deffn Command {cvs watch off} address@hidden
address@hidden@dots{}
-cvs.texi(,6475)
-cvs.texi(,6476) Do not create @var{files} read-only on checkout; thus,
-cvs.texi(,6477) developers will not be reminded to use @code{cvs edit}
-cvs.texi(,6478) and @code{cvs unedit}.
-cvs.texi(,6486)
-cvs.texi(,6487) The @var{files} and options are processed as for @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,6488) watch on}.
-cvs.texi(,6489)
-cvs.texi(,6490) @end deffn
-cvs.texi(,6491)
-cvs.texi(,6492) @node Getting Notified
-cvs.texi(,6493) @subsection Telling CVS to notify you
-cvs.texi(,6494)
-cvs.texi(,6495) You can tell @sc{cvs} that you want to receive
-cvs.texi(,6496) notifications about various actions taken on a file.
-cvs.texi(,6497) You can do this without using @code{cvs watch on} for
-cvs.texi(,6498) the file, but generally you will want to use @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,6499) watch on}, to remind developers to use the @code{cvs edit}
-cvs.texi(,6500) command.
-cvs.texi(,6501)
-cvs.texi(,6502) @cindex watch add (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,6503) @deffn Command {cvs watch add} address@hidden address@hidden
@address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}
-cvs.texi(,6504)
-cvs.texi(,6505) Add the current user to the list of people to receive
notification of
-cvs.texi(,6506) work done on @var{files}.
+cvs.texi(,6452) To enable the watch features, you first specify that
+cvs.texi(,6453) certain files are to be watched.
+cvs.texi(,6454)
+cvs.texi(,6455) @cindex watch on (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,6456) @deffn Command {cvs watch on} address@hidden
address@hidden@dots{}
+cvs.texi(,6457)
+cvs.texi(,6458) @cindex Read-only files, and watches
+cvs.texi(,6459) Specify that developers should run @code{cvs edit}
+cvs.texi(,6460) before editing @var{files}. @sc{cvs} will create working
+cvs.texi(,6461) copies of @var{files} read-only, to remind developers
+cvs.texi(,6462) to run the @code{cvs edit} command before working on
+cvs.texi(,6463) them.
+cvs.texi(,6464)
+cvs.texi(,6465) If @var{files} includes the name of a directory, @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,6466) arranges to watch all files added to the corresponding
+cvs.texi(,6467) repository directory, and sets a default for files
+cvs.texi(,6468) added in the future; this allows the user to set
+cvs.texi(,6469) notification policies on a per-directory basis. The
+cvs.texi(,6470) contents of the directory are processed recursively,
+cvs.texi(,6471) unless the @code{-l} option is given.
+cvs.texi(,6472) The @code{-R} option can be used to force recursion if the
@code{-l}
+cvs.texi(,6473) option is set in @file{~/.cvsrc} (@pxref{~/.cvsrc}).
+cvs.texi(,6474)
+cvs.texi(,6475) If @var{files} is omitted, it defaults to the current
directory.
+cvs.texi(,6476)
+cvs.texi(,6477) @cindex watch off (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,6478) @end deffn
+cvs.texi(,6479)
+cvs.texi(,6480) @deffn Command {cvs watch off} address@hidden
address@hidden@dots{}
+cvs.texi(,6481)
+cvs.texi(,6482) Do not create @var{files} read-only on checkout; thus,
+cvs.texi(,6483) developers will not be reminded to use @code{cvs edit}
+cvs.texi(,6484) and @code{cvs unedit}.
+cvs.texi(,6492)
+cvs.texi(,6493) The @var{files} and options are processed as for @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,6494) watch on}.
+cvs.texi(,6495)
+cvs.texi(,6496) @end deffn
+cvs.texi(,6497)
+cvs.texi(,6498) @node Getting Notified
+cvs.texi(,6499) @subsection Telling CVS to notify you
+cvs.texi(,6500)
+cvs.texi(,6501) You can tell @sc{cvs} that you want to receive
+cvs.texi(,6502) notifications about various actions taken on a file.
+cvs.texi(,6503) You can do this without using @code{cvs watch on} for
+cvs.texi(,6504) the file, but generally you will want to use @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,6505) watch on}, to remind developers to use the @code{cvs edit}
+cvs.texi(,6506) command.
cvs.texi(,6507)
-cvs.texi(,6508) The @code{-a} option specifies what kinds of events @sc{cvs}
should notify
-cvs.texi(,6509) the user about. @var{action} is one of the following:
+cvs.texi(,6508) @cindex watch add (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,6509) @deffn Command {cvs watch add} address@hidden address@hidden
@address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}
cvs.texi(,6510)
-cvs.texi(,6511) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,6512)
-cvs.texi(,6513) @item edit
-cvs.texi(,6514) Another user has applied the @code{cvs edit} command (described
-cvs.texi(,6515) below) to a watched file.
+cvs.texi(,6511) Add the current user to the list of people to receive
notification of
+cvs.texi(,6512) work done on @var{files}.
+cvs.texi(,6513)
+cvs.texi(,6514) The @code{-a} option specifies what kinds of events @sc{cvs}
should notify
+cvs.texi(,6515) the user about. @var{action} is one of the following:
cvs.texi(,6516)
-cvs.texi(,6517) @item commit
-cvs.texi(,6518) Another user has committed changes to one of the named
@var{files}.
-cvs.texi(,6519)
-cvs.texi(,6520) @item unedit
-cvs.texi(,6521) Another user has abandoned editing a file (other than by
committing changes).
-cvs.texi(,6522) They can do this in several ways, by:
-cvs.texi(,6523)
-cvs.texi(,6524) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,6517) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,6518)
+cvs.texi(,6519) @item edit
+cvs.texi(,6520) Another user has applied the @code{cvs edit} command (described
+cvs.texi(,6521) below) to a watched file.
+cvs.texi(,6522)
+cvs.texi(,6523) @item commit
+cvs.texi(,6524) Another user has committed changes to one of the named
@var{files}.
cvs.texi(,6525)
-cvs.texi(,6526) @item
-cvs.texi(,6527) applying the @code{cvs unedit} command (described below) to
the file
-cvs.texi(,6528)
-cvs.texi(,6529) @item
-cvs.texi(,6530) applying the @code{cvs release} command (@pxref{release}) to
the file's parent directory
-cvs.texi(,6531) (or recursively to a directory more than one level up)
-cvs.texi(,6532)
-cvs.texi(,6533) @item
-cvs.texi(,6534) deleting the file and allowing @code{cvs update} to recreate it
-cvs.texi(,6535)
-cvs.texi(,6536) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,6537)
-cvs.texi(,6538) @item all
-cvs.texi(,6539) All of the above.
-cvs.texi(,6540)
-cvs.texi(,6541) @item none
-cvs.texi(,6542) None of the above. (This is useful with @code{cvs edit},
-cvs.texi(,6543) described below.)
-cvs.texi(,6544)
-cvs.texi(,6545) @end table
+cvs.texi(,6526) @item unedit
+cvs.texi(,6527) Another user has abandoned editing a file (other than by
committing changes).
+cvs.texi(,6528) They can do this in several ways, by:
+cvs.texi(,6529)
+cvs.texi(,6530) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,6531)
+cvs.texi(,6532) @item
+cvs.texi(,6533) applying the @code{cvs unedit} command (described below) to
the file
+cvs.texi(,6534)
+cvs.texi(,6535) @item
+cvs.texi(,6536) applying the @code{cvs release} command (@pxref{release}) to
the file's parent directory
+cvs.texi(,6537) (or recursively to a directory more than one level up)
+cvs.texi(,6538)
+cvs.texi(,6539) @item
+cvs.texi(,6540) deleting the file and allowing @code{cvs update} to recreate it
+cvs.texi(,6541)
+cvs.texi(,6542) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,6543)
+cvs.texi(,6544) @item all
+cvs.texi(,6545) All of the above.
cvs.texi(,6546)
-cvs.texi(,6547) The @code{-a} option may appear more than once, or not at all.
If
-cvs.texi(,6548) omitted, the action defaults to @code{all}.
-cvs.texi(,6549)
-cvs.texi(,6550) The @var{files} and options are processed as for
-cvs.texi(,6551) @code{cvs watch on}.
+cvs.texi(,6547) @item none
+cvs.texi(,6548) None of the above. (This is useful with @code{cvs edit},
+cvs.texi(,6549) described below.)
+cvs.texi(,6550)
+cvs.texi(,6551) @end table
cvs.texi(,6552)
-cvs.texi(,6553) @end deffn
-cvs.texi(,6554)
+cvs.texi(,6553) The @code{-a} option may appear more than once, or not at all.
If
+cvs.texi(,6554) omitted, the action defaults to @code{all}.
cvs.texi(,6555)
-cvs.texi(,6556) @cindex watch remove (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,6557) @deffn Command {cvs watch remove} address@hidden
address@hidden @address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}
+cvs.texi(,6556) The @var{files} and options are processed as for
+cvs.texi(,6557) @code{cvs watch on}.
cvs.texi(,6558)
-cvs.texi(,6559) Remove a notification request established using @code{cvs
watch add};
-cvs.texi(,6560) the arguments are the same. If the @code{-a} option is
present, only
-cvs.texi(,6561) watches for the specified actions are removed.
-cvs.texi(,6562)
-cvs.texi(,6563) @end deffn
+cvs.texi(,6559) @end deffn
+cvs.texi(,6560)
+cvs.texi(,6561)
+cvs.texi(,6562) @cindex watch remove (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,6563) @deffn Command {cvs watch remove} address@hidden
address@hidden @address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}
cvs.texi(,6564)
-cvs.texi(,6565) @cindex notify (admin file)
-cvs.texi(,6566) When the conditions exist for notification, @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,6567) calls the @file{notify} administrative file. Edit
-cvs.texi(,6568) @file{notify} as one edits the other administrative
-cvs.texi(,6569) files (@pxref{Intro administrative files}). This
-cvs.texi(,6570) file follows the usual conventions for administrative
-cvs.texi(,6571) files (@pxref{syntax}), where each line is a regular
-cvs.texi(,6572) expression followed by a command to execute. The
-cvs.texi(,6573) command should contain a single occurrence of @samp{%s}
-cvs.texi(,6574) which will be replaced by the user to notify; the rest
-cvs.texi(,6575) of the information regarding the notification will be
-cvs.texi(,6576) supplied to the command on standard input. The
-cvs.texi(,6577) standard thing to put in the @code{notify} file is the
-cvs.texi(,6578) single line:
-cvs.texi(,6579)
-cvs.texi(,6580) @example
-cvs.texi(,6581) ALL mail %s -s "CVS notification"
-cvs.texi(,6582) @end example
-cvs.texi(,6583)
-cvs.texi(,6584) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,6585) This causes users to be notified by electronic mail.
-cvs.texi(,6586) @c FIXME: should it be this hard to set up this
-cvs.texi(,6587) @c behavior (and the result when one fails to do so,
-cvs.texi(,6588) @c silent failure to notify, so non-obvious)? Should
-cvs.texi(,6589) @c CVS give a warning if no line in notify matches (and
-cvs.texi(,6590) @c document the use of "DEFAULT :" for the case where
-cvs.texi(,6591) @c skipping the notification is indeed desired)?
-cvs.texi(,6592)
-cvs.texi(,6593) @cindex users (admin file)
-cvs.texi(,6594) Note that if you set this up in the straightforward
-cvs.texi(,6595) way, users receive notifications on the server machine.
-cvs.texi(,6596) One could of course write a @file{notify} script which
-cvs.texi(,6597) directed notifications elsewhere, but to make this
-cvs.texi(,6598) easy, @sc{cvs} allows you to associate a notification
-cvs.texi(,6599) address for each user. To do so create a file
-cvs.texi(,6600) @file{users} in @file{CVSROOT} with a line for each
-cvs.texi(,6601) user in the format @var{user}:@var{value}. Then
-cvs.texi(,6602) instead of passing the name of the user to be notified
-cvs.texi(,6603) to @file{notify}, @sc{cvs} will pass the @var{value}
-cvs.texi(,6604) (normally an email address on some other machine).
-cvs.texi(,6605)
-cvs.texi(,6606) @sc{cvs} does not notify you for your own changes.
-cvs.texi(,6607) Currently this check is done based on whether the user
-cvs.texi(,6608) name of the person taking the action which triggers
-cvs.texi(,6609) notification matches the user name of the person
-cvs.texi(,6610) getting notification. In fact, in general, the watches
-cvs.texi(,6611) features only track one edit by each user. It probably
-cvs.texi(,6612) would be more useful if watches tracked each working
-cvs.texi(,6613) directory separately, so this behavior might be worth
-cvs.texi(,6614) changing.
-cvs.texi(,6615) @c "behavior might be worth changing" is an effort to
-cvs.texi(,6616) @c point to future directions while also not promising
-cvs.texi(,6617) @c that "they" (as in "why don't they fix CVS to....")
-cvs.texi(,6618) @c will do this.
-cvs.texi(,6619) @c one implementation issue is identifying whether a
-cvs.texi(,6620) @c working directory is same or different. Comparing
-cvs.texi(,6621) @c pathnames/hostnames is hopeless, but having the server
-cvs.texi(,6622) @c supply a serial number which the client stores in the
-cvs.texi(,6623) @c CVS directory as a magic cookie should work.
-cvs.texi(,6624)
-cvs.texi(,6625) @node Editing files
-cvs.texi(,6626) @subsection How to edit a file which is being watched
-cvs.texi(,6627)
-cvs.texi(,6628) @cindex Checkout, as term for getting ready to edit
-cvs.texi(,6629) Since a file which is being watched is checked out
-cvs.texi(,6630) read-only, you cannot simply edit it. To make it
-cvs.texi(,6631) read-write, and inform others that you are planning to
-cvs.texi(,6632) edit it, use the @code{cvs edit} command. Some systems
-cvs.texi(,6633) call this a @dfn{checkout}, but @sc{cvs} uses that term
-cvs.texi(,6634) for obtaining a copy of the sources (@pxref{Getting the
-cvs.texi(,6635) source}), an operation which those systems call a
-cvs.texi(,6636) @dfn{get} or a @dfn{fetch}.
-cvs.texi(,6637) @c Issue to think about: should we transition CVS
-cvs.texi(,6638) @c towards the "get" terminology? "cvs get" is already a
-cvs.texi(,6639) @c synonym for "cvs checkout" and that section of the
-cvs.texi(,6640) @c manual refers to "Getting the source". If this is
-cvs.texi(,6641) @c done, needs to be done gingerly (for example, we should
-cvs.texi(,6642) @c still accept "checkout" in .cvsrc files indefinitely
-cvs.texi(,6643) @c even if the CVS's messages are changed from "cvs checkout: "
-cvs.texi(,6644) @c to "cvs get: ").
-cvs.texi(,6645) @c There is a concern about whether "get" is not as
-cvs.texi(,6646) @c good for novices because it is a more general term
-cvs.texi(,6647) @c than "checkout" (and thus arguably harder to assign
-cvs.texi(,6648) @c a technical meaning for).
-cvs.texi(,6649)
-cvs.texi(,6650) @cindex edit (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,6651) @deffn Command {cvs edit} address@hidden address@hidden
@address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}
-cvs.texi(,6652)
-cvs.texi(,6653) Prepare to edit the working files @var{files}. @sc{cvs} makes
the
-cvs.texi(,6654) @var{files} read-write, and notifies users who have requested
-cvs.texi(,6655) @code{edit} notification for any of @var{files}.
-cvs.texi(,6656)
-cvs.texi(,6657) The @code{cvs edit} command accepts the same options as the
-cvs.texi(,6658) @code{cvs watch add} command, and establishes a temporary
watch for the
-cvs.texi(,6659) user on @var{files}; @sc{cvs} will remove the watch when
@var{files} are
-cvs.texi(,6660) @code{unedit}ed or @code{commit}ted. If the user does not
wish to
-cvs.texi(,6661) receive notifications, she should specify @code{-a none}.
+cvs.texi(,6565) Remove a notification request established using @code{cvs
watch add};
+cvs.texi(,6566) the arguments are the same. If the @code{-a} option is
present, only
+cvs.texi(,6567) watches for the specified actions are removed.
+cvs.texi(,6568)
+cvs.texi(,6569) @end deffn
+cvs.texi(,6570)
+cvs.texi(,6571) @cindex notify (admin file)
+cvs.texi(,6572) When the conditions exist for notification, @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,6573) calls the @file{notify} administrative file. Edit
+cvs.texi(,6574) @file{notify} as one edits the other administrative
+cvs.texi(,6575) files (@pxref{Intro administrative files}). This
+cvs.texi(,6576) file follows the usual conventions for administrative
+cvs.texi(,6577) files (@pxref{syntax}), where each line is a regular
+cvs.texi(,6578) expression followed by a command to execute. The
+cvs.texi(,6579) command should contain a single occurrence of @samp{%s}
+cvs.texi(,6580) which will be replaced by the user to notify; the rest
+cvs.texi(,6581) of the information regarding the notification will be
+cvs.texi(,6582) supplied to the command on standard input. The
+cvs.texi(,6583) standard thing to put in the @code{notify} file is the
+cvs.texi(,6584) single line:
+cvs.texi(,6585)
+cvs.texi(,6586) @example
+cvs.texi(,6587) ALL mail %s -s "CVS notification"
+cvs.texi(,6588) @end example
+cvs.texi(,6589)
+cvs.texi(,6590) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,6591) This causes users to be notified by electronic mail.
+cvs.texi(,6592) @c FIXME: should it be this hard to set up this
+cvs.texi(,6593) @c behavior (and the result when one fails to do so,
+cvs.texi(,6594) @c silent failure to notify, so non-obvious)? Should
+cvs.texi(,6595) @c CVS give a warning if no line in notify matches (and
+cvs.texi(,6596) @c document the use of "DEFAULT :" for the case where
+cvs.texi(,6597) @c skipping the notification is indeed desired)?
+cvs.texi(,6598)
+cvs.texi(,6599) @cindex users (admin file)
+cvs.texi(,6600) Note that if you set this up in the straightforward
+cvs.texi(,6601) way, users receive notifications on the server machine.
+cvs.texi(,6602) One could of course write a @file{notify} script which
+cvs.texi(,6603) directed notifications elsewhere, but to make this
+cvs.texi(,6604) easy, @sc{cvs} allows you to associate a notification
+cvs.texi(,6605) address for each user. To do so create a file
+cvs.texi(,6606) @file{users} in @file{CVSROOT} with a line for each
+cvs.texi(,6607) user in the format @var{user}:@var{value}. Then
+cvs.texi(,6608) instead of passing the name of the user to be notified
+cvs.texi(,6609) to @file{notify}, @sc{cvs} will pass the @var{value}
+cvs.texi(,6610) (normally an email address on some other machine).
+cvs.texi(,6611)
+cvs.texi(,6612) @sc{cvs} does not notify you for your own changes.
+cvs.texi(,6613) Currently this check is done based on whether the user
+cvs.texi(,6614) name of the person taking the action which triggers
+cvs.texi(,6615) notification matches the user name of the person
+cvs.texi(,6616) getting notification. In fact, in general, the watches
+cvs.texi(,6617) features only track one edit by each user. It probably
+cvs.texi(,6618) would be more useful if watches tracked each working
+cvs.texi(,6619) directory separately, so this behavior might be worth
+cvs.texi(,6620) changing.
+cvs.texi(,6621) @c "behavior might be worth changing" is an effort to
+cvs.texi(,6622) @c point to future directions while also not promising
+cvs.texi(,6623) @c that "they" (as in "why don't they fix CVS to....")
+cvs.texi(,6624) @c will do this.
+cvs.texi(,6625) @c one implementation issue is identifying whether a
+cvs.texi(,6626) @c working directory is same or different. Comparing
+cvs.texi(,6627) @c pathnames/hostnames is hopeless, but having the server
+cvs.texi(,6628) @c supply a serial number which the client stores in the
+cvs.texi(,6629) @c CVS directory as a magic cookie should work.
+cvs.texi(,6630)
+cvs.texi(,6631) @node Editing files
+cvs.texi(,6632) @subsection How to edit a file which is being watched
+cvs.texi(,6633)
+cvs.texi(,6634) @cindex Checkout, as term for getting ready to edit
+cvs.texi(,6635) Since a file which is being watched is checked out
+cvs.texi(,6636) read-only, you cannot simply edit it. To make it
+cvs.texi(,6637) read-write, and inform others that you are planning to
+cvs.texi(,6638) edit it, use the @code{cvs edit} command. Some systems
+cvs.texi(,6639) call this a @dfn{checkout}, but @sc{cvs} uses that term
+cvs.texi(,6640) for obtaining a copy of the sources (@pxref{Getting the
+cvs.texi(,6641) source}), an operation which those systems call a
+cvs.texi(,6642) @dfn{get} or a @dfn{fetch}.
+cvs.texi(,6643) @c Issue to think about: should we transition CVS
+cvs.texi(,6644) @c towards the "get" terminology? "cvs get" is already a
+cvs.texi(,6645) @c synonym for "cvs checkout" and that section of the
+cvs.texi(,6646) @c manual refers to "Getting the source". If this is
+cvs.texi(,6647) @c done, needs to be done gingerly (for example, we should
+cvs.texi(,6648) @c still accept "checkout" in .cvsrc files indefinitely
+cvs.texi(,6649) @c even if the CVS's messages are changed from "cvs checkout: "
+cvs.texi(,6650) @c to "cvs get: ").
+cvs.texi(,6651) @c There is a concern about whether "get" is not as
+cvs.texi(,6652) @c good for novices because it is a more general term
+cvs.texi(,6653) @c than "checkout" (and thus arguably harder to assign
+cvs.texi(,6654) @c a technical meaning for).
+cvs.texi(,6655)
+cvs.texi(,6656) @cindex edit (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,6657) @deffn Command {cvs edit} address@hidden address@hidden
@address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}
+cvs.texi(,6658)
+cvs.texi(,6659) Prepare to edit the working files @var{files}. @sc{cvs} makes
the
+cvs.texi(,6660) @var{files} read-write, and notifies users who have requested
+cvs.texi(,6661) @code{edit} notification for any of @var{files}.
cvs.texi(,6662)
-cvs.texi(,6663) The @var{files} and the options are processed as for the
@code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,6664) watch} commands.
-cvs.texi(,6665)
-cvs.texi(,6675)
-cvs.texi(,6676) @end deffn
-cvs.texi(,6677)
-cvs.texi(,6678) Normally when you are done with a set of changes, you
-cvs.texi(,6679) use the @code{cvs commit} command, which checks in your
-cvs.texi(,6680) changes and returns the watched files to their usual
-cvs.texi(,6681) read-only state. But if you instead decide to abandon
-cvs.texi(,6682) your changes, or not to make any changes, you can use
-cvs.texi(,6683) the @code{cvs unedit} command.
-cvs.texi(,6684)
-cvs.texi(,6685) @cindex unedit (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,6686) @cindex Abandoning work
-cvs.texi(,6687) @cindex Reverting to repository version
-cvs.texi(,6688) @deffn Command {cvs unedit} address@hidden
address@hidden@dots{}
-cvs.texi(,6689)
-cvs.texi(,6690) Abandon work on the working files @var{files}, and revert them
to the
-cvs.texi(,6691) repository versions on which they are based. @sc{cvs} makes
those
-cvs.texi(,6692) @var{files} read-only for which users have requested
notification using
-cvs.texi(,6693) @code{cvs watch on}. @sc{cvs} notifies users who have
requested @code{unedit}
-cvs.texi(,6694) notification for any of @var{files}.
+cvs.texi(,6663) The @code{cvs edit} command accepts the same options as the
+cvs.texi(,6664) @code{cvs watch add} command, and establishes a temporary
watch for the
+cvs.texi(,6665) user on @var{files}; @sc{cvs} will remove the watch when
@var{files} are
+cvs.texi(,6666) @code{unedit}ed or @code{commit}ted. If the user does not
wish to
+cvs.texi(,6667) receive notifications, she should specify @code{-a none}.
+cvs.texi(,6668)
+cvs.texi(,6669) The @var{files} and the options are processed as for the
@code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,6670) watch} commands.
+cvs.texi(,6671)
+cvs.texi(,6681)
+cvs.texi(,6682) @end deffn
+cvs.texi(,6683)
+cvs.texi(,6684) Normally when you are done with a set of changes, you
+cvs.texi(,6685) use the @code{cvs commit} command, which checks in your
+cvs.texi(,6686) changes and returns the watched files to their usual
+cvs.texi(,6687) read-only state. But if you instead decide to abandon
+cvs.texi(,6688) your changes, or not to make any changes, you can use
+cvs.texi(,6689) the @code{cvs unedit} command.
+cvs.texi(,6690)
+cvs.texi(,6691) @cindex unedit (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,6692) @cindex Abandoning work
+cvs.texi(,6693) @cindex Reverting to repository version
+cvs.texi(,6694) @deffn Command {cvs unedit} address@hidden
address@hidden@dots{}
cvs.texi(,6695)
-cvs.texi(,6696) The @var{files} and options are processed as for the
-cvs.texi(,6697) @code{cvs watch} commands.
-cvs.texi(,6698)
-cvs.texi(,6699) If watches are not in use, the @code{unedit} command
-cvs.texi(,6700) probably does not work, and the way to revert to the
-cvs.texi(,6701) repository version is with the command @code{cvs update -C
file}
-cvs.texi(,6702) (@pxref{update}).
-cvs.texi(,6703) The meaning is
-cvs.texi(,6704) not precisely the same; the latter may also
-cvs.texi(,6705) bring in some changes which have been made in the
-cvs.texi(,6706) repository since the last time you updated.
-cvs.texi(,6707) @c It would be a useful enhancement to CVS to make
-cvs.texi(,6708) @c unedit work in the non-watch case as well.
-cvs.texi(,6709) @end deffn
-cvs.texi(,6710)
-cvs.texi(,6711) When using client/server @sc{cvs}, you can use the
-cvs.texi(,6712) @code{cvs edit} and @code{cvs unedit} commands even if
-cvs.texi(,6713) @sc{cvs} is unable to successfully communicate with the
-cvs.texi(,6714) server; the notifications will be sent upon the next
-cvs.texi(,6715) successful @sc{cvs} command.
+cvs.texi(,6696) Abandon work on the working files @var{files}, and revert them
to the
+cvs.texi(,6697) repository versions on which they are based. @sc{cvs} makes
those
+cvs.texi(,6698) @var{files} read-only for which users have requested
notification using
+cvs.texi(,6699) @code{cvs watch on}. @sc{cvs} notifies users who have
requested @code{unedit}
+cvs.texi(,6700) notification for any of @var{files}.
+cvs.texi(,6701)
+cvs.texi(,6702) The @var{files} and options are processed as for the
+cvs.texi(,6703) @code{cvs watch} commands.
+cvs.texi(,6704)
+cvs.texi(,6705) If watches are not in use, the @code{unedit} command
+cvs.texi(,6706) probably does not work, and the way to revert to the
+cvs.texi(,6707) repository version is with the command @code{cvs update -C
file}
+cvs.texi(,6708) (@pxref{update}).
+cvs.texi(,6709) The meaning is
+cvs.texi(,6710) not precisely the same; the latter may also
+cvs.texi(,6711) bring in some changes which have been made in the
+cvs.texi(,6712) repository since the last time you updated.
+cvs.texi(,6713) @c It would be a useful enhancement to CVS to make
+cvs.texi(,6714) @c unedit work in the non-watch case as well.
+cvs.texi(,6715) @end deffn
cvs.texi(,6716)
-cvs.texi(,6717) @node Watch information
-cvs.texi(,6718) @subsection Information about who is watching and editing
-cvs.texi(,6719)
-cvs.texi(,6720) @cindex watchers (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,6721) @deffn Command {cvs watchers} address@hidden
address@hidden@dots{}
+cvs.texi(,6717) When using client/server @sc{cvs}, you can use the
+cvs.texi(,6718) @code{cvs edit} and @code{cvs unedit} commands even if
+cvs.texi(,6719) @sc{cvs} is unable to successfully communicate with the
+cvs.texi(,6720) server; the notifications will be sent upon the next
+cvs.texi(,6721) successful @sc{cvs} command.
cvs.texi(,6722)
-cvs.texi(,6723) List the users currently watching changes to @var{files}. The
report
-cvs.texi(,6724) includes the files being watched, and the mail address of each
watcher.
+cvs.texi(,6723) @node Watch information
+cvs.texi(,6724) @subsection Information about who is watching and editing
cvs.texi(,6725)
-cvs.texi(,6726) The @var{files} and options are processed as for the
-cvs.texi(,6727) @code{cvs watch} commands.
+cvs.texi(,6726) @cindex watchers (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,6727) @deffn Command {cvs watchers} address@hidden
address@hidden@dots{}
cvs.texi(,6728)
-cvs.texi(,6729) @end deffn
-cvs.texi(,6730)
+cvs.texi(,6729) List the users currently watching changes to @var{files}. The
report
+cvs.texi(,6730) includes the files being watched, and the mail address of each
watcher.
cvs.texi(,6731)
-cvs.texi(,6732) @cindex editors (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,6733) @deffn Command {cvs editors} address@hidden
address@hidden@dots{}
+cvs.texi(,6732) The @var{files} and options are processed as for the
+cvs.texi(,6733) @code{cvs watch} commands.
cvs.texi(,6734)
-cvs.texi(,6735) List the users currently working on @var{files}. The report
-cvs.texi(,6736) includes the mail address of each user, the time when the user
began
-cvs.texi(,6737) working with the file, and the host and path of the working
directory
-cvs.texi(,6738) containing the file.
-cvs.texi(,6739)
-cvs.texi(,6740) The @var{files} and options are processed as for the
-cvs.texi(,6741) @code{cvs watch} commands.
-cvs.texi(,6742)
-cvs.texi(,6743) @end deffn
-cvs.texi(,6744)
-cvs.texi(,6745) @node Watches Compatibility
-cvs.texi(,6746) @subsection Using watches with old versions of CVS
-cvs.texi(,6747)
-cvs.texi(,6748) @cindex CVS 1.6, and watches
-cvs.texi(,6749) If you use the watch features on a repository, it
-cvs.texi(,6750) creates @file{CVS} directories in the repository and
-cvs.texi(,6751) stores the information about watches in that directory.
-cvs.texi(,6752) If you attempt to use @sc{cvs} 1.6 or earlier with the
-cvs.texi(,6753) repository, you get an error message such as the
-cvs.texi(,6754) following (all on one line):
-cvs.texi(,6755)
-cvs.texi(,6756) @example
-cvs.texi(,6757) cvs update: cannot open CVS/Entries for reading:
-cvs.texi(,6758) No such file or directory
-cvs.texi(,6759) @end example
-cvs.texi(,6760)
-cvs.texi(,6761) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,6762) and your operation will likely be aborted. To use the
-cvs.texi(,6763) watch features, you must upgrade all copies of @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,6764) which use that repository in local or server mode. If
-cvs.texi(,6765) you cannot upgrade, use the @code{watch off} and
-cvs.texi(,6766) @code{watch remove} commands to remove all watches, and
-cvs.texi(,6767) that will restore the repository to a state which
-cvs.texi(,6768) @sc{cvs} 1.6 can cope with.
-cvs.texi(,6769)
-cvs.texi(,6770) @node Choosing a model
-cvs.texi(,6771) @section Choosing between reserved or unreserved checkouts
-cvs.texi(,6772) @cindex Choosing, reserved or unreserved checkouts
-cvs.texi(,6773)
-cvs.texi(,6774) Reserved and unreserved checkouts each have pros and
-cvs.texi(,6775) cons. Let it be said that a lot of this is a matter of
-cvs.texi(,6776) opinion or what works given different groups' working
-cvs.texi(,6777) styles, but here is a brief description of some of the
-cvs.texi(,6778) issues. There are many ways to organize a team of
-cvs.texi(,6779) developers. @sc{cvs} does not try to enforce a certain
-cvs.texi(,6780) organization. It is a tool that can be used in several
-cvs.texi(,6781) ways.
-cvs.texi(,6782)
-cvs.texi(,6783) Reserved checkouts can be very counter-productive. If
-cvs.texi(,6784) two persons want to edit different parts of a file,
-cvs.texi(,6785) there may be no reason to prevent either of them from
-cvs.texi(,6786) doing so. Also, it is common for someone to take out a
-cvs.texi(,6787) lock on a file, because they are planning to edit it,
-cvs.texi(,6788) but then forget to release the lock.
-cvs.texi(,6789)
-cvs.texi(,6790) @c "many groups"? specifics? cites to papers on this?
-cvs.texi(,6791) @c some way to weasel-word it a bit more so we don't
-cvs.texi(,6792) @c need facts :-)?
-cvs.texi(,6793) People, especially people who are familiar with
-cvs.texi(,6794) reserved checkouts, often wonder how often conflicts
-cvs.texi(,6795) occur if unreserved checkouts are used, and how
-cvs.texi(,6796) difficult they are to resolve. The experience with
-cvs.texi(,6797) many groups is that they occur rarely and usually are
-cvs.texi(,6798) relatively straightforward to resolve.
-cvs.texi(,6799)
-cvs.texi(,6800) The rarity of serious conflicts may be surprising, until one
realizes
-cvs.texi(,6801) that they occur only when two developers disagree on the
proper design
-cvs.texi(,6802) for a given section of code; such a disagreement suggests that
the
-cvs.texi(,6803) team has not been communicating properly in the first place.
In order
-cvs.texi(,6804) to collaborate under @emph{any} source management regimen,
developers
-cvs.texi(,6805) must agree on the general design of the system; given this
agreement,
-cvs.texi(,6806) overlapping changes are usually straightforward to merge.
-cvs.texi(,6807)
-cvs.texi(,6808) In some cases unreserved checkouts are clearly
-cvs.texi(,6809) inappropriate. If no merge tool exists for the kind of
-cvs.texi(,6810) file you are managing (for example word processor files
-cvs.texi(,6811) or files edited by Computer Aided Design programs), and
-cvs.texi(,6812) it is not desirable to change to a program which uses a
-cvs.texi(,6813) mergeable data format, then resolving conflicts is
-cvs.texi(,6814) going to be unpleasant enough that you generally will
-cvs.texi(,6815) be better off to simply avoid the conflicts instead, by
-cvs.texi(,6816) using reserved checkouts.
-cvs.texi(,6817)
-cvs.texi(,6818) The watches features described above in @ref{Watches}
-cvs.texi(,6819) can be considered to be an intermediate model between
-cvs.texi(,6820) reserved checkouts and unreserved checkouts. When you
-cvs.texi(,6821) go to edit a file, it is possible to find out who else
-cvs.texi(,6822) is editing it. And rather than having the system
-cvs.texi(,6823) simply forbid both people editing the file, it can tell
-cvs.texi(,6824) you what the situation is and let you figure out
-cvs.texi(,6825) whether it is a problem in that particular case or not.
-cvs.texi(,6826) Therefore, for some groups it can be considered the
-cvs.texi(,6827) best of both the reserved checkout and unreserved
-cvs.texi(,6828) checkout worlds.
-cvs.texi(,6829)
-cvs.texi(,6830) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,6831) @node Revision management
-cvs.texi(,6832) @chapter Revision management
-cvs.texi(,6833) @cindex Revision management
-cvs.texi(,6834)
-cvs.texi(,6835) @c -- This chapter could be expanded a lot.
-cvs.texi(,6836) @c -- Experiences are very welcome!
-cvs.texi(,6837)
-cvs.texi(,6838) If you have read this far, you probably have a pretty
-cvs.texi(,6839) good grasp on what @sc{cvs} can do for you. This
-cvs.texi(,6840) chapter talks a little about things that you still have
-cvs.texi(,6841) to decide.
-cvs.texi(,6842)
-cvs.texi(,6843) If you are doing development on your own using @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,6844) you could probably skip this chapter. The questions
-cvs.texi(,6845) this chapter takes up become more important when more
-cvs.texi(,6846) than one person is working in a repository.
-cvs.texi(,6847)
-cvs.texi(,6848) @menu
-cvs.texi(,6849) * When to commit:: Some discussion on the subject
-cvs.texi(,6850) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,6851)
-cvs.texi(,6852) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,6853) @node When to commit
-cvs.texi(,6854) @section When to commit?
-cvs.texi(,6855) @cindex When to commit
-cvs.texi(,6856) @cindex Committing, when to
-cvs.texi(,6857) @cindex Policy
-cvs.texi(,6858)
-cvs.texi(,6859) Your group should decide which policy to use regarding
-cvs.texi(,6860) commits. Several policies are possible, and as your
-cvs.texi(,6861) experience with @sc{cvs} grows you will probably find
-cvs.texi(,6862) out what works for you.
-cvs.texi(,6863)
-cvs.texi(,6864) If you commit files too quickly you might commit files
-cvs.texi(,6865) that do not even compile. If your partner updates his
-cvs.texi(,6866) working sources to include your buggy file, he will be
-cvs.texi(,6867) unable to compile the code. On the other hand, other
-cvs.texi(,6868) persons will not be able to benefit from the
-cvs.texi(,6869) improvements you make to the code if you commit very
-cvs.texi(,6870) seldom, and conflicts will probably be more common.
-cvs.texi(,6871)
-cvs.texi(,6872) It is common to only commit files after making sure
-cvs.texi(,6873) that they can be compiled. Some sites require that the
-cvs.texi(,6874) files pass a test suite. Policies like this can be
-cvs.texi(,6875) enforced using the commitinfo file
-cvs.texi(,6876) (@pxref{commitinfo}), but you should think twice before
-cvs.texi(,6877) you enforce such a convention. By making the
-cvs.texi(,6878) development environment too controlled it might become
-cvs.texi(,6879) too regimented and thus counter-productive to the real
-cvs.texi(,6880) goal, which is to get software written.
-cvs.texi(,6881)
-cvs.texi(,6882) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,6883) @node Keyword substitution
-cvs.texi(,6884) @chapter Keyword substitution
-cvs.texi(,6885) @cindex Keyword substitution
-cvs.texi(,6886) @cindex Keyword expansion
-cvs.texi(,6887) @cindex Identifying files
-cvs.texi(,6888)
-cvs.texi(,6889) @comment Be careful when editing this chapter.
-cvs.texi(,6890) @comment Remember that this file is kept under
-cvs.texi(,6891) @comment version control, so we must not accidentally
-cvs.texi(,6892) @comment include a valid keyword in the running text.
-cvs.texi(,6893)
-cvs.texi(,6894) As long as you edit source files inside a working
-cvs.texi(,6895) directory you can always find out the state of
-cvs.texi(,6896) your files via @samp{cvs status} and @samp{cvs log}.
-cvs.texi(,6897) But as soon as you export the files from your
-cvs.texi(,6898) development environment it becomes harder to identify
-cvs.texi(,6899) which revisions they are.
-cvs.texi(,6900)
-cvs.texi(,6901) @sc{cvs} can use a mechanism known as @dfn{keyword
-cvs.texi(,6902) substitution} (or @dfn{keyword expansion}) to help
-cvs.texi(,6903) identifying the files. Embedded strings of the form
-cvs.texi(,6904) @address@hidden and
-cvs.texi(,6905) @address@hidden:@dots{}$} in a file are replaced
-cvs.texi(,6906) with strings of the form
-cvs.texi(,6907) @address@hidden:@var{value}$} whenever you obtain
-cvs.texi(,6908) a new revision of the file.
-cvs.texi(,6909)
-cvs.texi(,6910) @menu
-cvs.texi(,6911) * Keyword list:: Keywords
-cvs.texi(,6912) * Using keywords:: Using keywords
-cvs.texi(,6913) * Avoiding substitution:: Avoiding substitution
-cvs.texi(,6914) * Substitution modes:: Substitution modes
-cvs.texi(,6915) * Configuring keyword expansion:: Configuring keyword
expansion
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6916) * Log keyword:: Problems
with the $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6916) @i{}Log$ keyword.
-cvs.texi(,6917) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,6918)
-cvs.texi(,6919) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,6920) @node Keyword list
-cvs.texi(,6921) @section Keyword List
-cvs.texi(,6922) @cindex Keyword List
-cvs.texi(,6923)
-cvs.texi(,6924) @c FIXME: need some kind of example here I think,
-cvs.texi(,6925) @c perhaps in a
-cvs.texi(,6926) @c "Keyword intro" node. The intro in the "Keyword
-cvs.texi(,6927) @c substitution" node itself seems OK, but to launch
-cvs.texi(,6928) @c into a list of the keywords somehow seems too abrupt.
+cvs.texi(,6735) @end deffn
+cvs.texi(,6736)
+cvs.texi(,6737)
+cvs.texi(,6738) @cindex editors (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,6739) @deffn Command {cvs editors} address@hidden
address@hidden@dots{}
+cvs.texi(,6740)
+cvs.texi(,6741) List the users currently working on @var{files}. The report
+cvs.texi(,6742) includes the mail address of each user, the time when the user
began
+cvs.texi(,6743) working with the file, and the host and path of the working
directory
+cvs.texi(,6744) containing the file.
+cvs.texi(,6745)
+cvs.texi(,6746) The @var{files} and options are processed as for the
+cvs.texi(,6747) @code{cvs watch} commands.
+cvs.texi(,6748)
+cvs.texi(,6749) @end deffn
+cvs.texi(,6750)
+cvs.texi(,6751) @node Watches Compatibility
+cvs.texi(,6752) @subsection Using watches with old versions of CVS
+cvs.texi(,6753)
+cvs.texi(,6754) @cindex CVS 1.6, and watches
+cvs.texi(,6755) If you use the watch features on a repository, it
+cvs.texi(,6756) creates @file{CVS} directories in the repository and
+cvs.texi(,6757) stores the information about watches in that directory.
+cvs.texi(,6758) If you attempt to use @sc{cvs} 1.6 or earlier with the
+cvs.texi(,6759) repository, you get an error message such as the
+cvs.texi(,6760) following (all on one line):
+cvs.texi(,6761)
+cvs.texi(,6762) @example
+cvs.texi(,6763) cvs update: cannot open CVS/Entries for reading:
+cvs.texi(,6764) No such file or directory
+cvs.texi(,6765) @end example
+cvs.texi(,6766)
+cvs.texi(,6767) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,6768) and your operation will likely be aborted. To use the
+cvs.texi(,6769) watch features, you must upgrade all copies of @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,6770) which use that repository in local or server mode. If
+cvs.texi(,6771) you cannot upgrade, use the @code{watch off} and
+cvs.texi(,6772) @code{watch remove} commands to remove all watches, and
+cvs.texi(,6773) that will restore the repository to a state which
+cvs.texi(,6774) @sc{cvs} 1.6 can cope with.
+cvs.texi(,6775)
+cvs.texi(,6776) @node Choosing a model
+cvs.texi(,6777) @section Choosing between reserved or unreserved checkouts
+cvs.texi(,6778) @cindex Choosing, reserved or unreserved checkouts
+cvs.texi(,6779)
+cvs.texi(,6780) Reserved and unreserved checkouts each have pros and
+cvs.texi(,6781) cons. Let it be said that a lot of this is a matter of
+cvs.texi(,6782) opinion or what works given different groups' working
+cvs.texi(,6783) styles, but here is a brief description of some of the
+cvs.texi(,6784) issues. There are many ways to organize a team of
+cvs.texi(,6785) developers. @sc{cvs} does not try to enforce a certain
+cvs.texi(,6786) organization. It is a tool that can be used in several
+cvs.texi(,6787) ways.
+cvs.texi(,6788)
+cvs.texi(,6789) Reserved checkouts can be very counter-productive. If
+cvs.texi(,6790) two persons want to edit different parts of a file,
+cvs.texi(,6791) there may be no reason to prevent either of them from
+cvs.texi(,6792) doing so. Also, it is common for someone to take out a
+cvs.texi(,6793) lock on a file, because they are planning to edit it,
+cvs.texi(,6794) but then forget to release the lock.
+cvs.texi(,6795)
+cvs.texi(,6796) @c "many groups"? specifics? cites to papers on this?
+cvs.texi(,6797) @c some way to weasel-word it a bit more so we don't
+cvs.texi(,6798) @c need facts :-)?
+cvs.texi(,6799) People, especially people who are familiar with
+cvs.texi(,6800) reserved checkouts, often wonder how often conflicts
+cvs.texi(,6801) occur if unreserved checkouts are used, and how
+cvs.texi(,6802) difficult they are to resolve. The experience with
+cvs.texi(,6803) many groups is that they occur rarely and usually are
+cvs.texi(,6804) relatively straightforward to resolve.
+cvs.texi(,6805)
+cvs.texi(,6806) The rarity of serious conflicts may be surprising, until one
realizes
+cvs.texi(,6807) that they occur only when two developers disagree on the
proper design
+cvs.texi(,6808) for a given section of code; such a disagreement suggests that
the
+cvs.texi(,6809) team has not been communicating properly in the first place.
In order
+cvs.texi(,6810) to collaborate under @emph{any} source management regimen,
developers
+cvs.texi(,6811) must agree on the general design of the system; given this
agreement,
+cvs.texi(,6812) overlapping changes are usually straightforward to merge.
+cvs.texi(,6813)
+cvs.texi(,6814) In some cases unreserved checkouts are clearly
+cvs.texi(,6815) inappropriate. If no merge tool exists for the kind of
+cvs.texi(,6816) file you are managing (for example word processor files
+cvs.texi(,6817) or files edited by Computer Aided Design programs), and
+cvs.texi(,6818) it is not desirable to change to a program which uses a
+cvs.texi(,6819) mergeable data format, then resolving conflicts is
+cvs.texi(,6820) going to be unpleasant enough that you generally will
+cvs.texi(,6821) be better off to simply avoid the conflicts instead, by
+cvs.texi(,6822) using reserved checkouts.
+cvs.texi(,6823)
+cvs.texi(,6824) The watches features described above in @ref{Watches}
+cvs.texi(,6825) can be considered to be an intermediate model between
+cvs.texi(,6826) reserved checkouts and unreserved checkouts. When you
+cvs.texi(,6827) go to edit a file, it is possible to find out who else
+cvs.texi(,6828) is editing it. And rather than having the system
+cvs.texi(,6829) simply forbid both people editing the file, it can tell
+cvs.texi(,6830) you what the situation is and let you figure out
+cvs.texi(,6831) whether it is a problem in that particular case or not.
+cvs.texi(,6832) Therefore, for some groups it can be considered the
+cvs.texi(,6833) best of both the reserved checkout and unreserved
+cvs.texi(,6834) checkout worlds.
+cvs.texi(,6835)
+cvs.texi(,6836) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,6837) @node Revision management
+cvs.texi(,6838) @chapter Revision management
+cvs.texi(,6839) @cindex Revision management
+cvs.texi(,6840)
+cvs.texi(,6841) @c -- This chapter could be expanded a lot.
+cvs.texi(,6842) @c -- Experiences are very welcome!
+cvs.texi(,6843)
+cvs.texi(,6844) If you have read this far, you probably have a pretty
+cvs.texi(,6845) good grasp on what @sc{cvs} can do for you. This
+cvs.texi(,6846) chapter talks a little about things that you still have
+cvs.texi(,6847) to decide.
+cvs.texi(,6848)
+cvs.texi(,6849) If you are doing development on your own using @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,6850) you could probably skip this chapter. The questions
+cvs.texi(,6851) this chapter takes up become more important when more
+cvs.texi(,6852) than one person is working in a repository.
+cvs.texi(,6853)
+cvs.texi(,6854) @menu
+cvs.texi(,6855) * When to commit:: Some discussion on the subject
+cvs.texi(,6856) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,6857)
+cvs.texi(,6858) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,6859) @node When to commit
+cvs.texi(,6860) @section When to commit?
+cvs.texi(,6861) @cindex When to commit
+cvs.texi(,6862) @cindex Committing, when to
+cvs.texi(,6863) @cindex Policy
+cvs.texi(,6864)
+cvs.texi(,6865) Your group should decide which policy to use regarding
+cvs.texi(,6866) commits. Several policies are possible, and as your
+cvs.texi(,6867) experience with @sc{cvs} grows you will probably find
+cvs.texi(,6868) out what works for you.
+cvs.texi(,6869)
+cvs.texi(,6870) If you commit files too quickly you might commit files
+cvs.texi(,6871) that do not even compile. If your partner updates his
+cvs.texi(,6872) working sources to include your buggy file, he will be
+cvs.texi(,6873) unable to compile the code. On the other hand, other
+cvs.texi(,6874) persons will not be able to benefit from the
+cvs.texi(,6875) improvements you make to the code if you commit very
+cvs.texi(,6876) seldom, and conflicts will probably be more common.
+cvs.texi(,6877)
+cvs.texi(,6878) It is common to only commit files after making sure
+cvs.texi(,6879) that they can be compiled. Some sites require that the
+cvs.texi(,6880) files pass a test suite. Policies like this can be
+cvs.texi(,6881) enforced using the commitinfo file
+cvs.texi(,6882) (@pxref{commitinfo}), but you should think twice before
+cvs.texi(,6883) you enforce such a convention. By making the
+cvs.texi(,6884) development environment too controlled it might become
+cvs.texi(,6885) too regimented and thus counter-productive to the real
+cvs.texi(,6886) goal, which is to get software written.
+cvs.texi(,6887)
+cvs.texi(,6888) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,6889) @node Keyword substitution
+cvs.texi(,6890) @chapter Keyword substitution
+cvs.texi(,6891) @cindex Keyword substitution
+cvs.texi(,6892) @cindex Keyword expansion
+cvs.texi(,6893) @cindex Identifying files
+cvs.texi(,6894)
+cvs.texi(,6895) @comment Be careful when editing this chapter.
+cvs.texi(,6896) @comment Remember that this file is kept under
+cvs.texi(,6897) @comment version control, so we must not accidentally
+cvs.texi(,6898) @comment include a valid keyword in the running text.
+cvs.texi(,6899)
+cvs.texi(,6900) As long as you edit source files inside a working
+cvs.texi(,6901) directory you can always find out the state of
+cvs.texi(,6902) your files via @samp{cvs status} and @samp{cvs log}.
+cvs.texi(,6903) But as soon as you export the files from your
+cvs.texi(,6904) development environment it becomes harder to identify
+cvs.texi(,6905) which revisions they are.
+cvs.texi(,6906)
+cvs.texi(,6907) @sc{cvs} can use a mechanism known as @dfn{keyword
+cvs.texi(,6908) substitution} (or @dfn{keyword expansion}) to help
+cvs.texi(,6909) identifying the files. Embedded strings of the form
+cvs.texi(,6910) @address@hidden and
+cvs.texi(,6911) @address@hidden:@dots{}$} in a file are replaced
+cvs.texi(,6912) with strings of the form
+cvs.texi(,6913) @address@hidden:@var{value}$} whenever you obtain
+cvs.texi(,6914) a new revision of the file.
+cvs.texi(,6915)
+cvs.texi(,6916) @menu
+cvs.texi(,6917) * Keyword list:: Keywords
+cvs.texi(,6918) * Using keywords:: Using keywords
+cvs.texi(,6919) * Avoiding substitution:: Avoiding substitution
+cvs.texi(,6920) * Substitution modes:: Substitution modes
+cvs.texi(,6921) * Configuring keyword expansion:: Configuring keyword
expansion
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6922) * Log keyword:: Problems
with the $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6922) @i{}Log$ keyword.
+cvs.texi(,6923) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,6924)
+cvs.texi(,6925) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,6926) @node Keyword list
+cvs.texi(,6927) @section Keyword List
+cvs.texi(,6928) @cindex Keyword List
cvs.texi(,6929)
-cvs.texi(,6930) This is a list of the keywords:
-cvs.texi(,6931)
-cvs.texi(,6932) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,6933) @cindex Author keyword
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6934) @item $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6934)
@i{}Author$
-cvs.texi(,6935) The login name of the user who checked in the revision.
-cvs.texi(,6936)
-cvs.texi(,6937) @cindex CVSHeader keyword
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6938) @item $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6938)
@i{}CVSHeader
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6939) A standard header (similar to
$cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6939) @i{}Header$, but with
-cvs.texi(,6940) the CVS root stripped off). It contains the relative
-cvs.texi(,6941) pathname of the @sc{rcs} file to the CVS root, the
-cvs.texi(,6942) revision number, the date (UTC), the author, the state,
-cvs.texi(,6943) and the locker (if locked). Files will normally never
-cvs.texi(,6944) be locked when you use @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,6945)
-cvs.texi(,6946) Note that this keyword has only been recently
-cvs.texi(,6947) introduced to @sc{cvs} and may cause problems with
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6948) existing installations if
$cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6948) @i{}CVSHeader$ is already
-cvs.texi(,6949) in the files for a different purpose. This keyword may
-cvs.texi(,6950) be excluded using the @code{KeywordExpansion=eCVSHeader}
-cvs.texi(,6951) in the @file{CVSROOT/config} file.
-cvs.texi(,6952) See @ref{Configuring keyword expansion} for more details.
-cvs.texi(,6953)
-cvs.texi(,6954) @cindex Date keyword
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6955) @item $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6955) @i{}Date$
-cvs.texi(,6956) The date and time (UTC) the revision was checked in.
-cvs.texi(,6957)
-cvs.texi(,6958) @cindex Header keyword
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6959) @item $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6959)
@i{}Header$
-cvs.texi(,6960) A standard header containing the full pathname of the
-cvs.texi(,6961) @sc{rcs} file, the revision number, the date (UTC), the
-cvs.texi(,6962) author, the state, and the locker (if locked). Files
-cvs.texi(,6963) will normally never be locked when you use @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,6964)
-cvs.texi(,6965) @cindex Id keyword
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6966) @item $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6966) @i{}Id$
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6967) Same as @address@hidden, except that the
@sc{rcs}
-cvs.texi(,6968) filename is without a path.
-cvs.texi(,6969)
-cvs.texi(,6970) @cindex Name keyword
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6971) @item $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6971) @i{}Name$
-cvs.texi(,6972) Tag name used to check out this file. The keyword is
-cvs.texi(,6973) expanded only if one checks out with an explicit tag
-cvs.texi(,6974) name. For example, when running the command @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,6975) co -r first}, the keyword expands to @samp{Name: first}.
-cvs.texi(,6976)
-cvs.texi(,6977) @cindex Locker keyword
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6978) @item $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6978)
@i{}Locker$
-cvs.texi(,6979) The login name of the user who locked the revision
-cvs.texi(,6980) (empty if not locked, which is the normal case unless
-cvs.texi(,6981) @code{cvs admin -l} is in use).
+cvs.texi(,6930) @c FIXME: need some kind of example here I think,
+cvs.texi(,6931) @c perhaps in a
+cvs.texi(,6932) @c "Keyword intro" node. The intro in the "Keyword
+cvs.texi(,6933) @c substitution" node itself seems OK, but to launch
+cvs.texi(,6934) @c into a list of the keywords somehow seems too abrupt.
+cvs.texi(,6935)
+cvs.texi(,6936) This is a list of the keywords:
+cvs.texi(,6937)
+cvs.texi(,6938) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,6939) @cindex Author keyword
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6940) @item $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6940)
@i{}Author$
+cvs.texi(,6941) The login name of the user who checked in the revision.
+cvs.texi(,6942)
+cvs.texi(,6943) @cindex CVSHeader keyword
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6944) @item $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6944)
@i{}CVSHeader
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6945) A standard header (similar to
$cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6945) @i{}Header$, but with
+cvs.texi(,6946) the CVS root stripped off). It contains the relative
+cvs.texi(,6947) pathname of the @sc{rcs} file to the CVS root, the
+cvs.texi(,6948) revision number, the date (UTC), the author, the state,
+cvs.texi(,6949) and the locker (if locked). Files will normally never
+cvs.texi(,6950) be locked when you use @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,6951)
+cvs.texi(,6952) Note that this keyword has only been recently
+cvs.texi(,6953) introduced to @sc{cvs} and may cause problems with
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6954) existing installations if
$cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6954) @i{}CVSHeader$ is already
+cvs.texi(,6955) in the files for a different purpose. This keyword may
+cvs.texi(,6956) be excluded using the @code{KeywordExpansion=eCVSHeader}
+cvs.texi(,6957) in the @file{CVSROOT/config} file.
+cvs.texi(,6958) See @ref{Configuring keyword expansion} for more details.
+cvs.texi(,6959)
+cvs.texi(,6960) @cindex Date keyword
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6961) @item $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6961) @i{}Date$
+cvs.texi(,6962) The date and time (UTC) the revision was checked in.
+cvs.texi(,6963)
+cvs.texi(,6964) @cindex Header keyword
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6965) @item $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6965)
@i{}Header$
+cvs.texi(,6966) A standard header containing the full pathname of the
+cvs.texi(,6967) @sc{rcs} file, the revision number, the date (UTC), the
+cvs.texi(,6968) author, the state, and the locker (if locked). Files
+cvs.texi(,6969) will normally never be locked when you use @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,6970)
+cvs.texi(,6971) @cindex Id keyword
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6972) @item $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6972) @i{}Id$
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6973) Same as @address@hidden, except that the
@sc{rcs}
+cvs.texi(,6974) filename is without a path.
+cvs.texi(,6975)
+cvs.texi(,6976) @cindex Name keyword
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6977) @item $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6977) @i{}Name$
+cvs.texi(,6978) Tag name used to check out this file. The keyword is
+cvs.texi(,6979) expanded only if one checks out with an explicit tag
+cvs.texi(,6980) name. For example, when running the command @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,6981) co -r first}, the keyword expands to @samp{Name: first}.
cvs.texi(,6982)
-cvs.texi(,6983) @cindex Log keyword
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6984) @item $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6984) @i{}Log$
-cvs.texi(,6985) The log message supplied during commit, preceded by a
-cvs.texi(,6986) header containing the @sc{rcs} filename, the revision
-cvs.texi(,6987) number, the author, and the date (UTC). Existing log
-cvs.texi(,6988) messages are @emph{not} replaced. Instead, the new log
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6989) message is inserted after
@address@hidden:@dots{}$}.
-cvs.texi(,6990) Each new line is prefixed with the same string which
-cvs.texi(,6991) precedes the @code{$Log} keyword. For example, if the
-cvs.texi(,6992) file contains:
-cvs.texi(,6993)
-cvs.texi(,6994) @example
-cvs.texi(,6995) /* Here is what people have been up to:
-cvs.texi(,6996) *
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6997) * $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6997) @i{}Log:
frob.c,v $
-cvs.texi(,6998) * Revision 1.1 1997/01/03 14:23:51 joe
-cvs.texi(,6999) * Add the superfrobnicate option
-cvs.texi(,7000) *
-cvs.texi(,7001) */
-cvs.texi(,7002) @end example
-cvs.texi(,7003)
-cvs.texi(,7004) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,7005) then additional lines which are added when expanding
-cvs.texi(,7006) the @code{$Log} keyword will be preceded by @samp{ * }.
-cvs.texi(,7007) Unlike previous versions of @sc{cvs} and @sc{rcs}, the
-cvs.texi(,7008) @dfn{comment leader} from the @sc{rcs} file is not used.
-cvs.texi(,7009) The @code{$Log} keyword is useful for
-cvs.texi(,7010) accumulating a complete change log in a source file,
-cvs.texi(,7011) but for several reasons it can be problematic.
-cvs.texi(,7012) @xref{Log keyword}.
-cvs.texi(,7013)
-cvs.texi(,7014) @cindex RCSfile keyword
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7015) @item $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7015)
@i{}RCSfile$
-cvs.texi(,7016) The name of the RCS file without a path.
-cvs.texi(,7017)
-cvs.texi(,7018) @cindex Revision keyword
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7019) @item $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7019)
@i{}Revision$
-cvs.texi(,7020) The revision number assigned to the revision.
-cvs.texi(,7021)
-cvs.texi(,7022) @cindex Source keyword
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7023) @item $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7023)
@i{}Source$
-cvs.texi(,7024) The full pathname of the RCS file.
-cvs.texi(,7025)
-cvs.texi(,7026) @cindex State keyword
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7027) @item $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7027) @i{}State$
-cvs.texi(,7028) The state assigned to the revision. States can be
-cvs.texi(,7029) assigned with @code{cvs admin -s}---see @ref{admin options}.
-cvs.texi(,7030)
-cvs.texi(,7031) @cindex Local keyword
-cvs.texi(,7032) @item Local keyword
-cvs.texi(,7033) The @code{LocalKeyword} option in the @file{CVSROOT/config}
file
-cvs.texi(,7034) may be used to specify a local keyword which is to be
-cvs.texi(,7035) used as an alias for one of the other keywords. For
-cvs.texi(,7036) example, if the @file{CVSROOT/config} file contains
-cvs.texi(,7037) a line with @code{LocalKeyword=MYBSD=CVSHeader}, then a
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7038) file with the local keyword
$cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7038) @i{}MYBSD$ will be
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7039) expanded as if it were a
$cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7039) @i{}CVSHeader$ keyword. If
-cvs.texi(,7040) the src/frob.c file contained this keyword, it might
-cvs.texi(,7041) look something like this:
-cvs.texi(,7042)
-cvs.texi(,7043) @example
-cvs.texi(,7044) /*
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7045) * $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7045) @i{}MYBSD:
src/frob.c,v 1.1 2003/05/04 09:27:45 john Exp $
-cvs.texi(,7046) */
-cvs.texi(,7047) @end example
+cvs.texi(,6983) @cindex Locker keyword
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6984) @item $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6984)
@i{}Locker$
+cvs.texi(,6985) The login name of the user who locked the revision
+cvs.texi(,6986) (empty if not locked, which is the normal case unless
+cvs.texi(,6987) @code{cvs admin -l} is in use).
+cvs.texi(,6988)
+cvs.texi(,6989) @cindex Log keyword
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6990) @item $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6990) @i{}Log$
+cvs.texi(,6991) The log message supplied during commit, preceded by a
+cvs.texi(,6992) header containing the @sc{rcs} filename, the revision
+cvs.texi(,6993) number, the author, and the date (UTC). Existing log
+cvs.texi(,6994) messages are @emph{not} replaced. Instead, the new log
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,6995) message is inserted after
@address@hidden:@dots{}$}.
+cvs.texi(,6996) Each new line is prefixed with the same string which
+cvs.texi(,6997) precedes the @code{$Log} keyword. For example, if the
+cvs.texi(,6998) file contains:
+cvs.texi(,6999)
+cvs.texi(,7000) @example
+cvs.texi(,7001) /* Here is what people have been up to:
+cvs.texi(,7002) *
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7003) * $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7003) @i{}Log:
frob.c,v $
+cvs.texi(,7004) * Revision 1.1 1997/01/03 14:23:51 joe
+cvs.texi(,7005) * Add the superfrobnicate option
+cvs.texi(,7006) *
+cvs.texi(,7007) */
+cvs.texi(,7008) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7009)
+cvs.texi(,7010) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,7011) then additional lines which are added when expanding
+cvs.texi(,7012) the @code{$Log} keyword will be preceded by @samp{ * }.
+cvs.texi(,7013) Unlike previous versions of @sc{cvs} and @sc{rcs}, the
+cvs.texi(,7014) @dfn{comment leader} from the @sc{rcs} file is not used.
+cvs.texi(,7015) The @code{$Log} keyword is useful for
+cvs.texi(,7016) accumulating a complete change log in a source file,
+cvs.texi(,7017) but for several reasons it can be problematic.
+cvs.texi(,7018) @xref{Log keyword}.
+cvs.texi(,7019)
+cvs.texi(,7020) @cindex RCSfile keyword
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7021) @item $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7021)
@i{}RCSfile$
+cvs.texi(,7022) The name of the RCS file without a path.
+cvs.texi(,7023)
+cvs.texi(,7024) @cindex Revision keyword
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7025) @item $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7025)
@i{}Revision$
+cvs.texi(,7026) The revision number assigned to the revision.
+cvs.texi(,7027)
+cvs.texi(,7028) @cindex Source keyword
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7029) @item $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7029)
@i{}Source$
+cvs.texi(,7030) The full pathname of the RCS file.
+cvs.texi(,7031)
+cvs.texi(,7032) @cindex State keyword
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7033) @item $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7033) @i{}State$
+cvs.texi(,7034) The state assigned to the revision. States can be
+cvs.texi(,7035) assigned with @code{cvs admin -s}---see @ref{admin options}.
+cvs.texi(,7036)
+cvs.texi(,7037) @cindex Local keyword
+cvs.texi(,7038) @item Local keyword
+cvs.texi(,7039) The @code{LocalKeyword} option in the @file{CVSROOT/config}
file
+cvs.texi(,7040) may be used to specify a local keyword which is to be
+cvs.texi(,7041) used as an alias for one of the other keywords. For
+cvs.texi(,7042) example, if the @file{CVSROOT/config} file contains
+cvs.texi(,7043) a line with @code{LocalKeyword=MYBSD=CVSHeader}, then a
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7044) file with the local keyword
$cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7044) @i{}MYBSD$ will be
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7045) expanded as if it were a
$cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7045) @i{}CVSHeader$ keyword. If
+cvs.texi(,7046) the src/frob.c file contained this keyword, it might
+cvs.texi(,7047) look something like this:
cvs.texi(,7048)
-cvs.texi(,7049) Many repositories make use of a such a ``local
-cvs.texi(,7050) keyword'' feature. An old patch to @sc{cvs} provided
-cvs.texi(,7051) the @code{LocalKeyword} feature using a @code{tag=}
-cvs.texi(,7052) option and called this the ``custom tag'' or ``local
-cvs.texi(,7053) tag'' feature. It was used in conjunction with the
-cvs.texi(,7054) what they called the @code{tagexpand=} option. In
-cvs.texi(,7055) @sc{cvs} this other option is known as the
-cvs.texi(,7056) @code{KeywordExpand} option.
-cvs.texi(,7057) See @ref{Configuring keyword expansion} for more
-cvs.texi(,7058) details.
-cvs.texi(,7059)
-cvs.texi(,7060) Examples from popular projects include:
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7061) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7061) @i{}FreeBSD$,
$cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7061) @i{}NetBSD$,
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7062) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7062) @i{}OpenBSD$,
$cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7062) @i{}XFree86$,
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7063) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7063) @i{}Xorg$.
-cvs.texi(,7064)
-cvs.texi(,7065) The advantage of this is that you can include your
-cvs.texi(,7066) local version information in a file using this local
-cvs.texi(,7067) keyword without disrupting the upstream version
-cvs.texi(,7068) information (which may be a different local keyword or
-cvs.texi(,7069) a standard keyword). Allowing bug reports and the like
-cvs.texi(,7070) to more properly identify the source of the original
-cvs.texi(,7071) bug to the third-party and reducing the number of
-cvs.texi(,7072) conflicts that arise during an import of a new version.
-cvs.texi(,7073)
-cvs.texi(,7074) All keyword expansion except the local keyword may be
-cvs.texi(,7075) disabled using the @code{KeywordExpansion} option in
-cvs.texi(,7076) the @file{CVSROOT/config} file---see
-cvs.texi(,7077) @ref{Configuring keyword expansion} for more details.
-cvs.texi(,7078)
-cvs.texi(,7079) @end table
-cvs.texi(,7080)
-cvs.texi(,7081) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,7082) @node Using keywords
-cvs.texi(,7083) @section Using keywords
+cvs.texi(,7049) @example
+cvs.texi(,7050) /*
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7051) * $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7051) @i{}MYBSD:
src/frob.c,v 1.1 2003/05/04 09:27:45 john Exp $
+cvs.texi(,7052) */
+cvs.texi(,7053) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7054)
+cvs.texi(,7055) Many repositories make use of a such a ``local
+cvs.texi(,7056) keyword'' feature. An old patch to @sc{cvs} provided
+cvs.texi(,7057) the @code{LocalKeyword} feature using a @code{tag=}
+cvs.texi(,7058) option and called this the ``custom tag'' or ``local
+cvs.texi(,7059) tag'' feature. It was used in conjunction with the
+cvs.texi(,7060) what they called the @code{tagexpand=} option. In
+cvs.texi(,7061) @sc{cvs} this other option is known as the
+cvs.texi(,7062) @code{KeywordExpand} option.
+cvs.texi(,7063) See @ref{Configuring keyword expansion} for more
+cvs.texi(,7064) details.
+cvs.texi(,7065)
+cvs.texi(,7066) Examples from popular projects include:
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7067) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7067) @i{}FreeBSD$,
$cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7067) @i{}NetBSD$,
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7068) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7068) @i{}OpenBSD$,
$cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7068) @i{}XFree86$,
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7069) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7069) @i{}Xorg$.
+cvs.texi(,7070)
+cvs.texi(,7071) The advantage of this is that you can include your
+cvs.texi(,7072) local version information in a file using this local
+cvs.texi(,7073) keyword without disrupting the upstream version
+cvs.texi(,7074) information (which may be a different local keyword or
+cvs.texi(,7075) a standard keyword). Allowing bug reports and the like
+cvs.texi(,7076) to more properly identify the source of the original
+cvs.texi(,7077) bug to the third-party and reducing the number of
+cvs.texi(,7078) conflicts that arise during an import of a new version.
+cvs.texi(,7079)
+cvs.texi(,7080) All keyword expansion except the local keyword may be
+cvs.texi(,7081) disabled using the @code{KeywordExpansion} option in
+cvs.texi(,7082) the @file{CVSROOT/config} file---see
+cvs.texi(,7083) @ref{Configuring keyword expansion} for more details.
cvs.texi(,7084)
-cvs.texi(,7085) To include a keyword string you simply include the
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7086) relevant text string, such as @address@hidden,
inside the
-cvs.texi(,7087) file, and commit the file. @sc{cvs} will automatically
-cvs.texi(,7088) expand the string as part of the commit operation.
-cvs.texi(,7089)
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7090) It is common to embed the @address@hidden
string in
-cvs.texi(,7091) the source files so that it gets passed through to
-cvs.texi(,7092) generated files. For example, if you are managing
-cvs.texi(,7093) computer program source code, you might include a
-cvs.texi(,7094) variable which is initialized to contain that string.
-cvs.texi(,7095) Or some C compilers may provide a @code{#pragma ident}
-cvs.texi(,7096) directive. Or a document management system might
-cvs.texi(,7097) provide a way to pass a string through to generated
-cvs.texi(,7098) files.
-cvs.texi(,7099)
-cvs.texi(,7100) @c Would be nice to give an example, but doing this in
-cvs.texi(,7101) @c portable C is not possible and the problem with
-cvs.texi(,7102) @c picking any one language (VMS HELP files, Ada,
-cvs.texi(,7103) @c troff, whatever) is that people use CVS for all
-cvs.texi(,7104) @c kinds of files.
+cvs.texi(,7085) @end table
+cvs.texi(,7086)
+cvs.texi(,7087) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,7088) @node Using keywords
+cvs.texi(,7089) @section Using keywords
+cvs.texi(,7090)
+cvs.texi(,7091) To include a keyword string you simply include the
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7092) relevant text string, such as @address@hidden,
inside the
+cvs.texi(,7093) file, and commit the file. @sc{cvs} will automatically
+cvs.texi(,7094) expand the string as part of the commit operation.
+cvs.texi(,7095)
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7096) It is common to embed the @address@hidden
string in
+cvs.texi(,7097) the source files so that it gets passed through to
+cvs.texi(,7098) generated files. For example, if you are managing
+cvs.texi(,7099) computer program source code, you might include a
+cvs.texi(,7100) variable which is initialized to contain that string.
+cvs.texi(,7101) Or some C compilers may provide a @code{#pragma ident}
+cvs.texi(,7102) directive. Or a document management system might
+cvs.texi(,7103) provide a way to pass a string through to generated
+cvs.texi(,7104) files.
cvs.texi(,7105)
-cvs.texi(,7106) @cindex Ident (shell command)
-cvs.texi(,7107) The @code{ident} command (which is part of the @sc{rcs}
-cvs.texi(,7108) package) can be used to extract keywords and their
-cvs.texi(,7109) values from a file. This can be handy for text files,
-cvs.texi(,7110) but it is even more useful for extracting keywords from
-cvs.texi(,7111) binary files.
-cvs.texi(,7112)
-cvs.texi(,7113) @example
-cvs.texi(,7114) $ ident samp.c
-cvs.texi(,7115) samp.c:
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7116) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7116) @i{}Id:
samp.c,v 1.5 1993/10/19 14:57:32 ceder Exp $
-cvs.texi(,7117) $ gcc samp.c
-cvs.texi(,7118) $ ident a.out
-cvs.texi(,7119) a.out:
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7120) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7120) @i{}Id:
samp.c,v 1.5 1993/10/19 14:57:32 ceder Exp $
-cvs.texi(,7121) @end example
-cvs.texi(,7122)
-cvs.texi(,7123) @cindex What (shell command)
-cvs.texi(,7124) address@hidden is another popular revision control system.
-cvs.texi(,7125) It has a command, @code{what}, which is very similar to
-cvs.texi(,7126) @code{ident} and used for the same purpose. Many sites
-cvs.texi(,7127) without @sc{rcs} have @sc{sccs}. Since @code{what}
-cvs.texi(,7128) looks for the character sequence @code{@@(#)} it is
-cvs.texi(,7129) easy to include keywords that are detected by either
-cvs.texi(,7130) command. Simply prefix the keyword with the
-cvs.texi(,7131) magic @sc{sccs} phrase, like this:
-cvs.texi(,7132)
-cvs.texi(,7133) @example
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7134) static char *id="@@(#)
$cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7134) @i{}Id: ab.c,v 1.5 1993/10/19 14:57:32 ceder
Exp $";
-cvs.texi(,7135) @end example
-cvs.texi(,7136)
-cvs.texi(,7137) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,7138) @node Avoiding substitution
-cvs.texi(,7139) @section Avoiding substitution
-cvs.texi(,7140)
-cvs.texi(,7141) Keyword substitution has its disadvantages. Sometimes
-cvs.texi(,7142) you might want the literal text string
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7143) @address@hidden to appear inside a file without
-cvs.texi(,7144) @sc{cvs} interpreting it as a keyword and expanding it
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7145) into something like @address@hidden: ceder $}.
+cvs.texi(,7106) @c Would be nice to give an example, but doing this in
+cvs.texi(,7107) @c portable C is not possible and the problem with
+cvs.texi(,7108) @c picking any one language (VMS HELP files, Ada,
+cvs.texi(,7109) @c troff, whatever) is that people use CVS for all
+cvs.texi(,7110) @c kinds of files.
+cvs.texi(,7111)
+cvs.texi(,7112) @cindex Ident (shell command)
+cvs.texi(,7113) The @code{ident} command (which is part of the @sc{rcs}
+cvs.texi(,7114) package) can be used to extract keywords and their
+cvs.texi(,7115) values from a file. This can be handy for text files,
+cvs.texi(,7116) but it is even more useful for extracting keywords from
+cvs.texi(,7117) binary files.
+cvs.texi(,7118)
+cvs.texi(,7119) @example
+cvs.texi(,7120) $ ident samp.c
+cvs.texi(,7121) samp.c:
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7122) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7122) @i{}Id:
samp.c,v 1.5 1993/10/19 14:57:32 ceder Exp $
+cvs.texi(,7123) $ gcc samp.c
+cvs.texi(,7124) $ ident a.out
+cvs.texi(,7125) a.out:
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7126) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7126) @i{}Id:
samp.c,v 1.5 1993/10/19 14:57:32 ceder Exp $
+cvs.texi(,7127) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7128)
+cvs.texi(,7129) @cindex What (shell command)
+cvs.texi(,7130) address@hidden is another popular revision control system.
+cvs.texi(,7131) It has a command, @code{what}, which is very similar to
+cvs.texi(,7132) @code{ident} and used for the same purpose. Many sites
+cvs.texi(,7133) without @sc{rcs} have @sc{sccs}. Since @code{what}
+cvs.texi(,7134) looks for the character sequence @code{@@(#)} it is
+cvs.texi(,7135) easy to include keywords that are detected by either
+cvs.texi(,7136) command. Simply prefix the keyword with the
+cvs.texi(,7137) magic @sc{sccs} phrase, like this:
+cvs.texi(,7138)
+cvs.texi(,7139) @example
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7140) static char *id="@@(#)
$cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7140) @i{}Id: ab.c,v 1.5 1993/10/19 14:57:32 ceder
Exp $";
+cvs.texi(,7141) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7142)
+cvs.texi(,7143) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,7144) @node Avoiding substitution
+cvs.texi(,7145) @section Avoiding substitution
cvs.texi(,7146)
-cvs.texi(,7147) There is unfortunately no way to selectively turn off
-cvs.texi(,7148) keyword substitution. You can use @samp{-ko}
-cvs.texi(,7149) (@pxref{Substitution modes}) to turn off keyword
-cvs.texi(,7150) substitution entirely.
-cvs.texi(,7151)
-cvs.texi(,7152) In many cases you can avoid using keywords in
-cvs.texi(,7153) the source, even though they appear in the final
-cvs.texi(,7154) product. For example, the source for this manual
-cvs.texi(,7155) contains @samp{$@@address@hidden@}Author$} whenever the text
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7156) @address@hidden should appear. In @code{nroff}
-cvs.texi(,7157) and @code{troff} you can embed the null-character
-cvs.texi(,7158) @code{\&} inside the keyword for a similar effect.
-cvs.texi(,7159)
-cvs.texi(,7160) It is also possible to specify an explicit list of
-cvs.texi(,7161) keywords to include or exclude using the
-cvs.texi(,7162) @code{KeywordExpand} option in the
-cvs.texi(,7163) @file{CVSROOT/config} file--see @ref{Configuring keyword
expansion}
-cvs.texi(,7164) for more details. This feature is intended primarily
-cvs.texi(,7165) for use with the @code{LocalKeyword} option--see
-cvs.texi(,7166) @ref{Keyword list}.
-cvs.texi(,7167)
-cvs.texi(,7168) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,7169) @node Substitution modes
-cvs.texi(,7170) @section Substitution modes
-cvs.texi(,7171) @cindex Keyword substitution, changing modes
-cvs.texi(,7172) @cindex -k (keyword substitution)
-cvs.texi(,7173) @cindex Kflag
-cvs.texi(,7174)
-cvs.texi(,7175) @c FIXME: This could be made more coherent, by expanding it
-cvs.texi(,7176) @c with more examples or something.
-cvs.texi(,7177) Each file has a stored default substitution mode, and
-cvs.texi(,7178) each working directory copy of a file also has a
-cvs.texi(,7179) substitution mode. The former is set by the @samp{-k}
-cvs.texi(,7180) option to @code{cvs add} and @code{cvs admin}; the
-cvs.texi(,7181) latter is set by the @samp{-k} or @samp{-A} options to
@code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,7182) checkout} or @code{cvs update}. @code{cvs diff} also
-cvs.texi(,7183) has a @samp{-k} option. For some examples,
-cvs.texi(,7184) see @ref{Binary files}, and @ref{Merging and keywords}.
-cvs.texi(,7185) @c The fact that -A is overloaded to mean both reset
-cvs.texi(,7186) @c sticky options and reset sticky tags/dates is
-cvs.texi(,7187) @c somewhat questionable. Perhaps there should be
-cvs.texi(,7188) @c separate options to reset sticky options (e.g. -k
-cvs.texi(,7189) @c A") and tags/dates (someone suggested -r HEAD could
-cvs.texi(,7190) @c do this instead of setting a sticky tag of "HEAD"
-cvs.texi(,7191) @c as in the status quo but I haven't thought much
-cvs.texi(,7192) @c about that idea. Of course -r .reset or something
-cvs.texi(,7193) @c could be coined if this needs to be a new option).
-cvs.texi(,7194) @c On the other hand, having -A mean "get things back
-cvs.texi(,7195) @c into the state after a fresh checkout" has a certain
-cvs.texi(,7196) @c appeal, and maybe there is no sufficient reason for
-cvs.texi(,7197) @c creeping featurism in this area.
-cvs.texi(,7198)
-cvs.texi(,7199) The modes available are:
-cvs.texi(,7200)
-cvs.texi(,7201) @table @samp
-cvs.texi(,7202) @item -kkv
-cvs.texi(,7203) Generate keyword strings using the default form, e.g.
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7204) @address@hidden: 5.7 $} for the @code{Revision}
-cvs.texi(,7205) keyword.
+cvs.texi(,7147) Keyword substitution has its disadvantages. Sometimes
+cvs.texi(,7148) you might want the literal text string
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7149) @address@hidden to appear inside a file without
+cvs.texi(,7150) @sc{cvs} interpreting it as a keyword and expanding it
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7151) into something like @address@hidden: ceder $}.
+cvs.texi(,7152)
+cvs.texi(,7153) There is unfortunately no way to selectively turn off
+cvs.texi(,7154) keyword substitution. You can use @samp{-ko}
+cvs.texi(,7155) (@pxref{Substitution modes}) to turn off keyword
+cvs.texi(,7156) substitution entirely.
+cvs.texi(,7157)
+cvs.texi(,7158) In many cases you can avoid using keywords in
+cvs.texi(,7159) the source, even though they appear in the final
+cvs.texi(,7160) product. For example, the source for this manual
+cvs.texi(,7161) contains @samp{$@@address@hidden@}Author$} whenever the text
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7162) @address@hidden should appear. In @code{nroff}
+cvs.texi(,7163) and @code{troff} you can embed the null-character
+cvs.texi(,7164) @code{\&} inside the keyword for a similar effect.
+cvs.texi(,7165)
+cvs.texi(,7166) It is also possible to specify an explicit list of
+cvs.texi(,7167) keywords to include or exclude using the
+cvs.texi(,7168) @code{KeywordExpand} option in the
+cvs.texi(,7169) @file{CVSROOT/config} file--see @ref{Configuring keyword
expansion}
+cvs.texi(,7170) for more details. This feature is intended primarily
+cvs.texi(,7171) for use with the @code{LocalKeyword} option--see
+cvs.texi(,7172) @ref{Keyword list}.
+cvs.texi(,7173)
+cvs.texi(,7174) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,7175) @node Substitution modes
+cvs.texi(,7176) @section Substitution modes
+cvs.texi(,7177) @cindex Keyword substitution, changing modes
+cvs.texi(,7178) @cindex -k (keyword substitution)
+cvs.texi(,7179) @cindex Kflag
+cvs.texi(,7180)
+cvs.texi(,7181) @c FIXME: This could be made more coherent, by expanding it
+cvs.texi(,7182) @c with more examples or something.
+cvs.texi(,7183) Each file has a stored default substitution mode, and
+cvs.texi(,7184) each working directory copy of a file also has a
+cvs.texi(,7185) substitution mode. The former is set by the @samp{-k}
+cvs.texi(,7186) option to @code{cvs add} and @code{cvs admin}; the
+cvs.texi(,7187) latter is set by the @samp{-k} or @samp{-A} options to
@code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,7188) checkout} or @code{cvs update}. @code{cvs diff} also
+cvs.texi(,7189) has a @samp{-k} option. For some examples,
+cvs.texi(,7190) see @ref{Binary files}, and @ref{Merging and keywords}.
+cvs.texi(,7191) @c The fact that -A is overloaded to mean both reset
+cvs.texi(,7192) @c sticky options and reset sticky tags/dates is
+cvs.texi(,7193) @c somewhat questionable. Perhaps there should be
+cvs.texi(,7194) @c separate options to reset sticky options (e.g. -k
+cvs.texi(,7195) @c A") and tags/dates (someone suggested -r HEAD could
+cvs.texi(,7196) @c do this instead of setting a sticky tag of "HEAD"
+cvs.texi(,7197) @c as in the status quo but I haven't thought much
+cvs.texi(,7198) @c about that idea. Of course -r .reset or something
+cvs.texi(,7199) @c could be coined if this needs to be a new option).
+cvs.texi(,7200) @c On the other hand, having -A mean "get things back
+cvs.texi(,7201) @c into the state after a fresh checkout" has a certain
+cvs.texi(,7202) @c appeal, and maybe there is no sufficient reason for
+cvs.texi(,7203) @c creeping featurism in this area.
+cvs.texi(,7204)
+cvs.texi(,7205) The modes available are:
cvs.texi(,7206)
-cvs.texi(,7207) @item -kkvl
-cvs.texi(,7208) Like @samp{-kkv}, except that a locker's name is always
-cvs.texi(,7209) inserted if the given revision is currently locked.
-cvs.texi(,7210) The locker's name is only relevant if @code{cvs admin
-cvs.texi(,7211) -l} is in use.
+cvs.texi(,7207) @table @samp
+cvs.texi(,7208) @item -kkv
+cvs.texi(,7209) Generate keyword strings using the default form, e.g.
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7210) @address@hidden: 5.7 $} for the @code{Revision}
+cvs.texi(,7211) keyword.
cvs.texi(,7212)
-cvs.texi(,7213) @item -kk
-cvs.texi(,7214) Generate only keyword names in keyword strings; omit
-cvs.texi(,7215) their values. For example, for the @code{Revision}
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7216) keyword, generate the string @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7217) instead of @address@hidden: 5.7 $}. This option
-cvs.texi(,7218) is useful to ignore differences due to keyword
-cvs.texi(,7219) substitution when comparing different revisions of a
-cvs.texi(,7220) file (@pxref{Merging and keywords}).
-cvs.texi(,7221)
-cvs.texi(,7222) @item -ko
-cvs.texi(,7223) Generate the old keyword string, present in the working
-cvs.texi(,7224) file just before it was checked in. For example, for
-cvs.texi(,7225) the @code{Revision} keyword, generate the string
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7226) @address@hidden: 1.1 $} instead of
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7227) @address@hidden: 5.7 $} if that is how the
-cvs.texi(,7228) string appeared when the file was checked in.
-cvs.texi(,7229)
-cvs.texi(,7230) @item -kb
-cvs.texi(,7231) Like @samp{-ko}, but also inhibit conversion of line
-cvs.texi(,7232) endings between the canonical form in which they are
-cvs.texi(,7233) stored in the repository (linefeed only), and the form
-cvs.texi(,7234) appropriate to the operating system in use on the
-cvs.texi(,7235) client. For systems, like unix, which use linefeed
-cvs.texi(,7236) only to terminate lines, this is very similar to
-cvs.texi(,7237) @samp{-ko}. For more information on binary files, see
-cvs.texi(,7238) @ref{Binary files}. In @sc{cvs} version 1.12.2 and later
-cvs.texi(,7239) @samp{-kb}, as set by @code{cvs add}, @code{cvs admin}, or
-cvs.texi(,7240) @code{cvs import} may not be overridden by a @samp{-k} option
-cvs.texi(,7241) specified on the command line.
-cvs.texi(,7242)
-cvs.texi(,7243) @item -kv
-cvs.texi(,7244) Generate only keyword values for keyword strings. For
-cvs.texi(,7245) example, for the @code{Revision} keyword, generate the string
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7246) @code{5.7} instead of @address@hidden: 5.7 $}.
-cvs.texi(,7247) This can help generate files in programming languages
-cvs.texi(,7248) where it is hard to strip keyword delimiters like
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7249) @address@hidden: $} from a string. However,
-cvs.texi(,7250) further keyword substitution cannot be performed once
-cvs.texi(,7251) the keyword names are removed, so this option should be
-cvs.texi(,7252) used with care.
-cvs.texi(,7253)
-cvs.texi(,7254) One often would like to use @samp{-kv} with @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,7255) address@hidden But be aware that doesn't
-cvs.texi(,7256) handle an export containing binary files correctly.
-cvs.texi(,7257)
-cvs.texi(,7258) @end table
+cvs.texi(,7213) @item -kkvl
+cvs.texi(,7214) Like @samp{-kkv}, except that a locker's name is always
+cvs.texi(,7215) inserted if the given revision is currently locked.
+cvs.texi(,7216) The locker's name is only relevant if @code{cvs admin
+cvs.texi(,7217) -l} is in use.
+cvs.texi(,7218)
+cvs.texi(,7219) @item -kk
+cvs.texi(,7220) Generate only keyword names in keyword strings; omit
+cvs.texi(,7221) their values. For example, for the @code{Revision}
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7222) keyword, generate the string @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7223) instead of @address@hidden: 5.7 $}. This option
+cvs.texi(,7224) is useful to ignore differences due to keyword
+cvs.texi(,7225) substitution when comparing different revisions of a
+cvs.texi(,7226) file (@pxref{Merging and keywords}).
+cvs.texi(,7227)
+cvs.texi(,7228) @item -ko
+cvs.texi(,7229) Generate the old keyword string, present in the working
+cvs.texi(,7230) file just before it was checked in. For example, for
+cvs.texi(,7231) the @code{Revision} keyword, generate the string
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7232) @address@hidden: 1.1 $} instead of
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7233) @address@hidden: 5.7 $} if that is how the
+cvs.texi(,7234) string appeared when the file was checked in.
+cvs.texi(,7235)
+cvs.texi(,7236) @item -kb
+cvs.texi(,7237) Like @samp{-ko}, but also inhibit conversion of line
+cvs.texi(,7238) endings between the canonical form in which they are
+cvs.texi(,7239) stored in the repository (linefeed only), and the form
+cvs.texi(,7240) appropriate to the operating system in use on the
+cvs.texi(,7241) client. For systems, like unix, which use linefeed
+cvs.texi(,7242) only to terminate lines, this is very similar to
+cvs.texi(,7243) @samp{-ko}. For more information on binary files, see
+cvs.texi(,7244) @ref{Binary files}. In @sc{cvs} version 1.12.2 and later
+cvs.texi(,7245) @samp{-kb}, as set by @code{cvs add}, @code{cvs admin}, or
+cvs.texi(,7246) @code{cvs import} may not be overridden by a @samp{-k} option
+cvs.texi(,7247) specified on the command line.
+cvs.texi(,7248)
+cvs.texi(,7249) @item -kv
+cvs.texi(,7250) Generate only keyword values for keyword strings. For
+cvs.texi(,7251) example, for the @code{Revision} keyword, generate the string
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7252) @code{5.7} instead of @address@hidden: 5.7 $}.
+cvs.texi(,7253) This can help generate files in programming languages
+cvs.texi(,7254) where it is hard to strip keyword delimiters like
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7255) @address@hidden: $} from a string. However,
+cvs.texi(,7256) further keyword substitution cannot be performed once
+cvs.texi(,7257) the keyword names are removed, so this option should be
+cvs.texi(,7258) used with care.
cvs.texi(,7259)
-cvs.texi(,7260) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,7261) @node Configuring keyword expansion
-cvs.texi(,7262) @section Configuring Keyord Expansion
-cvs.texi(,7263) @cindex Configuring keyword expansion
-cvs.texi(,7264)
-cvs.texi(,7265) In a repository that includes third-party software on
-cvs.texi(,7266) vendor branches, it is sometimes helpful to configure
-cvs.texi(,7267) CVS to use a local keyword instead of the standard
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7268) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7268) @i{}Id$ or
$cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7268) @i{}Header$ keywords. Examples from
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7269) real projects includ,
$cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7269) @i{}Xorg$, $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7269)
@i{}XFree86$,
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7270) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7270) @i{}FreeBSD$,
$cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7270) @i{}NetBSD$,
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7271) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7271) @i{}OpenBSD$,
and even $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7271) @i{}dotat$.
-cvs.texi(,7272) The advantage of this is that
-cvs.texi(,7273) you can include your local version information in a
-cvs.texi(,7274) file using this local keyword (sometimes called a
-cvs.texi(,7275) ``custom tag'' or a ``local tag'') without disrupting
-cvs.texi(,7276) the upstream version information (which may be a
-cvs.texi(,7277) different local keyword or a standard keyword). In
-cvs.texi(,7278) these cases, it is typically desirable to disable the
-cvs.texi(,7279) expansion of all keywords except the configured local
-cvs.texi(,7280) keyword.
-cvs.texi(,7281)
-cvs.texi(,7282) The @code{KeywordExpansion} option in the
-cvs.texi(,7283) @file{CVSROOT/config} file is intended to allow for the
-cvs.texi(,7284) either the explicit exclusion of a keyword or list of
-cvs.texi(,7285) keywords, or for the explicit inclusion of a keyword or
-cvs.texi(,7286) a list of keywords. This list may include the
-cvs.texi(,7287) @code{LocalKeyword} that has been configured.
-cvs.texi(,7288)
-cvs.texi(,7289) The @code{KeywordExpansion} option is followed by
-cvs.texi(,7290) @code{=} and the next character may either be @code{i}
-cvs.texi(,7291) to start an inclusion list or @code{e} to start an
-cvs.texi(,7292) exclusion list. If the following lines were added to
-cvs.texi(,7293) the @file{CVSROOT/config} file:
+cvs.texi(,7260) One often would like to use @samp{-kv} with @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,7261) address@hidden But be aware that doesn't
+cvs.texi(,7262) handle an export containing binary files correctly.
+cvs.texi(,7263)
+cvs.texi(,7264) @end table
+cvs.texi(,7265)
+cvs.texi(,7266) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,7267) @node Configuring keyword expansion
+cvs.texi(,7268) @section Configuring Keyord Expansion
+cvs.texi(,7269) @cindex Configuring keyword expansion
+cvs.texi(,7270)
+cvs.texi(,7271) In a repository that includes third-party software on
+cvs.texi(,7272) vendor branches, it is sometimes helpful to configure
+cvs.texi(,7273) CVS to use a local keyword instead of the standard
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7274) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7274) @i{}Id$ or
$cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7274) @i{}Header$ keywords. Examples from
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7275) real projects includ,
$cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7275) @i{}Xorg$, $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7275)
@i{}XFree86$,
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7276) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7276) @i{}FreeBSD$,
$cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7276) @i{}NetBSD$,
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7277) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7277) @i{}OpenBSD$,
and even $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7277) @i{}dotat$.
+cvs.texi(,7278) The advantage of this is that
+cvs.texi(,7279) you can include your local version information in a
+cvs.texi(,7280) file using this local keyword (sometimes called a
+cvs.texi(,7281) ``custom tag'' or a ``local tag'') without disrupting
+cvs.texi(,7282) the upstream version information (which may be a
+cvs.texi(,7283) different local keyword or a standard keyword). In
+cvs.texi(,7284) these cases, it is typically desirable to disable the
+cvs.texi(,7285) expansion of all keywords except the configured local
+cvs.texi(,7286) keyword.
+cvs.texi(,7287)
+cvs.texi(,7288) The @code{KeywordExpansion} option in the
+cvs.texi(,7289) @file{CVSROOT/config} file is intended to allow for the
+cvs.texi(,7290) either the explicit exclusion of a keyword or list of
+cvs.texi(,7291) keywords, or for the explicit inclusion of a keyword or
+cvs.texi(,7292) a list of keywords. This list may include the
+cvs.texi(,7293) @code{LocalKeyword} that has been configured.
cvs.texi(,7294)
-cvs.texi(,7295) @example
-cvs.texi(,7296) # Add a "MyBSD" keyword and restrict keyword
-cvs.texi(,7297) # expansion
-cvs.texi(,7298) LocalKeyword=MyBSD=CVSHeader
-cvs.texi(,7299) KeywordExpand=iMyBSD
-cvs.texi(,7300) @end example
-cvs.texi(,7301)
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7302) then only the $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7302)
@i{}MyBSD$ keyword would be expanded.
-cvs.texi(,7303) A list may be used. The this example:
-cvs.texi(,7304)
-cvs.texi(,7305) @example
-cvs.texi(,7306) # Add a "MyBSD" keyword and restrict keyword
-cvs.texi(,7307) # expansion to the MyBSD, Name and Date keywords.
-cvs.texi(,7308) LocalKeyword=MyBSD=CVSHeader
-cvs.texi(,7309) KeywordExpand=iMyBSD,Name,Date
-cvs.texi(,7310) @end example
-cvs.texi(,7311)
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7312) would allow $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7312)
@i{}MyBSD$, $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7312) @i{}Name$, and
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7313) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7313) @i{}Date$ to be
expanded.
-cvs.texi(,7314)
-cvs.texi(,7315) It is also possible to configure an exclusion list
-cvs.texi(,7316) using the following:
+cvs.texi(,7295) The @code{KeywordExpansion} option is followed by
+cvs.texi(,7296) @code{=} and the next character may either be @code{i}
+cvs.texi(,7297) to start an inclusion list or @code{e} to start an
+cvs.texi(,7298) exclusion list. If the following lines were added to
+cvs.texi(,7299) the @file{CVSROOT/config} file:
+cvs.texi(,7300)
+cvs.texi(,7301) @example
+cvs.texi(,7302) # Add a "MyBSD" keyword and restrict keyword
+cvs.texi(,7303) # expansion
+cvs.texi(,7304) LocalKeyword=MyBSD=CVSHeader
+cvs.texi(,7305) KeywordExpand=iMyBSD
+cvs.texi(,7306) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7307)
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7308) then only the $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7308)
@i{}MyBSD$ keyword would be expanded.
+cvs.texi(,7309) A list may be used. The this example:
+cvs.texi(,7310)
+cvs.texi(,7311) @example
+cvs.texi(,7312) # Add a "MyBSD" keyword and restrict keyword
+cvs.texi(,7313) # expansion to the MyBSD, Name and Date keywords.
+cvs.texi(,7314) LocalKeyword=MyBSD=CVSHeader
+cvs.texi(,7315) KeywordExpand=iMyBSD,Name,Date
+cvs.texi(,7316) @end example
cvs.texi(,7317)
-cvs.texi(,7318) @example
-cvs.texi(,7319) # Do not expand the non-RCS keyword CVSHeader
-cvs.texi(,7320) KeywordExpand=eCVSHeader
-cvs.texi(,7321) @end example
-cvs.texi(,7322)
-cvs.texi(,7323) This allows @sc{cvs} to ignore the recently introduced
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7324) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7324) @i{}CVSHeader$
keyword and retain all of the
-cvs.texi(,7325) others. The exclusion entry could also contain the
-cvs.texi(,7326) standard RCS keyword list, but this could be confusing
-cvs.texi(,7327) to users that expect RCS keywords to be expanded, so
-cvs.texi(,7328) ycare should be taken to properly set user expectations
-cvs.texi(,7329) for a repository that is configured in that manner.
-cvs.texi(,7330)
-cvs.texi(,7331) If there is a desire to not have any RCS keywords
-cvs.texi(,7332) expanded and not use the @code{-ko} flags everywhere,
-cvs.texi(,7333) an administrator may disable all keyword expansion
-cvs.texi(,7334) using the @file{CVSROOT/config} line:
-cvs.texi(,7335)
-cvs.texi(,7336) @example
-cvs.texi(,7337) # Do not expand any RCS keywords
-cvs.texi(,7338) KeywordExpand=i
-cvs.texi(,7339) @end example
-cvs.texi(,7340)
-cvs.texi(,7341) this could be confusing to users that expect RCS
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7342) keywords like $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7342)
@i{}Id$ to be expanded properly,
-cvs.texi(,7343) so care should be taken to properly set user
-cvs.texi(,7344) expectations for a repository so configured.
-cvs.texi(,7345)
-cvs.texi(,7346) It should be noted that a patch to provide both the
-cvs.texi(,7347) @code{KeywordExpand} and @code{LocalKeyword} features
-cvs.texi(,7348) has been around a long time. However, that patch
-cvs.texi(,7349) implemented these features using @code{tag=} and
-cvs.texi(,7350) @code{tagexpand=} keywords and those keywords are NOT
-cvs.texi(,7351) recognized.
-cvs.texi(,7352)
-cvs.texi(,7353) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,7354) @node Log keyword
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7355) @section Problems with the
$cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7355) @i{}Log$ keyword.
-cvs.texi(,7356)
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7357) The @address@hidden keyword is somewhat
-cvs.texi(,7358) controversial. As long as you are working on your
-cvs.texi(,7359) development system the information is easily accessible
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7360) even if you do not use the @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,7361) keyword---just do a @code{cvs log}. Once you export
-cvs.texi(,7362) the file the history information might be useless
-cvs.texi(,7363) anyhow.
-cvs.texi(,7364)
-cvs.texi(,7365) A more serious concern is that @sc{cvs} is not good at
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7366) handling @address@hidden entries when a branch
is
-cvs.texi(,7367) merged onto the main trunk. Conflicts often result
-cvs.texi(,7368) from the merging operation.
-cvs.texi(,7369) @c Might want to check whether the CVS implementation
-cvs.texi(,7370) @c of RCS_merge has this problem the same way rcsmerge
-cvs.texi(,7371) @c does. I would assume so....
-cvs.texi(,7372)
-cvs.texi(,7373) People also tend to "fix" the log entries in the file
-cvs.texi(,7374) (correcting spelling mistakes and maybe even factual
-cvs.texi(,7375) errors). If that is done the information from
-cvs.texi(,7376) @code{cvs log} will not be consistent with the
-cvs.texi(,7377) information inside the file. This may or may not be a
-cvs.texi(,7378) problem in real life.
-cvs.texi(,7379)
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7380) It has been suggested that the @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,7381) keyword should be inserted @emph{last} in the file, and
-cvs.texi(,7382) not in the files header, if it is to be used at all.
-cvs.texi(,7383) That way the long list of change messages will not
-cvs.texi(,7384) interfere with everyday source file browsing.
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7318) would allow $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7318)
@i{}MyBSD$, $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7318) @i{}Name$, and
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7319) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7319) @i{}Date$ to be
expanded.
+cvs.texi(,7320)
+cvs.texi(,7321) It is also possible to configure an exclusion list
+cvs.texi(,7322) using the following:
+cvs.texi(,7323)
+cvs.texi(,7324) @example
+cvs.texi(,7325) # Do not expand the non-RCS keyword CVSHeader
+cvs.texi(,7326) KeywordExpand=eCVSHeader
+cvs.texi(,7327) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7328)
+cvs.texi(,7329) This allows @sc{cvs} to ignore the recently introduced
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7330) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7330) @i{}CVSHeader$
keyword and retain all of the
+cvs.texi(,7331) others. The exclusion entry could also contain the
+cvs.texi(,7332) standard RCS keyword list, but this could be confusing
+cvs.texi(,7333) to users that expect RCS keywords to be expanded, so
+cvs.texi(,7334) ycare should be taken to properly set user expectations
+cvs.texi(,7335) for a repository that is configured in that manner.
+cvs.texi(,7336)
+cvs.texi(,7337) If there is a desire to not have any RCS keywords
+cvs.texi(,7338) expanded and not use the @code{-ko} flags everywhere,
+cvs.texi(,7339) an administrator may disable all keyword expansion
+cvs.texi(,7340) using the @file{CVSROOT/config} line:
+cvs.texi(,7341)
+cvs.texi(,7342) @example
+cvs.texi(,7343) # Do not expand any RCS keywords
+cvs.texi(,7344) KeywordExpand=i
+cvs.texi(,7345) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7346)
+cvs.texi(,7347) this could be confusing to users that expect RCS
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7348) keywords like $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7348)
@i{}Id$ to be expanded properly,
+cvs.texi(,7349) so care should be taken to properly set user
+cvs.texi(,7350) expectations for a repository so configured.
+cvs.texi(,7351)
+cvs.texi(,7352) It should be noted that a patch to provide both the
+cvs.texi(,7353) @code{KeywordExpand} and @code{LocalKeyword} features
+cvs.texi(,7354) has been around a long time. However, that patch
+cvs.texi(,7355) implemented these features using @code{tag=} and
+cvs.texi(,7356) @code{tagexpand=} keywords and those keywords are NOT
+cvs.texi(,7357) recognized.
+cvs.texi(,7358)
+cvs.texi(,7359) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,7360) @node Log keyword
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7361) @section Problems with the
$cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7361) @i{}Log$ keyword.
+cvs.texi(,7362)
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7363) The @address@hidden keyword is somewhat
+cvs.texi(,7364) controversial. As long as you are working on your
+cvs.texi(,7365) development system the information is easily accessible
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7366) even if you do not use the @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,7367) keyword---just do a @code{cvs log}. Once you export
+cvs.texi(,7368) the file the history information might be useless
+cvs.texi(,7369) anyhow.
+cvs.texi(,7370)
+cvs.texi(,7371) A more serious concern is that @sc{cvs} is not good at
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7372) handling @address@hidden entries when a branch
is
+cvs.texi(,7373) merged onto the main trunk. Conflicts often result
+cvs.texi(,7374) from the merging operation.
+cvs.texi(,7375) @c Might want to check whether the CVS implementation
+cvs.texi(,7376) @c of RCS_merge has this problem the same way rcsmerge
+cvs.texi(,7377) @c does. I would assume so....
+cvs.texi(,7378)
+cvs.texi(,7379) People also tend to "fix" the log entries in the file
+cvs.texi(,7380) (correcting spelling mistakes and maybe even factual
+cvs.texi(,7381) errors). If that is done the information from
+cvs.texi(,7382) @code{cvs log} will not be consistent with the
+cvs.texi(,7383) information inside the file. This may or may not be a
+cvs.texi(,7384) problem in real life.
cvs.texi(,7385)
-cvs.texi(,7386) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,7387) @node Tracking sources
-cvs.texi(,7388) @chapter Tracking third-party sources
-cvs.texi(,7389) @cindex Third-party sources
-cvs.texi(,7390) @cindex Tracking sources
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,7386) It has been suggested that the @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,7387) keyword should be inserted @emph{last} in the file, and
+cvs.texi(,7388) not in the files header, if it is to be used at all.
+cvs.texi(,7389) That way the long list of change messages will not
+cvs.texi(,7390) interfere with everyday source file browsing.
cvs.texi(,7391)
-cvs.texi(,7392) @c FIXME: Need discussion of added and removed files.
-cvs.texi(,7393) @c FIXME: This doesn't really adequately introduce the
-cvs.texi(,7394) @c concepts of "vendor" and "you". They don't *have*
-cvs.texi(,7395) @c to be separate organizations or separate people.
-cvs.texi(,7396) @c We want a description which is somewhat more based on
-cvs.texi(,7397) @c the technical issues of which sources go where, but
-cvs.texi(,7398) @c also with enough examples of how this relates to
-cvs.texi(,7399) @c relationships like customer-supplier, developer-QA,
-cvs.texi(,7400) @c maintainer-contributor, or whatever, to make it
-cvs.texi(,7401) @c seem concrete.
-cvs.texi(,7402) If you modify a program to better fit your site, you
-cvs.texi(,7403) probably want to include your modifications when the next
-cvs.texi(,7404) release of the program arrives. @sc{cvs} can help you with
-cvs.texi(,7405) this task.
-cvs.texi(,7406)
-cvs.texi(,7407) @cindex Vendor
-cvs.texi(,7408) @cindex Vendor branch
-cvs.texi(,7409) @cindex Branch, vendor-
-cvs.texi(,7410) In the terminology used in @sc{cvs}, the supplier of the
-cvs.texi(,7411) program is called a @dfn{vendor}. The unmodified
-cvs.texi(,7412) distribution from the vendor is checked in on its own
-cvs.texi(,7413) branch, the @dfn{vendor branch}. @sc{cvs} reserves branch
-cvs.texi(,7414) 1.1.1 for this use.
-cvs.texi(,7415)
-cvs.texi(,7416) When you modify the source and commit it, your revision
-cvs.texi(,7417) will end up on the main trunk. When a new release is
-cvs.texi(,7418) made by the vendor, you commit it on the vendor branch
-cvs.texi(,7419) and copy the modifications onto the main trunk.
-cvs.texi(,7420)
-cvs.texi(,7421) Use the @code{import} command to create and update
-cvs.texi(,7422) the vendor branch. When you import a new file,
-cvs.texi(,7423) the vendor branch is made the `head' revision, so
-cvs.texi(,7424) anyone that checks out a copy of the file gets that
-cvs.texi(,7425) revision. When a local modification is committed it is
-cvs.texi(,7426) placed on the main trunk, and made the `head'
-cvs.texi(,7427) revision.
-cvs.texi(,7428)
-cvs.texi(,7429) @menu
-cvs.texi(,7430) * First import:: Importing for the first time
-cvs.texi(,7431) * Update imports:: Updating with the import
command
-cvs.texi(,7432) * Reverting local changes:: Reverting to the latest vendor
release
-cvs.texi(,7433) * Binary files in imports:: Binary files require special
handling
-cvs.texi(,7434) * Keywords in imports:: Keyword substitution might be
undesirable
-cvs.texi(,7435) * Multiple vendor branches:: What if you get sources from
several places?
-cvs.texi(,7436) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,7437)
-cvs.texi(,7438) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,7439) @node First import
-cvs.texi(,7440) @section Importing for the first time
-cvs.texi(,7441) @cindex Importing modules
-cvs.texi(,7442)
-cvs.texi(,7443) @c Should mention naming conventions for vendor tags,
-cvs.texi(,7444) @c release tags, and perhaps directory names.
-cvs.texi(,7445) Use the @code{import} command to check in the sources
-cvs.texi(,7446) for the first time. When you use the @code{import}
-cvs.texi(,7447) command to track third-party sources, the @dfn{vendor
-cvs.texi(,7448) tag} and @dfn{release tags} are useful. The
-cvs.texi(,7449) @dfn{vendor tag} is a symbolic name for the branch
-cvs.texi(,7450) (which is always 1.1.1, unless you use the @samp{-b
-cvs.texi(,7451) @var{branch}} flag---see @ref{Multiple vendor branches}.). The
-cvs.texi(,7452) @dfn{release tags} are symbolic names for a particular
-cvs.texi(,7453) release, such as @samp{FSF_0_04}.
-cvs.texi(,7454)
-cvs.texi(,7455) @c I'm not completely sure this belongs here. But
-cvs.texi(,7456) @c we need to say it _somewhere_ reasonably obvious; it
-cvs.texi(,7457) @c is a common misconception among people first learning CVS
-cvs.texi(,7458) Note that @code{import} does @emph{not} change the
-cvs.texi(,7459) directory in which you invoke it. In particular, it
-cvs.texi(,7460) does not set up that directory as a @sc{cvs} working
-cvs.texi(,7461) directory; if you want to work with the sources import
-cvs.texi(,7462) them first and then check them out into a different
-cvs.texi(,7463) directory (@pxref{Getting the source}).
-cvs.texi(,7464)
-cvs.texi(,7465) @cindex wdiff (import example)
-cvs.texi(,7466) Suppose you have the sources to a program called
-cvs.texi(,7467) @code{wdiff} in a directory @file{wdiff-0.04},
-cvs.texi(,7468) and are going to make private modifications that you
-cvs.texi(,7469) want to be able to use even when new releases are made
-cvs.texi(,7470) in the future. You start by importing the source to
-cvs.texi(,7471) your repository:
-cvs.texi(,7472)
-cvs.texi(,7473) @example
-cvs.texi(,7474) $ cd wdiff-0.04
-cvs.texi(,7475) $ cvs import -m "Import of FSF v. 0.04" fsf/wdiff FSF_DIST
WDIFF_0_04
-cvs.texi(,7476) @end example
-cvs.texi(,7477)
-cvs.texi(,7478) The vendor tag is named @samp{FSF_DIST} in the above
-cvs.texi(,7479) example, and the only release tag assigned is
-cvs.texi(,7480) @samp{WDIFF_0_04}.
-cvs.texi(,7481) @c FIXME: Need to say where fsf/wdiff comes from.
-cvs.texi(,7482)
-cvs.texi(,7483) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,7484) @node Update imports
-cvs.texi(,7485) @section Updating with the import command
-cvs.texi(,7486)
-cvs.texi(,7487) When a new release of the source arrives, you import it into
the
-cvs.texi(,7488) repository with the same @code{import} command that you used
to set up
-cvs.texi(,7489) the repository in the first place. The only difference is
that you
-cvs.texi(,7490) specify a different release tag this time:
-cvs.texi(,7491)
-cvs.texi(,7492) @example
-cvs.texi(,7493) $ tar xfz wdiff-0.05.tar.gz
-cvs.texi(,7494) $ cd wdiff-0.05
-cvs.texi(,7495) $ cvs import -m "Import of FSF v. 0.05" fsf/wdiff FSF_DIST
WDIFF_0_05
-cvs.texi(,7496) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7392) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,7393) @node Tracking sources
+cvs.texi(,7394) @chapter Tracking third-party sources
+cvs.texi(,7395) @cindex Third-party sources
+cvs.texi(,7396) @cindex Tracking sources
+cvs.texi(,7397)
+cvs.texi(,7398) @c FIXME: Need discussion of added and removed files.
+cvs.texi(,7399) @c FIXME: This doesn't really adequately introduce the
+cvs.texi(,7400) @c concepts of "vendor" and "you". They don't *have*
+cvs.texi(,7401) @c to be separate organizations or separate people.
+cvs.texi(,7402) @c We want a description which is somewhat more based on
+cvs.texi(,7403) @c the technical issues of which sources go where, but
+cvs.texi(,7404) @c also with enough examples of how this relates to
+cvs.texi(,7405) @c relationships like customer-supplier, developer-QA,
+cvs.texi(,7406) @c maintainer-contributor, or whatever, to make it
+cvs.texi(,7407) @c seem concrete.
+cvs.texi(,7408) If you modify a program to better fit your site, you
+cvs.texi(,7409) probably want to include your modifications when the next
+cvs.texi(,7410) release of the program arrives. @sc{cvs} can help you with
+cvs.texi(,7411) this task.
+cvs.texi(,7412)
+cvs.texi(,7413) @cindex Vendor
+cvs.texi(,7414) @cindex Vendor branch
+cvs.texi(,7415) @cindex Branch, vendor-
+cvs.texi(,7416) In the terminology used in @sc{cvs}, the supplier of the
+cvs.texi(,7417) program is called a @dfn{vendor}. The unmodified
+cvs.texi(,7418) distribution from the vendor is checked in on its own
+cvs.texi(,7419) branch, the @dfn{vendor branch}. @sc{cvs} reserves branch
+cvs.texi(,7420) 1.1.1 for this use.
+cvs.texi(,7421)
+cvs.texi(,7422) When you modify the source and commit it, your revision
+cvs.texi(,7423) will end up on the main trunk. When a new release is
+cvs.texi(,7424) made by the vendor, you commit it on the vendor branch
+cvs.texi(,7425) and copy the modifications onto the main trunk.
+cvs.texi(,7426)
+cvs.texi(,7427) Use the @code{import} command to create and update
+cvs.texi(,7428) the vendor branch. When you import a new file,
+cvs.texi(,7429) the vendor branch is made the `head' revision, so
+cvs.texi(,7430) anyone that checks out a copy of the file gets that
+cvs.texi(,7431) revision. When a local modification is committed it is
+cvs.texi(,7432) placed on the main trunk, and made the `head'
+cvs.texi(,7433) revision.
+cvs.texi(,7434)
+cvs.texi(,7435) @menu
+cvs.texi(,7436) * First import:: Importing for the first time
+cvs.texi(,7437) * Update imports:: Updating with the import
command
+cvs.texi(,7438) * Reverting local changes:: Reverting to the latest vendor
release
+cvs.texi(,7439) * Binary files in imports:: Binary files require special
handling
+cvs.texi(,7440) * Keywords in imports:: Keyword substitution might be
undesirable
+cvs.texi(,7441) * Multiple vendor branches:: What if you get sources from
several places?
+cvs.texi(,7442) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,7443)
+cvs.texi(,7444) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,7445) @node First import
+cvs.texi(,7446) @section Importing for the first time
+cvs.texi(,7447) @cindex Importing modules
+cvs.texi(,7448)
+cvs.texi(,7449) @c Should mention naming conventions for vendor tags,
+cvs.texi(,7450) @c release tags, and perhaps directory names.
+cvs.texi(,7451) Use the @code{import} command to check in the sources
+cvs.texi(,7452) for the first time. When you use the @code{import}
+cvs.texi(,7453) command to track third-party sources, the @dfn{vendor
+cvs.texi(,7454) tag} and @dfn{release tags} are useful. The
+cvs.texi(,7455) @dfn{vendor tag} is a symbolic name for the branch
+cvs.texi(,7456) (which is always 1.1.1, unless you use the @samp{-b
+cvs.texi(,7457) @var{branch}} flag---see @ref{Multiple vendor branches}.). The
+cvs.texi(,7458) @dfn{release tags} are symbolic names for a particular
+cvs.texi(,7459) release, such as @samp{FSF_0_04}.
+cvs.texi(,7460)
+cvs.texi(,7461) @c I'm not completely sure this belongs here. But
+cvs.texi(,7462) @c we need to say it _somewhere_ reasonably obvious; it
+cvs.texi(,7463) @c is a common misconception among people first learning CVS
+cvs.texi(,7464) Note that @code{import} does @emph{not} change the
+cvs.texi(,7465) directory in which you invoke it. In particular, it
+cvs.texi(,7466) does not set up that directory as a @sc{cvs} working
+cvs.texi(,7467) directory; if you want to work with the sources import
+cvs.texi(,7468) them first and then check them out into a different
+cvs.texi(,7469) directory (@pxref{Getting the source}).
+cvs.texi(,7470)
+cvs.texi(,7471) @cindex wdiff (import example)
+cvs.texi(,7472) Suppose you have the sources to a program called
+cvs.texi(,7473) @code{wdiff} in a directory @file{wdiff-0.04},
+cvs.texi(,7474) and are going to make private modifications that you
+cvs.texi(,7475) want to be able to use even when new releases are made
+cvs.texi(,7476) in the future. You start by importing the source to
+cvs.texi(,7477) your repository:
+cvs.texi(,7478)
+cvs.texi(,7479) @example
+cvs.texi(,7480) $ cd wdiff-0.04
+cvs.texi(,7481) $ cvs import -m "Import of FSF v. 0.04" fsf/wdiff FSF_DIST
WDIFF_0_04
+cvs.texi(,7482) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7483)
+cvs.texi(,7484) The vendor tag is named @samp{FSF_DIST} in the above
+cvs.texi(,7485) example, and the only release tag assigned is
+cvs.texi(,7486) @samp{WDIFF_0_04}.
+cvs.texi(,7487) @c FIXME: Need to say where fsf/wdiff comes from.
+cvs.texi(,7488)
+cvs.texi(,7489) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,7490) @node Update imports
+cvs.texi(,7491) @section Updating with the import command
+cvs.texi(,7492)
+cvs.texi(,7493) When a new release of the source arrives, you import it into
the
+cvs.texi(,7494) repository with the same @code{import} command that you used
to set up
+cvs.texi(,7495) the repository in the first place. The only difference is
that you
+cvs.texi(,7496) specify a different release tag this time:
cvs.texi(,7497)
-cvs.texi(,7498) For files that have not been modified locally, the newly
created
-cvs.texi(,7499) revision becomes the head revision. If you have made local
-cvs.texi(,7500) changes, @code{import} will warn you that you must merge the
changes
-cvs.texi(,7501) into the main trunk, and tell you to use @samp{checkout -j} to
do so:
-cvs.texi(,7502)
-cvs.texi(,7503) @c FIXME: why "wdiff" here and "fsf/wdiff" in the
-cvs.texi(,7504) @c "import"? I think the assumption is that one has
-cvs.texi(,7505) @c "wdiff fsf/wdiff" or some such in modules, but it
-cvs.texi(,7506) @c would be better to not use modules in this example.
-cvs.texi(,7507) @example
-cvs.texi(,7508) $ cvs checkout -jFSF_DIST:yesterday -jFSF_DIST wdiff
-cvs.texi(,7509) @end example
-cvs.texi(,7510)
-cvs.texi(,7511) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,7512) The above command will check out the latest revision of
-cvs.texi(,7513) @samp{wdiff}, merging the changes made on the vendor branch
@samp{FSF_DIST}
-cvs.texi(,7514) since yesterday into the working copy. If any conflicts arise
during
-cvs.texi(,7515) the merge they should be resolved in the normal way
(@pxref{Conflicts
-cvs.texi(,7516) example}). Then, the modified files may be committed.
-cvs.texi(,7517)
-cvs.texi(,7518) However, it is much better to use the two release tags rather
than using
-cvs.texi(,7519) a date on the branch as suggested above:
-cvs.texi(,7520)
-cvs.texi(,7521) @example
-cvs.texi(,7522) $ cvs checkout -jWDIFF_0_04 -jWDIFF_0_05 wdiff
-cvs.texi(,7523) @end example
-cvs.texi(,7524)
-cvs.texi(,7525) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,7526) The reason this is better is that
-cvs.texi(,7527) using a date, as suggested above, assumes that you do
-cvs.texi(,7528) not import more than one release of a product per day.
-cvs.texi(,7529) More importantly, using the release tags allows @sc{cvs} to
detect files
-cvs.texi(,7530) that were removed between the two vendor releases and mark
them for
-cvs.texi(,7531) removal. Since @code{import} has no way to detect removed
files, you
-cvs.texi(,7532) should do a merge like this even if @code{import} doesn't tell
you to.
-cvs.texi(,7533)
-cvs.texi(,7534) @node Reverting local changes
-cvs.texi(,7535) @section Reverting to the latest vendor release
-cvs.texi(,7536)
-cvs.texi(,7537) You can also revert local changes completely and return
-cvs.texi(,7538) to the latest vendor release by changing the `head'
-cvs.texi(,7539) revision back to the vendor branch on all files. For
-cvs.texi(,7540) example, if you have a checked-out copy of the sources
-cvs.texi(,7541) in @file{~/work.d/wdiff}, and you want to revert to the
-cvs.texi(,7542) vendor's version for all the files in that directory,
-cvs.texi(,7543) you would type:
-cvs.texi(,7544)
-cvs.texi(,7545) @example
-cvs.texi(,7546) $ cd ~/work.d/wdiff
-cvs.texi(,7547) $ cvs admin -bWDIFF .
-cvs.texi(,7548) @end example
-cvs.texi(,7549)
-cvs.texi(,7550) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,7551) You must specify the @samp{-bWDIFF} without any space
-cvs.texi(,7552) after the @samp{-b}. @xref{admin options}.
-cvs.texi(,7553)
-cvs.texi(,7554) @node Binary files in imports
-cvs.texi(,7555) @section How to handle binary files with cvs import
-cvs.texi(,7556)
-cvs.texi(,7557) Use the @samp{-k} wrapper option to tell import which
-cvs.texi(,7558) files are binary. @xref{Wrappers}.
+cvs.texi(,7498) @example
+cvs.texi(,7499) $ tar xfz wdiff-0.05.tar.gz
+cvs.texi(,7500) $ cd wdiff-0.05
+cvs.texi(,7501) $ cvs import -m "Import of FSF v. 0.05" fsf/wdiff FSF_DIST
WDIFF_0_05
+cvs.texi(,7502) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7503)
+cvs.texi(,7504) For files that have not been modified locally, the newly
created
+cvs.texi(,7505) revision becomes the head revision. If you have made local
+cvs.texi(,7506) changes, @code{import} will warn you that you must merge the
changes
+cvs.texi(,7507) into the main trunk, and tell you to use @samp{checkout -j} to
do so:
+cvs.texi(,7508)
+cvs.texi(,7509) @c FIXME: why "wdiff" here and "fsf/wdiff" in the
+cvs.texi(,7510) @c "import"? I think the assumption is that one has
+cvs.texi(,7511) @c "wdiff fsf/wdiff" or some such in modules, but it
+cvs.texi(,7512) @c would be better to not use modules in this example.
+cvs.texi(,7513) @example
+cvs.texi(,7514) $ cvs checkout -jFSF_DIST:yesterday -jFSF_DIST wdiff
+cvs.texi(,7515) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7516)
+cvs.texi(,7517) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,7518) The above command will check out the latest revision of
+cvs.texi(,7519) @samp{wdiff}, merging the changes made on the vendor branch
@samp{FSF_DIST}
+cvs.texi(,7520) since yesterday into the working copy. If any conflicts arise
during
+cvs.texi(,7521) the merge they should be resolved in the normal way
(@pxref{Conflicts
+cvs.texi(,7522) example}). Then, the modified files may be committed.
+cvs.texi(,7523)
+cvs.texi(,7524) However, it is much better to use the two release tags rather
than using
+cvs.texi(,7525) a date on the branch as suggested above:
+cvs.texi(,7526)
+cvs.texi(,7527) @example
+cvs.texi(,7528) $ cvs checkout -jWDIFF_0_04 -jWDIFF_0_05 wdiff
+cvs.texi(,7529) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7530)
+cvs.texi(,7531) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,7532) The reason this is better is that
+cvs.texi(,7533) using a date, as suggested above, assumes that you do
+cvs.texi(,7534) not import more than one release of a product per day.
+cvs.texi(,7535) More importantly, using the release tags allows @sc{cvs} to
detect files
+cvs.texi(,7536) that were removed between the two vendor releases and mark
them for
+cvs.texi(,7537) removal. Since @code{import} has no way to detect removed
files, you
+cvs.texi(,7538) should do a merge like this even if @code{import} doesn't tell
you to.
+cvs.texi(,7539)
+cvs.texi(,7540) @node Reverting local changes
+cvs.texi(,7541) @section Reverting to the latest vendor release
+cvs.texi(,7542)
+cvs.texi(,7543) You can also revert local changes completely and return
+cvs.texi(,7544) to the latest vendor release by changing the `head'
+cvs.texi(,7545) revision back to the vendor branch on all files. For
+cvs.texi(,7546) example, if you have a checked-out copy of the sources
+cvs.texi(,7547) in @file{~/work.d/wdiff}, and you want to revert to the
+cvs.texi(,7548) vendor's version for all the files in that directory,
+cvs.texi(,7549) you would type:
+cvs.texi(,7550)
+cvs.texi(,7551) @example
+cvs.texi(,7552) $ cd ~/work.d/wdiff
+cvs.texi(,7553) $ cvs admin -bWDIFF .
+cvs.texi(,7554) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7555)
+cvs.texi(,7556) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,7557) You must specify the @samp{-bWDIFF} without any space
+cvs.texi(,7558) after the @samp{-b}. @xref{admin options}.
cvs.texi(,7559)
-cvs.texi(,7560) @node Keywords in imports
-cvs.texi(,7561) @section How to handle keyword substitution with cvs import
+cvs.texi(,7560) @node Binary files in imports
+cvs.texi(,7561) @section How to handle binary files with cvs import
cvs.texi(,7562)
-cvs.texi(,7563) The sources which you are importing may contain
-cvs.texi(,7564) keywords (@pxref{Keyword substitution}). For example,
-cvs.texi(,7565) the vendor may use @sc{cvs} or some other system
-cvs.texi(,7566) which uses similar keyword expansion syntax. If you
-cvs.texi(,7567) just import the files in the default fashion, then
-cvs.texi(,7568) the keyword expansions supplied by the vendor will
-cvs.texi(,7569) be replaced by keyword expansions supplied by your
-cvs.texi(,7570) own copy of @sc{cvs}. It may be more convenient to
-cvs.texi(,7571) maintain the expansions supplied by the vendor, so
-cvs.texi(,7572) that this information can supply information about
-cvs.texi(,7573) the sources that you imported from the vendor.
-cvs.texi(,7574)
-cvs.texi(,7575) To maintain the keyword expansions supplied by the
-cvs.texi(,7576) vendor, supply the @samp{-ko} option to @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,7577) import} the first time you import the file.
-cvs.texi(,7578) This will turn off keyword expansion
-cvs.texi(,7579) for that file entirely, so if you want to be more
-cvs.texi(,7580) selective you'll have to think about what you want
-cvs.texi(,7581) and use the @samp{-k} option to @code{cvs update} or
-cvs.texi(,7582) @code{cvs admin} as appropriate.
-cvs.texi(,7583) @c Supplying -ko to import if the file already existed
-cvs.texi(,7584) @c has no effect. Not clear to me whether it should
-cvs.texi(,7585) @c or not.
-cvs.texi(,7586)
-cvs.texi(,7587) @node Multiple vendor branches
-cvs.texi(,7588) @section Multiple vendor branches
-cvs.texi(,7589)
-cvs.texi(,7590) All the examples so far assume that there is only one
-cvs.texi(,7591) vendor from which you are getting sources. In some
-cvs.texi(,7592) situations you might get sources from a variety of
-cvs.texi(,7593) places. For example, suppose that you are dealing with
-cvs.texi(,7594) a project where many different people and teams are
-cvs.texi(,7595) modifying the software. There are a variety of ways to
-cvs.texi(,7596) handle this, but in some cases you have a bunch of
-cvs.texi(,7597) source trees lying around and what you want to do more
-cvs.texi(,7598) than anything else is just to all put them in @sc{cvs} so
-cvs.texi(,7599) that you at least have them in one place.
-cvs.texi(,7600)
-cvs.texi(,7601) For handling situations in which there may be more than
-cvs.texi(,7602) one vendor, you may specify the @samp{-b} option to
-cvs.texi(,7603) @code{cvs import}. It takes as an argument the vendor
-cvs.texi(,7604) branch to import to. The default is @samp{-b 1.1.1}.
-cvs.texi(,7605)
-cvs.texi(,7606) For example, suppose that there are two teams, the red
-cvs.texi(,7607) team and the blue team, that are sending you sources.
-cvs.texi(,7608) You want to import the red team's efforts to branch
-cvs.texi(,7609) 1.1.1 and use the vendor tag RED. You want to import
-cvs.texi(,7610) the blue team's efforts to branch 1.1.3 and use the
-cvs.texi(,7611) vendor tag BLUE. So the commands you might use are:
-cvs.texi(,7612)
-cvs.texi(,7613) @example
-cvs.texi(,7614) $ cvs import dir RED RED_1-0
-cvs.texi(,7615) $ cvs import -b 1.1.3 dir BLUE BLUE_1-5
-cvs.texi(,7616) @end example
-cvs.texi(,7617)
-cvs.texi(,7618) Note that if your vendor tag does not match your
-cvs.texi(,7619) @samp{-b} option, @sc{cvs} will not detect this case! For
-cvs.texi(,7620) example,
-cvs.texi(,7621)
-cvs.texi(,7622) @example
-cvs.texi(,7623) $ cvs import -b 1.1.3 dir RED RED_1-0
-cvs.texi(,7624) @end example
-cvs.texi(,7625)
-cvs.texi(,7626) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,7627) Be careful; this kind of mismatch is sure to sow
-cvs.texi(,7628) confusion or worse. I can't think of a useful purpose
-cvs.texi(,7629) for the ability to specify a mismatch here, but if you
-cvs.texi(,7630) discover such a use, don't. @sc{cvs} is likely to make this
-cvs.texi(,7631) an error in some future release.
-cvs.texi(,7632)
-cvs.texi(,7633) @c Probably should say more about the semantics of
-cvs.texi(,7634) @c multiple branches. What about the default branch?
-cvs.texi(,7635) @c What about joining (perhaps not as useful with
-cvs.texi(,7636) @c multiple branches, or perhaps it is. Either way
-cvs.texi(,7637) @c should be mentioned).
+cvs.texi(,7563) Use the @samp{-k} wrapper option to tell import which
+cvs.texi(,7564) files are binary. @xref{Wrappers}.
+cvs.texi(,7565)
+cvs.texi(,7566) @node Keywords in imports
+cvs.texi(,7567) @section How to handle keyword substitution with cvs import
+cvs.texi(,7568)
+cvs.texi(,7569) The sources which you are importing may contain
+cvs.texi(,7570) keywords (@pxref{Keyword substitution}). For example,
+cvs.texi(,7571) the vendor may use @sc{cvs} or some other system
+cvs.texi(,7572) which uses similar keyword expansion syntax. If you
+cvs.texi(,7573) just import the files in the default fashion, then
+cvs.texi(,7574) the keyword expansions supplied by the vendor will
+cvs.texi(,7575) be replaced by keyword expansions supplied by your
+cvs.texi(,7576) own copy of @sc{cvs}. It may be more convenient to
+cvs.texi(,7577) maintain the expansions supplied by the vendor, so
+cvs.texi(,7578) that this information can supply information about
+cvs.texi(,7579) the sources that you imported from the vendor.
+cvs.texi(,7580)
+cvs.texi(,7581) To maintain the keyword expansions supplied by the
+cvs.texi(,7582) vendor, supply the @samp{-ko} option to @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,7583) import} the first time you import the file.
+cvs.texi(,7584) This will turn off keyword expansion
+cvs.texi(,7585) for that file entirely, so if you want to be more
+cvs.texi(,7586) selective you'll have to think about what you want
+cvs.texi(,7587) and use the @samp{-k} option to @code{cvs update} or
+cvs.texi(,7588) @code{cvs admin} as appropriate.
+cvs.texi(,7589) @c Supplying -ko to import if the file already existed
+cvs.texi(,7590) @c has no effect. Not clear to me whether it should
+cvs.texi(,7591) @c or not.
+cvs.texi(,7592)
+cvs.texi(,7593) @node Multiple vendor branches
+cvs.texi(,7594) @section Multiple vendor branches
+cvs.texi(,7595)
+cvs.texi(,7596) All the examples so far assume that there is only one
+cvs.texi(,7597) vendor from which you are getting sources. In some
+cvs.texi(,7598) situations you might get sources from a variety of
+cvs.texi(,7599) places. For example, suppose that you are dealing with
+cvs.texi(,7600) a project where many different people and teams are
+cvs.texi(,7601) modifying the software. There are a variety of ways to
+cvs.texi(,7602) handle this, but in some cases you have a bunch of
+cvs.texi(,7603) source trees lying around and what you want to do more
+cvs.texi(,7604) than anything else is just to all put them in @sc{cvs} so
+cvs.texi(,7605) that you at least have them in one place.
+cvs.texi(,7606)
+cvs.texi(,7607) For handling situations in which there may be more than
+cvs.texi(,7608) one vendor, you may specify the @samp{-b} option to
+cvs.texi(,7609) @code{cvs import}. It takes as an argument the vendor
+cvs.texi(,7610) branch to import to. The default is @samp{-b 1.1.1}.
+cvs.texi(,7611)
+cvs.texi(,7612) For example, suppose that there are two teams, the red
+cvs.texi(,7613) team and the blue team, that are sending you sources.
+cvs.texi(,7614) You want to import the red team's efforts to branch
+cvs.texi(,7615) 1.1.1 and use the vendor tag RED. You want to import
+cvs.texi(,7616) the blue team's efforts to branch 1.1.3 and use the
+cvs.texi(,7617) vendor tag BLUE. So the commands you might use are:
+cvs.texi(,7618)
+cvs.texi(,7619) @example
+cvs.texi(,7620) $ cvs import dir RED RED_1-0
+cvs.texi(,7621) $ cvs import -b 1.1.3 dir BLUE BLUE_1-5
+cvs.texi(,7622) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7623)
+cvs.texi(,7624) Note that if your vendor tag does not match your
+cvs.texi(,7625) @samp{-b} option, @sc{cvs} will not detect this case! For
+cvs.texi(,7626) example,
+cvs.texi(,7627)
+cvs.texi(,7628) @example
+cvs.texi(,7629) $ cvs import -b 1.1.3 dir RED RED_1-0
+cvs.texi(,7630) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7631)
+cvs.texi(,7632) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,7633) Be careful; this kind of mismatch is sure to sow
+cvs.texi(,7634) confusion or worse. I can't think of a useful purpose
+cvs.texi(,7635) for the ability to specify a mismatch here, but if you
+cvs.texi(,7636) discover such a use, don't. @sc{cvs} is likely to make this
+cvs.texi(,7637) an error in some future release.
cvs.texi(,7638)
-cvs.texi(,7639) @c I'm not sure about the best location for this. In
-cvs.texi(,7640) @c one sense, it might belong right after we've introduced
-cvs.texi(,7641) @c CVS's basic version control model, because people need
-cvs.texi(,7642) @c to figure out builds right away. The current location
-cvs.texi(,7643) @c is based on the theory that it kind of akin to the
-cvs.texi(,7644) @c "Revision management" section.
-cvs.texi(,7645) @node Builds
-cvs.texi(,7646) @chapter How your build system interacts with CVS
-cvs.texi(,7647) @cindex Builds
-cvs.texi(,7648) @cindex make
-cvs.texi(,7649)
-cvs.texi(,7650) As mentioned in the introduction, @sc{cvs} does not
-cvs.texi(,7651) contain software for building your software from source
-cvs.texi(,7652) code. This section describes how various aspects of
-cvs.texi(,7653) your build system might interact with @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,7654)
-cvs.texi(,7655) @c Is there a way to discuss this without reference to
-cvs.texi(,7656) @c tools other than CVS? I'm not sure there is; I
-cvs.texi(,7657) @c wouldn't think that people who learn CVS first would
-cvs.texi(,7658) @c even have this concern.
-cvs.texi(,7659) One common question, especially from people who are
-cvs.texi(,7660) accustomed to @sc{rcs}, is how to make their build get
-cvs.texi(,7661) an up to date copy of the sources. The answer to this
-cvs.texi(,7662) with @sc{cvs} is two-fold. First of all, since
-cvs.texi(,7663) @sc{cvs} itself can recurse through directories, there
-cvs.texi(,7664) is no need to modify your @file{Makefile} (or whatever
-cvs.texi(,7665) configuration file your build tool uses) to make sure
-cvs.texi(,7666) each file is up to date. Instead, just use two
-cvs.texi(,7667) commands, first @code{cvs -q update} and then
-cvs.texi(,7668) @code{make} or whatever the command is to invoke your
-cvs.texi(,7669) build tool. Secondly, you do not necessarily
-cvs.texi(,7670) @emph{want} to get a copy of a change someone else made
-cvs.texi(,7671) until you have finished your own work. One suggested
-cvs.texi(,7672) approach is to first update your sources, then
-cvs.texi(,7673) implement, build and
-cvs.texi(,7674) test the change you were thinking of, and then commit
-cvs.texi(,7675) your sources (updating first if necessary). By
-cvs.texi(,7676) periodically (in between changes, using the approach
-cvs.texi(,7677) just described) updating your entire tree, you ensure
-cvs.texi(,7678) that your sources are sufficiently up to date.
-cvs.texi(,7679)
-cvs.texi(,7680) @cindex Bill of materials
-cvs.texi(,7681) One common need is to record which versions of which
-cvs.texi(,7682) source files went into a particular build. This kind
-cvs.texi(,7683) of functionality is sometimes called @dfn{bill of
-cvs.texi(,7684) materials} or something similar. The best way to do
-cvs.texi(,7685) this with @sc{cvs} is to use the @code{tag} command to
-cvs.texi(,7686) record which versions went into a given build
-cvs.texi(,7687) (@pxref{Tags}).
-cvs.texi(,7688)
-cvs.texi(,7689) Using @sc{cvs} in the most straightforward manner
-cvs.texi(,7690) possible, each developer will have a copy of the entire
-cvs.texi(,7691) source tree which is used in a particular build. If
-cvs.texi(,7692) the source tree is small, or if developers are
-cvs.texi(,7693) geographically dispersed, this is the preferred
-cvs.texi(,7694) solution. In fact one approach for larger projects is
-cvs.texi(,7695) to break a project down into smaller
-cvs.texi(,7696) @c I say subsystem instead of module because they may or
-cvs.texi(,7697) @c may not use the modules file.
-cvs.texi(,7698) separately-compiled subsystems, and arrange a way of
-cvs.texi(,7699) releasing them internally so that each developer need
-cvs.texi(,7700) check out only those subsystems which they are
-cvs.texi(,7701) actively working on.
-cvs.texi(,7702)
-cvs.texi(,7703) Another approach is to set up a structure which allows
-cvs.texi(,7704) developers to have their own copies of some files, and
-cvs.texi(,7705) for other files to access source files from a central
-cvs.texi(,7706) location. Many people have come up with some such a
-cvs.texi(,7707) @c two such people are address@hidden (for
-cvs.texi(,7708) @c a previous employer)
-cvs.texi(,7709) @c and address@hidden (spicm and related tools),
-cvs.texi(,7710) @c but as far as I know
-cvs.texi(,7711) @c no one has nicely packaged or released such a system (or
-cvs.texi(,7712) @c instructions for constructing one).
-cvs.texi(,7713) system using features such as the symbolic link feature
-cvs.texi(,7714) found in many operating systems, or the @code{VPATH}
-cvs.texi(,7715) feature found in many versions of @code{make}. One build
-cvs.texi(,7716) tool which is designed to help with this kind of thing
-cvs.texi(,7717) is Odin (see
-cvs.texi(,7718) @code{ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/distribs/odin}).
-cvs.texi(,7719) @c Should we be saying more about Odin? Or how you use
-cvs.texi(,7720) @c it with CVS? Also, the Prime Time Freeware for Unix
-cvs.texi(,7721) @c disk (see http://www.ptf.com/) has Odin (with a nice
-cvs.texi(,7722) @c paragraph summarizing it on the web), so that might be a
-cvs.texi(,7723) @c semi-"official" place to point people.
-cvs.texi(,7724) @c
-cvs.texi(,7725) @c Of course, many non-CVS systems have this kind of
-cvs.texi(,7726) @c functionality, for example OSF's ODE
-cvs.texi(,7727) @c (http://www.osf.org/ode/) or mk
-cvs.texi(,7728) @c (http://www.grin.net/~pzi/mk-3.18.4.docs/mk_toc.html
-cvs.texi(,7729) @c He has changed providers in the past; a search engine search
-cvs.texi(,7730) @c for "Peter Ziobrzynski" probably won't get too many
-cvs.texi(,7731) @c spurious hits :-). A more stable URL might be
-cvs.texi(,7732) @c ftp://ftp.uu.net/pub/cmvc/mk). But I'm not sure
-cvs.texi(,7733) @c there is any point in mentioning them here unless they
-cvs.texi(,7734) @c can work with CVS.
-cvs.texi(,7735)
-cvs.texi(,7736) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,7737) @node Special Files
-cvs.texi(,7738) @chapter Special Files
-cvs.texi(,7739)
-cvs.texi(,7740) @cindex Special files
-cvs.texi(,7741) @cindex Device nodes
-cvs.texi(,7742) @cindex Ownership, saving in CVS
-cvs.texi(,7743) @cindex Permissions, saving in CVS
-cvs.texi(,7744) @cindex Hard links
-cvs.texi(,7745) @cindex Symbolic links
-cvs.texi(,7746)
-cvs.texi(,7747) In normal circumstances, @sc{cvs} works only with regular
-cvs.texi(,7748) files. Every file in a project is assumed to be
-cvs.texi(,7749) persistent; it must be possible to open, read and close
-cvs.texi(,7750) them; and so on. @sc{cvs} also ignores file permissions and
-cvs.texi(,7751) ownerships, leaving such issues to be resolved by the
-cvs.texi(,7752) developer at installation time. In other words, it is
-cvs.texi(,7753) not possible to "check in" a device into a repository;
-cvs.texi(,7754) if the device file cannot be opened, @sc{cvs} will refuse to
-cvs.texi(,7755) handle it. Files also lose their ownerships and
-cvs.texi(,7756) permissions during repository transactions.
-cvs.texi(,7757)
-cvs.texi(,7838)
-cvs.texi(,7839) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,7840) @node CVS commands
-cvs.texi(,7841) @appendix Guide to CVS commands
-cvs.texi(,7842)
-cvs.texi(,7843) This appendix describes the overall structure of
-cvs.texi(,7844) @sc{cvs} commands, and describes some commands in
-cvs.texi(,7845) detail (others are described elsewhere; for a quick
-cvs.texi(,7846) reference to @sc{cvs} commands, @pxref{Invoking CVS}).
-cvs.texi(,7847) @c The idea is that we want to move the commands which
-cvs.texi(,7848) @c are described here into the main body of the manual,
-cvs.texi(,7849) @c in the process reorganizing the manual to be
-cvs.texi(,7850) @c organized around what the user wants to do, not
-cvs.texi(,7851) @c organized around CVS commands.
-cvs.texi(,7852) @c
-cvs.texi(,7853) @c Note that many users do expect a manual which is
-cvs.texi(,7854) @c organized by command. At least some users do.
-cvs.texi(,7855) @c One good addition to the "organized by command"
-cvs.texi(,7856) @c section (if any) would be "see also" links.
-cvs.texi(,7857) @c The awk manual might be a good example; it has a
-cvs.texi(,7858) @c reference manual which is more verbose than Invoking
-cvs.texi(,7859) @c CVS but probably somewhat less verbose than CVS
-cvs.texi(,7860) @c Commands.
-cvs.texi(,7861)
-cvs.texi(,7862) @menu
-cvs.texi(,7863) * Structure:: Overall structure of CVS
commands
-cvs.texi(,7864) * Exit status:: Indicating CVS's success or
failure
-cvs.texi(,7865) * ~/.cvsrc:: Default options with the
~/.csvrc file
-cvs.texi(,7866) * Global options:: Options you give to the left
of cvs_command
-cvs.texi(,7867) * Common options:: Options you give to the right
of cvs_command
-cvs.texi(,7868) * admin:: Administration
-cvs.texi(,7869) * checkout:: Checkout sources for editing
-cvs.texi(,7870) * commit:: Check files into the repository
-cvs.texi(,7871) * diff:: Show differences between
revisions
-cvs.texi(,7872) * export:: Export sources from CVS,
similar to checkout
-cvs.texi(,7873) * history:: Show status of files and users
-cvs.texi(,7874) * import:: Import sources into CVS, using
vendor branches
-cvs.texi(,7875) * log:: Show log messages for files
-cvs.texi(,7876) * rdiff:: 'patch' format diffs between
releases
-cvs.texi(,7877) * release:: Indicate that a directory is
no longer in use
-cvs.texi(,7878) * update:: Bring work tree in sync with
repository
-cvs.texi(,7879) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,7880)
-cvs.texi(,7881) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,7882) @node Structure
-cvs.texi(,7883) @appendixsec Overall structure of CVS commands
-cvs.texi(,7884) @cindex Structure
-cvs.texi(,7885) @cindex CVS command structure
-cvs.texi(,7886) @cindex Command structure
-cvs.texi(,7887) @cindex Format of CVS commands
-cvs.texi(,7888)
-cvs.texi(,7889) The overall format of all @sc{cvs} commands is:
-cvs.texi(,7890)
-cvs.texi(,7891) @example
-cvs.texi(,7892) cvs [ cvs_options ] cvs_command [ command_options ] [
command_args ]
-cvs.texi(,7893) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7639) @c Probably should say more about the semantics of
+cvs.texi(,7640) @c multiple branches. What about the default branch?
+cvs.texi(,7641) @c What about joining (perhaps not as useful with
+cvs.texi(,7642) @c multiple branches, or perhaps it is. Either way
+cvs.texi(,7643) @c should be mentioned).
+cvs.texi(,7644)
+cvs.texi(,7645) @c I'm not sure about the best location for this. In
+cvs.texi(,7646) @c one sense, it might belong right after we've introduced
+cvs.texi(,7647) @c CVS's basic version control model, because people need
+cvs.texi(,7648) @c to figure out builds right away. The current location
+cvs.texi(,7649) @c is based on the theory that it kind of akin to the
+cvs.texi(,7650) @c "Revision management" section.
+cvs.texi(,7651) @node Builds
+cvs.texi(,7652) @chapter How your build system interacts with CVS
+cvs.texi(,7653) @cindex Builds
+cvs.texi(,7654) @cindex make
+cvs.texi(,7655)
+cvs.texi(,7656) As mentioned in the introduction, @sc{cvs} does not
+cvs.texi(,7657) contain software for building your software from source
+cvs.texi(,7658) code. This section describes how various aspects of
+cvs.texi(,7659) your build system might interact with @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,7660)
+cvs.texi(,7661) @c Is there a way to discuss this without reference to
+cvs.texi(,7662) @c tools other than CVS? I'm not sure there is; I
+cvs.texi(,7663) @c wouldn't think that people who learn CVS first would
+cvs.texi(,7664) @c even have this concern.
+cvs.texi(,7665) One common question, especially from people who are
+cvs.texi(,7666) accustomed to @sc{rcs}, is how to make their build get
+cvs.texi(,7667) an up to date copy of the sources. The answer to this
+cvs.texi(,7668) with @sc{cvs} is two-fold. First of all, since
+cvs.texi(,7669) @sc{cvs} itself can recurse through directories, there
+cvs.texi(,7670) is no need to modify your @file{Makefile} (or whatever
+cvs.texi(,7671) configuration file your build tool uses) to make sure
+cvs.texi(,7672) each file is up to date. Instead, just use two
+cvs.texi(,7673) commands, first @code{cvs -q update} and then
+cvs.texi(,7674) @code{make} or whatever the command is to invoke your
+cvs.texi(,7675) build tool. Secondly, you do not necessarily
+cvs.texi(,7676) @emph{want} to get a copy of a change someone else made
+cvs.texi(,7677) until you have finished your own work. One suggested
+cvs.texi(,7678) approach is to first update your sources, then
+cvs.texi(,7679) implement, build and
+cvs.texi(,7680) test the change you were thinking of, and then commit
+cvs.texi(,7681) your sources (updating first if necessary). By
+cvs.texi(,7682) periodically (in between changes, using the approach
+cvs.texi(,7683) just described) updating your entire tree, you ensure
+cvs.texi(,7684) that your sources are sufficiently up to date.
+cvs.texi(,7685)
+cvs.texi(,7686) @cindex Bill of materials
+cvs.texi(,7687) One common need is to record which versions of which
+cvs.texi(,7688) source files went into a particular build. This kind
+cvs.texi(,7689) of functionality is sometimes called @dfn{bill of
+cvs.texi(,7690) materials} or something similar. The best way to do
+cvs.texi(,7691) this with @sc{cvs} is to use the @code{tag} command to
+cvs.texi(,7692) record which versions went into a given build
+cvs.texi(,7693) (@pxref{Tags}).
+cvs.texi(,7694)
+cvs.texi(,7695) Using @sc{cvs} in the most straightforward manner
+cvs.texi(,7696) possible, each developer will have a copy of the entire
+cvs.texi(,7697) source tree which is used in a particular build. If
+cvs.texi(,7698) the source tree is small, or if developers are
+cvs.texi(,7699) geographically dispersed, this is the preferred
+cvs.texi(,7700) solution. In fact one approach for larger projects is
+cvs.texi(,7701) to break a project down into smaller
+cvs.texi(,7702) @c I say subsystem instead of module because they may or
+cvs.texi(,7703) @c may not use the modules file.
+cvs.texi(,7704) separately-compiled subsystems, and arrange a way of
+cvs.texi(,7705) releasing them internally so that each developer need
+cvs.texi(,7706) check out only those subsystems which they are
+cvs.texi(,7707) actively working on.
+cvs.texi(,7708)
+cvs.texi(,7709) Another approach is to set up a structure which allows
+cvs.texi(,7710) developers to have their own copies of some files, and
+cvs.texi(,7711) for other files to access source files from a central
+cvs.texi(,7712) location. Many people have come up with some such a
+cvs.texi(,7713) @c two such people are address@hidden (for
+cvs.texi(,7714) @c a previous employer)
+cvs.texi(,7715) @c and address@hidden (spicm and related tools),
+cvs.texi(,7716) @c but as far as I know
+cvs.texi(,7717) @c no one has nicely packaged or released such a system (or
+cvs.texi(,7718) @c instructions for constructing one).
+cvs.texi(,7719) system using features such as the symbolic link feature
+cvs.texi(,7720) found in many operating systems, or the @code{VPATH}
+cvs.texi(,7721) feature found in many versions of @code{make}. One build
+cvs.texi(,7722) tool which is designed to help with this kind of thing
+cvs.texi(,7723) is Odin (see
+cvs.texi(,7724) @code{ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/distribs/odin}).
+cvs.texi(,7725) @c Should we be saying more about Odin? Or how you use
+cvs.texi(,7726) @c it with CVS? Also, the Prime Time Freeware for Unix
+cvs.texi(,7727) @c disk (see http://www.ptf.com/) has Odin (with a nice
+cvs.texi(,7728) @c paragraph summarizing it on the web), so that might be a
+cvs.texi(,7729) @c semi-"official" place to point people.
+cvs.texi(,7730) @c
+cvs.texi(,7731) @c Of course, many non-CVS systems have this kind of
+cvs.texi(,7732) @c functionality, for example OSF's ODE
+cvs.texi(,7733) @c (http://www.osf.org/ode/) or mk
+cvs.texi(,7734) @c (http://www.grin.net/~pzi/mk-3.18.4.docs/mk_toc.html
+cvs.texi(,7735) @c He has changed providers in the past; a search engine search
+cvs.texi(,7736) @c for "Peter Ziobrzynski" probably won't get too many
+cvs.texi(,7737) @c spurious hits :-). A more stable URL might be
+cvs.texi(,7738) @c ftp://ftp.uu.net/pub/cmvc/mk). But I'm not sure
+cvs.texi(,7739) @c there is any point in mentioning them here unless they
+cvs.texi(,7740) @c can work with CVS.
+cvs.texi(,7741)
+cvs.texi(,7742) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,7743) @node Special Files
+cvs.texi(,7744) @chapter Special Files
+cvs.texi(,7745)
+cvs.texi(,7746) @cindex Special files
+cvs.texi(,7747) @cindex Device nodes
+cvs.texi(,7748) @cindex Ownership, saving in CVS
+cvs.texi(,7749) @cindex Permissions, saving in CVS
+cvs.texi(,7750) @cindex Hard links
+cvs.texi(,7751) @cindex Symbolic links
+cvs.texi(,7752)
+cvs.texi(,7753) In normal circumstances, @sc{cvs} works only with regular
+cvs.texi(,7754) files. Every file in a project is assumed to be
+cvs.texi(,7755) persistent; it must be possible to open, read and close
+cvs.texi(,7756) them; and so on. @sc{cvs} also ignores file permissions and
+cvs.texi(,7757) ownerships, leaving such issues to be resolved by the
+cvs.texi(,7758) developer at installation time. In other words, it is
+cvs.texi(,7759) not possible to "check in" a device into a repository;
+cvs.texi(,7760) if the device file cannot be opened, @sc{cvs} will refuse to
+cvs.texi(,7761) handle it. Files also lose their ownerships and
+cvs.texi(,7762) permissions during repository transactions.
+cvs.texi(,7763)
+cvs.texi(,7844)
+cvs.texi(,7845) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,7846) @node CVS commands
+cvs.texi(,7847) @appendix Guide to CVS commands
+cvs.texi(,7848)
+cvs.texi(,7849) This appendix describes the overall structure of
+cvs.texi(,7850) @sc{cvs} commands, and describes some commands in
+cvs.texi(,7851) detail (others are described elsewhere; for a quick
+cvs.texi(,7852) reference to @sc{cvs} commands, @pxref{Invoking CVS}).
+cvs.texi(,7853) @c The idea is that we want to move the commands which
+cvs.texi(,7854) @c are described here into the main body of the manual,
+cvs.texi(,7855) @c in the process reorganizing the manual to be
+cvs.texi(,7856) @c organized around what the user wants to do, not
+cvs.texi(,7857) @c organized around CVS commands.
+cvs.texi(,7858) @c
+cvs.texi(,7859) @c Note that many users do expect a manual which is
+cvs.texi(,7860) @c organized by command. At least some users do.
+cvs.texi(,7861) @c One good addition to the "organized by command"
+cvs.texi(,7862) @c section (if any) would be "see also" links.
+cvs.texi(,7863) @c The awk manual might be a good example; it has a
+cvs.texi(,7864) @c reference manual which is more verbose than Invoking
+cvs.texi(,7865) @c CVS but probably somewhat less verbose than CVS
+cvs.texi(,7866) @c Commands.
+cvs.texi(,7867)
+cvs.texi(,7868) @menu
+cvs.texi(,7869) * Structure:: Overall structure of CVS
commands
+cvs.texi(,7870) * Exit status:: Indicating CVS's success or
failure
+cvs.texi(,7871) * ~/.cvsrc:: Default options with the
~/.csvrc file
+cvs.texi(,7872) * Global options:: Options you give to the left
of cvs_command
+cvs.texi(,7873) * Common options:: Options you give to the right
of cvs_command
+cvs.texi(,7874) * admin:: Administration
+cvs.texi(,7875) * checkout:: Checkout sources for editing
+cvs.texi(,7876) * commit:: Check files into the repository
+cvs.texi(,7877) * diff:: Show differences between
revisions
+cvs.texi(,7878) * export:: Export sources from CVS,
similar to checkout
+cvs.texi(,7879) * history:: Show status of files and users
+cvs.texi(,7880) * import:: Import sources into CVS, using
vendor branches
+cvs.texi(,7881) * log:: Show log messages for files
+cvs.texi(,7882) * rdiff:: 'patch' format diffs between
releases
+cvs.texi(,7883) * release:: Indicate that a directory is
no longer in use
+cvs.texi(,7884) * update:: Bring work tree in sync with
repository
+cvs.texi(,7885) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,7886)
+cvs.texi(,7887) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,7888) @node Structure
+cvs.texi(,7889) @appendixsec Overall structure of CVS commands
+cvs.texi(,7890) @cindex Structure
+cvs.texi(,7891) @cindex CVS command structure
+cvs.texi(,7892) @cindex Command structure
+cvs.texi(,7893) @cindex Format of CVS commands
cvs.texi(,7894)
-cvs.texi(,7895) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,7896) @item cvs
-cvs.texi(,7897) The name of the @sc{cvs} program.
-cvs.texi(,7898)
-cvs.texi(,7899) @item cvs_options
-cvs.texi(,7900) Some options that affect all sub-commands of @sc{cvs}. These
are
-cvs.texi(,7901) described below.
-cvs.texi(,7902)
-cvs.texi(,7903) @item cvs_command
-cvs.texi(,7904) One of several different sub-commands. Some of the commands
have
-cvs.texi(,7905) aliases that can be used instead; those aliases are noted in
the
-cvs.texi(,7906) reference manual for that command. There are only two
situations
-cvs.texi(,7907) where you may omit @samp{cvs_command}: @samp{cvs -H} elicits a
-cvs.texi(,7908) list of available commands, and @samp{cvs -v} displays version
-cvs.texi(,7909) information on @sc{cvs} itself.
-cvs.texi(,7910)
-cvs.texi(,7911) @item command_options
-cvs.texi(,7912) Options that are specific for the command.
-cvs.texi(,7913)
-cvs.texi(,7914) @item command_args
-cvs.texi(,7915) Arguments to the commands.
-cvs.texi(,7916) @end table
-cvs.texi(,7917)
-cvs.texi(,7918) There is unfortunately some confusion between
-cvs.texi(,7919) @code{cvs_options} and @code{command_options}.
-cvs.texi(,7920) @samp{-l}, when given as a @code{cvs_option}, only
-cvs.texi(,7921) affects some of the commands. When it is given as a
-cvs.texi(,7922) @code{command_option} is has a different meaning, and
-cvs.texi(,7923) is accepted by more commands. In other words, do not
-cvs.texi(,7924) take the above categorization too seriously. Look at
-cvs.texi(,7925) the documentation instead.
-cvs.texi(,7926)
-cvs.texi(,7927) @node Exit status
-cvs.texi(,7928) @appendixsec CVS's exit status
-cvs.texi(,7929) @cindex Exit status, of CVS
-cvs.texi(,7930)
-cvs.texi(,7931) @sc{cvs} can indicate to the calling environment whether it
-cvs.texi(,7932) succeeded or failed by setting its @dfn{exit status}.
-cvs.texi(,7933) The exact way of testing the exit status will vary from
-cvs.texi(,7934) one operating system to another. For example in a unix
-cvs.texi(,7935) shell script the @samp{$?} variable will be 0 if the
-cvs.texi(,7936) last command returned a successful exit status, or
-cvs.texi(,7937) greater than 0 if the exit status indicated failure.
-cvs.texi(,7938)
-cvs.texi(,7939) If @sc{cvs} is successful, it returns a successful status;
-cvs.texi(,7940) if there is an error, it prints an error message and
-cvs.texi(,7941) returns a failure status. The one exception to this is
-cvs.texi(,7942) the @code{cvs diff} command. It will return a
-cvs.texi(,7943) successful status if it found no differences, or a
-cvs.texi(,7944) failure status if there were differences or if there
-cvs.texi(,7945) was an error. Because this behavior provides no good
-cvs.texi(,7946) way to detect errors, in the future it is possible that
-cvs.texi(,7947) @code{cvs diff} will be changed to behave like the
-cvs.texi(,7948) other @sc{cvs} commands.
-cvs.texi(,7949) @c It might seem like checking whether cvs -q diff
-cvs.texi(,7950) @c produces empty or non-empty output can tell whether
-cvs.texi(,7951) @c there were differences or not. But it seems like
-cvs.texi(,7952) @c there are cases with output but no differences
-cvs.texi(,7953) @c (testsuite basica-8b). It is not clear to me how
-cvs.texi(,7954) @c useful it is for a script to be able to check
-cvs.texi(,7955) @c whether there were differences.
-cvs.texi(,7956) @c FIXCVS? In previous versions of CVS, cvs diff
-cvs.texi(,7957) @c returned 0 for no differences, 1 for differences, or
-cvs.texi(,7958) @c 2 for errors. Is this behavior worth trying to
-cvs.texi(,7959) @c bring back (but what does it mean for VMS?)?
-cvs.texi(,7960)
-cvs.texi(,7961) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,7962) @node ~/.cvsrc
-cvs.texi(,7963) @appendixsec Default options and the ~/.cvsrc file
-cvs.texi(,7964) @cindex .cvsrc file
-cvs.texi(,7965) @cindex Option defaults
+cvs.texi(,7895) The overall format of all @sc{cvs} commands is:
+cvs.texi(,7896)
+cvs.texi(,7897) @example
+cvs.texi(,7898) cvs [ cvs_options ] cvs_command [ command_options ] [
command_args ]
+cvs.texi(,7899) @end example
+cvs.texi(,7900)
+cvs.texi(,7901) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,7902) @item cvs
+cvs.texi(,7903) The name of the @sc{cvs} program.
+cvs.texi(,7904)
+cvs.texi(,7905) @item cvs_options
+cvs.texi(,7906) Some options that affect all sub-commands of @sc{cvs}. These
are
+cvs.texi(,7907) described below.
+cvs.texi(,7908)
+cvs.texi(,7909) @item cvs_command
+cvs.texi(,7910) One of several different sub-commands. Some of the commands
have
+cvs.texi(,7911) aliases that can be used instead; those aliases are noted in
the
+cvs.texi(,7912) reference manual for that command. There are only two
situations
+cvs.texi(,7913) where you may omit @samp{cvs_command}: @samp{cvs -H} elicits a
+cvs.texi(,7914) list of available commands, and @samp{cvs -v} displays version
+cvs.texi(,7915) information on @sc{cvs} itself.
+cvs.texi(,7916)
+cvs.texi(,7917) @item command_options
+cvs.texi(,7918) Options that are specific for the command.
+cvs.texi(,7919)
+cvs.texi(,7920) @item command_args
+cvs.texi(,7921) Arguments to the commands.
+cvs.texi(,7922) @end table
+cvs.texi(,7923)
+cvs.texi(,7924) There is unfortunately some confusion between
+cvs.texi(,7925) @code{cvs_options} and @code{command_options}.
+cvs.texi(,7926) @samp{-l}, when given as a @code{cvs_option}, only
+cvs.texi(,7927) affects some of the commands. When it is given as a
+cvs.texi(,7928) @code{command_option} is has a different meaning, and
+cvs.texi(,7929) is accepted by more commands. In other words, do not
+cvs.texi(,7930) take the above categorization too seriously. Look at
+cvs.texi(,7931) the documentation instead.
+cvs.texi(,7932)
+cvs.texi(,7933) @node Exit status
+cvs.texi(,7934) @appendixsec CVS's exit status
+cvs.texi(,7935) @cindex Exit status, of CVS
+cvs.texi(,7936)
+cvs.texi(,7937) @sc{cvs} can indicate to the calling environment whether it
+cvs.texi(,7938) succeeded or failed by setting its @dfn{exit status}.
+cvs.texi(,7939) The exact way of testing the exit status will vary from
+cvs.texi(,7940) one operating system to another. For example in a unix
+cvs.texi(,7941) shell script the @samp{$?} variable will be 0 if the
+cvs.texi(,7942) last command returned a successful exit status, or
+cvs.texi(,7943) greater than 0 if the exit status indicated failure.
+cvs.texi(,7944)
+cvs.texi(,7945) If @sc{cvs} is successful, it returns a successful status;
+cvs.texi(,7946) if there is an error, it prints an error message and
+cvs.texi(,7947) returns a failure status. The one exception to this is
+cvs.texi(,7948) the @code{cvs diff} command. It will return a
+cvs.texi(,7949) successful status if it found no differences, or a
+cvs.texi(,7950) failure status if there were differences or if there
+cvs.texi(,7951) was an error. Because this behavior provides no good
+cvs.texi(,7952) way to detect errors, in the future it is possible that
+cvs.texi(,7953) @code{cvs diff} will be changed to behave like the
+cvs.texi(,7954) other @sc{cvs} commands.
+cvs.texi(,7955) @c It might seem like checking whether cvs -q diff
+cvs.texi(,7956) @c produces empty or non-empty output can tell whether
+cvs.texi(,7957) @c there were differences or not. But it seems like
+cvs.texi(,7958) @c there are cases with output but no differences
+cvs.texi(,7959) @c (testsuite basica-8b). It is not clear to me how
+cvs.texi(,7960) @c useful it is for a script to be able to check
+cvs.texi(,7961) @c whether there were differences.
+cvs.texi(,7962) @c FIXCVS? In previous versions of CVS, cvs diff
+cvs.texi(,7963) @c returned 0 for no differences, 1 for differences, or
+cvs.texi(,7964) @c 2 for errors. Is this behavior worth trying to
+cvs.texi(,7965) @c bring back (but what does it mean for VMS?)?
cvs.texi(,7966)
-cvs.texi(,7967) There are some @code{command_options} that are used so
-cvs.texi(,7968) often that you might have set up an alias or some other
-cvs.texi(,7969) means to make sure you always specify that option. One
-cvs.texi(,7970) example (the one that drove the implementation of the
-cvs.texi(,7971) @file{.cvsrc} support, actually) is that many people find the
-cvs.texi(,7972) default output of the @samp{diff} command to be very
-cvs.texi(,7973) hard to read, and that either context diffs or unidiffs
-cvs.texi(,7974) are much easier to understand.
-cvs.texi(,7975)
-cvs.texi(,7976) The @file{~/.cvsrc} file is a way that you can add
-cvs.texi(,7977) default options to @code{cvs_commands} within cvs,
-cvs.texi(,7978) instead of relying on aliases or other shell scripts.
-cvs.texi(,7979)
-cvs.texi(,7980) The format of the @file{~/.cvsrc} file is simple. The
-cvs.texi(,7981) file is searched for a line that begins with the same
-cvs.texi(,7982) name as the @code{cvs_command} being executed. If a
-cvs.texi(,7983) match is found, then the remainder of the line is split
-cvs.texi(,7984) up (at whitespace characters) into separate options and
-cvs.texi(,7985) added to the command arguments @emph{before} any
-cvs.texi(,7986) options from the command line.
-cvs.texi(,7987)
-cvs.texi(,7988) If a command has two names (e.g., @code{checkout} and
-cvs.texi(,7989) @code{co}), the official name, not necessarily the one
-cvs.texi(,7990) used on the command line, will be used to match against
-cvs.texi(,7991) the file. So if this is the contents of the user's
-cvs.texi(,7992) @file{~/.cvsrc} file:
+cvs.texi(,7967) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,7968) @node ~/.cvsrc
+cvs.texi(,7969) @appendixsec Default options and the ~/.cvsrc file
+cvs.texi(,7970) @cindex .cvsrc file
+cvs.texi(,7971) @cindex Option defaults
+cvs.texi(,7972)
+cvs.texi(,7973) There are some @code{command_options} that are used so
+cvs.texi(,7974) often that you might have set up an alias or some other
+cvs.texi(,7975) means to make sure you always specify that option. One
+cvs.texi(,7976) example (the one that drove the implementation of the
+cvs.texi(,7977) @file{.cvsrc} support, actually) is that many people find the
+cvs.texi(,7978) default output of the @samp{diff} command to be very
+cvs.texi(,7979) hard to read, and that either context diffs or unidiffs
+cvs.texi(,7980) are much easier to understand.
+cvs.texi(,7981)
+cvs.texi(,7982) The @file{~/.cvsrc} file is a way that you can add
+cvs.texi(,7983) default options to @code{cvs_commands} within cvs,
+cvs.texi(,7984) instead of relying on aliases or other shell scripts.
+cvs.texi(,7985)
+cvs.texi(,7986) The format of the @file{~/.cvsrc} file is simple. The
+cvs.texi(,7987) file is searched for a line that begins with the same
+cvs.texi(,7988) name as the @code{cvs_command} being executed. If a
+cvs.texi(,7989) match is found, then the remainder of the line is split
+cvs.texi(,7990) up (at whitespace characters) into separate options and
+cvs.texi(,7991) added to the command arguments @emph{before} any
+cvs.texi(,7992) options from the command line.
cvs.texi(,7993)
-cvs.texi(,7994) @example
-cvs.texi(,7995) log -N
-cvs.texi(,7996) diff -uN
-cvs.texi(,7997) rdiff -u
-cvs.texi(,7998) update -Pd
-cvs.texi(,7999) checkout -P
-cvs.texi(,8000) release -d
-cvs.texi(,8001) @end example
-cvs.texi(,8002)
-cvs.texi(,8003) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,8004) the command @samp{cvs checkout foo} would have the
-cvs.texi(,8005) @samp{-P} option added to the arguments, as well as
-cvs.texi(,8006) @samp{cvs co foo}.
-cvs.texi(,8007)
-cvs.texi(,8008) With the example file above, the output from @samp{cvs
-cvs.texi(,8009) diff foobar} will be in unidiff format. @samp{cvs diff
-cvs.texi(,8010) -c foobar} will provide context diffs, as usual.
-cvs.texi(,8011) Getting "old" format diffs would be slightly more
-cvs.texi(,8012) complicated, because @code{diff} doesn't have an option
-cvs.texi(,8013) to specify use of the "old" format, so you would need
-cvs.texi(,8014) @samp{cvs -f diff foobar}.
-cvs.texi(,8015)
-cvs.texi(,8016) In place of the command name you can use @code{cvs} to
-cvs.texi(,8017) specify global options (@pxref{Global options}). For
-cvs.texi(,8018) example the following line in @file{.cvsrc}
-cvs.texi(,8019)
-cvs.texi(,8020) @example
-cvs.texi(,8021) cvs -z6
-cvs.texi(,8022) @end example
-cvs.texi(,8023)
-cvs.texi(,8024) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,8025) causes @sc{cvs} to use compression level 6.
-cvs.texi(,8026)
-cvs.texi(,8027) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,8028) @node Global options
-cvs.texi(,8029) @appendixsec Global options
-cvs.texi(,8030) @cindex Options, global
-cvs.texi(,8031) @cindex Global options
-cvs.texi(,8032) @cindex Left-hand options
-cvs.texi(,8033)
-cvs.texi(,8034) The available @samp{cvs_options} (that are given to the
-cvs.texi(,8035) left of @samp{cvs_command}) are:
-cvs.texi(,8036)
-cvs.texi(,8037) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,8038) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8039) Specify legal @sc{cvsroot} directory. See
-cvs.texi(,8040) @ref{Password authentication server}.
-cvs.texi(,8041)
-cvs.texi(,8042) @cindex Authentication, stream
-cvs.texi(,8043) @cindex Stream authentication
-cvs.texi(,8044) @item -a
-cvs.texi(,8045) Authenticate all communication between the client and
-cvs.texi(,8046) the server. Only has an effect on the @sc{cvs} client.
-cvs.texi(,8047) As of this writing, this is only implemented when using
-cvs.texi(,8048) a GSSAPI connection (@pxref{GSSAPI authenticated}).
-cvs.texi(,8049) Authentication prevents certain sorts of attacks
-cvs.texi(,8050) involving hijacking the active @sc{tcp} connection.
-cvs.texi(,8051) Enabling authentication does not enable encryption.
-cvs.texi(,8052)
-cvs.texi(,8053) @cindex RCSBIN, overriding
-cvs.texi(,8054) @cindex Overriding RCSBIN
-cvs.texi(,8055) @item -b @var{bindir}
-cvs.texi(,8056) In @sc{cvs} 1.9.18 and older, this specified that
-cvs.texi(,8057) @sc{rcs} programs are in the @var{bindir} directory.
-cvs.texi(,8058) Current versions of @sc{cvs} do not run @sc{rcs}
-cvs.texi(,8059) programs; for compatibility this option is accepted,
-cvs.texi(,8060) but it does nothing.
-cvs.texi(,8061)
-cvs.texi(,8062) @cindex TMPDIR, overriding
-cvs.texi(,8063) @cindex Overriding TMPDIR
-cvs.texi(,8064) @item -T @var{tempdir}
-cvs.texi(,8065) Use @var{tempdir} as the directory where temporary files are
-cvs.texi(,8066) located. Overrides the setting of the @code{$TMPDIR}
environment
-cvs.texi(,8067) variable and any precompiled directory. This parameter should
be
-cvs.texi(,8068) specified as an absolute pathname.
-cvs.texi(,8069) (When running client/server, @samp{-T} affects only the local
process;
-cvs.texi(,8070) specifying @samp{-T} for the client has no effect on the
server and
-cvs.texi(,8071) vice versa.)
-cvs.texi(,8072)
-cvs.texi(,8073) @cindex CVSROOT, overriding
-cvs.texi(,8074) @cindex Overriding CVSROOT
-cvs.texi(,8075) @item -d @var{cvs_root_directory}
-cvs.texi(,8076) Use @var{cvs_root_directory} as the root directory
-cvs.texi(,8077) pathname of the repository. Overrides the setting of
-cvs.texi(,8078) the @code{$CVSROOT} environment variable. @xref{Repository}.
-cvs.texi(,8079)
-cvs.texi(,8080) @cindex EDITOR, overriding
-cvs.texi(,8081) @cindex Overriding EDITOR
-cvs.texi(,8082) @item -e @var{editor}
-cvs.texi(,8083) Use @var{editor} to enter revision log information. Overrides
the
-cvs.texi(,8084) setting of the @code{$CVSEDITOR} and @code{$EDITOR}
-cvs.texi(,8085) environment variables. For more information, see
-cvs.texi(,8086) @ref{Committing your changes}.
-cvs.texi(,8087)
-cvs.texi(,8088) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,8089) Do not read the @file{~/.cvsrc} file. This
-cvs.texi(,8090) option is most often used because of the
-cvs.texi(,8091) non-orthogonality of the @sc{cvs} option set. For
-cvs.texi(,8092) example, the @samp{cvs log} option @samp{-N} (turn off
-cvs.texi(,8093) display of tag names) does not have a corresponding
-cvs.texi(,8094) option to turn the display on. So if you have
-cvs.texi(,8095) @samp{-N} in the @file{~/.cvsrc} entry for @samp{log},
-cvs.texi(,8096) you may need to use @samp{-f} to show the tag names.
-cvs.texi(,8097)
-cvs.texi(,8098) @item -H
-cvs.texi(,8099) @itemx --help
-cvs.texi(,8100) Display usage information about the specified
@samp{cvs_command}
-cvs.texi(,8101) (but do not actually execute the command). If you don't
specify
-cvs.texi(,8102) a command name, @samp{cvs -H} displays overall help for
-cvs.texi(,8103) @sc{cvs}, including a list of other help options.
-cvs.texi(,8104) @c It seems to me it is better to document it this way
-cvs.texi(,8105) @c rather than trying to update this documentation
-cvs.texi(,8106) @c every time that we add a --help-foo option. But
-cvs.texi(,8107) @c perhaps that is confusing...
-cvs.texi(,8108)
-cvs.texi(,8109) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,8110) Do not log the @samp{cvs_command} in the command history (but
execute it
-cvs.texi(,8111) anyway). @xref{history}, for information on command history.
-cvs.texi(,8112)
-cvs.texi(,8113) @cindex Read-only repository mode
-cvs.texi(,8114) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,8115) Turns on read-only repository mode. This allows one to check
out from a
-cvs.texi(,8116) read-only repository, such as within an anoncvs server, or
from a CDROM
-cvs.texi(,8117) repository.
+cvs.texi(,7994) If a command has two names (e.g., @code{checkout} and
+cvs.texi(,7995) @code{co}), the official name, not necessarily the one
+cvs.texi(,7996) used on the command line, will be used to match against
+cvs.texi(,7997) the file. So if this is the contents of the user's
+cvs.texi(,7998) @file{~/.cvsrc} file:
+cvs.texi(,7999)
+cvs.texi(,8000) @example
+cvs.texi(,8001) log -N
+cvs.texi(,8002) diff -uN
+cvs.texi(,8003) rdiff -u
+cvs.texi(,8004) update -Pd
+cvs.texi(,8005) checkout -P
+cvs.texi(,8006) release -d
+cvs.texi(,8007) @end example
+cvs.texi(,8008)
+cvs.texi(,8009) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,8010) the command @samp{cvs checkout foo} would have the
+cvs.texi(,8011) @samp{-P} option added to the arguments, as well as
+cvs.texi(,8012) @samp{cvs co foo}.
+cvs.texi(,8013)
+cvs.texi(,8014) With the example file above, the output from @samp{cvs
+cvs.texi(,8015) diff foobar} will be in unidiff format. @samp{cvs diff
+cvs.texi(,8016) -c foobar} will provide context diffs, as usual.
+cvs.texi(,8017) Getting "old" format diffs would be slightly more
+cvs.texi(,8018) complicated, because @code{diff} doesn't have an option
+cvs.texi(,8019) to specify use of the "old" format, so you would need
+cvs.texi(,8020) @samp{cvs -f diff foobar}.
+cvs.texi(,8021)
+cvs.texi(,8022) In place of the command name you can use @code{cvs} to
+cvs.texi(,8023) specify global options (@pxref{Global options}). For
+cvs.texi(,8024) example the following line in @file{.cvsrc}
+cvs.texi(,8025)
+cvs.texi(,8026) @example
+cvs.texi(,8027) cvs -z6
+cvs.texi(,8028) @end example
+cvs.texi(,8029)
+cvs.texi(,8030) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,8031) causes @sc{cvs} to use compression level 6.
+cvs.texi(,8032)
+cvs.texi(,8033) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,8034) @node Global options
+cvs.texi(,8035) @appendixsec Global options
+cvs.texi(,8036) @cindex Options, global
+cvs.texi(,8037) @cindex Global options
+cvs.texi(,8038) @cindex Left-hand options
+cvs.texi(,8039)
+cvs.texi(,8040) The available @samp{cvs_options} (that are given to the
+cvs.texi(,8041) left of @samp{cvs_command}) are:
+cvs.texi(,8042)
+cvs.texi(,8043) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,8044) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8045) Specify legal @sc{cvsroot} directory. See
+cvs.texi(,8046) @ref{Password authentication server}.
+cvs.texi(,8047)
+cvs.texi(,8048) @cindex Authentication, stream
+cvs.texi(,8049) @cindex Stream authentication
+cvs.texi(,8050) @item -a
+cvs.texi(,8051) Authenticate all communication between the client and
+cvs.texi(,8052) the server. Only has an effect on the @sc{cvs} client.
+cvs.texi(,8053) As of this writing, this is only implemented when using
+cvs.texi(,8054) a GSSAPI connection (@pxref{GSSAPI authenticated}).
+cvs.texi(,8055) Authentication prevents certain sorts of attacks
+cvs.texi(,8056) involving hijacking the active @sc{tcp} connection.
+cvs.texi(,8057) Enabling authentication does not enable encryption.
+cvs.texi(,8058)
+cvs.texi(,8059) @cindex RCSBIN, overriding
+cvs.texi(,8060) @cindex Overriding RCSBIN
+cvs.texi(,8061) @item -b @var{bindir}
+cvs.texi(,8062) In @sc{cvs} 1.9.18 and older, this specified that
+cvs.texi(,8063) @sc{rcs} programs are in the @var{bindir} directory.
+cvs.texi(,8064) Current versions of @sc{cvs} do not run @sc{rcs}
+cvs.texi(,8065) programs; for compatibility this option is accepted,
+cvs.texi(,8066) but it does nothing.
+cvs.texi(,8067)
+cvs.texi(,8068) @cindex TMPDIR, overriding
+cvs.texi(,8069) @cindex Overriding TMPDIR
+cvs.texi(,8070) @item -T @var{tempdir}
+cvs.texi(,8071) Use @var{tempdir} as the directory where temporary files are
+cvs.texi(,8072) located. Overrides the setting of the @code{$TMPDIR}
environment
+cvs.texi(,8073) variable and any precompiled directory. This parameter should
be
+cvs.texi(,8074) specified as an absolute pathname.
+cvs.texi(,8075) (When running client/server, @samp{-T} affects only the local
process;
+cvs.texi(,8076) specifying @samp{-T} for the client has no effect on the
server and
+cvs.texi(,8077) vice versa.)
+cvs.texi(,8078)
+cvs.texi(,8079) @cindex CVSROOT, overriding
+cvs.texi(,8080) @cindex Overriding CVSROOT
+cvs.texi(,8081) @item -d @var{cvs_root_directory}
+cvs.texi(,8082) Use @var{cvs_root_directory} as the root directory
+cvs.texi(,8083) pathname of the repository. Overrides the setting of
+cvs.texi(,8084) the @code{$CVSROOT} environment variable. @xref{Repository}.
+cvs.texi(,8085)
+cvs.texi(,8086) @cindex EDITOR, overriding
+cvs.texi(,8087) @cindex Overriding EDITOR
+cvs.texi(,8088) @item -e @var{editor}
+cvs.texi(,8089) Use @var{editor} to enter revision log information. Overrides
the
+cvs.texi(,8090) setting of the @code{$CVSEDITOR} and @code{$EDITOR}
+cvs.texi(,8091) environment variables. For more information, see
+cvs.texi(,8092) @ref{Committing your changes}.
+cvs.texi(,8093)
+cvs.texi(,8094) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,8095) Do not read the @file{~/.cvsrc} file. This
+cvs.texi(,8096) option is most often used because of the
+cvs.texi(,8097) non-orthogonality of the @sc{cvs} option set. For
+cvs.texi(,8098) example, the @samp{cvs log} option @samp{-N} (turn off
+cvs.texi(,8099) display of tag names) does not have a corresponding
+cvs.texi(,8100) option to turn the display on. So if you have
+cvs.texi(,8101) @samp{-N} in the @file{~/.cvsrc} entry for @samp{log},
+cvs.texi(,8102) you may need to use @samp{-f} to show the tag names.
+cvs.texi(,8103)
+cvs.texi(,8104) @item -H
+cvs.texi(,8105) @itemx --help
+cvs.texi(,8106) Display usage information about the specified
@samp{cvs_command}
+cvs.texi(,8107) (but do not actually execute the command). If you don't
specify
+cvs.texi(,8108) a command name, @samp{cvs -H} displays overall help for
+cvs.texi(,8109) @sc{cvs}, including a list of other help options.
+cvs.texi(,8110) @c It seems to me it is better to document it this way
+cvs.texi(,8111) @c rather than trying to update this documentation
+cvs.texi(,8112) @c every time that we add a --help-foo option. But
+cvs.texi(,8113) @c perhaps that is confusing...
+cvs.texi(,8114)
+cvs.texi(,8115) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,8116) Do not log the @samp{cvs_command} in the command history (but
execute it
+cvs.texi(,8117) anyway). @xref{history}, for information on command history.
cvs.texi(,8118)
-cvs.texi(,8119) Same effect as if the @code{CVSREADONLYFS} environment
-cvs.texi(,8120) variable is set. Using @samp{-R} can also considerably
-cvs.texi(,8121) speed up checkout's over NFS.
-cvs.texi(,8122)
-cvs.texi(,8123) @cindex Read-only mode
-cvs.texi(,8124) @item -n
-cvs.texi(,8125) Do not change any files. Attempt to execute the
-cvs.texi(,8126) @samp{cvs_command}, but only to issue reports; do not remove,
-cvs.texi(,8127) update, or merge any existing files, or create any new files.
+cvs.texi(,8119) @cindex Read-only repository mode
+cvs.texi(,8120) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,8121) Turns on read-only repository mode. This allows one to check
out from a
+cvs.texi(,8122) read-only repository, such as within an anoncvs server, or
from a CDROM
+cvs.texi(,8123) repository.
+cvs.texi(,8124)
+cvs.texi(,8125) Same effect as if the @code{CVSREADONLYFS} environment
+cvs.texi(,8126) variable is set. Using @samp{-R} can also considerably
+cvs.texi(,8127) speed up checkout's over NFS.
cvs.texi(,8128)
-cvs.texi(,8129) Note that @sc{cvs} will not necessarily produce exactly
-cvs.texi(,8130) the same output as without @samp{-n}. In some cases
-cvs.texi(,8131) the output will be the same, but in other cases
-cvs.texi(,8132) @sc{cvs} will skip some of the processing that would
-cvs.texi(,8133) have been required to produce the exact same output.
+cvs.texi(,8129) @cindex Read-only mode
+cvs.texi(,8130) @item -n
+cvs.texi(,8131) Do not change any files. Attempt to execute the
+cvs.texi(,8132) @samp{cvs_command}, but only to issue reports; do not remove,
+cvs.texi(,8133) update, or merge any existing files, or create any new files.
cvs.texi(,8134)
-cvs.texi(,8135) @item -Q
-cvs.texi(,8136) Cause the command to be really quiet; the command will only
-cvs.texi(,8137) generate output for serious problems.
-cvs.texi(,8138)
-cvs.texi(,8139) @item -q
-cvs.texi(,8140) Cause the command to be somewhat quiet; informational messages,
-cvs.texi(,8141) such as reports of recursion through subdirectories, are
-cvs.texi(,8142) suppressed.
-cvs.texi(,8143)
-cvs.texi(,8144) @cindex Read-only files, and -r
-cvs.texi(,8145) @item -r
-cvs.texi(,8146) Make new working files read-only. Same effect
-cvs.texi(,8147) as if the @code{$CVSREAD} environment variable is set
-cvs.texi(,8148) (@pxref{Environment variables}). The default is to
-cvs.texi(,8149) make working files writable, unless watches are on
-cvs.texi(,8150) (@pxref{Watches}).
-cvs.texi(,8151)
-cvs.texi(,8152) @item -s @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8153) Set a user variable (@pxref{Variables}).
-cvs.texi(,8154)
-cvs.texi(,8155) @cindex Trace
-cvs.texi(,8156) @item -t
-cvs.texi(,8157) Trace program execution; display messages showing the steps of
-cvs.texi(,8158) @sc{cvs} activity. Particularly useful with @samp{-n} to
explore the
-cvs.texi(,8159) potential impact of an unfamiliar command.
+cvs.texi(,8135) Note that @sc{cvs} will not necessarily produce exactly
+cvs.texi(,8136) the same output as without @samp{-n}. In some cases
+cvs.texi(,8137) the output will be the same, but in other cases
+cvs.texi(,8138) @sc{cvs} will skip some of the processing that would
+cvs.texi(,8139) have been required to produce the exact same output.
+cvs.texi(,8140)
+cvs.texi(,8141) @item -Q
+cvs.texi(,8142) Cause the command to be really quiet; the command will only
+cvs.texi(,8143) generate output for serious problems.
+cvs.texi(,8144)
+cvs.texi(,8145) @item -q
+cvs.texi(,8146) Cause the command to be somewhat quiet; informational messages,
+cvs.texi(,8147) such as reports of recursion through subdirectories, are
+cvs.texi(,8148) suppressed.
+cvs.texi(,8149)
+cvs.texi(,8150) @cindex Read-only files, and -r
+cvs.texi(,8151) @item -r
+cvs.texi(,8152) Make new working files read-only. Same effect
+cvs.texi(,8153) as if the @code{$CVSREAD} environment variable is set
+cvs.texi(,8154) (@pxref{Environment variables}). The default is to
+cvs.texi(,8155) make working files writable, unless watches are on
+cvs.texi(,8156) (@pxref{Watches}).
+cvs.texi(,8157)
+cvs.texi(,8158) @item -s @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8159) Set a user variable (@pxref{Variables}).
cvs.texi(,8160)
-cvs.texi(,8161) @item -v
-cvs.texi(,8162) @item --version
-cvs.texi(,8163) Display version and copyright information for @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,8164)
-cvs.texi(,8165) @cindex CVSREAD, overriding
-cvs.texi(,8166) @cindex Overriding CVSREAD
-cvs.texi(,8167) @item -w
-cvs.texi(,8168) Make new working files read-write. Overrides the
-cvs.texi(,8169) setting of the @code{$CVSREAD} environment variable.
-cvs.texi(,8170) Files are created read-write by default, unless
@code{$CVSREAD} is
-cvs.texi(,8171) set or @samp{-r} is given.
-cvs.texi(,8172) @c Note that -w only overrides -r and CVSREAD; it has
-cvs.texi(,8173) @c no effect on files which are readonly because of
-cvs.texi(,8174) @c "cvs watch on". My guess is that is the way it
-cvs.texi(,8175) @c should be (or should "cvs -w get" on a watched file
-cvs.texi(,8176) @c be the same as a get and a cvs edit?), but I'm not
-cvs.texi(,8177) @c completely sure whether to document it this way.
-cvs.texi(,8178)
-cvs.texi(,8179) @item -x
-cvs.texi(,8180) @cindex Encryption
-cvs.texi(,8181) Encrypt all communication between the client and the
-cvs.texi(,8182) server. Only has an effect on the @sc{cvs} client. As
-cvs.texi(,8183) of this writing, this is only implemented when using a
-cvs.texi(,8184) GSSAPI connection (@pxref{GSSAPI authenticated}) or a
-cvs.texi(,8185) Kerberos connection (@pxref{Kerberos authenticated}).
-cvs.texi(,8186) Enabling encryption implies that message traffic is
-cvs.texi(,8187) also authenticated. Encryption support is not
-cvs.texi(,8188) available by default; it must be enabled using a
-cvs.texi(,8189) special configure option, @file{--enable-encryption},
-cvs.texi(,8190) when you build @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,8191)
-cvs.texi(,8192) @item -z @var{gzip-level}
-cvs.texi(,8193) @cindex Compression
-cvs.texi(,8194) @cindex Gzip
-cvs.texi(,8195) Set the compression level.
-cvs.texi(,8196) Valid levels are 1 (high speed, low compression) to
-cvs.texi(,8197) 9 (low speed, high compression), or 0 to disable
-cvs.texi(,8198) compression (the default).
-cvs.texi(,8199) Only has an effect on the @sc{cvs} client.
-cvs.texi(,8200)
-cvs.texi(,8201) @end table
-cvs.texi(,8202)
-cvs.texi(,8203) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,8204) @node Common options
-cvs.texi(,8205) @appendixsec Common command options
-cvs.texi(,8206) @cindex Common options
-cvs.texi(,8207) @cindex Right-hand options
+cvs.texi(,8161) @cindex Trace
+cvs.texi(,8162) @item -t
+cvs.texi(,8163) Trace program execution; display messages showing the steps of
+cvs.texi(,8164) @sc{cvs} activity. Particularly useful with @samp{-n} to
explore the
+cvs.texi(,8165) potential impact of an unfamiliar command.
+cvs.texi(,8166)
+cvs.texi(,8167) @item -v
+cvs.texi(,8168) @item --version
+cvs.texi(,8169) Display version and copyright information for @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,8170)
+cvs.texi(,8171) @cindex CVSREAD, overriding
+cvs.texi(,8172) @cindex Overriding CVSREAD
+cvs.texi(,8173) @item -w
+cvs.texi(,8174) Make new working files read-write. Overrides the
+cvs.texi(,8175) setting of the @code{$CVSREAD} environment variable.
+cvs.texi(,8176) Files are created read-write by default, unless
@code{$CVSREAD} is
+cvs.texi(,8177) set or @samp{-r} is given.
+cvs.texi(,8178) @c Note that -w only overrides -r and CVSREAD; it has
+cvs.texi(,8179) @c no effect on files which are readonly because of
+cvs.texi(,8180) @c "cvs watch on". My guess is that is the way it
+cvs.texi(,8181) @c should be (or should "cvs -w get" on a watched file
+cvs.texi(,8182) @c be the same as a get and a cvs edit?), but I'm not
+cvs.texi(,8183) @c completely sure whether to document it this way.
+cvs.texi(,8184)
+cvs.texi(,8185) @item -x
+cvs.texi(,8186) @cindex Encryption
+cvs.texi(,8187) Encrypt all communication between the client and the
+cvs.texi(,8188) server. Only has an effect on the @sc{cvs} client. As
+cvs.texi(,8189) of this writing, this is only implemented when using a
+cvs.texi(,8190) GSSAPI connection (@pxref{GSSAPI authenticated}) or a
+cvs.texi(,8191) Kerberos connection (@pxref{Kerberos authenticated}).
+cvs.texi(,8192) Enabling encryption implies that message traffic is
+cvs.texi(,8193) also authenticated. Encryption support is not
+cvs.texi(,8194) available by default; it must be enabled using a
+cvs.texi(,8195) special configure option, @file{--enable-encryption},
+cvs.texi(,8196) when you build @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,8197)
+cvs.texi(,8198) @item -z @var{gzip-level}
+cvs.texi(,8199) @cindex Compression
+cvs.texi(,8200) @cindex Gzip
+cvs.texi(,8201) Set the compression level.
+cvs.texi(,8202) Valid levels are 1 (high speed, low compression) to
+cvs.texi(,8203) 9 (low speed, high compression), or 0 to disable
+cvs.texi(,8204) compression (the default).
+cvs.texi(,8205) Only has an effect on the @sc{cvs} client.
+cvs.texi(,8206)
+cvs.texi(,8207) @end table
cvs.texi(,8208)
-cvs.texi(,8209) This section describes the @samp{command_options} that
-cvs.texi(,8210) are available across several @sc{cvs} commands. These
-cvs.texi(,8211) options are always given to the right of
-cvs.texi(,8212) @samp{cvs_command}. Not all
-cvs.texi(,8213) commands support all of these options; each option is
-cvs.texi(,8214) only supported for commands where it makes sense.
-cvs.texi(,8215) However, when a command has one of these options you
-cvs.texi(,8216) can almost always count on the same behavior of the
-cvs.texi(,8217) option as in other commands. (Other command options,
-cvs.texi(,8218) which are listed with the individual commands, may have
-cvs.texi(,8219) different behavior from one @sc{cvs} command to the other).
-cvs.texi(,8220)
-cvs.texi(,8221) @strong{Note: the @samp{history} command is an exception; it
supports
-cvs.texi(,8222) many options that conflict even with these standard options.}
-cvs.texi(,8223)
-cvs.texi(,8224) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,8225) @cindex Dates
-cvs.texi(,8226) @cindex Time
-cvs.texi(,8227) @cindex Specifying dates
-cvs.texi(,8228) @item -D @var{date_spec}
-cvs.texi(,8229) Use the most recent revision no later than @var{date_spec}.
-cvs.texi(,8230) @var{date_spec} is a single argument, a date description
-cvs.texi(,8231) specifying a date in the past.
-cvs.texi(,8232)
-cvs.texi(,8233) The specification is @dfn{sticky} when you use it to make a
-cvs.texi(,8234) private copy of a source file; that is, when you get a working
-cvs.texi(,8235) file using @samp{-D}, @sc{cvs} records the date you specified,
so that
-cvs.texi(,8236) further updates in the same directory will use the same date
-cvs.texi(,8237) (for more information on sticky tags/dates, @pxref{Sticky
tags}).
+cvs.texi(,8209) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,8210) @node Common options
+cvs.texi(,8211) @appendixsec Common command options
+cvs.texi(,8212) @cindex Common options
+cvs.texi(,8213) @cindex Right-hand options
+cvs.texi(,8214)
+cvs.texi(,8215) This section describes the @samp{command_options} that
+cvs.texi(,8216) are available across several @sc{cvs} commands. These
+cvs.texi(,8217) options are always given to the right of
+cvs.texi(,8218) @samp{cvs_command}. Not all
+cvs.texi(,8219) commands support all of these options; each option is
+cvs.texi(,8220) only supported for commands where it makes sense.
+cvs.texi(,8221) However, when a command has one of these options you
+cvs.texi(,8222) can almost always count on the same behavior of the
+cvs.texi(,8223) option as in other commands. (Other command options,
+cvs.texi(,8224) which are listed with the individual commands, may have
+cvs.texi(,8225) different behavior from one @sc{cvs} command to the other).
+cvs.texi(,8226)
+cvs.texi(,8227) @strong{Note: the @samp{history} command is an exception; it
supports
+cvs.texi(,8228) many options that conflict even with these standard options.}
+cvs.texi(,8229)
+cvs.texi(,8230) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,8231) @cindex Dates
+cvs.texi(,8232) @cindex Time
+cvs.texi(,8233) @cindex Specifying dates
+cvs.texi(,8234) @item -D @var{date_spec}
+cvs.texi(,8235) Use the most recent revision no later than @var{date_spec}.
+cvs.texi(,8236) @var{date_spec} is a single argument, a date description
+cvs.texi(,8237) specifying a date in the past.
cvs.texi(,8238)
-cvs.texi(,8239) @samp{-D} is available with the @code{annotate},
@code{checkout},
-cvs.texi(,8240) @code{diff}, @code{export}, @code{history},
-cvs.texi(,8241) @code{rdiff}, @code{rtag}, @code{tag}, and @code{update}
commands.
-cvs.texi(,8242) (The @code{history} command uses this option in a
-cvs.texi(,8243) slightly different way; @pxref{history options}).
+cvs.texi(,8239) The specification is @dfn{sticky} when you use it to make a
+cvs.texi(,8240) private copy of a source file; that is, when you get a working
+cvs.texi(,8241) file using @samp{-D}, @sc{cvs} records the date you specified,
so that
+cvs.texi(,8242) further updates in the same directory will use the same date
+cvs.texi(,8243) (for more information on sticky tags/dates, @pxref{Sticky
tags}).
cvs.texi(,8244)
-cvs.texi(,8245) @c What other formats should we accept? I don't want
-cvs.texi(,8246) @c to start accepting a whole mess of non-standard
-cvs.texi(,8247) @c new formats (there are a lot which are in wide use in
-cvs.texi(,8248) @c one context or another), but practicality does
-cvs.texi(,8249) @c dictate some level of flexibility.
-cvs.texi(,8250) @c * POSIX.2 (e.g. touch, ls output, date) and other
-cvs.texi(,8251) @c POSIX and/or de facto unix standards (e.g. at). The
-cvs.texi(,8252) @c practice here is too inconsistent to be of any use.
-cvs.texi(,8253) @c * VMS dates. This is not a formal standard, but
-cvs.texi(,8254) @c there is a published specification (see SYS$ASCTIM
-cvs.texi(,8255) @c and SYS$BINTIM in the _VMS System Services Reference
-cvs.texi(,8256) @c Manual_), it is implemented consistently in VMS
-cvs.texi(,8257) @c utilities, and VMS users will expect CVS running on
-cvs.texi(,8258) @c VMS to support this format (and if we're going to do
-cvs.texi(,8259) @c that, better to make CVS support it on all
-cvs.texi(,8260) @c platforms. Maybe).
-cvs.texi(,8261) @c
-cvs.texi(,8262) @c NOTE: The tar manual has some documentation for
-cvs.texi(,8263) @c getdate.y (just for our info; we don't want to
-cvs.texi(,8264) @c attempt to document all the formats accepted by
-cvs.texi(,8265) @c getdate.y).
-cvs.texi(,8266) @c
-cvs.texi(,8267) @c One more note: In output, CVS should consistently
-cvs.texi(,8268) @c use one date format, and that format should be one that
-cvs.texi(,8269) @c it accepts in input as well. The former isn't
-cvs.texi(,8270) @c really true (see survey below), and I'm not
-cvs.texi(,8271) @c sure that either of those formats is accepted in
-cvs.texi(,8272) @c input.
-cvs.texi(,8273) @c
-cvs.texi(,8274) @c cvs log
-cvs.texi(,8275) @c current 1996/01/02 13:45:31
-cvs.texi(,8276) @c Internet 02 Jan 1996 13:45:31 UT
-cvs.texi(,8277) @c ISO 1996-01-02 13:45:31
-cvs.texi(,8278) @c cvs ann
-cvs.texi(,8279) @c current 02-Jan-96
-cvs.texi(,8280) @c Internet-like 02 Jan 96
-cvs.texi(,8281) @c ISO 96-01-02
-cvs.texi(,8282) @c cvs status
-cvs.texi(,8283) @c current Tue Jun 11 02:54:53 1996
-cvs.texi(,8284) @c Internet [Tue,] 11 Jun 1996 02:54:53
-cvs.texi(,8285) @c ISO 1996-06-11 02:54:53
-cvs.texi(,8286) @c note: date possibly should be omitted entirely for
-cvs.texi(,8287) @c other reasons.
-cvs.texi(,8288) @c cvs editors
-cvs.texi(,8289) @c current Tue Jun 11 02:54:53 1996 GMT
-cvs.texi(,8290) @c cvs history
-cvs.texi(,8291) @c current 06/11 02:54 +0000
-cvs.texi(,8292) @c any others?
-cvs.texi(,8293) @c There is a good chance the proper solution has to
-cvs.texi(,8294) @c involve at least some level of letting the user
-cvs.texi(,8295) @c decide which format (with the default being the
-cvs.texi(,8296) @c formats CVS has always used; changing these might be
-cvs.texi(,8297) @c _very_ disruptive since scripts may very well be
-cvs.texi(,8298) @c parsing them).
-cvs.texi(,8299) @c
-cvs.texi(,8300) @c Another random bit of prior art concerning dates is
-cvs.texi(,8301) @c the strptime function which takes templates such as
-cvs.texi(,8302) @c "%m/%d/%y", and apparent a variant of getdate()
-cvs.texi(,8303) @c which also honors them. See
-cvs.texi(,8304) @c X/Open CAE Specification, System Interfaces and
-cvs.texi(,8305) @c Headers Issue 4, Version 2 (September 1994), in the
-cvs.texi(,8306) @c entry for getdate() on page 231
-cvs.texi(,8307)
-cvs.texi(,8308) @cindex Timezone, in input
-cvs.texi(,8309) @cindex Zone, time, in input
-cvs.texi(,8310) A wide variety of date formats are supported by
-cvs.texi(,8311) @sc{cvs}. The most standard ones are ISO8601 (from the
-cvs.texi(,8312) International Standards Organization) and the Internet
-cvs.texi(,8313) e-mail standard (specified in RFC822 as amended by
-cvs.texi(,8314) RFC1123).
-cvs.texi(,8315)
-cvs.texi(,8316) @c Probably should be doing more to spell out just what
-cvs.texi(,8317) @c the rules are, rather than just giving examples.
-cvs.texi(,8318) @c But I want to keep this simple too.
-cvs.texi(,8319) @c So I don't know....
-cvs.texi(,8320) @c A few specific issues: (1) Maybe should reassure
-cvs.texi(,8321) @c people that years after 2000
-cvs.texi(,8322) @c work (they are in the testsuite, so they do indeed
-cvs.texi(,8323) @c work). (2) What do two digit years
-cvs.texi(,8324) @c mean? Where do we accept them? (3) Local times can
-cvs.texi(,8325) @c be ambiguous or nonexistent if they fall during the
-cvs.texi(,8326) @c hour when daylight savings time goes into or out of
-cvs.texi(,8327) @c effect. Pretty obscure, so I'm not at all sure we
-cvs.texi(,8328) @c should be documenting the behavior in that case.
-cvs.texi(,8329) ISO8601 dates have many variants but a few examples
-cvs.texi(,8330) are:
-cvs.texi(,8331)
-cvs.texi(,8332) @example
-cvs.texi(,8333) 1972-09-24
-cvs.texi(,8334) 1972-09-24 20:05
-cvs.texi(,8335) @end example
-cvs.texi(,8336) @c I doubt we really accept all ISO8601 format dates
-cvs.texi(,8337) @c (for example, decimal hours like 1972-09-24 20,2)
-cvs.texi(,8338) @c I'm not sure we should, many of them are pretty
-cvs.texi(,8339) @c bizarre and it has lots of gratuitous multiple ways
-cvs.texi(,8340) @c to specify the same thing.
-cvs.texi(,8341)
-cvs.texi(,8342) There are a lot more ISO8601 date formats, and @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,8343) accepts many of them, but you probably don't want to
-cvs.texi(,8344) hear the @emph{whole} long story :-).
-cvs.texi(,8345)
-cvs.texi(,8346) @c Citing a URL here is kind of problematic given how
-cvs.texi(,8347) @c much they change and people who have old versions of
-cvs.texi(,8348) @c this manual, but in case we want to reinstate an
-cvs.texi(,8349) @c ISO8601 URL, a few are:
-cvs.texi(,8350) @c http://www.saqqara.demon.co.uk/datefmt.htm
-cvs.texi(,8351) @c http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html
-cvs.texi(,8352) @c Citing some other ISO8601 source is probably even
-cvs.texi(,8353) @c worse :-).
-cvs.texi(,8354)
-cvs.texi(,8355) In addition to the dates allowed in Internet e-mail
-cvs.texi(,8356) itself, @sc{cvs} also allows some of the fields to be
-cvs.texi(,8357) omitted. For example:
-cvs.texi(,8358) @c FIXME: Need to figure out better, and document,
-cvs.texi(,8359) @c what we want to allow the user to omit.
-cvs.texi(,8360) @c NOTE: "omit" does not imply "reorder".
-cvs.texi(,8361) @c FIXME: Need to cite a web page describing how to get
-cvs.texi(,8362) @c RFC's.
-cvs.texi(,8363)
-cvs.texi(,8364) @example
-cvs.texi(,8365) 24 Sep 1972 20:05
-cvs.texi(,8366) 24 Sep
-cvs.texi(,8367) @end example
-cvs.texi(,8368)
-cvs.texi(,8369) The date is interpreted as being in the
-cvs.texi(,8370) local timezone, unless a specific timezone is
-cvs.texi(,8371) specified.
-cvs.texi(,8372)
-cvs.texi(,8373) These two date formats are preferred. However,
-cvs.texi(,8374) @sc{cvs} currently accepts a wide variety of other date
-cvs.texi(,8375) formats. They are intentionally not documented here in
-cvs.texi(,8376) any detail, and future versions of @sc{cvs} might not
-cvs.texi(,8377) accept all of them.
-cvs.texi(,8378) @c We should document and testsuite "now" and
-cvs.texi(,8379) @c "yesterday". "now" is mentioned in the FAQ and
-cvs.texi(,8380) @c "yesterday" is mentioned in this document (and the
-cvs.texi(,8381) @c message from "cvs import" suggesting a merge
-cvs.texi(,8382) @c command). What else? Probably some/all of the "3
-cvs.texi(,8383) @c weeks ago" family.
-cvs.texi(,8384) @c
-cvs.texi(,8385) @c Maybe at
-cvs.texi(,8386) @c some point have CVS start give warnings on "unofficial"
-cvs.texi(,8387) @c formats (many of which might be typos or user
-cvs.texi(,8388) @c misunderstandings, and/or formats people never/rarely
-cvs.texi(,8389) @c use to specify dates)?
-cvs.texi(,8390)
-cvs.texi(,8391) One such format is
-cvs.texi(,8392) @address@hidden/@var{day}/@var{year}}. This may
-cvs.texi(,8393) confuse people who are accustomed to having the month
-cvs.texi(,8394) and day in the other order; @samp{1/4/96} is January 4,
-cvs.texi(,8395) not April 1.
+cvs.texi(,8245) @samp{-D} is available with the @code{annotate},
@code{checkout},
+cvs.texi(,8246) @code{diff}, @code{export}, @code{history},
+cvs.texi(,8247) @code{rdiff}, @code{rtag}, @code{tag}, and @code{update}
commands.
+cvs.texi(,8248) (The @code{history} command uses this option in a
+cvs.texi(,8249) slightly different way; @pxref{history options}).
+cvs.texi(,8250)
+cvs.texi(,8251) @c What other formats should we accept? I don't want
+cvs.texi(,8252) @c to start accepting a whole mess of non-standard
+cvs.texi(,8253) @c new formats (there are a lot which are in wide use in
+cvs.texi(,8254) @c one context or another), but practicality does
+cvs.texi(,8255) @c dictate some level of flexibility.
+cvs.texi(,8256) @c * POSIX.2 (e.g. touch, ls output, date) and other
+cvs.texi(,8257) @c POSIX and/or de facto unix standards (e.g. at). The
+cvs.texi(,8258) @c practice here is too inconsistent to be of any use.
+cvs.texi(,8259) @c * VMS dates. This is not a formal standard, but
+cvs.texi(,8260) @c there is a published specification (see SYS$ASCTIM
+cvs.texi(,8261) @c and SYS$BINTIM in the _VMS System Services Reference
+cvs.texi(,8262) @c Manual_), it is implemented consistently in VMS
+cvs.texi(,8263) @c utilities, and VMS users will expect CVS running on
+cvs.texi(,8264) @c VMS to support this format (and if we're going to do
+cvs.texi(,8265) @c that, better to make CVS support it on all
+cvs.texi(,8266) @c platforms. Maybe).
+cvs.texi(,8267) @c
+cvs.texi(,8268) @c NOTE: The tar manual has some documentation for
+cvs.texi(,8269) @c getdate.y (just for our info; we don't want to
+cvs.texi(,8270) @c attempt to document all the formats accepted by
+cvs.texi(,8271) @c getdate.y).
+cvs.texi(,8272) @c
+cvs.texi(,8273) @c One more note: In output, CVS should consistently
+cvs.texi(,8274) @c use one date format, and that format should be one that
+cvs.texi(,8275) @c it accepts in input as well. The former isn't
+cvs.texi(,8276) @c really true (see survey below), and I'm not
+cvs.texi(,8277) @c sure that either of those formats is accepted in
+cvs.texi(,8278) @c input.
+cvs.texi(,8279) @c
+cvs.texi(,8280) @c cvs log
+cvs.texi(,8281) @c current 1996/01/02 13:45:31
+cvs.texi(,8282) @c Internet 02 Jan 1996 13:45:31 UT
+cvs.texi(,8283) @c ISO 1996-01-02 13:45:31
+cvs.texi(,8284) @c cvs ann
+cvs.texi(,8285) @c current 02-Jan-96
+cvs.texi(,8286) @c Internet-like 02 Jan 96
+cvs.texi(,8287) @c ISO 96-01-02
+cvs.texi(,8288) @c cvs status
+cvs.texi(,8289) @c current Tue Jun 11 02:54:53 1996
+cvs.texi(,8290) @c Internet [Tue,] 11 Jun 1996 02:54:53
+cvs.texi(,8291) @c ISO 1996-06-11 02:54:53
+cvs.texi(,8292) @c note: date possibly should be omitted entirely for
+cvs.texi(,8293) @c other reasons.
+cvs.texi(,8294) @c cvs editors
+cvs.texi(,8295) @c current Tue Jun 11 02:54:53 1996 GMT
+cvs.texi(,8296) @c cvs history
+cvs.texi(,8297) @c current 06/11 02:54 +0000
+cvs.texi(,8298) @c any others?
+cvs.texi(,8299) @c There is a good chance the proper solution has to
+cvs.texi(,8300) @c involve at least some level of letting the user
+cvs.texi(,8301) @c decide which format (with the default being the
+cvs.texi(,8302) @c formats CVS has always used; changing these might be
+cvs.texi(,8303) @c _very_ disruptive since scripts may very well be
+cvs.texi(,8304) @c parsing them).
+cvs.texi(,8305) @c
+cvs.texi(,8306) @c Another random bit of prior art concerning dates is
+cvs.texi(,8307) @c the strptime function which takes templates such as
+cvs.texi(,8308) @c "%m/%d/%y", and apparent a variant of getdate()
+cvs.texi(,8309) @c which also honors them. See
+cvs.texi(,8310) @c X/Open CAE Specification, System Interfaces and
+cvs.texi(,8311) @c Headers Issue 4, Version 2 (September 1994), in the
+cvs.texi(,8312) @c entry for getdate() on page 231
+cvs.texi(,8313)
+cvs.texi(,8314) @cindex Timezone, in input
+cvs.texi(,8315) @cindex Zone, time, in input
+cvs.texi(,8316) A wide variety of date formats are supported by
+cvs.texi(,8317) @sc{cvs}. The most standard ones are ISO8601 (from the
+cvs.texi(,8318) International Standards Organization) and the Internet
+cvs.texi(,8319) e-mail standard (specified in RFC822 as amended by
+cvs.texi(,8320) RFC1123).
+cvs.texi(,8321)
+cvs.texi(,8322) @c Probably should be doing more to spell out just what
+cvs.texi(,8323) @c the rules are, rather than just giving examples.
+cvs.texi(,8324) @c But I want to keep this simple too.
+cvs.texi(,8325) @c So I don't know....
+cvs.texi(,8326) @c A few specific issues: (1) Maybe should reassure
+cvs.texi(,8327) @c people that years after 2000
+cvs.texi(,8328) @c work (they are in the testsuite, so they do indeed
+cvs.texi(,8329) @c work). (2) What do two digit years
+cvs.texi(,8330) @c mean? Where do we accept them? (3) Local times can
+cvs.texi(,8331) @c be ambiguous or nonexistent if they fall during the
+cvs.texi(,8332) @c hour when daylight savings time goes into or out of
+cvs.texi(,8333) @c effect. Pretty obscure, so I'm not at all sure we
+cvs.texi(,8334) @c should be documenting the behavior in that case.
+cvs.texi(,8335) ISO8601 dates have many variants but a few examples
+cvs.texi(,8336) are:
+cvs.texi(,8337)
+cvs.texi(,8338) @example
+cvs.texi(,8339) 1972-09-24
+cvs.texi(,8340) 1972-09-24 20:05
+cvs.texi(,8341) @end example
+cvs.texi(,8342) @c I doubt we really accept all ISO8601 format dates
+cvs.texi(,8343) @c (for example, decimal hours like 1972-09-24 20,2)
+cvs.texi(,8344) @c I'm not sure we should, many of them are pretty
+cvs.texi(,8345) @c bizarre and it has lots of gratuitous multiple ways
+cvs.texi(,8346) @c to specify the same thing.
+cvs.texi(,8347)
+cvs.texi(,8348) There are a lot more ISO8601 date formats, and @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,8349) accepts many of them, but you probably don't want to
+cvs.texi(,8350) hear the @emph{whole} long story :-).
+cvs.texi(,8351)
+cvs.texi(,8352) @c Citing a URL here is kind of problematic given how
+cvs.texi(,8353) @c much they change and people who have old versions of
+cvs.texi(,8354) @c this manual, but in case we want to reinstate an
+cvs.texi(,8355) @c ISO8601 URL, a few are:
+cvs.texi(,8356) @c http://www.saqqara.demon.co.uk/datefmt.htm
+cvs.texi(,8357) @c http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html
+cvs.texi(,8358) @c Citing some other ISO8601 source is probably even
+cvs.texi(,8359) @c worse :-).
+cvs.texi(,8360)
+cvs.texi(,8361) In addition to the dates allowed in Internet e-mail
+cvs.texi(,8362) itself, @sc{cvs} also allows some of the fields to be
+cvs.texi(,8363) omitted. For example:
+cvs.texi(,8364) @c FIXME: Need to figure out better, and document,
+cvs.texi(,8365) @c what we want to allow the user to omit.
+cvs.texi(,8366) @c NOTE: "omit" does not imply "reorder".
+cvs.texi(,8367) @c FIXME: Need to cite a web page describing how to get
+cvs.texi(,8368) @c RFC's.
+cvs.texi(,8369)
+cvs.texi(,8370) @example
+cvs.texi(,8371) 24 Sep 1972 20:05
+cvs.texi(,8372) 24 Sep
+cvs.texi(,8373) @end example
+cvs.texi(,8374)
+cvs.texi(,8375) The date is interpreted as being in the
+cvs.texi(,8376) local timezone, unless a specific timezone is
+cvs.texi(,8377) specified.
+cvs.texi(,8378)
+cvs.texi(,8379) These two date formats are preferred. However,
+cvs.texi(,8380) @sc{cvs} currently accepts a wide variety of other date
+cvs.texi(,8381) formats. They are intentionally not documented here in
+cvs.texi(,8382) any detail, and future versions of @sc{cvs} might not
+cvs.texi(,8383) accept all of them.
+cvs.texi(,8384) @c We should document and testsuite "now" and
+cvs.texi(,8385) @c "yesterday". "now" is mentioned in the FAQ and
+cvs.texi(,8386) @c "yesterday" is mentioned in this document (and the
+cvs.texi(,8387) @c message from "cvs import" suggesting a merge
+cvs.texi(,8388) @c command). What else? Probably some/all of the "3
+cvs.texi(,8389) @c weeks ago" family.
+cvs.texi(,8390) @c
+cvs.texi(,8391) @c Maybe at
+cvs.texi(,8392) @c some point have CVS start give warnings on "unofficial"
+cvs.texi(,8393) @c formats (many of which might be typos or user
+cvs.texi(,8394) @c misunderstandings, and/or formats people never/rarely
+cvs.texi(,8395) @c use to specify dates)?
cvs.texi(,8396)
-cvs.texi(,8397) Remember to quote the argument to the @samp{-D}
-cvs.texi(,8398) flag so that your shell doesn't interpret spaces as
-cvs.texi(,8399) argument separators. A command using the @samp{-D}
-cvs.texi(,8400) flag can look like this:
-cvs.texi(,8401)
-cvs.texi(,8402) @example
-cvs.texi(,8403) $ cvs diff -D "1 hour ago" cvs.texinfo
-cvs.texi(,8404) @end example
-cvs.texi(,8405)
-cvs.texi(,8406) @cindex Forcing a tag match
-cvs.texi(,8407) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,8408) When you specify a particular date or tag to @sc{cvs}
commands, they
-cvs.texi(,8409) normally ignore files that do not contain the tag (or did not
-cvs.texi(,8410) exist prior to the date) that you specified. Use the
@samp{-f} option
-cvs.texi(,8411) if you want files retrieved even when there is no match for the
-cvs.texi(,8412) tag or date. (The most recent revision of the file
-cvs.texi(,8413) will be used).
-cvs.texi(,8414)
-cvs.texi(,8415) Note that even with @samp{-f}, a tag that you specify
-cvs.texi(,8416) must exist (that is, in some file, not necessary in
-cvs.texi(,8417) every file). This is so that @sc{cvs} will continue to
-cvs.texi(,8418) give an error if you mistype a tag name.
-cvs.texi(,8419)
-cvs.texi(,8420) @need 800
-cvs.texi(,8421) @samp{-f} is available with these commands:
-cvs.texi(,8422) @code{annotate}, @code{checkout}, @code{export},
-cvs.texi(,8423) @code{rdiff}, @code{rtag}, and @code{update}.
-cvs.texi(,8424)
-cvs.texi(,8425) @strong{WARNING: The @code{commit} and @code{remove}
-cvs.texi(,8426) commands also have a
-cvs.texi(,8427) @samp{-f} option, but it has a different behavior for
-cvs.texi(,8428) those commands. See @ref{commit options}, and
-cvs.texi(,8429) @ref{Removing files}.}
+cvs.texi(,8397) One such format is
+cvs.texi(,8398) @address@hidden/@var{day}/@var{year}}. This may
+cvs.texi(,8399) confuse people who are accustomed to having the month
+cvs.texi(,8400) and day in the other order; @samp{1/4/96} is January 4,
+cvs.texi(,8401) not April 1.
+cvs.texi(,8402)
+cvs.texi(,8403) Remember to quote the argument to the @samp{-D}
+cvs.texi(,8404) flag so that your shell doesn't interpret spaces as
+cvs.texi(,8405) argument separators. A command using the @samp{-D}
+cvs.texi(,8406) flag can look like this:
+cvs.texi(,8407)
+cvs.texi(,8408) @example
+cvs.texi(,8409) $ cvs diff -D "1 hour ago" cvs.texinfo
+cvs.texi(,8410) @end example
+cvs.texi(,8411)
+cvs.texi(,8412) @cindex Forcing a tag match
+cvs.texi(,8413) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,8414) When you specify a particular date or tag to @sc{cvs}
commands, they
+cvs.texi(,8415) normally ignore files that do not contain the tag (or did not
+cvs.texi(,8416) exist prior to the date) that you specified. Use the
@samp{-f} option
+cvs.texi(,8417) if you want files retrieved even when there is no match for the
+cvs.texi(,8418) tag or date. (The most recent revision of the file
+cvs.texi(,8419) will be used).
+cvs.texi(,8420)
+cvs.texi(,8421) Note that even with @samp{-f}, a tag that you specify
+cvs.texi(,8422) must exist (that is, in some file, not necessary in
+cvs.texi(,8423) every file). This is so that @sc{cvs} will continue to
+cvs.texi(,8424) give an error if you mistype a tag name.
+cvs.texi(,8425)
+cvs.texi(,8426) @need 800
+cvs.texi(,8427) @samp{-f} is available with these commands:
+cvs.texi(,8428) @code{annotate}, @code{checkout}, @code{export},
+cvs.texi(,8429) @code{rdiff}, @code{rtag}, and @code{update}.
cvs.texi(,8430)
-cvs.texi(,8431) @item -k @var{kflag}
-cvs.texi(,8432) Override the default processing of RCS keywords other than
-cvs.texi(,8433) @samp{-kb}. @xref{Keyword substitution}, for the meaning of
-cvs.texi(,8434) @var{kflag}. Used with the @code{checkout} and @code{update}
-cvs.texi(,8435) commands, your @var{kflag} specification is
-cvs.texi(,8436) @dfn{sticky}; that is, when you use this option
-cvs.texi(,8437) with a @code{checkout} or @code{update} command,
-cvs.texi(,8438) @sc{cvs} associates your selected @var{kflag} with any files
-cvs.texi(,8439) it operates on, and continues to use that @var{kflag} with
future
-cvs.texi(,8440) commands on the same files until you specify otherwise.
-cvs.texi(,8441)
-cvs.texi(,8442) The @samp{-k} option is available with the @code{add},
-cvs.texi(,8443) @code{checkout}, @code{diff}, @code{export}, @code{import} and
-cvs.texi(,8444) @code{update} commands.
-cvs.texi(,8445)
-cvs.texi(,8446) @strong{WARNING: Prior to CVS version 1.12.2, the @samp{-k}
flag
-cvs.texi(,8447) overrode the @samp{-kb} indication for a binary file. This
could
-cvs.texi(,8448) sometimes corrupt binary files. @xref{Merging and keywords},
for
-cvs.texi(,8449) more.}
-cvs.texi(,8450)
-cvs.texi(,8451) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,8452) Local; run only in current working directory, rather than
-cvs.texi(,8453) recursing through subdirectories.
-cvs.texi(,8454)
-cvs.texi(,8455) Available with the following commands: @code{annotate},
@code{checkout},
-cvs.texi(,8456) @code{commit}, @code{diff}, @code{edit}, @code{editors},
@code{export},
-cvs.texi(,8457) @code{log}, @code{rdiff}, @code{remove}, @code{rtag},
-cvs.texi(,8458) @code{status}, @code{tag}, @code{unedit}, @code{update},
@code{watch},
-cvs.texi(,8459) and @code{watchers}.
+cvs.texi(,8431) @strong{WARNING: The @code{commit} and @code{remove}
+cvs.texi(,8432) commands also have a
+cvs.texi(,8433) @samp{-f} option, but it has a different behavior for
+cvs.texi(,8434) those commands. See @ref{commit options}, and
+cvs.texi(,8435) @ref{Removing files}.}
+cvs.texi(,8436)
+cvs.texi(,8437) @item -k @var{kflag}
+cvs.texi(,8438) Override the default processing of RCS keywords other than
+cvs.texi(,8439) @samp{-kb}. @xref{Keyword substitution}, for the meaning of
+cvs.texi(,8440) @var{kflag}. Used with the @code{checkout} and @code{update}
+cvs.texi(,8441) commands, your @var{kflag} specification is
+cvs.texi(,8442) @dfn{sticky}; that is, when you use this option
+cvs.texi(,8443) with a @code{checkout} or @code{update} command,
+cvs.texi(,8444) @sc{cvs} associates your selected @var{kflag} with any files
+cvs.texi(,8445) it operates on, and continues to use that @var{kflag} with
future
+cvs.texi(,8446) commands on the same files until you specify otherwise.
+cvs.texi(,8447)
+cvs.texi(,8448) The @samp{-k} option is available with the @code{add},
+cvs.texi(,8449) @code{checkout}, @code{diff}, @code{export}, @code{import} and
+cvs.texi(,8450) @code{update} commands.
+cvs.texi(,8451)
+cvs.texi(,8452) @strong{WARNING: Prior to CVS version 1.12.2, the @samp{-k}
flag
+cvs.texi(,8453) overrode the @samp{-kb} indication for a binary file. This
could
+cvs.texi(,8454) sometimes corrupt binary files. @xref{Merging and keywords},
for
+cvs.texi(,8455) more.}
+cvs.texi(,8456)
+cvs.texi(,8457) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,8458) Local; run only in current working directory, rather than
+cvs.texi(,8459) recursing through subdirectories.
cvs.texi(,8460)
-cvs.texi(,8461) @cindex Editor, avoiding invocation of
-cvs.texi(,8462) @cindex Avoiding editor invocation
-cvs.texi(,8463) @item -m @var{message}
-cvs.texi(,8464) Use @var{message} as log information, instead of
-cvs.texi(,8465) invoking an editor.
+cvs.texi(,8461) Available with the following commands: @code{annotate},
@code{checkout},
+cvs.texi(,8462) @code{commit}, @code{diff}, @code{edit}, @code{editors},
@code{export},
+cvs.texi(,8463) @code{log}, @code{rdiff}, @code{remove}, @code{rtag},
+cvs.texi(,8464) @code{status}, @code{tag}, @code{unedit}, @code{update},
@code{watch},
+cvs.texi(,8465) and @code{watchers}.
cvs.texi(,8466)
-cvs.texi(,8467) Available with the following commands: @code{add},
-cvs.texi(,8468) @code{commit} and @code{import}.
-cvs.texi(,8469)
-cvs.texi(,8470) @item -n
-cvs.texi(,8471) Do not run any tag program. (A program can be
-cvs.texi(,8472) specified to run in the modules
-cvs.texi(,8473) database (@pxref{modules}); this option bypasses it).
-cvs.texi(,8474)
-cvs.texi(,8475) @strong{Note: this is not the same as the @samp{cvs -n}
-cvs.texi(,8476) program option, which you can specify to the left of a cvs
command!}
-cvs.texi(,8477)
-cvs.texi(,8478) Available with the @code{checkout}, @code{commit},
@code{export},
-cvs.texi(,8479) and @code{rtag} commands.
+cvs.texi(,8467) @cindex Editor, avoiding invocation of
+cvs.texi(,8468) @cindex Avoiding editor invocation
+cvs.texi(,8469) @item -m @var{message}
+cvs.texi(,8470) Use @var{message} as log information, instead of
+cvs.texi(,8471) invoking an editor.
+cvs.texi(,8472)
+cvs.texi(,8473) Available with the following commands: @code{add},
+cvs.texi(,8474) @code{commit} and @code{import}.
+cvs.texi(,8475)
+cvs.texi(,8476) @item -n
+cvs.texi(,8477) Do not run any tag program. (A program can be
+cvs.texi(,8478) specified to run in the modules
+cvs.texi(,8479) database (@pxref{modules}); this option bypasses it).
cvs.texi(,8480)
-cvs.texi(,8481) @item -P
-cvs.texi(,8482) Prune empty directories. See @ref{Removing directories}.
+cvs.texi(,8481) @strong{Note: this is not the same as the @samp{cvs -n}
+cvs.texi(,8482) program option, which you can specify to the left of a cvs
command!}
cvs.texi(,8483)
-cvs.texi(,8484) @item -p
-cvs.texi(,8485) Pipe the files retrieved from the repository to standard
output,
-cvs.texi(,8486) rather than writing them in the current directory. Available
-cvs.texi(,8487) with the @code{checkout} and @code{update} commands.
-cvs.texi(,8488)
-cvs.texi(,8489) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,8490) Process directories recursively. This is on by default.
-cvs.texi(,8491)
-cvs.texi(,8492) Available with the following commands: @code{annotate},
@code{checkout},
-cvs.texi(,8493) @code{commit}, @code{diff}, @code{edit}, @code{editors},
@code{export},
-cvs.texi(,8494) @code{rdiff}, @code{remove}, @code{rtag},
-cvs.texi(,8495) @code{status}, @code{tag}, @code{unedit}, @code{update},
@code{watch},
-cvs.texi(,8496) and @code{watchers}.
+cvs.texi(,8484) Available with the @code{checkout}, @code{commit},
@code{export},
+cvs.texi(,8485) and @code{rtag} commands.
+cvs.texi(,8486)
+cvs.texi(,8487) @item -P
+cvs.texi(,8488) Prune empty directories. See @ref{Removing directories}.
+cvs.texi(,8489)
+cvs.texi(,8490) @item -p
+cvs.texi(,8491) Pipe the files retrieved from the repository to standard
output,
+cvs.texi(,8492) rather than writing them in the current directory. Available
+cvs.texi(,8493) with the @code{checkout} and @code{update} commands.
+cvs.texi(,8494)
+cvs.texi(,8495) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,8496) Process directories recursively. This is on by default.
cvs.texi(,8497)
-cvs.texi(,8498) @item -r @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,8499) @cindex HEAD, special tag
-cvs.texi(,8500) @cindex BASE, special tag
-cvs.texi(,8501) Use the revision specified by the @var{tag} argument instead
of the
-cvs.texi(,8502) default @dfn{head} revision. As well as arbitrary tags defined
-cvs.texi(,8503) with the @code{tag} or @code{rtag} command, two special tags
are
-cvs.texi(,8504) always available: @samp{HEAD} refers to the most recent version
-cvs.texi(,8505) available in the repository, and @samp{BASE} refers to the
-cvs.texi(,8506) revision you last checked out into the current working
directory.
-cvs.texi(,8507)
-cvs.texi(,8508) @c FIXME: What does HEAD really mean? I believe that
-cvs.texi(,8509) @c the current answer is the head of the default branch
-cvs.texi(,8510) @c for all cvs commands except diff. For diff, it
-cvs.texi(,8511) @c seems to be (a) the head of the trunk (or the default
-cvs.texi(,8512) @c branch?) if there is no sticky tag, (b) the head of the
-cvs.texi(,8513) @c branch for the sticky tag, if there is a sticky tag.
-cvs.texi(,8514) @c (b) is ugly as it differs
-cvs.texi(,8515) @c from what HEAD means for other commands, but people
-cvs.texi(,8516) @c and/or scripts are quite possibly used to it.
-cvs.texi(,8517) @c See "head" tests in sanity.sh.
-cvs.texi(,8518) @c Probably the best fix is to introduce two new
-cvs.texi(,8519) @c special tags, ".thead" for the head of the trunk,
-cvs.texi(,8520) @c and ".bhead" for the head of the current branch.
-cvs.texi(,8521) @c Then deprecate HEAD. This has the advantage of
-cvs.texi(,8522) @c not surprising people with a change to HEAD, and a
-cvs.texi(,8523) @c side benefit of also phasing out the poorly-named
-cvs.texi(,8524) @c HEAD (see discussion of reserved tag names in node
-cvs.texi(,8525) @c "Tags"). Of course, .thead and .bhead should be
-cvs.texi(,8526) @c carefully implemented (with the implementation the
-cvs.texi(,8527) @c same for "diff" as for everyone else), test cases
-cvs.texi(,8528) @c written (similar to the ones in "head"), new tests
-cvs.texi(,8529) @c cases written for things like default branches, &c.
-cvs.texi(,8530)
-cvs.texi(,8531) The tag specification is sticky when you use this
-cvs.texi(,8532) @c option
-cvs.texi(,8533) with @code{checkout} or @code{update} to make your own
-cvs.texi(,8534) copy of a file: @sc{cvs} remembers the tag and continues to
use it on
-cvs.texi(,8535) future update commands, until you specify otherwise (for more
information
-cvs.texi(,8536) on sticky tags/dates, @pxref{Sticky tags}).
-cvs.texi(,8537)
-cvs.texi(,8538) The tag can be either a symbolic or numeric tag, as
-cvs.texi(,8539) described in @ref{Tags}, or the name of a branch, as
-cvs.texi(,8540) described in @ref{Branching and merging}.
-cvs.texi(,8541)
-cvs.texi(,8542) Specifying the @samp{-q} global option along with the
-cvs.texi(,8543) @samp{-r} command option is often useful, to suppress
-cvs.texi(,8544) the warning messages when the @sc{rcs} file
-cvs.texi(,8545) does not contain the specified tag.
-cvs.texi(,8546)
-cvs.texi(,8547) @strong{Note: this is not the same as the overall @samp{cvs
-r} option,
-cvs.texi(,8548) which you can specify to the left of a @sc{cvs} command!}
-cvs.texi(,8549)
-cvs.texi(,8550) @samp{-r} is available with the @code{checkout}, @code{commit},
-cvs.texi(,8551) @code{diff}, @code{history}, @code{export}, @code{rdiff},
-cvs.texi(,8552) @code{rtag}, and @code{update} commands.
-cvs.texi(,8553)
-cvs.texi(,8554) @item -W
-cvs.texi(,8555) Specify file names that should be filtered. You can
-cvs.texi(,8556) use this option repeatedly. The spec can be a file
-cvs.texi(,8557) name pattern of the same type that you can specify in
-cvs.texi(,8558) the @file{.cvswrappers} file.
-cvs.texi(,8559) Available with the following commands: @code{import},
-cvs.texi(,8560) and @code{update}.
-cvs.texi(,8561)
-cvs.texi(,8562) @end table
-cvs.texi(,8563)
-cvs.texi(,8564) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,8565) @node admin
-cvs.texi(,8566) @appendixsec admin---Administration
-cvs.texi(,8567) @cindex Admin (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,8568)
-cvs.texi(,8569) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,8570) @item
-cvs.texi(,8571) Requires: repository, working directory.
-cvs.texi(,8572) @item
-cvs.texi(,8573) Changes: repository.
-cvs.texi(,8574) @item
-cvs.texi(,8575) Synonym: rcs
-cvs.texi(,8576) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,8577)
-cvs.texi(,8578) This is the @sc{cvs} interface to assorted
-cvs.texi(,8579) administrative facilities. Some of them have
-cvs.texi(,8580) questionable usefulness for @sc{cvs} but exist for
-cvs.texi(,8581) historical purposes. Some of the questionable options
-cvs.texi(,8582) are likely to disappear in the future. This command
-cvs.texi(,8583) @emph{does} work recursively, so extreme care should be
-cvs.texi(,8584) used.
-cvs.texi(,8585)
-cvs.texi(,8586) @cindex cvsadmin
-cvs.texi(,8587) @cindex UserAdminOptions, in CVSROOT/config
-cvs.texi(,8588) On unix, if there is a group named @code{cvsadmin},
-cvs.texi(,8589) only members of that group can run @code{cvs admin}
-cvs.texi(,8590) commands, except for those specified using the
-cvs.texi(,8591) @code{UserAdminOptions} configuration option in the
-cvs.texi(,8592) @file{CVSROOT/config} file. Options specified using
-cvs.texi(,8593) @code{UserAdminOptions} can be run by any user. See
-cvs.texi(,8594) @ref{config} for more on @code{UserAdminOptions}.
-cvs.texi(,8595)
-cvs.texi(,8596) The @code{cvsadmin} group should exist on the server,
-cvs.texi(,8597) or any system running the non-client/server @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,8598) To disallow @code{cvs admin} for all users, create a
-cvs.texi(,8599) group with no users in it. On NT, the @code{cvsadmin}
-cvs.texi(,8600) feature does not exist and all users
-cvs.texi(,8601) can run @code{cvs admin}.
-cvs.texi(,8602)
-cvs.texi(,8603) @menu
-cvs.texi(,8604) * admin options:: admin options
-cvs.texi(,8605) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,8606)
-cvs.texi(,8607) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
-cvs.texi(,8608) @node admin options
-cvs.texi(,8609) @appendixsubsec admin options
-cvs.texi(,8610)
-cvs.texi(,8611) Some of these options have questionable usefulness for
-cvs.texi(,8612) @sc{cvs} but exist for historical purposes. Some even
-cvs.texi(,8613) make it impossible to use @sc{cvs} until you undo the
-cvs.texi(,8614) effect!
-cvs.texi(,8615)
-cvs.texi(,8616) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,8617) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8618) Might not work together with @sc{cvs}. Append the
-cvs.texi(,8619) access list of @var{oldfile} to the access list of the
-cvs.texi(,8620) @sc{rcs} file.
+cvs.texi(,8498) Available with the following commands: @code{annotate},
@code{checkout},
+cvs.texi(,8499) @code{commit}, @code{diff}, @code{edit}, @code{editors},
@code{export},
+cvs.texi(,8500) @code{rdiff}, @code{remove}, @code{rtag},
+cvs.texi(,8501) @code{status}, @code{tag}, @code{unedit}, @code{update},
@code{watch},
+cvs.texi(,8502) and @code{watchers}.
+cvs.texi(,8503)
+cvs.texi(,8504) @item -r @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,8505) @cindex HEAD, special tag
+cvs.texi(,8506) @cindex BASE, special tag
+cvs.texi(,8507) Use the revision specified by the @var{tag} argument instead
of the
+cvs.texi(,8508) default @dfn{head} revision. As well as arbitrary tags defined
+cvs.texi(,8509) with the @code{tag} or @code{rtag} command, two special tags
are
+cvs.texi(,8510) always available: @samp{HEAD} refers to the most recent version
+cvs.texi(,8511) available in the repository, and @samp{BASE} refers to the
+cvs.texi(,8512) revision you last checked out into the current working
directory.
+cvs.texi(,8513)
+cvs.texi(,8514) @c FIXME: What does HEAD really mean? I believe that
+cvs.texi(,8515) @c the current answer is the head of the default branch
+cvs.texi(,8516) @c for all cvs commands except diff. For diff, it
+cvs.texi(,8517) @c seems to be (a) the head of the trunk (or the default
+cvs.texi(,8518) @c branch?) if there is no sticky tag, (b) the head of the
+cvs.texi(,8519) @c branch for the sticky tag, if there is a sticky tag.
+cvs.texi(,8520) @c (b) is ugly as it differs
+cvs.texi(,8521) @c from what HEAD means for other commands, but people
+cvs.texi(,8522) @c and/or scripts are quite possibly used to it.
+cvs.texi(,8523) @c See "head" tests in sanity.sh.
+cvs.texi(,8524) @c Probably the best fix is to introduce two new
+cvs.texi(,8525) @c special tags, ".thead" for the head of the trunk,
+cvs.texi(,8526) @c and ".bhead" for the head of the current branch.
+cvs.texi(,8527) @c Then deprecate HEAD. This has the advantage of
+cvs.texi(,8528) @c not surprising people with a change to HEAD, and a
+cvs.texi(,8529) @c side benefit of also phasing out the poorly-named
+cvs.texi(,8530) @c HEAD (see discussion of reserved tag names in node
+cvs.texi(,8531) @c "Tags"). Of course, .thead and .bhead should be
+cvs.texi(,8532) @c carefully implemented (with the implementation the
+cvs.texi(,8533) @c same for "diff" as for everyone else), test cases
+cvs.texi(,8534) @c written (similar to the ones in "head"), new tests
+cvs.texi(,8535) @c cases written for things like default branches, &c.
+cvs.texi(,8536)
+cvs.texi(,8537) The tag specification is sticky when you use this
+cvs.texi(,8538) @c option
+cvs.texi(,8539) with @code{checkout} or @code{update} to make your own
+cvs.texi(,8540) copy of a file: @sc{cvs} remembers the tag and continues to
use it on
+cvs.texi(,8541) future update commands, until you specify otherwise (for more
information
+cvs.texi(,8542) on sticky tags/dates, @pxref{Sticky tags}).
+cvs.texi(,8543)
+cvs.texi(,8544) The tag can be either a symbolic or numeric tag, as
+cvs.texi(,8545) described in @ref{Tags}, or the name of a branch, as
+cvs.texi(,8546) described in @ref{Branching and merging}.
+cvs.texi(,8547)
+cvs.texi(,8548) Specifying the @samp{-q} global option along with the
+cvs.texi(,8549) @samp{-r} command option is often useful, to suppress
+cvs.texi(,8550) the warning messages when the @sc{rcs} file
+cvs.texi(,8551) does not contain the specified tag.
+cvs.texi(,8552)
+cvs.texi(,8553) @strong{Note: this is not the same as the overall @samp{cvs
-r} option,
+cvs.texi(,8554) which you can specify to the left of a @sc{cvs} command!}
+cvs.texi(,8555)
+cvs.texi(,8556) @samp{-r} is available with the @code{checkout}, @code{commit},
+cvs.texi(,8557) @code{diff}, @code{history}, @code{export}, @code{rdiff},
+cvs.texi(,8558) @code{rtag}, and @code{update} commands.
+cvs.texi(,8559)
+cvs.texi(,8560) @item -W
+cvs.texi(,8561) Specify file names that should be filtered. You can
+cvs.texi(,8562) use this option repeatedly. The spec can be a file
+cvs.texi(,8563) name pattern of the same type that you can specify in
+cvs.texi(,8564) the @file{.cvswrappers} file.
+cvs.texi(,8565) Available with the following commands: @code{import},
+cvs.texi(,8566) and @code{update}.
+cvs.texi(,8567)
+cvs.texi(,8568) @end table
+cvs.texi(,8569)
+cvs.texi(,8570) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,8571) @node admin
+cvs.texi(,8572) @appendixsec admin---Administration
+cvs.texi(,8573) @cindex Admin (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,8574)
+cvs.texi(,8575) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,8576) @item
+cvs.texi(,8577) Requires: repository, working directory.
+cvs.texi(,8578) @item
+cvs.texi(,8579) Changes: repository.
+cvs.texi(,8580) @item
+cvs.texi(,8581) Synonym: rcs
+cvs.texi(,8582) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,8583)
+cvs.texi(,8584) This is the @sc{cvs} interface to assorted
+cvs.texi(,8585) administrative facilities. Some of them have
+cvs.texi(,8586) questionable usefulness for @sc{cvs} but exist for
+cvs.texi(,8587) historical purposes. Some of the questionable options
+cvs.texi(,8588) are likely to disappear in the future. This command
+cvs.texi(,8589) @emph{does} work recursively, so extreme care should be
+cvs.texi(,8590) used.
+cvs.texi(,8591)
+cvs.texi(,8592) @cindex cvsadmin
+cvs.texi(,8593) @cindex UserAdminOptions, in CVSROOT/config
+cvs.texi(,8594) On unix, if there is a group named @code{cvsadmin},
+cvs.texi(,8595) only members of that group can run @code{cvs admin}
+cvs.texi(,8596) commands, except for those specified using the
+cvs.texi(,8597) @code{UserAdminOptions} configuration option in the
+cvs.texi(,8598) @file{CVSROOT/config} file. Options specified using
+cvs.texi(,8599) @code{UserAdminOptions} can be run by any user. See
+cvs.texi(,8600) @ref{config} for more on @code{UserAdminOptions}.
+cvs.texi(,8601)
+cvs.texi(,8602) The @code{cvsadmin} group should exist on the server,
+cvs.texi(,8603) or any system running the non-client/server @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,8604) To disallow @code{cvs admin} for all users, create a
+cvs.texi(,8605) group with no users in it. On NT, the @code{cvsadmin}
+cvs.texi(,8606) feature does not exist and all users
+cvs.texi(,8607) can run @code{cvs admin}.
+cvs.texi(,8608)
+cvs.texi(,8609) @menu
+cvs.texi(,8610) * admin options:: admin options
+cvs.texi(,8611) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,8612)
+cvs.texi(,8613) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
+cvs.texi(,8614) @node admin options
+cvs.texi(,8615) @appendixsubsec admin options
+cvs.texi(,8616)
+cvs.texi(,8617) Some of these options have questionable usefulness for
+cvs.texi(,8618) @sc{cvs} but exist for historical purposes. Some even
+cvs.texi(,8619) make it impossible to use @sc{cvs} until you undo the
+cvs.texi(,8620) effect!
cvs.texi(,8621)
-cvs.texi(,8622) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8623) Might not work together with @sc{cvs}. Append the
-cvs.texi(,8624) login names appearing in the comma-separated list
-cvs.texi(,8625) @var{logins} to the access list of the @sc{rcs} file.
-cvs.texi(,8626)
-cvs.texi(,8627) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8628) Set the default branch to @var{rev}. In @sc{cvs}, you
-cvs.texi(,8629) normally do not manipulate default branches; sticky
-cvs.texi(,8630) tags (@pxref{Sticky tags}) are a better way to decide
-cvs.texi(,8631) which branch you want to work on. There is one reason
-cvs.texi(,8632) to run @code{cvs admin -b}: to revert to the vendor's
-cvs.texi(,8633) version when using vendor branches (@pxref{Reverting
-cvs.texi(,8634) local changes}).
-cvs.texi(,8635) There can be no space between @samp{-b} and its argument.
-cvs.texi(,8636) @c Hmm, we don't document the usage where rev is
-cvs.texi(,8637) @c omitted. Maybe that usage can/should be deprecated
-cvs.texi(,8638) @c (and replaced with -bHEAD or something?) (so we can toss
-cvs.texi(,8639) @c the optional argument). Note that -bHEAD does not
-cvs.texi(,8640) @c work, as of 17 Sep 1997, but probably will once "cvs
-cvs.texi(,8641) @c admin" is internal to CVS.
-cvs.texi(,8642)
-cvs.texi(,8643) @cindex Comment leader
-cvs.texi(,8644) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8645) Sets the comment leader to @var{string}. The comment
-cvs.texi(,8646) leader is not used by current versions of @sc{cvs} or
-cvs.texi(,8647) @sc{rcs} 5.7. Therefore, you can almost surely not
-cvs.texi(,8648) worry about it. @xref{Keyword substitution}.
-cvs.texi(,8649)
-cvs.texi(,8650) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8651) Might not work together with @sc{cvs}. Erase the login
-cvs.texi(,8652) names appearing in the comma-separated list
-cvs.texi(,8653) @var{logins} from the access list of the RCS file. If
-cvs.texi(,8654) @var{logins} is omitted, erase the entire access list.
-cvs.texi(,8655) There can be no space between @samp{-e} and its argument.
-cvs.texi(,8656)
-cvs.texi(,8657) @item -I
-cvs.texi(,8658) Run interactively, even if the standard input is not a
-cvs.texi(,8659) terminal. This option does not work with the
-cvs.texi(,8660) client/server @sc{cvs} and is likely to disappear in
-cvs.texi(,8661) a future release of @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,8622) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,8623) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8624) Might not work together with @sc{cvs}. Append the
+cvs.texi(,8625) access list of @var{oldfile} to the access list of the
+cvs.texi(,8626) @sc{rcs} file.
+cvs.texi(,8627)
+cvs.texi(,8628) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8629) Might not work together with @sc{cvs}. Append the
+cvs.texi(,8630) login names appearing in the comma-separated list
+cvs.texi(,8631) @var{logins} to the access list of the @sc{rcs} file.
+cvs.texi(,8632)
+cvs.texi(,8633) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8634) Set the default branch to @var{rev}. In @sc{cvs}, you
+cvs.texi(,8635) normally do not manipulate default branches; sticky
+cvs.texi(,8636) tags (@pxref{Sticky tags}) are a better way to decide
+cvs.texi(,8637) which branch you want to work on. There is one reason
+cvs.texi(,8638) to run @code{cvs admin -b}: to revert to the vendor's
+cvs.texi(,8639) version when using vendor branches (@pxref{Reverting
+cvs.texi(,8640) local changes}).
+cvs.texi(,8641) There can be no space between @samp{-b} and its argument.
+cvs.texi(,8642) @c Hmm, we don't document the usage where rev is
+cvs.texi(,8643) @c omitted. Maybe that usage can/should be deprecated
+cvs.texi(,8644) @c (and replaced with -bHEAD or something?) (so we can toss
+cvs.texi(,8645) @c the optional argument). Note that -bHEAD does not
+cvs.texi(,8646) @c work, as of 17 Sep 1997, but probably will once "cvs
+cvs.texi(,8647) @c admin" is internal to CVS.
+cvs.texi(,8648)
+cvs.texi(,8649) @cindex Comment leader
+cvs.texi(,8650) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8651) Sets the comment leader to @var{string}. The comment
+cvs.texi(,8652) leader is not used by current versions of @sc{cvs} or
+cvs.texi(,8653) @sc{rcs} 5.7. Therefore, you can almost surely not
+cvs.texi(,8654) worry about it. @xref{Keyword substitution}.
+cvs.texi(,8655)
+cvs.texi(,8656) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8657) Might not work together with @sc{cvs}. Erase the login
+cvs.texi(,8658) names appearing in the comma-separated list
+cvs.texi(,8659) @var{logins} from the access list of the RCS file. If
+cvs.texi(,8660) @var{logins} is omitted, erase the entire access list.
+cvs.texi(,8661) There can be no space between @samp{-e} and its argument.
cvs.texi(,8662)
-cvs.texi(,8663) @item -i
-cvs.texi(,8664) Useless with @sc{cvs}. This creates and initializes a
-cvs.texi(,8665) new @sc{rcs} file, without depositing a revision. With
-cvs.texi(,8666) @sc{cvs}, add files with the @code{cvs add} command
-cvs.texi(,8667) (@pxref{Adding files}).
+cvs.texi(,8663) @item -I
+cvs.texi(,8664) Run interactively, even if the standard input is not a
+cvs.texi(,8665) terminal. This option does not work with the
+cvs.texi(,8666) client/server @sc{cvs} and is likely to disappear in
+cvs.texi(,8667) a future release of @sc{cvs}.
cvs.texi(,8668)
-cvs.texi(,8669) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8670) Set the default keyword
-cvs.texi(,8671) substitution to @var{subst}. @xref{Keyword
-cvs.texi(,8672) substitution}. Giving an explicit @samp{-k} option to
-cvs.texi(,8673) @code{cvs update}, @code{cvs export}, or @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,8674) checkout} overrides this default.
-cvs.texi(,8675)
-cvs.texi(,8676) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8677) Lock the revision with number @var{rev}. If a branch
-cvs.texi(,8678) is given, lock the latest revision on that branch. If
-cvs.texi(,8679) @var{rev} is omitted, lock the latest revision on the
-cvs.texi(,8680) default branch. There can be no space between
-cvs.texi(,8681) @samp{-l} and its argument.
-cvs.texi(,8682)
-cvs.texi(,8683) This can be used in conjunction with the
-cvs.texi(,8684) @file{rcslock.pl} script in the @file{contrib}
-cvs.texi(,8685) directory of the @sc{cvs} source distribution to
-cvs.texi(,8686) provide reserved checkouts (where only one user can be
-cvs.texi(,8687) editing a given file at a time). See the comments in
-cvs.texi(,8688) that file for details (and see the @file{README} file
-cvs.texi(,8689) in that directory for disclaimers about the unsupported
-cvs.texi(,8690) nature of contrib). According to comments in that
-cvs.texi(,8691) file, locking must set to strict (which is the default).
-cvs.texi(,8692)
-cvs.texi(,8693) @item -L
-cvs.texi(,8694) Set locking to strict. Strict locking means that the
-cvs.texi(,8695) owner of an RCS file is not exempt from locking for
-cvs.texi(,8696) checkin. For use with @sc{cvs}, strict locking must be
-cvs.texi(,8697) set; see the discussion under the @samp{-l} option above.
+cvs.texi(,8669) @item -i
+cvs.texi(,8670) Useless with @sc{cvs}. This creates and initializes a
+cvs.texi(,8671) new @sc{rcs} file, without depositing a revision. With
+cvs.texi(,8672) @sc{cvs}, add files with the @code{cvs add} command
+cvs.texi(,8673) (@pxref{Adding files}).
+cvs.texi(,8674)
+cvs.texi(,8675) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8676) Set the default keyword
+cvs.texi(,8677) substitution to @var{subst}. @xref{Keyword
+cvs.texi(,8678) substitution}. Giving an explicit @samp{-k} option to
+cvs.texi(,8679) @code{cvs update}, @code{cvs export}, or @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,8680) checkout} overrides this default.
+cvs.texi(,8681)
+cvs.texi(,8682) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8683) Lock the revision with number @var{rev}. If a branch
+cvs.texi(,8684) is given, lock the latest revision on that branch. If
+cvs.texi(,8685) @var{rev} is omitted, lock the latest revision on the
+cvs.texi(,8686) default branch. There can be no space between
+cvs.texi(,8687) @samp{-l} and its argument.
+cvs.texi(,8688)
+cvs.texi(,8689) This can be used in conjunction with the
+cvs.texi(,8690) @file{rcslock.pl} script in the @file{contrib}
+cvs.texi(,8691) directory of the @sc{cvs} source distribution to
+cvs.texi(,8692) provide reserved checkouts (where only one user can be
+cvs.texi(,8693) editing a given file at a time). See the comments in
+cvs.texi(,8694) that file for details (and see the @file{README} file
+cvs.texi(,8695) in that directory for disclaimers about the unsupported
+cvs.texi(,8696) nature of contrib). According to comments in that
+cvs.texi(,8697) file, locking must set to strict (which is the default).
cvs.texi(,8698)
-cvs.texi(,8699) @cindex Changing a log message
-cvs.texi(,8700) @cindex Replacing a log message
-cvs.texi(,8701) @cindex Correcting a log message
-cvs.texi(,8702) @cindex Fixing a log message
-cvs.texi(,8703) @cindex Log message, correcting
-cvs.texi(,8704) @item address@hidden:@var{msg}
-cvs.texi(,8705) Replace the log message of revision @var{rev} with
-cvs.texi(,8706) @var{msg}.
-cvs.texi(,8707)
-cvs.texi(,8708) @c The rcs -M option, to suppress sending mail, has never been
-cvs.texi(,8709) @c documented as a cvs admin option.
-cvs.texi(,8710)
-cvs.texi(,8711) @item address@hidden:address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8712) Act like @samp{-n}, except override any previous
-cvs.texi(,8713) assignment of @var{name}. For use with magic branches,
-cvs.texi(,8714) see @ref{Magic branch numbers}.
-cvs.texi(,8715)
-cvs.texi(,8716) @item address@hidden:address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8717) Associate the symbolic name @var{name} with the branch
-cvs.texi(,8718) or revision @var{rev}. It is normally better to use
-cvs.texi(,8719) @samp{cvs tag} or @samp{cvs rtag} instead. Delete the
-cvs.texi(,8720) symbolic name if both @samp{:} and @var{rev} are
-cvs.texi(,8721) omitted; otherwise, print an error message if
-cvs.texi(,8722) @var{name} is already associated with another number.
-cvs.texi(,8723) If @var{rev} is symbolic, it is expanded before
-cvs.texi(,8724) association. A @var{rev} consisting of a branch number
-cvs.texi(,8725) followed by a @samp{.} stands for the current latest
-cvs.texi(,8726) revision in the branch. A @samp{:} with an empty
-cvs.texi(,8727) @var{rev} stands for the current latest revision on the
-cvs.texi(,8728) default branch, normally the trunk. For example,
-cvs.texi(,8729) @samp{cvs admin address@hidden:} associates @var{name} with the
-cvs.texi(,8730) current latest revision of all the RCS files;
-cvs.texi(,8731) this contrasts with @samp{cvs admin address@hidden:$} which
-cvs.texi(,8732) associates @var{name} with the revision numbers
-cvs.texi(,8733) extracted from keyword strings in the corresponding
-cvs.texi(,8734) working files.
-cvs.texi(,8735)
-cvs.texi(,8736) @cindex Deleting revisions
-cvs.texi(,8737) @cindex Outdating revisions
-cvs.texi(,8738) @cindex Saving space
-cvs.texi(,8739) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8740) Deletes (@dfn{outdates}) the revisions given by
-cvs.texi(,8741) @var{range}.
-cvs.texi(,8742)
-cvs.texi(,8743) Note that this command can be quite dangerous unless
-cvs.texi(,8744) you know @emph{exactly} what you are doing (for example
-cvs.texi(,8745) see the warnings below about how the
-cvs.texi(,8746) @var{rev1}:@var{rev2} syntax is confusing).
-cvs.texi(,8747)
-cvs.texi(,8748) If you are short on disc this option might help you.
-cvs.texi(,8749) But think twice before using it---there is no way short
-cvs.texi(,8750) of restoring the latest backup to undo this command!
-cvs.texi(,8751) If you delete different revisions than you planned,
-cvs.texi(,8752) either due to carelessness or (heaven forbid) a @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,8753) bug, there is no opportunity to correct the error
-cvs.texi(,8754) before the revisions are deleted. It probably would be
-cvs.texi(,8755) a good idea to experiment on a copy of the repository
-cvs.texi(,8756) first.
-cvs.texi(,8757)
-cvs.texi(,8758) Specify @var{range} in one of the following ways:
-cvs.texi(,8759)
-cvs.texi(,8760) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,8761) @item @var{rev1}::@var{rev2}
-cvs.texi(,8762) Collapse all revisions between rev1 and rev2, so that
-cvs.texi(,8763) @sc{cvs} only stores the differences associated with going
-cvs.texi(,8764) from rev1 to rev2, not intermediate steps. For
-cvs.texi(,8765) example, after @samp{-o 1.3::1.5} one can retrieve
-cvs.texi(,8766) revision 1.3, revision 1.5, or the differences to get
-cvs.texi(,8767) from 1.3 to 1.5, but not the revision 1.4, or the
-cvs.texi(,8768) differences between 1.3 and 1.4. Other examples:
-cvs.texi(,8769) @samp{-o 1.3::1.4} and @samp{-o 1.3::1.3} have no
-cvs.texi(,8770) effect, because there are no intermediate revisions to
-cvs.texi(,8771) remove.
-cvs.texi(,8772)
-cvs.texi(,8773) @item ::@var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,8774) Collapse revisions between the beginning of the branch
-cvs.texi(,8775) containing @var{rev} and @var{rev} itself. The
-cvs.texi(,8776) branchpoint and @var{rev} are left intact. For
-cvs.texi(,8777) example, @samp{-o ::1.3.2.6} deletes revision 1.3.2.1,
-cvs.texi(,8778) revision 1.3.2.5, and everything in between, but leaves
-cvs.texi(,8779) 1.3 and 1.3.2.6 intact.
-cvs.texi(,8780)
-cvs.texi(,8781) @item @var{rev}::
-cvs.texi(,8782) Collapse revisions between @var{rev} and the end of the
-cvs.texi(,8783) branch containing @var{rev}. Revision @var{rev} is
-cvs.texi(,8784) left intact but the head revision is deleted.
-cvs.texi(,8785)
-cvs.texi(,8786) @item @var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,8787) Delete the revision @var{rev}. For example, @samp{-o
-cvs.texi(,8788) 1.3} is equivalent to @samp{-o 1.2::1.4}.
-cvs.texi(,8789)
-cvs.texi(,8790) @item @var{rev1}:@var{rev2}
-cvs.texi(,8791) Delete the revisions from @var{rev1} to @var{rev2},
-cvs.texi(,8792) inclusive, on the same branch. One will not be able to
-cvs.texi(,8793) retrieve @var{rev1} or @var{rev2} or any of the
-cvs.texi(,8794) revisions in between. For example, the command
-cvs.texi(,8795) @samp{cvs admin -oR_1_01:R_1_02 .} is rarely useful.
-cvs.texi(,8796) It means to delete revisions up to, and including, the
-cvs.texi(,8797) tag R_1_02. But beware! If there are files that have not
-cvs.texi(,8798) changed between R_1_02 and R_1_03 the file will have
-cvs.texi(,8799) @emph{the same} numerical revision number assigned to
-cvs.texi(,8800) the tags R_1_02 and R_1_03. So not only will it be
-cvs.texi(,8801) impossible to retrieve R_1_02; R_1_03 will also have to
-cvs.texi(,8802) be restored from the tapes! In most cases you want to
-cvs.texi(,8803) specify @var{rev1}::@var{rev2} instead.
-cvs.texi(,8804)
-cvs.texi(,8805) @item :@var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,8806) Delete revisions from the beginning of the
-cvs.texi(,8807) branch containing @var{rev} up to and including
-cvs.texi(,8808) @var{rev}.
-cvs.texi(,8809)
-cvs.texi(,8810) @item @var{rev}:
-cvs.texi(,8811) Delete revisions from revision @var{rev}, including
-cvs.texi(,8812) @var{rev} itself, to the end of the branch containing
-cvs.texi(,8813) @var{rev}.
-cvs.texi(,8814) @end table
+cvs.texi(,8699) @item -L
+cvs.texi(,8700) Set locking to strict. Strict locking means that the
+cvs.texi(,8701) owner of an RCS file is not exempt from locking for
+cvs.texi(,8702) checkin. For use with @sc{cvs}, strict locking must be
+cvs.texi(,8703) set; see the discussion under the @samp{-l} option above.
+cvs.texi(,8704)
+cvs.texi(,8705) @cindex Changing a log message
+cvs.texi(,8706) @cindex Replacing a log message
+cvs.texi(,8707) @cindex Correcting a log message
+cvs.texi(,8708) @cindex Fixing a log message
+cvs.texi(,8709) @cindex Log message, correcting
+cvs.texi(,8710) @item address@hidden:@var{msg}
+cvs.texi(,8711) Replace the log message of revision @var{rev} with
+cvs.texi(,8712) @var{msg}.
+cvs.texi(,8713)
+cvs.texi(,8714) @c The rcs -M option, to suppress sending mail, has never been
+cvs.texi(,8715) @c documented as a cvs admin option.
+cvs.texi(,8716)
+cvs.texi(,8717) @item address@hidden:address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8718) Act like @samp{-n}, except override any previous
+cvs.texi(,8719) assignment of @var{name}. For use with magic branches,
+cvs.texi(,8720) see @ref{Magic branch numbers}.
+cvs.texi(,8721)
+cvs.texi(,8722) @item address@hidden:address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8723) Associate the symbolic name @var{name} with the branch
+cvs.texi(,8724) or revision @var{rev}. It is normally better to use
+cvs.texi(,8725) @samp{cvs tag} or @samp{cvs rtag} instead. Delete the
+cvs.texi(,8726) symbolic name if both @samp{:} and @var{rev} are
+cvs.texi(,8727) omitted; otherwise, print an error message if
+cvs.texi(,8728) @var{name} is already associated with another number.
+cvs.texi(,8729) If @var{rev} is symbolic, it is expanded before
+cvs.texi(,8730) association. A @var{rev} consisting of a branch number
+cvs.texi(,8731) followed by a @samp{.} stands for the current latest
+cvs.texi(,8732) revision in the branch. A @samp{:} with an empty
+cvs.texi(,8733) @var{rev} stands for the current latest revision on the
+cvs.texi(,8734) default branch, normally the trunk. For example,
+cvs.texi(,8735) @samp{cvs admin address@hidden:} associates @var{name} with the
+cvs.texi(,8736) current latest revision of all the RCS files;
+cvs.texi(,8737) this contrasts with @samp{cvs admin address@hidden:$} which
+cvs.texi(,8738) associates @var{name} with the revision numbers
+cvs.texi(,8739) extracted from keyword strings in the corresponding
+cvs.texi(,8740) working files.
+cvs.texi(,8741)
+cvs.texi(,8742) @cindex Deleting revisions
+cvs.texi(,8743) @cindex Outdating revisions
+cvs.texi(,8744) @cindex Saving space
+cvs.texi(,8745) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8746) Deletes (@dfn{outdates}) the revisions given by
+cvs.texi(,8747) @var{range}.
+cvs.texi(,8748)
+cvs.texi(,8749) Note that this command can be quite dangerous unless
+cvs.texi(,8750) you know @emph{exactly} what you are doing (for example
+cvs.texi(,8751) see the warnings below about how the
+cvs.texi(,8752) @var{rev1}:@var{rev2} syntax is confusing).
+cvs.texi(,8753)
+cvs.texi(,8754) If you are short on disc this option might help you.
+cvs.texi(,8755) But think twice before using it---there is no way short
+cvs.texi(,8756) of restoring the latest backup to undo this command!
+cvs.texi(,8757) If you delete different revisions than you planned,
+cvs.texi(,8758) either due to carelessness or (heaven forbid) a @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,8759) bug, there is no opportunity to correct the error
+cvs.texi(,8760) before the revisions are deleted. It probably would be
+cvs.texi(,8761) a good idea to experiment on a copy of the repository
+cvs.texi(,8762) first.
+cvs.texi(,8763)
+cvs.texi(,8764) Specify @var{range} in one of the following ways:
+cvs.texi(,8765)
+cvs.texi(,8766) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,8767) @item @var{rev1}::@var{rev2}
+cvs.texi(,8768) Collapse all revisions between rev1 and rev2, so that
+cvs.texi(,8769) @sc{cvs} only stores the differences associated with going
+cvs.texi(,8770) from rev1 to rev2, not intermediate steps. For
+cvs.texi(,8771) example, after @samp{-o 1.3::1.5} one can retrieve
+cvs.texi(,8772) revision 1.3, revision 1.5, or the differences to get
+cvs.texi(,8773) from 1.3 to 1.5, but not the revision 1.4, or the
+cvs.texi(,8774) differences between 1.3 and 1.4. Other examples:
+cvs.texi(,8775) @samp{-o 1.3::1.4} and @samp{-o 1.3::1.3} have no
+cvs.texi(,8776) effect, because there are no intermediate revisions to
+cvs.texi(,8777) remove.
+cvs.texi(,8778)
+cvs.texi(,8779) @item ::@var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,8780) Collapse revisions between the beginning of the branch
+cvs.texi(,8781) containing @var{rev} and @var{rev} itself. The
+cvs.texi(,8782) branchpoint and @var{rev} are left intact. For
+cvs.texi(,8783) example, @samp{-o ::1.3.2.6} deletes revision 1.3.2.1,
+cvs.texi(,8784) revision 1.3.2.5, and everything in between, but leaves
+cvs.texi(,8785) 1.3 and 1.3.2.6 intact.
+cvs.texi(,8786)
+cvs.texi(,8787) @item @var{rev}::
+cvs.texi(,8788) Collapse revisions between @var{rev} and the end of the
+cvs.texi(,8789) branch containing @var{rev}. Revision @var{rev} is
+cvs.texi(,8790) left intact but the head revision is deleted.
+cvs.texi(,8791)
+cvs.texi(,8792) @item @var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,8793) Delete the revision @var{rev}. For example, @samp{-o
+cvs.texi(,8794) 1.3} is equivalent to @samp{-o 1.2::1.4}.
+cvs.texi(,8795)
+cvs.texi(,8796) @item @var{rev1}:@var{rev2}
+cvs.texi(,8797) Delete the revisions from @var{rev1} to @var{rev2},
+cvs.texi(,8798) inclusive, on the same branch. One will not be able to
+cvs.texi(,8799) retrieve @var{rev1} or @var{rev2} or any of the
+cvs.texi(,8800) revisions in between. For example, the command
+cvs.texi(,8801) @samp{cvs admin -oR_1_01:R_1_02 .} is rarely useful.
+cvs.texi(,8802) It means to delete revisions up to, and including, the
+cvs.texi(,8803) tag R_1_02. But beware! If there are files that have not
+cvs.texi(,8804) changed between R_1_02 and R_1_03 the file will have
+cvs.texi(,8805) @emph{the same} numerical revision number assigned to
+cvs.texi(,8806) the tags R_1_02 and R_1_03. So not only will it be
+cvs.texi(,8807) impossible to retrieve R_1_02; R_1_03 will also have to
+cvs.texi(,8808) be restored from the tapes! In most cases you want to
+cvs.texi(,8809) specify @var{rev1}::@var{rev2} instead.
+cvs.texi(,8810)
+cvs.texi(,8811) @item :@var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,8812) Delete revisions from the beginning of the
+cvs.texi(,8813) branch containing @var{rev} up to and including
+cvs.texi(,8814) @var{rev}.
cvs.texi(,8815)
-cvs.texi(,8816) None of the revisions to be deleted may have
-cvs.texi(,8817) branches or locks.
-cvs.texi(,8818)
-cvs.texi(,8819) If any of the revisions to be deleted have symbolic
-cvs.texi(,8820) names, and one specifies one of the @samp{::} syntaxes,
-cvs.texi(,8821) then @sc{cvs} will give an error and not delete any
-cvs.texi(,8822) revisions. If you really want to delete both the
-cvs.texi(,8823) symbolic names and the revisions, first delete the
-cvs.texi(,8824) symbolic names with @code{cvs tag -d}, then run
-cvs.texi(,8825) @code{cvs admin -o}. If one specifies the
-cvs.texi(,8826) address@hidden::} syntaxes, then @sc{cvs} will delete the
-cvs.texi(,8827) revisions but leave the symbolic names pointing to
-cvs.texi(,8828) nonexistent revisions. This behavior is preserved for
-cvs.texi(,8829) compatibility with previous versions of @sc{cvs}, but
-cvs.texi(,8830) because it isn't very useful, in the future it may
-cvs.texi(,8831) change to be like the @samp{::} case.
-cvs.texi(,8832)
-cvs.texi(,8833) Due to the way @sc{cvs} handles branches @var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,8834) cannot be specified symbolically if it is a branch.
-cvs.texi(,8835) @xref{Magic branch numbers}, for an explanation.
-cvs.texi(,8836) @c FIXME: is this still true? I suspect not.
-cvs.texi(,8837)
-cvs.texi(,8838) Make sure that no-one has checked out a copy of the
-cvs.texi(,8839) revision you outdate. Strange things will happen if he
-cvs.texi(,8840) starts to edit it and tries to check it back in. For
-cvs.texi(,8841) this reason, this option is not a good way to take back
-cvs.texi(,8842) a bogus commit; commit a new revision undoing the bogus
-cvs.texi(,8843) change instead (@pxref{Merging two revisions}).
-cvs.texi(,8844)
-cvs.texi(,8845) @item -q
-cvs.texi(,8846) Run quietly; do not print diagnostics.
-cvs.texi(,8847)
-cvs.texi(,8848) @item address@hidden:@var{rev}]
-cvs.texi(,8849) Useful with @sc{cvs}. Set the state attribute of the
-cvs.texi(,8850) revision @var{rev} to @var{state}. If @var{rev} is a
-cvs.texi(,8851) branch number, assume the latest revision on that
-cvs.texi(,8852) branch. If @var{rev} is omitted, assume the latest
-cvs.texi(,8853) revision on the default branch. Any identifier is
-cvs.texi(,8854) acceptable for @var{state}. A useful set of states is
-cvs.texi(,8855) @samp{Exp} (for experimental), @samp{Stab} (for
-cvs.texi(,8856) stable), and @samp{Rel} (for released). By default,
-cvs.texi(,8857) the state of a new revision is set to @samp{Exp} when
-cvs.texi(,8858) it is created. The state is visible in the output from
-cvs.texi(,8859) @var{cvs log} (@pxref{log}), and in the
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,8860) @address@hidden and @address@hidden keywords
-cvs.texi(,8861) (@pxref{Keyword substitution}). Note that @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,8862) uses the @code{dead} state for its own purposes; to
-cvs.texi(,8863) take a file to or from the @code{dead} state use
-cvs.texi(,8864) commands like @code{cvs remove} and @code{cvs add}, not
-cvs.texi(,8865) @code{cvs admin -s}.
-cvs.texi(,8866)
-cvs.texi(,8867) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8868) Useful with @sc{cvs}. Write descriptive text from the
-cvs.texi(,8869) contents of the named @var{file} into the RCS file,
-cvs.texi(,8870) deleting the existing text. The @var{file} pathname
-cvs.texi(,8871) may not begin with @samp{-}. The descriptive text can be seen
in the
-cvs.texi(,8872) output from @samp{cvs log} (@pxref{log}).
-cvs.texi(,8873) There can be no space between @samp{-t} and its argument.
-cvs.texi(,8874)
-cvs.texi(,8875) If @var{file} is omitted,
-cvs.texi(,8876) obtain the text from standard input, terminated by
-cvs.texi(,8877) end-of-file or by a line containing @samp{.} by itself.
-cvs.texi(,8878) Prompt for the text if interaction is possible; see
-cvs.texi(,8879) @samp{-I}.
+cvs.texi(,8816) @item @var{rev}:
+cvs.texi(,8817) Delete revisions from revision @var{rev}, including
+cvs.texi(,8818) @var{rev} itself, to the end of the branch containing
+cvs.texi(,8819) @var{rev}.
+cvs.texi(,8820) @end table
+cvs.texi(,8821)
+cvs.texi(,8822) None of the revisions to be deleted may have
+cvs.texi(,8823) branches or locks.
+cvs.texi(,8824)
+cvs.texi(,8825) If any of the revisions to be deleted have symbolic
+cvs.texi(,8826) names, and one specifies one of the @samp{::} syntaxes,
+cvs.texi(,8827) then @sc{cvs} will give an error and not delete any
+cvs.texi(,8828) revisions. If you really want to delete both the
+cvs.texi(,8829) symbolic names and the revisions, first delete the
+cvs.texi(,8830) symbolic names with @code{cvs tag -d}, then run
+cvs.texi(,8831) @code{cvs admin -o}. If one specifies the
+cvs.texi(,8832) address@hidden::} syntaxes, then @sc{cvs} will delete the
+cvs.texi(,8833) revisions but leave the symbolic names pointing to
+cvs.texi(,8834) nonexistent revisions. This behavior is preserved for
+cvs.texi(,8835) compatibility with previous versions of @sc{cvs}, but
+cvs.texi(,8836) because it isn't very useful, in the future it may
+cvs.texi(,8837) change to be like the @samp{::} case.
+cvs.texi(,8838)
+cvs.texi(,8839) Due to the way @sc{cvs} handles branches @var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,8840) cannot be specified symbolically if it is a branch.
+cvs.texi(,8841) @xref{Magic branch numbers}, for an explanation.
+cvs.texi(,8842) @c FIXME: is this still true? I suspect not.
+cvs.texi(,8843)
+cvs.texi(,8844) Make sure that no-one has checked out a copy of the
+cvs.texi(,8845) revision you outdate. Strange things will happen if he
+cvs.texi(,8846) starts to edit it and tries to check it back in. For
+cvs.texi(,8847) this reason, this option is not a good way to take back
+cvs.texi(,8848) a bogus commit; commit a new revision undoing the bogus
+cvs.texi(,8849) change instead (@pxref{Merging two revisions}).
+cvs.texi(,8850)
+cvs.texi(,8851) @item -q
+cvs.texi(,8852) Run quietly; do not print diagnostics.
+cvs.texi(,8853)
+cvs.texi(,8854) @item address@hidden:@var{rev}]
+cvs.texi(,8855) Useful with @sc{cvs}. Set the state attribute of the
+cvs.texi(,8856) revision @var{rev} to @var{state}. If @var{rev} is a
+cvs.texi(,8857) branch number, assume the latest revision on that
+cvs.texi(,8858) branch. If @var{rev} is omitted, assume the latest
+cvs.texi(,8859) revision on the default branch. Any identifier is
+cvs.texi(,8860) acceptable for @var{state}. A useful set of states is
+cvs.texi(,8861) @samp{Exp} (for experimental), @samp{Stab} (for
+cvs.texi(,8862) stable), and @samp{Rel} (for released). By default,
+cvs.texi(,8863) the state of a new revision is set to @samp{Exp} when
+cvs.texi(,8864) it is created. The state is visible in the output from
+cvs.texi(,8865) @var{cvs log} (@pxref{log}), and in the
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,8866) @address@hidden and @address@hidden keywords
+cvs.texi(,8867) (@pxref{Keyword substitution}). Note that @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,8868) uses the @code{dead} state for its own purposes; to
+cvs.texi(,8869) take a file to or from the @code{dead} state use
+cvs.texi(,8870) commands like @code{cvs remove} and @code{cvs add}, not
+cvs.texi(,8871) @code{cvs admin -s}.
+cvs.texi(,8872)
+cvs.texi(,8873) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8874) Useful with @sc{cvs}. Write descriptive text from the
+cvs.texi(,8875) contents of the named @var{file} into the RCS file,
+cvs.texi(,8876) deleting the existing text. The @var{file} pathname
+cvs.texi(,8877) may not begin with @samp{-}. The descriptive text can be seen
in the
+cvs.texi(,8878) output from @samp{cvs log} (@pxref{log}).
+cvs.texi(,8879) There can be no space between @samp{-t} and its argument.
cvs.texi(,8880)
-cvs.texi(,8881) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8882) Similar to @address@hidden Write descriptive text
-cvs.texi(,8883) from the @var{string} into the @sc{rcs} file, deleting
-cvs.texi(,8884) the existing text.
-cvs.texi(,8885) There can be no space between @samp{-t} and its argument.
+cvs.texi(,8881) If @var{file} is omitted,
+cvs.texi(,8882) obtain the text from standard input, terminated by
+cvs.texi(,8883) end-of-file or by a line containing @samp{.} by itself.
+cvs.texi(,8884) Prompt for the text if interaction is possible; see
+cvs.texi(,8885) @samp{-I}.
cvs.texi(,8886)
-cvs.texi(,8887) @c The rcs -T option, do not update last-mod time for
-cvs.texi(,8888) @c minor changes, has never been documented as a
-cvs.texi(,8889) @c cvs admin option.
-cvs.texi(,8890)
-cvs.texi(,8891) @item -U
-cvs.texi(,8892) Set locking to non-strict. Non-strict locking means
-cvs.texi(,8893) that the owner of a file need not lock a revision for
-cvs.texi(,8894) checkin. For use with @sc{cvs}, strict locking must be
-cvs.texi(,8895) set; see the discussion under the @samp{-l} option
-cvs.texi(,8896) above.
-cvs.texi(,8897)
-cvs.texi(,8898) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8899) See the option @samp{-l} above, for a discussion of
-cvs.texi(,8900) using this option with @sc{cvs}. Unlock the revision
-cvs.texi(,8901) with number @var{rev}. If a branch is given, unlock
-cvs.texi(,8902) the latest revision on that branch. If @var{rev} is
-cvs.texi(,8903) omitted, remove the latest lock held by the caller.
-cvs.texi(,8904) Normally, only the locker of a revision may unlock it;
-cvs.texi(,8905) somebody else unlocking a revision breaks the lock.
-cvs.texi(,8906) This causes the original locker to be sent a @code{commit}
-cvs.texi(,8907) notification (@pxref{Getting Notified}).
-cvs.texi(,8908) There can be no space between @samp{-u} and its argument.
-cvs.texi(,8909)
-cvs.texi(,8910) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8911) In previous versions of @sc{cvs}, this option meant to
-cvs.texi(,8912) write an @sc{rcs} file which would be acceptable to
-cvs.texi(,8913) @sc{rcs} version @var{n}, but it is now obsolete and
-cvs.texi(,8914) specifying it will produce an error.
-cvs.texi(,8915) @c Note that -V without an argument has never been
-cvs.texi(,8916) @c documented as a cvs admin option.
-cvs.texi(,8917)
-cvs.texi(,8918) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8919) In previous versions of @sc{cvs}, this was documented
-cvs.texi(,8920) as a way of specifying the names of the @sc{rcs}
-cvs.texi(,8921) files. However, @sc{cvs} has always required that the
-cvs.texi(,8922) @sc{rcs} files used by @sc{cvs} end in @samp{,v}, so
-cvs.texi(,8923) this option has never done anything useful.
-cvs.texi(,8924)
-cvs.texi(,8925) @c The rcs -z option, to specify the timezone, has
-cvs.texi(,8926) @c never been documented as a cvs admin option.
-cvs.texi(,8927) @end table
-cvs.texi(,8928)
-cvs.texi(,8929)
-cvs.texi(,8930) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,8931) @node checkout
-cvs.texi(,8932) @appendixsec checkout---Check out sources for editing
-cvs.texi(,8933) @cindex checkout (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,8934) @cindex co (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,8887) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8888) Similar to @address@hidden Write descriptive text
+cvs.texi(,8889) from the @var{string} into the @sc{rcs} file, deleting
+cvs.texi(,8890) the existing text.
+cvs.texi(,8891) There can be no space between @samp{-t} and its argument.
+cvs.texi(,8892)
+cvs.texi(,8893) @c The rcs -T option, do not update last-mod time for
+cvs.texi(,8894) @c minor changes, has never been documented as a
+cvs.texi(,8895) @c cvs admin option.
+cvs.texi(,8896)
+cvs.texi(,8897) @item -U
+cvs.texi(,8898) Set locking to non-strict. Non-strict locking means
+cvs.texi(,8899) that the owner of a file need not lock a revision for
+cvs.texi(,8900) checkin. For use with @sc{cvs}, strict locking must be
+cvs.texi(,8901) set; see the discussion under the @samp{-l} option
+cvs.texi(,8902) above.
+cvs.texi(,8903)
+cvs.texi(,8904) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8905) See the option @samp{-l} above, for a discussion of
+cvs.texi(,8906) using this option with @sc{cvs}. Unlock the revision
+cvs.texi(,8907) with number @var{rev}. If a branch is given, unlock
+cvs.texi(,8908) the latest revision on that branch. If @var{rev} is
+cvs.texi(,8909) omitted, remove the latest lock held by the caller.
+cvs.texi(,8910) Normally, only the locker of a revision may unlock it;
+cvs.texi(,8911) somebody else unlocking a revision breaks the lock.
+cvs.texi(,8912) This causes the original locker to be sent a @code{commit}
+cvs.texi(,8913) notification (@pxref{Getting Notified}).
+cvs.texi(,8914) There can be no space between @samp{-u} and its argument.
+cvs.texi(,8915)
+cvs.texi(,8916) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8917) In previous versions of @sc{cvs}, this option meant to
+cvs.texi(,8918) write an @sc{rcs} file which would be acceptable to
+cvs.texi(,8919) @sc{rcs} version @var{n}, but it is now obsolete and
+cvs.texi(,8920) specifying it will produce an error.
+cvs.texi(,8921) @c Note that -V without an argument has never been
+cvs.texi(,8922) @c documented as a cvs admin option.
+cvs.texi(,8923)
+cvs.texi(,8924) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8925) In previous versions of @sc{cvs}, this was documented
+cvs.texi(,8926) as a way of specifying the names of the @sc{rcs}
+cvs.texi(,8927) files. However, @sc{cvs} has always required that the
+cvs.texi(,8928) @sc{rcs} files used by @sc{cvs} end in @samp{,v}, so
+cvs.texi(,8929) this option has never done anything useful.
+cvs.texi(,8930)
+cvs.texi(,8931) @c The rcs -z option, to specify the timezone, has
+cvs.texi(,8932) @c never been documented as a cvs admin option.
+cvs.texi(,8933) @end table
+cvs.texi(,8934)
cvs.texi(,8935)
-cvs.texi(,8936) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,8937) @item
-cvs.texi(,8938) Synopsis: checkout [options] address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,8939) @item
-cvs.texi(,8940) Requires: repository.
-cvs.texi(,8941) @item
-cvs.texi(,8942) Changes: working directory.
+cvs.texi(,8936) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,8937) @node checkout
+cvs.texi(,8938) @appendixsec checkout---Check out sources for editing
+cvs.texi(,8939) @cindex checkout (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,8940) @cindex co (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,8941)
+cvs.texi(,8942) @itemize @bullet
cvs.texi(,8943) @item
-cvs.texi(,8944) Synonyms: co, get
-cvs.texi(,8945) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,8946)
-cvs.texi(,8947) Create or update a working directory containing copies of the
-cvs.texi(,8948) source files specified by @var{modules}. You must execute
-cvs.texi(,8949) @code{checkout} before using most of the other @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,8950) commands, since most of them operate on your working
-cvs.texi(,8951) directory.
+cvs.texi(,8944) Synopsis: checkout [options] address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,8945) @item
+cvs.texi(,8946) Requires: repository.
+cvs.texi(,8947) @item
+cvs.texi(,8948) Changes: working directory.
+cvs.texi(,8949) @item
+cvs.texi(,8950) Synonyms: co, get
+cvs.texi(,8951) @end itemize
cvs.texi(,8952)
-cvs.texi(,8953) The @var{modules} are either
-cvs.texi(,8954) symbolic names for some
-cvs.texi(,8955) collection of source directories and files, or paths to
-cvs.texi(,8956) directories or files in the repository. The symbolic
-cvs.texi(,8957) names are defined in the @samp{modules} file.
-cvs.texi(,8958) @xref{modules}.
-cvs.texi(,8959) @c Needs an example, particularly of the non-"modules"
-cvs.texi(,8960) @c case but probably of both.
-cvs.texi(,8961)
-cvs.texi(,8962) @c FIXME: this seems like a very odd place to introduce
-cvs.texi(,8963) @c people to how CVS works. The bit about unreserved
-cvs.texi(,8964) @c checkouts is also misleading as it depends on how
-cvs.texi(,8965) @c things are set up.
-cvs.texi(,8966) Depending on the modules you specify, @code{checkout} may
-cvs.texi(,8967) recursively create directories and populate them with
-cvs.texi(,8968) the appropriate source files. You can then edit these
-cvs.texi(,8969) source files at any time (regardless of whether other
-cvs.texi(,8970) software developers are editing their own copies of the
-cvs.texi(,8971) sources); update them to include new changes applied by
-cvs.texi(,8972) others to the source repository; or commit your work as
-cvs.texi(,8973) a permanent change to the source repository.
-cvs.texi(,8974)
-cvs.texi(,8975) Note that @code{checkout} is used to create
-cvs.texi(,8976) directories. The top-level directory created is always
-cvs.texi(,8977) added to the directory where @code{checkout} is
-cvs.texi(,8978) invoked, and usually has the same name as the specified
-cvs.texi(,8979) module. In the case of a module alias, the created
-cvs.texi(,8980) sub-directory may have a different name, but you can be
-cvs.texi(,8981) sure that it will be a sub-directory, and that
-cvs.texi(,8982) @code{checkout} will show the relative path leading to
-cvs.texi(,8983) each file as it is extracted into your private work
-cvs.texi(,8984) area (unless you specify the @samp{-Q} global option).
-cvs.texi(,8985)
-cvs.texi(,8986) The files created by @code{checkout} are created
-cvs.texi(,8987) read-write, unless the @samp{-r} option to @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,8988) (@pxref{Global options}) is specified, the
-cvs.texi(,8989) @code{CVSREAD} environment variable is specified
-cvs.texi(,8990) (@pxref{Environment variables}), or a watch is in
-cvs.texi(,8991) effect for that file (@pxref{Watches}).
-cvs.texi(,8992)
-cvs.texi(,8993) Note that running @code{checkout} on a directory that was
already
-cvs.texi(,8994) built by a prior @code{checkout} is also permitted.
-cvs.texi(,8995) This is similar to specifying the @samp{-d} option
-cvs.texi(,8996) to the @code{update} command in the sense that new
-cvs.texi(,8997) directories that have been created in the repository
-cvs.texi(,8998) will appear in your work area.
-cvs.texi(,8999) However, @code{checkout} takes a module name whereas
-cvs.texi(,9000) @code{update} takes a directory name. Also
-cvs.texi(,9001) to use @code{checkout} this way it must be run from the
-cvs.texi(,9002) top level directory (where you originally ran
-cvs.texi(,9003) @code{checkout} from), so before you run
-cvs.texi(,9004) @code{checkout} to update an existing directory, don't
-cvs.texi(,9005) forget to change your directory to the top level
-cvs.texi(,9006) directory.
-cvs.texi(,9007)
-cvs.texi(,9008) For the output produced by the @code{checkout} command
-cvs.texi(,9009) see @ref{update output}.
-cvs.texi(,9010)
-cvs.texi(,9011) @menu
-cvs.texi(,9012) * checkout options:: checkout options
-cvs.texi(,9013) * checkout examples:: checkout examples
-cvs.texi(,9014) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,9015)
-cvs.texi(,9016) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
-cvs.texi(,9017) @node checkout options
-cvs.texi(,9018) @appendixsubsec checkout options
-cvs.texi(,9019)
-cvs.texi(,9020) These standard options are supported by @code{checkout}
-cvs.texi(,9021) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description of
-cvs.texi(,9022) them):
-cvs.texi(,9023)
-cvs.texi(,9024) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,9025) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,9026) Use the most recent revision no later than @var{date}.
-cvs.texi(,9027) This option is sticky, and implies @samp{-P}. See
-cvs.texi(,9028) @ref{Sticky tags}, for more information on sticky tags/dates.
+cvs.texi(,8953) Create or update a working directory containing copies of the
+cvs.texi(,8954) source files specified by @var{modules}. You must execute
+cvs.texi(,8955) @code{checkout} before using most of the other @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,8956) commands, since most of them operate on your working
+cvs.texi(,8957) directory.
+cvs.texi(,8958)
+cvs.texi(,8959) The @var{modules} are either
+cvs.texi(,8960) symbolic names for some
+cvs.texi(,8961) collection of source directories and files, or paths to
+cvs.texi(,8962) directories or files in the repository. The symbolic
+cvs.texi(,8963) names are defined in the @samp{modules} file.
+cvs.texi(,8964) @xref{modules}.
+cvs.texi(,8965) @c Needs an example, particularly of the non-"modules"
+cvs.texi(,8966) @c case but probably of both.
+cvs.texi(,8967)
+cvs.texi(,8968) @c FIXME: this seems like a very odd place to introduce
+cvs.texi(,8969) @c people to how CVS works. The bit about unreserved
+cvs.texi(,8970) @c checkouts is also misleading as it depends on how
+cvs.texi(,8971) @c things are set up.
+cvs.texi(,8972) Depending on the modules you specify, @code{checkout} may
+cvs.texi(,8973) recursively create directories and populate them with
+cvs.texi(,8974) the appropriate source files. You can then edit these
+cvs.texi(,8975) source files at any time (regardless of whether other
+cvs.texi(,8976) software developers are editing their own copies of the
+cvs.texi(,8977) sources); update them to include new changes applied by
+cvs.texi(,8978) others to the source repository; or commit your work as
+cvs.texi(,8979) a permanent change to the source repository.
+cvs.texi(,8980)
+cvs.texi(,8981) Note that @code{checkout} is used to create
+cvs.texi(,8982) directories. The top-level directory created is always
+cvs.texi(,8983) added to the directory where @code{checkout} is
+cvs.texi(,8984) invoked, and usually has the same name as the specified
+cvs.texi(,8985) module. In the case of a module alias, the created
+cvs.texi(,8986) sub-directory may have a different name, but you can be
+cvs.texi(,8987) sure that it will be a sub-directory, and that
+cvs.texi(,8988) @code{checkout} will show the relative path leading to
+cvs.texi(,8989) each file as it is extracted into your private work
+cvs.texi(,8990) area (unless you specify the @samp{-Q} global option).
+cvs.texi(,8991)
+cvs.texi(,8992) The files created by @code{checkout} are created
+cvs.texi(,8993) read-write, unless the @samp{-r} option to @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,8994) (@pxref{Global options}) is specified, the
+cvs.texi(,8995) @code{CVSREAD} environment variable is specified
+cvs.texi(,8996) (@pxref{Environment variables}), or a watch is in
+cvs.texi(,8997) effect for that file (@pxref{Watches}).
+cvs.texi(,8998)
+cvs.texi(,8999) Note that running @code{checkout} on a directory that was
already
+cvs.texi(,9000) built by a prior @code{checkout} is also permitted.
+cvs.texi(,9001) This is similar to specifying the @samp{-d} option
+cvs.texi(,9002) to the @code{update} command in the sense that new
+cvs.texi(,9003) directories that have been created in the repository
+cvs.texi(,9004) will appear in your work area.
+cvs.texi(,9005) However, @code{checkout} takes a module name whereas
+cvs.texi(,9006) @code{update} takes a directory name. Also
+cvs.texi(,9007) to use @code{checkout} this way it must be run from the
+cvs.texi(,9008) top level directory (where you originally ran
+cvs.texi(,9009) @code{checkout} from), so before you run
+cvs.texi(,9010) @code{checkout} to update an existing directory, don't
+cvs.texi(,9011) forget to change your directory to the top level
+cvs.texi(,9012) directory.
+cvs.texi(,9013)
+cvs.texi(,9014) For the output produced by the @code{checkout} command
+cvs.texi(,9015) see @ref{update output}.
+cvs.texi(,9016)
+cvs.texi(,9017) @menu
+cvs.texi(,9018) * checkout options:: checkout options
+cvs.texi(,9019) * checkout examples:: checkout examples
+cvs.texi(,9020) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,9021)
+cvs.texi(,9022) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
+cvs.texi(,9023) @node checkout options
+cvs.texi(,9024) @appendixsubsec checkout options
+cvs.texi(,9025)
+cvs.texi(,9026) These standard options are supported by @code{checkout}
+cvs.texi(,9027) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description of
+cvs.texi(,9028) them):
cvs.texi(,9029)
-cvs.texi(,9030) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,9031) Only useful with the @samp{-D @var{date}} or @samp{-r
-cvs.texi(,9032) @var{tag}} flags. If no matching revision is found,
-cvs.texi(,9033) retrieve the most recent revision (instead of ignoring
-cvs.texi(,9034) the file).
+cvs.texi(,9030) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,9031) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,9032) Use the most recent revision no later than @var{date}.
+cvs.texi(,9033) This option is sticky, and implies @samp{-P}. See
+cvs.texi(,9034) @ref{Sticky tags}, for more information on sticky tags/dates.
cvs.texi(,9035)
-cvs.texi(,9036) @item -k @var{kflag}
-cvs.texi(,9037) Process keywords according to @var{kflag}. See
-cvs.texi(,9038) @ref{Keyword substitution}.
-cvs.texi(,9039) This option is sticky; future updates of
-cvs.texi(,9040) this file in this working directory will use the same
-cvs.texi(,9041) @var{kflag}. The @code{status} command can be viewed
-cvs.texi(,9042) to see the sticky options. See @ref{Invoking CVS}, for
-cvs.texi(,9043) more information on the @code{status} command.
-cvs.texi(,9044)
-cvs.texi(,9045) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,9046) Local; run only in current working directory.
-cvs.texi(,9047)
-cvs.texi(,9048) @item -n
-cvs.texi(,9049) Do not run any checkout program (as specified
-cvs.texi(,9050) with the @samp{-o} option in the modules file;
-cvs.texi(,9051) @pxref{modules}).
-cvs.texi(,9052)
-cvs.texi(,9053) @item -P
-cvs.texi(,9054) Prune empty directories. See @ref{Moving directories}.
-cvs.texi(,9055)
-cvs.texi(,9056) @item -p
-cvs.texi(,9057) Pipe files to the standard output.
+cvs.texi(,9036) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,9037) Only useful with the @samp{-D @var{date}} or @samp{-r
+cvs.texi(,9038) @var{tag}} flags. If no matching revision is found,
+cvs.texi(,9039) retrieve the most recent revision (instead of ignoring
+cvs.texi(,9040) the file).
+cvs.texi(,9041)
+cvs.texi(,9042) @item -k @var{kflag}
+cvs.texi(,9043) Process keywords according to @var{kflag}. See
+cvs.texi(,9044) @ref{Keyword substitution}.
+cvs.texi(,9045) This option is sticky; future updates of
+cvs.texi(,9046) this file in this working directory will use the same
+cvs.texi(,9047) @var{kflag}. The @code{status} command can be viewed
+cvs.texi(,9048) to see the sticky options. See @ref{Invoking CVS}, for
+cvs.texi(,9049) more information on the @code{status} command.
+cvs.texi(,9050)
+cvs.texi(,9051) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,9052) Local; run only in current working directory.
+cvs.texi(,9053)
+cvs.texi(,9054) @item -n
+cvs.texi(,9055) Do not run any checkout program (as specified
+cvs.texi(,9056) with the @samp{-o} option in the modules file;
+cvs.texi(,9057) @pxref{modules}).
cvs.texi(,9058)
-cvs.texi(,9059) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,9060) Checkout directories recursively. This option is on by
default.
+cvs.texi(,9059) @item -P
+cvs.texi(,9060) Prune empty directories. See @ref{Moving directories}.
cvs.texi(,9061)
-cvs.texi(,9062) @item -r @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,9063) Use revision @var{tag}. This option is sticky, and implies
@samp{-P}.
-cvs.texi(,9064) See @ref{Sticky tags}, for more information on sticky
tags/dates.
-cvs.texi(,9065) @end table
-cvs.texi(,9066)
-cvs.texi(,9067) In addition to those, you can use these special command
-cvs.texi(,9068) options with @code{checkout}:
-cvs.texi(,9069)
-cvs.texi(,9070) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,9071) @item -A
-cvs.texi(,9072) Reset any sticky tags, dates, or @samp{-k} options.
-cvs.texi(,9073) See @ref{Sticky tags}, for more information on sticky
tags/dates.
-cvs.texi(,9074)
-cvs.texi(,9075) @item -c
-cvs.texi(,9076) Copy the module file, sorted, to the standard output,
-cvs.texi(,9077) instead of creating or modifying any files or
-cvs.texi(,9078) directories in your working directory.
-cvs.texi(,9079)
-cvs.texi(,9080) @item -d @var{dir}
-cvs.texi(,9081) Create a directory called @var{dir} for the working
-cvs.texi(,9082) files, instead of using the module name. In general,
-cvs.texi(,9083) using this flag is equivalent to using @samp{mkdir
-cvs.texi(,9084) @var{dir}; cd @var{dir}} followed by the checkout
-cvs.texi(,9085) command without the @samp{-d} flag.
-cvs.texi(,9086)
-cvs.texi(,9087) There is an important exception, however. It is very
-cvs.texi(,9088) convenient when checking out a single item to have the
-cvs.texi(,9089) output appear in a directory that doesn't contain empty
-cvs.texi(,9090) intermediate directories. In this case @emph{only},
-cvs.texi(,9091) @sc{cvs} tries to ``shorten'' pathnames to avoid those empty
-cvs.texi(,9092) directories.
-cvs.texi(,9093)
-cvs.texi(,9094) For example, given a module @samp{foo} that contains
-cvs.texi(,9095) the file @samp{bar.c}, the command @samp{cvs co -d dir
-cvs.texi(,9096) foo} will create directory @samp{dir} and place
-cvs.texi(,9097) @samp{bar.c} inside. Similarly, given a module
-cvs.texi(,9098) @samp{bar} which has subdirectory @samp{baz} wherein
-cvs.texi(,9099) there is a file @samp{quux.c}, the command @samp{cvs co
-cvs.texi(,9100) -d dir bar/baz} will create directory @samp{dir} and
-cvs.texi(,9101) place @samp{quux.c} inside.
-cvs.texi(,9102)
-cvs.texi(,9103) Using the @samp{-N} flag will defeat this behavior.
-cvs.texi(,9104) Given the same module definitions above, @samp{cvs co
-cvs.texi(,9105) -N -d dir foo} will create directories @samp{dir/foo}
-cvs.texi(,9106) and place @samp{bar.c} inside, while @samp{cvs co -N -d
-cvs.texi(,9107) dir bar/baz} will create directories @samp{dir/bar/baz}
-cvs.texi(,9108) and place @samp{quux.c} inside.
-cvs.texi(,9109)
-cvs.texi(,9110) @item -j @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,9111) With two @samp{-j} options, merge changes from the
-cvs.texi(,9112) revision specified with the first @samp{-j} option to
-cvs.texi(,9113) the revision specified with the second @samp{j} option,
-cvs.texi(,9114) into the working directory.
+cvs.texi(,9062) @item -p
+cvs.texi(,9063) Pipe files to the standard output.
+cvs.texi(,9064)
+cvs.texi(,9065) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,9066) Checkout directories recursively. This option is on by
default.
+cvs.texi(,9067)
+cvs.texi(,9068) @item -r @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,9069) Use revision @var{tag}. This option is sticky, and implies
@samp{-P}.
+cvs.texi(,9070) See @ref{Sticky tags}, for more information on sticky
tags/dates.
+cvs.texi(,9071) @end table
+cvs.texi(,9072)
+cvs.texi(,9073) In addition to those, you can use these special command
+cvs.texi(,9074) options with @code{checkout}:
+cvs.texi(,9075)
+cvs.texi(,9076) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,9077) @item -A
+cvs.texi(,9078) Reset any sticky tags, dates, or @samp{-k} options.
+cvs.texi(,9079) See @ref{Sticky tags}, for more information on sticky
tags/dates.
+cvs.texi(,9080)
+cvs.texi(,9081) @item -c
+cvs.texi(,9082) Copy the module file, sorted, to the standard output,
+cvs.texi(,9083) instead of creating or modifying any files or
+cvs.texi(,9084) directories in your working directory.
+cvs.texi(,9085)
+cvs.texi(,9086) @item -d @var{dir}
+cvs.texi(,9087) Create a directory called @var{dir} for the working
+cvs.texi(,9088) files, instead of using the module name. In general,
+cvs.texi(,9089) using this flag is equivalent to using @samp{mkdir
+cvs.texi(,9090) @var{dir}; cd @var{dir}} followed by the checkout
+cvs.texi(,9091) command without the @samp{-d} flag.
+cvs.texi(,9092)
+cvs.texi(,9093) There is an important exception, however. It is very
+cvs.texi(,9094) convenient when checking out a single item to have the
+cvs.texi(,9095) output appear in a directory that doesn't contain empty
+cvs.texi(,9096) intermediate directories. In this case @emph{only},
+cvs.texi(,9097) @sc{cvs} tries to ``shorten'' pathnames to avoid those empty
+cvs.texi(,9098) directories.
+cvs.texi(,9099)
+cvs.texi(,9100) For example, given a module @samp{foo} that contains
+cvs.texi(,9101) the file @samp{bar.c}, the command @samp{cvs co -d dir
+cvs.texi(,9102) foo} will create directory @samp{dir} and place
+cvs.texi(,9103) @samp{bar.c} inside. Similarly, given a module
+cvs.texi(,9104) @samp{bar} which has subdirectory @samp{baz} wherein
+cvs.texi(,9105) there is a file @samp{quux.c}, the command @samp{cvs co
+cvs.texi(,9106) -d dir bar/baz} will create directory @samp{dir} and
+cvs.texi(,9107) place @samp{quux.c} inside.
+cvs.texi(,9108)
+cvs.texi(,9109) Using the @samp{-N} flag will defeat this behavior.
+cvs.texi(,9110) Given the same module definitions above, @samp{cvs co
+cvs.texi(,9111) -N -d dir foo} will create directories @samp{dir/foo}
+cvs.texi(,9112) and place @samp{bar.c} inside, while @samp{cvs co -N -d
+cvs.texi(,9113) dir bar/baz} will create directories @samp{dir/bar/baz}
+cvs.texi(,9114) and place @samp{quux.c} inside.
cvs.texi(,9115)
-cvs.texi(,9116) With one @samp{-j} option, merge changes from the
-cvs.texi(,9117) ancestor revision to the revision specified with the
-cvs.texi(,9118) @samp{-j} option, into the working directory. The
-cvs.texi(,9119) ancestor revision is the common ancestor of the
-cvs.texi(,9120) revision which the working directory is based on, and
-cvs.texi(,9121) the revision specified in the @samp{-j} option.
-cvs.texi(,9122)
-cvs.texi(,9123) In addition, each -j option can contain an optional
-cvs.texi(,9124) date specification which, when used with branches, can
-cvs.texi(,9125) limit the chosen revision to one within a specific
-cvs.texi(,9126) date. An optional date is specified by adding a colon
-cvs.texi(,9127) (:) to the tag:
-cvs.texi(,9128) @address@hidden:@var{Date_Specifier}}.
-cvs.texi(,9129)
-cvs.texi(,9130) @xref{Branching and merging}.
-cvs.texi(,9131)
-cvs.texi(,9132) @item -N
-cvs.texi(,9133) Only useful together with @samp{-d @var{dir}}. With
-cvs.texi(,9134) this option, @sc{cvs} will not ``shorten'' module paths
-cvs.texi(,9135) in your working directory when you check out a single
-cvs.texi(,9136) module. See the @samp{-d} flag for examples and a
-cvs.texi(,9137) discussion.
-cvs.texi(,9138)
-cvs.texi(,9139) @item -s
-cvs.texi(,9140) Like @samp{-c}, but include the status of all modules,
-cvs.texi(,9141) and sort it by the status string. @xref{modules}, for
-cvs.texi(,9142) info about the @samp{-s} option that is used inside the
-cvs.texi(,9143) modules file to set the module status.
-cvs.texi(,9144) @end table
-cvs.texi(,9145)
-cvs.texi(,9146) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
-cvs.texi(,9147) @node checkout examples
-cvs.texi(,9148) @appendixsubsec checkout examples
-cvs.texi(,9149)
-cvs.texi(,9150) Get a copy of the module @samp{tc}:
+cvs.texi(,9116) @item -j @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,9117) With two @samp{-j} options, merge changes from the
+cvs.texi(,9118) revision specified with the first @samp{-j} option to
+cvs.texi(,9119) the revision specified with the second @samp{j} option,
+cvs.texi(,9120) into the working directory.
+cvs.texi(,9121)
+cvs.texi(,9122) With one @samp{-j} option, merge changes from the
+cvs.texi(,9123) ancestor revision to the revision specified with the
+cvs.texi(,9124) @samp{-j} option, into the working directory. The
+cvs.texi(,9125) ancestor revision is the common ancestor of the
+cvs.texi(,9126) revision which the working directory is based on, and
+cvs.texi(,9127) the revision specified in the @samp{-j} option.
+cvs.texi(,9128)
+cvs.texi(,9129) In addition, each -j option can contain an optional
+cvs.texi(,9130) date specification which, when used with branches, can
+cvs.texi(,9131) limit the chosen revision to one within a specific
+cvs.texi(,9132) date. An optional date is specified by adding a colon
+cvs.texi(,9133) (:) to the tag:
+cvs.texi(,9134) @address@hidden:@var{Date_Specifier}}.
+cvs.texi(,9135)
+cvs.texi(,9136) @xref{Branching and merging}.
+cvs.texi(,9137)
+cvs.texi(,9138) @item -N
+cvs.texi(,9139) Only useful together with @samp{-d @var{dir}}. With
+cvs.texi(,9140) this option, @sc{cvs} will not ``shorten'' module paths
+cvs.texi(,9141) in your working directory when you check out a single
+cvs.texi(,9142) module. See the @samp{-d} flag for examples and a
+cvs.texi(,9143) discussion.
+cvs.texi(,9144)
+cvs.texi(,9145) @item -s
+cvs.texi(,9146) Like @samp{-c}, but include the status of all modules,
+cvs.texi(,9147) and sort it by the status string. @xref{modules}, for
+cvs.texi(,9148) info about the @samp{-s} option that is used inside the
+cvs.texi(,9149) modules file to set the module status.
+cvs.texi(,9150) @end table
cvs.texi(,9151)
-cvs.texi(,9152) @example
-cvs.texi(,9153) $ cvs checkout tc
-cvs.texi(,9154) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9152) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
+cvs.texi(,9153) @node checkout examples
+cvs.texi(,9154) @appendixsubsec checkout examples
cvs.texi(,9155)
-cvs.texi(,9156) Get a copy of the module @samp{tc} as it looked one day
-cvs.texi(,9157) ago:
-cvs.texi(,9158)
-cvs.texi(,9159) @example
-cvs.texi(,9160) $ cvs checkout -D yesterday tc
-cvs.texi(,9161) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9162)
-cvs.texi(,9163) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,9164) @node commit
-cvs.texi(,9165) @appendixsec commit---Check files into the repository
-cvs.texi(,9166) @cindex commit (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,9167)
-cvs.texi(,9168) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,9169) @item
-cvs.texi(,9170) Synopsis: commit [-lnRf] [-m 'log_message' |
-cvs.texi(,9171) -F file] [-r revision] address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9172) @item
-cvs.texi(,9173) Requires: working directory, repository.
-cvs.texi(,9174) @item
-cvs.texi(,9175) Changes: repository.
-cvs.texi(,9176) @item
-cvs.texi(,9177) Synonym: ci
-cvs.texi(,9178) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,9179)
-cvs.texi(,9180) Use @code{commit} when you want to incorporate changes
-cvs.texi(,9181) from your working source files into the source
-cvs.texi(,9182) repository.
-cvs.texi(,9183)
-cvs.texi(,9184) If you don't specify particular files to commit, all of
-cvs.texi(,9185) the files in your working current directory are
-cvs.texi(,9186) examined. @code{commit} is careful to change in the
-cvs.texi(,9187) repository only those files that you have really
-cvs.texi(,9188) changed. By default (or if you explicitly specify the
-cvs.texi(,9189) @samp{-R} option), files in subdirectories are also
-cvs.texi(,9190) examined and committed if they have changed; you can
-cvs.texi(,9191) use the @samp{-l} option to limit @code{commit} to the
-cvs.texi(,9192) current directory only.
-cvs.texi(,9193)
-cvs.texi(,9194) @code{commit} verifies that the selected files are up
-cvs.texi(,9195) to date with the current revisions in the source
-cvs.texi(,9196) repository; it will notify you, and exit without
-cvs.texi(,9197) committing, if any of the specified files must be made
-cvs.texi(,9198) current first with @code{update} (@pxref{update}).
-cvs.texi(,9199) @code{commit} does not call the @code{update} command
-cvs.texi(,9200) for you, but rather leaves that for you to do when the
-cvs.texi(,9201) time is right.
-cvs.texi(,9202)
-cvs.texi(,9203) When all is well, an editor is invoked to allow you to
-cvs.texi(,9204) enter a log message that will be written to one or more
-cvs.texi(,9205) logging programs (@pxref{modules}, and @pxref{loginfo})
-cvs.texi(,9206) and placed in the @sc{rcs} file inside the
-cvs.texi(,9207) repository. This log message can be retrieved with the
-cvs.texi(,9208) @code{log} command; see @ref{log}. You can specify the
-cvs.texi(,9209) log message on the command line with the @samp{-m
-cvs.texi(,9210) @var{message}} option, and thus avoid the editor invocation,
-cvs.texi(,9211) or use the @samp{-F @var{file}} option to specify
-cvs.texi(,9212) that the argument file contains the log message.
-cvs.texi(,9213)
-cvs.texi(,9214) @menu
-cvs.texi(,9215) * commit options:: commit options
-cvs.texi(,9216) * commit examples:: commit examples
-cvs.texi(,9217) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,9218)
-cvs.texi(,9219) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
-cvs.texi(,9220) @node commit options
-cvs.texi(,9221) @appendixsubsec commit options
-cvs.texi(,9222)
-cvs.texi(,9223) These standard options are supported by @code{commit}
-cvs.texi(,9224) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description of
-cvs.texi(,9225) them):
-cvs.texi(,9226)
-cvs.texi(,9227) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,9228) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,9229) Local; run only in current working directory.
-cvs.texi(,9230)
-cvs.texi(,9231) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,9232) Commit directories recursively. This is on by default.
-cvs.texi(,9233)
-cvs.texi(,9234) @item -r @var{revision}
-cvs.texi(,9235) Commit to @var{revision}. @var{revision} must be
-cvs.texi(,9236) either a branch, or a revision on the main trunk that
-cvs.texi(,9237) is higher than any existing revision number
-cvs.texi(,9238) (@pxref{Assigning revisions}). You
-cvs.texi(,9239) cannot commit to a specific revision on a branch.
-cvs.texi(,9240) @c FIXME: Need xref for branch case.
-cvs.texi(,9241) @end table
-cvs.texi(,9242)
-cvs.texi(,9243) @code{commit} also supports these options:
-cvs.texi(,9244)
-cvs.texi(,9245) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,9246) @item -F @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,9247) Read the log message from @var{file}, instead
-cvs.texi(,9248) of invoking an editor.
-cvs.texi(,9249)
-cvs.texi(,9250) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,9251) Note that this is not the standard behavior of
-cvs.texi(,9252) the @samp{-f} option as defined in @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,9253)
-cvs.texi(,9254) Force @sc{cvs} to commit a new revision even if you haven't
-cvs.texi(,9255) made any changes to the file. If the current revision
-cvs.texi(,9256) of @var{file} is 1.7, then the following two commands
-cvs.texi(,9257) are equivalent:
-cvs.texi(,9258)
-cvs.texi(,9259) @example
-cvs.texi(,9260) $ cvs commit -f @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,9261) $ cvs commit -r 1.8 @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,9262) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9263)
-cvs.texi(,9264) @c This is odd, but it's how CVS has worked for some
-cvs.texi(,9265) @c time.
-cvs.texi(,9266) The @samp{-f} option disables recursion (i.e., it
-cvs.texi(,9267) implies @samp{-l}). To force @sc{cvs} to commit a new
-cvs.texi(,9268) revision for all files in all subdirectories, you must
-cvs.texi(,9269) use @samp{-f -R}.
-cvs.texi(,9270)
-cvs.texi(,9271) @item -m @var{message}
-cvs.texi(,9272) Use @var{message} as the log message, instead of
-cvs.texi(,9273) invoking an editor.
-cvs.texi(,9274) @end table
-cvs.texi(,9275)
-cvs.texi(,9276) @need 2000
-cvs.texi(,9277) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
-cvs.texi(,9278) @node commit examples
-cvs.texi(,9279) @appendixsubsec commit examples
-cvs.texi(,9280)
-cvs.texi(,9281) @c FIXME: this material wants to be somewhere
-cvs.texi(,9282) @c in "Branching and merging".
-cvs.texi(,9283)
-cvs.texi(,9284) @appendixsubsubsec Committing to a branch
-cvs.texi(,9285)
-cvs.texi(,9286) You can commit to a branch revision (one that has an
-cvs.texi(,9287) even number of dots) with the @samp{-r} option. To
-cvs.texi(,9288) create a branch revision, use the @samp{-b} option
-cvs.texi(,9289) of the @code{rtag} or @code{tag} commands
-cvs.texi(,9290) (@pxref{Branching and merging}). Then, either @code{checkout}
or
-cvs.texi(,9291) @code{update} can be used to base your sources on the
-cvs.texi(,9292) newly created branch. From that point on, all
-cvs.texi(,9293) @code{commit} changes made within these working sources
-cvs.texi(,9294) will be automatically added to a branch revision,
-cvs.texi(,9295) thereby not disturbing main-line development in any
-cvs.texi(,9296) way. For example, if you had to create a patch to the
-cvs.texi(,9297) 1.2 version of the product, even though the 2.0 version
-cvs.texi(,9298) is already under development, you might do:
-cvs.texi(,9299)
-cvs.texi(,9300) @example
-cvs.texi(,9301) $ cvs rtag -b -r FCS1_2 FCS1_2_Patch product_module
-cvs.texi(,9302) $ cvs checkout -r FCS1_2_Patch product_module
-cvs.texi(,9303) $ cd product_module
-cvs.texi(,9304) [[ hack away ]]
-cvs.texi(,9305) $ cvs commit
-cvs.texi(,9306) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9307)
-cvs.texi(,9308) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,9309) This works automatically since the @samp{-r} option is
-cvs.texi(,9310) sticky.
-cvs.texi(,9311)
-cvs.texi(,9312) @appendixsubsubsec Creating the branch after editing
+cvs.texi(,9156) Get a copy of the module @samp{tc}:
+cvs.texi(,9157)
+cvs.texi(,9158) @example
+cvs.texi(,9159) $ cvs checkout tc
+cvs.texi(,9160) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9161)
+cvs.texi(,9162) Get a copy of the module @samp{tc} as it looked one day
+cvs.texi(,9163) ago:
+cvs.texi(,9164)
+cvs.texi(,9165) @example
+cvs.texi(,9166) $ cvs checkout -D yesterday tc
+cvs.texi(,9167) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9168)
+cvs.texi(,9169) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,9170) @node commit
+cvs.texi(,9171) @appendixsec commit---Check files into the repository
+cvs.texi(,9172) @cindex commit (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,9173)
+cvs.texi(,9174) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,9175) @item
+cvs.texi(,9176) Synopsis: commit [-lnRf] [-m 'log_message' |
+cvs.texi(,9177) -F file] [-r revision] address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9178) @item
+cvs.texi(,9179) Requires: working directory, repository.
+cvs.texi(,9180) @item
+cvs.texi(,9181) Changes: repository.
+cvs.texi(,9182) @item
+cvs.texi(,9183) Synonym: ci
+cvs.texi(,9184) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,9185)
+cvs.texi(,9186) Use @code{commit} when you want to incorporate changes
+cvs.texi(,9187) from your working source files into the source
+cvs.texi(,9188) repository.
+cvs.texi(,9189)
+cvs.texi(,9190) If you don't specify particular files to commit, all of
+cvs.texi(,9191) the files in your working current directory are
+cvs.texi(,9192) examined. @code{commit} is careful to change in the
+cvs.texi(,9193) repository only those files that you have really
+cvs.texi(,9194) changed. By default (or if you explicitly specify the
+cvs.texi(,9195) @samp{-R} option), files in subdirectories are also
+cvs.texi(,9196) examined and committed if they have changed; you can
+cvs.texi(,9197) use the @samp{-l} option to limit @code{commit} to the
+cvs.texi(,9198) current directory only.
+cvs.texi(,9199)
+cvs.texi(,9200) @code{commit} verifies that the selected files are up
+cvs.texi(,9201) to date with the current revisions in the source
+cvs.texi(,9202) repository; it will notify you, and exit without
+cvs.texi(,9203) committing, if any of the specified files must be made
+cvs.texi(,9204) current first with @code{update} (@pxref{update}).
+cvs.texi(,9205) @code{commit} does not call the @code{update} command
+cvs.texi(,9206) for you, but rather leaves that for you to do when the
+cvs.texi(,9207) time is right.
+cvs.texi(,9208)
+cvs.texi(,9209) When all is well, an editor is invoked to allow you to
+cvs.texi(,9210) enter a log message that will be written to one or more
+cvs.texi(,9211) logging programs (@pxref{modules}, and @pxref{loginfo})
+cvs.texi(,9212) and placed in the @sc{rcs} file inside the
+cvs.texi(,9213) repository. This log message can be retrieved with the
+cvs.texi(,9214) @code{log} command; see @ref{log}. You can specify the
+cvs.texi(,9215) log message on the command line with the @samp{-m
+cvs.texi(,9216) @var{message}} option, and thus avoid the editor invocation,
+cvs.texi(,9217) or use the @samp{-F @var{file}} option to specify
+cvs.texi(,9218) that the argument file contains the log message.
+cvs.texi(,9219)
+cvs.texi(,9220) @menu
+cvs.texi(,9221) * commit options:: commit options
+cvs.texi(,9222) * commit examples:: commit examples
+cvs.texi(,9223) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,9224)
+cvs.texi(,9225) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
+cvs.texi(,9226) @node commit options
+cvs.texi(,9227) @appendixsubsec commit options
+cvs.texi(,9228)
+cvs.texi(,9229) These standard options are supported by @code{commit}
+cvs.texi(,9230) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description of
+cvs.texi(,9231) them):
+cvs.texi(,9232)
+cvs.texi(,9233) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,9234) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,9235) Local; run only in current working directory.
+cvs.texi(,9236)
+cvs.texi(,9237) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,9238) Commit directories recursively. This is on by default.
+cvs.texi(,9239)
+cvs.texi(,9240) @item -r @var{revision}
+cvs.texi(,9241) Commit to @var{revision}. @var{revision} must be
+cvs.texi(,9242) either a branch, or a revision on the main trunk that
+cvs.texi(,9243) is higher than any existing revision number
+cvs.texi(,9244) (@pxref{Assigning revisions}). You
+cvs.texi(,9245) cannot commit to a specific revision on a branch.
+cvs.texi(,9246) @c FIXME: Need xref for branch case.
+cvs.texi(,9247) @end table
+cvs.texi(,9248)
+cvs.texi(,9249) @code{commit} also supports these options:
+cvs.texi(,9250)
+cvs.texi(,9251) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,9252) @item -F @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,9253) Read the log message from @var{file}, instead
+cvs.texi(,9254) of invoking an editor.
+cvs.texi(,9255)
+cvs.texi(,9256) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,9257) Note that this is not the standard behavior of
+cvs.texi(,9258) the @samp{-f} option as defined in @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,9259)
+cvs.texi(,9260) Force @sc{cvs} to commit a new revision even if you haven't
+cvs.texi(,9261) made any changes to the file. If the current revision
+cvs.texi(,9262) of @var{file} is 1.7, then the following two commands
+cvs.texi(,9263) are equivalent:
+cvs.texi(,9264)
+cvs.texi(,9265) @example
+cvs.texi(,9266) $ cvs commit -f @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,9267) $ cvs commit -r 1.8 @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,9268) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9269)
+cvs.texi(,9270) @c This is odd, but it's how CVS has worked for some
+cvs.texi(,9271) @c time.
+cvs.texi(,9272) The @samp{-f} option disables recursion (i.e., it
+cvs.texi(,9273) implies @samp{-l}). To force @sc{cvs} to commit a new
+cvs.texi(,9274) revision for all files in all subdirectories, you must
+cvs.texi(,9275) use @samp{-f -R}.
+cvs.texi(,9276)
+cvs.texi(,9277) @item -m @var{message}
+cvs.texi(,9278) Use @var{message} as the log message, instead of
+cvs.texi(,9279) invoking an editor.
+cvs.texi(,9280) @end table
+cvs.texi(,9281)
+cvs.texi(,9282) @need 2000
+cvs.texi(,9283) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
+cvs.texi(,9284) @node commit examples
+cvs.texi(,9285) @appendixsubsec commit examples
+cvs.texi(,9286)
+cvs.texi(,9287) @c FIXME: this material wants to be somewhere
+cvs.texi(,9288) @c in "Branching and merging".
+cvs.texi(,9289)
+cvs.texi(,9290) @appendixsubsubsec Committing to a branch
+cvs.texi(,9291)
+cvs.texi(,9292) You can commit to a branch revision (one that has an
+cvs.texi(,9293) even number of dots) with the @samp{-r} option. To
+cvs.texi(,9294) create a branch revision, use the @samp{-b} option
+cvs.texi(,9295) of the @code{rtag} or @code{tag} commands
+cvs.texi(,9296) (@pxref{Branching and merging}). Then, either @code{checkout}
or
+cvs.texi(,9297) @code{update} can be used to base your sources on the
+cvs.texi(,9298) newly created branch. From that point on, all
+cvs.texi(,9299) @code{commit} changes made within these working sources
+cvs.texi(,9300) will be automatically added to a branch revision,
+cvs.texi(,9301) thereby not disturbing main-line development in any
+cvs.texi(,9302) way. For example, if you had to create a patch to the
+cvs.texi(,9303) 1.2 version of the product, even though the 2.0 version
+cvs.texi(,9304) is already under development, you might do:
+cvs.texi(,9305)
+cvs.texi(,9306) @example
+cvs.texi(,9307) $ cvs rtag -b -r FCS1_2 FCS1_2_Patch product_module
+cvs.texi(,9308) $ cvs checkout -r FCS1_2_Patch product_module
+cvs.texi(,9309) $ cd product_module
+cvs.texi(,9310) [[ hack away ]]
+cvs.texi(,9311) $ cvs commit
+cvs.texi(,9312) @end example
cvs.texi(,9313)
-cvs.texi(,9314) Say you have been working on some extremely
-cvs.texi(,9315) experimental software, based on whatever revision you
-cvs.texi(,9316) happened to checkout last week. If others in your
-cvs.texi(,9317) group would like to work on this software with you, but
-cvs.texi(,9318) without disturbing main-line development, you could
-cvs.texi(,9319) commit your change to a new branch. Others can then
-cvs.texi(,9320) checkout your experimental stuff and utilize the full
-cvs.texi(,9321) benefit of @sc{cvs} conflict resolution. The scenario might
-cvs.texi(,9322) look like:
-cvs.texi(,9323)
-cvs.texi(,9324) @c FIXME: Should we be recommending tagging the branchpoint?
-cvs.texi(,9325) @example
-cvs.texi(,9326) [[ hacked sources are present ]]
-cvs.texi(,9327) $ cvs tag -b EXPR1
-cvs.texi(,9328) $ cvs update -r EXPR1
-cvs.texi(,9329) $ cvs commit
-cvs.texi(,9330) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9331)
-cvs.texi(,9332) The @code{update} command will make the @samp{-r
-cvs.texi(,9333) EXPR1} option sticky on all files. Note that your
-cvs.texi(,9334) changes to the files will never be removed by the
-cvs.texi(,9335) @code{update} command. The @code{commit} will
-cvs.texi(,9336) automatically commit to the correct branch, because the
-cvs.texi(,9337) @samp{-r} is sticky. You could also do like this:
-cvs.texi(,9338)
-cvs.texi(,9339) @c FIXME: Should we be recommending tagging the branchpoint?
-cvs.texi(,9340) @example
-cvs.texi(,9341) [[ hacked sources are present ]]
-cvs.texi(,9342) $ cvs tag -b EXPR1
-cvs.texi(,9343) $ cvs commit -r EXPR1
-cvs.texi(,9344) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9345)
-cvs.texi(,9346) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,9347) but then, only those files that were changed by you
-cvs.texi(,9348) will have the @samp{-r EXPR1} sticky flag. If you hack
-cvs.texi(,9349) away, and commit without specifying the @samp{-r EXPR1}
-cvs.texi(,9350) flag, some files may accidentally end up on the main
-cvs.texi(,9351) trunk.
-cvs.texi(,9352)
-cvs.texi(,9353) To work with you on the experimental change, others
-cvs.texi(,9354) would simply do
-cvs.texi(,9355)
-cvs.texi(,9356) @example
-cvs.texi(,9357) $ cvs checkout -r EXPR1 whatever_module
-cvs.texi(,9358) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9359)
-cvs.texi(,9360) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,9361) @node diff
-cvs.texi(,9362) @appendixsec diff---Show differences between revisions
-cvs.texi(,9363) @cindex diff (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,9364)
-cvs.texi(,9365) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,9366) @item
-cvs.texi(,9367) Synopsis: diff [-lR] [-k kflag] [format_options] [[-r rev1 |
-D date1] [-r rev2 | -D date2]] address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9368) @item
-cvs.texi(,9369) Requires: working directory, repository.
-cvs.texi(,9370) @item
-cvs.texi(,9371) Changes: nothing.
-cvs.texi(,9372) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,9373)
-cvs.texi(,9374) The @code{diff} command is used to compare different
-cvs.texi(,9375) revisions of files. The default action is to compare
-cvs.texi(,9376) your working files with the revisions they were based
-cvs.texi(,9377) on, and report any differences that are found.
-cvs.texi(,9378)
-cvs.texi(,9379) If any file names are given, only those files are
-cvs.texi(,9380) compared. If any directories are given, all files
-cvs.texi(,9381) under them will be compared.
-cvs.texi(,9382)
-cvs.texi(,9383) The exit status for diff is different than for other
-cvs.texi(,9384) @sc{cvs} commands; for details @ref{Exit status}.
-cvs.texi(,9385)
-cvs.texi(,9386) @menu
-cvs.texi(,9387) * diff options:: diff options
-cvs.texi(,9388) * diff examples:: diff examples
-cvs.texi(,9389) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,9390)
-cvs.texi(,9391) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
-cvs.texi(,9392) @node diff options
-cvs.texi(,9393) @appendixsubsec diff options
-cvs.texi(,9394)
-cvs.texi(,9395) These standard options are supported by @code{diff}
-cvs.texi(,9396) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description of
-cvs.texi(,9397) them):
-cvs.texi(,9398)
-cvs.texi(,9399) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,9400) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,9401) Use the most recent revision no later than @var{date}.
-cvs.texi(,9402) See @samp{-r} for how this affects the comparison.
-cvs.texi(,9403)
-cvs.texi(,9404) @item -k @var{kflag}
-cvs.texi(,9405) Process keywords according to @var{kflag}. See
-cvs.texi(,9406) @ref{Keyword substitution}.
-cvs.texi(,9407)
-cvs.texi(,9408) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,9409) Local; run only in current working directory.
-cvs.texi(,9410)
-cvs.texi(,9411) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,9412) Examine directories recursively. This option is on by
-cvs.texi(,9413) default.
-cvs.texi(,9414)
-cvs.texi(,9415) @item -r @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,9416) Compare with revision @var{tag}. Zero, one or two
-cvs.texi(,9417) @samp{-r} options can be present. With no @samp{-r}
-cvs.texi(,9418) option, the working file will be compared with the
-cvs.texi(,9419) revision it was based on. With one @samp{-r}, that
-cvs.texi(,9420) revision will be compared to your current working file.
-cvs.texi(,9421) With two @samp{-r} options those two revisions will be
-cvs.texi(,9422) compared (and your working file will not affect the
-cvs.texi(,9423) outcome in any way).
-cvs.texi(,9424) @c We should be a lot more explicit, with examples,
-cvs.texi(,9425) @c about the difference between "cvs diff" and "cvs
-cvs.texi(,9426) @c diff -r HEAD". This often confuses new users.
-cvs.texi(,9427)
-cvs.texi(,9428) One or both @samp{-r} options can be replaced by a
-cvs.texi(,9429) @samp{-D @var{date}} option, described above.
-cvs.texi(,9430) @end table
-cvs.texi(,9431)
-cvs.texi(,9432) @c Conceptually, this is a disaster. There are 3
-cvs.texi(,9433) @c zillion diff formats that we support via the diff
-cvs.texi(,9434) @c library. It is not obvious to me that we should
-cvs.texi(,9435) @c document them all. Maybe just the most common ones
-cvs.texi(,9436) @c like -c and -u, and think about phasing out the
-cvs.texi(,9437) @c obscure ones.
-cvs.texi(,9438) @c FIXCVS: also should be a way to specify an external
-cvs.texi(,9439) @c diff program (which can be different for different
-cvs.texi(,9440) @c file types) and pass through
-cvs.texi(,9441) @c arbitrary options, so that the user can do
-cvs.texi(,9442) @c "--pass=-Z --pass=foo" or something even if CVS
-cvs.texi(,9443) @c doesn't know about the "-Z foo" option to diff.
-cvs.texi(,9444) @c This would fit nicely with deprecating/eliminating
-cvs.texi(,9445) @c the obscure options of the diff library, because it
-cvs.texi(,9446) @c would let people specify an external GNU diff if
-cvs.texi(,9447) @c they are into that sort of thing.
-cvs.texi(,9448) The following options specify the format of the
-cvs.texi(,9449) output. They have the same meaning as in GNU diff.
-cvs.texi(,9450) Most options have two equivalent names, one of which is a
single letter
-cvs.texi(,9451) preceded by @samp{-}, and the other of which is a long name
preceded by
-cvs.texi(,9452) @samp{--}.
-cvs.texi(,9453)
-cvs.texi(,9454) @table @samp
-cvs.texi(,9455) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9456) Show @var{lines} (an integer) lines of context. This option
does not
-cvs.texi(,9457) specify an output format by itself; it has no effect unless it
is
-cvs.texi(,9458) combined with @samp{-c} or @samp{-u}. This option is
obsolete. For proper
-cvs.texi(,9459) operation, @code{patch} typically needs at least two lines of
context.
-cvs.texi(,9460)
-cvs.texi(,9461) @item -a
-cvs.texi(,9462) Treat all files as text and compare them line-by-line, even if
they
-cvs.texi(,9463) do not seem to be text.
-cvs.texi(,9464)
-cvs.texi(,9465) @item -b
-cvs.texi(,9466) Ignore trailing white space and consider all other sequences
of one or
-cvs.texi(,9467) more white space characters to be equivalent.
-cvs.texi(,9468)
-cvs.texi(,9469) @item -B
-cvs.texi(,9470) Ignore changes that just insert or delete blank lines.
-cvs.texi(,9471)
-cvs.texi(,9472) @item --binary
-cvs.texi(,9473) Read and write data in binary mode.
+cvs.texi(,9314) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,9315) This works automatically since the @samp{-r} option is
+cvs.texi(,9316) sticky.
+cvs.texi(,9317)
+cvs.texi(,9318) @appendixsubsubsec Creating the branch after editing
+cvs.texi(,9319)
+cvs.texi(,9320) Say you have been working on some extremely
+cvs.texi(,9321) experimental software, based on whatever revision you
+cvs.texi(,9322) happened to checkout last week. If others in your
+cvs.texi(,9323) group would like to work on this software with you, but
+cvs.texi(,9324) without disturbing main-line development, you could
+cvs.texi(,9325) commit your change to a new branch. Others can then
+cvs.texi(,9326) checkout your experimental stuff and utilize the full
+cvs.texi(,9327) benefit of @sc{cvs} conflict resolution. The scenario might
+cvs.texi(,9328) look like:
+cvs.texi(,9329)
+cvs.texi(,9330) @c FIXME: Should we be recommending tagging the branchpoint?
+cvs.texi(,9331) @example
+cvs.texi(,9332) [[ hacked sources are present ]]
+cvs.texi(,9333) $ cvs tag -b EXPR1
+cvs.texi(,9334) $ cvs update -r EXPR1
+cvs.texi(,9335) $ cvs commit
+cvs.texi(,9336) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9337)
+cvs.texi(,9338) The @code{update} command will make the @samp{-r
+cvs.texi(,9339) EXPR1} option sticky on all files. Note that your
+cvs.texi(,9340) changes to the files will never be removed by the
+cvs.texi(,9341) @code{update} command. The @code{commit} will
+cvs.texi(,9342) automatically commit to the correct branch, because the
+cvs.texi(,9343) @samp{-r} is sticky. You could also do like this:
+cvs.texi(,9344)
+cvs.texi(,9345) @c FIXME: Should we be recommending tagging the branchpoint?
+cvs.texi(,9346) @example
+cvs.texi(,9347) [[ hacked sources are present ]]
+cvs.texi(,9348) $ cvs tag -b EXPR1
+cvs.texi(,9349) $ cvs commit -r EXPR1
+cvs.texi(,9350) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9351)
+cvs.texi(,9352) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,9353) but then, only those files that were changed by you
+cvs.texi(,9354) will have the @samp{-r EXPR1} sticky flag. If you hack
+cvs.texi(,9355) away, and commit without specifying the @samp{-r EXPR1}
+cvs.texi(,9356) flag, some files may accidentally end up on the main
+cvs.texi(,9357) trunk.
+cvs.texi(,9358)
+cvs.texi(,9359) To work with you on the experimental change, others
+cvs.texi(,9360) would simply do
+cvs.texi(,9361)
+cvs.texi(,9362) @example
+cvs.texi(,9363) $ cvs checkout -r EXPR1 whatever_module
+cvs.texi(,9364) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9365)
+cvs.texi(,9366) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,9367) @node diff
+cvs.texi(,9368) @appendixsec diff---Show differences between revisions
+cvs.texi(,9369) @cindex diff (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,9370)
+cvs.texi(,9371) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,9372) @item
+cvs.texi(,9373) Synopsis: diff [-lR] [-k kflag] [format_options] [[-r rev1 |
-D date1] [-r rev2 | -D date2]] address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9374) @item
+cvs.texi(,9375) Requires: working directory, repository.
+cvs.texi(,9376) @item
+cvs.texi(,9377) Changes: nothing.
+cvs.texi(,9378) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,9379)
+cvs.texi(,9380) The @code{diff} command is used to compare different
+cvs.texi(,9381) revisions of files. The default action is to compare
+cvs.texi(,9382) your working files with the revisions they were based
+cvs.texi(,9383) on, and report any differences that are found.
+cvs.texi(,9384)
+cvs.texi(,9385) If any file names are given, only those files are
+cvs.texi(,9386) compared. If any directories are given, all files
+cvs.texi(,9387) under them will be compared.
+cvs.texi(,9388)
+cvs.texi(,9389) The exit status for diff is different than for other
+cvs.texi(,9390) @sc{cvs} commands; for details @ref{Exit status}.
+cvs.texi(,9391)
+cvs.texi(,9392) @menu
+cvs.texi(,9393) * diff options:: diff options
+cvs.texi(,9394) * diff examples:: diff examples
+cvs.texi(,9395) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,9396)
+cvs.texi(,9397) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
+cvs.texi(,9398) @node diff options
+cvs.texi(,9399) @appendixsubsec diff options
+cvs.texi(,9400)
+cvs.texi(,9401) These standard options are supported by @code{diff}
+cvs.texi(,9402) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description of
+cvs.texi(,9403) them):
+cvs.texi(,9404)
+cvs.texi(,9405) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,9406) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,9407) Use the most recent revision no later than @var{date}.
+cvs.texi(,9408) See @samp{-r} for how this affects the comparison.
+cvs.texi(,9409)
+cvs.texi(,9410) @item -k @var{kflag}
+cvs.texi(,9411) Process keywords according to @var{kflag}. See
+cvs.texi(,9412) @ref{Keyword substitution}.
+cvs.texi(,9413)
+cvs.texi(,9414) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,9415) Local; run only in current working directory.
+cvs.texi(,9416)
+cvs.texi(,9417) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,9418) Examine directories recursively. This option is on by
+cvs.texi(,9419) default.
+cvs.texi(,9420)
+cvs.texi(,9421) @item -r @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,9422) Compare with revision @var{tag}. Zero, one or two
+cvs.texi(,9423) @samp{-r} options can be present. With no @samp{-r}
+cvs.texi(,9424) option, the working file will be compared with the
+cvs.texi(,9425) revision it was based on. With one @samp{-r}, that
+cvs.texi(,9426) revision will be compared to your current working file.
+cvs.texi(,9427) With two @samp{-r} options those two revisions will be
+cvs.texi(,9428) compared (and your working file will not affect the
+cvs.texi(,9429) outcome in any way).
+cvs.texi(,9430) @c We should be a lot more explicit, with examples,
+cvs.texi(,9431) @c about the difference between "cvs diff" and "cvs
+cvs.texi(,9432) @c diff -r HEAD". This often confuses new users.
+cvs.texi(,9433)
+cvs.texi(,9434) One or both @samp{-r} options can be replaced by a
+cvs.texi(,9435) @samp{-D @var{date}} option, described above.
+cvs.texi(,9436) @end table
+cvs.texi(,9437)
+cvs.texi(,9438) @c Conceptually, this is a disaster. There are 3
+cvs.texi(,9439) @c zillion diff formats that we support via the diff
+cvs.texi(,9440) @c library. It is not obvious to me that we should
+cvs.texi(,9441) @c document them all. Maybe just the most common ones
+cvs.texi(,9442) @c like -c and -u, and think about phasing out the
+cvs.texi(,9443) @c obscure ones.
+cvs.texi(,9444) @c FIXCVS: also should be a way to specify an external
+cvs.texi(,9445) @c diff program (which can be different for different
+cvs.texi(,9446) @c file types) and pass through
+cvs.texi(,9447) @c arbitrary options, so that the user can do
+cvs.texi(,9448) @c "--pass=-Z --pass=foo" or something even if CVS
+cvs.texi(,9449) @c doesn't know about the "-Z foo" option to diff.
+cvs.texi(,9450) @c This would fit nicely with deprecating/eliminating
+cvs.texi(,9451) @c the obscure options of the diff library, because it
+cvs.texi(,9452) @c would let people specify an external GNU diff if
+cvs.texi(,9453) @c they are into that sort of thing.
+cvs.texi(,9454) The following options specify the format of the
+cvs.texi(,9455) output. They have the same meaning as in GNU diff.
+cvs.texi(,9456) Most options have two equivalent names, one of which is a
single letter
+cvs.texi(,9457) preceded by @samp{-}, and the other of which is a long name
preceded by
+cvs.texi(,9458) @samp{--}.
+cvs.texi(,9459)
+cvs.texi(,9460) @table @samp
+cvs.texi(,9461) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9462) Show @var{lines} (an integer) lines of context. This option
does not
+cvs.texi(,9463) specify an output format by itself; it has no effect unless it
is
+cvs.texi(,9464) combined with @samp{-c} or @samp{-u}. This option is
obsolete. For proper
+cvs.texi(,9465) operation, @code{patch} typically needs at least two lines of
context.
+cvs.texi(,9466)
+cvs.texi(,9467) @item -a
+cvs.texi(,9468) Treat all files as text and compare them line-by-line, even if
they
+cvs.texi(,9469) do not seem to be text.
+cvs.texi(,9470)
+cvs.texi(,9471) @item -b
+cvs.texi(,9472) Ignore trailing white space and consider all other sequences
of one or
+cvs.texi(,9473) more white space characters to be equivalent.
cvs.texi(,9474)
-cvs.texi(,9475) @item --brief
-cvs.texi(,9476) Report only whether the files differ, not the details of the
-cvs.texi(,9477) differences.
-cvs.texi(,9478)
-cvs.texi(,9479) @item -c
-cvs.texi(,9480) Use the context output format.
-cvs.texi(,9481)
-cvs.texi(,9482) @item -C @var{lines}
-cvs.texi(,9483) @itemx address@hidden@address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9484) Use the context output format, showing @var{lines} (an
integer) lines of
-cvs.texi(,9485) context, or three if @var{lines} is not given.
-cvs.texi(,9486) For proper operation, @code{patch} typically needs at least
two lines of
-cvs.texi(,9487) context.
-cvs.texi(,9488)
-cvs.texi(,9489) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9490) Use @var{format} to output a line group containing differing
lines from
-cvs.texi(,9491) both files in if-then-else format. @xref{Line group formats}.
-cvs.texi(,9492)
-cvs.texi(,9493) @item -d
-cvs.texi(,9494) Change the algorithm to perhaps find a smaller set of changes.
This makes
-cvs.texi(,9495) @code{diff} slower (sometimes much slower).
-cvs.texi(,9496)
-cvs.texi(,9497) @item -e
-cvs.texi(,9498) @itemx --ed
-cvs.texi(,9499) Make output that is a valid @code{ed} script.
-cvs.texi(,9500)
-cvs.texi(,9501) @item --expand-tabs
-cvs.texi(,9502) Expand tabs to spaces in the output, to preserve the alignment
of tabs
-cvs.texi(,9503) in the input files.
-cvs.texi(,9504)
-cvs.texi(,9505) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,9506) Make output that looks vaguely like an @code{ed} script but
has changes
-cvs.texi(,9507) in the order they appear in the file.
-cvs.texi(,9508)
-cvs.texi(,9509) @item -F @var{regexp}
-cvs.texi(,9510) In context and unified format, for each hunk of differences,
show some
-cvs.texi(,9511) of the last preceding line that matches @var{regexp}.
-cvs.texi(,9512)
-cvs.texi(,9513) @item --forward-ed
-cvs.texi(,9514) Make output that looks vaguely like an @code{ed} script but
has changes
-cvs.texi(,9515) in the order they appear in the file.
-cvs.texi(,9516)
-cvs.texi(,9517) @item -H
-cvs.texi(,9518) Use heuristics to speed handling of large files that have
numerous
-cvs.texi(,9519) scattered small changes.
-cvs.texi(,9520)
-cvs.texi(,9521) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9522) Do not discard the last @var{lines} lines of the common prefix
-cvs.texi(,9523) and the first @var{lines} lines of the common suffix.
-cvs.texi(,9524)
-cvs.texi(,9525) @item -i
-cvs.texi(,9526) Ignore changes in case; consider upper- and lower-case letters
-cvs.texi(,9527) equivalent.
-cvs.texi(,9528)
-cvs.texi(,9529) @item -I @var{regexp}
-cvs.texi(,9530) Ignore changes that just insert or delete lines that match
@var{regexp}.
-cvs.texi(,9531)
-cvs.texi(,9532) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9533) Make merged if-then-else output using @var{name}.
+cvs.texi(,9475) @item -B
+cvs.texi(,9476) Ignore changes that just insert or delete blank lines.
+cvs.texi(,9477)
+cvs.texi(,9478) @item --binary
+cvs.texi(,9479) Read and write data in binary mode.
+cvs.texi(,9480)
+cvs.texi(,9481) @item --brief
+cvs.texi(,9482) Report only whether the files differ, not the details of the
+cvs.texi(,9483) differences.
+cvs.texi(,9484)
+cvs.texi(,9485) @item -c
+cvs.texi(,9486) Use the context output format.
+cvs.texi(,9487)
+cvs.texi(,9488) @item -C @var{lines}
+cvs.texi(,9489) @itemx address@hidden@address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9490) Use the context output format, showing @var{lines} (an
integer) lines of
+cvs.texi(,9491) context, or three if @var{lines} is not given.
+cvs.texi(,9492) For proper operation, @code{patch} typically needs at least
two lines of
+cvs.texi(,9493) context.
+cvs.texi(,9494)
+cvs.texi(,9495) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9496) Use @var{format} to output a line group containing differing
lines from
+cvs.texi(,9497) both files in if-then-else format. @xref{Line group formats}.
+cvs.texi(,9498)
+cvs.texi(,9499) @item -d
+cvs.texi(,9500) Change the algorithm to perhaps find a smaller set of changes.
This makes
+cvs.texi(,9501) @code{diff} slower (sometimes much slower).
+cvs.texi(,9502)
+cvs.texi(,9503) @item -e
+cvs.texi(,9504) @itemx --ed
+cvs.texi(,9505) Make output that is a valid @code{ed} script.
+cvs.texi(,9506)
+cvs.texi(,9507) @item --expand-tabs
+cvs.texi(,9508) Expand tabs to spaces in the output, to preserve the alignment
of tabs
+cvs.texi(,9509) in the input files.
+cvs.texi(,9510)
+cvs.texi(,9511) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,9512) Make output that looks vaguely like an @code{ed} script but
has changes
+cvs.texi(,9513) in the order they appear in the file.
+cvs.texi(,9514)
+cvs.texi(,9515) @item -F @var{regexp}
+cvs.texi(,9516) In context and unified format, for each hunk of differences,
show some
+cvs.texi(,9517) of the last preceding line that matches @var{regexp}.
+cvs.texi(,9518)
+cvs.texi(,9519) @item --forward-ed
+cvs.texi(,9520) Make output that looks vaguely like an @code{ed} script but
has changes
+cvs.texi(,9521) in the order they appear in the file.
+cvs.texi(,9522)
+cvs.texi(,9523) @item -H
+cvs.texi(,9524) Use heuristics to speed handling of large files that have
numerous
+cvs.texi(,9525) scattered small changes.
+cvs.texi(,9526)
+cvs.texi(,9527) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9528) Do not discard the last @var{lines} lines of the common prefix
+cvs.texi(,9529) and the first @var{lines} lines of the common suffix.
+cvs.texi(,9530)
+cvs.texi(,9531) @item -i
+cvs.texi(,9532) Ignore changes in case; consider upper- and lower-case letters
+cvs.texi(,9533) equivalent.
cvs.texi(,9534)
-cvs.texi(,9535) @item --ignore-all-space
-cvs.texi(,9536) Ignore white space when comparing lines.
+cvs.texi(,9535) @item -I @var{regexp}
+cvs.texi(,9536) Ignore changes that just insert or delete lines that match
@var{regexp}.
cvs.texi(,9537)
-cvs.texi(,9538) @item --ignore-blank-lines
-cvs.texi(,9539) Ignore changes that just insert or delete blank lines.
+cvs.texi(,9538) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9539) Make merged if-then-else output using @var{name}.
cvs.texi(,9540)
-cvs.texi(,9541) @item --ignore-case
-cvs.texi(,9542) Ignore changes in case; consider upper- and lower-case to be
the same.
+cvs.texi(,9541) @item --ignore-all-space
+cvs.texi(,9542) Ignore white space when comparing lines.
cvs.texi(,9543)
-cvs.texi(,9544) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9545) Ignore changes that just insert or delete lines that match
@var{regexp}.
+cvs.texi(,9544) @item --ignore-blank-lines
+cvs.texi(,9545) Ignore changes that just insert or delete blank lines.
cvs.texi(,9546)
-cvs.texi(,9547) @item --ignore-space-change
-cvs.texi(,9548) Ignore trailing white space and consider all other sequences
of one or
-cvs.texi(,9549) more white space characters to be equivalent.
-cvs.texi(,9550)
-cvs.texi(,9551) @item --initial-tab
-cvs.texi(,9552) Output a tab rather than a space before the text of a line in
normal or
-cvs.texi(,9553) context format. This causes the alignment of tabs in the line
to look
-cvs.texi(,9554) normal.
-cvs.texi(,9555)
-cvs.texi(,9556) @item -L @var{label}
-cvs.texi(,9557) Use @var{label} instead of the file name in the context format
-cvs.texi(,9558) and unified format headers.
-cvs.texi(,9559)
-cvs.texi(,9560) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9561) Use @var{label} instead of the file name in the context format
-cvs.texi(,9562) and unified format headers.
-cvs.texi(,9563)
-cvs.texi(,9564) @item --left-column
-cvs.texi(,9565) Print only the left column of two common lines in side by side
format.
-cvs.texi(,9566)
-cvs.texi(,9567) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9568) Use @var{format} to output all input lines in if-then-else
format.
-cvs.texi(,9569) @xref{Line formats}.
-cvs.texi(,9570)
-cvs.texi(,9571) @item --minimal
-cvs.texi(,9572) Change the algorithm to perhaps find a smaller set of changes.
This
-cvs.texi(,9573) makes @code{diff} slower (sometimes much slower).
-cvs.texi(,9574)
-cvs.texi(,9575) @item -n
-cvs.texi(,9576) Output RCS-format diffs; like @samp{-f} except that each
command
-cvs.texi(,9577) specifies the number of lines affected.
-cvs.texi(,9578)
-cvs.texi(,9579) @item -N
-cvs.texi(,9580) @itemx --new-file
-cvs.texi(,9581) In directory comparison, if a file is found in only one
directory,
-cvs.texi(,9582) treat it as present but empty in the other directory.
-cvs.texi(,9583)
-cvs.texi(,9584) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9585) Use @var{format} to output a group of lines taken from just
the second
-cvs.texi(,9586) file in if-then-else format. @xref{Line group formats}.
-cvs.texi(,9587)
-cvs.texi(,9588) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9589) Use @var{format} to output a line taken from just the second
file in
-cvs.texi(,9590) if-then-else format. @xref{Line formats}.
-cvs.texi(,9591)
-cvs.texi(,9592) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9593) Use @var{format} to output a group of lines taken from just
the first
-cvs.texi(,9594) file in if-then-else format. @xref{Line group formats}.
-cvs.texi(,9595)
-cvs.texi(,9596) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9597) Use @var{format} to output a line taken from just the first
file in
-cvs.texi(,9598) if-then-else format. @xref{Line formats}.
-cvs.texi(,9599)
-cvs.texi(,9600) @item -p
-cvs.texi(,9601) Show which C function each change is in.
-cvs.texi(,9602)
-cvs.texi(,9603) @item --rcs
-cvs.texi(,9604) Output RCS-format diffs; like @samp{-f} except that each
command
-cvs.texi(,9605) specifies the number of lines affected.
-cvs.texi(,9606)
-cvs.texi(,9607) @item --report-identical-files
-cvs.texi(,9608) @itemx -s
-cvs.texi(,9609) Report when two files are the same.
-cvs.texi(,9610)
-cvs.texi(,9611) @item --show-c-function
-cvs.texi(,9612) Show which C function each change is in.
-cvs.texi(,9613)
-cvs.texi(,9614) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9615) In context and unified format, for each hunk of differences,
show some
-cvs.texi(,9616) of the last preceding line that matches @var{regexp}.
-cvs.texi(,9617)
-cvs.texi(,9618) @item --side-by-side
-cvs.texi(,9619) Use the side by side output format.
-cvs.texi(,9620)
-cvs.texi(,9621) @item --speed-large-files
-cvs.texi(,9622) Use heuristics to speed handling of large files that have
numerous
-cvs.texi(,9623) scattered small changes.
-cvs.texi(,9624)
-cvs.texi(,9625) @item --suppress-common-lines
-cvs.texi(,9626) Do not print common lines in side by side format.
-cvs.texi(,9627)
-cvs.texi(,9628) @item -t
-cvs.texi(,9629) Expand tabs to spaces in the output, to preserve the alignment
of tabs
-cvs.texi(,9630) in the input files.
-cvs.texi(,9631)
-cvs.texi(,9632) @item -T
-cvs.texi(,9633) Output a tab rather than a space before the text of a line in
normal or
-cvs.texi(,9634) context format. This causes the alignment of tabs in the line
to look
-cvs.texi(,9635) normal.
-cvs.texi(,9636)
-cvs.texi(,9637) @item --text
-cvs.texi(,9638) Treat all files as text and compare them line-by-line, even if
they
-cvs.texi(,9639) do not appear to be text.
-cvs.texi(,9640)
-cvs.texi(,9641) @item -u
-cvs.texi(,9642) Use the unified output format.
-cvs.texi(,9643)
-cvs.texi(,9644) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9645) Use @var{format} to output a group of common lines taken from
both files
-cvs.texi(,9646) in if-then-else format. @xref{Line group formats}.
-cvs.texi(,9647)
-cvs.texi(,9648) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9649) Use @var{format} to output a line common to both files in
if-then-else
-cvs.texi(,9650) format. @xref{Line formats}.
-cvs.texi(,9651)
-cvs.texi(,9652) @item -U @var{lines}
-cvs.texi(,9653) @itemx address@hidden@address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9654) Use the unified output format, showing @var{lines} (an
integer) lines of
-cvs.texi(,9655) context, or three if @var{lines} is not given.
-cvs.texi(,9656) For proper operation, @code{patch} typically needs at least
two lines of
-cvs.texi(,9657) context.
-cvs.texi(,9658)
-cvs.texi(,9659) @item -w
-cvs.texi(,9660) Ignore white space when comparing lines.
-cvs.texi(,9661)
-cvs.texi(,9662) @item -W @var{columns}
-cvs.texi(,9663) @itemx address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9664) Use an output width of @var{columns} in side by side format.
-cvs.texi(,9665)
-cvs.texi(,9666) @item -y
-cvs.texi(,9667) Use the side by side output format.
-cvs.texi(,9668) @end table
-cvs.texi(,9669)
-cvs.texi(,9670) @menu
-cvs.texi(,9671) * Line group formats:: Line group formats
-cvs.texi(,9672) * Line formats:: Line formats
-cvs.texi(,9673) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,9674)
-cvs.texi(,9675) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
-cvs.texi(,9676) @node Line group formats
-cvs.texi(,9677) @appendixsubsubsec Line group formats
-cvs.texi(,9678)
-cvs.texi(,9679) Line group formats let you specify formats suitable for many
-cvs.texi(,9680) applications that allow if-then-else input, including
programming
-cvs.texi(,9681) languages and text formatting languages. A line group format
specifies
-cvs.texi(,9682) the output format for a contiguous group of similar lines.
-cvs.texi(,9683)
-cvs.texi(,9684) For example, the following command compares the TeX file
@file{myfile}
-cvs.texi(,9685) with the original version from the repository,
-cvs.texi(,9686) and outputs a merged file in which old regions are
-cvs.texi(,9687) surrounded by @address@hidden@address@hidden@address@hidden
lines, and new
-cvs.texi(,9688) regions are surrounded by
@address@hidden@address@hidden@address@hidden lines.
+cvs.texi(,9547) @item --ignore-case
+cvs.texi(,9548) Ignore changes in case; consider upper- and lower-case to be
the same.
+cvs.texi(,9549)
+cvs.texi(,9550) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9551) Ignore changes that just insert or delete lines that match
@var{regexp}.
+cvs.texi(,9552)
+cvs.texi(,9553) @item --ignore-space-change
+cvs.texi(,9554) Ignore trailing white space and consider all other sequences
of one or
+cvs.texi(,9555) more white space characters to be equivalent.
+cvs.texi(,9556)
+cvs.texi(,9557) @item --initial-tab
+cvs.texi(,9558) Output a tab rather than a space before the text of a line in
normal or
+cvs.texi(,9559) context format. This causes the alignment of tabs in the line
to look
+cvs.texi(,9560) normal.
+cvs.texi(,9561)
+cvs.texi(,9562) @item -L @var{label}
+cvs.texi(,9563) Use @var{label} instead of the file name in the context format
+cvs.texi(,9564) and unified format headers.
+cvs.texi(,9565)
+cvs.texi(,9566) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9567) Use @var{label} instead of the file name in the context format
+cvs.texi(,9568) and unified format headers.
+cvs.texi(,9569)
+cvs.texi(,9570) @item --left-column
+cvs.texi(,9571) Print only the left column of two common lines in side by side
format.
+cvs.texi(,9572)
+cvs.texi(,9573) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9574) Use @var{format} to output all input lines in if-then-else
format.
+cvs.texi(,9575) @xref{Line formats}.
+cvs.texi(,9576)
+cvs.texi(,9577) @item --minimal
+cvs.texi(,9578) Change the algorithm to perhaps find a smaller set of changes.
This
+cvs.texi(,9579) makes @code{diff} slower (sometimes much slower).
+cvs.texi(,9580)
+cvs.texi(,9581) @item -n
+cvs.texi(,9582) Output RCS-format diffs; like @samp{-f} except that each
command
+cvs.texi(,9583) specifies the number of lines affected.
+cvs.texi(,9584)
+cvs.texi(,9585) @item -N
+cvs.texi(,9586) @itemx --new-file
+cvs.texi(,9587) In directory comparison, if a file is found in only one
directory,
+cvs.texi(,9588) treat it as present but empty in the other directory.
+cvs.texi(,9589)
+cvs.texi(,9590) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9591) Use @var{format} to output a group of lines taken from just
the second
+cvs.texi(,9592) file in if-then-else format. @xref{Line group formats}.
+cvs.texi(,9593)
+cvs.texi(,9594) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9595) Use @var{format} to output a line taken from just the second
file in
+cvs.texi(,9596) if-then-else format. @xref{Line formats}.
+cvs.texi(,9597)
+cvs.texi(,9598) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9599) Use @var{format} to output a group of lines taken from just
the first
+cvs.texi(,9600) file in if-then-else format. @xref{Line group formats}.
+cvs.texi(,9601)
+cvs.texi(,9602) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9603) Use @var{format} to output a line taken from just the first
file in
+cvs.texi(,9604) if-then-else format. @xref{Line formats}.
+cvs.texi(,9605)
+cvs.texi(,9606) @item -p
+cvs.texi(,9607) Show which C function each change is in.
+cvs.texi(,9608)
+cvs.texi(,9609) @item --rcs
+cvs.texi(,9610) Output RCS-format diffs; like @samp{-f} except that each
command
+cvs.texi(,9611) specifies the number of lines affected.
+cvs.texi(,9612)
+cvs.texi(,9613) @item --report-identical-files
+cvs.texi(,9614) @itemx -s
+cvs.texi(,9615) Report when two files are the same.
+cvs.texi(,9616)
+cvs.texi(,9617) @item --show-c-function
+cvs.texi(,9618) Show which C function each change is in.
+cvs.texi(,9619)
+cvs.texi(,9620) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9621) In context and unified format, for each hunk of differences,
show some
+cvs.texi(,9622) of the last preceding line that matches @var{regexp}.
+cvs.texi(,9623)
+cvs.texi(,9624) @item --side-by-side
+cvs.texi(,9625) Use the side by side output format.
+cvs.texi(,9626)
+cvs.texi(,9627) @item --speed-large-files
+cvs.texi(,9628) Use heuristics to speed handling of large files that have
numerous
+cvs.texi(,9629) scattered small changes.
+cvs.texi(,9630)
+cvs.texi(,9631) @item --suppress-common-lines
+cvs.texi(,9632) Do not print common lines in side by side format.
+cvs.texi(,9633)
+cvs.texi(,9634) @item -t
+cvs.texi(,9635) Expand tabs to spaces in the output, to preserve the alignment
of tabs
+cvs.texi(,9636) in the input files.
+cvs.texi(,9637)
+cvs.texi(,9638) @item -T
+cvs.texi(,9639) Output a tab rather than a space before the text of a line in
normal or
+cvs.texi(,9640) context format. This causes the alignment of tabs in the line
to look
+cvs.texi(,9641) normal.
+cvs.texi(,9642)
+cvs.texi(,9643) @item --text
+cvs.texi(,9644) Treat all files as text and compare them line-by-line, even if
they
+cvs.texi(,9645) do not appear to be text.
+cvs.texi(,9646)
+cvs.texi(,9647) @item -u
+cvs.texi(,9648) Use the unified output format.
+cvs.texi(,9649)
+cvs.texi(,9650) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9651) Use @var{format} to output a group of common lines taken from
both files
+cvs.texi(,9652) in if-then-else format. @xref{Line group formats}.
+cvs.texi(,9653)
+cvs.texi(,9654) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9655) Use @var{format} to output a line common to both files in
if-then-else
+cvs.texi(,9656) format. @xref{Line formats}.
+cvs.texi(,9657)
+cvs.texi(,9658) @item -U @var{lines}
+cvs.texi(,9659) @itemx address@hidden@address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9660) Use the unified output format, showing @var{lines} (an
integer) lines of
+cvs.texi(,9661) context, or three if @var{lines} is not given.
+cvs.texi(,9662) For proper operation, @code{patch} typically needs at least
two lines of
+cvs.texi(,9663) context.
+cvs.texi(,9664)
+cvs.texi(,9665) @item -w
+cvs.texi(,9666) Ignore white space when comparing lines.
+cvs.texi(,9667)
+cvs.texi(,9668) @item -W @var{columns}
+cvs.texi(,9669) @itemx address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9670) Use an output width of @var{columns} in side by side format.
+cvs.texi(,9671)
+cvs.texi(,9672) @item -y
+cvs.texi(,9673) Use the side by side output format.
+cvs.texi(,9674) @end table
+cvs.texi(,9675)
+cvs.texi(,9676) @menu
+cvs.texi(,9677) * Line group formats:: Line group formats
+cvs.texi(,9678) * Line formats:: Line formats
+cvs.texi(,9679) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,9680)
+cvs.texi(,9681) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
+cvs.texi(,9682) @node Line group formats
+cvs.texi(,9683) @appendixsubsubsec Line group formats
+cvs.texi(,9684)
+cvs.texi(,9685) Line group formats let you specify formats suitable for many
+cvs.texi(,9686) applications that allow if-then-else input, including
programming
+cvs.texi(,9687) languages and text formatting languages. A line group format
specifies
+cvs.texi(,9688) the output format for a contiguous group of similar lines.
cvs.texi(,9689)
-cvs.texi(,9690) @example
-cvs.texi(,9691) cvs diff \
-cvs.texi(,9692) --old-group-format='address@hidden@}
-cvs.texi(,9693) %<address@hidden@}
-cvs.texi(,9694) ' \
-cvs.texi(,9695) --new-group-format='address@hidden@}
-cvs.texi(,9696) %>address@hidden@}
-cvs.texi(,9697) ' \
-cvs.texi(,9698) myfile
-cvs.texi(,9699) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9700)
-cvs.texi(,9701) The following command is equivalent to the above example, but
it is a
-cvs.texi(,9702) little more verbose, because it spells out the default line
group formats.
-cvs.texi(,9703)
-cvs.texi(,9704) @example
-cvs.texi(,9705) cvs diff \
-cvs.texi(,9706) --old-group-format='address@hidden@}
-cvs.texi(,9707) %<address@hidden@}
-cvs.texi(,9708) ' \
-cvs.texi(,9709) --new-group-format='address@hidden@}
-cvs.texi(,9710) %>address@hidden@}
-cvs.texi(,9711) ' \
-cvs.texi(,9712) --unchanged-group-format='%=' \
-cvs.texi(,9713) --changed-group-format='address@hidden@}
-cvs.texi(,9714) %<address@hidden@}
-cvs.texi(,9715) address@hidden@}
+cvs.texi(,9690) For example, the following command compares the TeX file
@file{myfile}
+cvs.texi(,9691) with the original version from the repository,
+cvs.texi(,9692) and outputs a merged file in which old regions are
+cvs.texi(,9693) surrounded by @address@hidden@address@hidden@address@hidden
lines, and new
+cvs.texi(,9694) regions are surrounded by
@address@hidden@address@hidden@address@hidden lines.
+cvs.texi(,9695)
+cvs.texi(,9696) @example
+cvs.texi(,9697) cvs diff \
+cvs.texi(,9698) --old-group-format='address@hidden@}
+cvs.texi(,9699) %<address@hidden@}
+cvs.texi(,9700) ' \
+cvs.texi(,9701) --new-group-format='address@hidden@}
+cvs.texi(,9702) %>address@hidden@}
+cvs.texi(,9703) ' \
+cvs.texi(,9704) myfile
+cvs.texi(,9705) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9706)
+cvs.texi(,9707) The following command is equivalent to the above example, but
it is a
+cvs.texi(,9708) little more verbose, because it spells out the default line
group formats.
+cvs.texi(,9709)
+cvs.texi(,9710) @example
+cvs.texi(,9711) cvs diff \
+cvs.texi(,9712) --old-group-format='address@hidden@}
+cvs.texi(,9713) %<address@hidden@}
+cvs.texi(,9714) ' \
+cvs.texi(,9715) --new-group-format='address@hidden@}
cvs.texi(,9716) %>address@hidden@}
cvs.texi(,9717) ' \
-cvs.texi(,9718) myfile
-cvs.texi(,9719) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9720)
-cvs.texi(,9721) Here is a more advanced example, which outputs a diff listing
with
-cvs.texi(,9722) headers containing line numbers in a ``plain English'' style.
-cvs.texi(,9723)
-cvs.texi(,9724) @example
-cvs.texi(,9725) cvs diff \
-cvs.texi(,9726) --unchanged-group-format='' \
-cvs.texi(,9727) --old-group-format='-------- %dn line%(n=1?:s) deleted at
%df:
-cvs.texi(,9728) %<' \
-cvs.texi(,9729) --new-group-format='-------- %dN line%(N=1?:s) added after
%de:
-cvs.texi(,9730) %>' \
-cvs.texi(,9731) --changed-group-format='-------- %dn line%(n=1?:s) changed
at %df:
-cvs.texi(,9732) %<-------- to:
-cvs.texi(,9733) %>' \
-cvs.texi(,9734) myfile
-cvs.texi(,9735) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9736)
-cvs.texi(,9737) To specify a line group format, use one of the options
-cvs.texi(,9738) listed below. You can specify up to four line group formats,
one for
-cvs.texi(,9739) each kind of line group. You should quote @var{format},
because it
-cvs.texi(,9740) typically contains shell metacharacters.
-cvs.texi(,9741)
-cvs.texi(,9742) @table @samp
-cvs.texi(,9743) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9744) These line groups are hunks containing only lines from the
first file.
-cvs.texi(,9745) The default old group format is the same as the changed group
format if
-cvs.texi(,9746) it is specified; otherwise it is a format that outputs the
line group as-is.
+cvs.texi(,9718) --unchanged-group-format='%=' \
+cvs.texi(,9719) --changed-group-format='address@hidden@}
+cvs.texi(,9720) %<address@hidden@}
+cvs.texi(,9721) address@hidden@}
+cvs.texi(,9722) %>address@hidden@}
+cvs.texi(,9723) ' \
+cvs.texi(,9724) myfile
+cvs.texi(,9725) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9726)
+cvs.texi(,9727) Here is a more advanced example, which outputs a diff listing
with
+cvs.texi(,9728) headers containing line numbers in a ``plain English'' style.
+cvs.texi(,9729)
+cvs.texi(,9730) @example
+cvs.texi(,9731) cvs diff \
+cvs.texi(,9732) --unchanged-group-format='' \
+cvs.texi(,9733) --old-group-format='-------- %dn line%(n=1?:s) deleted at
%df:
+cvs.texi(,9734) %<' \
+cvs.texi(,9735) --new-group-format='-------- %dN line%(N=1?:s) added after
%de:
+cvs.texi(,9736) %>' \
+cvs.texi(,9737) --changed-group-format='-------- %dn line%(n=1?:s) changed
at %df:
+cvs.texi(,9738) %<-------- to:
+cvs.texi(,9739) %>' \
+cvs.texi(,9740) myfile
+cvs.texi(,9741) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9742)
+cvs.texi(,9743) To specify a line group format, use one of the options
+cvs.texi(,9744) listed below. You can specify up to four line group formats,
one for
+cvs.texi(,9745) each kind of line group. You should quote @var{format},
because it
+cvs.texi(,9746) typically contains shell metacharacters.
cvs.texi(,9747)
-cvs.texi(,9748) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9749) These line groups are hunks containing only lines from the
second
-cvs.texi(,9750) file. The default new group format is same as the changed
group
-cvs.texi(,9751) format if it is specified; otherwise it is a format that
outputs the
-cvs.texi(,9752) line group as-is.
+cvs.texi(,9748) @table @samp
+cvs.texi(,9749) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9750) These line groups are hunks containing only lines from the
first file.
+cvs.texi(,9751) The default old group format is the same as the changed group
format if
+cvs.texi(,9752) it is specified; otherwise it is a format that outputs the
line group as-is.
cvs.texi(,9753)
-cvs.texi(,9754) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9755) These line groups are hunks containing lines from both files.
The
-cvs.texi(,9756) default changed group format is the concatenation of the old
and new
-cvs.texi(,9757) group formats.
-cvs.texi(,9758)
-cvs.texi(,9759) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9760) These line groups contain lines common to both files. The
default
-cvs.texi(,9761) unchanged group format is a format that outputs the line group
as-is.
-cvs.texi(,9762) @end table
-cvs.texi(,9763)
-cvs.texi(,9764) In a line group format, ordinary characters represent
themselves;
-cvs.texi(,9765) conversion specifications start with @samp{%} and have one of
the
-cvs.texi(,9766) following forms.
-cvs.texi(,9767)
-cvs.texi(,9768) @table @samp
-cvs.texi(,9769) @item %<
-cvs.texi(,9770) stands for the lines from the first file, including the
trailing newline.
-cvs.texi(,9771) Each line is formatted according to the old line format
(@pxref{Line formats}).
-cvs.texi(,9772)
-cvs.texi(,9773) @item %>
-cvs.texi(,9774) stands for the lines from the second file, including the
trailing newline.
-cvs.texi(,9775) Each line is formatted according to the new line format.
-cvs.texi(,9776)
-cvs.texi(,9777) @item %=
-cvs.texi(,9778) stands for the lines common to both files, including the
trailing newline.
-cvs.texi(,9779) Each line is formatted according to the unchanged line format.
-cvs.texi(,9780)
-cvs.texi(,9781) @item %%
-cvs.texi(,9782) stands for @samp{%}.
-cvs.texi(,9783)
-cvs.texi(,9784) @item %c'@var{C}'
-cvs.texi(,9785) where @var{C} is a single character, stands for @var{C}.
-cvs.texi(,9786) @var{C} may not be a backslash or an apostrophe.
-cvs.texi(,9787) For example, @samp{%c':'} stands for a colon, even inside
-cvs.texi(,9788) the then-part of an if-then-else format, which a colon would
-cvs.texi(,9789) normally terminate.
-cvs.texi(,9790)
-cvs.texi(,9791) @item %c'address@hidden'
-cvs.texi(,9792) where @var{O} is a string of 1, 2, or 3 octal digits,
-cvs.texi(,9793) stands for the character with octal code @var{O}.
-cvs.texi(,9794) For example, @samp{%c'\0'} stands for a null character.
-cvs.texi(,9795)
-cvs.texi(,9796) @item @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9797) where @var{F} is a @code{printf} conversion specification and
@var{n} is one
-cvs.texi(,9798) of the following letters, stands for @var{n}'s value formatted
with @var{F}.
-cvs.texi(,9799)
-cvs.texi(,9800) @table @samp
-cvs.texi(,9801) @item e
-cvs.texi(,9802) The line number of the line just before the group in the old
file.
-cvs.texi(,9803)
-cvs.texi(,9804) @item f
-cvs.texi(,9805) The line number of the first line in the group in the old file;
-cvs.texi(,9806) equals @var{e} + 1.
-cvs.texi(,9807)
-cvs.texi(,9808) @item l
-cvs.texi(,9809) The line number of the last line in the group in the old file.
-cvs.texi(,9810)
-cvs.texi(,9811) @item m
-cvs.texi(,9812) The line number of the line just after the group in the old
file;
-cvs.texi(,9813) equals @var{l} + 1.
-cvs.texi(,9814)
-cvs.texi(,9815) @item n
-cvs.texi(,9816) The number of lines in the group in the old file; equals
@var{l} - @var{f} + 1.
-cvs.texi(,9817)
-cvs.texi(,9818) @item E, F, L, M, N
-cvs.texi(,9819) Likewise, for lines in the new file.
+cvs.texi(,9754) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9755) These line groups are hunks containing only lines from the
second
+cvs.texi(,9756) file. The default new group format is same as the changed
group
+cvs.texi(,9757) format if it is specified; otherwise it is a format that
outputs the
+cvs.texi(,9758) line group as-is.
+cvs.texi(,9759)
+cvs.texi(,9760) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9761) These line groups are hunks containing lines from both files.
The
+cvs.texi(,9762) default changed group format is the concatenation of the old
and new
+cvs.texi(,9763) group formats.
+cvs.texi(,9764)
+cvs.texi(,9765) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9766) These line groups contain lines common to both files. The
default
+cvs.texi(,9767) unchanged group format is a format that outputs the line group
as-is.
+cvs.texi(,9768) @end table
+cvs.texi(,9769)
+cvs.texi(,9770) In a line group format, ordinary characters represent
themselves;
+cvs.texi(,9771) conversion specifications start with @samp{%} and have one of
the
+cvs.texi(,9772) following forms.
+cvs.texi(,9773)
+cvs.texi(,9774) @table @samp
+cvs.texi(,9775) @item %<
+cvs.texi(,9776) stands for the lines from the first file, including the
trailing newline.
+cvs.texi(,9777) Each line is formatted according to the old line format
(@pxref{Line formats}).
+cvs.texi(,9778)
+cvs.texi(,9779) @item %>
+cvs.texi(,9780) stands for the lines from the second file, including the
trailing newline.
+cvs.texi(,9781) Each line is formatted according to the new line format.
+cvs.texi(,9782)
+cvs.texi(,9783) @item %=
+cvs.texi(,9784) stands for the lines common to both files, including the
trailing newline.
+cvs.texi(,9785) Each line is formatted according to the unchanged line format.
+cvs.texi(,9786)
+cvs.texi(,9787) @item %%
+cvs.texi(,9788) stands for @samp{%}.
+cvs.texi(,9789)
+cvs.texi(,9790) @item %c'@var{C}'
+cvs.texi(,9791) where @var{C} is a single character, stands for @var{C}.
+cvs.texi(,9792) @var{C} may not be a backslash or an apostrophe.
+cvs.texi(,9793) For example, @samp{%c':'} stands for a colon, even inside
+cvs.texi(,9794) the then-part of an if-then-else format, which a colon would
+cvs.texi(,9795) normally terminate.
+cvs.texi(,9796)
+cvs.texi(,9797) @item %c'address@hidden'
+cvs.texi(,9798) where @var{O} is a string of 1, 2, or 3 octal digits,
+cvs.texi(,9799) stands for the character with octal code @var{O}.
+cvs.texi(,9800) For example, @samp{%c'\0'} stands for a null character.
+cvs.texi(,9801)
+cvs.texi(,9802) @item @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9803) where @var{F} is a @code{printf} conversion specification and
@var{n} is one
+cvs.texi(,9804) of the following letters, stands for @var{n}'s value formatted
with @var{F}.
+cvs.texi(,9805)
+cvs.texi(,9806) @table @samp
+cvs.texi(,9807) @item e
+cvs.texi(,9808) The line number of the line just before the group in the old
file.
+cvs.texi(,9809)
+cvs.texi(,9810) @item f
+cvs.texi(,9811) The line number of the first line in the group in the old file;
+cvs.texi(,9812) equals @var{e} + 1.
+cvs.texi(,9813)
+cvs.texi(,9814) @item l
+cvs.texi(,9815) The line number of the last line in the group in the old file.
+cvs.texi(,9816)
+cvs.texi(,9817) @item m
+cvs.texi(,9818) The line number of the line just after the group in the old
file;
+cvs.texi(,9819) equals @var{l} + 1.
cvs.texi(,9820)
-cvs.texi(,9821) @end table
-cvs.texi(,9822)
-cvs.texi(,9823) The @code{printf} conversion specification can be @samp{%d},
-cvs.texi(,9824) @samp{%o}, @samp{%x}, or @samp{%X}, specifying decimal, octal,
-cvs.texi(,9825) lower case hexadecimal, or upper case hexadecimal output
-cvs.texi(,9826) respectively. After the @samp{%} the following options can
appear in
-cvs.texi(,9827) sequence: a @samp{-} specifying left-justification; an integer
-cvs.texi(,9828) specifying the minimum field width; and a period followed by an
-cvs.texi(,9829) optional integer specifying the minimum number of digits.
-cvs.texi(,9830) For example, @samp{%5dN} prints the number of new lines in the
group
-cvs.texi(,9831) in a field of width 5 characters, using the @code{printf}
format @code{"%5d"}.
-cvs.texi(,9832)
-cvs.texi(,9833) @item (@address@hidden@var{T}:@var{E})
-cvs.texi(,9834) If @var{A} equals @var{B} then @var{T} else @var{E}.
-cvs.texi(,9835) @var{A} and @var{B} are each either a decimal constant
-cvs.texi(,9836) or a single letter interpreted as above.
-cvs.texi(,9837) This format spec is equivalent to @var{T} if
-cvs.texi(,9838) @var{A}'s value equals @var{B}'s; otherwise it is equivalent
to @var{E}.
-cvs.texi(,9839)
-cvs.texi(,9840) For example, @samp{%(N=0?no:%dN) line%(N=1?:s)} is equivalent
to
-cvs.texi(,9841) @samp{no lines} if @var{N} (the number of lines in the group
in the
-cvs.texi(,9842) new file) is 0, to @samp{1 line} if @var{N} is 1, and to
@samp{%dN lines}
-cvs.texi(,9843) otherwise.
-cvs.texi(,9844) @end table
+cvs.texi(,9821) @item n
+cvs.texi(,9822) The number of lines in the group in the old file; equals
@var{l} - @var{f} + 1.
+cvs.texi(,9823)
+cvs.texi(,9824) @item E, F, L, M, N
+cvs.texi(,9825) Likewise, for lines in the new file.
+cvs.texi(,9826)
+cvs.texi(,9827) @end table
+cvs.texi(,9828)
+cvs.texi(,9829) The @code{printf} conversion specification can be @samp{%d},
+cvs.texi(,9830) @samp{%o}, @samp{%x}, or @samp{%X}, specifying decimal, octal,
+cvs.texi(,9831) lower case hexadecimal, or upper case hexadecimal output
+cvs.texi(,9832) respectively. After the @samp{%} the following options can
appear in
+cvs.texi(,9833) sequence: a @samp{-} specifying left-justification; an integer
+cvs.texi(,9834) specifying the minimum field width; and a period followed by an
+cvs.texi(,9835) optional integer specifying the minimum number of digits.
+cvs.texi(,9836) For example, @samp{%5dN} prints the number of new lines in the
group
+cvs.texi(,9837) in a field of width 5 characters, using the @code{printf}
format @code{"%5d"}.
+cvs.texi(,9838)
+cvs.texi(,9839) @item (@address@hidden@var{T}:@var{E})
+cvs.texi(,9840) If @var{A} equals @var{B} then @var{T} else @var{E}.
+cvs.texi(,9841) @var{A} and @var{B} are each either a decimal constant
+cvs.texi(,9842) or a single letter interpreted as above.
+cvs.texi(,9843) This format spec is equivalent to @var{T} if
+cvs.texi(,9844) @var{A}'s value equals @var{B}'s; otherwise it is equivalent
to @var{E}.
cvs.texi(,9845)
-cvs.texi(,9846) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
-cvs.texi(,9847) @node Line formats
-cvs.texi(,9848) @appendixsubsubsec Line formats
-cvs.texi(,9849)
-cvs.texi(,9850) Line formats control how each line taken from an input file is
-cvs.texi(,9851) output as part of a line group in if-then-else format.
-cvs.texi(,9852)
-cvs.texi(,9853) For example, the following command outputs text with a
one-column
-cvs.texi(,9854) change indicator to the left of the text. The first column of
output
-cvs.texi(,9855) is @samp{-} for deleted lines, @samp{|} for added lines, and a
space
-cvs.texi(,9856) for unchanged lines. The formats contain newline characters
where
-cvs.texi(,9857) newlines are desired on output.
+cvs.texi(,9846) For example, @samp{%(N=0?no:%dN) line%(N=1?:s)} is equivalent
to
+cvs.texi(,9847) @samp{no lines} if @var{N} (the number of lines in the group
in the
+cvs.texi(,9848) new file) is 0, to @samp{1 line} if @var{N} is 1, and to
@samp{%dN lines}
+cvs.texi(,9849) otherwise.
+cvs.texi(,9850) @end table
+cvs.texi(,9851)
+cvs.texi(,9852) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
+cvs.texi(,9853) @node Line formats
+cvs.texi(,9854) @appendixsubsubsec Line formats
+cvs.texi(,9855)
+cvs.texi(,9856) Line formats control how each line taken from an input file is
+cvs.texi(,9857) output as part of a line group in if-then-else format.
cvs.texi(,9858)
-cvs.texi(,9859) @example
-cvs.texi(,9860) cvs diff \
-cvs.texi(,9861) --old-line-format='-%l
-cvs.texi(,9862) ' \
-cvs.texi(,9863) --new-line-format='|%l
-cvs.texi(,9864) ' \
-cvs.texi(,9865) --unchanged-line-format=' %l
-cvs.texi(,9866) ' \
-cvs.texi(,9867) myfile
-cvs.texi(,9868) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9869)
-cvs.texi(,9870) To specify a line format, use one of the following options.
You should
-cvs.texi(,9871) quote @var{format}, since it often contains shell
metacharacters.
-cvs.texi(,9872)
-cvs.texi(,9873) @table @samp
-cvs.texi(,9874) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9875) formats lines just from the first file.
-cvs.texi(,9876)
-cvs.texi(,9877) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9878) formats lines just from the second file.
-cvs.texi(,9879)
-cvs.texi(,9880) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9881) formats lines common to both files.
+cvs.texi(,9859) For example, the following command outputs text with a
one-column
+cvs.texi(,9860) change indicator to the left of the text. The first column of
output
+cvs.texi(,9861) is @samp{-} for deleted lines, @samp{|} for added lines, and a
space
+cvs.texi(,9862) for unchanged lines. The formats contain newline characters
where
+cvs.texi(,9863) newlines are desired on output.
+cvs.texi(,9864)
+cvs.texi(,9865) @example
+cvs.texi(,9866) cvs diff \
+cvs.texi(,9867) --old-line-format='-%l
+cvs.texi(,9868) ' \
+cvs.texi(,9869) --new-line-format='|%l
+cvs.texi(,9870) ' \
+cvs.texi(,9871) --unchanged-line-format=' %l
+cvs.texi(,9872) ' \
+cvs.texi(,9873) myfile
+cvs.texi(,9874) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9875)
+cvs.texi(,9876) To specify a line format, use one of the following options.
You should
+cvs.texi(,9877) quote @var{format}, since it often contains shell
metacharacters.
+cvs.texi(,9878)
+cvs.texi(,9879) @table @samp
+cvs.texi(,9880) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9881) formats lines just from the first file.
cvs.texi(,9882)
-cvs.texi(,9883) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9884) formats all lines; in effect, it sets all three above options
simultaneously.
-cvs.texi(,9885) @end table
-cvs.texi(,9886)
-cvs.texi(,9887) In a line format, ordinary characters represent themselves;
-cvs.texi(,9888) conversion specifications start with @samp{%} and have one of
the
-cvs.texi(,9889) following forms.
-cvs.texi(,9890)
-cvs.texi(,9891) @table @samp
-cvs.texi(,9892) @item %l
-cvs.texi(,9893) stands for the contents of the line, not counting its trailing
-cvs.texi(,9894) newline (if any). This format ignores whether the line is
incomplete.
-cvs.texi(,9895)
-cvs.texi(,9896) @item %L
-cvs.texi(,9897) stands for the contents of the line, including its trailing
newline
-cvs.texi(,9898) (if any). If a line is incomplete, this format preserves its
-cvs.texi(,9899) incompleteness.
-cvs.texi(,9900)
-cvs.texi(,9901) @item %%
-cvs.texi(,9902) stands for @samp{%}.
-cvs.texi(,9903)
-cvs.texi(,9904) @item %c'@var{C}'
-cvs.texi(,9905) where @var{C} is a single character, stands for @var{C}.
-cvs.texi(,9906) @var{C} may not be a backslash or an apostrophe.
-cvs.texi(,9907) For example, @samp{%c':'} stands for a colon.
-cvs.texi(,9908)
-cvs.texi(,9909) @item %c'address@hidden'
-cvs.texi(,9910) where @var{O} is a string of 1, 2, or 3 octal digits,
-cvs.texi(,9911) stands for the character with octal code @var{O}.
-cvs.texi(,9912) For example, @samp{%c'\0'} stands for a null character.
-cvs.texi(,9913)
-cvs.texi(,9914) @item @var{F}n
-cvs.texi(,9915) where @var{F} is a @code{printf} conversion specification,
-cvs.texi(,9916) stands for the line number formatted with @var{F}.
-cvs.texi(,9917) For example, @samp{%.5dn} prints the line number using the
-cvs.texi(,9918) @code{printf} format @code{"%.5d"}. @xref{Line group
formats}, for
-cvs.texi(,9919) more about printf conversion specifications.
-cvs.texi(,9920)
-cvs.texi(,9921) @end table
-cvs.texi(,9922)
-cvs.texi(,9923) The default line format is @samp{%l} followed by a newline
character.
-cvs.texi(,9924)
-cvs.texi(,9925) If the input contains tab characters and it is important that
they line
-cvs.texi(,9926) up on output, you should ensure that @samp{%l} or @samp{%L} in
a line
-cvs.texi(,9927) format is just after a tab stop (e.g.@: by preceding @samp{%l}
or
-cvs.texi(,9928) @samp{%L} with a tab character), or you should use the
@samp{-t} or
-cvs.texi(,9929) @samp{--expand-tabs} option.
+cvs.texi(,9883) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9884) formats lines just from the second file.
+cvs.texi(,9885)
+cvs.texi(,9886) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9887) formats lines common to both files.
+cvs.texi(,9888)
+cvs.texi(,9889) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,9890) formats all lines; in effect, it sets all three above options
simultaneously.
+cvs.texi(,9891) @end table
+cvs.texi(,9892)
+cvs.texi(,9893) In a line format, ordinary characters represent themselves;
+cvs.texi(,9894) conversion specifications start with @samp{%} and have one of
the
+cvs.texi(,9895) following forms.
+cvs.texi(,9896)
+cvs.texi(,9897) @table @samp
+cvs.texi(,9898) @item %l
+cvs.texi(,9899) stands for the contents of the line, not counting its trailing
+cvs.texi(,9900) newline (if any). This format ignores whether the line is
incomplete.
+cvs.texi(,9901)
+cvs.texi(,9902) @item %L
+cvs.texi(,9903) stands for the contents of the line, including its trailing
newline
+cvs.texi(,9904) (if any). If a line is incomplete, this format preserves its
+cvs.texi(,9905) incompleteness.
+cvs.texi(,9906)
+cvs.texi(,9907) @item %%
+cvs.texi(,9908) stands for @samp{%}.
+cvs.texi(,9909)
+cvs.texi(,9910) @item %c'@var{C}'
+cvs.texi(,9911) where @var{C} is a single character, stands for @var{C}.
+cvs.texi(,9912) @var{C} may not be a backslash or an apostrophe.
+cvs.texi(,9913) For example, @samp{%c':'} stands for a colon.
+cvs.texi(,9914)
+cvs.texi(,9915) @item %c'address@hidden'
+cvs.texi(,9916) where @var{O} is a string of 1, 2, or 3 octal digits,
+cvs.texi(,9917) stands for the character with octal code @var{O}.
+cvs.texi(,9918) For example, @samp{%c'\0'} stands for a null character.
+cvs.texi(,9919)
+cvs.texi(,9920) @item @var{F}n
+cvs.texi(,9921) where @var{F} is a @code{printf} conversion specification,
+cvs.texi(,9922) stands for the line number formatted with @var{F}.
+cvs.texi(,9923) For example, @samp{%.5dn} prints the line number using the
+cvs.texi(,9924) @code{printf} format @code{"%.5d"}. @xref{Line group
formats}, for
+cvs.texi(,9925) more about printf conversion specifications.
+cvs.texi(,9926)
+cvs.texi(,9927) @end table
+cvs.texi(,9928)
+cvs.texi(,9929) The default line format is @samp{%l} followed by a newline
character.
cvs.texi(,9930)
-cvs.texi(,9931) Taken together, the line and line group formats let you
specify many
-cvs.texi(,9932) different formats. For example, the following command uses a
format
-cvs.texi(,9933) similar to @code{diff}'s normal format. You can tailor this
command
-cvs.texi(,9934) to get fine control over @code{diff}'s output.
-cvs.texi(,9935)
-cvs.texi(,9936) @example
-cvs.texi(,9937) cvs diff \
-cvs.texi(,9938) --old-line-format='< %l
-cvs.texi(,9939) ' \
-cvs.texi(,9940) --new-line-format='> %l
-cvs.texi(,9941) ' \
-cvs.texi(,9942) --old-group-format='%df%(f=l?:,%dl)d%dE
-cvs.texi(,9943) %<' \
-cvs.texi(,9944) --new-group-format='%dea%dF%(F=L?:,%dL)
-cvs.texi(,9945) %>' \
-cvs.texi(,9946) --changed-group-format='%df%(f=l?:,%dl)c%dF%(F=L?:,%dL)
-cvs.texi(,9947) %<---
-cvs.texi(,9948) %>' \
-cvs.texi(,9949) --unchanged-group-format='' \
-cvs.texi(,9950) myfile
-cvs.texi(,9951) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9952)
-cvs.texi(,9953) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
-cvs.texi(,9954) @node diff examples
-cvs.texi(,9955) @appendixsubsec diff examples
-cvs.texi(,9956)
-cvs.texi(,9957) The following line produces a Unidiff (@samp{-u} flag)
-cvs.texi(,9958) between revision 1.14 and 1.19 of
-cvs.texi(,9959) @file{backend.c}. Due to the @samp{-kk} flag no
-cvs.texi(,9960) keywords are substituted, so differences that only depend
-cvs.texi(,9961) on keyword substitution are ignored.
+cvs.texi(,9931) If the input contains tab characters and it is important that
they line
+cvs.texi(,9932) up on output, you should ensure that @samp{%l} or @samp{%L} in
a line
+cvs.texi(,9933) format is just after a tab stop (e.g.@: by preceding @samp{%l}
or
+cvs.texi(,9934) @samp{%L} with a tab character), or you should use the
@samp{-t} or
+cvs.texi(,9935) @samp{--expand-tabs} option.
+cvs.texi(,9936)
+cvs.texi(,9937) Taken together, the line and line group formats let you
specify many
+cvs.texi(,9938) different formats. For example, the following command uses a
format
+cvs.texi(,9939) similar to @code{diff}'s normal format. You can tailor this
command
+cvs.texi(,9940) to get fine control over @code{diff}'s output.
+cvs.texi(,9941)
+cvs.texi(,9942) @example
+cvs.texi(,9943) cvs diff \
+cvs.texi(,9944) --old-line-format='< %l
+cvs.texi(,9945) ' \
+cvs.texi(,9946) --new-line-format='> %l
+cvs.texi(,9947) ' \
+cvs.texi(,9948) --old-group-format='%df%(f=l?:,%dl)d%dE
+cvs.texi(,9949) %<' \
+cvs.texi(,9950) --new-group-format='%dea%dF%(F=L?:,%dL)
+cvs.texi(,9951) %>' \
+cvs.texi(,9952) --changed-group-format='%df%(f=l?:,%dl)c%dF%(F=L?:,%dL)
+cvs.texi(,9953) %<---
+cvs.texi(,9954) %>' \
+cvs.texi(,9955) --unchanged-group-format='' \
+cvs.texi(,9956) myfile
+cvs.texi(,9957) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9958)
+cvs.texi(,9959) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
+cvs.texi(,9960) @node diff examples
+cvs.texi(,9961) @appendixsubsec diff examples
cvs.texi(,9962)
-cvs.texi(,9963) @example
-cvs.texi(,9964) $ cvs diff -kk -u -r 1.14 -r 1.19 backend.c
-cvs.texi(,9965) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9966)
-cvs.texi(,9967) Suppose the experimental branch EXPR1 was based on a
-cvs.texi(,9968) set of files tagged RELEASE_1_0. To see what has
-cvs.texi(,9969) happened on that branch, the following can be used:
-cvs.texi(,9970)
-cvs.texi(,9971) @example
-cvs.texi(,9972) $ cvs diff -r RELEASE_1_0 -r EXPR1
-cvs.texi(,9973) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9974)
-cvs.texi(,9975) A command like this can be used to produce a context
-cvs.texi(,9976) diff between two releases:
-cvs.texi(,9977)
-cvs.texi(,9978) @example
-cvs.texi(,9979) $ cvs diff -c -r RELEASE_1_0 -r RELEASE_1_1 > diffs
-cvs.texi(,9980) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9981)
-cvs.texi(,9982) If you are maintaining ChangeLogs, a command like the following
-cvs.texi(,9983) just before you commit your changes may help you write
-cvs.texi(,9984) the ChangeLog entry. All local modifications that have
-cvs.texi(,9985) not yet been committed will be printed.
-cvs.texi(,9986)
-cvs.texi(,9987) @example
-cvs.texi(,9988) $ cvs diff -u | less
-cvs.texi(,9989) @end example
-cvs.texi(,9990)
-cvs.texi(,9991) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
-cvs.texi(,9992) @node export
-cvs.texi(,9993) @appendixsec export---Export sources from CVS, similar to
checkout
-cvs.texi(,9994) @cindex export (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,9995)
-cvs.texi(,9996) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,9997) @item
-cvs.texi(,9998) Synopsis: export [-flNnR] [-r rev|-D date] [-k subst] [-d dir]
address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,9999) @item
-cvs.texi(,10000) Requires: repository.
-cvs.texi(,10001) @item
-cvs.texi(,10002) Changes: current directory.
-cvs.texi(,10003) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,10004)
-cvs.texi(,10005) This command is a variant of @code{checkout}; use it
-cvs.texi(,10006) when you want a copy of the source for module without
-cvs.texi(,10007) the @sc{cvs} administrative directories. For example, you
-cvs.texi(,10008) might use @code{export} to prepare source for shipment
-cvs.texi(,10009) off-site. This command requires that you specify a
-cvs.texi(,10010) date or tag (with @samp{-D} or @samp{-r}), so that you
-cvs.texi(,10011) can count on reproducing the source you ship to others
-cvs.texi(,10012) (and thus it always prunes empty directories).
-cvs.texi(,10013)
-cvs.texi(,10014) One often would like to use @samp{-kv} with @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,10015) export}. This causes any keywords to be
-cvs.texi(,10016) expanded such that an import done at some other site
-cvs.texi(,10017) will not lose the keyword revision information. But be
-cvs.texi(,10018) aware that doesn't handle an export containing binary
-cvs.texi(,10019) files correctly. Also be aware that after having used
-cvs.texi(,10020) @samp{-kv}, one can no longer use the @code{ident}
-cvs.texi(,10021) command (which is part of the @sc{rcs} suite---see
-cvs.texi(,10022) ident(1)) which looks for keyword strings. If
-cvs.texi(,10023) you want to be able to use @code{ident} you must not
-cvs.texi(,10024) use @samp{-kv}.
-cvs.texi(,10025)
-cvs.texi(,10026) @menu
-cvs.texi(,10027) * export options:: export options
-cvs.texi(,10028) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,10029)
-cvs.texi(,10030) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,10031) @node export options
-cvs.texi(,10032) @appendixsubsec export options
-cvs.texi(,10033)
-cvs.texi(,10034) These standard options are supported by @code{export}
-cvs.texi(,10035) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description of
-cvs.texi(,10036) them):
-cvs.texi(,10037)
-cvs.texi(,10038) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10039) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,10040) Use the most recent revision no later than @var{date}.
-cvs.texi(,10041)
-cvs.texi(,10042) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,10043) If no matching revision is found, retrieve the most
-cvs.texi(,10044) recent revision (instead of ignoring the file).
-cvs.texi(,10045)
-cvs.texi(,10046) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,10047) Local; run only in current working directory.
-cvs.texi(,10048)
-cvs.texi(,10049) @item -n
-cvs.texi(,10050) Do not run any checkout program.
+cvs.texi(,9963) The following line produces a Unidiff (@samp{-u} flag)
+cvs.texi(,9964) between revision 1.14 and 1.19 of
+cvs.texi(,9965) @file{backend.c}. Due to the @samp{-kk} flag no
+cvs.texi(,9966) keywords are substituted, so differences that only depend
+cvs.texi(,9967) on keyword substitution are ignored.
+cvs.texi(,9968)
+cvs.texi(,9969) @example
+cvs.texi(,9970) $ cvs diff -kk -u -r 1.14 -r 1.19 backend.c
+cvs.texi(,9971) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9972)
+cvs.texi(,9973) Suppose the experimental branch EXPR1 was based on a
+cvs.texi(,9974) set of files tagged RELEASE_1_0. To see what has
+cvs.texi(,9975) happened on that branch, the following can be used:
+cvs.texi(,9976)
+cvs.texi(,9977) @example
+cvs.texi(,9978) $ cvs diff -r RELEASE_1_0 -r EXPR1
+cvs.texi(,9979) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9980)
+cvs.texi(,9981) A command like this can be used to produce a context
+cvs.texi(,9982) diff between two releases:
+cvs.texi(,9983)
+cvs.texi(,9984) @example
+cvs.texi(,9985) $ cvs diff -c -r RELEASE_1_0 -r RELEASE_1_1 > diffs
+cvs.texi(,9986) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9987)
+cvs.texi(,9988) If you are maintaining ChangeLogs, a command like the following
+cvs.texi(,9989) just before you commit your changes may help you write
+cvs.texi(,9990) the ChangeLog entry. All local modifications that have
+cvs.texi(,9991) not yet been committed will be printed.
+cvs.texi(,9992)
+cvs.texi(,9993) @example
+cvs.texi(,9994) $ cvs diff -u | less
+cvs.texi(,9995) @end example
+cvs.texi(,9996)
+cvs.texi(,9997) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - -
+cvs.texi(,9998) @node export
+cvs.texi(,9999) @appendixsec export---Export sources from CVS, similar to
checkout
+cvs.texi(,10000) @cindex export (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,10001)
+cvs.texi(,10002) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,10003) @item
+cvs.texi(,10004) Synopsis: export [-flNnR] [-r rev|-D date] [-k subst] [-d
dir] address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,10005) @item
+cvs.texi(,10006) Requires: repository.
+cvs.texi(,10007) @item
+cvs.texi(,10008) Changes: current directory.
+cvs.texi(,10009) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,10010)
+cvs.texi(,10011) This command is a variant of @code{checkout}; use it
+cvs.texi(,10012) when you want a copy of the source for module without
+cvs.texi(,10013) the @sc{cvs} administrative directories. For example, you
+cvs.texi(,10014) might use @code{export} to prepare source for shipment
+cvs.texi(,10015) off-site. This command requires that you specify a
+cvs.texi(,10016) date or tag (with @samp{-D} or @samp{-r}), so that you
+cvs.texi(,10017) can count on reproducing the source you ship to others
+cvs.texi(,10018) (and thus it always prunes empty directories).
+cvs.texi(,10019)
+cvs.texi(,10020) One often would like to use @samp{-kv} with @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,10021) export}. This causes any keywords to be
+cvs.texi(,10022) expanded such that an import done at some other site
+cvs.texi(,10023) will not lose the keyword revision information. But be
+cvs.texi(,10024) aware that doesn't handle an export containing binary
+cvs.texi(,10025) files correctly. Also be aware that after having used
+cvs.texi(,10026) @samp{-kv}, one can no longer use the @code{ident}
+cvs.texi(,10027) command (which is part of the @sc{rcs} suite---see
+cvs.texi(,10028) ident(1)) which looks for keyword strings. If
+cvs.texi(,10029) you want to be able to use @code{ident} you must not
+cvs.texi(,10030) use @samp{-kv}.
+cvs.texi(,10031)
+cvs.texi(,10032) @menu
+cvs.texi(,10033) * export options:: export options
+cvs.texi(,10034) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,10035)
+cvs.texi(,10036) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,10037) @node export options
+cvs.texi(,10038) @appendixsubsec export options
+cvs.texi(,10039)
+cvs.texi(,10040) These standard options are supported by @code{export}
+cvs.texi(,10041) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description of
+cvs.texi(,10042) them):
+cvs.texi(,10043)
+cvs.texi(,10044) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10045) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,10046) Use the most recent revision no later than @var{date}.
+cvs.texi(,10047)
+cvs.texi(,10048) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,10049) If no matching revision is found, retrieve the most
+cvs.texi(,10050) recent revision (instead of ignoring the file).
cvs.texi(,10051)
-cvs.texi(,10052) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,10053) Export directories recursively. This is on by default.
+cvs.texi(,10052) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,10053) Local; run only in current working directory.
cvs.texi(,10054)
-cvs.texi(,10055) @item -r @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,10056) Use revision @var{tag}.
-cvs.texi(,10057) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10058)
-cvs.texi(,10059) In addition, these options (that are common to
-cvs.texi(,10060) @code{checkout} and @code{export}) are also supported:
-cvs.texi(,10061)
-cvs.texi(,10062) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10063) @item -d @var{dir}
-cvs.texi(,10064) Create a directory called @var{dir} for the working
-cvs.texi(,10065) files, instead of using the module name.
-cvs.texi(,10066) @xref{checkout options}, for complete details on how
-cvs.texi(,10067) @sc{cvs} handles this flag.
-cvs.texi(,10068)
-cvs.texi(,10069) @item -k @var{subst}
-cvs.texi(,10070) Set keyword expansion mode (@pxref{Substitution modes}).
-cvs.texi(,10071)
-cvs.texi(,10072) @item -N
-cvs.texi(,10073) Only useful together with @samp{-d @var{dir}}.
-cvs.texi(,10074) @xref{checkout options}, for complete details on how
-cvs.texi(,10075) @sc{cvs} handles this flag.
-cvs.texi(,10076) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10055) @item -n
+cvs.texi(,10056) Do not run any checkout program.
+cvs.texi(,10057)
+cvs.texi(,10058) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,10059) Export directories recursively. This is on by default.
+cvs.texi(,10060)
+cvs.texi(,10061) @item -r @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,10062) Use revision @var{tag}.
+cvs.texi(,10063) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10064)
+cvs.texi(,10065) In addition, these options (that are common to
+cvs.texi(,10066) @code{checkout} and @code{export}) are also supported:
+cvs.texi(,10067)
+cvs.texi(,10068) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10069) @item -d @var{dir}
+cvs.texi(,10070) Create a directory called @var{dir} for the working
+cvs.texi(,10071) files, instead of using the module name.
+cvs.texi(,10072) @xref{checkout options}, for complete details on how
+cvs.texi(,10073) @sc{cvs} handles this flag.
+cvs.texi(,10074)
+cvs.texi(,10075) @item -k @var{subst}
+cvs.texi(,10076) Set keyword expansion mode (@pxref{Substitution modes}).
cvs.texi(,10077)
-cvs.texi(,10086)
-cvs.texi(,10087) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,10088) @node history
-cvs.texi(,10089) @appendixsec history---Show status of files and users
-cvs.texi(,10090) @cindex history (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,10091)
-cvs.texi(,10092) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,10093) @item
-cvs.texi(,10094) Synopsis: history [-report] [-flags] [-options args]
address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,10095) @item
-cvs.texi(,10096) Requires: the file @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/history}
-cvs.texi(,10097) @item
-cvs.texi(,10098) Changes: nothing.
-cvs.texi(,10099) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,10100)
-cvs.texi(,10101) @sc{cvs} can keep a history file that tracks each use of the
-cvs.texi(,10102) @code{checkout}, @code{commit}, @code{rtag},
-cvs.texi(,10103) @code{update}, and @code{release} commands. You can
-cvs.texi(,10104) use @code{history} to display this information in
-cvs.texi(,10105) various formats.
+cvs.texi(,10078) @item -N
+cvs.texi(,10079) Only useful together with @samp{-d @var{dir}}.
+cvs.texi(,10080) @xref{checkout options}, for complete details on how
+cvs.texi(,10081) @sc{cvs} handles this flag.
+cvs.texi(,10082) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10083)
+cvs.texi(,10092)
+cvs.texi(,10093) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,10094) @node history
+cvs.texi(,10095) @appendixsec history---Show status of files and users
+cvs.texi(,10096) @cindex history (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,10097)
+cvs.texi(,10098) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,10099) @item
+cvs.texi(,10100) Synopsis: history [-report] [-flags] [-options args]
address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,10101) @item
+cvs.texi(,10102) Requires: the file @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/history}
+cvs.texi(,10103) @item
+cvs.texi(,10104) Changes: nothing.
+cvs.texi(,10105) @end itemize
cvs.texi(,10106)
-cvs.texi(,10107) Logging must be enabled by creating the file
-cvs.texi(,10108) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/history}.
-cvs.texi(,10109)
-cvs.texi(,10110) @strong{Note: @code{history} uses @samp{-f}, @samp{-l},
-cvs.texi(,10111) @samp{-n}, and @samp{-p} in ways that conflict with the
-cvs.texi(,10112) normal use inside @sc{cvs} (@pxref{Common options}).}
-cvs.texi(,10113)
-cvs.texi(,10114) @menu
-cvs.texi(,10115) * history options:: history options
-cvs.texi(,10116) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,10117)
-cvs.texi(,10118) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,10119) @node history options
-cvs.texi(,10120) @appendixsubsec history options
-cvs.texi(,10121)
-cvs.texi(,10122) Several options (shown above as @samp{-report}) control what
-cvs.texi(,10123) kind of report is generated:
-cvs.texi(,10124)
-cvs.texi(,10125) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10126) @item -c
-cvs.texi(,10127) Report on each time commit was used (i.e., each time
-cvs.texi(,10128) the repository was modified).
-cvs.texi(,10129)
-cvs.texi(,10130) @item -e
-cvs.texi(,10131) Everything (all record types). Equivalent to
-cvs.texi(,10132) specifying @samp{-x} with all record types. Of course,
-cvs.texi(,10133) @samp{-e} will also include record types which are
-cvs.texi(,10134) added in a future version of @sc{cvs}; if you are
-cvs.texi(,10135) writing a script which can only handle certain record
-cvs.texi(,10136) types, you'll want to specify @samp{-x}.
-cvs.texi(,10137)
-cvs.texi(,10138) @item -m @var{module}
-cvs.texi(,10139) Report on a particular module. (You can meaningfully
-cvs.texi(,10140) use @samp{-m} more than once on the command line.)
-cvs.texi(,10141)
-cvs.texi(,10142) @item -o
-cvs.texi(,10143) Report on checked-out modules. This is the default report
type.
-cvs.texi(,10144)
-cvs.texi(,10145) @item -T
-cvs.texi(,10146) Report on all tags.
+cvs.texi(,10107) @sc{cvs} can keep a history file that tracks each use of the
+cvs.texi(,10108) @code{checkout}, @code{commit}, @code{rtag},
+cvs.texi(,10109) @code{update}, and @code{release} commands. You can
+cvs.texi(,10110) use @code{history} to display this information in
+cvs.texi(,10111) various formats.
+cvs.texi(,10112)
+cvs.texi(,10113) Logging must be enabled by creating the file
+cvs.texi(,10114) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/history}.
+cvs.texi(,10115)
+cvs.texi(,10116) @strong{Note: @code{history} uses @samp{-f}, @samp{-l},
+cvs.texi(,10117) @samp{-n}, and @samp{-p} in ways that conflict with the
+cvs.texi(,10118) normal use inside @sc{cvs} (@pxref{Common options}).}
+cvs.texi(,10119)
+cvs.texi(,10120) @menu
+cvs.texi(,10121) * history options:: history options
+cvs.texi(,10122) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,10123)
+cvs.texi(,10124) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,10125) @node history options
+cvs.texi(,10126) @appendixsubsec history options
+cvs.texi(,10127)
+cvs.texi(,10128) Several options (shown above as @samp{-report}) control what
+cvs.texi(,10129) kind of report is generated:
+cvs.texi(,10130)
+cvs.texi(,10131) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10132) @item -c
+cvs.texi(,10133) Report on each time commit was used (i.e., each time
+cvs.texi(,10134) the repository was modified).
+cvs.texi(,10135)
+cvs.texi(,10136) @item -e
+cvs.texi(,10137) Everything (all record types). Equivalent to
+cvs.texi(,10138) specifying @samp{-x} with all record types. Of course,
+cvs.texi(,10139) @samp{-e} will also include record types which are
+cvs.texi(,10140) added in a future version of @sc{cvs}; if you are
+cvs.texi(,10141) writing a script which can only handle certain record
+cvs.texi(,10142) types, you'll want to specify @samp{-x}.
+cvs.texi(,10143)
+cvs.texi(,10144) @item -m @var{module}
+cvs.texi(,10145) Report on a particular module. (You can meaningfully
+cvs.texi(,10146) use @samp{-m} more than once on the command line.)
cvs.texi(,10147)
-cvs.texi(,10148) @item -x @var{type}
-cvs.texi(,10149) Extract a particular set of record types @var{type} from the
@sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,10150) history. The types are indicated by single letters,
-cvs.texi(,10151) which you may specify in combination.
-cvs.texi(,10152)
-cvs.texi(,10153) Certain commands have a single record type:
-cvs.texi(,10154)
-cvs.texi(,10155) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10156) @item F
-cvs.texi(,10157) release
-cvs.texi(,10158) @item O
-cvs.texi(,10159) checkout
-cvs.texi(,10160) @item E
-cvs.texi(,10161) export
-cvs.texi(,10162) @item T
-cvs.texi(,10163) rtag
-cvs.texi(,10164) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10165)
-cvs.texi(,10166) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,10167) One of four record types may result from an update:
-cvs.texi(,10168)
-cvs.texi(,10169) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10170) @item C
-cvs.texi(,10171) A merge was necessary but collisions were
-cvs.texi(,10172) detected (requiring manual merging).
-cvs.texi(,10173) @item G
-cvs.texi(,10174) A merge was necessary and it succeeded.
-cvs.texi(,10175) @item U
-cvs.texi(,10176) A working file was copied from the repository.
-cvs.texi(,10177) @item W
-cvs.texi(,10178) The working copy of a file was deleted during
-cvs.texi(,10179) update (because it was gone from the repository).
-cvs.texi(,10180) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10181)
-cvs.texi(,10182) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,10183) One of three record types results from commit:
-cvs.texi(,10184)
-cvs.texi(,10185) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10186) @item A
-cvs.texi(,10187) A file was added for the first time.
-cvs.texi(,10188) @item M
-cvs.texi(,10189) A file was modified.
-cvs.texi(,10190) @item R
-cvs.texi(,10191) A file was removed.
-cvs.texi(,10192) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10193) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10194)
-cvs.texi(,10195) The options shown as @samp{-flags} constrain or expand
-cvs.texi(,10196) the report without requiring option arguments:
-cvs.texi(,10197)
-cvs.texi(,10198) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10199) @item -a
-cvs.texi(,10200) Show data for all users (the default is to show data
-cvs.texi(,10201) only for the user executing @code{history}).
-cvs.texi(,10202)
-cvs.texi(,10203) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,10204) Show last modification only.
-cvs.texi(,10205)
-cvs.texi(,10206) @item -w
-cvs.texi(,10207) Show only the records for modifications done from the
-cvs.texi(,10208) same working directory where @code{history} is
-cvs.texi(,10209) executing.
-cvs.texi(,10210) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10148) @item -o
+cvs.texi(,10149) Report on checked-out modules. This is the default report
type.
+cvs.texi(,10150)
+cvs.texi(,10151) @item -T
+cvs.texi(,10152) Report on all tags.
+cvs.texi(,10153)
+cvs.texi(,10154) @item -x @var{type}
+cvs.texi(,10155) Extract a particular set of record types @var{type} from the
@sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,10156) history. The types are indicated by single letters,
+cvs.texi(,10157) which you may specify in combination.
+cvs.texi(,10158)
+cvs.texi(,10159) Certain commands have a single record type:
+cvs.texi(,10160)
+cvs.texi(,10161) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10162) @item F
+cvs.texi(,10163) release
+cvs.texi(,10164) @item O
+cvs.texi(,10165) checkout
+cvs.texi(,10166) @item E
+cvs.texi(,10167) export
+cvs.texi(,10168) @item T
+cvs.texi(,10169) rtag
+cvs.texi(,10170) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10171)
+cvs.texi(,10172) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,10173) One of four record types may result from an update:
+cvs.texi(,10174)
+cvs.texi(,10175) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10176) @item C
+cvs.texi(,10177) A merge was necessary but collisions were
+cvs.texi(,10178) detected (requiring manual merging).
+cvs.texi(,10179) @item G
+cvs.texi(,10180) A merge was necessary and it succeeded.
+cvs.texi(,10181) @item U
+cvs.texi(,10182) A working file was copied from the repository.
+cvs.texi(,10183) @item W
+cvs.texi(,10184) The working copy of a file was deleted during
+cvs.texi(,10185) update (because it was gone from the repository).
+cvs.texi(,10186) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10187)
+cvs.texi(,10188) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,10189) One of three record types results from commit:
+cvs.texi(,10190)
+cvs.texi(,10191) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10192) @item A
+cvs.texi(,10193) A file was added for the first time.
+cvs.texi(,10194) @item M
+cvs.texi(,10195) A file was modified.
+cvs.texi(,10196) @item R
+cvs.texi(,10197) A file was removed.
+cvs.texi(,10198) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10199) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10200)
+cvs.texi(,10201) The options shown as @samp{-flags} constrain or expand
+cvs.texi(,10202) the report without requiring option arguments:
+cvs.texi(,10203)
+cvs.texi(,10204) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10205) @item -a
+cvs.texi(,10206) Show data for all users (the default is to show data
+cvs.texi(,10207) only for the user executing @code{history}).
+cvs.texi(,10208)
+cvs.texi(,10209) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,10210) Show last modification only.
cvs.texi(,10211)
-cvs.texi(,10212) The options shown as @samp{-options @var{args}} constrain the
report
-cvs.texi(,10213) based on an argument:
-cvs.texi(,10214)
-cvs.texi(,10215) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10216) @item -b @var{str}
-cvs.texi(,10217) Show data back to a record containing the string
-cvs.texi(,10218) @var{str} in either the module name, the file name, or
-cvs.texi(,10219) the repository path.
+cvs.texi(,10212) @item -w
+cvs.texi(,10213) Show only the records for modifications done from the
+cvs.texi(,10214) same working directory where @code{history} is
+cvs.texi(,10215) executing.
+cvs.texi(,10216) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10217)
+cvs.texi(,10218) The options shown as @samp{-options @var{args}} constrain the
report
+cvs.texi(,10219) based on an argument:
cvs.texi(,10220)
-cvs.texi(,10221) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,10222) Show data since @var{date}. This is slightly different
-cvs.texi(,10223) from the normal use of @samp{-D @var{date}}, which
-cvs.texi(,10224) selects the newest revision older than @var{date}.
-cvs.texi(,10225)
-cvs.texi(,10226) @item -f @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,10227) Show data for a particular file
-cvs.texi(,10228) (you can specify several @samp{-f} options on the same
command line).
-cvs.texi(,10229) This is equivalent to specifying the file on the command line.
-cvs.texi(,10230)
-cvs.texi(,10231) @item -n @var{module}
-cvs.texi(,10232) Show data for a particular module
-cvs.texi(,10233) (you can specify several @samp{-n} options on the same
command line).
-cvs.texi(,10234)
-cvs.texi(,10235) @item -p @var{repository}
-cvs.texi(,10236) Show data for a particular source repository (you
-cvs.texi(,10237) can specify several @samp{-p} options on the same command
-cvs.texi(,10238) line).
-cvs.texi(,10239)
-cvs.texi(,10240) @item -r @var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,10241) Show records referring to revisions since the revision
-cvs.texi(,10242) or tag named @var{rev} appears in individual @sc{rcs}
-cvs.texi(,10243) files. Each @sc{rcs} file is searched for the revision or
-cvs.texi(,10244) tag.
+cvs.texi(,10221) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10222) @item -b @var{str}
+cvs.texi(,10223) Show data back to a record containing the string
+cvs.texi(,10224) @var{str} in either the module name, the file name, or
+cvs.texi(,10225) the repository path.
+cvs.texi(,10226)
+cvs.texi(,10227) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,10228) Show data since @var{date}. This is slightly different
+cvs.texi(,10229) from the normal use of @samp{-D @var{date}}, which
+cvs.texi(,10230) selects the newest revision older than @var{date}.
+cvs.texi(,10231)
+cvs.texi(,10232) @item -f @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,10233) Show data for a particular file
+cvs.texi(,10234) (you can specify several @samp{-f} options on the same
command line).
+cvs.texi(,10235) This is equivalent to specifying the file on the command line.
+cvs.texi(,10236)
+cvs.texi(,10237) @item -n @var{module}
+cvs.texi(,10238) Show data for a particular module
+cvs.texi(,10239) (you can specify several @samp{-n} options on the same
command line).
+cvs.texi(,10240)
+cvs.texi(,10241) @item -p @var{repository}
+cvs.texi(,10242) Show data for a particular source repository (you
+cvs.texi(,10243) can specify several @samp{-p} options on the same command
+cvs.texi(,10244) line).
cvs.texi(,10245)
-cvs.texi(,10246) @item -t @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,10247) Show records since tag @var{tag} was last added to the
-cvs.texi(,10248) history file. This differs from the @samp{-r} flag
-cvs.texi(,10249) above in that it reads only the history file, not the
-cvs.texi(,10250) @sc{rcs} files, and is much faster.
+cvs.texi(,10246) @item -r @var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,10247) Show records referring to revisions since the revision
+cvs.texi(,10248) or tag named @var{rev} appears in individual @sc{rcs}
+cvs.texi(,10249) files. Each @sc{rcs} file is searched for the revision or
+cvs.texi(,10250) tag.
cvs.texi(,10251)
-cvs.texi(,10252) @item -u @var{name}
-cvs.texi(,10253) Show records for user @var{name}.
-cvs.texi(,10254)
-cvs.texi(,10255) @item -z @var{timezone}
-cvs.texi(,10256) Show times in the selected records using the specified
-cvs.texi(,10257) time zone instead of UTC.
-cvs.texi(,10258) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10259)
-cvs.texi(,10268)
-cvs.texi(,10269) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,10270) @node import
-cvs.texi(,10271) @appendixsec import---Import sources into CVS, using vendor
branches
-cvs.texi(,10272) @cindex import (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,10273)
-cvs.texi(,10274) @c FIXME: This node is way too long for one which has
subnodes.
-cvs.texi(,10275)
-cvs.texi(,10276) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,10277) @item
-cvs.texi(,10278) Synopsis: import [-options] repository vendortag
address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,10279) @item
-cvs.texi(,10280) Requires: Repository, source distribution directory.
-cvs.texi(,10281) @item
-cvs.texi(,10282) Changes: repository.
-cvs.texi(,10283) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,10284)
-cvs.texi(,10285) Use @code{import} to incorporate an entire source
-cvs.texi(,10286) distribution from an outside source (e.g., a source
-cvs.texi(,10287) vendor) into your source repository directory. You can
-cvs.texi(,10288) use this command both for initial creation of a
-cvs.texi(,10289) repository, and for wholesale updates to the module
-cvs.texi(,10290) from the outside source. @xref{Tracking sources}, for
-cvs.texi(,10291) a discussion on this subject.
-cvs.texi(,10292)
-cvs.texi(,10293) The @var{repository} argument gives a directory name
-cvs.texi(,10294) (or a path to a directory) under the @sc{cvs} root directory
-cvs.texi(,10295) for repositories; if the directory did not exist,
-cvs.texi(,10296) import creates it.
-cvs.texi(,10297)
-cvs.texi(,10298) When you use import for updates to source that has been
-cvs.texi(,10299) modified in your source repository (since a prior
-cvs.texi(,10300) import), it will notify you of any files that conflict
-cvs.texi(,10301) in the two branches of development; use @samp{checkout
-cvs.texi(,10302) -j} to reconcile the differences, as import instructs
-cvs.texi(,10303) you to do.
-cvs.texi(,10304)
-cvs.texi(,10305) If @sc{cvs} decides a file should be ignored
-cvs.texi(,10306) (@pxref{cvsignore}), it does not import it and prints
-cvs.texi(,10307) @samp{I } followed by the filename (@pxref{import output},
for a
-cvs.texi(,10308) complete description of the output).
-cvs.texi(,10309)
-cvs.texi(,10310) If the file @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/cvswrappers} exists,
-cvs.texi(,10311) any file whose names match the specifications in that
-cvs.texi(,10312) file will be treated as packages and the appropriate
-cvs.texi(,10313) filtering will be performed on the file/directory
-cvs.texi(,10314) before being imported. @xref{Wrappers}.
+cvs.texi(,10252) @item -t @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,10253) Show records since tag @var{tag} was last added to the
+cvs.texi(,10254) history file. This differs from the @samp{-r} flag
+cvs.texi(,10255) above in that it reads only the history file, not the
+cvs.texi(,10256) @sc{rcs} files, and is much faster.
+cvs.texi(,10257)
+cvs.texi(,10258) @item -u @var{name}
+cvs.texi(,10259) Show records for user @var{name}.
+cvs.texi(,10260)
+cvs.texi(,10261) @item -z @var{timezone}
+cvs.texi(,10262) Show times in the selected records using the specified
+cvs.texi(,10263) time zone instead of UTC.
+cvs.texi(,10264) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10265)
+cvs.texi(,10274)
+cvs.texi(,10275) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,10276) @node import
+cvs.texi(,10277) @appendixsec import---Import sources into CVS, using vendor
branches
+cvs.texi(,10278) @cindex import (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,10279)
+cvs.texi(,10280) @c FIXME: This node is way too long for one which has
subnodes.
+cvs.texi(,10281)
+cvs.texi(,10282) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,10283) @item
+cvs.texi(,10284) Synopsis: import [-options] repository vendortag
address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,10285) @item
+cvs.texi(,10286) Requires: Repository, source distribution directory.
+cvs.texi(,10287) @item
+cvs.texi(,10288) Changes: repository.
+cvs.texi(,10289) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,10290)
+cvs.texi(,10291) Use @code{import} to incorporate an entire source
+cvs.texi(,10292) distribution from an outside source (e.g., a source
+cvs.texi(,10293) vendor) into your source repository directory. You can
+cvs.texi(,10294) use this command both for initial creation of a
+cvs.texi(,10295) repository, and for wholesale updates to the module
+cvs.texi(,10296) from the outside source. @xref{Tracking sources}, for
+cvs.texi(,10297) a discussion on this subject.
+cvs.texi(,10298)
+cvs.texi(,10299) The @var{repository} argument gives a directory name
+cvs.texi(,10300) (or a path to a directory) under the @sc{cvs} root directory
+cvs.texi(,10301) for repositories; if the directory did not exist,
+cvs.texi(,10302) import creates it.
+cvs.texi(,10303)
+cvs.texi(,10304) When you use import for updates to source that has been
+cvs.texi(,10305) modified in your source repository (since a prior
+cvs.texi(,10306) import), it will notify you of any files that conflict
+cvs.texi(,10307) in the two branches of development; use @samp{checkout
+cvs.texi(,10308) -j} to reconcile the differences, as import instructs
+cvs.texi(,10309) you to do.
+cvs.texi(,10310)
+cvs.texi(,10311) If @sc{cvs} decides a file should be ignored
+cvs.texi(,10312) (@pxref{cvsignore}), it does not import it and prints
+cvs.texi(,10313) @samp{I } followed by the filename (@pxref{import output},
for a
+cvs.texi(,10314) complete description of the output).
cvs.texi(,10315)
-cvs.texi(,10316) The outside source is saved in a first-level
-cvs.texi(,10317) branch, by default 1.1.1. Updates are leaves of this
-cvs.texi(,10318) branch; for example, files from the first imported
-cvs.texi(,10319) collection of source will be revision 1.1.1.1, then
-cvs.texi(,10320) files from the first imported update will be revision
-cvs.texi(,10321) 1.1.1.2, and so on.
-cvs.texi(,10322)
-cvs.texi(,10323) At least three arguments are required.
-cvs.texi(,10324) @var{repository} is needed to identify the collection
-cvs.texi(,10325) of source. @var{vendortag} is a tag for the entire
-cvs.texi(,10326) branch (e.g., for 1.1.1). You must also specify at
-cvs.texi(,10327) least one @var{releasetag} to identify the files at
-cvs.texi(,10328) the leaves created each time you execute @code{import}.
-cvs.texi(,10329)
-cvs.texi(,10330) @c I'm not completely sure this belongs here. But
-cvs.texi(,10331) @c we need to say it _somewhere_ reasonably obvious; it
-cvs.texi(,10332) @c is a common misconception among people first learning CVS
-cvs.texi(,10333) Note that @code{import} does @emph{not} change the
-cvs.texi(,10334) directory in which you invoke it. In particular, it
-cvs.texi(,10335) does not set up that directory as a @sc{cvs} working
-cvs.texi(,10336) directory; if you want to work with the sources import
-cvs.texi(,10337) them first and then check them out into a different
-cvs.texi(,10338) directory (@pxref{Getting the source}).
-cvs.texi(,10339)
-cvs.texi(,10340) @menu
-cvs.texi(,10341) * import options:: import options
-cvs.texi(,10342) * import output:: import output
-cvs.texi(,10343) * import examples:: import examples
-cvs.texi(,10344) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,10316) If the file @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/cvswrappers} exists,
+cvs.texi(,10317) any file whose names match the specifications in that
+cvs.texi(,10318) file will be treated as packages and the appropriate
+cvs.texi(,10319) filtering will be performed on the file/directory
+cvs.texi(,10320) before being imported. @xref{Wrappers}.
+cvs.texi(,10321)
+cvs.texi(,10322) The outside source is saved in a first-level
+cvs.texi(,10323) branch, by default 1.1.1. Updates are leaves of this
+cvs.texi(,10324) branch; for example, files from the first imported
+cvs.texi(,10325) collection of source will be revision 1.1.1.1, then
+cvs.texi(,10326) files from the first imported update will be revision
+cvs.texi(,10327) 1.1.1.2, and so on.
+cvs.texi(,10328)
+cvs.texi(,10329) At least three arguments are required.
+cvs.texi(,10330) @var{repository} is needed to identify the collection
+cvs.texi(,10331) of source. @var{vendortag} is a tag for the entire
+cvs.texi(,10332) branch (e.g., for 1.1.1). You must also specify at
+cvs.texi(,10333) least one @var{releasetag} to identify the files at
+cvs.texi(,10334) the leaves created each time you execute @code{import}.
+cvs.texi(,10335)
+cvs.texi(,10336) @c I'm not completely sure this belongs here. But
+cvs.texi(,10337) @c we need to say it _somewhere_ reasonably obvious; it
+cvs.texi(,10338) @c is a common misconception among people first learning CVS
+cvs.texi(,10339) Note that @code{import} does @emph{not} change the
+cvs.texi(,10340) directory in which you invoke it. In particular, it
+cvs.texi(,10341) does not set up that directory as a @sc{cvs} working
+cvs.texi(,10342) directory; if you want to work with the sources import
+cvs.texi(,10343) them first and then check them out into a different
+cvs.texi(,10344) directory (@pxref{Getting the source}).
cvs.texi(,10345)
-cvs.texi(,10346) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,10347) @node import options
-cvs.texi(,10348) @appendixsubsec import options
-cvs.texi(,10349)
-cvs.texi(,10350) This standard option is supported by @code{import}
-cvs.texi(,10351) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description):
-cvs.texi(,10352)
-cvs.texi(,10353) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10354) @item -m @var{message}
-cvs.texi(,10355) Use @var{message} as log information, instead of
-cvs.texi(,10356) invoking an editor.
-cvs.texi(,10357) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10346) @menu
+cvs.texi(,10347) * import options:: import options
+cvs.texi(,10348) * import output:: import output
+cvs.texi(,10349) * import examples:: import examples
+cvs.texi(,10350) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,10351)
+cvs.texi(,10352) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,10353) @node import options
+cvs.texi(,10354) @appendixsubsec import options
+cvs.texi(,10355)
+cvs.texi(,10356) This standard option is supported by @code{import}
+cvs.texi(,10357) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description):
cvs.texi(,10358)
-cvs.texi(,10359) There are the following additional special options.
-cvs.texi(,10360)
-cvs.texi(,10361) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10362) @item -b @var{branch}
-cvs.texi(,10363) See @ref{Multiple vendor branches}.
+cvs.texi(,10359) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10360) @item -m @var{message}
+cvs.texi(,10361) Use @var{message} as log information, instead of
+cvs.texi(,10362) invoking an editor.
+cvs.texi(,10363) @end table
cvs.texi(,10364)
-cvs.texi(,10365) @item -k @var{subst}
-cvs.texi(,10366) Indicate the keyword expansion mode desired. This
-cvs.texi(,10367) setting will apply to all files created during the
-cvs.texi(,10368) import, but not to any files that previously existed in
-cvs.texi(,10369) the repository. See @ref{Substitution modes}, for a
-cvs.texi(,10370) list of valid @samp{-k} settings.
-cvs.texi(,10371)
-cvs.texi(,10372) @item -I @var{name}
-cvs.texi(,10373) Specify file names that should be ignored during
-cvs.texi(,10374) import. You can use this option repeatedly. To avoid
-cvs.texi(,10375) ignoring any files at all (even those ignored by
-cvs.texi(,10376) default), specify `-I !'.
+cvs.texi(,10365) There are the following additional special options.
+cvs.texi(,10366)
+cvs.texi(,10367) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10368) @item -b @var{branch}
+cvs.texi(,10369) See @ref{Multiple vendor branches}.
+cvs.texi(,10370)
+cvs.texi(,10371) @item -k @var{subst}
+cvs.texi(,10372) Indicate the keyword expansion mode desired. This
+cvs.texi(,10373) setting will apply to all files created during the
+cvs.texi(,10374) import, but not to any files that previously existed in
+cvs.texi(,10375) the repository. See @ref{Substitution modes}, for a
+cvs.texi(,10376) list of valid @samp{-k} settings.
cvs.texi(,10377)
-cvs.texi(,10378) @var{name} can be a file name pattern of the same type
-cvs.texi(,10379) that you can specify in the @file{.cvsignore} file.
-cvs.texi(,10380) @xref{cvsignore}.
-cvs.texi(,10381) @c -- Is this really true?
-cvs.texi(,10382)
-cvs.texi(,10383) @item -W @var{spec}
-cvs.texi(,10384) Specify file names that should be filtered during
-cvs.texi(,10385) import. You can use this option repeatedly.
-cvs.texi(,10386)
-cvs.texi(,10387) @var{spec} can be a file name pattern of the same type
-cvs.texi(,10388) that you can specify in the @file{.cvswrappers}
-cvs.texi(,10389) file. @xref{Wrappers}.
-cvs.texi(,10390) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10391)
-cvs.texi(,10392) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,10393) @node import output
-cvs.texi(,10394) @appendixsubsec import output
-cvs.texi(,10395)
-cvs.texi(,10396) @code{import} keeps you informed of its progress by printing
a line
-cvs.texi(,10397) for each file, preceded by one character indicating the
status of the file:
-cvs.texi(,10398)
-cvs.texi(,10399) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10400) @item U @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,10401) The file already exists in the repository and has not been
locally
-cvs.texi(,10402) modified; a new revision has been created (if necessary).
-cvs.texi(,10403)
-cvs.texi(,10404) @item N @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,10405) The file is a new file which has been added to the repository.
-cvs.texi(,10406)
-cvs.texi(,10407) @item C @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,10408) The file already exists in the repository but has been
locally modified;
-cvs.texi(,10409) you will have to merge the changes.
-cvs.texi(,10410)
-cvs.texi(,10411) @item I @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,10412) The file is being ignored (@pxref{cvsignore}).
-cvs.texi(,10413)
-cvs.texi(,10414) @cindex Symbolic link, importing
-cvs.texi(,10415) @cindex Link, symbolic, importing
-cvs.texi(,10416) @c FIXME: also (somewhere else) probably
-cvs.texi(,10417) @c should be documenting what happens if you "cvs add"
-cvs.texi(,10418) @c a symbolic link. Also maybe what happens if
-cvs.texi(,10419) @c you manually create symbolic links within the
-cvs.texi(,10420) @c repository (? - not sure why we'd want to suggest
-cvs.texi(,10421) @c doing that).
-cvs.texi(,10422) @item L @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,10423) The file is a symbolic link; @code{cvs import} ignores
symbolic links.
-cvs.texi(,10424) People periodically suggest that this behavior should
-cvs.texi(,10425) be changed, but if there is a consensus on what it
-cvs.texi(,10426) should be changed to, it is not apparent.
-cvs.texi(,10427) (Various options in the @file{modules} file can be used
-cvs.texi(,10428) to recreate symbolic links on checkout, update, etc.;
-cvs.texi(,10429) @pxref{modules}.)
-cvs.texi(,10430) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10431)
-cvs.texi(,10432) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,10433) @node import examples
-cvs.texi(,10434) @appendixsubsec import examples
-cvs.texi(,10435)
-cvs.texi(,10436) See @ref{Tracking sources}, and @ref{From files}.
+cvs.texi(,10378) @item -I @var{name}
+cvs.texi(,10379) Specify file names that should be ignored during
+cvs.texi(,10380) import. You can use this option repeatedly. To avoid
+cvs.texi(,10381) ignoring any files at all (even those ignored by
+cvs.texi(,10382) default), specify `-I !'.
+cvs.texi(,10383)
+cvs.texi(,10384) @var{name} can be a file name pattern of the same type
+cvs.texi(,10385) that you can specify in the @file{.cvsignore} file.
+cvs.texi(,10386) @xref{cvsignore}.
+cvs.texi(,10387) @c -- Is this really true?
+cvs.texi(,10388)
+cvs.texi(,10389) @item -W @var{spec}
+cvs.texi(,10390) Specify file names that should be filtered during
+cvs.texi(,10391) import. You can use this option repeatedly.
+cvs.texi(,10392)
+cvs.texi(,10393) @var{spec} can be a file name pattern of the same type
+cvs.texi(,10394) that you can specify in the @file{.cvswrappers}
+cvs.texi(,10395) file. @xref{Wrappers}.
+cvs.texi(,10396) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10397)
+cvs.texi(,10398) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,10399) @node import output
+cvs.texi(,10400) @appendixsubsec import output
+cvs.texi(,10401)
+cvs.texi(,10402) @code{import} keeps you informed of its progress by printing
a line
+cvs.texi(,10403) for each file, preceded by one character indicating the
status of the file:
+cvs.texi(,10404)
+cvs.texi(,10405) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10406) @item U @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,10407) The file already exists in the repository and has not been
locally
+cvs.texi(,10408) modified; a new revision has been created (if necessary).
+cvs.texi(,10409)
+cvs.texi(,10410) @item N @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,10411) The file is a new file which has been added to the repository.
+cvs.texi(,10412)
+cvs.texi(,10413) @item C @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,10414) The file already exists in the repository but has been
locally modified;
+cvs.texi(,10415) you will have to merge the changes.
+cvs.texi(,10416)
+cvs.texi(,10417) @item I @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,10418) The file is being ignored (@pxref{cvsignore}).
+cvs.texi(,10419)
+cvs.texi(,10420) @cindex Symbolic link, importing
+cvs.texi(,10421) @cindex Link, symbolic, importing
+cvs.texi(,10422) @c FIXME: also (somewhere else) probably
+cvs.texi(,10423) @c should be documenting what happens if you "cvs add"
+cvs.texi(,10424) @c a symbolic link. Also maybe what happens if
+cvs.texi(,10425) @c you manually create symbolic links within the
+cvs.texi(,10426) @c repository (? - not sure why we'd want to suggest
+cvs.texi(,10427) @c doing that).
+cvs.texi(,10428) @item L @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,10429) The file is a symbolic link; @code{cvs import} ignores
symbolic links.
+cvs.texi(,10430) People periodically suggest that this behavior should
+cvs.texi(,10431) be changed, but if there is a consensus on what it
+cvs.texi(,10432) should be changed to, it is not apparent.
+cvs.texi(,10433) (Various options in the @file{modules} file can be used
+cvs.texi(,10434) to recreate symbolic links on checkout, update, etc.;
+cvs.texi(,10435) @pxref{modules}.)
+cvs.texi(,10436) @end table
cvs.texi(,10437)
-cvs.texi(,10438) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,10439) @node log
-cvs.texi(,10440) @appendixsec log---Print out log information for files
-cvs.texi(,10441) @cindex log (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,10442)
-cvs.texi(,10443) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,10444) @item
-cvs.texi(,10445) Synopsis: log [options] address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,10446) @item
-cvs.texi(,10447) Requires: repository, working directory.
-cvs.texi(,10448) @item
-cvs.texi(,10449) Changes: nothing.
-cvs.texi(,10450) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,10451)
-cvs.texi(,10452) Display log information for files. @code{log} used to
-cvs.texi(,10453) call the @sc{rcs} utility @code{rlog}. Although this
-cvs.texi(,10454) is no longer true in the current sources, this history
-cvs.texi(,10455) determines the format of the output and the options,
-cvs.texi(,10456) which are not quite in the style of the other @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,10457) commands.
-cvs.texi(,10458)
-cvs.texi(,10459) @cindex Timezone, in output
-cvs.texi(,10460) @cindex Zone, time, in output
-cvs.texi(,10461) @c Kind of a funny place to document the timezone used
-cvs.texi(,10462) @c in output from commands other than @code{log}.
-cvs.texi(,10463) @c There is also more we need to say about this,
-cvs.texi(,10464) @c including what happens in a client/server environment.
-cvs.texi(,10465) The output includes the location of the @sc{rcs} file,
-cvs.texi(,10466) the @dfn{head} revision (the latest revision on the
-cvs.texi(,10467) trunk), all symbolic names (tags) and some other
-cvs.texi(,10468) things. For each revision, the revision number, the
-cvs.texi(,10469) author, the number of lines added/deleted and the log
-cvs.texi(,10470) message are printed. All times are displayed in
-cvs.texi(,10471) Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). (Other parts of
-cvs.texi(,10472) @sc{cvs} print times in the local timezone).
-cvs.texi(,10473) @c FIXCVS: need a better way to control the timezone
-cvs.texi(,10474) @c used in output. Previous/current versions of CVS did/do
-cvs.texi(,10475) @c sometimes support -z in RCSINIT, and/or an
-cvs.texi(,10476) @c undocumented (except by reference to 'rlog') -z option
-cvs.texi(,10477) @c to cvs log, but this has not been a consistent,
-cvs.texi(,10478) @c documented feature. Perhaps a new global option,
-cvs.texi(,10479) @c where LT means the client's timezone, which the
-cvs.texi(,10480) @c client then communicates to the server, is the
-cvs.texi(,10481) @c right solution.
-cvs.texi(,10482)
-cvs.texi(,10483) @strong{Note: @code{log} uses @samp{-R} in a way that
conflicts
-cvs.texi(,10484) with the normal use inside @sc{cvs} (@pxref{Common options}).}
-cvs.texi(,10485)
-cvs.texi(,10486) @menu
-cvs.texi(,10487) * log options:: log options
-cvs.texi(,10488) * log examples:: log examples
-cvs.texi(,10489) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,10490)
-cvs.texi(,10491) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,10492) @node log options
-cvs.texi(,10493) @appendixsubsec log options
-cvs.texi(,10494)
-cvs.texi(,10495) By default, @code{log} prints all information that is
-cvs.texi(,10496) available. All other options restrict the output.
-cvs.texi(,10497)
-cvs.texi(,10498) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10499) @item -b
-cvs.texi(,10500) Print information about the revisions on the default
-cvs.texi(,10501) branch, normally the highest branch on the trunk.
-cvs.texi(,10502)
-cvs.texi(,10503) @item -d @var{dates}
-cvs.texi(,10504) Print information about revisions with a checkin
-cvs.texi(,10505) date/time in the range given by the
-cvs.texi(,10506) semicolon-separated list of dates. The date formats
-cvs.texi(,10507) accepted are those accepted by the @samp{-D} option to
-cvs.texi(,10508) many other @sc{cvs} commands (@pxref{Common options}).
-cvs.texi(,10509) Dates can be combined into ranges as follows:
-cvs.texi(,10510)
-cvs.texi(,10511) @c Should we be thinking about accepting ISO8601
-cvs.texi(,10512) @c ranges? For example "1972-09-10/1972-09-12".
-cvs.texi(,10513) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10514) @item @var{d1}<@var{d2}
-cvs.texi(,10515) @itemx @var{d2}>@var{d1}
-cvs.texi(,10516) Select the revisions that were deposited between
-cvs.texi(,10517) @var{d1} and @var{d2}.
-cvs.texi(,10518)
-cvs.texi(,10519) @item <@var{d}
-cvs.texi(,10520) @itemx @var{d}>
-cvs.texi(,10521) Select all revisions dated @var{d} or earlier.
-cvs.texi(,10522)
-cvs.texi(,10523) @item @var{d}<
-cvs.texi(,10524) @itemx >@var{d}
-cvs.texi(,10525) Select all revisions dated @var{d} or later.
-cvs.texi(,10526)
-cvs.texi(,10527) @item @var{d}
-cvs.texi(,10528) Select the single, latest revision dated @var{d} or
-cvs.texi(,10529) earlier.
-cvs.texi(,10530) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10531)
-cvs.texi(,10532) The @samp{>} or @samp{<} characters may be followed by
-cvs.texi(,10533) @samp{=} to indicate an inclusive range rather than an
-cvs.texi(,10534) exclusive one.
-cvs.texi(,10535)
-cvs.texi(,10536) Note that the separator is a semicolon (;).
+cvs.texi(,10438) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,10439) @node import examples
+cvs.texi(,10440) @appendixsubsec import examples
+cvs.texi(,10441)
+cvs.texi(,10442) See @ref{Tracking sources}, and @ref{From files}.
+cvs.texi(,10443)
+cvs.texi(,10444) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,10445) @node log
+cvs.texi(,10446) @appendixsec log---Print out log information for files
+cvs.texi(,10447) @cindex log (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,10448)
+cvs.texi(,10449) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,10450) @item
+cvs.texi(,10451) Synopsis: log [options] address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,10452) @item
+cvs.texi(,10453) Requires: repository, working directory.
+cvs.texi(,10454) @item
+cvs.texi(,10455) Changes: nothing.
+cvs.texi(,10456) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,10457)
+cvs.texi(,10458) Display log information for files. @code{log} used to
+cvs.texi(,10459) call the @sc{rcs} utility @code{rlog}. Although this
+cvs.texi(,10460) is no longer true in the current sources, this history
+cvs.texi(,10461) determines the format of the output and the options,
+cvs.texi(,10462) which are not quite in the style of the other @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,10463) commands.
+cvs.texi(,10464)
+cvs.texi(,10465) @cindex Timezone, in output
+cvs.texi(,10466) @cindex Zone, time, in output
+cvs.texi(,10467) @c Kind of a funny place to document the timezone used
+cvs.texi(,10468) @c in output from commands other than @code{log}.
+cvs.texi(,10469) @c There is also more we need to say about this,
+cvs.texi(,10470) @c including what happens in a client/server environment.
+cvs.texi(,10471) The output includes the location of the @sc{rcs} file,
+cvs.texi(,10472) the @dfn{head} revision (the latest revision on the
+cvs.texi(,10473) trunk), all symbolic names (tags) and some other
+cvs.texi(,10474) things. For each revision, the revision number, the
+cvs.texi(,10475) author, the number of lines added/deleted and the log
+cvs.texi(,10476) message are printed. All times are displayed in
+cvs.texi(,10477) Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). (Other parts of
+cvs.texi(,10478) @sc{cvs} print times in the local timezone).
+cvs.texi(,10479) @c FIXCVS: need a better way to control the timezone
+cvs.texi(,10480) @c used in output. Previous/current versions of CVS did/do
+cvs.texi(,10481) @c sometimes support -z in RCSINIT, and/or an
+cvs.texi(,10482) @c undocumented (except by reference to 'rlog') -z option
+cvs.texi(,10483) @c to cvs log, but this has not been a consistent,
+cvs.texi(,10484) @c documented feature. Perhaps a new global option,
+cvs.texi(,10485) @c where LT means the client's timezone, which the
+cvs.texi(,10486) @c client then communicates to the server, is the
+cvs.texi(,10487) @c right solution.
+cvs.texi(,10488)
+cvs.texi(,10489) @strong{Note: @code{log} uses @samp{-R} in a way that
conflicts
+cvs.texi(,10490) with the normal use inside @sc{cvs} (@pxref{Common options}).}
+cvs.texi(,10491)
+cvs.texi(,10492) @menu
+cvs.texi(,10493) * log options:: log options
+cvs.texi(,10494) * log examples:: log examples
+cvs.texi(,10495) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,10496)
+cvs.texi(,10497) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,10498) @node log options
+cvs.texi(,10499) @appendixsubsec log options
+cvs.texi(,10500)
+cvs.texi(,10501) By default, @code{log} prints all information that is
+cvs.texi(,10502) available. All other options restrict the output.
+cvs.texi(,10503)
+cvs.texi(,10504) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10505) @item -b
+cvs.texi(,10506) Print information about the revisions on the default
+cvs.texi(,10507) branch, normally the highest branch on the trunk.
+cvs.texi(,10508)
+cvs.texi(,10509) @item -d @var{dates}
+cvs.texi(,10510) Print information about revisions with a checkin
+cvs.texi(,10511) date/time in the range given by the
+cvs.texi(,10512) semicolon-separated list of dates. The date formats
+cvs.texi(,10513) accepted are those accepted by the @samp{-D} option to
+cvs.texi(,10514) many other @sc{cvs} commands (@pxref{Common options}).
+cvs.texi(,10515) Dates can be combined into ranges as follows:
+cvs.texi(,10516)
+cvs.texi(,10517) @c Should we be thinking about accepting ISO8601
+cvs.texi(,10518) @c ranges? For example "1972-09-10/1972-09-12".
+cvs.texi(,10519) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10520) @item @var{d1}<@var{d2}
+cvs.texi(,10521) @itemx @var{d2}>@var{d1}
+cvs.texi(,10522) Select the revisions that were deposited between
+cvs.texi(,10523) @var{d1} and @var{d2}.
+cvs.texi(,10524)
+cvs.texi(,10525) @item <@var{d}
+cvs.texi(,10526) @itemx @var{d}>
+cvs.texi(,10527) Select all revisions dated @var{d} or earlier.
+cvs.texi(,10528)
+cvs.texi(,10529) @item @var{d}<
+cvs.texi(,10530) @itemx >@var{d}
+cvs.texi(,10531) Select all revisions dated @var{d} or later.
+cvs.texi(,10532)
+cvs.texi(,10533) @item @var{d}
+cvs.texi(,10534) Select the single, latest revision dated @var{d} or
+cvs.texi(,10535) earlier.
+cvs.texi(,10536) @end table
cvs.texi(,10537)
-cvs.texi(,10538) @item -h
-cvs.texi(,10539) Print only the name of the @sc{rcs} file, name
-cvs.texi(,10540) of the file in the working directory, head,
-cvs.texi(,10541) default branch, access list, locks, symbolic names, and
-cvs.texi(,10542) suffix.
+cvs.texi(,10538) The @samp{>} or @samp{<} characters may be followed by
+cvs.texi(,10539) @samp{=} to indicate an inclusive range rather than an
+cvs.texi(,10540) exclusive one.
+cvs.texi(,10541)
+cvs.texi(,10542) Note that the separator is a semicolon (;).
cvs.texi(,10543)
-cvs.texi(,10544) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,10545) Local; run only in current working directory. (Default
-cvs.texi(,10546) is to run recursively).
-cvs.texi(,10547)
-cvs.texi(,10548) @item -N
-cvs.texi(,10549) Do not print the list of tags for this file. This
-cvs.texi(,10550) option can be very useful when your site uses a lot of
-cvs.texi(,10551) tags, so rather than "more"'ing over 3 pages of tag
-cvs.texi(,10552) information, the log information is presented without
-cvs.texi(,10553) tags at all.
-cvs.texi(,10554)
-cvs.texi(,10555) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,10556) Print only the name of the @sc{rcs} file.
-cvs.texi(,10557)
-cvs.texi(,10558) @c Note that using a bare revision (in addition to not
-cvs.texi(,10559) @c being explicitly documented here) is potentially
-cvs.texi(,10560) @c confusing; it shows the log message to get from the
-cvs.texi(,10561) @c previous revision to that revision. "-r1.3 -r1.6"
-cvs.texi(,10562) @c (equivalent to "-r1.3,1.6") is even worse; it
-cvs.texi(,10563) @c prints the messages to get from 1.2 to 1.3 and 1.5
-cvs.texi(,10564) @c to 1.6. By analogy with "cvs diff", users might
-cvs.texi(,10565) @c expect that it is more like specifying a range.
-cvs.texi(,10566) @c It is not 100% clear to me how much of this should
-cvs.texi(,10567) @c be documented (for example, multiple -r options
-cvs.texi(,10568) @c perhaps could/should be deprecated given the false
-cvs.texi(,10569) @c analogy with "cvs diff").
-cvs.texi(,10570) @c In general, this section should be rewritten to talk
-cvs.texi(,10571) @c about messages to get from revision rev1 to rev2,
-cvs.texi(,10572) @c rather than messages for revision rev2 (that is, the
-cvs.texi(,10573) @c messages are associated with a change not a static
-cvs.texi(,10574) @c revision and failing to make this distinction causes
-cvs.texi(,10575) @c much confusion).
-cvs.texi(,10576) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,10577) Print information about revisions given in the
-cvs.texi(,10578) comma-separated list @var{revisions} of revisions and
-cvs.texi(,10579) ranges. The following table explains the available
-cvs.texi(,10580) range formats:
-cvs.texi(,10581)
-cvs.texi(,10582) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10583) @item @var{rev1}:@var{rev2}
-cvs.texi(,10584) Revisions @var{rev1} to @var{rev2} (which must be on
-cvs.texi(,10585) the same branch).
-cvs.texi(,10586)
-cvs.texi(,10587) @item @var{rev1}::@var{rev2}
-cvs.texi(,10588) The same, but excluding @var{rev1}.
-cvs.texi(,10589)
-cvs.texi(,10590) @item :@var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,10591) @itemx ::@var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,10592) Revisions from the beginning of the branch up to
-cvs.texi(,10593) and including @var{rev}.
-cvs.texi(,10594)
-cvs.texi(,10595) @item @var{rev}:
-cvs.texi(,10596) Revisions starting with @var{rev} to the end of the
-cvs.texi(,10597) branch containing @var{rev}.
-cvs.texi(,10598)
-cvs.texi(,10599) @item @var{rev}::
-cvs.texi(,10600) Revisions starting just after @var{rev} to the end of the
-cvs.texi(,10601) branch containing @var{rev}.
-cvs.texi(,10602)
-cvs.texi(,10603) @item @var{branch}
-cvs.texi(,10604) An argument that is a branch means all revisions on
-cvs.texi(,10605) that branch.
-cvs.texi(,10606)
-cvs.texi(,10607) @item @var{branch1}:@var{branch2}
-cvs.texi(,10608) @itemx @var{branch1}::@var{branch2}
-cvs.texi(,10609) A range of branches means all revisions
-cvs.texi(,10610) on the branches in that range.
-cvs.texi(,10611)
-cvs.texi(,10612) @item @var{branch}.
-cvs.texi(,10613) The latest revision in @var{branch}.
-cvs.texi(,10614) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10615)
-cvs.texi(,10616) A bare @samp{-r} with no revisions means the latest
-cvs.texi(,10617) revision on the default branch, normally the trunk.
-cvs.texi(,10618) There can be no space between the @samp{-r} option and
-cvs.texi(,10619) its argument.
-cvs.texi(,10620)
-cvs.texi(,10621) @item -S
-cvs.texi(,10622) Suppress the header if no revisions are selected.
-cvs.texi(,10623)
-cvs.texi(,10624) @item -s @var{states}
-cvs.texi(,10625) Print information about revisions whose state
-cvs.texi(,10626) attributes match one of the states given in the
-cvs.texi(,10627) comma-separated list @var{states}.
-cvs.texi(,10628)
-cvs.texi(,10629) @item -t
-cvs.texi(,10630) Print the same as @samp{-h}, plus the descriptive text.
-cvs.texi(,10631)
-cvs.texi(,10632) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,10633) Print information about revisions checked in by users
-cvs.texi(,10634) with login names appearing in the comma-separated list
-cvs.texi(,10635) @var{logins}. If @var{logins} is omitted, the user's
-cvs.texi(,10636) login is assumed. There can be no space between the
-cvs.texi(,10637) @samp{-w} option and its argument.
-cvs.texi(,10638) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10639)
-cvs.texi(,10640) @code{log} prints the intersection of the revisions
-cvs.texi(,10641) selected with the options @samp{-d}, @samp{-s}, and
-cvs.texi(,10642) @samp{-w}, intersected with the union of the revisions
-cvs.texi(,10643) selected by @samp{-b} and @samp{-r}.
-cvs.texi(,10644)
-cvs.texi(,10645) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,10646) @node log examples
-cvs.texi(,10647) @appendixsubsec log examples
-cvs.texi(,10648)
-cvs.texi(,10649) Contributed examples are gratefully accepted.
+cvs.texi(,10544) @item -h
+cvs.texi(,10545) Print only the name of the @sc{rcs} file, name
+cvs.texi(,10546) of the file in the working directory, head,
+cvs.texi(,10547) default branch, access list, locks, symbolic names, and
+cvs.texi(,10548) suffix.
+cvs.texi(,10549)
+cvs.texi(,10550) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,10551) Local; run only in current working directory. (Default
+cvs.texi(,10552) is to run recursively).
+cvs.texi(,10553)
+cvs.texi(,10554) @item -N
+cvs.texi(,10555) Do not print the list of tags for this file. This
+cvs.texi(,10556) option can be very useful when your site uses a lot of
+cvs.texi(,10557) tags, so rather than "more"'ing over 3 pages of tag
+cvs.texi(,10558) information, the log information is presented without
+cvs.texi(,10559) tags at all.
+cvs.texi(,10560)
+cvs.texi(,10561) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,10562) Print only the name of the @sc{rcs} file.
+cvs.texi(,10563)
+cvs.texi(,10564) @c Note that using a bare revision (in addition to not
+cvs.texi(,10565) @c being explicitly documented here) is potentially
+cvs.texi(,10566) @c confusing; it shows the log message to get from the
+cvs.texi(,10567) @c previous revision to that revision. "-r1.3 -r1.6"
+cvs.texi(,10568) @c (equivalent to "-r1.3,1.6") is even worse; it
+cvs.texi(,10569) @c prints the messages to get from 1.2 to 1.3 and 1.5
+cvs.texi(,10570) @c to 1.6. By analogy with "cvs diff", users might
+cvs.texi(,10571) @c expect that it is more like specifying a range.
+cvs.texi(,10572) @c It is not 100% clear to me how much of this should
+cvs.texi(,10573) @c be documented (for example, multiple -r options
+cvs.texi(,10574) @c perhaps could/should be deprecated given the false
+cvs.texi(,10575) @c analogy with "cvs diff").
+cvs.texi(,10576) @c In general, this section should be rewritten to talk
+cvs.texi(,10577) @c about messages to get from revision rev1 to rev2,
+cvs.texi(,10578) @c rather than messages for revision rev2 (that is, the
+cvs.texi(,10579) @c messages are associated with a change not a static
+cvs.texi(,10580) @c revision and failing to make this distinction causes
+cvs.texi(,10581) @c much confusion).
+cvs.texi(,10582) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,10583) Print information about revisions given in the
+cvs.texi(,10584) comma-separated list @var{revisions} of revisions and
+cvs.texi(,10585) ranges. The following table explains the available
+cvs.texi(,10586) range formats:
+cvs.texi(,10587)
+cvs.texi(,10588) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10589) @item @var{rev1}:@var{rev2}
+cvs.texi(,10590) Revisions @var{rev1} to @var{rev2} (which must be on
+cvs.texi(,10591) the same branch).
+cvs.texi(,10592)
+cvs.texi(,10593) @item @var{rev1}::@var{rev2}
+cvs.texi(,10594) The same, but excluding @var{rev1}.
+cvs.texi(,10595)
+cvs.texi(,10596) @item :@var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,10597) @itemx ::@var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,10598) Revisions from the beginning of the branch up to
+cvs.texi(,10599) and including @var{rev}.
+cvs.texi(,10600)
+cvs.texi(,10601) @item @var{rev}:
+cvs.texi(,10602) Revisions starting with @var{rev} to the end of the
+cvs.texi(,10603) branch containing @var{rev}.
+cvs.texi(,10604)
+cvs.texi(,10605) @item @var{rev}::
+cvs.texi(,10606) Revisions starting just after @var{rev} to the end of the
+cvs.texi(,10607) branch containing @var{rev}.
+cvs.texi(,10608)
+cvs.texi(,10609) @item @var{branch}
+cvs.texi(,10610) An argument that is a branch means all revisions on
+cvs.texi(,10611) that branch.
+cvs.texi(,10612)
+cvs.texi(,10613) @item @var{branch1}:@var{branch2}
+cvs.texi(,10614) @itemx @var{branch1}::@var{branch2}
+cvs.texi(,10615) A range of branches means all revisions
+cvs.texi(,10616) on the branches in that range.
+cvs.texi(,10617)
+cvs.texi(,10618) @item @var{branch}.
+cvs.texi(,10619) The latest revision in @var{branch}.
+cvs.texi(,10620) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10621)
+cvs.texi(,10622) A bare @samp{-r} with no revisions means the latest
+cvs.texi(,10623) revision on the default branch, normally the trunk.
+cvs.texi(,10624) There can be no space between the @samp{-r} option and
+cvs.texi(,10625) its argument.
+cvs.texi(,10626)
+cvs.texi(,10627) @item -S
+cvs.texi(,10628) Suppress the header if no revisions are selected.
+cvs.texi(,10629)
+cvs.texi(,10630) @item -s @var{states}
+cvs.texi(,10631) Print information about revisions whose state
+cvs.texi(,10632) attributes match one of the states given in the
+cvs.texi(,10633) comma-separated list @var{states}.
+cvs.texi(,10634)
+cvs.texi(,10635) @item -t
+cvs.texi(,10636) Print the same as @samp{-h}, plus the descriptive text.
+cvs.texi(,10637)
+cvs.texi(,10638) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,10639) Print information about revisions checked in by users
+cvs.texi(,10640) with login names appearing in the comma-separated list
+cvs.texi(,10641) @var{logins}. If @var{logins} is omitted, the user's
+cvs.texi(,10642) login is assumed. There can be no space between the
+cvs.texi(,10643) @samp{-w} option and its argument.
+cvs.texi(,10644) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10645)
+cvs.texi(,10646) @code{log} prints the intersection of the revisions
+cvs.texi(,10647) selected with the options @samp{-d}, @samp{-s}, and
+cvs.texi(,10648) @samp{-w}, intersected with the union of the revisions
+cvs.texi(,10649) selected by @samp{-b} and @samp{-r}.
cvs.texi(,10650)
-cvs.texi(,10651) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,10652) @node rdiff
-cvs.texi(,10653) @appendixsec rdiff---'patch' format diffs between releases
-cvs.texi(,10654) @cindex rdiff (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,10655)
-cvs.texi(,10656) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,10657) @item
-cvs.texi(,10658) rdiff [-flags] [-V vn] [-r t|-D d [-r t2|-D d2]]
address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,10659) @item
-cvs.texi(,10660) Requires: repository.
-cvs.texi(,10661) @item
-cvs.texi(,10662) Changes: nothing.
+cvs.texi(,10651) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,10652) @node log examples
+cvs.texi(,10653) @appendixsubsec log examples
+cvs.texi(,10654)
+cvs.texi(,10655) Contributed examples are gratefully accepted.
+cvs.texi(,10656)
+cvs.texi(,10657) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,10658) @node rdiff
+cvs.texi(,10659) @appendixsec rdiff---'patch' format diffs between releases
+cvs.texi(,10660) @cindex rdiff (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,10661)
+cvs.texi(,10662) @itemize @bullet
cvs.texi(,10663) @item
-cvs.texi(,10664) Synonym: patch
-cvs.texi(,10665) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,10666)
-cvs.texi(,10667) Builds a Larry Wall format patch(1) file between two
-cvs.texi(,10668) releases, that can be fed directly into the @code{patch}
-cvs.texi(,10669) program to bring an old release up-to-date with the new
-cvs.texi(,10670) release. (This is one of the few @sc{cvs} commands that
-cvs.texi(,10671) operates directly from the repository, and doesn't
-cvs.texi(,10672) require a prior checkout.) The diff output is sent to
-cvs.texi(,10673) the standard output device.
-cvs.texi(,10674)
-cvs.texi(,10675) You can specify (using the standard @samp{-r} and
-cvs.texi(,10676) @samp{-D} options) any combination of one or two
-cvs.texi(,10677) revisions or dates. If only one revision or date is
-cvs.texi(,10678) specified, the patch file reflects differences between
-cvs.texi(,10679) that revision or date and the current head revisions in
-cvs.texi(,10680) the @sc{rcs} file.
-cvs.texi(,10681)
-cvs.texi(,10682) Note that if the software release affected is contained
-cvs.texi(,10683) in more than one directory, then it may be necessary to
-cvs.texi(,10684) specify the @samp{-p} option to the @code{patch} command when
-cvs.texi(,10685) patching the old sources, so that @code{patch} is able to find
-cvs.texi(,10686) the files that are located in other directories.
+cvs.texi(,10664) rdiff [-flags] [-V vn] [-r t|-D d [-r t2|-D d2]]
address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,10665) @item
+cvs.texi(,10666) Requires: repository.
+cvs.texi(,10667) @item
+cvs.texi(,10668) Changes: nothing.
+cvs.texi(,10669) @item
+cvs.texi(,10670) Synonym: patch
+cvs.texi(,10671) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,10672)
+cvs.texi(,10673) Builds a Larry Wall format patch(1) file between two
+cvs.texi(,10674) releases, that can be fed directly into the @code{patch}
+cvs.texi(,10675) program to bring an old release up-to-date with the new
+cvs.texi(,10676) release. (This is one of the few @sc{cvs} commands that
+cvs.texi(,10677) operates directly from the repository, and doesn't
+cvs.texi(,10678) require a prior checkout.) The diff output is sent to
+cvs.texi(,10679) the standard output device.
+cvs.texi(,10680)
+cvs.texi(,10681) You can specify (using the standard @samp{-r} and
+cvs.texi(,10682) @samp{-D} options) any combination of one or two
+cvs.texi(,10683) revisions or dates. If only one revision or date is
+cvs.texi(,10684) specified, the patch file reflects differences between
+cvs.texi(,10685) that revision or date and the current head revisions in
+cvs.texi(,10686) the @sc{rcs} file.
cvs.texi(,10687)
-cvs.texi(,10688) @menu
-cvs.texi(,10689) * rdiff options:: rdiff options
-cvs.texi(,10690) * rdiff examples:: rdiff examples
-cvs.texi(,10691) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,10692)
-cvs.texi(,10693) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,10694) @node rdiff options
-cvs.texi(,10695) @appendixsubsec rdiff options
-cvs.texi(,10696)
-cvs.texi(,10697) These standard options are supported by @code{rdiff}
-cvs.texi(,10698) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description of
-cvs.texi(,10699) them):
-cvs.texi(,10700)
-cvs.texi(,10701) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10702) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,10703) Use the most recent revision no later than @var{date}.
-cvs.texi(,10704)
-cvs.texi(,10705) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,10706) If no matching revision is found, retrieve the most
-cvs.texi(,10707) recent revision (instead of ignoring the file).
-cvs.texi(,10708)
-cvs.texi(,10709) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,10710) Local; don't descend subdirectories.
-cvs.texi(,10711)
-cvs.texi(,10712) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,10713) Examine directories recursively. This option is on by
default.
+cvs.texi(,10688) Note that if the software release affected is contained
+cvs.texi(,10689) in more than one directory, then it may be necessary to
+cvs.texi(,10690) specify the @samp{-p} option to the @code{patch} command when
+cvs.texi(,10691) patching the old sources, so that @code{patch} is able to find
+cvs.texi(,10692) the files that are located in other directories.
+cvs.texi(,10693)
+cvs.texi(,10694) @menu
+cvs.texi(,10695) * rdiff options:: rdiff options
+cvs.texi(,10696) * rdiff examples:: rdiff examples
+cvs.texi(,10697) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,10698)
+cvs.texi(,10699) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,10700) @node rdiff options
+cvs.texi(,10701) @appendixsubsec rdiff options
+cvs.texi(,10702)
+cvs.texi(,10703) These standard options are supported by @code{rdiff}
+cvs.texi(,10704) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description of
+cvs.texi(,10705) them):
+cvs.texi(,10706)
+cvs.texi(,10707) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10708) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,10709) Use the most recent revision no later than @var{date}.
+cvs.texi(,10710)
+cvs.texi(,10711) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,10712) If no matching revision is found, retrieve the most
+cvs.texi(,10713) recent revision (instead of ignoring the file).
cvs.texi(,10714)
-cvs.texi(,10715) @item -r @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,10716) Use revision @var{tag}.
-cvs.texi(,10717) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10718)
-cvs.texi(,10719) In addition to the above, these options are available:
+cvs.texi(,10715) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,10716) Local; don't descend subdirectories.
+cvs.texi(,10717)
+cvs.texi(,10718) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,10719) Examine directories recursively. This option is on by
default.
cvs.texi(,10720)
-cvs.texi(,10721) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10722) @item -c
-cvs.texi(,10723) Use the context diff format. This is the default format.
+cvs.texi(,10721) @item -r @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,10722) Use revision @var{tag}.
+cvs.texi(,10723) @end table
cvs.texi(,10724)
-cvs.texi(,10725) @item -s
-cvs.texi(,10726) Create a summary change report instead of a patch. The
-cvs.texi(,10727) summary includes information about files that were
-cvs.texi(,10728) changed or added between the releases. It is sent to
-cvs.texi(,10729) the standard output device. This is useful for finding
-cvs.texi(,10730) out, for example, which files have changed between two
-cvs.texi(,10731) dates or revisions.
-cvs.texi(,10732)
-cvs.texi(,10733) @item -t
-cvs.texi(,10734) A diff of the top two revisions is sent to the standard
-cvs.texi(,10735) output device. This is most useful for seeing what the
-cvs.texi(,10736) last change to a file was.
-cvs.texi(,10737)
-cvs.texi(,10738) @item -u
-cvs.texi(,10739) Use the unidiff format for the context diffs.
-cvs.texi(,10740) Remember that old versions
-cvs.texi(,10741) of the @code{patch} program can't handle the unidiff
-cvs.texi(,10742) format, so if you plan to post this patch to the net
-cvs.texi(,10743) you should probably not use @samp{-u}.
-cvs.texi(,10744)
-cvs.texi(,10745) @item -V @var{vn}
-cvs.texi(,10746) Expand keywords according to the rules current in
-cvs.texi(,10747) @sc{rcs} version @var{vn} (the expansion format changed with
-cvs.texi(,10748) @sc{rcs} version 5). Note that this option is no
-cvs.texi(,10749) longer accepted. @sc{cvs} will always expand keywords the
-cvs.texi(,10750) way that @sc{rcs} version 5 does.
-cvs.texi(,10751) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10752)
-cvs.texi(,10753) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,10754) @node rdiff examples
-cvs.texi(,10755) @appendixsubsec rdiff examples
-cvs.texi(,10756)
-cvs.texi(,10757) Suppose you receive mail from @t{foo@@example.net} asking for
an
-cvs.texi(,10758) update from release 1.2 to 1.4 of the tc compiler. You
-cvs.texi(,10759) have no such patches on hand, but with @sc{cvs} that can
-cvs.texi(,10760) easily be fixed with a command such as this:
-cvs.texi(,10761)
-cvs.texi(,10762) @example
-cvs.texi(,10763) $ cvs rdiff -c -r FOO1_2 -r FOO1_4 tc | \
-cvs.texi(,10764) $$ Mail -s 'The patches you asked for' foo@@example.net
-cvs.texi(,10765) @end example
-cvs.texi(,10766)
-cvs.texi(,10767) Suppose you have made release 1.3, and forked a branch
-cvs.texi(,10768) called @samp{R_1_3fix} for bugfixes. @samp{R_1_3_1}
-cvs.texi(,10769) corresponds to release 1.3.1, which was made some time
-cvs.texi(,10770) ago. Now, you want to see how much development has been
-cvs.texi(,10771) done on the branch. This command can be used:
+cvs.texi(,10725) In addition to the above, these options are available:
+cvs.texi(,10726)
+cvs.texi(,10727) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10728) @item -c
+cvs.texi(,10729) Use the context diff format. This is the default format.
+cvs.texi(,10730)
+cvs.texi(,10731) @item -s
+cvs.texi(,10732) Create a summary change report instead of a patch. The
+cvs.texi(,10733) summary includes information about files that were
+cvs.texi(,10734) changed or added between the releases. It is sent to
+cvs.texi(,10735) the standard output device. This is useful for finding
+cvs.texi(,10736) out, for example, which files have changed between two
+cvs.texi(,10737) dates or revisions.
+cvs.texi(,10738)
+cvs.texi(,10739) @item -t
+cvs.texi(,10740) A diff of the top two revisions is sent to the standard
+cvs.texi(,10741) output device. This is most useful for seeing what the
+cvs.texi(,10742) last change to a file was.
+cvs.texi(,10743)
+cvs.texi(,10744) @item -u
+cvs.texi(,10745) Use the unidiff format for the context diffs.
+cvs.texi(,10746) Remember that old versions
+cvs.texi(,10747) of the @code{patch} program can't handle the unidiff
+cvs.texi(,10748) format, so if you plan to post this patch to the net
+cvs.texi(,10749) you should probably not use @samp{-u}.
+cvs.texi(,10750)
+cvs.texi(,10751) @item -V @var{vn}
+cvs.texi(,10752) Expand keywords according to the rules current in
+cvs.texi(,10753) @sc{rcs} version @var{vn} (the expansion format changed with
+cvs.texi(,10754) @sc{rcs} version 5). Note that this option is no
+cvs.texi(,10755) longer accepted. @sc{cvs} will always expand keywords the
+cvs.texi(,10756) way that @sc{rcs} version 5 does.
+cvs.texi(,10757) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10758)
+cvs.texi(,10759) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,10760) @node rdiff examples
+cvs.texi(,10761) @appendixsubsec rdiff examples
+cvs.texi(,10762)
+cvs.texi(,10763) Suppose you receive mail from @t{foo@@example.net} asking for
an
+cvs.texi(,10764) update from release 1.2 to 1.4 of the tc compiler. You
+cvs.texi(,10765) have no such patches on hand, but with @sc{cvs} that can
+cvs.texi(,10766) easily be fixed with a command such as this:
+cvs.texi(,10767)
+cvs.texi(,10768) @example
+cvs.texi(,10769) $ cvs rdiff -c -r FOO1_2 -r FOO1_4 tc | \
+cvs.texi(,10770) $$ Mail -s 'The patches you asked for' foo@@example.net
+cvs.texi(,10771) @end example
cvs.texi(,10772)
-cvs.texi(,10773) @example
-cvs.texi(,10774) $ cvs patch -s -r R_1_3_1 -r R_1_3fix module-name
-cvs.texi(,10775) cvs rdiff: Diffing module-name
-cvs.texi(,10776) File ChangeLog,v changed from revision 1.52.2.5 to 1.52.2.6
-cvs.texi(,10777) File foo.c,v changed from revision 1.52.2.3 to 1.52.2.4
-cvs.texi(,10778) File bar.h,v changed from revision 1.29.2.1 to 1.2
-cvs.texi(,10779) @end example
-cvs.texi(,10780)
-cvs.texi(,10781) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,10782) @node release
-cvs.texi(,10783) @appendixsec release---Indicate that a Module is no longer in
use
-cvs.texi(,10784) @cindex release (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,10785)
-cvs.texi(,10786) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,10787) @item
-cvs.texi(,10788) release [-d] address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,10789) @item
-cvs.texi(,10790) Requires: Working directory.
-cvs.texi(,10791) @item
-cvs.texi(,10792) Changes: Working directory, history log.
-cvs.texi(,10793) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,10794)
-cvs.texi(,10795) This command is meant to safely cancel the effect of
-cvs.texi(,10796) @samp{cvs checkout}. Since @sc{cvs} doesn't lock files, it
-cvs.texi(,10797) isn't strictly necessary to use this command. You can
-cvs.texi(,10798) always simply delete your working directory, if you
-cvs.texi(,10799) like; but you risk losing changes you may have
-cvs.texi(,10800) forgotten, and you leave no trace in the @sc{cvs} history
-cvs.texi(,10801) file (@pxref{history file}) that you've abandoned your
-cvs.texi(,10802) checkout.
-cvs.texi(,10803)
-cvs.texi(,10804) Use @samp{cvs release} to avoid these problems. This
-cvs.texi(,10805) command checks that no uncommitted changes are
-cvs.texi(,10806) present; that you are executing it from immediately
-cvs.texi(,10807) above a @sc{cvs} working directory; and that the repository
-cvs.texi(,10808) recorded for your files is the same as the repository
-cvs.texi(,10809) defined in the module database.
-cvs.texi(,10810)
-cvs.texi(,10811) If all these conditions are true, @samp{cvs release}
-cvs.texi(,10812) leaves a record of its execution (attesting to your
-cvs.texi(,10813) intentionally abandoning your checkout) in the @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,10814) history log.
-cvs.texi(,10815)
-cvs.texi(,10816) @menu
-cvs.texi(,10817) * release options:: release options
-cvs.texi(,10818) * release output:: release output
-cvs.texi(,10819) * release examples:: release examples
-cvs.texi(,10820) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,10773) Suppose you have made release 1.3, and forked a branch
+cvs.texi(,10774) called @samp{R_1_3fix} for bugfixes. @samp{R_1_3_1}
+cvs.texi(,10775) corresponds to release 1.3.1, which was made some time
+cvs.texi(,10776) ago. Now, you want to see how much development has been
+cvs.texi(,10777) done on the branch. This command can be used:
+cvs.texi(,10778)
+cvs.texi(,10779) @example
+cvs.texi(,10780) $ cvs patch -s -r R_1_3_1 -r R_1_3fix module-name
+cvs.texi(,10781) cvs rdiff: Diffing module-name
+cvs.texi(,10782) File ChangeLog,v changed from revision 1.52.2.5 to 1.52.2.6
+cvs.texi(,10783) File foo.c,v changed from revision 1.52.2.3 to 1.52.2.4
+cvs.texi(,10784) File bar.h,v changed from revision 1.29.2.1 to 1.2
+cvs.texi(,10785) @end example
+cvs.texi(,10786)
+cvs.texi(,10787) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,10788) @node release
+cvs.texi(,10789) @appendixsec release---Indicate that a Module is no longer in
use
+cvs.texi(,10790) @cindex release (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,10791)
+cvs.texi(,10792) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,10793) @item
+cvs.texi(,10794) release [-d] address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,10795) @item
+cvs.texi(,10796) Requires: Working directory.
+cvs.texi(,10797) @item
+cvs.texi(,10798) Changes: Working directory, history log.
+cvs.texi(,10799) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,10800)
+cvs.texi(,10801) This command is meant to safely cancel the effect of
+cvs.texi(,10802) @samp{cvs checkout}. Since @sc{cvs} doesn't lock files, it
+cvs.texi(,10803) isn't strictly necessary to use this command. You can
+cvs.texi(,10804) always simply delete your working directory, if you
+cvs.texi(,10805) like; but you risk losing changes you may have
+cvs.texi(,10806) forgotten, and you leave no trace in the @sc{cvs} history
+cvs.texi(,10807) file (@pxref{history file}) that you've abandoned your
+cvs.texi(,10808) checkout.
+cvs.texi(,10809)
+cvs.texi(,10810) Use @samp{cvs release} to avoid these problems. This
+cvs.texi(,10811) command checks that no uncommitted changes are
+cvs.texi(,10812) present; that you are executing it from immediately
+cvs.texi(,10813) above a @sc{cvs} working directory; and that the repository
+cvs.texi(,10814) recorded for your files is the same as the repository
+cvs.texi(,10815) defined in the module database.
+cvs.texi(,10816)
+cvs.texi(,10817) If all these conditions are true, @samp{cvs release}
+cvs.texi(,10818) leaves a record of its execution (attesting to your
+cvs.texi(,10819) intentionally abandoning your checkout) in the @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,10820) history log.
cvs.texi(,10821)
-cvs.texi(,10822) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,10823) @node release options
-cvs.texi(,10824) @appendixsubsec release options
-cvs.texi(,10825)
-cvs.texi(,10826) The @code{release} command supports one command option:
+cvs.texi(,10822) @menu
+cvs.texi(,10823) * release options:: release options
+cvs.texi(,10824) * release output:: release output
+cvs.texi(,10825) * release examples:: release examples
+cvs.texi(,10826) @end menu
cvs.texi(,10827)
-cvs.texi(,10828) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10829) @item -d
-cvs.texi(,10830) Delete your working copy of the file if the release
-cvs.texi(,10831) succeeds. If this flag is not given your files will
-cvs.texi(,10832) remain in your working directory.
+cvs.texi(,10828) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,10829) @node release options
+cvs.texi(,10830) @appendixsubsec release options
+cvs.texi(,10831)
+cvs.texi(,10832) The @code{release} command supports one command option:
cvs.texi(,10833)
-cvs.texi(,10834) @strong{WARNING: The @code{release} command deletes
-cvs.texi(,10835) all directories and files recursively. This
-cvs.texi(,10836) has the very serious side-effect that any directory
-cvs.texi(,10837) that you have created inside your checked-out sources,
-cvs.texi(,10838) and not added to the repository (using the @code{add}
-cvs.texi(,10839) command; @pxref{Adding files}) will be silently deleted---even
-cvs.texi(,10840) if it is non-empty!}
-cvs.texi(,10841) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10842)
-cvs.texi(,10843) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,10844) @node release output
-cvs.texi(,10845) @appendixsubsec release output
-cvs.texi(,10846)
-cvs.texi(,10847) Before @code{release} releases your sources it will
-cvs.texi(,10848) print a one-line message for any file that is not
-cvs.texi(,10849) up-to-date.
-cvs.texi(,10850)
-cvs.texi(,10851) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10852) @item U @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,10853) @itemx P @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,10854) There exists a newer revision of this file in the
-cvs.texi(,10855) repository, and you have not modified your local copy
-cvs.texi(,10856) of the file (@samp{U} and @samp{P} mean the same thing).
-cvs.texi(,10857)
-cvs.texi(,10858) @item A @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,10859) The file has been added to your private copy of the
-cvs.texi(,10860) sources, but has not yet been committed to the
-cvs.texi(,10861) repository. If you delete your copy of the sources
-cvs.texi(,10862) this file will be lost.
+cvs.texi(,10834) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10835) @item -d
+cvs.texi(,10836) Delete your working copy of the file if the release
+cvs.texi(,10837) succeeds. If this flag is not given your files will
+cvs.texi(,10838) remain in your working directory.
+cvs.texi(,10839)
+cvs.texi(,10840) @strong{WARNING: The @code{release} command deletes
+cvs.texi(,10841) all directories and files recursively. This
+cvs.texi(,10842) has the very serious side-effect that any directory
+cvs.texi(,10843) that you have created inside your checked-out sources,
+cvs.texi(,10844) and not added to the repository (using the @code{add}
+cvs.texi(,10845) command; @pxref{Adding files}) will be silently deleted---even
+cvs.texi(,10846) if it is non-empty!}
+cvs.texi(,10847) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10848)
+cvs.texi(,10849) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,10850) @node release output
+cvs.texi(,10851) @appendixsubsec release output
+cvs.texi(,10852)
+cvs.texi(,10853) Before @code{release} releases your sources it will
+cvs.texi(,10854) print a one-line message for any file that is not
+cvs.texi(,10855) up-to-date.
+cvs.texi(,10856)
+cvs.texi(,10857) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10858) @item U @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,10859) @itemx P @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,10860) There exists a newer revision of this file in the
+cvs.texi(,10861) repository, and you have not modified your local copy
+cvs.texi(,10862) of the file (@samp{U} and @samp{P} mean the same thing).
cvs.texi(,10863)
-cvs.texi(,10864) @item R @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,10865) The file has been removed from your private copy of the
-cvs.texi(,10866) sources, but has not yet been removed from the
-cvs.texi(,10867) repository, since you have not yet committed the
-cvs.texi(,10868) removal. @xref{commit}.
+cvs.texi(,10864) @item A @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,10865) The file has been added to your private copy of the
+cvs.texi(,10866) sources, but has not yet been committed to the
+cvs.texi(,10867) repository. If you delete your copy of the sources
+cvs.texi(,10868) this file will be lost.
cvs.texi(,10869)
-cvs.texi(,10870) @item M @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,10871) The file is modified in your working directory. There
-cvs.texi(,10872) might also be a newer revision inside the repository.
-cvs.texi(,10873)
-cvs.texi(,10874) @item ? @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,10875) @var{file} is in your working directory, but does not
-cvs.texi(,10876) correspond to anything in the source repository, and is
-cvs.texi(,10877) not in the list of files for @sc{cvs} to ignore (see the
-cvs.texi(,10878) description of the @samp{-I} option, and
-cvs.texi(,10879) @pxref{cvsignore}). If you remove your working
-cvs.texi(,10880) sources, this file will be lost.
-cvs.texi(,10881) @end table
-cvs.texi(,10882)
-cvs.texi(,10883) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,10884) @node release examples
-cvs.texi(,10885) @appendixsubsec release examples
-cvs.texi(,10886)
-cvs.texi(,10887) Release the @file{tc} directory, and delete your local
working copy
-cvs.texi(,10888) of the files.
-cvs.texi(,10889)
-cvs.texi(,10890) @example
-cvs.texi(,10891) $ cd .. # @r{You must stand immediately above the}
-cvs.texi(,10892) # @r{sources when you issue @samp{cvs
release}.}
-cvs.texi(,10893) $ cvs release -d tc
-cvs.texi(,10894) You have [0] altered files in this repository.
-cvs.texi(,10895) Are you sure you want to release (and delete) directory `tc':
y
-cvs.texi(,10896) $
-cvs.texi(,10897) @end example
-cvs.texi(,10898)
-cvs.texi(,10899) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,10900) @node update
-cvs.texi(,10901) @appendixsec update---Bring work tree in sync with repository
-cvs.texi(,10902) @cindex update (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,10903)
-cvs.texi(,10904) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,10905) @item
-cvs.texi(,10906) update [-ACdflPpR] [-I name] [-j rev [-j rev]] [-k kflag] [-r
tag|-D date] [-W spec] address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,10907) @item
-cvs.texi(,10908) Requires: repository, working directory.
-cvs.texi(,10909) @item
-cvs.texi(,10910) Changes: working directory.
-cvs.texi(,10911) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,10912)
-cvs.texi(,10913) After you've run checkout to create your private copy
-cvs.texi(,10914) of source from the common repository, other developers
-cvs.texi(,10915) will continue changing the central source. From time
-cvs.texi(,10916) to time, when it is convenient in your development
-cvs.texi(,10917) process, you can use the @code{update} command from
-cvs.texi(,10918) within your working directory to reconcile your work
-cvs.texi(,10919) with any revisions applied to the source repository
-cvs.texi(,10920) since your last checkout or update. Without the @code{-C}
-cvs.texi(,10921) option, @code{update} will also merge any differences
-cvs.texi(,10922) between the local copy of files and their base revisions
-cvs.texi(,10923) into any destination revisions specified with @code{-r},
-cvs.texi(,10924) @code{-D}, or @code{-A}.
-cvs.texi(,10925)
-cvs.texi(,10926) @menu
-cvs.texi(,10927) * update options:: update options
-cvs.texi(,10928) * update output:: update output
-cvs.texi(,10929) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,10930)
-cvs.texi(,10931) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,10932) @node update options
-cvs.texi(,10933) @appendixsubsec update options
-cvs.texi(,10934)
-cvs.texi(,10935) These standard options are available with @code{update}
-cvs.texi(,10936) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description of
-cvs.texi(,10937) them):
-cvs.texi(,10938)
-cvs.texi(,10939) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10940) @item -D date
-cvs.texi(,10941) Use the most recent revision no later than @var{date}.
-cvs.texi(,10942) This option is sticky, and implies @samp{-P}.
-cvs.texi(,10943) See @ref{Sticky tags}, for more information on sticky
tags/dates.
+cvs.texi(,10870) @item R @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,10871) The file has been removed from your private copy of the
+cvs.texi(,10872) sources, but has not yet been removed from the
+cvs.texi(,10873) repository, since you have not yet committed the
+cvs.texi(,10874) removal. @xref{commit}.
+cvs.texi(,10875)
+cvs.texi(,10876) @item M @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,10877) The file is modified in your working directory. There
+cvs.texi(,10878) might also be a newer revision inside the repository.
+cvs.texi(,10879)
+cvs.texi(,10880) @item ? @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,10881) @var{file} is in your working directory, but does not
+cvs.texi(,10882) correspond to anything in the source repository, and is
+cvs.texi(,10883) not in the list of files for @sc{cvs} to ignore (see the
+cvs.texi(,10884) description of the @samp{-I} option, and
+cvs.texi(,10885) @pxref{cvsignore}). If you remove your working
+cvs.texi(,10886) sources, this file will be lost.
+cvs.texi(,10887) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10888)
+cvs.texi(,10889) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,10890) @node release examples
+cvs.texi(,10891) @appendixsubsec release examples
+cvs.texi(,10892)
+cvs.texi(,10893) Release the @file{tc} directory, and delete your local
working copy
+cvs.texi(,10894) of the files.
+cvs.texi(,10895)
+cvs.texi(,10896) @example
+cvs.texi(,10897) $ cd .. # @r{You must stand immediately above the}
+cvs.texi(,10898) # @r{sources when you issue @samp{cvs
release}.}
+cvs.texi(,10899) $ cvs release -d tc
+cvs.texi(,10900) You have [0] altered files in this repository.
+cvs.texi(,10901) Are you sure you want to release (and delete) directory `tc':
y
+cvs.texi(,10902) $
+cvs.texi(,10903) @end example
+cvs.texi(,10904)
+cvs.texi(,10905) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,10906) @node update
+cvs.texi(,10907) @appendixsec update---Bring work tree in sync with repository
+cvs.texi(,10908) @cindex update (subcommand)
+cvs.texi(,10909)
+cvs.texi(,10910) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,10911) @item
+cvs.texi(,10912) update [-ACdflPpR] [-I name] [-j rev [-j rev]] [-k kflag] [-r
tag|-D date] [-W spec] address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,10913) @item
+cvs.texi(,10914) Requires: repository, working directory.
+cvs.texi(,10915) @item
+cvs.texi(,10916) Changes: working directory.
+cvs.texi(,10917) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,10918)
+cvs.texi(,10919) After you've run checkout to create your private copy
+cvs.texi(,10920) of source from the common repository, other developers
+cvs.texi(,10921) will continue changing the central source. From time
+cvs.texi(,10922) to time, when it is convenient in your development
+cvs.texi(,10923) process, you can use the @code{update} command from
+cvs.texi(,10924) within your working directory to reconcile your work
+cvs.texi(,10925) with any revisions applied to the source repository
+cvs.texi(,10926) since your last checkout or update. Without the @code{-C}
+cvs.texi(,10927) option, @code{update} will also merge any differences
+cvs.texi(,10928) between the local copy of files and their base revisions
+cvs.texi(,10929) into any destination revisions specified with @code{-r},
+cvs.texi(,10930) @code{-D}, or @code{-A}.
+cvs.texi(,10931)
+cvs.texi(,10932) @menu
+cvs.texi(,10933) * update options:: update options
+cvs.texi(,10934) * update output:: update output
+cvs.texi(,10935) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,10936)
+cvs.texi(,10937) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,10938) @node update options
+cvs.texi(,10939) @appendixsubsec update options
+cvs.texi(,10940)
+cvs.texi(,10941) These standard options are available with @code{update}
+cvs.texi(,10942) (@pxref{Common options}, for a complete description of
+cvs.texi(,10943) them):
cvs.texi(,10944)
-cvs.texi(,10945) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,10946) Only useful with the @samp{-D @var{date}} or @samp{-r
-cvs.texi(,10947) @var{tag}} flags. If no matching revision is found,
-cvs.texi(,10948) retrieve the most recent revision (instead of ignoring
-cvs.texi(,10949) the file).
+cvs.texi(,10945) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10946) @item -D date
+cvs.texi(,10947) Use the most recent revision no later than @var{date}.
+cvs.texi(,10948) This option is sticky, and implies @samp{-P}.
+cvs.texi(,10949) See @ref{Sticky tags}, for more information on sticky
tags/dates.
cvs.texi(,10950)
-cvs.texi(,10951) @item -k @var{kflag}
-cvs.texi(,10952) Process keywords according to @var{kflag}. See
-cvs.texi(,10953) @ref{Keyword substitution}.
-cvs.texi(,10954) This option is sticky; future updates of
-cvs.texi(,10955) this file in this working directory will use the same
-cvs.texi(,10956) @var{kflag}. The @code{status} command can be viewed
-cvs.texi(,10957) to see the sticky options. See @ref{Invoking CVS}, for
-cvs.texi(,10958) more information on the @code{status} command.
-cvs.texi(,10959)
-cvs.texi(,10960) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,10961) Local; run only in current working directory.
@xref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,10962)
-cvs.texi(,10963) @item -P
-cvs.texi(,10964) Prune empty directories. See @ref{Moving directories}.
+cvs.texi(,10951) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,10952) Only useful with the @samp{-D @var{date}} or @samp{-r
+cvs.texi(,10953) @var{tag}} flags. If no matching revision is found,
+cvs.texi(,10954) retrieve the most recent revision (instead of ignoring
+cvs.texi(,10955) the file).
+cvs.texi(,10956)
+cvs.texi(,10957) @item -k @var{kflag}
+cvs.texi(,10958) Process keywords according to @var{kflag}. See
+cvs.texi(,10959) @ref{Keyword substitution}.
+cvs.texi(,10960) This option is sticky; future updates of
+cvs.texi(,10961) this file in this working directory will use the same
+cvs.texi(,10962) @var{kflag}. The @code{status} command can be viewed
+cvs.texi(,10963) to see the sticky options. See @ref{Invoking CVS}, for
+cvs.texi(,10964) more information on the @code{status} command.
cvs.texi(,10965)
-cvs.texi(,10966) @item -p
-cvs.texi(,10967) Pipe files to the standard output.
+cvs.texi(,10966) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,10967) Local; run only in current working directory.
@xref{Recursive behavior}.
cvs.texi(,10968)
-cvs.texi(,10969) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,10970) Update directories recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,10971) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,10972)
-cvs.texi(,10973) @item -r rev
-cvs.texi(,10974) Retrieve revision/tag @var{rev}. This option is sticky,
-cvs.texi(,10975) and implies @samp{-P}.
-cvs.texi(,10976) See @ref{Sticky tags}, for more information on sticky
tags/dates.
-cvs.texi(,10977) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10969) @item -P
+cvs.texi(,10970) Prune empty directories. See @ref{Moving directories}.
+cvs.texi(,10971)
+cvs.texi(,10972) @item -p
+cvs.texi(,10973) Pipe files to the standard output.
+cvs.texi(,10974)
+cvs.texi(,10975) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,10976) Update directories recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,10977) behavior}.
cvs.texi(,10978)
-cvs.texi(,10979) @need 800
-cvs.texi(,10980) These special options are also available with
-cvs.texi(,10981) @code{update}.
-cvs.texi(,10982)
-cvs.texi(,10983) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,10984) @item -A
-cvs.texi(,10985) Reset any sticky tags, dates, or @samp{-k} options.
-cvs.texi(,10986) See @ref{Sticky tags}, for more information on sticky
tags/dates.
-cvs.texi(,10987)
-cvs.texi(,10988) @item -C
-cvs.texi(,10989) Overwrite locally modified files with clean copies from
-cvs.texi(,10990) the repository (the modified file is saved in
-cvs.texi(,10991) @address@hidden@var{revision}}, however).
-cvs.texi(,10992)
-cvs.texi(,10993) @item -d
-cvs.texi(,10994) Create any directories that exist in the repository if
-cvs.texi(,10995) they're missing from the working directory. Normally,
-cvs.texi(,10996) @code{update} acts only on directories and files that
-cvs.texi(,10997) were already enrolled in your working directory.
+cvs.texi(,10979) @item -r rev
+cvs.texi(,10980) Retrieve revision/tag @var{rev}. This option is sticky,
+cvs.texi(,10981) and implies @samp{-P}.
+cvs.texi(,10982) See @ref{Sticky tags}, for more information on sticky
tags/dates.
+cvs.texi(,10983) @end table
+cvs.texi(,10984)
+cvs.texi(,10985) @need 800
+cvs.texi(,10986) These special options are also available with
+cvs.texi(,10987) @code{update}.
+cvs.texi(,10988)
+cvs.texi(,10989) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,10990) @item -A
+cvs.texi(,10991) Reset any sticky tags, dates, or @samp{-k} options.
+cvs.texi(,10992) See @ref{Sticky tags}, for more information on sticky
tags/dates.
+cvs.texi(,10993)
+cvs.texi(,10994) @item -C
+cvs.texi(,10995) Overwrite locally modified files with clean copies from
+cvs.texi(,10996) the repository (the modified file is saved in
+cvs.texi(,10997) @address@hidden@var{revision}}, however).
cvs.texi(,10998)
-cvs.texi(,10999) This is useful for updating directories that were
-cvs.texi(,11000) created in the repository since the initial checkout;
-cvs.texi(,11001) but it has an unfortunate side effect. If you
-cvs.texi(,11002) deliberately avoided certain directories in the
-cvs.texi(,11003) repository when you created your working directory
-cvs.texi(,11004) (either through use of a module name or by listing
-cvs.texi(,11005) explicitly the files and directories you wanted on the
-cvs.texi(,11006) command line), then updating with @samp{-d} will create
-cvs.texi(,11007) those directories, which may not be what you want.
-cvs.texi(,11008)
-cvs.texi(,11009) @item -I @var{name}
-cvs.texi(,11010) Ignore files whose names match @var{name} (in your
-cvs.texi(,11011) working directory) during the update. You can specify
-cvs.texi(,11012) @samp{-I} more than once on the command line to specify
-cvs.texi(,11013) several files to ignore. Use @samp{-I !} to avoid
-cvs.texi(,11014) ignoring any files at all. @xref{cvsignore}, for other
-cvs.texi(,11015) ways to make @sc{cvs} ignore some files.
-cvs.texi(,11016)
-cvs.texi(,11017) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11018) Specify file names that should be filtered during
-cvs.texi(,11019) update. You can use this option repeatedly.
-cvs.texi(,11020)
-cvs.texi(,11021) @var{spec} can be a file name pattern of the same type
-cvs.texi(,11022) that you can specify in the @file{.cvswrappers}
-cvs.texi(,11023) file. @xref{Wrappers}.
-cvs.texi(,11024)
-cvs.texi(,11025) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11026) With two @samp{-j} options, merge changes from the
-cvs.texi(,11027) revision specified with the first @samp{-j} option to
-cvs.texi(,11028) the revision specified with the second @samp{j} option,
-cvs.texi(,11029) into the working directory.
+cvs.texi(,10999) @item -d
+cvs.texi(,11000) Create any directories that exist in the repository if
+cvs.texi(,11001) they're missing from the working directory. Normally,
+cvs.texi(,11002) @code{update} acts only on directories and files that
+cvs.texi(,11003) were already enrolled in your working directory.
+cvs.texi(,11004)
+cvs.texi(,11005) This is useful for updating directories that were
+cvs.texi(,11006) created in the repository since the initial checkout;
+cvs.texi(,11007) but it has an unfortunate side effect. If you
+cvs.texi(,11008) deliberately avoided certain directories in the
+cvs.texi(,11009) repository when you created your working directory
+cvs.texi(,11010) (either through use of a module name or by listing
+cvs.texi(,11011) explicitly the files and directories you wanted on the
+cvs.texi(,11012) command line), then updating with @samp{-d} will create
+cvs.texi(,11013) those directories, which may not be what you want.
+cvs.texi(,11014)
+cvs.texi(,11015) @item -I @var{name}
+cvs.texi(,11016) Ignore files whose names match @var{name} (in your
+cvs.texi(,11017) working directory) during the update. You can specify
+cvs.texi(,11018) @samp{-I} more than once on the command line to specify
+cvs.texi(,11019) several files to ignore. Use @samp{-I !} to avoid
+cvs.texi(,11020) ignoring any files at all. @xref{cvsignore}, for other
+cvs.texi(,11021) ways to make @sc{cvs} ignore some files.
+cvs.texi(,11022)
+cvs.texi(,11023) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11024) Specify file names that should be filtered during
+cvs.texi(,11025) update. You can use this option repeatedly.
+cvs.texi(,11026)
+cvs.texi(,11027) @var{spec} can be a file name pattern of the same type
+cvs.texi(,11028) that you can specify in the @file{.cvswrappers}
+cvs.texi(,11029) file. @xref{Wrappers}.
cvs.texi(,11030)
-cvs.texi(,11031) With one @samp{-j} option, merge changes from the
-cvs.texi(,11032) ancestor revision to the revision specified with the
-cvs.texi(,11033) @samp{-j} option, into the working directory. The
-cvs.texi(,11034) ancestor revision is the common ancestor of the
-cvs.texi(,11035) revision which the working directory is based on, and
-cvs.texi(,11036) the revision specified in the @samp{-j} option.
-cvs.texi(,11037)
-cvs.texi(,11038) Note that using a single @samp{-j @var{tagname}} option
rather than
-cvs.texi(,11039) @samp{-j @var{branchname}} to merge changes from a branch will
-cvs.texi(,11040) often not remove files which were removed on the branch.
-cvs.texi(,11041) @xref{Merging adds and removals}, for more.
-cvs.texi(,11042)
-cvs.texi(,11043) In addition, each @samp{-j} option can contain an optional
-cvs.texi(,11044) date specification which, when used with branches, can
-cvs.texi(,11045) limit the chosen revision to one within a specific
-cvs.texi(,11046) date. An optional date is specified by adding a colon
-cvs.texi(,11047) (:) to the tag:
-cvs.texi(,11048) @address@hidden:@var{Date_Specifier}}.
-cvs.texi(,11049)
-cvs.texi(,11050) @xref{Branching and merging}.
-cvs.texi(,11051)
-cvs.texi(,11052) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11053)
-cvs.texi(,11054) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,11055) @node update output
-cvs.texi(,11056) @appendixsubsec update output
+cvs.texi(,11031) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11032) With two @samp{-j} options, merge changes from the
+cvs.texi(,11033) revision specified with the first @samp{-j} option to
+cvs.texi(,11034) the revision specified with the second @samp{j} option,
+cvs.texi(,11035) into the working directory.
+cvs.texi(,11036)
+cvs.texi(,11037) With one @samp{-j} option, merge changes from the
+cvs.texi(,11038) ancestor revision to the revision specified with the
+cvs.texi(,11039) @samp{-j} option, into the working directory. The
+cvs.texi(,11040) ancestor revision is the common ancestor of the
+cvs.texi(,11041) revision which the working directory is based on, and
+cvs.texi(,11042) the revision specified in the @samp{-j} option.
+cvs.texi(,11043)
+cvs.texi(,11044) Note that using a single @samp{-j @var{tagname}} option
rather than
+cvs.texi(,11045) @samp{-j @var{branchname}} to merge changes from a branch will
+cvs.texi(,11046) often not remove files which were removed on the branch.
+cvs.texi(,11047) @xref{Merging adds and removals}, for more.
+cvs.texi(,11048)
+cvs.texi(,11049) In addition, each @samp{-j} option can contain an optional
+cvs.texi(,11050) date specification which, when used with branches, can
+cvs.texi(,11051) limit the chosen revision to one within a specific
+cvs.texi(,11052) date. An optional date is specified by adding a colon
+cvs.texi(,11053) (:) to the tag:
+cvs.texi(,11054) @address@hidden:@var{Date_Specifier}}.
+cvs.texi(,11055)
+cvs.texi(,11056) @xref{Branching and merging}.
cvs.texi(,11057)
-cvs.texi(,11058) @code{update} and @code{checkout} keep you informed of
-cvs.texi(,11059) their progress by printing a line for each file, preceded
-cvs.texi(,11060) by one character indicating the status of the file:
-cvs.texi(,11061)
-cvs.texi(,11062) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11063) @item U @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,11064) The file was brought up to date with respect to the
-cvs.texi(,11065) repository. This is done for any file that exists in
-cvs.texi(,11066) the repository but not in your source, and for files
-cvs.texi(,11067) that you haven't changed but are not the most recent
-cvs.texi(,11068) versions available in the repository.
-cvs.texi(,11069)
-cvs.texi(,11070) @item P @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,11071) Like @samp{U}, but the @sc{cvs} server sends a patch instead
of an entire
-cvs.texi(,11072) file. This accomplishes the same thing as @samp{U} using
less bandwidth.
-cvs.texi(,11073)
-cvs.texi(,11074) @item A @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,11075) The file has been added to your private copy of the
-cvs.texi(,11076) sources, and will be added to the source repository
-cvs.texi(,11077) when you run @code{commit} on the file. This is a
-cvs.texi(,11078) reminder to you that the file needs to be committed.
+cvs.texi(,11058) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11059)
+cvs.texi(,11060) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,11061) @node update output
+cvs.texi(,11062) @appendixsubsec update output
+cvs.texi(,11063)
+cvs.texi(,11064) @code{update} and @code{checkout} keep you informed of
+cvs.texi(,11065) their progress by printing a line for each file, preceded
+cvs.texi(,11066) by one character indicating the status of the file:
+cvs.texi(,11067)
+cvs.texi(,11068) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11069) @item U @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,11070) The file was brought up to date with respect to the
+cvs.texi(,11071) repository. This is done for any file that exists in
+cvs.texi(,11072) the repository but not in your source, and for files
+cvs.texi(,11073) that you haven't changed but are not the most recent
+cvs.texi(,11074) versions available in the repository.
+cvs.texi(,11075)
+cvs.texi(,11076) @item P @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,11077) Like @samp{U}, but the @sc{cvs} server sends a patch instead
of an entire
+cvs.texi(,11078) file. This accomplishes the same thing as @samp{U} using
less bandwidth.
cvs.texi(,11079)
-cvs.texi(,11080) @item R @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,11081) The file has been removed from your private copy of the
-cvs.texi(,11082) sources, and will be removed from the source repository
+cvs.texi(,11080) @item A @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,11081) The file has been added to your private copy of the
+cvs.texi(,11082) sources, and will be added to the source repository
cvs.texi(,11083) when you run @code{commit} on the file. This is a
cvs.texi(,11084) reminder to you that the file needs to be committed.
cvs.texi(,11085)
-cvs.texi(,11086) @item M @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,11087) The file is modified in your working directory.
-cvs.texi(,11088)
-cvs.texi(,11089) @samp{M} can indicate one of two states for a file
-cvs.texi(,11090) you're working on: either there were no modifications
-cvs.texi(,11091) to the same file in the repository, so that your file
-cvs.texi(,11092) remains as you last saw it; or there were modifications
-cvs.texi(,11093) in the repository as well as in your copy, but they
-cvs.texi(,11094) were merged successfully, without conflict, in your
-cvs.texi(,11095) working directory.
-cvs.texi(,11096)
-cvs.texi(,11097) @sc{cvs} will print some messages if it merges your work,
-cvs.texi(,11098) and a backup copy of your working file (as it looked
-cvs.texi(,11099) before you ran @code{update}) will be made. The exact
-cvs.texi(,11100) name of that file is printed while @code{update} runs.
-cvs.texi(,11101)
-cvs.texi(,11102) @item C @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,11103) @cindex .# files
-cvs.texi(,11104) @cindex __ files (VMS)
-cvs.texi(,11105) A conflict was detected while trying to merge your
-cvs.texi(,11106) changes to @var{file} with changes from the source
-cvs.texi(,11107) repository. @var{file} (the copy in your working
-cvs.texi(,11108) directory) is now the result of attempting to merge
-cvs.texi(,11109) the two revisions; an unmodified copy of your file
-cvs.texi(,11110) is also in your working directory, with the name
-cvs.texi(,11111) @address@hidden@var{revision}} where @var{revision}
-cvs.texi(,11112) is the revision that your modified file started
-cvs.texi(,11113) from. Resolve the conflict as described in
-cvs.texi(,11114) @ref{Conflicts example}.
-cvs.texi(,11115) @c "some systems" as in out-of-the-box OSes? Not as
-cvs.texi(,11116) @c far as I know. We need to advise sysadmins as well
-cvs.texi(,11117) @c as users how to set up this kind of purge, if that is
-cvs.texi(,11118) @c what they want.
-cvs.texi(,11119) @c We also might want to think about cleaner solutions,
-cvs.texi(,11120) @c like having CVS remove the .# file once the conflict
-cvs.texi(,11121) @c has been resolved or something like that.
-cvs.texi(,11122) (Note that some systems automatically purge
-cvs.texi(,11123) files that begin with @file{.#} if they have not been
-cvs.texi(,11124) accessed for a few days. If you intend to keep a copy
-cvs.texi(,11125) of your original file, it is a very good idea to rename
-cvs.texi(,11126) it.) Under @sc{vms}, the file name starts with
-cvs.texi(,11127) @file{__} rather than @file{.#}.
-cvs.texi(,11128)
-cvs.texi(,11129) @item ? @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,11130) @var{file} is in your working directory, but does not
-cvs.texi(,11131) correspond to anything in the source repository, and is
-cvs.texi(,11132) not in the list of files for @sc{cvs} to ignore (see the
-cvs.texi(,11133) description of the @samp{-I} option, and
-cvs.texi(,11134) @pxref{cvsignore}).
-cvs.texi(,11135) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11136)
-cvs.texi(,11137) @node Invoking CVS
-cvs.texi(,11138) @appendix Quick reference to CVS commands
-cvs.texi(,11139) @cindex Command reference
-cvs.texi(,11140) @cindex Reference, commands
-cvs.texi(,11141) @cindex Invoking CVS
+cvs.texi(,11086) @item R @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,11087) The file has been removed from your private copy of the
+cvs.texi(,11088) sources, and will be removed from the source repository
+cvs.texi(,11089) when you run @code{commit} on the file. This is a
+cvs.texi(,11090) reminder to you that the file needs to be committed.
+cvs.texi(,11091)
+cvs.texi(,11092) @item M @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,11093) The file is modified in your working directory.
+cvs.texi(,11094)
+cvs.texi(,11095) @samp{M} can indicate one of two states for a file
+cvs.texi(,11096) you're working on: either there were no modifications
+cvs.texi(,11097) to the same file in the repository, so that your file
+cvs.texi(,11098) remains as you last saw it; or there were modifications
+cvs.texi(,11099) in the repository as well as in your copy, but they
+cvs.texi(,11100) were merged successfully, without conflict, in your
+cvs.texi(,11101) working directory.
+cvs.texi(,11102)
+cvs.texi(,11103) @sc{cvs} will print some messages if it merges your work,
+cvs.texi(,11104) and a backup copy of your working file (as it looked
+cvs.texi(,11105) before you ran @code{update}) will be made. The exact
+cvs.texi(,11106) name of that file is printed while @code{update} runs.
+cvs.texi(,11107)
+cvs.texi(,11108) @item C @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,11109) @cindex .# files
+cvs.texi(,11110) @cindex __ files (VMS)
+cvs.texi(,11111) A conflict was detected while trying to merge your
+cvs.texi(,11112) changes to @var{file} with changes from the source
+cvs.texi(,11113) repository. @var{file} (the copy in your working
+cvs.texi(,11114) directory) is now the result of attempting to merge
+cvs.texi(,11115) the two revisions; an unmodified copy of your file
+cvs.texi(,11116) is also in your working directory, with the name
+cvs.texi(,11117) @address@hidden@var{revision}} where @var{revision}
+cvs.texi(,11118) is the revision that your modified file started
+cvs.texi(,11119) from. Resolve the conflict as described in
+cvs.texi(,11120) @ref{Conflicts example}.
+cvs.texi(,11121) @c "some systems" as in out-of-the-box OSes? Not as
+cvs.texi(,11122) @c far as I know. We need to advise sysadmins as well
+cvs.texi(,11123) @c as users how to set up this kind of purge, if that is
+cvs.texi(,11124) @c what they want.
+cvs.texi(,11125) @c We also might want to think about cleaner solutions,
+cvs.texi(,11126) @c like having CVS remove the .# file once the conflict
+cvs.texi(,11127) @c has been resolved or something like that.
+cvs.texi(,11128) (Note that some systems automatically purge
+cvs.texi(,11129) files that begin with @file{.#} if they have not been
+cvs.texi(,11130) accessed for a few days. If you intend to keep a copy
+cvs.texi(,11131) of your original file, it is a very good idea to rename
+cvs.texi(,11132) it.) Under @sc{vms}, the file name starts with
+cvs.texi(,11133) @file{__} rather than @file{.#}.
+cvs.texi(,11134)
+cvs.texi(,11135) @item ? @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,11136) @var{file} is in your working directory, but does not
+cvs.texi(,11137) correspond to anything in the source repository, and is
+cvs.texi(,11138) not in the list of files for @sc{cvs} to ignore (see the
+cvs.texi(,11139) description of the @samp{-I} option, and
+cvs.texi(,11140) @pxref{cvsignore}).
+cvs.texi(,11141) @end table
cvs.texi(,11142)
-cvs.texi(,11143) This appendix describes how to invoke @sc{cvs}, with
-cvs.texi(,11144) references to where each command or feature is
-cvs.texi(,11145) described in detail. For other references run the
-cvs.texi(,11146) @code{cvs --help} command, or see @ref{Index}.
-cvs.texi(,11147)
-cvs.texi(,11148) A @sc{cvs} command looks like:
-cvs.texi(,11149)
-cvs.texi(,11150) @example
-cvs.texi(,11151) cvs [ @var{global_options} ] @var{command} [
@var{command_options} ] [ @var{command_args} ]
-cvs.texi(,11152) @end example
+cvs.texi(,11143) @node Invoking CVS
+cvs.texi(,11144) @appendix Quick reference to CVS commands
+cvs.texi(,11145) @cindex Command reference
+cvs.texi(,11146) @cindex Reference, commands
+cvs.texi(,11147) @cindex Invoking CVS
+cvs.texi(,11148)
+cvs.texi(,11149) This appendix describes how to invoke @sc{cvs}, with
+cvs.texi(,11150) references to where each command or feature is
+cvs.texi(,11151) described in detail. For other references run the
+cvs.texi(,11152) @code{cvs --help} command, or see @ref{Index}.
cvs.texi(,11153)
-cvs.texi(,11154) Global options:
+cvs.texi(,11154) A @sc{cvs} command looks like:
cvs.texi(,11155)
-cvs.texi(,11156) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11157) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11158) Specify legal @sc{cvsroot} directory (server only) (not
-cvs.texi(,11159) in @sc{cvs} 1.9 and older). See @ref{Password
-cvs.texi(,11160) authentication server}.
+cvs.texi(,11156) @example
+cvs.texi(,11157) cvs [ @var{global_options} ] @var{command} [
@var{command_options} ] [ @var{command_args} ]
+cvs.texi(,11158) @end example
+cvs.texi(,11159)
+cvs.texi(,11160) Global options:
cvs.texi(,11161)
-cvs.texi(,11162) @item -a
-cvs.texi(,11163) Authenticate all communication (client only) (not in @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,11164) 1.9 and older). See @ref{Global options}.
-cvs.texi(,11165)
-cvs.texi(,11166) @item -b
-cvs.texi(,11167) Specify RCS location (@sc{cvs} 1.9 and older). See
-cvs.texi(,11168) @ref{Global options}.
-cvs.texi(,11169)
-cvs.texi(,11170) @item -d @var{root}
-cvs.texi(,11171) Specify the @sc{cvsroot}. See @ref{Repository}.
-cvs.texi(,11172)
-cvs.texi(,11173) @item -e @var{editor}
-cvs.texi(,11174) Edit messages with @var{editor}. See @ref{Committing
-cvs.texi(,11175) your changes}.
-cvs.texi(,11176)
-cvs.texi(,11177) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,11178) Do not read the @file{~/.cvsrc} file. See @ref{Global
-cvs.texi(,11179) options}.
-cvs.texi(,11180)
-cvs.texi(,11181) @item -H
-cvs.texi(,11182) @itemx --help
-cvs.texi(,11183) Print a help message. See @ref{Global options}.
-cvs.texi(,11184)
-cvs.texi(,11185) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11186) Do not log in @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/history} file. See
@ref{Global
-cvs.texi(,11187) options}.
-cvs.texi(,11188)
-cvs.texi(,11189) @item -n
-cvs.texi(,11190) Do not change any files. See @ref{Global options}.
-cvs.texi(,11191)
-cvs.texi(,11192) @item -Q
-cvs.texi(,11193) Be really quiet. See @ref{Global options}.
+cvs.texi(,11162) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11163) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11164) Specify legal @sc{cvsroot} directory (server only) (not
+cvs.texi(,11165) in @sc{cvs} 1.9 and older). See @ref{Password
+cvs.texi(,11166) authentication server}.
+cvs.texi(,11167)
+cvs.texi(,11168) @item -a
+cvs.texi(,11169) Authenticate all communication (client only) (not in @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,11170) 1.9 and older). See @ref{Global options}.
+cvs.texi(,11171)
+cvs.texi(,11172) @item -b
+cvs.texi(,11173) Specify RCS location (@sc{cvs} 1.9 and older). See
+cvs.texi(,11174) @ref{Global options}.
+cvs.texi(,11175)
+cvs.texi(,11176) @item -d @var{root}
+cvs.texi(,11177) Specify the @sc{cvsroot}. See @ref{Repository}.
+cvs.texi(,11178)
+cvs.texi(,11179) @item -e @var{editor}
+cvs.texi(,11180) Edit messages with @var{editor}. See @ref{Committing
+cvs.texi(,11181) your changes}.
+cvs.texi(,11182)
+cvs.texi(,11183) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,11184) Do not read the @file{~/.cvsrc} file. See @ref{Global
+cvs.texi(,11185) options}.
+cvs.texi(,11186)
+cvs.texi(,11187) @item -H
+cvs.texi(,11188) @itemx --help
+cvs.texi(,11189) Print a help message. See @ref{Global options}.
+cvs.texi(,11190)
+cvs.texi(,11191) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11192) Do not log in @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/history} file. See
@ref{Global
+cvs.texi(,11193) options}.
cvs.texi(,11194)
-cvs.texi(,11195) @item -q
-cvs.texi(,11196) Be somewhat quiet. See @ref{Global options}.
+cvs.texi(,11195) @item -n
+cvs.texi(,11196) Do not change any files. See @ref{Global options}.
cvs.texi(,11197)
-cvs.texi(,11198) @item -r
-cvs.texi(,11199) Make new working files read-only. See @ref{Global options}.
+cvs.texi(,11198) @item -Q
+cvs.texi(,11199) Be really quiet. See @ref{Global options}.
cvs.texi(,11200)
-cvs.texi(,11201) @item -s @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11202) Set a user variable. See @ref{Variables}.
+cvs.texi(,11201) @item -q
+cvs.texi(,11202) Be somewhat quiet. See @ref{Global options}.
cvs.texi(,11203)
-cvs.texi(,11204) @item -T @var{tempdir}
-cvs.texi(,11205) Put temporary files in @var{tempdir}. See @ref{Global
-cvs.texi(,11206) options}.
-cvs.texi(,11207)
-cvs.texi(,11208) @item -t
-cvs.texi(,11209) Trace @sc{cvs} execution. See @ref{Global options}.
-cvs.texi(,11210)
-cvs.texi(,11211) @item -v
-cvs.texi(,11212) @item --version
-cvs.texi(,11213) Display version and copyright information for @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,11214)
-cvs.texi(,11215) @item -w
-cvs.texi(,11216) Make new working files read-write. See @ref{Global
-cvs.texi(,11217) options}.
-cvs.texi(,11218)
-cvs.texi(,11219) @item -x
-cvs.texi(,11220) Encrypt all communication (client only).
-cvs.texi(,11221) See @ref{Global options}.
-cvs.texi(,11222)
-cvs.texi(,11223) @item -z @var{gzip-level}
-cvs.texi(,11224) @cindex Compression
-cvs.texi(,11225) @cindex Gzip
-cvs.texi(,11226) Set the compression level (client only).
+cvs.texi(,11204) @item -r
+cvs.texi(,11205) Make new working files read-only. See @ref{Global options}.
+cvs.texi(,11206)
+cvs.texi(,11207) @item -s @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11208) Set a user variable. See @ref{Variables}.
+cvs.texi(,11209)
+cvs.texi(,11210) @item -T @var{tempdir}
+cvs.texi(,11211) Put temporary files in @var{tempdir}. See @ref{Global
+cvs.texi(,11212) options}.
+cvs.texi(,11213)
+cvs.texi(,11214) @item -t
+cvs.texi(,11215) Trace @sc{cvs} execution. See @ref{Global options}.
+cvs.texi(,11216)
+cvs.texi(,11217) @item -v
+cvs.texi(,11218) @item --version
+cvs.texi(,11219) Display version and copyright information for @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,11220)
+cvs.texi(,11221) @item -w
+cvs.texi(,11222) Make new working files read-write. See @ref{Global
+cvs.texi(,11223) options}.
+cvs.texi(,11224)
+cvs.texi(,11225) @item -x
+cvs.texi(,11226) Encrypt all communication (client only).
cvs.texi(,11227) See @ref{Global options}.
-cvs.texi(,11228) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11229)
-cvs.texi(,11230) Keyword expansion modes (@pxref{Substitution modes}):
-cvs.texi(,11231)
-cvs.texi(,11232) @example
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11233) -kkv $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11233) @i{}Id:
file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09 03:21:13 joe Exp $
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11234) -kkvl $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11234) @i{}Id:
file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09 03:21:13 joe Exp harry $
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11235) -kk $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11235) @i{}Id$
-cvs.texi(,11236) -kv file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09 03:21:13 joe Exp
-cvs.texi(,11237) -ko @i{no expansion}
-cvs.texi(,11238) -kb @i{no expansion, file is binary}
-cvs.texi(,11239) @end example
-cvs.texi(,11240)
-cvs.texi(,11241) Keywords (@pxref{Keyword list}):
-cvs.texi(,11242)
-cvs.texi(,11243) @example
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11244) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11244) @i{}Author:
joe $
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11245) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11245) @i{}Date:
1993/12/09 03:21:13 $
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11246) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11246)
@i{}CVSHeader: files/file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09 03:21:13 joe Exp harry $
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11247) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11247) @i{}Header:
/home/files/file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09 03:21:13 joe Exp harry $
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11248) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11248) @i{}Id:
file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09 03:21:13 joe Exp harry $
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11249) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11249) @i{}Locker:
harry $
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11250) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11250) @i{}Name:
snapshot_1_14 $
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11251) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11251) @i{}RCSfile:
file1,v $
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11252) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11252) @i{}Revision:
1.1 $
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11253) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11253) @i{}Source:
/home/files/file1,v $
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11254) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11254) @i{}State:
Exp $
-cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11255) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11255) @i{}Log:
file1,v $
-cvs.texi(,11256) Revision 1.1 1993/12/09 03:30:17 joe
-cvs.texi(,11257) Initial revision
-cvs.texi(,11258)
-cvs.texi(,11259) @end example
-cvs.texi(,11260)
-cvs.texi(,11261) @c The idea behind this table is that we want each item
-cvs.texi(,11262) @c to be a sentence or two at most. Preferably a
-cvs.texi(,11263) @c single line.
-cvs.texi(,11264) @c
-cvs.texi(,11265) @c In some cases refs to "foo options" are just to get
-cvs.texi(,11266) @c this thing written quickly, not because the "foo
-cvs.texi(,11267) @c options" node is really the best place to point.
-cvs.texi(,11268) Commands, command options, and command arguments:
-cvs.texi(,11269)
-cvs.texi(,11270) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11271) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11272) @item add address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11273) Add a new file/directory. See @ref{Adding files}.
-cvs.texi(,11274)
-cvs.texi(,11275) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11276) @item -k @var{kflag}
-cvs.texi(,11277) Set keyword expansion.
-cvs.texi(,11278)
-cvs.texi(,11279) @item -m @var{msg}
-cvs.texi(,11280) Set file description.
-cvs.texi(,11281) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11282)
-cvs.texi(,11283) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11284) @item admin address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11285) Administration of history files in the repository. See
-cvs.texi(,11286) @ref{admin}.
-cvs.texi(,11287) @c This list omits those options which are not
-cvs.texi(,11288) @c documented as being useful with CVS. That might be
-cvs.texi(,11289) @c a mistake...
-cvs.texi(,11290)
-cvs.texi(,11291) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11292) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11293) Set default branch. See @ref{Reverting local changes}.
-cvs.texi(,11294)
-cvs.texi(,11295) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11296) Set comment leader.
-cvs.texi(,11297)
-cvs.texi(,11298) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11299) Set keyword substitution. See @ref{Keyword
-cvs.texi(,11300) substitution}.
-cvs.texi(,11301)
-cvs.texi(,11302) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11303) Lock revision @var{rev}, or latest revision.
-cvs.texi(,11304)
-cvs.texi(,11305) @item address@hidden:@var{msg}
-cvs.texi(,11306) Replace the log message of revision @var{rev} with
-cvs.texi(,11307) @var{msg}.
-cvs.texi(,11308)
-cvs.texi(,11309) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11310) Delete revisions from the repository. See
-cvs.texi(,11311) @ref{admin options}.
-cvs.texi(,11312)
-cvs.texi(,11313) @item -q
-cvs.texi(,11314) Run quietly; do not print diagnostics.
-cvs.texi(,11315)
-cvs.texi(,11316) @item address@hidden:@var{rev}]
-cvs.texi(,11317) Set the state.
+cvs.texi(,11228)
+cvs.texi(,11229) @item -z @var{gzip-level}
+cvs.texi(,11230) @cindex Compression
+cvs.texi(,11231) @cindex Gzip
+cvs.texi(,11232) Set the compression level (client only).
+cvs.texi(,11233) See @ref{Global options}.
+cvs.texi(,11234) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11235)
+cvs.texi(,11236) Keyword expansion modes (@pxref{Substitution modes}):
+cvs.texi(,11237)
+cvs.texi(,11238) @example
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11239) -kkv $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11239) @i{}Id:
file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09 03:21:13 joe Exp $
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11240) -kkvl $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11240) @i{}Id:
file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09 03:21:13 joe Exp harry $
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11241) -kk $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11241) @i{}Id$
+cvs.texi(,11242) -kv file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09 03:21:13 joe Exp
+cvs.texi(,11243) -ko @i{no expansion}
+cvs.texi(,11244) -kb @i{no expansion, file is binary}
+cvs.texi(,11245) @end example
+cvs.texi(,11246)
+cvs.texi(,11247) Keywords (@pxref{Keyword list}):
+cvs.texi(,11248)
+cvs.texi(,11249) @example
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11250) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11250) @i{}Author:
joe $
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11251) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11251) @i{}Date:
1993/12/09 03:21:13 $
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11252) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11252)
@i{}CVSHeader: files/file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09 03:21:13 joe Exp harry $
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11253) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11253) @i{}Header:
/home/files/file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09 03:21:13 joe Exp harry $
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11254) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11254) @i{}Id:
file1,v 1.1 1993/12/09 03:21:13 joe Exp harry $
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11255) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11255) @i{}Locker:
harry $
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11256) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11256) @i{}Name:
snapshot_1_14 $
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11257) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11257) @i{}RCSfile:
file1,v $
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11258) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11258) @i{}Revision:
1.1 $
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11259) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11259) @i{}Source:
/home/files/file1,v $
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11260) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11260) @i{}State:
Exp $
+cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11261) $cvs.texi(splitrcskeyword,11261) @i{}Log:
file1,v $
+cvs.texi(,11262) Revision 1.1 1993/12/09 03:30:17 joe
+cvs.texi(,11263) Initial revision
+cvs.texi(,11264)
+cvs.texi(,11265) @end example
+cvs.texi(,11266)
+cvs.texi(,11267) @c The idea behind this table is that we want each item
+cvs.texi(,11268) @c to be a sentence or two at most. Preferably a
+cvs.texi(,11269) @c single line.
+cvs.texi(,11270) @c
+cvs.texi(,11271) @c In some cases refs to "foo options" are just to get
+cvs.texi(,11272) @c this thing written quickly, not because the "foo
+cvs.texi(,11273) @c options" node is really the best place to point.
+cvs.texi(,11274) Commands, command options, and command arguments:
+cvs.texi(,11275)
+cvs.texi(,11276) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11277) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11278) @item add address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11279) Add a new file/directory. See @ref{Adding files}.
+cvs.texi(,11280)
+cvs.texi(,11281) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11282) @item -k @var{kflag}
+cvs.texi(,11283) Set keyword expansion.
+cvs.texi(,11284)
+cvs.texi(,11285) @item -m @var{msg}
+cvs.texi(,11286) Set file description.
+cvs.texi(,11287) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11288)
+cvs.texi(,11289) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11290) @item admin address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11291) Administration of history files in the repository. See
+cvs.texi(,11292) @ref{admin}.
+cvs.texi(,11293) @c This list omits those options which are not
+cvs.texi(,11294) @c documented as being useful with CVS. That might be
+cvs.texi(,11295) @c a mistake...
+cvs.texi(,11296)
+cvs.texi(,11297) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11298) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11299) Set default branch. See @ref{Reverting local changes}.
+cvs.texi(,11300)
+cvs.texi(,11301) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11302) Set comment leader.
+cvs.texi(,11303)
+cvs.texi(,11304) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11305) Set keyword substitution. See @ref{Keyword
+cvs.texi(,11306) substitution}.
+cvs.texi(,11307)
+cvs.texi(,11308) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11309) Lock revision @var{rev}, or latest revision.
+cvs.texi(,11310)
+cvs.texi(,11311) @item address@hidden:@var{msg}
+cvs.texi(,11312) Replace the log message of revision @var{rev} with
+cvs.texi(,11313) @var{msg}.
+cvs.texi(,11314)
+cvs.texi(,11315) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11316) Delete revisions from the repository. See
+cvs.texi(,11317) @ref{admin options}.
cvs.texi(,11318)
-cvs.texi(,11319) @c Does not work for client/server CVS
-cvs.texi(,11320) @item -t
-cvs.texi(,11321) Set file description from standard input.
-cvs.texi(,11322)
-cvs.texi(,11323) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11324) Set file description from @var{file}.
-cvs.texi(,11325)
-cvs.texi(,11326) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11327) Set file description to @var{string}.
+cvs.texi(,11319) @item -q
+cvs.texi(,11320) Run quietly; do not print diagnostics.
+cvs.texi(,11321)
+cvs.texi(,11322) @item address@hidden:@var{rev}]
+cvs.texi(,11323) Set the state.
+cvs.texi(,11324)
+cvs.texi(,11325) @c Does not work for client/server CVS
+cvs.texi(,11326) @item -t
+cvs.texi(,11327) Set file description from standard input.
cvs.texi(,11328)
-cvs.texi(,11329) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11330) Unlock revision @var{rev}, or latest revision.
-cvs.texi(,11331) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11332)
-cvs.texi(,11333) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11334) @item annotate address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11335) Show last revision where each line was modified. See
-cvs.texi(,11336) @ref{annotate}.
-cvs.texi(,11337)
-cvs.texi(,11338) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11339) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,11340) Annotate the most recent revision no later than
-cvs.texi(,11341) @var{date}. See @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11342)
-cvs.texi(,11343) @item -F
-cvs.texi(,11344) Force annotation of binary files. (Without this option,
-cvs.texi(,11345) binary files are skipped with a message.)
-cvs.texi(,11346)
-cvs.texi(,11347) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,11348) Use head revision if tag/date not found. See
-cvs.texi(,11349) @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11350)
-cvs.texi(,11351) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11352) Local; run only in current working directory.
@xref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11353)
-cvs.texi(,11354) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11355) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,11356) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11357)
-cvs.texi(,11358) @item -r @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,11359) Annotate revision @var{tag}. See @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11360) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11361)
-cvs.texi(,11362) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11363) @item checkout address@hidden @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11364) Get a copy of the sources. See @ref{checkout}.
-cvs.texi(,11365)
-cvs.texi(,11366) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11367) @item -A
-cvs.texi(,11368) Reset any sticky tags/date/options. See @ref{Sticky
-cvs.texi(,11369) tags} and @ref{Keyword substitution}.
-cvs.texi(,11370)
-cvs.texi(,11371) @item -c
-cvs.texi(,11372) Output the module database. See @ref{checkout options}.
-cvs.texi(,11373)
-cvs.texi(,11374) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,11375) Check out revisions as of @var{date} (is sticky). See
-cvs.texi(,11376) @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11377)
-cvs.texi(,11378) @item -d @var{dir}
-cvs.texi(,11379) Check out into @var{dir}. See @ref{checkout options}.
-cvs.texi(,11380)
-cvs.texi(,11381) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,11382) Use head revision if tag/date not found. See
-cvs.texi(,11383) @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11384)
-cvs.texi(,11385) @c Probably want to use rev1/rev2 style like for diff
-cvs.texi(,11386) @c -r. Here and in on-line help.
-cvs.texi(,11387) @item -j @var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,11388) Merge in changes. See @ref{checkout options}.
-cvs.texi(,11389)
-cvs.texi(,11390) @item -k @var{kflag}
-cvs.texi(,11391) Use @var{kflag} keyword expansion. See
-cvs.texi(,11392) @ref{Substitution modes}.
-cvs.texi(,11393)
-cvs.texi(,11394) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11395) Local; run only in current working directory.
@xref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11396)
-cvs.texi(,11397) @item -N
-cvs.texi(,11398) Don't ``shorten'' module paths if -d specified. See
-cvs.texi(,11399) @ref{checkout options}.
-cvs.texi(,11400)
-cvs.texi(,11401) @item -n
-cvs.texi(,11402) Do not run module program (if any). See @ref{checkout
options}.
-cvs.texi(,11403)
-cvs.texi(,11404) @item -P
-cvs.texi(,11405) Prune empty directories. See @ref{Moving directories}.
+cvs.texi(,11329) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11330) Set file description from @var{file}.
+cvs.texi(,11331)
+cvs.texi(,11332) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11333) Set file description to @var{string}.
+cvs.texi(,11334)
+cvs.texi(,11335) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11336) Unlock revision @var{rev}, or latest revision.
+cvs.texi(,11337) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11338)
+cvs.texi(,11339) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11340) @item annotate address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11341) Show last revision where each line was modified. See
+cvs.texi(,11342) @ref{annotate}.
+cvs.texi(,11343)
+cvs.texi(,11344) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11345) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,11346) Annotate the most recent revision no later than
+cvs.texi(,11347) @var{date}. See @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11348)
+cvs.texi(,11349) @item -F
+cvs.texi(,11350) Force annotation of binary files. (Without this option,
+cvs.texi(,11351) binary files are skipped with a message.)
+cvs.texi(,11352)
+cvs.texi(,11353) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,11354) Use head revision if tag/date not found. See
+cvs.texi(,11355) @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11356)
+cvs.texi(,11357) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11358) Local; run only in current working directory.
@xref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11359)
+cvs.texi(,11360) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11361) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,11362) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11363)
+cvs.texi(,11364) @item -r @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,11365) Annotate revision @var{tag}. See @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11366) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11367)
+cvs.texi(,11368) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11369) @item checkout address@hidden @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11370) Get a copy of the sources. See @ref{checkout}.
+cvs.texi(,11371)
+cvs.texi(,11372) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11373) @item -A
+cvs.texi(,11374) Reset any sticky tags/date/options. See @ref{Sticky
+cvs.texi(,11375) tags} and @ref{Keyword substitution}.
+cvs.texi(,11376)
+cvs.texi(,11377) @item -c
+cvs.texi(,11378) Output the module database. See @ref{checkout options}.
+cvs.texi(,11379)
+cvs.texi(,11380) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,11381) Check out revisions as of @var{date} (is sticky). See
+cvs.texi(,11382) @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11383)
+cvs.texi(,11384) @item -d @var{dir}
+cvs.texi(,11385) Check out into @var{dir}. See @ref{checkout options}.
+cvs.texi(,11386)
+cvs.texi(,11387) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,11388) Use head revision if tag/date not found. See
+cvs.texi(,11389) @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11390)
+cvs.texi(,11391) @c Probably want to use rev1/rev2 style like for diff
+cvs.texi(,11392) @c -r. Here and in on-line help.
+cvs.texi(,11393) @item -j @var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,11394) Merge in changes. See @ref{checkout options}.
+cvs.texi(,11395)
+cvs.texi(,11396) @item -k @var{kflag}
+cvs.texi(,11397) Use @var{kflag} keyword expansion. See
+cvs.texi(,11398) @ref{Substitution modes}.
+cvs.texi(,11399)
+cvs.texi(,11400) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11401) Local; run only in current working directory.
@xref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11402)
+cvs.texi(,11403) @item -N
+cvs.texi(,11404) Don't ``shorten'' module paths if -d specified. See
+cvs.texi(,11405) @ref{checkout options}.
cvs.texi(,11406)
-cvs.texi(,11407) @item -p
-cvs.texi(,11408) Check out files to standard output (avoids
-cvs.texi(,11409) stickiness). See @ref{checkout options}.
-cvs.texi(,11410)
-cvs.texi(,11411) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11412) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,11413) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11414)
-cvs.texi(,11415) @item -r @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,11416) Checkout revision @var{tag} (is sticky). See @ref{Common
options}.
-cvs.texi(,11417)
-cvs.texi(,11418) @item -s
-cvs.texi(,11419) Like -c, but include module status. See @ref{checkout
options}.
-cvs.texi(,11420) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11421)
-cvs.texi(,11422) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11423) @item commit address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11424) Check changes into the repository. See @ref{commit}.
-cvs.texi(,11425)
-cvs.texi(,11426) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11427) @item -F @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,11428) Read log message from @var{file}. See @ref{commit options}.
-cvs.texi(,11429)
-cvs.texi(,11430) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,11431) @c What is this "disables recursion"? It is from the
-cvs.texi(,11432) @c on-line help; is it documented in this manual?
-cvs.texi(,11433) Force the file to be committed; disables recursion.
-cvs.texi(,11434) See @ref{commit options}.
+cvs.texi(,11407) @item -n
+cvs.texi(,11408) Do not run module program (if any). See @ref{checkout
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11409)
+cvs.texi(,11410) @item -P
+cvs.texi(,11411) Prune empty directories. See @ref{Moving directories}.
+cvs.texi(,11412)
+cvs.texi(,11413) @item -p
+cvs.texi(,11414) Check out files to standard output (avoids
+cvs.texi(,11415) stickiness). See @ref{checkout options}.
+cvs.texi(,11416)
+cvs.texi(,11417) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11418) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,11419) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11420)
+cvs.texi(,11421) @item -r @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,11422) Checkout revision @var{tag} (is sticky). See @ref{Common
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11423)
+cvs.texi(,11424) @item -s
+cvs.texi(,11425) Like -c, but include module status. See @ref{checkout
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11426) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11427)
+cvs.texi(,11428) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11429) @item commit address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11430) Check changes into the repository. See @ref{commit}.
+cvs.texi(,11431)
+cvs.texi(,11432) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11433) @item -F @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,11434) Read log message from @var{file}. See @ref{commit options}.
cvs.texi(,11435)
-cvs.texi(,11436) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11437) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11438)
-cvs.texi(,11439) @item -m @var{msg}
-cvs.texi(,11440) Use @var{msg} as log message. See @ref{commit options}.
+cvs.texi(,11436) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,11437) @c What is this "disables recursion"? It is from the
+cvs.texi(,11438) @c on-line help; is it documented in this manual?
+cvs.texi(,11439) Force the file to be committed; disables recursion.
+cvs.texi(,11440) See @ref{commit options}.
cvs.texi(,11441)
-cvs.texi(,11442) @item -n
-cvs.texi(,11443) Do not run module program (if any). See @ref{commit options}.
+cvs.texi(,11442) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11443) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
cvs.texi(,11444)
-cvs.texi(,11445) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11446) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,11447) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11448)
-cvs.texi(,11449) @item -r @var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,11450) Commit to @var{rev}. See @ref{commit options}.
-cvs.texi(,11451) @c FIXME: should be dragging over text from
-cvs.texi(,11452) @c commit options, especially if it can be cleaned up
-cvs.texi(,11453) @c and made concise enough.
-cvs.texi(,11454) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11455)
-cvs.texi(,11456) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11457) @item diff address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11458) Show differences between revisions. See @ref{diff}.
-cvs.texi(,11459) In addition to the options shown below, accepts a wide
-cvs.texi(,11460) variety of options to control output style, for example
-cvs.texi(,11461) @samp{-c} for context diffs.
-cvs.texi(,11462)
-cvs.texi(,11463) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11464) @item -D @var{date1}
-cvs.texi(,11465) Diff revision for date against working file. See
-cvs.texi(,11466) @ref{diff options}.
-cvs.texi(,11467)
-cvs.texi(,11468) @item -D @var{date2}
-cvs.texi(,11469) Diff @var{rev1}/@var{date1} against @var{date2}. See
-cvs.texi(,11470) @ref{diff options}.
-cvs.texi(,11471)
-cvs.texi(,11472) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11473) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11474)
-cvs.texi(,11475) @item -N
-cvs.texi(,11476) Include diffs for added and removed files. See
-cvs.texi(,11477) @ref{diff options}.
-cvs.texi(,11478)
-cvs.texi(,11479) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11480) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,11481) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11482)
-cvs.texi(,11483) @item -r @var{rev1}
-cvs.texi(,11484) Diff revision for @var{rev1} against working file. See
-cvs.texi(,11485) @ref{diff options}.
-cvs.texi(,11486)
-cvs.texi(,11487) @item -r @var{rev2}
-cvs.texi(,11488) Diff @var{rev1}/@var{date1} against @var{rev2}. See
@ref{diff options}.
-cvs.texi(,11489) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11490)
-cvs.texi(,11491) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11492) @item edit address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11493) Get ready to edit a watched file. See @ref{Editing files}.
-cvs.texi(,11494)
-cvs.texi(,11495) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11496) @item -a @var{actions}
-cvs.texi(,11497) Specify actions for temporary watch, where
-cvs.texi(,11498) @var{actions} is @code{edit}, @code{unedit},
-cvs.texi(,11499) @code{commit}, @code{all}, or @code{none}. See
-cvs.texi(,11500) @ref{Editing files}.
-cvs.texi(,11501)
-cvs.texi(,11502) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11503) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11504)
-cvs.texi(,11505) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11506) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,11507) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11508) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11509)
-cvs.texi(,11510) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11511) @item editors address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11512) See who is editing a watched file. See @ref{Watch
information}.
-cvs.texi(,11513)
-cvs.texi(,11514) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11515) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11516) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11517)
-cvs.texi(,11518) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11519) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,11520) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11521) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11522)
-cvs.texi(,11523) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11524) @item export address@hidden @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11525) Export files from @sc{cvs}. See @ref{export}.
-cvs.texi(,11526)
-cvs.texi(,11527) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11528) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,11529) Check out revisions as of @var{date}. See
-cvs.texi(,11530) @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11531)
-cvs.texi(,11532) @item -d @var{dir}
-cvs.texi(,11533) Check out into @var{dir}. See @ref{export options}.
-cvs.texi(,11534)
-cvs.texi(,11535) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,11536) Use head revision if tag/date not found. See
-cvs.texi(,11537) @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11538)
-cvs.texi(,11539) @item -k @var{kflag}
-cvs.texi(,11540) Use @var{kflag} keyword expansion. See
-cvs.texi(,11541) @ref{Substitution modes}.
-cvs.texi(,11542)
-cvs.texi(,11543) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11544) Local; run only in current working directory.
@xref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11545)
-cvs.texi(,11546) @item -N
-cvs.texi(,11547) Don't ``shorten'' module paths if -d specified. See
-cvs.texi(,11548) @ref{export options}.
-cvs.texi(,11549)
-cvs.texi(,11550) @item -n
-cvs.texi(,11551) Do not run module program (if any). See @ref{export options}.
-cvs.texi(,11552)
-cvs.texi(,11553) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11554) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,11555) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11556)
-cvs.texi(,11557) @item -r @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,11558) Checkout revision @var{tag}. See @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11559) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11560)
-cvs.texi(,11561) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11562) @item history address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11563) Show repository access history. See @ref{history}.
-cvs.texi(,11564)
-cvs.texi(,11565) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11566) @item -a
-cvs.texi(,11567) All users (default is self). See @ref{history options}.
-cvs.texi(,11568)
-cvs.texi(,11569) @item -b @var{str}
-cvs.texi(,11570) Back to record with @var{str} in module/file/repos
-cvs.texi(,11571) field. See @ref{history options}.
-cvs.texi(,11572)
-cvs.texi(,11573) @item -c
-cvs.texi(,11574) Report on committed (modified) files. See @ref{history
options}.
-cvs.texi(,11575)
-cvs.texi(,11576) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,11577) Since @var{date}. See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11445) @item -m @var{msg}
+cvs.texi(,11446) Use @var{msg} as log message. See @ref{commit options}.
+cvs.texi(,11447)
+cvs.texi(,11448) @item -n
+cvs.texi(,11449) Do not run module program (if any). See @ref{commit options}.
+cvs.texi(,11450)
+cvs.texi(,11451) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11452) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,11453) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11454)
+cvs.texi(,11455) @item -r @var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,11456) Commit to @var{rev}. See @ref{commit options}.
+cvs.texi(,11457) @c FIXME: should be dragging over text from
+cvs.texi(,11458) @c commit options, especially if it can be cleaned up
+cvs.texi(,11459) @c and made concise enough.
+cvs.texi(,11460) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11461)
+cvs.texi(,11462) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11463) @item diff address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11464) Show differences between revisions. See @ref{diff}.
+cvs.texi(,11465) In addition to the options shown below, accepts a wide
+cvs.texi(,11466) variety of options to control output style, for example
+cvs.texi(,11467) @samp{-c} for context diffs.
+cvs.texi(,11468)
+cvs.texi(,11469) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11470) @item -D @var{date1}
+cvs.texi(,11471) Diff revision for date against working file. See
+cvs.texi(,11472) @ref{diff options}.
+cvs.texi(,11473)
+cvs.texi(,11474) @item -D @var{date2}
+cvs.texi(,11475) Diff @var{rev1}/@var{date1} against @var{date2}. See
+cvs.texi(,11476) @ref{diff options}.
+cvs.texi(,11477)
+cvs.texi(,11478) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11479) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11480)
+cvs.texi(,11481) @item -N
+cvs.texi(,11482) Include diffs for added and removed files. See
+cvs.texi(,11483) @ref{diff options}.
+cvs.texi(,11484)
+cvs.texi(,11485) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11486) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,11487) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11488)
+cvs.texi(,11489) @item -r @var{rev1}
+cvs.texi(,11490) Diff revision for @var{rev1} against working file. See
+cvs.texi(,11491) @ref{diff options}.
+cvs.texi(,11492)
+cvs.texi(,11493) @item -r @var{rev2}
+cvs.texi(,11494) Diff @var{rev1}/@var{date1} against @var{rev2}. See
@ref{diff options}.
+cvs.texi(,11495) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11496)
+cvs.texi(,11497) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11498) @item edit address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11499) Get ready to edit a watched file. See @ref{Editing files}.
+cvs.texi(,11500)
+cvs.texi(,11501) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11502) @item -a @var{actions}
+cvs.texi(,11503) Specify actions for temporary watch, where
+cvs.texi(,11504) @var{actions} is @code{edit}, @code{unedit},
+cvs.texi(,11505) @code{commit}, @code{all}, or @code{none}. See
+cvs.texi(,11506) @ref{Editing files}.
+cvs.texi(,11507)
+cvs.texi(,11508) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11509) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11510)
+cvs.texi(,11511) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11512) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,11513) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11514) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11515)
+cvs.texi(,11516) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11517) @item editors address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11518) See who is editing a watched file. See @ref{Watch
information}.
+cvs.texi(,11519)
+cvs.texi(,11520) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11521) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11522) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11523)
+cvs.texi(,11524) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11525) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,11526) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11527) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11528)
+cvs.texi(,11529) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11530) @item export address@hidden @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11531) Export files from @sc{cvs}. See @ref{export}.
+cvs.texi(,11532)
+cvs.texi(,11533) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11534) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,11535) Check out revisions as of @var{date}. See
+cvs.texi(,11536) @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11537)
+cvs.texi(,11538) @item -d @var{dir}
+cvs.texi(,11539) Check out into @var{dir}. See @ref{export options}.
+cvs.texi(,11540)
+cvs.texi(,11541) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,11542) Use head revision if tag/date not found. See
+cvs.texi(,11543) @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11544)
+cvs.texi(,11545) @item -k @var{kflag}
+cvs.texi(,11546) Use @var{kflag} keyword expansion. See
+cvs.texi(,11547) @ref{Substitution modes}.
+cvs.texi(,11548)
+cvs.texi(,11549) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11550) Local; run only in current working directory.
@xref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11551)
+cvs.texi(,11552) @item -N
+cvs.texi(,11553) Don't ``shorten'' module paths if -d specified. See
+cvs.texi(,11554) @ref{export options}.
+cvs.texi(,11555)
+cvs.texi(,11556) @item -n
+cvs.texi(,11557) Do not run module program (if any). See @ref{export options}.
+cvs.texi(,11558)
+cvs.texi(,11559) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11560) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,11561) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11562)
+cvs.texi(,11563) @item -r @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,11564) Checkout revision @var{tag}. See @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11565) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11566)
+cvs.texi(,11567) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11568) @item history address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11569) Show repository access history. See @ref{history}.
+cvs.texi(,11570)
+cvs.texi(,11571) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11572) @item -a
+cvs.texi(,11573) All users (default is self). See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11574)
+cvs.texi(,11575) @item -b @var{str}
+cvs.texi(,11576) Back to record with @var{str} in module/file/repos
+cvs.texi(,11577) field. See @ref{history options}.
cvs.texi(,11578)
-cvs.texi(,11579) @item -e
-cvs.texi(,11580) Report on all record types. See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11579) @item -c
+cvs.texi(,11580) Report on committed (modified) files. See @ref{history
options}.
cvs.texi(,11581)
-cvs.texi(,11582) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11583) Last modified (committed or modified report). See
@ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11582) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,11583) Since @var{date}. See @ref{history options}.
cvs.texi(,11584)
-cvs.texi(,11585) @item -m @var{module}
-cvs.texi(,11586) Report on @var{module} (repeatable). See @ref{history
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11585) @item -e
+cvs.texi(,11586) Report on all record types. See @ref{history options}.
cvs.texi(,11587)
-cvs.texi(,11588) @item -n @var{module}
-cvs.texi(,11589) In @var{module}. See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11588) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11589) Last modified (committed or modified report). See
@ref{history options}.
cvs.texi(,11590)
-cvs.texi(,11591) @item -o
-cvs.texi(,11592) Report on checked out modules. See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11591) @item -m @var{module}
+cvs.texi(,11592) Report on @var{module} (repeatable). See @ref{history
options}.
cvs.texi(,11593)
-cvs.texi(,11594) @item -p @var{repository}
-cvs.texi(,11595) In @var{repository}. See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11594) @item -n @var{module}
+cvs.texi(,11595) In @var{module}. See @ref{history options}.
cvs.texi(,11596)
-cvs.texi(,11597) @item -r @var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,11598) Since revision @var{rev}. See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11597) @item -o
+cvs.texi(,11598) Report on checked out modules. See @ref{history options}.
cvs.texi(,11599)
-cvs.texi(,11600) @item -T
-cvs.texi(,11601) @c What the @address@hidden is a TAG? Same as a tag? This
-cvs.texi(,11602) @c wording is also in the online-line help.
-cvs.texi(,11603) Produce report on all TAGs. See @ref{history options}.
-cvs.texi(,11604)
-cvs.texi(,11605) @item -t @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,11606) Since tag record placed in history file (by anyone).
-cvs.texi(,11607) See @ref{history options}.
-cvs.texi(,11608)
-cvs.texi(,11609) @item -u @var{user}
-cvs.texi(,11610) For user @var{user} (repeatable). See @ref{history options}.
-cvs.texi(,11611)
-cvs.texi(,11612) @item -w
-cvs.texi(,11613) Working directory must match. See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11600) @item -p @var{repository}
+cvs.texi(,11601) In @var{repository}. See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11602)
+cvs.texi(,11603) @item -r @var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,11604) Since revision @var{rev}. See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11605)
+cvs.texi(,11606) @item -T
+cvs.texi(,11607) @c What the @address@hidden is a TAG? Same as a tag? This
+cvs.texi(,11608) @c wording is also in the online-line help.
+cvs.texi(,11609) Produce report on all TAGs. See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11610)
+cvs.texi(,11611) @item -t @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,11612) Since tag record placed in history file (by anyone).
+cvs.texi(,11613) See @ref{history options}.
cvs.texi(,11614)
-cvs.texi(,11615) @item -x @var{types}
-cvs.texi(,11616) Report on @var{types}, one or more of
-cvs.texi(,11617) @code{TOEFWUCGMAR}. See @ref{history options}.
-cvs.texi(,11618)
-cvs.texi(,11619) @item -z @var{zone}
-cvs.texi(,11620) Output for time zone @var{zone}. See @ref{history options}.
-cvs.texi(,11621) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11622)
-cvs.texi(,11623) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11624) @item import address@hidden @var{repository} @var{vendor-tag}
@address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11625) Import files into @sc{cvs}, using vendor branches. See
-cvs.texi(,11626) @ref{import}.
-cvs.texi(,11627)
-cvs.texi(,11628) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11629) @item -b @var{bra}
-cvs.texi(,11630) Import to vendor branch @var{bra}. See
-cvs.texi(,11631) @ref{Multiple vendor branches}.
-cvs.texi(,11632)
-cvs.texi(,11633) @item -d
-cvs.texi(,11634) Use the file's modification time as the time of
-cvs.texi(,11635) import. See @ref{import options}.
-cvs.texi(,11636)
-cvs.texi(,11637) @item -k @var{kflag}
-cvs.texi(,11638) Set default keyword substitution mode. See
-cvs.texi(,11639) @ref{import options}.
-cvs.texi(,11640)
-cvs.texi(,11641) @item -m @var{msg}
-cvs.texi(,11642) Use @var{msg} for log message. See
-cvs.texi(,11643) @ref{import options}.
-cvs.texi(,11644)
-cvs.texi(,11645) @item -I @var{ign}
-cvs.texi(,11646) More files to ignore (! to reset). See
-cvs.texi(,11647) @ref{import options}.
-cvs.texi(,11648)
-cvs.texi(,11649) @item -W @var{spec}
-cvs.texi(,11650) More wrappers. See @ref{import options}.
-cvs.texi(,11651) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11652)
-cvs.texi(,11653) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11654) @item init
-cvs.texi(,11655) Create a @sc{cvs} repository if it doesn't exist. See
-cvs.texi(,11656) @ref{Creating a repository}.
-cvs.texi(,11657)
-cvs.texi(,11658) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11659) @item kserver
-cvs.texi(,11660) Kerberos authenticated server.
-cvs.texi(,11661) See @ref{Kerberos authenticated}.
-cvs.texi(,11662)
-cvs.texi(,11663) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11664) @item log address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11665) Print out history information for files. See @ref{log}.
-cvs.texi(,11666)
-cvs.texi(,11667) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11668) @item -b
-cvs.texi(,11669) Only list revisions on the default branch. See @ref{log
options}.
-cvs.texi(,11670)
-cvs.texi(,11671) @item -d @var{dates}
-cvs.texi(,11672) Specify dates (@var{d1}<@var{d2} for range, @var{d} for
-cvs.texi(,11673) latest before). See @ref{log options}.
-cvs.texi(,11674)
-cvs.texi(,11675) @item -h
-cvs.texi(,11676) Only print header. See @ref{log options}.
-cvs.texi(,11677)
-cvs.texi(,11678) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11679) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11615) @item -u @var{user}
+cvs.texi(,11616) For user @var{user} (repeatable). See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11617)
+cvs.texi(,11618) @item -w
+cvs.texi(,11619) Working directory must match. See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11620)
+cvs.texi(,11621) @item -x @var{types}
+cvs.texi(,11622) Report on @var{types}, one or more of
+cvs.texi(,11623) @code{TOEFWUCGMAR}. See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11624)
+cvs.texi(,11625) @item -z @var{zone}
+cvs.texi(,11626) Output for time zone @var{zone}. See @ref{history options}.
+cvs.texi(,11627) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11628)
+cvs.texi(,11629) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11630) @item import address@hidden @var{repository} @var{vendor-tag}
@address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11631) Import files into @sc{cvs}, using vendor branches. See
+cvs.texi(,11632) @ref{import}.
+cvs.texi(,11633)
+cvs.texi(,11634) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11635) @item -b @var{bra}
+cvs.texi(,11636) Import to vendor branch @var{bra}. See
+cvs.texi(,11637) @ref{Multiple vendor branches}.
+cvs.texi(,11638)
+cvs.texi(,11639) @item -d
+cvs.texi(,11640) Use the file's modification time as the time of
+cvs.texi(,11641) import. See @ref{import options}.
+cvs.texi(,11642)
+cvs.texi(,11643) @item -k @var{kflag}
+cvs.texi(,11644) Set default keyword substitution mode. See
+cvs.texi(,11645) @ref{import options}.
+cvs.texi(,11646)
+cvs.texi(,11647) @item -m @var{msg}
+cvs.texi(,11648) Use @var{msg} for log message. See
+cvs.texi(,11649) @ref{import options}.
+cvs.texi(,11650)
+cvs.texi(,11651) @item -I @var{ign}
+cvs.texi(,11652) More files to ignore (! to reset). See
+cvs.texi(,11653) @ref{import options}.
+cvs.texi(,11654)
+cvs.texi(,11655) @item -W @var{spec}
+cvs.texi(,11656) More wrappers. See @ref{import options}.
+cvs.texi(,11657) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11658)
+cvs.texi(,11659) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11660) @item init
+cvs.texi(,11661) Create a @sc{cvs} repository if it doesn't exist. See
+cvs.texi(,11662) @ref{Creating a repository}.
+cvs.texi(,11663)
+cvs.texi(,11664) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11665) @item kserver
+cvs.texi(,11666) Kerberos authenticated server.
+cvs.texi(,11667) See @ref{Kerberos authenticated}.
+cvs.texi(,11668)
+cvs.texi(,11669) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11670) @item log address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11671) Print out history information for files. See @ref{log}.
+cvs.texi(,11672)
+cvs.texi(,11673) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11674) @item -b
+cvs.texi(,11675) Only list revisions on the default branch. See @ref{log
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11676)
+cvs.texi(,11677) @item -d @var{dates}
+cvs.texi(,11678) Specify dates (@var{d1}<@var{d2} for range, @var{d} for
+cvs.texi(,11679) latest before). See @ref{log options}.
cvs.texi(,11680)
-cvs.texi(,11681) @item -N
-cvs.texi(,11682) Do not list tags. See @ref{log options}.
+cvs.texi(,11681) @item -h
+cvs.texi(,11682) Only print header. See @ref{log options}.
cvs.texi(,11683)
-cvs.texi(,11684) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11685) Only print name of RCS file. See @ref{log options}.
+cvs.texi(,11684) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11685) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
cvs.texi(,11686)
-cvs.texi(,11687) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11688) Only list revisions @var{revs}. See @ref{log options}.
+cvs.texi(,11687) @item -N
+cvs.texi(,11688) Do not list tags. See @ref{log options}.
cvs.texi(,11689)
-cvs.texi(,11690) @item -s @var{states}
-cvs.texi(,11691) Only list revisions with specified states. See @ref{log
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11690) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11691) Only print name of RCS file. See @ref{log options}.
cvs.texi(,11692)
-cvs.texi(,11693) @item -t
-cvs.texi(,11694) Only print header and descriptive text. See @ref{log
-cvs.texi(,11695) options}.
-cvs.texi(,11696)
-cvs.texi(,11697) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11698) Only list revisions checked in by specified logins. See
@ref{log options}.
-cvs.texi(,11699) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11700)
-cvs.texi(,11701) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11702) @item login
-cvs.texi(,11703) Prompt for password for authenticating server. See
-cvs.texi(,11704) @ref{Password authentication client}.
-cvs.texi(,11705)
-cvs.texi(,11706) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11707) @item logout
-cvs.texi(,11708) Remove stored password for authenticating server. See
-cvs.texi(,11709) @ref{Password authentication client}.
-cvs.texi(,11710)
-cvs.texi(,11711) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11712) @item pserver
-cvs.texi(,11713) Password authenticated server.
-cvs.texi(,11714) See @ref{Password authentication server}.
-cvs.texi(,11715)
-cvs.texi(,11716) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11717) @item rannotate address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11718) Show last revision where each line was modified. See
-cvs.texi(,11719) @ref{annotate}.
-cvs.texi(,11720)
-cvs.texi(,11721) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11722) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,11723) Annotate the most recent revision no later than
-cvs.texi(,11724) @var{date}. See @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11725)
-cvs.texi(,11726) @item -F
-cvs.texi(,11727) Force annotation of binary files. (Without this option,
-cvs.texi(,11728) binary files are skipped with a message.)
-cvs.texi(,11729)
-cvs.texi(,11730) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,11731) Use head revision if tag/date not found. See
-cvs.texi(,11732) @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11733)
-cvs.texi(,11734) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11735) Local; run only in current working directory.
@xref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11736)
-cvs.texi(,11737) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11738) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11693) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11694) Only list revisions @var{revs}. See @ref{log options}.
+cvs.texi(,11695)
+cvs.texi(,11696) @item -s @var{states}
+cvs.texi(,11697) Only list revisions with specified states. See @ref{log
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11698)
+cvs.texi(,11699) @item -t
+cvs.texi(,11700) Only print header and descriptive text. See @ref{log
+cvs.texi(,11701) options}.
+cvs.texi(,11702)
+cvs.texi(,11703) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11704) Only list revisions checked in by specified logins. See
@ref{log options}.
+cvs.texi(,11705) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11706)
+cvs.texi(,11707) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11708) @item login
+cvs.texi(,11709) Prompt for password for authenticating server. See
+cvs.texi(,11710) @ref{Password authentication client}.
+cvs.texi(,11711)
+cvs.texi(,11712) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11713) @item logout
+cvs.texi(,11714) Remove stored password for authenticating server. See
+cvs.texi(,11715) @ref{Password authentication client}.
+cvs.texi(,11716)
+cvs.texi(,11717) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11718) @item pserver
+cvs.texi(,11719) Password authenticated server.
+cvs.texi(,11720) See @ref{Password authentication server}.
+cvs.texi(,11721)
+cvs.texi(,11722) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11723) @item rannotate address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11724) Show last revision where each line was modified. See
+cvs.texi(,11725) @ref{annotate}.
+cvs.texi(,11726)
+cvs.texi(,11727) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11728) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,11729) Annotate the most recent revision no later than
+cvs.texi(,11730) @var{date}. See @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11731)
+cvs.texi(,11732) @item -F
+cvs.texi(,11733) Force annotation of binary files. (Without this option,
+cvs.texi(,11734) binary files are skipped with a message.)
+cvs.texi(,11735)
+cvs.texi(,11736) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,11737) Use head revision if tag/date not found. See
+cvs.texi(,11738) @ref{Common options}.
cvs.texi(,11739)
-cvs.texi(,11740) @item -r @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,11741) Annotate revision @var{tag}. See @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11742) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11743)
-cvs.texi(,11744) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11745) @item rdiff address@hidden @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11746) Show differences between releases. See @ref{rdiff}.
-cvs.texi(,11747)
-cvs.texi(,11748) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11749) @item -c
-cvs.texi(,11750) Context diff output format (default). See @ref{rdiff
options}.
-cvs.texi(,11751)
-cvs.texi(,11752) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,11753) Select revisions based on @var{date}. See @ref{Common
options}.
-cvs.texi(,11754)
-cvs.texi(,11755) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,11756) Use head revision if tag/date not found. See
-cvs.texi(,11757) @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11758)
-cvs.texi(,11759) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11760) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11761)
-cvs.texi(,11762) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11763) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,11764) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11765)
-cvs.texi(,11766) @item -r @var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,11767) Select revisions based on @var{rev}. See @ref{Common
options}.
-cvs.texi(,11768)
-cvs.texi(,11769) @item -s
-cvs.texi(,11770) Short patch - one liner per file. See @ref{rdiff options}.
+cvs.texi(,11740) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11741) Local; run only in current working directory.
@xref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11742)
+cvs.texi(,11743) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11744) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11745)
+cvs.texi(,11746) @item -r @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,11747) Annotate revision @var{tag}. See @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11748) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11749)
+cvs.texi(,11750) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11751) @item rdiff address@hidden @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11752) Show differences between releases. See @ref{rdiff}.
+cvs.texi(,11753)
+cvs.texi(,11754) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11755) @item -c
+cvs.texi(,11756) Context diff output format (default). See @ref{rdiff
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11757)
+cvs.texi(,11758) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,11759) Select revisions based on @var{date}. See @ref{Common
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11760)
+cvs.texi(,11761) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,11762) Use head revision if tag/date not found. See
+cvs.texi(,11763) @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11764)
+cvs.texi(,11765) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11766) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11767)
+cvs.texi(,11768) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11769) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,11770) behavior}.
cvs.texi(,11771)
-cvs.texi(,11772) @item -t
-cvs.texi(,11773) Top two diffs - last change made to the file. See
-cvs.texi(,11774) @ref{diff options}.
-cvs.texi(,11775)
-cvs.texi(,11776) @item -u
-cvs.texi(,11777) Unidiff output format. See @ref{rdiff options}.
-cvs.texi(,11778)
-cvs.texi(,11779) @item -V @var{vers}
-cvs.texi(,11780) Use RCS Version @var{vers} for keyword expansion (obsolete).
See
-cvs.texi(,11781) @ref{rdiff options}.
-cvs.texi(,11782) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11783)
-cvs.texi(,11784) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11785) @item release address@hidden @var{directory}
-cvs.texi(,11786) Indicate that a directory is no longer in use. See
-cvs.texi(,11787) @ref{release}.
-cvs.texi(,11788)
-cvs.texi(,11789) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11790) @item -d
-cvs.texi(,11791) Delete the given directory. See @ref{release options}.
-cvs.texi(,11792) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11793)
-cvs.texi(,11794) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11795) @item remove address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11796) Remove an entry from the repository. See @ref{Removing
files}.
-cvs.texi(,11797)
-cvs.texi(,11798) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11799) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,11800) Delete the file before removing it. See @ref{Removing files}.
-cvs.texi(,11801)
-cvs.texi(,11802) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11803) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11804)
-cvs.texi(,11805) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11806) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,11807) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11808) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11809)
-cvs.texi(,11810) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11811) @item rlog address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11812) Print out history information for modules. See @ref{log}.
-cvs.texi(,11813)
-cvs.texi(,11814) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11815) @item -b
-cvs.texi(,11816) Only list revisions on the default branch. See @ref{log
options}.
-cvs.texi(,11817)
-cvs.texi(,11818) @item -d @var{dates}
-cvs.texi(,11819) Specify dates (@var{d1}<@var{d2} for range, @var{d} for
-cvs.texi(,11820) latest before). See @ref{log options}.
-cvs.texi(,11821)
-cvs.texi(,11822) @item -h
-cvs.texi(,11823) Only print header. See @ref{log options}.
-cvs.texi(,11824)
-cvs.texi(,11825) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11826) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11772) @item -r @var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,11773) Select revisions based on @var{rev}. See @ref{Common
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11774)
+cvs.texi(,11775) @item -s
+cvs.texi(,11776) Short patch - one liner per file. See @ref{rdiff options}.
+cvs.texi(,11777)
+cvs.texi(,11778) @item -t
+cvs.texi(,11779) Top two diffs - last change made to the file. See
+cvs.texi(,11780) @ref{diff options}.
+cvs.texi(,11781)
+cvs.texi(,11782) @item -u
+cvs.texi(,11783) Unidiff output format. See @ref{rdiff options}.
+cvs.texi(,11784)
+cvs.texi(,11785) @item -V @var{vers}
+cvs.texi(,11786) Use RCS Version @var{vers} for keyword expansion (obsolete).
See
+cvs.texi(,11787) @ref{rdiff options}.
+cvs.texi(,11788) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11789)
+cvs.texi(,11790) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11791) @item release address@hidden @var{directory}
+cvs.texi(,11792) Indicate that a directory is no longer in use. See
+cvs.texi(,11793) @ref{release}.
+cvs.texi(,11794)
+cvs.texi(,11795) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11796) @item -d
+cvs.texi(,11797) Delete the given directory. See @ref{release options}.
+cvs.texi(,11798) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11799)
+cvs.texi(,11800) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11801) @item remove address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11802) Remove an entry from the repository. See @ref{Removing
files}.
+cvs.texi(,11803)
+cvs.texi(,11804) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11805) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,11806) Delete the file before removing it. See @ref{Removing files}.
+cvs.texi(,11807)
+cvs.texi(,11808) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11809) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11810)
+cvs.texi(,11811) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11812) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,11813) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11814) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11815)
+cvs.texi(,11816) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11817) @item rlog address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11818) Print out history information for modules. See @ref{log}.
+cvs.texi(,11819)
+cvs.texi(,11820) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11821) @item -b
+cvs.texi(,11822) Only list revisions on the default branch. See @ref{log
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11823)
+cvs.texi(,11824) @item -d @var{dates}
+cvs.texi(,11825) Specify dates (@var{d1}<@var{d2} for range, @var{d} for
+cvs.texi(,11826) latest before). See @ref{log options}.
cvs.texi(,11827)
-cvs.texi(,11828) @item -N
-cvs.texi(,11829) Do not list tags. See @ref{log options}.
+cvs.texi(,11828) @item -h
+cvs.texi(,11829) Only print header. See @ref{log options}.
cvs.texi(,11830)
-cvs.texi(,11831) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11832) Only print name of RCS file. See @ref{log options}.
+cvs.texi(,11831) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11832) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
cvs.texi(,11833)
-cvs.texi(,11834) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11835) Only list revisions @var{revs}. See @ref{log options}.
+cvs.texi(,11834) @item -N
+cvs.texi(,11835) Do not list tags. See @ref{log options}.
cvs.texi(,11836)
-cvs.texi(,11837) @item -s @var{states}
-cvs.texi(,11838) Only list revisions with specified states. See @ref{log
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11837) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11838) Only print name of RCS file. See @ref{log options}.
cvs.texi(,11839)
-cvs.texi(,11840) @item -t
-cvs.texi(,11841) Only print header and descriptive text. See @ref{log
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11840) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11841) Only list revisions @var{revs}. See @ref{log options}.
cvs.texi(,11842)
-cvs.texi(,11843) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11844) Only list revisions checked in by specified logins. See
@ref{log options}.
-cvs.texi(,11845) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11846)
-cvs.texi(,11847) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11848) @item rtag address@hidden @var{tag} @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11849) Add a symbolic tag to a module.
-cvs.texi(,11850) See @ref{Revisions} and @ref{Branching and merging}.
-cvs.texi(,11851)
-cvs.texi(,11852) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11853) @item -a
-cvs.texi(,11854) Clear tag from removed files that would not otherwise
-cvs.texi(,11855) be tagged. See @ref{Tagging add/remove}.
-cvs.texi(,11856)
-cvs.texi(,11857) @item -b
-cvs.texi(,11858) Create a branch named @var{tag}. See @ref{Branching and
merging}.
-cvs.texi(,11859)
-cvs.texi(,11860) @item -B
-cvs.texi(,11861) Used in conjunction with -F or -d, enables movement and
deletion of
-cvs.texi(,11862) branch tags. Use with extreme caution.
-cvs.texi(,11863)
-cvs.texi(,11864) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,11865) Tag revisions as of @var{date}. See @ref{Tagging by
date/tag}.
-cvs.texi(,11866)
-cvs.texi(,11867) @item -d
-cvs.texi(,11868) Delete @var{tag}. See @ref{Modifying tags}.
+cvs.texi(,11843) @item -s @var{states}
+cvs.texi(,11844) Only list revisions with specified states. See @ref{log
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11845)
+cvs.texi(,11846) @item -t
+cvs.texi(,11847) Only print header and descriptive text. See @ref{log
options}.
+cvs.texi(,11848)
+cvs.texi(,11849) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11850) Only list revisions checked in by specified logins. See
@ref{log options}.
+cvs.texi(,11851) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11852)
+cvs.texi(,11853) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11854) @item rtag address@hidden @var{tag} @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11855) Add a symbolic tag to a module.
+cvs.texi(,11856) See @ref{Revisions} and @ref{Branching and merging}.
+cvs.texi(,11857)
+cvs.texi(,11858) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11859) @item -a
+cvs.texi(,11860) Clear tag from removed files that would not otherwise
+cvs.texi(,11861) be tagged. See @ref{Tagging add/remove}.
+cvs.texi(,11862)
+cvs.texi(,11863) @item -b
+cvs.texi(,11864) Create a branch named @var{tag}. See @ref{Branching and
merging}.
+cvs.texi(,11865)
+cvs.texi(,11866) @item -B
+cvs.texi(,11867) Used in conjunction with -F or -d, enables movement and
deletion of
+cvs.texi(,11868) branch tags. Use with extreme caution.
cvs.texi(,11869)
-cvs.texi(,11870) @item -F
-cvs.texi(,11871) Move @var{tag} if it already exists. See @ref{Modifying
tags}.
+cvs.texi(,11870) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,11871) Tag revisions as of @var{date}. See @ref{Tagging by
date/tag}.
cvs.texi(,11872)
-cvs.texi(,11873) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,11874) Force a head revision match if tag/date not found.
-cvs.texi(,11875) See @ref{Tagging by date/tag}.
-cvs.texi(,11876)
-cvs.texi(,11877) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11878) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11879)
-cvs.texi(,11880) @item -n
-cvs.texi(,11881) No execution of tag program. See @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11873) @item -d
+cvs.texi(,11874) Delete @var{tag}. See @ref{Modifying tags}.
+cvs.texi(,11875)
+cvs.texi(,11876) @item -F
+cvs.texi(,11877) Move @var{tag} if it already exists. See @ref{Modifying
tags}.
+cvs.texi(,11878)
+cvs.texi(,11879) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,11880) Force a head revision match if tag/date not found.
+cvs.texi(,11881) See @ref{Tagging by date/tag}.
cvs.texi(,11882)
-cvs.texi(,11883) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11884) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,11885) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11886)
-cvs.texi(,11887) @item -r @var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,11888) Tag existing tag @var{rev}. See @ref{Tagging by date/tag}.
-cvs.texi(,11889) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11890)
-cvs.texi(,11891) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11892) @item server
-cvs.texi(,11893) Rsh server. See @ref{Connecting via rsh}.
-cvs.texi(,11894)
-cvs.texi(,11895) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11896) @item status address@hidden @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,11897) Display status information in a working directory. See
-cvs.texi(,11898) @ref{File status}.
-cvs.texi(,11899)
-cvs.texi(,11900) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11901) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11902) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11903)
-cvs.texi(,11904) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11905) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,11906) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11907)
-cvs.texi(,11908) @item -v
-cvs.texi(,11909) Include tag information for file. See @ref{Tags}.
-cvs.texi(,11910) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11911)
-cvs.texi(,11912) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11913) @item tag address@hidden @var{tag} address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11914) Add a symbolic tag to checked out version of files.
-cvs.texi(,11915) See @ref{Revisions} and @ref{Branching and merging}.
-cvs.texi(,11916)
-cvs.texi(,11917) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11918) @item -b
-cvs.texi(,11919) Create a branch named @var{tag}. See @ref{Branching and
merging}.
-cvs.texi(,11920)
-cvs.texi(,11921) @item -c
-cvs.texi(,11922) Check that working files are unmodified. See
-cvs.texi(,11923) @ref{Tagging the working directory}.
-cvs.texi(,11924)
-cvs.texi(,11925) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,11926) Tag revisions as of @var{date}. See @ref{Tagging by
date/tag}.
-cvs.texi(,11927)
-cvs.texi(,11928) @item -d
-cvs.texi(,11929) Delete @var{tag}. See @ref{Modifying tags}.
+cvs.texi(,11883) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11884) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11885)
+cvs.texi(,11886) @item -n
+cvs.texi(,11887) No execution of tag program. See @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11888)
+cvs.texi(,11889) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11890) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,11891) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11892)
+cvs.texi(,11893) @item -r @var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,11894) Tag existing tag @var{rev}. See @ref{Tagging by date/tag}.
+cvs.texi(,11895) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11896)
+cvs.texi(,11897) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11898) @item server
+cvs.texi(,11899) Rsh server. See @ref{Connecting via rsh}.
+cvs.texi(,11900)
+cvs.texi(,11901) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11902) @item status address@hidden @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,11903) Display status information in a working directory. See
+cvs.texi(,11904) @ref{File status}.
+cvs.texi(,11905)
+cvs.texi(,11906) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11907) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11908) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11909)
+cvs.texi(,11910) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11911) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,11912) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11913)
+cvs.texi(,11914) @item -v
+cvs.texi(,11915) Include tag information for file. See @ref{Tags}.
+cvs.texi(,11916) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11917)
+cvs.texi(,11918) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11919) @item tag address@hidden @var{tag} address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11920) Add a symbolic tag to checked out version of files.
+cvs.texi(,11921) See @ref{Revisions} and @ref{Branching and merging}.
+cvs.texi(,11922)
+cvs.texi(,11923) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11924) @item -b
+cvs.texi(,11925) Create a branch named @var{tag}. See @ref{Branching and
merging}.
+cvs.texi(,11926)
+cvs.texi(,11927) @item -c
+cvs.texi(,11928) Check that working files are unmodified. See
+cvs.texi(,11929) @ref{Tagging the working directory}.
cvs.texi(,11930)
-cvs.texi(,11931) @item -F
-cvs.texi(,11932) Move @var{tag} if it already exists. See @ref{Modifying
tags}.
+cvs.texi(,11931) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,11932) Tag revisions as of @var{date}. See @ref{Tagging by
date/tag}.
cvs.texi(,11933)
-cvs.texi(,11934) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,11935) Force a head revision match if tag/date not found.
-cvs.texi(,11936) See @ref{Tagging by date/tag}.
-cvs.texi(,11937)
-cvs.texi(,11938) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11939) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11940)
-cvs.texi(,11941) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11942) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,11943) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11944)
-cvs.texi(,11945) @item -r @var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,11946) Tag existing tag @var{rev}. See @ref{Tagging by date/tag}.
-cvs.texi(,11947) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11948)
-cvs.texi(,11949) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11950) @item unedit address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11951) Undo an edit command. See @ref{Editing files}.
-cvs.texi(,11952)
-cvs.texi(,11953) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11954) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,11955) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11956)
-cvs.texi(,11957) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,11958) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,11959) @end table
-cvs.texi(,11960)
-cvs.texi(,11961) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,11962) @item update address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,11963) Bring work tree in sync with repository. See
-cvs.texi(,11964) @ref{update}.
-cvs.texi(,11965)
-cvs.texi(,11966) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,11967) @item -A
-cvs.texi(,11968) Reset any sticky tags/date/options. See @ref{Sticky
-cvs.texi(,11969) tags} and @ref{Keyword substitution}.
-cvs.texi(,11970)
-cvs.texi(,11971) @item -C
-cvs.texi(,11972) Overwrite locally modified files with clean copies from
-cvs.texi(,11973) the repository (the modified file is saved in
-cvs.texi(,11974) @address@hidden@var{revision}}, however).
-cvs.texi(,11975)
-cvs.texi(,11976) @item -D @var{date}
-cvs.texi(,11977) Check out revisions as of @var{date} (is sticky). See
-cvs.texi(,11978) @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11979)
-cvs.texi(,11980) @item -d
-cvs.texi(,11981) Create directories. See @ref{update options}.
-cvs.texi(,11982)
-cvs.texi(,11983) @item -f
-cvs.texi(,11984) Use head revision if tag/date not found. See
-cvs.texi(,11985) @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,11986)
-cvs.texi(,11987) @item -I @var{ign}
-cvs.texi(,11988) More files to ignore (! to reset). See
-cvs.texi(,11989) @ref{import options}.
-cvs.texi(,11990)
-cvs.texi(,11991) @c Probably want to use rev1/rev2 style like for diff
-cvs.texi(,11992) @c -r. Here and in on-line help.
-cvs.texi(,11993) @item -j @var{rev}
-cvs.texi(,11994) Merge in changes. See @ref{update options}.
-cvs.texi(,11995)
-cvs.texi(,11996) @item -k @var{kflag}
-cvs.texi(,11997) Use @var{kflag} keyword expansion. See
-cvs.texi(,11998) @ref{Substitution modes}.
-cvs.texi(,11999)
-cvs.texi(,12000) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,12001) Local; run only in current working directory.
@xref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,12002)
-cvs.texi(,12003) @item -P
-cvs.texi(,12004) Prune empty directories. See @ref{Moving directories}.
+cvs.texi(,11934) @item -d
+cvs.texi(,11935) Delete @var{tag}. See @ref{Modifying tags}.
+cvs.texi(,11936)
+cvs.texi(,11937) @item -F
+cvs.texi(,11938) Move @var{tag} if it already exists. See @ref{Modifying
tags}.
+cvs.texi(,11939)
+cvs.texi(,11940) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,11941) Force a head revision match if tag/date not found.
+cvs.texi(,11942) See @ref{Tagging by date/tag}.
+cvs.texi(,11943)
+cvs.texi(,11944) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11945) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11946)
+cvs.texi(,11947) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11948) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,11949) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11950)
+cvs.texi(,11951) @item -r @var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,11952) Tag existing tag @var{rev}. See @ref{Tagging by date/tag}.
+cvs.texi(,11953) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11954)
+cvs.texi(,11955) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11956) @item unedit address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11957) Undo an edit command. See @ref{Editing files}.
+cvs.texi(,11958)
+cvs.texi(,11959) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11960) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,11961) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11962)
+cvs.texi(,11963) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,11964) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,11965) @end table
+cvs.texi(,11966)
+cvs.texi(,11967) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,11968) @item update address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,11969) Bring work tree in sync with repository. See
+cvs.texi(,11970) @ref{update}.
+cvs.texi(,11971)
+cvs.texi(,11972) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,11973) @item -A
+cvs.texi(,11974) Reset any sticky tags/date/options. See @ref{Sticky
+cvs.texi(,11975) tags} and @ref{Keyword substitution}.
+cvs.texi(,11976)
+cvs.texi(,11977) @item -C
+cvs.texi(,11978) Overwrite locally modified files with clean copies from
+cvs.texi(,11979) the repository (the modified file is saved in
+cvs.texi(,11980) @address@hidden@var{revision}}, however).
+cvs.texi(,11981)
+cvs.texi(,11982) @item -D @var{date}
+cvs.texi(,11983) Check out revisions as of @var{date} (is sticky). See
+cvs.texi(,11984) @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11985)
+cvs.texi(,11986) @item -d
+cvs.texi(,11987) Create directories. See @ref{update options}.
+cvs.texi(,11988)
+cvs.texi(,11989) @item -f
+cvs.texi(,11990) Use head revision if tag/date not found. See
+cvs.texi(,11991) @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,11992)
+cvs.texi(,11993) @item -I @var{ign}
+cvs.texi(,11994) More files to ignore (! to reset). See
+cvs.texi(,11995) @ref{import options}.
+cvs.texi(,11996)
+cvs.texi(,11997) @c Probably want to use rev1/rev2 style like for diff
+cvs.texi(,11998) @c -r. Here and in on-line help.
+cvs.texi(,11999) @item -j @var{rev}
+cvs.texi(,12000) Merge in changes. See @ref{update options}.
+cvs.texi(,12001)
+cvs.texi(,12002) @item -k @var{kflag}
+cvs.texi(,12003) Use @var{kflag} keyword expansion. See
+cvs.texi(,12004) @ref{Substitution modes}.
cvs.texi(,12005)
-cvs.texi(,12006) @item -p
-cvs.texi(,12007) Check out files to standard output (avoids
-cvs.texi(,12008) stickiness). See @ref{update options}.
-cvs.texi(,12009)
-cvs.texi(,12010) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,12011) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,12012) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,12013)
-cvs.texi(,12014) @item -r @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,12015) Checkout revision @var{tag} (is sticky). See @ref{Common
options}.
-cvs.texi(,12016)
-cvs.texi(,12017) @item -W @var{spec}
-cvs.texi(,12018) More wrappers. See @ref{import options}.
-cvs.texi(,12019) @end table
-cvs.texi(,12020)
-cvs.texi(,12021) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,12022) @item version
-cvs.texi(,12023) @cindex version (subcommand)
-cvs.texi(,12024)
-cvs.texi(,12025) Display the version of @sc{cvs} being used. If the repository
-cvs.texi(,12026) is remote, display both the client and server versions.
-cvs.texi(,12027)
-cvs.texi(,12028) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,12029) @item watch [on|off|add|remove] address@hidden
address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,12006) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,12007) Local; run only in current working directory.
@xref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,12008)
+cvs.texi(,12009) @item -P
+cvs.texi(,12010) Prune empty directories. See @ref{Moving directories}.
+cvs.texi(,12011)
+cvs.texi(,12012) @item -p
+cvs.texi(,12013) Check out files to standard output (avoids
+cvs.texi(,12014) stickiness). See @ref{update options}.
+cvs.texi(,12015)
+cvs.texi(,12016) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,12017) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,12018) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,12019)
+cvs.texi(,12020) @item -r @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,12021) Checkout revision @var{tag} (is sticky). See @ref{Common
options}.
+cvs.texi(,12022)
+cvs.texi(,12023) @item -W @var{spec}
+cvs.texi(,12024) More wrappers. See @ref{import options}.
+cvs.texi(,12025) @end table
+cvs.texi(,12026)
+cvs.texi(,12027) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,12028) @item version
+cvs.texi(,12029) @cindex version (subcommand)
cvs.texi(,12030)
-cvs.texi(,12031) on/off: turn on/off read-only checkouts of files. See
-cvs.texi(,12032) @ref{Setting a watch}.
+cvs.texi(,12031) Display the version of @sc{cvs} being used. If the repository
+cvs.texi(,12032) is remote, display both the client and server versions.
cvs.texi(,12033)
-cvs.texi(,12034) add/remove: add or remove notification on actions. See
-cvs.texi(,12035) @ref{Getting Notified}.
+cvs.texi(,12034) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,12035) @item watch [on|off|add|remove] address@hidden
address@hidden@dots{}]
cvs.texi(,12036)
-cvs.texi(,12037) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,12038) @item -a @var{actions}
-cvs.texi(,12039) Specify actions for temporary watch, where
-cvs.texi(,12040) @var{actions} is @code{edit}, @code{unedit},
-cvs.texi(,12041) @code{commit}, @code{all}, or @code{none}. See
-cvs.texi(,12042) @ref{Editing files}.
-cvs.texi(,12043)
-cvs.texi(,12044) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,12045) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,12046)
-cvs.texi(,12047) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,12048) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,12049) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,12050) @end table
-cvs.texi(,12051)
-cvs.texi(,12052) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,12053) @item watchers address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
-cvs.texi(,12054) See who is watching a file. See @ref{Watch information}.
-cvs.texi(,12055)
-cvs.texi(,12056) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,12057) @item -l
-cvs.texi(,12058) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,12059)
-cvs.texi(,12060) @item -R
-cvs.texi(,12061) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
-cvs.texi(,12062) behavior}.
-cvs.texi(,12063) @end table
-cvs.texi(,12064)
-cvs.texi(,12065) @end table
-cvs.texi(,12066)
-cvs.texi(,12067) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,12068) @node Administrative files
-cvs.texi(,12069) @appendix Reference manual for Administrative files
-cvs.texi(,12070) @cindex Administrative files (reference)
-cvs.texi(,12071) @cindex Files, reference manual
-cvs.texi(,12072) @cindex Reference manual (files)
-cvs.texi(,12073) @cindex CVSROOT (file)
-cvs.texi(,12074)
-cvs.texi(,12075) @c FIXME? Somewhere there needs to be a more "how-to"
-cvs.texi(,12076) @c guide to writing these. I think the triggers
-cvs.texi(,12077) @c (commitinfo, loginfo, taginfo, &c) are perhaps a
-cvs.texi(,12078) @c different case than files like modules. One
-cvs.texi(,12079) @c particular issue that people sometimes are
-cvs.texi(,12080) @c (unnecessarily?) worried about is performance, and
-cvs.texi(,12081) @c the impact of writing in perl or sh or ____.
-cvs.texi(,12082) Inside the repository, in the directory
-cvs.texi(,12083) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT}, there are a number of
-cvs.texi(,12084) supportive files for @sc{cvs}. You can use @sc{cvs} in a
limited
-cvs.texi(,12085) fashion without any of them, but if they are set up
-cvs.texi(,12086) properly they can help make life easier. For a
-cvs.texi(,12087) discussion of how to edit them, see @ref{Intro
-cvs.texi(,12088) administrative files}.
-cvs.texi(,12089)
-cvs.texi(,12090) The most important of these files is the @file{modules}
-cvs.texi(,12091) file, which defines the modules inside the repository.
-cvs.texi(,12092)
-cvs.texi(,12093) @menu
-cvs.texi(,12094) * modules:: Defining modules
-cvs.texi(,12095) * Wrappers:: Specify binary-ness based on
file name
-cvs.texi(,12096) * commit files:: The commit support files
(commitinfo,
-cvs.texi(,12097) verifymsg, editinfo, loginfo)
-cvs.texi(,12098) * rcsinfo:: Templates for the log messages
-cvs.texi(,12099) * cvsignore:: Ignoring files via cvsignore
-cvs.texi(,12100) * checkoutlist:: Adding your own
administrative files
-cvs.texi(,12101) * history file:: History information
-cvs.texi(,12102) * Variables:: Various variables are expanded
-cvs.texi(,12103) * config:: Miscellaneous CVS
configuration
-cvs.texi(,12104) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,12105)
-cvs.texi(,12106) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,12107) @node modules
-cvs.texi(,12108) @appendixsec The modules file
-cvs.texi(,12109) @cindex Modules (admin file)
-cvs.texi(,12110) @cindex Defining modules (reference manual)
+cvs.texi(,12037) on/off: turn on/off read-only checkouts of files. See
+cvs.texi(,12038) @ref{Setting a watch}.
+cvs.texi(,12039)
+cvs.texi(,12040) add/remove: add or remove notification on actions. See
+cvs.texi(,12041) @ref{Getting Notified}.
+cvs.texi(,12042)
+cvs.texi(,12043) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,12044) @item -a @var{actions}
+cvs.texi(,12045) Specify actions for temporary watch, where
+cvs.texi(,12046) @var{actions} is @code{edit}, @code{unedit},
+cvs.texi(,12047) @code{commit}, @code{all}, or @code{none}. See
+cvs.texi(,12048) @ref{Editing files}.
+cvs.texi(,12049)
+cvs.texi(,12050) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,12051) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,12052)
+cvs.texi(,12053) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,12054) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,12055) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,12056) @end table
+cvs.texi(,12057)
+cvs.texi(,12058) @c
------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,12059) @item watchers address@hidden address@hidden@dots{}]
+cvs.texi(,12060) See who is watching a file. See @ref{Watch information}.
+cvs.texi(,12061)
+cvs.texi(,12062) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,12063) @item -l
+cvs.texi(,12064) Local; run only in current working directory. See
@ref{Recursive behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,12065)
+cvs.texi(,12066) @item -R
+cvs.texi(,12067) Operate recursively (default). @xref{Recursive
+cvs.texi(,12068) behavior}.
+cvs.texi(,12069) @end table
+cvs.texi(,12070)
+cvs.texi(,12071) @end table
+cvs.texi(,12072)
+cvs.texi(,12073) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,12074) @node Administrative files
+cvs.texi(,12075) @appendix Reference manual for Administrative files
+cvs.texi(,12076) @cindex Administrative files (reference)
+cvs.texi(,12077) @cindex Files, reference manual
+cvs.texi(,12078) @cindex Reference manual (files)
+cvs.texi(,12079) @cindex CVSROOT (file)
+cvs.texi(,12080)
+cvs.texi(,12081) @c FIXME? Somewhere there needs to be a more "how-to"
+cvs.texi(,12082) @c guide to writing these. I think the triggers
+cvs.texi(,12083) @c (commitinfo, loginfo, taginfo, &c) are perhaps a
+cvs.texi(,12084) @c different case than files like modules. One
+cvs.texi(,12085) @c particular issue that people sometimes are
+cvs.texi(,12086) @c (unnecessarily?) worried about is performance, and
+cvs.texi(,12087) @c the impact of writing in perl or sh or ____.
+cvs.texi(,12088) Inside the repository, in the directory
+cvs.texi(,12089) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT}, there are a number of
+cvs.texi(,12090) supportive files for @sc{cvs}. You can use @sc{cvs} in a
limited
+cvs.texi(,12091) fashion without any of them, but if they are set up
+cvs.texi(,12092) properly they can help make life easier. For a
+cvs.texi(,12093) discussion of how to edit them, see @ref{Intro
+cvs.texi(,12094) administrative files}.
+cvs.texi(,12095)
+cvs.texi(,12096) The most important of these files is the @file{modules}
+cvs.texi(,12097) file, which defines the modules inside the repository.
+cvs.texi(,12098)
+cvs.texi(,12099) @menu
+cvs.texi(,12100) * modules:: Defining modules
+cvs.texi(,12101) * Wrappers:: Specify binary-ness based on
file name
+cvs.texi(,12102) * commit files:: The commit support files
(commitinfo,
+cvs.texi(,12103) verifymsg, editinfo, loginfo)
+cvs.texi(,12104) * rcsinfo:: Templates for the log messages
+cvs.texi(,12105) * cvsignore:: Ignoring files via cvsignore
+cvs.texi(,12106) * checkoutlist:: Adding your own
administrative files
+cvs.texi(,12107) * history file:: History information
+cvs.texi(,12108) * Variables:: Various variables are expanded
+cvs.texi(,12109) * config:: Miscellaneous CVS
configuration
+cvs.texi(,12110) @end menu
cvs.texi(,12111)
-cvs.texi(,12112) The @file{modules} file records your definitions of
-cvs.texi(,12113) names for collections of source code. @sc{cvs} will
-cvs.texi(,12114) use these definitions if you use @sc{cvs} to update the
-cvs.texi(,12115) modules file (use normal commands like @code{add},
-cvs.texi(,12116) @code{commit}, etc).
+cvs.texi(,12112) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,12113) @node modules
+cvs.texi(,12114) @appendixsec The modules file
+cvs.texi(,12115) @cindex Modules (admin file)
+cvs.texi(,12116) @cindex Defining modules (reference manual)
cvs.texi(,12117)
-cvs.texi(,12118) The @file{modules} file may contain blank lines and
-cvs.texi(,12119) comments (lines beginning with @samp{#}) as well as
-cvs.texi(,12120) module definitions. Long lines can be continued on the
-cvs.texi(,12121) next line by specifying a backslash (@samp{\}) as the
-cvs.texi(,12122) last character on the line.
+cvs.texi(,12118) The @file{modules} file records your definitions of
+cvs.texi(,12119) names for collections of source code. @sc{cvs} will
+cvs.texi(,12120) use these definitions if you use @sc{cvs} to update the
+cvs.texi(,12121) modules file (use normal commands like @code{add},
+cvs.texi(,12122) @code{commit}, etc).
cvs.texi(,12123)
-cvs.texi(,12124) There are three basic types of modules: alias modules,
-cvs.texi(,12125) regular modules, and ampersand modules. The difference
-cvs.texi(,12126) between them is the way that they map files in the
-cvs.texi(,12127) repository to files in the working directory. In all
-cvs.texi(,12128) of the following examples, the top-level repository
-cvs.texi(,12129) contains a directory called @file{first-dir}, which
-cvs.texi(,12130) contains two files, @file{file1} and @file{file2}, and a
-cvs.texi(,12131) directory @file{sdir}. @file{first-dir/sdir} contains
-cvs.texi(,12132) a file @file{sfile}.
-cvs.texi(,12133)
-cvs.texi(,12134) @c FIXME: should test all the examples in this section.
-cvs.texi(,12135)
-cvs.texi(,12136) @menu
-cvs.texi(,12137) * Alias modules:: The simplest kind of module
-cvs.texi(,12138) * Regular modules::
-cvs.texi(,12139) * Ampersand modules::
-cvs.texi(,12140) * Excluding directories:: Excluding directories from a
module
-cvs.texi(,12141) * Module options:: Regular and ampersand modules
can take options
-cvs.texi(,12142) * Module program options:: How the modules ``program
options'' programs
-cvs.texi(,12143) are run.
-cvs.texi(,12144) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,12145)
-cvs.texi(,12146) @node Alias modules
-cvs.texi(,12147) @appendixsubsec Alias modules
-cvs.texi(,12148) @cindex Alias modules
-cvs.texi(,12149) @cindex -a, in modules file
-cvs.texi(,12150)
-cvs.texi(,12151) Alias modules are the simplest kind of module:
-cvs.texi(,12152)
-cvs.texi(,12153) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,12154) @item @var{mname} -a @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,12155) This represents the simplest way of defining a module
-cvs.texi(,12156) @var{mname}. The @samp{-a} flags the definition as a
-cvs.texi(,12157) simple alias: @sc{cvs} will treat any use of @var{mname} (as
-cvs.texi(,12158) a command argument) as if the list of names
-cvs.texi(,12159) @var{aliases} had been specified instead.
-cvs.texi(,12160) @var{aliases} may contain either other module names or
-cvs.texi(,12161) paths. When you use paths in aliases, @code{checkout}
-cvs.texi(,12162) creates all intermediate directories in the working
-cvs.texi(,12163) directory, just as if the path had been specified
-cvs.texi(,12164) explicitly in the @sc{cvs} arguments.
-cvs.texi(,12165) @end table
-cvs.texi(,12166)
-cvs.texi(,12167) For example, if the modules file contains:
-cvs.texi(,12168)
-cvs.texi(,12169) @example
-cvs.texi(,12170) amodule -a first-dir
-cvs.texi(,12171) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12124) The @file{modules} file may contain blank lines and
+cvs.texi(,12125) comments (lines beginning with @samp{#}) as well as
+cvs.texi(,12126) module definitions. Long lines can be continued on the
+cvs.texi(,12127) next line by specifying a backslash (@samp{\}) as the
+cvs.texi(,12128) last character on the line.
+cvs.texi(,12129)
+cvs.texi(,12130) There are three basic types of modules: alias modules,
+cvs.texi(,12131) regular modules, and ampersand modules. The difference
+cvs.texi(,12132) between them is the way that they map files in the
+cvs.texi(,12133) repository to files in the working directory. In all
+cvs.texi(,12134) of the following examples, the top-level repository
+cvs.texi(,12135) contains a directory called @file{first-dir}, which
+cvs.texi(,12136) contains two files, @file{file1} and @file{file2}, and a
+cvs.texi(,12137) directory @file{sdir}. @file{first-dir/sdir} contains
+cvs.texi(,12138) a file @file{sfile}.
+cvs.texi(,12139)
+cvs.texi(,12140) @c FIXME: should test all the examples in this section.
+cvs.texi(,12141)
+cvs.texi(,12142) @menu
+cvs.texi(,12143) * Alias modules:: The simplest kind of module
+cvs.texi(,12144) * Regular modules::
+cvs.texi(,12145) * Ampersand modules::
+cvs.texi(,12146) * Excluding directories:: Excluding directories from a
module
+cvs.texi(,12147) * Module options:: Regular and ampersand modules
can take options
+cvs.texi(,12148) * Module program options:: How the modules ``program
options'' programs
+cvs.texi(,12149) are run.
+cvs.texi(,12150) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,12151)
+cvs.texi(,12152) @node Alias modules
+cvs.texi(,12153) @appendixsubsec Alias modules
+cvs.texi(,12154) @cindex Alias modules
+cvs.texi(,12155) @cindex -a, in modules file
+cvs.texi(,12156)
+cvs.texi(,12157) Alias modules are the simplest kind of module:
+cvs.texi(,12158)
+cvs.texi(,12159) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,12160) @item @var{mname} -a @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,12161) This represents the simplest way of defining a module
+cvs.texi(,12162) @var{mname}. The @samp{-a} flags the definition as a
+cvs.texi(,12163) simple alias: @sc{cvs} will treat any use of @var{mname} (as
+cvs.texi(,12164) a command argument) as if the list of names
+cvs.texi(,12165) @var{aliases} had been specified instead.
+cvs.texi(,12166) @var{aliases} may contain either other module names or
+cvs.texi(,12167) paths. When you use paths in aliases, @code{checkout}
+cvs.texi(,12168) creates all intermediate directories in the working
+cvs.texi(,12169) directory, just as if the path had been specified
+cvs.texi(,12170) explicitly in the @sc{cvs} arguments.
+cvs.texi(,12171) @end table
cvs.texi(,12172)
-cvs.texi(,12173) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,12174) then the following two commands are equivalent:
-cvs.texi(,12175)
-cvs.texi(,12176) @example
-cvs.texi(,12177) $ cvs co amodule
-cvs.texi(,12178) $ cvs co first-dir
-cvs.texi(,12179) @end example
-cvs.texi(,12180)
-cvs.texi(,12181) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,12182) and they each would provide output such as:
-cvs.texi(,12183)
-cvs.texi(,12184) @example
-cvs.texi(,12185) cvs checkout: Updating first-dir
-cvs.texi(,12186) U first-dir/file1
-cvs.texi(,12187) U first-dir/file2
-cvs.texi(,12188) cvs checkout: Updating first-dir/sdir
-cvs.texi(,12189) U first-dir/sdir/sfile
-cvs.texi(,12190) @end example
-cvs.texi(,12191)
-cvs.texi(,12192) @node Regular modules
-cvs.texi(,12193) @appendixsubsec Regular modules
-cvs.texi(,12194) @cindex Regular modules
-cvs.texi(,12195)
-cvs.texi(,12196) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,12197) @item @var{mname} [ options ] @var{dir} [ @address@hidden ]
-cvs.texi(,12198) In the simplest case, this form of module definition
-cvs.texi(,12199) reduces to @address@hidden @var{dir}}. This defines
-cvs.texi(,12200) all the files in directory @var{dir} as module mname.
-cvs.texi(,12201) @var{dir} is a relative path (from @code{$CVSROOT}) to a
-cvs.texi(,12202) directory of source in the source repository. In this
-cvs.texi(,12203) case, on checkout, a single directory called
-cvs.texi(,12204) @var{mname} is created as a working directory; no
-cvs.texi(,12205) intermediate directory levels are used by default, even
-cvs.texi(,12206) if @var{dir} was a path involving several directory
-cvs.texi(,12207) levels.
-cvs.texi(,12208) @end table
-cvs.texi(,12209)
-cvs.texi(,12210) For example, if a module is defined by:
-cvs.texi(,12211)
-cvs.texi(,12212) @example
-cvs.texi(,12213) regmodule first-dir
-cvs.texi(,12214) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12173) For example, if the modules file contains:
+cvs.texi(,12174)
+cvs.texi(,12175) @example
+cvs.texi(,12176) amodule -a first-dir
+cvs.texi(,12177) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12178)
+cvs.texi(,12179) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,12180) then the following two commands are equivalent:
+cvs.texi(,12181)
+cvs.texi(,12182) @example
+cvs.texi(,12183) $ cvs co amodule
+cvs.texi(,12184) $ cvs co first-dir
+cvs.texi(,12185) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12186)
+cvs.texi(,12187) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,12188) and they each would provide output such as:
+cvs.texi(,12189)
+cvs.texi(,12190) @example
+cvs.texi(,12191) cvs checkout: Updating first-dir
+cvs.texi(,12192) U first-dir/file1
+cvs.texi(,12193) U first-dir/file2
+cvs.texi(,12194) cvs checkout: Updating first-dir/sdir
+cvs.texi(,12195) U first-dir/sdir/sfile
+cvs.texi(,12196) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12197)
+cvs.texi(,12198) @node Regular modules
+cvs.texi(,12199) @appendixsubsec Regular modules
+cvs.texi(,12200) @cindex Regular modules
+cvs.texi(,12201)
+cvs.texi(,12202) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,12203) @item @var{mname} [ options ] @var{dir} [ @address@hidden ]
+cvs.texi(,12204) In the simplest case, this form of module definition
+cvs.texi(,12205) reduces to @address@hidden @var{dir}}. This defines
+cvs.texi(,12206) all the files in directory @var{dir} as module mname.
+cvs.texi(,12207) @var{dir} is a relative path (from @code{$CVSROOT}) to a
+cvs.texi(,12208) directory of source in the source repository. In this
+cvs.texi(,12209) case, on checkout, a single directory called
+cvs.texi(,12210) @var{mname} is created as a working directory; no
+cvs.texi(,12211) intermediate directory levels are used by default, even
+cvs.texi(,12212) if @var{dir} was a path involving several directory
+cvs.texi(,12213) levels.
+cvs.texi(,12214) @end table
cvs.texi(,12215)
-cvs.texi(,12216) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,12217) then regmodule will contain the files from first-dir:
-cvs.texi(,12218)
-cvs.texi(,12219) @example
-cvs.texi(,12220) $ cvs co regmodule
-cvs.texi(,12221) cvs checkout: Updating regmodule
-cvs.texi(,12222) U regmodule/file1
-cvs.texi(,12223) U regmodule/file2
-cvs.texi(,12224) cvs checkout: Updating regmodule/sdir
-cvs.texi(,12225) U regmodule/sdir/sfile
-cvs.texi(,12226) $
-cvs.texi(,12227) @end example
-cvs.texi(,12228)
-cvs.texi(,12229) By explicitly specifying files in the module definition
-cvs.texi(,12230) after @var{dir}, you can select particular files from
-cvs.texi(,12231) directory @var{dir}. Here is
-cvs.texi(,12232) an example:
-cvs.texi(,12233)
-cvs.texi(,12234) @example
-cvs.texi(,12235) regfiles first-dir/sdir sfile
-cvs.texi(,12236) @end example
-cvs.texi(,12237)
-cvs.texi(,12238) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,12239) With this definition, getting the regfiles module
-cvs.texi(,12240) will create a single working directory
-cvs.texi(,12241) @file{regfiles} containing the file listed, which
-cvs.texi(,12242) comes from a directory deeper
-cvs.texi(,12243) in the @sc{cvs} source repository:
-cvs.texi(,12244)
-cvs.texi(,12245) @example
-cvs.texi(,12246) $ cvs co regfiles
-cvs.texi(,12247) U regfiles/sfile
-cvs.texi(,12248) $
-cvs.texi(,12249) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12216) For example, if a module is defined by:
+cvs.texi(,12217)
+cvs.texi(,12218) @example
+cvs.texi(,12219) regmodule first-dir
+cvs.texi(,12220) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12221)
+cvs.texi(,12222) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,12223) then regmodule will contain the files from first-dir:
+cvs.texi(,12224)
+cvs.texi(,12225) @example
+cvs.texi(,12226) $ cvs co regmodule
+cvs.texi(,12227) cvs checkout: Updating regmodule
+cvs.texi(,12228) U regmodule/file1
+cvs.texi(,12229) U regmodule/file2
+cvs.texi(,12230) cvs checkout: Updating regmodule/sdir
+cvs.texi(,12231) U regmodule/sdir/sfile
+cvs.texi(,12232) $
+cvs.texi(,12233) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12234)
+cvs.texi(,12235) By explicitly specifying files in the module definition
+cvs.texi(,12236) after @var{dir}, you can select particular files from
+cvs.texi(,12237) directory @var{dir}. Here is
+cvs.texi(,12238) an example:
+cvs.texi(,12239)
+cvs.texi(,12240) @example
+cvs.texi(,12241) regfiles first-dir/sdir sfile
+cvs.texi(,12242) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12243)
+cvs.texi(,12244) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,12245) With this definition, getting the regfiles module
+cvs.texi(,12246) will create a single working directory
+cvs.texi(,12247) @file{regfiles} containing the file listed, which
+cvs.texi(,12248) comes from a directory deeper
+cvs.texi(,12249) in the @sc{cvs} source repository:
cvs.texi(,12250)
-cvs.texi(,12251) @node Ampersand modules
-cvs.texi(,12252) @appendixsubsec Ampersand modules
-cvs.texi(,12253) @cindex Ampersand modules
-cvs.texi(,12254) @cindex &, in modules file
-cvs.texi(,12255)
-cvs.texi(,12256) A module definition can refer to other modules by
-cvs.texi(,12257) including @samp{&@var{module}} in its definition.
-cvs.texi(,12258) @example
-cvs.texi(,12259) @var{mname} [ options ] @var{&address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,12260) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12251) @example
+cvs.texi(,12252) $ cvs co regfiles
+cvs.texi(,12253) U regfiles/sfile
+cvs.texi(,12254) $
+cvs.texi(,12255) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12256)
+cvs.texi(,12257) @node Ampersand modules
+cvs.texi(,12258) @appendixsubsec Ampersand modules
+cvs.texi(,12259) @cindex Ampersand modules
+cvs.texi(,12260) @cindex &, in modules file
cvs.texi(,12261)
-cvs.texi(,12262) Then getting the module creates a subdirectory for each such
-cvs.texi(,12263) module, in the directory containing the module. For
-cvs.texi(,12264) example, if modules contains
-cvs.texi(,12265)
-cvs.texi(,12266) @example
-cvs.texi(,12267) ampermod &first-dir
-cvs.texi(,12268) @end example
-cvs.texi(,12269)
-cvs.texi(,12270) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,12271) then a checkout will create an @code{ampermod} directory
-cvs.texi(,12272) which contains a directory called @code{first-dir},
-cvs.texi(,12273) which in turns contains all the directories and files
-cvs.texi(,12274) which live there. For example, the command
+cvs.texi(,12262) A module definition can refer to other modules by
+cvs.texi(,12263) including @samp{&@var{module}} in its definition.
+cvs.texi(,12264) @example
+cvs.texi(,12265) @var{mname} [ options ] @var{&address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,12266) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12267)
+cvs.texi(,12268) Then getting the module creates a subdirectory for each such
+cvs.texi(,12269) module, in the directory containing the module. For
+cvs.texi(,12270) example, if modules contains
+cvs.texi(,12271)
+cvs.texi(,12272) @example
+cvs.texi(,12273) ampermod &first-dir
+cvs.texi(,12274) @end example
cvs.texi(,12275)
-cvs.texi(,12276) @example
-cvs.texi(,12277) $ cvs co ampermod
-cvs.texi(,12278) @end example
-cvs.texi(,12279)
-cvs.texi(,12280) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,12281) will create the following files:
-cvs.texi(,12282)
-cvs.texi(,12283) @example
-cvs.texi(,12284) ampermod/first-dir/file1
-cvs.texi(,12285) ampermod/first-dir/file2
-cvs.texi(,12286) ampermod/first-dir/sdir/sfile
-cvs.texi(,12287) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12276) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,12277) then a checkout will create an @code{ampermod} directory
+cvs.texi(,12278) which contains a directory called @code{first-dir},
+cvs.texi(,12279) which in turns contains all the directories and files
+cvs.texi(,12280) which live there. For example, the command
+cvs.texi(,12281)
+cvs.texi(,12282) @example
+cvs.texi(,12283) $ cvs co ampermod
+cvs.texi(,12284) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12285)
+cvs.texi(,12286) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,12287) will create the following files:
cvs.texi(,12288)
-cvs.texi(,12289) There is one quirk/bug: the messages that @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,12290) prints omit the @file{ampermod}, and thus do not
-cvs.texi(,12291) correctly display the location to which it is checking
-cvs.texi(,12292) out the files:
-cvs.texi(,12293)
-cvs.texi(,12294) @example
-cvs.texi(,12295) $ cvs co ampermod
-cvs.texi(,12296) cvs checkout: Updating first-dir
-cvs.texi(,12297) U first-dir/file1
-cvs.texi(,12298) U first-dir/file2
-cvs.texi(,12299) cvs checkout: Updating first-dir/sdir
-cvs.texi(,12300) U first-dir/sdir/sfile
-cvs.texi(,12301) $
-cvs.texi(,12302) @end example
-cvs.texi(,12303)
-cvs.texi(,12304) Do not rely on this buggy behavior; it may get fixed in
-cvs.texi(,12305) a future release of @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,12306)
-cvs.texi(,12307) @c FIXCVS: What happens if regular and & modules are
-cvs.texi(,12308) @c combined, as in "ampermodule first-dir &second-dir"?
-cvs.texi(,12309) @c When I tried it, it seemed to just ignore the
-cvs.texi(,12310) @c "first-dir". I think perhaps it should be an error
-cvs.texi(,12311) @c (but this needs further investigation).
-cvs.texi(,12312) @c In addition to discussing what each one does, we
-cvs.texi(,12313) @c should put in a few words about why you would use one or
-cvs.texi(,12314) @c the other in various situations.
-cvs.texi(,12315)
-cvs.texi(,12316) @node Excluding directories
-cvs.texi(,12317) @appendixsubsec Excluding directories
-cvs.texi(,12318) @cindex Excluding directories, in modules file
-cvs.texi(,12319) @cindex !, in modules file
-cvs.texi(,12320)
-cvs.texi(,12321) An alias module may exclude particular directories from
-cvs.texi(,12322) other modules by using an exclamation mark (@samp{!})
-cvs.texi(,12323) before the name of each directory to be excluded.
-cvs.texi(,12324)
-cvs.texi(,12325) For example, if the modules file contains:
+cvs.texi(,12289) @example
+cvs.texi(,12290) ampermod/first-dir/file1
+cvs.texi(,12291) ampermod/first-dir/file2
+cvs.texi(,12292) ampermod/first-dir/sdir/sfile
+cvs.texi(,12293) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12294)
+cvs.texi(,12295) There is one quirk/bug: the messages that @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,12296) prints omit the @file{ampermod}, and thus do not
+cvs.texi(,12297) correctly display the location to which it is checking
+cvs.texi(,12298) out the files:
+cvs.texi(,12299)
+cvs.texi(,12300) @example
+cvs.texi(,12301) $ cvs co ampermod
+cvs.texi(,12302) cvs checkout: Updating first-dir
+cvs.texi(,12303) U first-dir/file1
+cvs.texi(,12304) U first-dir/file2
+cvs.texi(,12305) cvs checkout: Updating first-dir/sdir
+cvs.texi(,12306) U first-dir/sdir/sfile
+cvs.texi(,12307) $
+cvs.texi(,12308) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12309)
+cvs.texi(,12310) Do not rely on this buggy behavior; it may get fixed in
+cvs.texi(,12311) a future release of @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,12312)
+cvs.texi(,12313) @c FIXCVS: What happens if regular and & modules are
+cvs.texi(,12314) @c combined, as in "ampermodule first-dir &second-dir"?
+cvs.texi(,12315) @c When I tried it, it seemed to just ignore the
+cvs.texi(,12316) @c "first-dir". I think perhaps it should be an error
+cvs.texi(,12317) @c (but this needs further investigation).
+cvs.texi(,12318) @c In addition to discussing what each one does, we
+cvs.texi(,12319) @c should put in a few words about why you would use one or
+cvs.texi(,12320) @c the other in various situations.
+cvs.texi(,12321)
+cvs.texi(,12322) @node Excluding directories
+cvs.texi(,12323) @appendixsubsec Excluding directories
+cvs.texi(,12324) @cindex Excluding directories, in modules file
+cvs.texi(,12325) @cindex !, in modules file
cvs.texi(,12326)
-cvs.texi(,12327) @example
-cvs.texi(,12328) exmodule -a !first-dir/sdir first-dir
-cvs.texi(,12329) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12327) An alias module may exclude particular directories from
+cvs.texi(,12328) other modules by using an exclamation mark (@samp{!})
+cvs.texi(,12329) before the name of each directory to be excluded.
cvs.texi(,12330)
-cvs.texi(,12331) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,12332) then checking out the module @samp{exmodule} will check
-cvs.texi(,12333) out everything in @samp{first-dir} except any files in
-cvs.texi(,12334) the subdirectory @samp{first-dir/sdir}.
-cvs.texi(,12335) @c Note that the "!first-dir/sdir" sometimes must be listed
-cvs.texi(,12336) @c before "first-dir". That seems like a probable bug, in
which
-cvs.texi(,12337) @c case perhaps it should be fixed (to allow either
-cvs.texi(,12338) @c order) rather than documented. See modules4 in testsuite.
-cvs.texi(,12339)
-cvs.texi(,12340) @node Module options
-cvs.texi(,12341) @appendixsubsec Module options
-cvs.texi(,12342) @cindex Options, in modules file
-cvs.texi(,12343)
-cvs.texi(,12344) Either regular modules or ampersand modules can contain
-cvs.texi(,12345) options, which supply additional information concerning
-cvs.texi(,12346) the module.
-cvs.texi(,12347)
-cvs.texi(,12348) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,12349) @cindex -d, in modules file
-cvs.texi(,12350) @item -d @var{name}
-cvs.texi(,12351) Name the working directory something other than the
-cvs.texi(,12352) module name.
-cvs.texi(,12353) @c FIXME: Needs a bunch of examples, analogous to the
-cvs.texi(,12354) @c examples for alias, regular, and ampersand modules
-cvs.texi(,12355) @c which show where the files go without -d.
-cvs.texi(,12356)
-cvs.texi(,12357) @cindex Export program
-cvs.texi(,12358) @cindex -e, in modules file
-cvs.texi(,12359) @item -e @var{prog}
-cvs.texi(,12360) Specify a program @var{prog} to run whenever files in a
-cvs.texi(,12361) module are exported. @var{prog} runs with a single
-cvs.texi(,12362) argument, the module name.
-cvs.texi(,12363) @c FIXME: Is it run on server? client?
-cvs.texi(,12364)
-cvs.texi(,12365) @cindex Checkout program
-cvs.texi(,12366) @cindex -o, in modules file
-cvs.texi(,12367) @item -o @var{prog}
-cvs.texi(,12368) Specify a program @var{prog} to run whenever files in a
-cvs.texi(,12369) module are checked out. @var{prog} runs with a single
-cvs.texi(,12370) argument, the module name. See @ref{Module program options}
for
-cvs.texi(,12371) information on how @var{prog} is called.
-cvs.texi(,12372) @c FIXME: Is it run on server? client?
-cvs.texi(,12373)
-cvs.texi(,12374) @cindex Status of a module
-cvs.texi(,12375) @cindex Module status
-cvs.texi(,12376) @cindex -s, in modules file
-cvs.texi(,12377) @item -s @var{status}
-cvs.texi(,12378) Assign a status to the module. When the module file is
-cvs.texi(,12379) printed with @samp{cvs checkout -s} the modules are
-cvs.texi(,12380) sorted according to primarily module status, and
-cvs.texi(,12381) secondarily according to the module name. This option
-cvs.texi(,12382) has no other meaning. You can use this option for
-cvs.texi(,12383) several things besides status: for instance, list the
-cvs.texi(,12384) person that is responsible for this module.
-cvs.texi(,12385)
-cvs.texi(,12386) @cindex Tag program
-cvs.texi(,12387) @cindex -t, in modules file
-cvs.texi(,12388) @item -t @var{prog}
-cvs.texi(,12389) Specify a program @var{prog} to run whenever files in a
-cvs.texi(,12390) module are tagged with @code{rtag}. @var{prog} runs
-cvs.texi(,12391) with two arguments: the module name and the symbolic
-cvs.texi(,12392) tag specified to @code{rtag}. It is not run
-cvs.texi(,12393) when @code{tag} is executed. Generally you will find
-cvs.texi(,12394) that taginfo is a better solution (@pxref{user-defined
logging}).
-cvs.texi(,12395) @c FIXME: Is it run on server? client?
-cvs.texi(,12396) @c Problems with -t include:
-cvs.texi(,12397) @c * It is run after the tag not before
-cvs.texi(,12398) @c * It doesn't get passed all the information that
-cvs.texi(,12399) @c taginfo does ("mov", &c).
-cvs.texi(,12400) @c * It only is run for rtag, not tag.
-cvs.texi(,12401) @end table
-cvs.texi(,12402)
-cvs.texi(,12403) You should also see @pxref{Module program options} about how
the
-cvs.texi(,12404) ``program options'' programs are run.
-cvs.texi(,12405)
-cvs.texi(,12406) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,12407)
-cvs.texi(,12408) @node Module program options
-cvs.texi(,12409) @appendixsubsec How the modules file ``program options''
programs are run
-cvs.texi(,12410) @cindex Modules file program options
-cvs.texi(,12411) @cindex -t, in modules file
-cvs.texi(,12412) @cindex -o, in modules file
-cvs.texi(,12413) @cindex -e, in modules file
-cvs.texi(,12414)
-cvs.texi(,12415) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,12416) For checkout, rtag, and export, the program is server-based,
and as such the
-cvs.texi(,12417) following applies:-
-cvs.texi(,12418)
-cvs.texi(,12419) If using remote access methods (pserver, ext, etc.),
-cvs.texi(,12420) @sc{cvs} will execute this program on the server from a
temporary
-cvs.texi(,12421) directory. The path is searched for this program.
-cvs.texi(,12422)
-cvs.texi(,12423) If using ``local access'' (on a local or remote NFS file
system, i.e.
-cvs.texi(,12424) repository set just to a path),
-cvs.texi(,12425) the program will be executed from the newly checked-out tree,
if
-cvs.texi(,12426) found there, or alternatively searched for in the path if not.
-cvs.texi(,12427)
-cvs.texi(,12428) The programs are all run after the operation has effectively
-cvs.texi(,12429) completed.
-cvs.texi(,12430)
-cvs.texi(,12431)
-cvs.texi(,12432) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,12433) @node Wrappers
-cvs.texi(,12434) @appendixsec The cvswrappers file
-cvs.texi(,12435) @cindex cvswrappers (admin file)
-cvs.texi(,12436) @cindex CVSWRAPPERS, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,12437) @cindex Wrappers
-cvs.texi(,12438)
-cvs.texi(,12439) @c FIXME: need some better way of separating this out
-cvs.texi(,12440) @c by functionality. -m is
-cvs.texi(,12441) @c one feature, and -k is a another. And this discussion
-cvs.texi(,12442) @c should be better motivated (e.g. start with the
-cvs.texi(,12443) @c problems, then explain how the feature solves it).
+cvs.texi(,12331) For example, if the modules file contains:
+cvs.texi(,12332)
+cvs.texi(,12333) @example
+cvs.texi(,12334) exmodule -a !first-dir/sdir first-dir
+cvs.texi(,12335) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12336)
+cvs.texi(,12337) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,12338) then checking out the module @samp{exmodule} will check
+cvs.texi(,12339) out everything in @samp{first-dir} except any files in
+cvs.texi(,12340) the subdirectory @samp{first-dir/sdir}.
+cvs.texi(,12341) @c Note that the "!first-dir/sdir" sometimes must be listed
+cvs.texi(,12342) @c before "first-dir". That seems like a probable bug, in
which
+cvs.texi(,12343) @c case perhaps it should be fixed (to allow either
+cvs.texi(,12344) @c order) rather than documented. See modules4 in testsuite.
+cvs.texi(,12345)
+cvs.texi(,12346) @node Module options
+cvs.texi(,12347) @appendixsubsec Module options
+cvs.texi(,12348) @cindex Options, in modules file
+cvs.texi(,12349)
+cvs.texi(,12350) Either regular modules or ampersand modules can contain
+cvs.texi(,12351) options, which supply additional information concerning
+cvs.texi(,12352) the module.
+cvs.texi(,12353)
+cvs.texi(,12354) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,12355) @cindex -d, in modules file
+cvs.texi(,12356) @item -d @var{name}
+cvs.texi(,12357) Name the working directory something other than the
+cvs.texi(,12358) module name.
+cvs.texi(,12359) @c FIXME: Needs a bunch of examples, analogous to the
+cvs.texi(,12360) @c examples for alias, regular, and ampersand modules
+cvs.texi(,12361) @c which show where the files go without -d.
+cvs.texi(,12362)
+cvs.texi(,12363) @cindex Export program
+cvs.texi(,12364) @cindex -e, in modules file
+cvs.texi(,12365) @item -e @var{prog}
+cvs.texi(,12366) Specify a program @var{prog} to run whenever files in a
+cvs.texi(,12367) module are exported. @var{prog} runs with a single
+cvs.texi(,12368) argument, the module name.
+cvs.texi(,12369) @c FIXME: Is it run on server? client?
+cvs.texi(,12370)
+cvs.texi(,12371) @cindex Checkout program
+cvs.texi(,12372) @cindex -o, in modules file
+cvs.texi(,12373) @item -o @var{prog}
+cvs.texi(,12374) Specify a program @var{prog} to run whenever files in a
+cvs.texi(,12375) module are checked out. @var{prog} runs with a single
+cvs.texi(,12376) argument, the module name. See @ref{Module program options}
for
+cvs.texi(,12377) information on how @var{prog} is called.
+cvs.texi(,12378) @c FIXME: Is it run on server? client?
+cvs.texi(,12379)
+cvs.texi(,12380) @cindex Status of a module
+cvs.texi(,12381) @cindex Module status
+cvs.texi(,12382) @cindex -s, in modules file
+cvs.texi(,12383) @item -s @var{status}
+cvs.texi(,12384) Assign a status to the module. When the module file is
+cvs.texi(,12385) printed with @samp{cvs checkout -s} the modules are
+cvs.texi(,12386) sorted according to primarily module status, and
+cvs.texi(,12387) secondarily according to the module name. This option
+cvs.texi(,12388) has no other meaning. You can use this option for
+cvs.texi(,12389) several things besides status: for instance, list the
+cvs.texi(,12390) person that is responsible for this module.
+cvs.texi(,12391)
+cvs.texi(,12392) @cindex Tag program
+cvs.texi(,12393) @cindex -t, in modules file
+cvs.texi(,12394) @item -t @var{prog}
+cvs.texi(,12395) Specify a program @var{prog} to run whenever files in a
+cvs.texi(,12396) module are tagged with @code{rtag}. @var{prog} runs
+cvs.texi(,12397) with two arguments: the module name and the symbolic
+cvs.texi(,12398) tag specified to @code{rtag}. It is not run
+cvs.texi(,12399) when @code{tag} is executed. Generally you will find
+cvs.texi(,12400) that taginfo is a better solution (@pxref{user-defined
logging}).
+cvs.texi(,12401) @c FIXME: Is it run on server? client?
+cvs.texi(,12402) @c Problems with -t include:
+cvs.texi(,12403) @c * It is run after the tag not before
+cvs.texi(,12404) @c * It doesn't get passed all the information that
+cvs.texi(,12405) @c taginfo does ("mov", &c).
+cvs.texi(,12406) @c * It only is run for rtag, not tag.
+cvs.texi(,12407) @end table
+cvs.texi(,12408)
+cvs.texi(,12409) You should also see @pxref{Module program options} about how
the
+cvs.texi(,12410) ``program options'' programs are run.
+cvs.texi(,12411)
+cvs.texi(,12412) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,12413)
+cvs.texi(,12414) @node Module program options
+cvs.texi(,12415) @appendixsubsec How the modules file ``program options''
programs are run
+cvs.texi(,12416) @cindex Modules file program options
+cvs.texi(,12417) @cindex -t, in modules file
+cvs.texi(,12418) @cindex -o, in modules file
+cvs.texi(,12419) @cindex -e, in modules file
+cvs.texi(,12420)
+cvs.texi(,12421) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,12422) For checkout, rtag, and export, the program is server-based,
and as such the
+cvs.texi(,12423) following applies:-
+cvs.texi(,12424)
+cvs.texi(,12425) If using remote access methods (pserver, ext, etc.),
+cvs.texi(,12426) @sc{cvs} will execute this program on the server from a
temporary
+cvs.texi(,12427) directory. The path is searched for this program.
+cvs.texi(,12428)
+cvs.texi(,12429) If using ``local access'' (on a local or remote NFS file
system, i.e.
+cvs.texi(,12430) repository set just to a path),
+cvs.texi(,12431) the program will be executed from the newly checked-out tree,
if
+cvs.texi(,12432) found there, or alternatively searched for in the path if not.
+cvs.texi(,12433)
+cvs.texi(,12434) The programs are all run after the operation has effectively
+cvs.texi(,12435) completed.
+cvs.texi(,12436)
+cvs.texi(,12437)
+cvs.texi(,12438) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,12439) @node Wrappers
+cvs.texi(,12440) @appendixsec The cvswrappers file
+cvs.texi(,12441) @cindex cvswrappers (admin file)
+cvs.texi(,12442) @cindex CVSWRAPPERS, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,12443) @cindex Wrappers
cvs.texi(,12444)
-cvs.texi(,12445) Wrappers refers to a @sc{cvs} feature which lets you
-cvs.texi(,12446) control certain settings based on the name of the file
-cvs.texi(,12447) which is being operated on. The settings are @samp{-k}
-cvs.texi(,12448) for binary files, and @samp{-m} for nonmergeable text
-cvs.texi(,12449) files.
+cvs.texi(,12445) @c FIXME: need some better way of separating this out
+cvs.texi(,12446) @c by functionality. -m is
+cvs.texi(,12447) @c one feature, and -k is a another. And this discussion
+cvs.texi(,12448) @c should be better motivated (e.g. start with the
+cvs.texi(,12449) @c problems, then explain how the feature solves it).
cvs.texi(,12450)
-cvs.texi(,12451) The @samp{-m} option
-cvs.texi(,12452) specifies the merge methodology that should be used when
-cvs.texi(,12453) a non-binary file is updated. @code{MERGE} means the usual
-cvs.texi(,12454) @sc{cvs} behavior: try to merge the files. @code{COPY}
-cvs.texi(,12455) means that @code{cvs update} will refuse to merge
-cvs.texi(,12456) files, as it also does for files specified as binary
-cvs.texi(,12457) with @samp{-kb} (but if the file is specified as
-cvs.texi(,12458) binary, there is no need to specify @samp{-m 'COPY'}).
-cvs.texi(,12459) @sc{cvs} will provide the user with the
-cvs.texi(,12460) two versions of the files, and require the user using
-cvs.texi(,12461) mechanisms outside @sc{cvs}, to insert any necessary
-cvs.texi(,12462) changes.
-cvs.texi(,12463)
-cvs.texi(,12464) @strong{WARNING: do not use @code{COPY} with
-cvs.texi(,12465) @sc{cvs} 1.9 or earlier - such versions of @sc{cvs} will
-cvs.texi(,12466) copy one version of your file over the other, wiping
-cvs.texi(,12467) out the previous contents.}
-cvs.texi(,12468) @c Ordinarily we don't document the behavior of old
-cvs.texi(,12469) @c versions. But this one is so dangerous, I think we
-cvs.texi(,12470) @c must. I almost renamed it to -m 'NOMERGE' so we
-cvs.texi(,12471) @c could say "never use -m 'COPY'".
-cvs.texi(,12472) The @samp{-m} wrapper option only affects behavior when
-cvs.texi(,12473) merging is done on update; it does not affect how files
-cvs.texi(,12474) are stored. See @ref{Binary files}, for more on
-cvs.texi(,12475) binary files.
-cvs.texi(,12476)
-cvs.texi(,12477) The basic format of the file @file{cvswrappers} is:
-cvs.texi(,12478)
-cvs.texi(,12479) @c FIXME: @example is all wrong for this. Use @deffn or
-cvs.texi(,12480) @c something more sensible.
-cvs.texi(,12481) @example
-cvs.texi(,12482) wildcard [option value][option value]...
-cvs.texi(,12483)
-cvs.texi(,12484) where option is one of
-cvs.texi(,12485) -m update methodology value: MERGE or COPY
-cvs.texi(,12486) -k keyword expansion value: expansion mode
-cvs.texi(,12487)
-cvs.texi(,12488) and value is a single-quote delimited value.
-cvs.texi(,12489) @end example
-cvs.texi(,12490)
-cvs.texi(,12552)
-cvs.texi(,12553) @c FIXME: We don't document -W or point to where it is
-cvs.texi(,12554) @c documented. Or .cvswrappers.
-cvs.texi(,12555) For example, the following command imports a
-cvs.texi(,12556) directory, treating files whose name ends in
-cvs.texi(,12557) @samp{.exe} as binary:
+cvs.texi(,12451) Wrappers refers to a @sc{cvs} feature which lets you
+cvs.texi(,12452) control certain settings based on the name of the file
+cvs.texi(,12453) which is being operated on. The settings are @samp{-k}
+cvs.texi(,12454) for binary files, and @samp{-m} for nonmergeable text
+cvs.texi(,12455) files.
+cvs.texi(,12456)
+cvs.texi(,12457) The @samp{-m} option
+cvs.texi(,12458) specifies the merge methodology that should be used when
+cvs.texi(,12459) a non-binary file is updated. @code{MERGE} means the usual
+cvs.texi(,12460) @sc{cvs} behavior: try to merge the files. @code{COPY}
+cvs.texi(,12461) means that @code{cvs update} will refuse to merge
+cvs.texi(,12462) files, as it also does for files specified as binary
+cvs.texi(,12463) with @samp{-kb} (but if the file is specified as
+cvs.texi(,12464) binary, there is no need to specify @samp{-m 'COPY'}).
+cvs.texi(,12465) @sc{cvs} will provide the user with the
+cvs.texi(,12466) two versions of the files, and require the user using
+cvs.texi(,12467) mechanisms outside @sc{cvs}, to insert any necessary
+cvs.texi(,12468) changes.
+cvs.texi(,12469)
+cvs.texi(,12470) @strong{WARNING: do not use @code{COPY} with
+cvs.texi(,12471) @sc{cvs} 1.9 or earlier - such versions of @sc{cvs} will
+cvs.texi(,12472) copy one version of your file over the other, wiping
+cvs.texi(,12473) out the previous contents.}
+cvs.texi(,12474) @c Ordinarily we don't document the behavior of old
+cvs.texi(,12475) @c versions. But this one is so dangerous, I think we
+cvs.texi(,12476) @c must. I almost renamed it to -m 'NOMERGE' so we
+cvs.texi(,12477) @c could say "never use -m 'COPY'".
+cvs.texi(,12478) The @samp{-m} wrapper option only affects behavior when
+cvs.texi(,12479) merging is done on update; it does not affect how files
+cvs.texi(,12480) are stored. See @ref{Binary files}, for more on
+cvs.texi(,12481) binary files.
+cvs.texi(,12482)
+cvs.texi(,12483) The basic format of the file @file{cvswrappers} is:
+cvs.texi(,12484)
+cvs.texi(,12485) @c FIXME: @example is all wrong for this. Use @deffn or
+cvs.texi(,12486) @c something more sensible.
+cvs.texi(,12487) @example
+cvs.texi(,12488) wildcard [option value][option value]...
+cvs.texi(,12489)
+cvs.texi(,12490) where option is one of
+cvs.texi(,12491) -m update methodology value: MERGE or COPY
+cvs.texi(,12492) -k keyword expansion value: expansion mode
+cvs.texi(,12493)
+cvs.texi(,12494) and value is a single-quote delimited value.
+cvs.texi(,12495) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12496)
cvs.texi(,12558)
-cvs.texi(,12559) @example
-cvs.texi(,12560) cvs import -I ! -W "*.exe -k 'b'" first-dir vendortag reltag
-cvs.texi(,12561) @end example
-cvs.texi(,12562)
-cvs.texi(,12563) @c Another good example, would be storing files
-cvs.texi(,12564) @c (e.g. binary files) compressed in the repository.
-cvs.texi(,12565) @c ::::::::::::::::::
-cvs.texi(,12566) @c cvswrappers
-cvs.texi(,12567) @c ::::::::::::::::::
-cvs.texi(,12568) @c *.t12 -m 'COPY'
-cvs.texi(,12569) @c *.t[0-9][0-9] -f 'gunzipcp %s' -t 'gzipcp %s %s' -m
'COPY'
-cvs.texi(,12570) @c
+cvs.texi(,12559) @c FIXME: We don't document -W or point to where it is
+cvs.texi(,12560) @c documented. Or .cvswrappers.
+cvs.texi(,12561) For example, the following command imports a
+cvs.texi(,12562) directory, treating files whose name ends in
+cvs.texi(,12563) @samp{.exe} as binary:
+cvs.texi(,12564)
+cvs.texi(,12565) @example
+cvs.texi(,12566) cvs import -I ! -W "*.exe -k 'b'" first-dir vendortag reltag
+cvs.texi(,12567) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12568)
+cvs.texi(,12569) @c Another good example, would be storing files
+cvs.texi(,12570) @c (e.g. binary files) compressed in the repository.
cvs.texi(,12571) @c ::::::::::::::::::
-cvs.texi(,12572) @c gunzipcp
+cvs.texi(,12572) @c cvswrappers
cvs.texi(,12573) @c ::::::::::::::::::
-cvs.texi(,12574) @c :
-cvs.texi(,12575) @c [ -f $1 ] || exit 1
-cvs.texi(,12576) @c zcat $1 > /tmp/.#$1.$$
-cvs.texi(,12577) @c mv /tmp/.#$1.$$ $1
-cvs.texi(,12578) @c
+cvs.texi(,12574) @c *.t12 -m 'COPY'
+cvs.texi(,12575) @c *.t[0-9][0-9] -f 'gunzipcp %s' -t 'gzipcp %s %s' -m
'COPY'
+cvs.texi(,12576) @c
+cvs.texi(,12577) @c ::::::::::::::::::
+cvs.texi(,12578) @c gunzipcp
cvs.texi(,12579) @c ::::::::::::::::::
-cvs.texi(,12580) @c gzipcp
-cvs.texi(,12581) @c ::::::::::::::::::
-cvs.texi(,12582) @c :
-cvs.texi(,12583) @c DIRNAME=`echo $1 | sed -e "s|/.*/||g"`
-cvs.texi(,12584) @c if [ ! -d $DIRNAME ] ; then
-cvs.texi(,12585) @c DIRNAME=`echo $1 | sed -e "s|.*/||g"`
-cvs.texi(,12586) @c fi
-cvs.texi(,12587) @c gzip -c $DIRNAME > $2
-cvs.texi(,12588) @c One catch--"cvs diff" will not invoke the wrappers
-cvs.texi(,12589) @c (probably a CVS bug, although I haven't thought it out).
-cvs.texi(,12590)
-cvs.texi(,12591) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,12592) @node commit files
-cvs.texi(,12593) @appendixsec The commit support files
-cvs.texi(,12594) @cindex Committing, administrative support files
-cvs.texi(,12595)
-cvs.texi(,12596) The @samp{-i} flag in the @file{modules} file can be
-cvs.texi(,12597) used to run a certain program whenever files are
-cvs.texi(,12598) committed (@pxref{modules}). The files described in
-cvs.texi(,12599) this section provide other, more flexible, ways to run
-cvs.texi(,12600) programs whenever something is committed.
+cvs.texi(,12580) @c :
+cvs.texi(,12581) @c [ -f $1 ] || exit 1
+cvs.texi(,12582) @c zcat $1 > /tmp/.#$1.$$
+cvs.texi(,12583) @c mv /tmp/.#$1.$$ $1
+cvs.texi(,12584) @c
+cvs.texi(,12585) @c ::::::::::::::::::
+cvs.texi(,12586) @c gzipcp
+cvs.texi(,12587) @c ::::::::::::::::::
+cvs.texi(,12588) @c :
+cvs.texi(,12589) @c DIRNAME=`echo $1 | sed -e "s|/.*/||g"`
+cvs.texi(,12590) @c if [ ! -d $DIRNAME ] ; then
+cvs.texi(,12591) @c DIRNAME=`echo $1 | sed -e "s|.*/||g"`
+cvs.texi(,12592) @c fi
+cvs.texi(,12593) @c gzip -c $DIRNAME > $2
+cvs.texi(,12594) @c One catch--"cvs diff" will not invoke the wrappers
+cvs.texi(,12595) @c (probably a CVS bug, although I haven't thought it out).
+cvs.texi(,12596)
+cvs.texi(,12597) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,12598) @node commit files
+cvs.texi(,12599) @appendixsec The commit support files
+cvs.texi(,12600) @cindex Committing, administrative support files
cvs.texi(,12601)
-cvs.texi(,12602) There are three kind of programs that can be run on
-cvs.texi(,12603) commit. They are specified in files in the repository,
-cvs.texi(,12604) as described below. The following table summarizes the
-cvs.texi(,12605) file names and the purpose of the corresponding
-cvs.texi(,12606) programs.
+cvs.texi(,12602) The @samp{-i} flag in the @file{modules} file can be
+cvs.texi(,12603) used to run a certain program whenever files are
+cvs.texi(,12604) committed (@pxref{modules}). The files described in
+cvs.texi(,12605) this section provide other, more flexible, ways to run
+cvs.texi(,12606) programs whenever something is committed.
cvs.texi(,12607)
-cvs.texi(,12608) @table @file
-cvs.texi(,12609) @item commitinfo
-cvs.texi(,12610) The program is responsible for checking that the commit
-cvs.texi(,12611) is allowed. If it exits with a non-zero exit status
-cvs.texi(,12612) the commit will be aborted.
+cvs.texi(,12608) There are three kind of programs that can be run on
+cvs.texi(,12609) commit. They are specified in files in the repository,
+cvs.texi(,12610) as described below. The following table summarizes the
+cvs.texi(,12611) file names and the purpose of the corresponding
+cvs.texi(,12612) programs.
cvs.texi(,12613)
-cvs.texi(,12614) @item verifymsg
-cvs.texi(,12615) The specified program is used to evaluate the log message,
-cvs.texi(,12616) and possibly verify that it contains all required
-cvs.texi(,12617) fields. This is most useful in combination with the
-cvs.texi(,12618) @file{rcsinfo} file, which can hold a log message
-cvs.texi(,12619) template (@pxref{rcsinfo}).
-cvs.texi(,12620)
-cvs.texi(,12621) @item editinfo
-cvs.texi(,12622) The specified program is used to edit the log message,
-cvs.texi(,12623) and possibly verify that it contains all required
-cvs.texi(,12624) fields. This is most useful in combination with the
-cvs.texi(,12625) @file{rcsinfo} file, which can hold a log message
-cvs.texi(,12626) template (@pxref{rcsinfo}). (obsolete)
-cvs.texi(,12627)
-cvs.texi(,12628) @item loginfo
-cvs.texi(,12629) The specified program is called when the commit is
-cvs.texi(,12630) complete. It receives the log message and some
-cvs.texi(,12631) additional information and can store the log message in
-cvs.texi(,12632) a file, or mail it to appropriate persons, or maybe
-cvs.texi(,12633) post it to a local newsgroup, address@hidden Your
-cvs.texi(,12634) imagination is the limit!
-cvs.texi(,12635) @end table
-cvs.texi(,12636)
-cvs.texi(,12637) @menu
-cvs.texi(,12638) * syntax:: The common syntax
-cvs.texi(,12639) * commitinfo:: Pre-commit checking
-cvs.texi(,12640) * verifymsg:: How are log messages
evaluated?
-cvs.texi(,12641) * editinfo:: Specifying how log messages
are created
-cvs.texi(,12642) (obsolete)
-cvs.texi(,12643) * loginfo:: Where should log messages be
sent?
-cvs.texi(,12644) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,12645)
-cvs.texi(,12646) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,12647) @node syntax
-cvs.texi(,12648) @appendixsubsec The common syntax
-cvs.texi(,12649) @cindex Info files (syntax)
-cvs.texi(,12650) @cindex Syntax of info files
-cvs.texi(,12651) @cindex Common syntax of info files
-cvs.texi(,12652)
-cvs.texi(,12653) @c FIXME: having this so totally separate from the
-cvs.texi(,12654) @c Variables node is rather bogus.
-cvs.texi(,12655)
-cvs.texi(,12656) The administrative files such as @file{commitinfo},
-cvs.texi(,12657) @file{loginfo}, @file{rcsinfo}, @file{verifymsg}, etc.,
-cvs.texi(,12658) all have a common format. The purpose of the files are
-cvs.texi(,12659) described later on. The common syntax is described
-cvs.texi(,12660) here.
+cvs.texi(,12614) @table @file
+cvs.texi(,12615) @item commitinfo
+cvs.texi(,12616) The program is responsible for checking that the commit
+cvs.texi(,12617) is allowed. If it exits with a non-zero exit status
+cvs.texi(,12618) the commit will be aborted.
+cvs.texi(,12619)
+cvs.texi(,12620) @item verifymsg
+cvs.texi(,12621) The specified program is used to evaluate the log message,
+cvs.texi(,12622) and possibly verify that it contains all required
+cvs.texi(,12623) fields. This is most useful in combination with the
+cvs.texi(,12624) @file{rcsinfo} file, which can hold a log message
+cvs.texi(,12625) template (@pxref{rcsinfo}).
+cvs.texi(,12626)
+cvs.texi(,12627) @item editinfo
+cvs.texi(,12628) The specified program is used to edit the log message,
+cvs.texi(,12629) and possibly verify that it contains all required
+cvs.texi(,12630) fields. This is most useful in combination with the
+cvs.texi(,12631) @file{rcsinfo} file, which can hold a log message
+cvs.texi(,12632) template (@pxref{rcsinfo}). (obsolete)
+cvs.texi(,12633)
+cvs.texi(,12634) @item loginfo
+cvs.texi(,12635) The specified program is called when the commit is
+cvs.texi(,12636) complete. It receives the log message and some
+cvs.texi(,12637) additional information and can store the log message in
+cvs.texi(,12638) a file, or mail it to appropriate persons, or maybe
+cvs.texi(,12639) post it to a local newsgroup, address@hidden Your
+cvs.texi(,12640) imagination is the limit!
+cvs.texi(,12641) @end table
+cvs.texi(,12642)
+cvs.texi(,12643) @menu
+cvs.texi(,12644) * syntax:: The common syntax
+cvs.texi(,12645) * commitinfo:: Pre-commit checking
+cvs.texi(,12646) * verifymsg:: How are log messages
evaluated?
+cvs.texi(,12647) * editinfo:: Specifying how log messages
are created
+cvs.texi(,12648) (obsolete)
+cvs.texi(,12649) * loginfo:: Where should log messages be
sent?
+cvs.texi(,12650) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,12651)
+cvs.texi(,12652) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,12653) @node syntax
+cvs.texi(,12654) @appendixsubsec The common syntax
+cvs.texi(,12655) @cindex Info files (syntax)
+cvs.texi(,12656) @cindex Syntax of info files
+cvs.texi(,12657) @cindex Common syntax of info files
+cvs.texi(,12658)
+cvs.texi(,12659) @c FIXME: having this so totally separate from the
+cvs.texi(,12660) @c Variables node is rather bogus.
cvs.texi(,12661)
-cvs.texi(,12662) @cindex Regular expression syntax
-cvs.texi(,12663) Each line contains the following:
-cvs.texi(,12664) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,12665) @item
-cvs.texi(,12666) @c Say anything about DEFAULT and ALL? Right now we
-cvs.texi(,12667) @c leave that to the description of each file (and in fact
-cvs.texi(,12668) @c the practice is inconsistent which is really annoying).
-cvs.texi(,12669) A regular expression. This is a basic regular
-cvs.texi(,12670) expression in the syntax used by GNU emacs.
-cvs.texi(,12671) @c FIXME: What we probably should be saying is "POSIX Basic
-cvs.texi(,12672) @c Regular Expression with the following extensions (`\('
-cvs.texi(,12673) @c `\|' '+' etc)"
-cvs.texi(,12674) @c rather than define it with reference to emacs.
-cvs.texi(,12675) @c The reference to emacs is not strictly speaking
-cvs.texi(,12676) @c true, as we don't support \=, \s, or \S. Also it isn't
-cvs.texi(,12677) @c clear we should document and/or promise to continue to
-cvs.texi(,12678) @c support all the obscure emacs extensions like \<.
-cvs.texi(,12679) @c Also need to better cite (or include) full
-cvs.texi(,12680) @c documentation for the syntax.
-cvs.texi(,12681) @c Also see comment in configure.in about what happens to the
-cvs.texi(,12682) @c syntax if we pick up a system-supplied regexp matcher.
-cvs.texi(,12683)
-cvs.texi(,12684) @item
-cvs.texi(,12685) A whitespace separator---one or more spaces and/or tabs.
-cvs.texi(,12686)
-cvs.texi(,12687) @item
-cvs.texi(,12688) A file name or command-line template.
-cvs.texi(,12689) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,12690)
-cvs.texi(,12691) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,12692) Blank lines are ignored. Lines that start with the
-cvs.texi(,12693) character @samp{#} are treated as comments. Long lines
-cvs.texi(,12694) unfortunately can @emph{not} be broken in two parts in
-cvs.texi(,12695) any way.
+cvs.texi(,12662) The administrative files such as @file{commitinfo},
+cvs.texi(,12663) @file{loginfo}, @file{rcsinfo}, @file{verifymsg}, etc.,
+cvs.texi(,12664) all have a common format. The purpose of the files are
+cvs.texi(,12665) described later on. The common syntax is described
+cvs.texi(,12666) here.
+cvs.texi(,12667)
+cvs.texi(,12668) @cindex Regular expression syntax
+cvs.texi(,12669) Each line contains the following:
+cvs.texi(,12670) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,12671) @item
+cvs.texi(,12672) @c Say anything about DEFAULT and ALL? Right now we
+cvs.texi(,12673) @c leave that to the description of each file (and in fact
+cvs.texi(,12674) @c the practice is inconsistent which is really annoying).
+cvs.texi(,12675) A regular expression. This is a basic regular
+cvs.texi(,12676) expression in the syntax used by GNU emacs.
+cvs.texi(,12677) @c FIXME: What we probably should be saying is "POSIX Basic
+cvs.texi(,12678) @c Regular Expression with the following extensions (`\('
+cvs.texi(,12679) @c `\|' '+' etc)"
+cvs.texi(,12680) @c rather than define it with reference to emacs.
+cvs.texi(,12681) @c The reference to emacs is not strictly speaking
+cvs.texi(,12682) @c true, as we don't support \=, \s, or \S. Also it isn't
+cvs.texi(,12683) @c clear we should document and/or promise to continue to
+cvs.texi(,12684) @c support all the obscure emacs extensions like \<.
+cvs.texi(,12685) @c Also need to better cite (or include) full
+cvs.texi(,12686) @c documentation for the syntax.
+cvs.texi(,12687) @c Also see comment in configure.in about what happens to the
+cvs.texi(,12688) @c syntax if we pick up a system-supplied regexp matcher.
+cvs.texi(,12689)
+cvs.texi(,12690) @item
+cvs.texi(,12691) A whitespace separator---one or more spaces and/or tabs.
+cvs.texi(,12692)
+cvs.texi(,12693) @item
+cvs.texi(,12694) A file name or command-line template.
+cvs.texi(,12695) @end itemize
cvs.texi(,12696)
-cvs.texi(,12697) The first regular expression that matches the current
-cvs.texi(,12698) directory name in the repository is used. The rest of the
line
-cvs.texi(,12699) is used as a file name or command-line as appropriate.
-cvs.texi(,12700)
-cvs.texi(,12701) @c FIXME: need an example. In particular, show what
-cvs.texi(,12702) @c the regular expression is matched against (one
-cvs.texi(,12703) @c ordinarily clueful person got confused about whether it
-cvs.texi(,12704) @c includes the filename--"directory name" above should be
-cvs.texi(,12705) @c unambiguous but there is nothing like an example to
-cvs.texi(,12706) @c confirm people's understanding of this sort of thing).
-cvs.texi(,12707)
-cvs.texi(,12708) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,12709) @node commitinfo
-cvs.texi(,12710) @appendixsubsec Commitinfo
-cvs.texi(,12711) @cindex @file{commitinfo}
-cvs.texi(,12712) @cindex Commits, precommit verification of
-cvs.texi(,12713) @cindex Precommit checking
-cvs.texi(,12714)
-cvs.texi(,12715) The @file{commitinfo} file defines programs to execute
-cvs.texi(,12716) whenever @samp{cvs commit} is about to execute. These
-cvs.texi(,12717) programs are used for pre-commit checking to verify
-cvs.texi(,12718) that the modified, added and removed files are really
-cvs.texi(,12719) ready to be committed. This could be used, for
-cvs.texi(,12720) instance, to verify that the changed files conform to
-cvs.texi(,12721) to your site's standards for coding practice.
-cvs.texi(,12722)
-cvs.texi(,12723) As mentioned earlier, each line in the
-cvs.texi(,12724) @file{commitinfo} file consists of a regular expression
-cvs.texi(,12725) and a command-line template. The template can include
-cvs.texi(,12726) a program name and any number of arguments you wish to
-cvs.texi(,12727) supply to it. The full path to the current source
-cvs.texi(,12728) repository is appended to the template, followed by the
-cvs.texi(,12729) file names of any files involved in the commit (added,
-cvs.texi(,12730) removed, and modified files).
-cvs.texi(,12731)
-cvs.texi(,12732) @cindex Exit status, of commitinfo
-cvs.texi(,12733) The first line with a regular expression matching the
-cvs.texi(,12734) directory within the repository will be used. If the
-cvs.texi(,12735) command returns a non-zero exit status the commit will
-cvs.texi(,12736) be aborted.
-cvs.texi(,12737) @c FIXME: need example(s) of what "directory within the
-cvs.texi(,12738) @c repository" means.
-cvs.texi(,12739)
-cvs.texi(,12740) @cindex DEFAULT in commitinfo
-cvs.texi(,12741) If the repository name does not match any of the
-cvs.texi(,12742) regular expressions in this file, the @samp{DEFAULT}
-cvs.texi(,12743) line is used, if it is specified.
-cvs.texi(,12744)
-cvs.texi(,12745) @cindex ALL in commitinfo
-cvs.texi(,12746) All occurrences of the name @samp{ALL} appearing as a
-cvs.texi(,12747) regular expression are used in addition to the first
-cvs.texi(,12748) matching regular expression or the name @samp{DEFAULT}.
-cvs.texi(,12749)
-cvs.texi(,12750) @cindex @file{commitinfo}, working directory
-cvs.texi(,12751) @cindex @file{commitinfo}, command environment
-cvs.texi(,12752) The command will be run in the root of the workspace
-cvs.texi(,12753) containing the new versions of any files the user would like
-cvs.texi(,12754) to modify (commit), @emph{or in a copy of the workspace on
-cvs.texi(,12755) the server (@pxref{Remote repositories})}. If a file is
-cvs.texi(,12756) being removed, there will be no copy of the file under the
-cvs.texi(,12757) current directory. If a file is being added, there will be
-cvs.texi(,12758) no corresponding archive file in the repository unless the
-cvs.texi(,12759) file is being resurrected.
-cvs.texi(,12760)
-cvs.texi(,12761) Note that both the repository directory and the corresponding
-cvs.texi(,12762) Attic (@pxref{Attic}) directory may need to be checked to
-cvs.texi(,12763) locate the archive file corresponding to any given file being
-cvs.texi(,12764) committed. Much of the information about the specific commit
-cvs.texi(,12765) request being made, including the destination branch, commit
-cvs.texi(,12766) message, and command line options specified, is not available
-cvs.texi(,12767) to the command.
-cvs.texi(,12768)
-cvs.texi(,12769) @c FIXME: should discuss using commitinfo to control
-cvs.texi(,12770) @c who has checkin access to what (e.g. Joe can check into
-cvs.texi(,12771) @c directories a, b, and c, and Mary can check into
-cvs.texi(,12772) @c directories b, c, and d--note this case cannot be
-cvs.texi(,12773) @c conveniently handled with unix groups). Of course,
-cvs.texi(,12774) @c adding a new set of features to CVS might be a more
-cvs.texi(,12775) @c natural way to fix this problem than telling people to
-cvs.texi(,12776) @c use commitinfo.
-cvs.texi(,12777) @c FIXME: Should make some reference, especially in
-cvs.texi(,12778) @c the context of controlling who has access, to the fact
-cvs.texi(,12779) @c that commitinfo can be circumvented. Perhaps
-cvs.texi(,12780) @c mention SETXID (but has it been carefully examined
-cvs.texi(,12781) @c for holes?). This fits in with the discussion of
-cvs.texi(,12782) @c general CVS security in "Password authentication
-cvs.texi(,12783) @c security" (the bit which is not pserver-specific).
-cvs.texi(,12784)
-cvs.texi(,12785) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,12786) @node verifymsg
-cvs.texi(,12787) @appendixsubsec Verifying log messages
-cvs.texi(,12788) @cindex @file{verifymsg} (admin file)
-cvs.texi(,12789) @cindex Log message, verifying
+cvs.texi(,12697) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,12698) Blank lines are ignored. Lines that start with the
+cvs.texi(,12699) character @samp{#} are treated as comments. Long lines
+cvs.texi(,12700) unfortunately can @emph{not} be broken in two parts in
+cvs.texi(,12701) any way.
+cvs.texi(,12702)
+cvs.texi(,12703) The first regular expression that matches the current
+cvs.texi(,12704) directory name in the repository is used. The rest of the
line
+cvs.texi(,12705) is used as a file name or command-line as appropriate.
+cvs.texi(,12706)
+cvs.texi(,12707) @c FIXME: need an example. In particular, show what
+cvs.texi(,12708) @c the regular expression is matched against (one
+cvs.texi(,12709) @c ordinarily clueful person got confused about whether it
+cvs.texi(,12710) @c includes the filename--"directory name" above should be
+cvs.texi(,12711) @c unambiguous but there is nothing like an example to
+cvs.texi(,12712) @c confirm people's understanding of this sort of thing).
+cvs.texi(,12713)
+cvs.texi(,12714) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,12715) @node commitinfo
+cvs.texi(,12716) @appendixsubsec Commitinfo
+cvs.texi(,12717) @cindex @file{commitinfo}
+cvs.texi(,12718) @cindex Commits, precommit verification of
+cvs.texi(,12719) @cindex Precommit checking
+cvs.texi(,12720)
+cvs.texi(,12721) The @file{commitinfo} file defines programs to execute
+cvs.texi(,12722) whenever @samp{cvs commit} is about to execute. These
+cvs.texi(,12723) programs are used for pre-commit checking to verify
+cvs.texi(,12724) that the modified, added and removed files are really
+cvs.texi(,12725) ready to be committed. This could be used, for
+cvs.texi(,12726) instance, to verify that the changed files conform to
+cvs.texi(,12727) to your site's standards for coding practice.
+cvs.texi(,12728)
+cvs.texi(,12729) As mentioned earlier, each line in the
+cvs.texi(,12730) @file{commitinfo} file consists of a regular expression
+cvs.texi(,12731) and a command-line template. The template can include
+cvs.texi(,12732) a program name and any number of arguments you wish to
+cvs.texi(,12733) supply to it. The full path to the current source
+cvs.texi(,12734) repository is appended to the template, followed by the
+cvs.texi(,12735) file names of any files involved in the commit (added,
+cvs.texi(,12736) removed, and modified files).
+cvs.texi(,12737)
+cvs.texi(,12738) @cindex Exit status, of commitinfo
+cvs.texi(,12739) The first line with a regular expression matching the
+cvs.texi(,12740) directory within the repository will be used. If the
+cvs.texi(,12741) command returns a non-zero exit status the commit will
+cvs.texi(,12742) be aborted.
+cvs.texi(,12743) @c FIXME: need example(s) of what "directory within the
+cvs.texi(,12744) @c repository" means.
+cvs.texi(,12745)
+cvs.texi(,12746) @cindex DEFAULT in commitinfo
+cvs.texi(,12747) If the repository name does not match any of the
+cvs.texi(,12748) regular expressions in this file, the @samp{DEFAULT}
+cvs.texi(,12749) line is used, if it is specified.
+cvs.texi(,12750)
+cvs.texi(,12751) @cindex ALL in commitinfo
+cvs.texi(,12752) All occurrences of the name @samp{ALL} appearing as a
+cvs.texi(,12753) regular expression are used in addition to the first
+cvs.texi(,12754) matching regular expression or the name @samp{DEFAULT}.
+cvs.texi(,12755)
+cvs.texi(,12756) @cindex @file{commitinfo}, working directory
+cvs.texi(,12757) @cindex @file{commitinfo}, command environment
+cvs.texi(,12758) The command will be run in the root of the workspace
+cvs.texi(,12759) containing the new versions of any files the user would like
+cvs.texi(,12760) to modify (commit), @emph{or in a copy of the workspace on
+cvs.texi(,12761) the server (@pxref{Remote repositories})}. If a file is
+cvs.texi(,12762) being removed, there will be no copy of the file under the
+cvs.texi(,12763) current directory. If a file is being added, there will be
+cvs.texi(,12764) no corresponding archive file in the repository unless the
+cvs.texi(,12765) file is being resurrected.
+cvs.texi(,12766)
+cvs.texi(,12767) Note that both the repository directory and the corresponding
+cvs.texi(,12768) Attic (@pxref{Attic}) directory may need to be checked to
+cvs.texi(,12769) locate the archive file corresponding to any given file being
+cvs.texi(,12770) committed. Much of the information about the specific commit
+cvs.texi(,12771) request being made, including the destination branch, commit
+cvs.texi(,12772) message, and command line options specified, is not available
+cvs.texi(,12773) to the command.
+cvs.texi(,12774)
+cvs.texi(,12775) @c FIXME: should discuss using commitinfo to control
+cvs.texi(,12776) @c who has checkin access to what (e.g. Joe can check into
+cvs.texi(,12777) @c directories a, b, and c, and Mary can check into
+cvs.texi(,12778) @c directories b, c, and d--note this case cannot be
+cvs.texi(,12779) @c conveniently handled with unix groups). Of course,
+cvs.texi(,12780) @c adding a new set of features to CVS might be a more
+cvs.texi(,12781) @c natural way to fix this problem than telling people to
+cvs.texi(,12782) @c use commitinfo.
+cvs.texi(,12783) @c FIXME: Should make some reference, especially in
+cvs.texi(,12784) @c the context of controlling who has access, to the fact
+cvs.texi(,12785) @c that commitinfo can be circumvented. Perhaps
+cvs.texi(,12786) @c mention SETXID (but has it been carefully examined
+cvs.texi(,12787) @c for holes?). This fits in with the discussion of
+cvs.texi(,12788) @c general CVS security in "Password authentication
+cvs.texi(,12789) @c security" (the bit which is not pserver-specific).
cvs.texi(,12790)
-cvs.texi(,12791) Once you have entered a log message, you can evaluate
-cvs.texi(,12792) that message to check for specific content, such as
-cvs.texi(,12793) a bug ID. Use the @file{verifymsg} file to
-cvs.texi(,12794) specify a program that is used to verify the log message.
-cvs.texi(,12795) This program could be a simple script that checks
-cvs.texi(,12796) that the entered message contains the required fields.
-cvs.texi(,12797)
-cvs.texi(,12798) The @file{verifymsg} file is often most useful together
-cvs.texi(,12799) with the @file{rcsinfo} file, which can be used to
-cvs.texi(,12800) specify a log message template.
-cvs.texi(,12801)
-cvs.texi(,12802) Each line in the @file{verifymsg} file consists of a
-cvs.texi(,12803) regular expression and a command-line template. The
-cvs.texi(,12804) template must include a program name, and can include
-cvs.texi(,12805) any number of arguments. The full path to the current
-cvs.texi(,12806) log message template file is appended to the template.
+cvs.texi(,12791) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,12792) @node verifymsg
+cvs.texi(,12793) @appendixsubsec Verifying log messages
+cvs.texi(,12794) @cindex @file{verifymsg} (admin file)
+cvs.texi(,12795) @cindex Log message, verifying
+cvs.texi(,12796)
+cvs.texi(,12797) Once you have entered a log message, you can evaluate
+cvs.texi(,12798) that message to check for specific content, such as
+cvs.texi(,12799) a bug ID. Use the @file{verifymsg} file to
+cvs.texi(,12800) specify a program that is used to verify the log message.
+cvs.texi(,12801) This program could be a simple script that checks
+cvs.texi(,12802) that the entered message contains the required fields.
+cvs.texi(,12803)
+cvs.texi(,12804) The @file{verifymsg} file is often most useful together
+cvs.texi(,12805) with the @file{rcsinfo} file, which can be used to
+cvs.texi(,12806) specify a log message template.
cvs.texi(,12807)
-cvs.texi(,12808) One thing that should be noted is that the @samp{ALL}
-cvs.texi(,12809) keyword is not supported. If more than one matching
-cvs.texi(,12810) line is found, the first one is used. This can be
-cvs.texi(,12811) useful for specifying a default verification script in a
-cvs.texi(,12812) directory, and then overriding it in a subdirectory.
+cvs.texi(,12808) Each line in the @file{verifymsg} file consists of a
+cvs.texi(,12809) regular expression and a command-line template. The
+cvs.texi(,12810) template must include a program name, and can include
+cvs.texi(,12811) any number of arguments. The full path to the current
+cvs.texi(,12812) log message template file is appended to the template.
cvs.texi(,12813)
-cvs.texi(,12814) @cindex DEFAULT in @file{verifymsg}
-cvs.texi(,12815) If the repository name does not match any of the
-cvs.texi(,12816) regular expressions in this file, the @samp{DEFAULT}
-cvs.texi(,12817) line is used, if it is specified.
-cvs.texi(,12818)
-cvs.texi(,12819) @cindex Exit status, of @file{verifymsg}
-cvs.texi(,12820) If the verification script exits with a non-zero exit status,
-cvs.texi(,12821) the commit is aborted.
-cvs.texi(,12822)
-cvs.texi(,12823) @cindex @file{verifymsg}, changing the log message
-cvs.texi(,12824) In the default configuration, CVS allows the
-cvs.texi(,12825) verification script to change the log message. This is
-cvs.texi(,12826) controlled via the RereadLogAfterVerify CVSROOT/config
-cvs.texi(,12827) option.
+cvs.texi(,12814) One thing that should be noted is that the @samp{ALL}
+cvs.texi(,12815) keyword is not supported. If more than one matching
+cvs.texi(,12816) line is found, the first one is used. This can be
+cvs.texi(,12817) useful for specifying a default verification script in a
+cvs.texi(,12818) directory, and then overriding it in a subdirectory.
+cvs.texi(,12819)
+cvs.texi(,12820) @cindex DEFAULT in @file{verifymsg}
+cvs.texi(,12821) If the repository name does not match any of the
+cvs.texi(,12822) regular expressions in this file, the @samp{DEFAULT}
+cvs.texi(,12823) line is used, if it is specified.
+cvs.texi(,12824)
+cvs.texi(,12825) @cindex Exit status, of @file{verifymsg}
+cvs.texi(,12826) If the verification script exits with a non-zero exit status,
+cvs.texi(,12827) the commit is aborted.
cvs.texi(,12828)
-cvs.texi(,12829) When @samp{RereadLogAfterVerify=always} or
-cvs.texi(,12830) @samp{RereadLogAfterVerify=stat}, the log message will
-cvs.texi(,12831) either always be reread after the verification script
-cvs.texi(,12832) is run or reread only if the log message file status
-cvs.texi(,12833) has changed.
+cvs.texi(,12829) @cindex @file{verifymsg}, changing the log message
+cvs.texi(,12830) In the default configuration, CVS allows the
+cvs.texi(,12831) verification script to change the log message. This is
+cvs.texi(,12832) controlled via the RereadLogAfterVerify CVSROOT/config
+cvs.texi(,12833) option.
cvs.texi(,12834)
-cvs.texi(,12835) @xref{config}, for more on CVSROOT/config options.
-cvs.texi(,12836)
-cvs.texi(,12837) It is NOT a good idea for a @file{verifymsg} script to
-cvs.texi(,12838) interact directly with the user in the various
-cvs.texi(,12839) client/server methods. For the @code{pserver} method,
-cvs.texi(,12840) there is no protocol support for communicating between
-cvs.texi(,12841) @file{verifymsg} and the client on the remote end. For the
-cvs.texi(,12842) @code{ext} and @code{server} methods, it is possible
-cvs.texi(,12843) for CVS to become confused by the characters going
-cvs.texi(,12844) along the same channel as the CVS protocol
-cvs.texi(,12845) messages. See @ref{Remote repositories}, for more
-cvs.texi(,12846) information on client/server setups. In addition, at the time
-cvs.texi(,12847) the @file{verifymsg} script runs, the CVS
-cvs.texi(,12848) server has locks in place in the repository. If control is
-cvs.texi(,12849) returned to the user here then other users may be stuck
waiting
-cvs.texi(,12850) for access to the repository.
-cvs.texi(,12851)
-cvs.texi(,12852) This option can be useful if you find yourself using an
-cvs.texi(,12853) rcstemplate that needs to be modified to remove empty
-cvs.texi(,12854) elements or to fill in default values. It can also be
-cvs.texi(,12855) useful if the rcstemplate has changed in the repository
-cvs.texi(,12856) and the CVS/Template was not updated, but is able to be
-cvs.texi(,12857) adapted to the new format by the verification script
-cvs.texi(,12858) that is run by @file{verifymsg}.
-cvs.texi(,12859)
-cvs.texi(,12860) An example of an update might be to change all
-cvs.texi(,12861) occurrences of 'BugId:' to be 'DefectId:' (which can be
-cvs.texi(,12862) useful if the rcstemplate has recently been changed and
-cvs.texi(,12863) there are still checked-out user trees with cached
-cvs.texi(,12864) copies in the CVS/Template file of the older version).
+cvs.texi(,12835) When @samp{RereadLogAfterVerify=always} or
+cvs.texi(,12836) @samp{RereadLogAfterVerify=stat}, the log message will
+cvs.texi(,12837) either always be reread after the verification script
+cvs.texi(,12838) is run or reread only if the log message file status
+cvs.texi(,12839) has changed.
+cvs.texi(,12840)
+cvs.texi(,12841) @xref{config}, for more on CVSROOT/config options.
+cvs.texi(,12842)
+cvs.texi(,12843) It is NOT a good idea for a @file{verifymsg} script to
+cvs.texi(,12844) interact directly with the user in the various
+cvs.texi(,12845) client/server methods. For the @code{pserver} method,
+cvs.texi(,12846) there is no protocol support for communicating between
+cvs.texi(,12847) @file{verifymsg} and the client on the remote end. For the
+cvs.texi(,12848) @code{ext} and @code{server} methods, it is possible
+cvs.texi(,12849) for CVS to become confused by the characters going
+cvs.texi(,12850) along the same channel as the CVS protocol
+cvs.texi(,12851) messages. See @ref{Remote repositories}, for more
+cvs.texi(,12852) information on client/server setups. In addition, at the time
+cvs.texi(,12853) the @file{verifymsg} script runs, the CVS
+cvs.texi(,12854) server has locks in place in the repository. If control is
+cvs.texi(,12855) returned to the user here then other users may be stuck
waiting
+cvs.texi(,12856) for access to the repository.
+cvs.texi(,12857)
+cvs.texi(,12858) This option can be useful if you find yourself using an
+cvs.texi(,12859) rcstemplate that needs to be modified to remove empty
+cvs.texi(,12860) elements or to fill in default values. It can also be
+cvs.texi(,12861) useful if the rcstemplate has changed in the repository
+cvs.texi(,12862) and the CVS/Template was not updated, but is able to be
+cvs.texi(,12863) adapted to the new format by the verification script
+cvs.texi(,12864) that is run by @file{verifymsg}.
cvs.texi(,12865)
-cvs.texi(,12866) Another example of an update might be to delete a line
-cvs.texi(,12867) that contains 'BugID: none' from the log message after
-cvs.texi(,12868) validation of that value as being allowed is made.
-cvs.texi(,12869)
-cvs.texi(,12870) The following is a little silly example of a
-cvs.texi(,12871) @file{verifymsg} file, together with the corresponding
-cvs.texi(,12872) @file{rcsinfo} file, the log message template and an
-cvs.texi(,12873) verification script. We begin with the log message template.
-cvs.texi(,12874) We want to always record a bug-id number on the first
-cvs.texi(,12875) line of the log message. The rest of log message is
-cvs.texi(,12876) free text. The following template is found in the file
-cvs.texi(,12877) @file{/usr/cvssupport/tc.template}.
-cvs.texi(,12878)
-cvs.texi(,12879) @example
-cvs.texi(,12880) BugId:
-cvs.texi(,12881) @end example
-cvs.texi(,12882)
-cvs.texi(,12883) The script @file{/usr/cvssupport/bugid.verify} is used to
-cvs.texi(,12884) evaluate the log message.
-cvs.texi(,12885)
-cvs.texi(,12886) @example
-cvs.texi(,12887) #!/bin/sh
-cvs.texi(,12888) #
-cvs.texi(,12889) # bugid.verify filename
-cvs.texi(,12890) #
-cvs.texi(,12891) # Verify that the log message contains a valid bugid
-cvs.texi(,12892) # on the first line.
-cvs.texi(,12893) #
-cvs.texi(,12894) if head -1 < $1 | grep '^BugId:[ ]*[0-9][0-9]*$' > /dev/null;
then
-cvs.texi(,12895) exit 0
-cvs.texi(,12896) elif head -1 < $1 | grep '^BugId:[ ]*none$' > /dev/null; then
-cvs.texi(,12897) # It is okay to allow commits with 'BugId: none',
-cvs.texi(,12898) # but do not put that text into the real log message.
-cvs.texi(,12899) grep -v '^BugId:[ ]*none$' > $1.rewrite
-cvs.texi(,12900) mv $1.rewrite $1
+cvs.texi(,12866) An example of an update might be to change all
+cvs.texi(,12867) occurrences of 'BugId:' to be 'DefectId:' (which can be
+cvs.texi(,12868) useful if the rcstemplate has recently been changed and
+cvs.texi(,12869) there are still checked-out user trees with cached
+cvs.texi(,12870) copies in the CVS/Template file of the older version).
+cvs.texi(,12871)
+cvs.texi(,12872) Another example of an update might be to delete a line
+cvs.texi(,12873) that contains 'BugID: none' from the log message after
+cvs.texi(,12874) validation of that value as being allowed is made.
+cvs.texi(,12875)
+cvs.texi(,12876) The following is a little silly example of a
+cvs.texi(,12877) @file{verifymsg} file, together with the corresponding
+cvs.texi(,12878) @file{rcsinfo} file, the log message template and an
+cvs.texi(,12879) verification script. We begin with the log message template.
+cvs.texi(,12880) We want to always record a bug-id number on the first
+cvs.texi(,12881) line of the log message. The rest of log message is
+cvs.texi(,12882) free text. The following template is found in the file
+cvs.texi(,12883) @file{/usr/cvssupport/tc.template}.
+cvs.texi(,12884)
+cvs.texi(,12885) @example
+cvs.texi(,12886) BugId:
+cvs.texi(,12887) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12888)
+cvs.texi(,12889) The script @file{/usr/cvssupport/bugid.verify} is used to
+cvs.texi(,12890) evaluate the log message.
+cvs.texi(,12891)
+cvs.texi(,12892) @example
+cvs.texi(,12893) #!/bin/sh
+cvs.texi(,12894) #
+cvs.texi(,12895) # bugid.verify filename
+cvs.texi(,12896) #
+cvs.texi(,12897) # Verify that the log message contains a valid bugid
+cvs.texi(,12898) # on the first line.
+cvs.texi(,12899) #
+cvs.texi(,12900) if head -1 < $1 | grep '^BugId:[ ]*[0-9][0-9]*$' > /dev/null;
then
cvs.texi(,12901) exit 0
-cvs.texi(,12902) else
-cvs.texi(,12903) echo "No BugId found."
-cvs.texi(,12904) exit 1
-cvs.texi(,12905) fi
-cvs.texi(,12906) @end example
-cvs.texi(,12907)
-cvs.texi(,12908) The @file{verifymsg} file contains this line:
-cvs.texi(,12909)
-cvs.texi(,12910) @example
-cvs.texi(,12911) ^tc /usr/cvssupport/bugid.verify
+cvs.texi(,12902) elif head -1 < $1 | grep '^BugId:[ ]*none$' > /dev/null; then
+cvs.texi(,12903) # It is okay to allow commits with 'BugId: none',
+cvs.texi(,12904) # but do not put that text into the real log message.
+cvs.texi(,12905) grep -v '^BugId:[ ]*none$' > $1.rewrite
+cvs.texi(,12906) mv $1.rewrite $1
+cvs.texi(,12907) exit 0
+cvs.texi(,12908) else
+cvs.texi(,12909) echo "No BugId found."
+cvs.texi(,12910) exit 1
+cvs.texi(,12911) fi
cvs.texi(,12912) @end example
cvs.texi(,12913)
-cvs.texi(,12914) The @file{rcsinfo} file contains this line:
+cvs.texi(,12914) The @file{verifymsg} file contains this line:
cvs.texi(,12915)
cvs.texi(,12916) @example
-cvs.texi(,12917) ^tc /usr/cvssupport/tc.template
+cvs.texi(,12917) ^tc /usr/cvssupport/bugid.verify
cvs.texi(,12918) @end example
cvs.texi(,12919)
-cvs.texi(,12920) The @file{config} file contains this line:
+cvs.texi(,12920) The @file{rcsinfo} file contains this line:
cvs.texi(,12921)
cvs.texi(,12922) @example
-cvs.texi(,12923) RereadLogAfterVerify=always
+cvs.texi(,12923) ^tc /usr/cvssupport/tc.template
cvs.texi(,12924) @end example
cvs.texi(,12925)
-cvs.texi(,12926)
+cvs.texi(,12926) The @file{config} file contains this line:
cvs.texi(,12927)
-cvs.texi(,12928) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,12929) @node editinfo
-cvs.texi(,12930) @appendixsubsec Editinfo
-cvs.texi(,12931) @cindex editinfo (admin file)
-cvs.texi(,12932) @cindex Editor, specifying per module
-cvs.texi(,12933) @cindex Per-module editor
-cvs.texi(,12934) @cindex Log messages, editing
-cvs.texi(,12935)
-cvs.texi(,12936) @strong{Note: The @file{editinfo} feature has been
-cvs.texi(,12937) rendered obsolete. To set a default editor for log
-cvs.texi(,12938) messages use the @code{CVSEDITOR}, @code{EDITOR} environment
variables
-cvs.texi(,12939) (@pxref{Environment variables}) or the @samp{-e} global
-cvs.texi(,12940) option (@pxref{Global options}). See @ref{verifymsg},
-cvs.texi(,12941) for information on the use of the @file{verifymsg}
-cvs.texi(,12942) feature for evaluating log messages.}
-cvs.texi(,12943)
-cvs.texi(,12944) If you want to make sure that all log messages look the
-cvs.texi(,12945) same way, you can use the @file{editinfo} file to
-cvs.texi(,12946) specify a program that is used to edit the log message.
-cvs.texi(,12947) This program could be a custom-made editor that always
-cvs.texi(,12948) enforces a certain style of the log message, or maybe a
-cvs.texi(,12949) simple shell script that calls an editor, and checks
-cvs.texi(,12950) that the entered message contains the required fields.
-cvs.texi(,12951)
-cvs.texi(,12952) If no matching line is found in the @file{editinfo}
-cvs.texi(,12953) file, the editor specified in the environment variable
-cvs.texi(,12954) @code{$CVSEDITOR} is used instead. If that variable is
-cvs.texi(,12955) not set, then the environment variable @code{$EDITOR}
-cvs.texi(,12956) is used instead. If that variable is not
-cvs.texi(,12957) set a default will be used. See @ref{Committing your
changes}.
-cvs.texi(,12958)
-cvs.texi(,12959) The @file{editinfo} file is often most useful together
-cvs.texi(,12960) with the @file{rcsinfo} file, which can be used to
-cvs.texi(,12961) specify a log message template.
-cvs.texi(,12962)
-cvs.texi(,12963) Each line in the @file{editinfo} file consists of a
-cvs.texi(,12964) regular expression and a command-line template. The
-cvs.texi(,12965) template must include a program name, and can include
-cvs.texi(,12966) any number of arguments. The full path to the current
-cvs.texi(,12967) log message template file is appended to the template.
+cvs.texi(,12928) @example
+cvs.texi(,12929) RereadLogAfterVerify=always
+cvs.texi(,12930) @end example
+cvs.texi(,12931)
+cvs.texi(,12932)
+cvs.texi(,12933)
+cvs.texi(,12934) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,12935) @node editinfo
+cvs.texi(,12936) @appendixsubsec Editinfo
+cvs.texi(,12937) @cindex editinfo (admin file)
+cvs.texi(,12938) @cindex Editor, specifying per module
+cvs.texi(,12939) @cindex Per-module editor
+cvs.texi(,12940) @cindex Log messages, editing
+cvs.texi(,12941)
+cvs.texi(,12942) @strong{Note: The @file{editinfo} feature has been
+cvs.texi(,12943) rendered obsolete. To set a default editor for log
+cvs.texi(,12944) messages use the @code{CVSEDITOR}, @code{EDITOR} environment
variables
+cvs.texi(,12945) (@pxref{Environment variables}) or the @samp{-e} global
+cvs.texi(,12946) option (@pxref{Global options}). See @ref{verifymsg},
+cvs.texi(,12947) for information on the use of the @file{verifymsg}
+cvs.texi(,12948) feature for evaluating log messages.}
+cvs.texi(,12949)
+cvs.texi(,12950) If you want to make sure that all log messages look the
+cvs.texi(,12951) same way, you can use the @file{editinfo} file to
+cvs.texi(,12952) specify a program that is used to edit the log message.
+cvs.texi(,12953) This program could be a custom-made editor that always
+cvs.texi(,12954) enforces a certain style of the log message, or maybe a
+cvs.texi(,12955) simple shell script that calls an editor, and checks
+cvs.texi(,12956) that the entered message contains the required fields.
+cvs.texi(,12957)
+cvs.texi(,12958) If no matching line is found in the @file{editinfo}
+cvs.texi(,12959) file, the editor specified in the environment variable
+cvs.texi(,12960) @code{$CVSEDITOR} is used instead. If that variable is
+cvs.texi(,12961) not set, then the environment variable @code{$EDITOR}
+cvs.texi(,12962) is used instead. If that variable is not
+cvs.texi(,12963) set a default will be used. See @ref{Committing your
changes}.
+cvs.texi(,12964)
+cvs.texi(,12965) The @file{editinfo} file is often most useful together
+cvs.texi(,12966) with the @file{rcsinfo} file, which can be used to
+cvs.texi(,12967) specify a log message template.
cvs.texi(,12968)
-cvs.texi(,12969) One thing that should be noted is that the @samp{ALL}
-cvs.texi(,12970) keyword is not supported. If more than one matching
-cvs.texi(,12971) line is found, the first one is used. This can be
-cvs.texi(,12972) useful for specifying a default edit script in a
-cvs.texi(,12973) module, and then overriding it in a subdirectory.
+cvs.texi(,12969) Each line in the @file{editinfo} file consists of a
+cvs.texi(,12970) regular expression and a command-line template. The
+cvs.texi(,12971) template must include a program name, and can include
+cvs.texi(,12972) any number of arguments. The full path to the current
+cvs.texi(,12973) log message template file is appended to the template.
cvs.texi(,12974)
-cvs.texi(,12975) @cindex DEFAULT in editinfo
-cvs.texi(,12976) If the repository name does not match any of the
-cvs.texi(,12977) regular expressions in this file, the @samp{DEFAULT}
-cvs.texi(,12978) line is used, if it is specified.
-cvs.texi(,12979)
-cvs.texi(,12980) If the edit script exits with a non-zero exit status,
-cvs.texi(,12981) the commit is aborted.
-cvs.texi(,12982)
-cvs.texi(,12983) Note: when @sc{cvs} is accessing a remote repository,
-cvs.texi(,12984) or when the @samp{-m} or @samp{-F} options to @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,12985) commit} are used, @file{editinfo} will not be consulted.
-cvs.texi(,12986) There is no good workaround for this; use
-cvs.texi(,12987) @file{verifymsg} instead.
+cvs.texi(,12975) One thing that should be noted is that the @samp{ALL}
+cvs.texi(,12976) keyword is not supported. If more than one matching
+cvs.texi(,12977) line is found, the first one is used. This can be
+cvs.texi(,12978) useful for specifying a default edit script in a
+cvs.texi(,12979) module, and then overriding it in a subdirectory.
+cvs.texi(,12980)
+cvs.texi(,12981) @cindex DEFAULT in editinfo
+cvs.texi(,12982) If the repository name does not match any of the
+cvs.texi(,12983) regular expressions in this file, the @samp{DEFAULT}
+cvs.texi(,12984) line is used, if it is specified.
+cvs.texi(,12985)
+cvs.texi(,12986) If the edit script exits with a non-zero exit status,
+cvs.texi(,12987) the commit is aborted.
cvs.texi(,12988)
-cvs.texi(,12989) @menu
-cvs.texi(,12990) * editinfo example:: Editinfo example
-cvs.texi(,12991) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,12992)
-cvs.texi(,12993) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,12994) @node editinfo example
-cvs.texi(,12995) @appendixsubsubsec Editinfo example
-cvs.texi(,12996)
-cvs.texi(,12997) The following is a little silly example of a
-cvs.texi(,12998) @file{editinfo} file, together with the corresponding
-cvs.texi(,12999) @file{rcsinfo} file, the log message template and an
-cvs.texi(,13000) editor script. We begin with the log message template.
-cvs.texi(,13001) We want to always record a bug-id number on the first
-cvs.texi(,13002) line of the log message. The rest of log message is
-cvs.texi(,13003) free text. The following template is found in the file
-cvs.texi(,13004) @file{/usr/cvssupport/tc.template}.
-cvs.texi(,13005)
-cvs.texi(,13006) @example
-cvs.texi(,13007) BugId:
-cvs.texi(,13008) @end example
-cvs.texi(,13009)
-cvs.texi(,13010) The script @file{/usr/cvssupport/bugid.edit} is used to
-cvs.texi(,13011) edit the log message.
-cvs.texi(,13012)
-cvs.texi(,13013) @example
-cvs.texi(,13014) #!/bin/sh
-cvs.texi(,13015) #
-cvs.texi(,13016) # bugid.edit filename
-cvs.texi(,13017) #
-cvs.texi(,13018) # Call $EDITOR on FILENAME, and verify that the
-cvs.texi(,13019) # resulting file contains a valid bugid on the first
-cvs.texi(,13020) # line.
-cvs.texi(,13021) if [ "x$EDITOR" = "x" ]; then EDITOR=vi; fi
-cvs.texi(,13022) if [ "x$CVSEDITOR" = "x" ]; then CVSEDITOR=$EDITOR; fi
-cvs.texi(,13023) $CVSEDITOR $1
-cvs.texi(,13024) until head -1|grep '^BugId:[ ]*[0-9][0-9]*$' < $1
-cvs.texi(,13025) do echo -n "No BugId found. Edit again? ([y]/n)"
-cvs.texi(,13026) read ans
-cvs.texi(,13027) case address@hidden@} in
-cvs.texi(,13028) n*) exit 1;;
-cvs.texi(,13029) esac
-cvs.texi(,13030) $CVSEDITOR $1
-cvs.texi(,13031) done
-cvs.texi(,13032) @end example
-cvs.texi(,13033)
-cvs.texi(,13034) The @file{editinfo} file contains this line:
-cvs.texi(,13035)
-cvs.texi(,13036) @example
-cvs.texi(,13037) ^tc /usr/cvssupport/bugid.edit
+cvs.texi(,12989) Note: when @sc{cvs} is accessing a remote repository,
+cvs.texi(,12990) or when the @samp{-m} or @samp{-F} options to @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,12991) commit} are used, @file{editinfo} will not be consulted.
+cvs.texi(,12992) There is no good workaround for this; use
+cvs.texi(,12993) @file{verifymsg} instead.
+cvs.texi(,12994)
+cvs.texi(,12995) @menu
+cvs.texi(,12996) * editinfo example:: Editinfo example
+cvs.texi(,12997) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,12998)
+cvs.texi(,12999) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,13000) @node editinfo example
+cvs.texi(,13001) @appendixsubsubsec Editinfo example
+cvs.texi(,13002)
+cvs.texi(,13003) The following is a little silly example of a
+cvs.texi(,13004) @file{editinfo} file, together with the corresponding
+cvs.texi(,13005) @file{rcsinfo} file, the log message template and an
+cvs.texi(,13006) editor script. We begin with the log message template.
+cvs.texi(,13007) We want to always record a bug-id number on the first
+cvs.texi(,13008) line of the log message. The rest of log message is
+cvs.texi(,13009) free text. The following template is found in the file
+cvs.texi(,13010) @file{/usr/cvssupport/tc.template}.
+cvs.texi(,13011)
+cvs.texi(,13012) @example
+cvs.texi(,13013) BugId:
+cvs.texi(,13014) @end example
+cvs.texi(,13015)
+cvs.texi(,13016) The script @file{/usr/cvssupport/bugid.edit} is used to
+cvs.texi(,13017) edit the log message.
+cvs.texi(,13018)
+cvs.texi(,13019) @example
+cvs.texi(,13020) #!/bin/sh
+cvs.texi(,13021) #
+cvs.texi(,13022) # bugid.edit filename
+cvs.texi(,13023) #
+cvs.texi(,13024) # Call $EDITOR on FILENAME, and verify that the
+cvs.texi(,13025) # resulting file contains a valid bugid on the first
+cvs.texi(,13026) # line.
+cvs.texi(,13027) if [ "x$EDITOR" = "x" ]; then EDITOR=vi; fi
+cvs.texi(,13028) if [ "x$CVSEDITOR" = "x" ]; then CVSEDITOR=$EDITOR; fi
+cvs.texi(,13029) $CVSEDITOR $1
+cvs.texi(,13030) until head -1|grep '^BugId:[ ]*[0-9][0-9]*$' < $1
+cvs.texi(,13031) do echo -n "No BugId found. Edit again? ([y]/n)"
+cvs.texi(,13032) read ans
+cvs.texi(,13033) case address@hidden@} in
+cvs.texi(,13034) n*) exit 1;;
+cvs.texi(,13035) esac
+cvs.texi(,13036) $CVSEDITOR $1
+cvs.texi(,13037) done
cvs.texi(,13038) @end example
cvs.texi(,13039)
-cvs.texi(,13040) The @file{rcsinfo} file contains this line:
+cvs.texi(,13040) The @file{editinfo} file contains this line:
cvs.texi(,13041)
cvs.texi(,13042) @example
-cvs.texi(,13043) ^tc /usr/cvssupport/tc.template
+cvs.texi(,13043) ^tc /usr/cvssupport/bugid.edit
cvs.texi(,13044) @end example
cvs.texi(,13045)
-cvs.texi(,13046) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,13047) @node loginfo
-cvs.texi(,13048) @appendixsubsec Loginfo
-cvs.texi(,13049) @cindex loginfo (admin file)
-cvs.texi(,13050) @cindex Storing log messages
-cvs.texi(,13051) @cindex Mailing log messages
-cvs.texi(,13052) @cindex Distributing log messages
-cvs.texi(,13053) @cindex Log messages
-cvs.texi(,13054)
-cvs.texi(,13055) @c "cvs commit" is not quite right. What we
-cvs.texi(,13056) @c mean is "when the repository gets changed" which
-cvs.texi(,13057) @c also includes "cvs import" and "cvs add" on a directory.
-cvs.texi(,13058) The @file{loginfo} file is used to control where
-cvs.texi(,13059) @samp{cvs commit} log information is sent. The first
-cvs.texi(,13060) entry on a line is a regular expression which is tested
-cvs.texi(,13061) against the directory that the change is being made to,
-cvs.texi(,13062) relative to the @code{$CVSROOT}. If a match is found, then
-cvs.texi(,13063) the remainder of the line is a filter program that
-cvs.texi(,13064) should expect log information on its standard input.
-cvs.texi(,13065)
-cvs.texi(,13066) If the repository name does not match any of the
-cvs.texi(,13067) regular expressions in this file, the @samp{DEFAULT}
-cvs.texi(,13068) line is used, if it is specified.
-cvs.texi(,13069)
-cvs.texi(,13070) All occurrences of the name @samp{ALL} appearing as a
-cvs.texi(,13071) regular expression are used in addition to the first
-cvs.texi(,13072) matching regular expression or @samp{DEFAULT}.
-cvs.texi(,13073)
-cvs.texi(,13074) The first matching regular expression is used.
+cvs.texi(,13046) The @file{rcsinfo} file contains this line:
+cvs.texi(,13047)
+cvs.texi(,13048) @example
+cvs.texi(,13049) ^tc /usr/cvssupport/tc.template
+cvs.texi(,13050) @end example
+cvs.texi(,13051)
+cvs.texi(,13052) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,13053) @node loginfo
+cvs.texi(,13054) @appendixsubsec Loginfo
+cvs.texi(,13055) @cindex loginfo (admin file)
+cvs.texi(,13056) @cindex Storing log messages
+cvs.texi(,13057) @cindex Mailing log messages
+cvs.texi(,13058) @cindex Distributing log messages
+cvs.texi(,13059) @cindex Log messages
+cvs.texi(,13060)
+cvs.texi(,13061) @c "cvs commit" is not quite right. What we
+cvs.texi(,13062) @c mean is "when the repository gets changed" which
+cvs.texi(,13063) @c also includes "cvs import" and "cvs add" on a directory.
+cvs.texi(,13064) The @file{loginfo} file is used to control where
+cvs.texi(,13065) @samp{cvs commit} log information is sent. The first
+cvs.texi(,13066) entry on a line is a regular expression which is tested
+cvs.texi(,13067) against the directory that the change is being made to,
+cvs.texi(,13068) relative to the @code{$CVSROOT}. If a match is found, then
+cvs.texi(,13069) the remainder of the line is a filter program that
+cvs.texi(,13070) should expect log information on its standard input.
+cvs.texi(,13071)
+cvs.texi(,13072) If the repository name does not match any of the
+cvs.texi(,13073) regular expressions in this file, the @samp{DEFAULT}
+cvs.texi(,13074) line is used, if it is specified.
cvs.texi(,13075)
-cvs.texi(,13076) @xref{commit files}, for a description of the syntax of
-cvs.texi(,13077) the @file{loginfo} file.
-cvs.texi(,13078)
-cvs.texi(,13079) The user may specify a format string as
-cvs.texi(,13080) part of the filter. The string is composed of a
-cvs.texi(,13081) @samp{%} followed by a space, or followed by a single
-cvs.texi(,13082) format character, or followed by a set of format
-cvs.texi(,13083) characters surrounded by @address@hidden and @address@hidden
as
-cvs.texi(,13084) separators. The format characters are:
-cvs.texi(,13085)
-cvs.texi(,13086) @table @t
-cvs.texi(,13087) @item s
-cvs.texi(,13088) file name
-cvs.texi(,13089) @item V
-cvs.texi(,13090) old version number (pre-checkin)
-cvs.texi(,13091) @item v
-cvs.texi(,13092) new version number (post-checkin)
-cvs.texi(,13093) @end table
-cvs.texi(,13094)
-cvs.texi(,13095) All other characters that appear in a format string
-cvs.texi(,13096) expand to an empty field (commas separating fields are
-cvs.texi(,13097) still provided).
-cvs.texi(,13098)
-cvs.texi(,13099) For example, some valid format strings are @samp{%},
-cvs.texi(,13100) @samp{%s}, @address@hidden@}}, and @address@hidden@}}.
-cvs.texi(,13101)
-cvs.texi(,13102) The output will be a space separated string of tokens
enclosed in
-cvs.texi(,13103) quotation marks (@t{"}).
-cvs.texi(,13104) Any embedded dollar signs (@t{$}), backticks (@t{`}),
-cvs.texi(,13105) backslashes (@t{\}), or quotation marks will be preceded
-cvs.texi(,13106) by a backslash (this allows the shell to correctly parse it
-cvs.texi(,13107) as a single string, regardless of the characters it contains).
-cvs.texi(,13108) For backwards compatibility, the first
-cvs.texi(,13109) token will be the repository subdirectory. The rest of the
-cvs.texi(,13110) tokens will be comma-delimited lists of the information
-cvs.texi(,13111) requested in the format string. For example, if
-cvs.texi(,13112) @samp{/u/src/master/yoyodyne/tc} is the repository,
@address@hidden@}}
-cvs.texi(,13113) is the format string, and three files (@t{ChangeLog},
-cvs.texi(,13114) @t{Makefile}, @t{foo.c}) were modified, the output
-cvs.texi(,13115) might be:
-cvs.texi(,13116)
-cvs.texi(,13117) @example
-cvs.texi(,13118) "yoyodyne/tc ChangeLog,1.1,1.2 Makefile,1.3,1.4
foo.c,1.12,1.13"
-cvs.texi(,13119) @end example
-cvs.texi(,13120)
-cvs.texi(,13121) As another example, @address@hidden@}} means that only the
-cvs.texi(,13122) name of the repository will be generated.
-cvs.texi(,13123)
-cvs.texi(,13124) Note: when @sc{cvs} is accessing a remote repository,
-cvs.texi(,13125) @file{loginfo} will be run on the @emph{remote}
-cvs.texi(,13126) (i.e., server) side, not the client side (@pxref{Remote
-cvs.texi(,13127) repositories}).
-cvs.texi(,13128)
-cvs.texi(,13129) @menu
-cvs.texi(,13130) * loginfo example:: Loginfo example
-cvs.texi(,13131) * Keeping a checked out copy:: Updating a tree on every
checkin
-cvs.texi(,13132) @end menu
-cvs.texi(,13133)
-cvs.texi(,13134) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
-cvs.texi(,13135) @node loginfo example
-cvs.texi(,13136) @appendixsubsubsec Loginfo example
-cvs.texi(,13137)
-cvs.texi(,13138) The following @file{loginfo} file, together with the
-cvs.texi(,13139) tiny shell-script below, appends all log messages
-cvs.texi(,13140) to the file @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/commitlog},
-cvs.texi(,13141) and any commits to the administrative files (inside
-cvs.texi(,13142) the @file{CVSROOT} directory) are also logged in
-cvs.texi(,13143) @file{/usr/adm/cvsroot-log}.
-cvs.texi(,13144) Commits to the @file{prog1} directory are mailed to @t{ceder}.
-cvs.texi(,13145)
-cvs.texi(,13146) @c FIXME: is it a CVS feature or bug that only the
-cvs.texi(,13147) @c first matching line is used? It is documented
-cvs.texi(,13148) @c above, but is it useful? For example, if we wanted
-cvs.texi(,13149) @c to run both "cvs-log" and "Mail" for the CVSROOT
-cvs.texi(,13150) @c directory, it is kind of awkward if
-cvs.texi(,13151) @c only the first matching line is used.
-cvs.texi(,13152) @example
-cvs.texi(,13153) ALL /usr/local/bin/cvs-log
$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/commitlog $USER
-cvs.texi(,13154) ^CVSROOT /usr/local/bin/cvs-log /usr/adm/cvsroot-log
-cvs.texi(,13155) ^prog1 Mail -s %s ceder
-cvs.texi(,13156) @end example
-cvs.texi(,13157)
-cvs.texi(,13158) The shell-script @file{/usr/local/bin/cvs-log} looks
-cvs.texi(,13159) like this:
-cvs.texi(,13160)
-cvs.texi(,13161) @example
-cvs.texi(,13162) #!/bin/sh
-cvs.texi(,13163) (echo
"------------------------------------------------------";
-cvs.texi(,13164) echo -n $2" ";
-cvs.texi(,13165) date;
-cvs.texi(,13166) echo;
-cvs.texi(,13167) cat) >> $1
-cvs.texi(,13168) @end example
-cvs.texi(,13169)
-cvs.texi(,13170) @node Keeping a checked out copy
-cvs.texi(,13171) @appendixsubsubsec Keeping a checked out copy
-cvs.texi(,13172)
-cvs.texi(,13173) @c What other index entries? It seems like
-cvs.texi(,13174) @c people might want to use a lot of different
-cvs.texi(,13175) @c words for this functionality.
-cvs.texi(,13176) @cindex Keeping a checked out copy
-cvs.texi(,13177) @cindex Checked out copy, keeping
-cvs.texi(,13178) @cindex Web pages, maintaining with CVS
-cvs.texi(,13179)
-cvs.texi(,13180) It is often useful to maintain a directory tree which
-cvs.texi(,13181) contains files which correspond to the latest version
-cvs.texi(,13182) in the repository. For example, other developers might
-cvs.texi(,13183) want to refer to the latest sources without having to
-cvs.texi(,13184) check them out, or you might be maintaining a web site
-cvs.texi(,13185) with @sc{cvs} and want every checkin to cause the files
-cvs.texi(,13186) used by the web server to be updated.
-cvs.texi(,13187) @c Can we offer more details on the web example? Or
-cvs.texi(,13188) @c point the user at how to figure it out? This text
-cvs.texi(,13189) @c strikes me as sufficient for someone who already has
-cvs.texi(,13190) @c some idea of what we mean but not enough for the naive
-cvs.texi(,13191) @c user/sysadmin to understand it and set it up.
-cvs.texi(,13192)
-cvs.texi(,13193) The way to do this is by having loginfo invoke
-cvs.texi(,13194) @code{cvs update}. Doing so in the naive way will
-cvs.texi(,13195) cause a problem with locks, so the @code{cvs update}
-cvs.texi(,13196) must be run in the background.
-cvs.texi(,13197) @c Should we try to describe the problem with locks?
-cvs.texi(,13198) @c It seems like a digression for someone who just
-cvs.texi(,13199) @c wants to know how to make it work.
-cvs.texi(,13200) @c Another choice which might work for a single file
-cvs.texi(,13201) @c is to use "cvs -n update -p" which doesn't take
-cvs.texi(,13202) @c out locks (I think) but I don't see many advantages
-cvs.texi(,13203) @c of that and we might as well document something which
-cvs.texi(,13204) @c works for multiple files.
-cvs.texi(,13205) Here is an example for unix (this should all be on one line):
-cvs.texi(,13206)
-cvs.texi(,13207) @example
-cvs.texi(,13208) ^cyclic-pages (date; cat; (sleep 2; cd
/u/www/local-docs;
-cvs.texi(,13209) cvs -q update -d) &) >> $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/updatelog 2>&1
-cvs.texi(,13210) @end example
-cvs.texi(,13211)
-cvs.texi(,13212) This will cause checkins to repository directories
-cvs.texi(,13213) starting with @code{cyclic-pages} to update the checked
-cvs.texi(,13214) out tree in @file{/u/www/local-docs}.
-cvs.texi(,13215) @c More info on some of the details? The "sleep 2" is
-cvs.texi(,13216) @c so if we are lucky the lock will be gone by the time
-cvs.texi(,13217) @c we start and we can wait 2 seconds instead of 30.
-cvs.texi(,13218)
-cvs.texi(,13219) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,13220) @node rcsinfo
-cvs.texi(,13221) @appendixsec Rcsinfo
-cvs.texi(,13222) @cindex rcsinfo (admin file)
-cvs.texi(,13223) @cindex Form for log message
-cvs.texi(,13224) @cindex Log message template
-cvs.texi(,13225) @cindex Template for log message
-cvs.texi(,13226)
-cvs.texi(,13227) The @file{rcsinfo} file can be used to specify a form to
-cvs.texi(,13228) edit when filling out the commit log. The
-cvs.texi(,13229) @file{rcsinfo} file has a syntax similar to the
-cvs.texi(,13230) @file{verifymsg}, @file{commitinfo} and @file{loginfo}
-cvs.texi(,13231) files. @xref{syntax}. Unlike the other files the second
-cvs.texi(,13232) part is @emph{not} a command-line template. Instead,
-cvs.texi(,13233) the part after the regular expression should be a full
pathname to
-cvs.texi(,13234) a file containing the log message template.
-cvs.texi(,13235)
-cvs.texi(,13236) If the repository name does not match any of the
-cvs.texi(,13237) regular expressions in this file, the @samp{DEFAULT}
-cvs.texi(,13238) line is used, if it is specified.
-cvs.texi(,13239)
-cvs.texi(,13240) All occurrences of the name @samp{ALL} appearing as a
-cvs.texi(,13241) regular expression are used in addition to the first
-cvs.texi(,13242) matching regular expression or @samp{DEFAULT}.
-cvs.texi(,13243)
-cvs.texi(,13244) @c FIXME: should be offering advice, somewhere around
-cvs.texi(,13245) @c here, about where to put the template file. The
-cvs.texi(,13246) @c verifymsg example uses /usr/cvssupport but doesn't
-cvs.texi(,13247) @c say anything about what that directory is for or
-cvs.texi(,13248) @c whether it is hardwired into CVS or who creates
-cvs.texi(,13249) @c it or anything. In particular we should say
-cvs.texi(,13250) @c how to version control the template file. A
-cvs.texi(,13251) @c probably better answer than the /usr/cvssupport
-cvs.texi(,13252) @c stuff is to use checkoutlist (with xref to the
-cvs.texi(,13253) @c checkoutlist doc).
-cvs.texi(,13254) @c Also I am starting to see a connection between
-cvs.texi(,13255) @c this and the Keeping a checked out copy node.
-cvs.texi(,13256) @c Probably want to say something about that.
-cvs.texi(,13257) The log message template will be used as a default log
-cvs.texi(,13258) message. If you specify a log message with @samp{cvs
-cvs.texi(,13259) commit -m @var{message}} or @samp{cvs commit -f
-cvs.texi(,13260) @var{file}} that log message will override the
-cvs.texi(,13261) template.
-cvs.texi(,13262)
-cvs.texi(,13263) @xref{verifymsg}, for an example @file{rcsinfo}
-cvs.texi(,13264) file.
-cvs.texi(,13265)
-cvs.texi(,13266) When @sc{cvs} is accessing a remote repository,
-cvs.texi(,13267) the contents of @file{rcsinfo} at the time a directory
-cvs.texi(,13268) is first checked out will specify a template. This
-cvs.texi(,13269) template will be updated on all @samp{cvs update}
-cvs.texi(,13270) commands. It will also be added to new directories
-cvs.texi(,13271) added with a @samp{cvs add new-directry} command.
-cvs.texi(,13272) In versions of @sc{cvs} prior to version 1.12, the
-cvs.texi(,13273) @file{CVS/Template} file was not updated. If the
-cvs.texi(,13274) @sc{cvs} server is at version 1.12 or higher an older
-cvs.texi(,13275) client may be used and the @file{CVS/Template} will
-cvs.texi(,13276) be updated from the server.
-cvs.texi(,13277)
-cvs.texi(,13278) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,13279) @node cvsignore
-cvs.texi(,13280) @appendixsec Ignoring files via cvsignore
-cvs.texi(,13281) @cindex cvsignore (admin file), global
-cvs.texi(,13282) @cindex Global cvsignore
-cvs.texi(,13283) @cindex Ignoring files
-cvs.texi(,13284) @c -- This chapter should maybe be moved to the
-cvs.texi(,13285) @c tutorial part of the manual?
-cvs.texi(,13286)
-cvs.texi(,13287) There are certain file names that frequently occur
-cvs.texi(,13288) inside your working copy, but that you don't want to
-cvs.texi(,13289) put under @sc{cvs} control. Examples are all the object
-cvs.texi(,13290) files that you get while you compile your sources.
-cvs.texi(,13291) Normally, when you run @samp{cvs update}, it prints a
-cvs.texi(,13292) line for each file it encounters that it doesn't know
-cvs.texi(,13293) about (@pxref{update output}).
-cvs.texi(,13294)
-cvs.texi(,13295) @sc{cvs} has a list of files (or sh(1) file name patterns)
-cvs.texi(,13296) that it should ignore while running @code{update},
-cvs.texi(,13297) @code{import} and @code{release}.
-cvs.texi(,13298) @c -- Are those the only three commands affected?
-cvs.texi(,13299) This list is constructed in the following way.
+cvs.texi(,13076) All occurrences of the name @samp{ALL} appearing as a
+cvs.texi(,13077) regular expression are used in addition to the first
+cvs.texi(,13078) matching regular expression or @samp{DEFAULT}.
+cvs.texi(,13079)
+cvs.texi(,13080) The first matching regular expression is used.
+cvs.texi(,13081)
+cvs.texi(,13082) @xref{commit files}, for a description of the syntax of
+cvs.texi(,13083) the @file{loginfo} file.
+cvs.texi(,13084)
+cvs.texi(,13085) The user may specify a format string as
+cvs.texi(,13086) part of the filter. The string is composed of a
+cvs.texi(,13087) @samp{%} followed by a space, or followed by a single
+cvs.texi(,13088) format character, or followed by a set of format
+cvs.texi(,13089) characters surrounded by @address@hidden and @address@hidden
as
+cvs.texi(,13090) separators. The format characters are:
+cvs.texi(,13091)
+cvs.texi(,13092) @table @t
+cvs.texi(,13093) @item s
+cvs.texi(,13094) file name
+cvs.texi(,13095) @item V
+cvs.texi(,13096) old version number (pre-checkin)
+cvs.texi(,13097) @item v
+cvs.texi(,13098) new version number (post-checkin)
+cvs.texi(,13099) @end table
+cvs.texi(,13100)
+cvs.texi(,13101) All other characters that appear in a format string
+cvs.texi(,13102) expand to an empty field (commas separating fields are
+cvs.texi(,13103) still provided).
+cvs.texi(,13104)
+cvs.texi(,13105) For example, some valid format strings are @samp{%},
+cvs.texi(,13106) @samp{%s}, @address@hidden@}}, and @address@hidden@}}.
+cvs.texi(,13107)
+cvs.texi(,13108) The output will be a space separated string of tokens
enclosed in
+cvs.texi(,13109) quotation marks (@t{"}).
+cvs.texi(,13110) Any embedded dollar signs (@t{$}), backticks (@t{`}),
+cvs.texi(,13111) backslashes (@t{\}), or quotation marks will be preceded
+cvs.texi(,13112) by a backslash (this allows the shell to correctly parse it
+cvs.texi(,13113) as a single string, regardless of the characters it contains).
+cvs.texi(,13114) For backwards compatibility, the first
+cvs.texi(,13115) token will be the repository subdirectory. The rest of the
+cvs.texi(,13116) tokens will be comma-delimited lists of the information
+cvs.texi(,13117) requested in the format string. For example, if
+cvs.texi(,13118) @samp{/u/src/master/yoyodyne/tc} is the repository,
@address@hidden@}}
+cvs.texi(,13119) is the format string, and three files (@t{ChangeLog},
+cvs.texi(,13120) @t{Makefile}, @t{foo.c}) were modified, the output
+cvs.texi(,13121) might be:
+cvs.texi(,13122)
+cvs.texi(,13123) @example
+cvs.texi(,13124) "yoyodyne/tc ChangeLog,1.1,1.2 Makefile,1.3,1.4
foo.c,1.12,1.13"
+cvs.texi(,13125) @end example
+cvs.texi(,13126)
+cvs.texi(,13127) As another example, @address@hidden@}} means that only the
+cvs.texi(,13128) name of the repository will be generated.
+cvs.texi(,13129)
+cvs.texi(,13130) Note: when @sc{cvs} is accessing a remote repository,
+cvs.texi(,13131) @file{loginfo} will be run on the @emph{remote}
+cvs.texi(,13132) (i.e., server) side, not the client side (@pxref{Remote
+cvs.texi(,13133) repositories}).
+cvs.texi(,13134)
+cvs.texi(,13135) @menu
+cvs.texi(,13136) * loginfo example:: Loginfo example
+cvs.texi(,13137) * Keeping a checked out copy:: Updating a tree on every
checkin
+cvs.texi(,13138) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,13139)
+cvs.texi(,13140) @c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
+cvs.texi(,13141) @node loginfo example
+cvs.texi(,13142) @appendixsubsubsec Loginfo example
+cvs.texi(,13143)
+cvs.texi(,13144) The following @file{loginfo} file, together with the
+cvs.texi(,13145) tiny shell-script below, appends all log messages
+cvs.texi(,13146) to the file @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/commitlog},
+cvs.texi(,13147) and any commits to the administrative files (inside
+cvs.texi(,13148) the @file{CVSROOT} directory) are also logged in
+cvs.texi(,13149) @file{/usr/adm/cvsroot-log}.
+cvs.texi(,13150) Commits to the @file{prog1} directory are mailed to @t{ceder}.
+cvs.texi(,13151)
+cvs.texi(,13152) @c FIXME: is it a CVS feature or bug that only the
+cvs.texi(,13153) @c first matching line is used? It is documented
+cvs.texi(,13154) @c above, but is it useful? For example, if we wanted
+cvs.texi(,13155) @c to run both "cvs-log" and "Mail" for the CVSROOT
+cvs.texi(,13156) @c directory, it is kind of awkward if
+cvs.texi(,13157) @c only the first matching line is used.
+cvs.texi(,13158) @example
+cvs.texi(,13159) ALL /usr/local/bin/cvs-log
$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/commitlog $USER
+cvs.texi(,13160) ^CVSROOT /usr/local/bin/cvs-log /usr/adm/cvsroot-log
+cvs.texi(,13161) ^prog1 Mail -s %s ceder
+cvs.texi(,13162) @end example
+cvs.texi(,13163)
+cvs.texi(,13164) The shell-script @file{/usr/local/bin/cvs-log} looks
+cvs.texi(,13165) like this:
+cvs.texi(,13166)
+cvs.texi(,13167) @example
+cvs.texi(,13168) #!/bin/sh
+cvs.texi(,13169) (echo
"------------------------------------------------------";
+cvs.texi(,13170) echo -n $2" ";
+cvs.texi(,13171) date;
+cvs.texi(,13172) echo;
+cvs.texi(,13173) cat) >> $1
+cvs.texi(,13174) @end example
+cvs.texi(,13175)
+cvs.texi(,13176) @node Keeping a checked out copy
+cvs.texi(,13177) @appendixsubsubsec Keeping a checked out copy
+cvs.texi(,13178)
+cvs.texi(,13179) @c What other index entries? It seems like
+cvs.texi(,13180) @c people might want to use a lot of different
+cvs.texi(,13181) @c words for this functionality.
+cvs.texi(,13182) @cindex Keeping a checked out copy
+cvs.texi(,13183) @cindex Checked out copy, keeping
+cvs.texi(,13184) @cindex Web pages, maintaining with CVS
+cvs.texi(,13185)
+cvs.texi(,13186) It is often useful to maintain a directory tree which
+cvs.texi(,13187) contains files which correspond to the latest version
+cvs.texi(,13188) in the repository. For example, other developers might
+cvs.texi(,13189) want to refer to the latest sources without having to
+cvs.texi(,13190) check them out, or you might be maintaining a web site
+cvs.texi(,13191) with @sc{cvs} and want every checkin to cause the files
+cvs.texi(,13192) used by the web server to be updated.
+cvs.texi(,13193) @c Can we offer more details on the web example? Or
+cvs.texi(,13194) @c point the user at how to figure it out? This text
+cvs.texi(,13195) @c strikes me as sufficient for someone who already has
+cvs.texi(,13196) @c some idea of what we mean but not enough for the naive
+cvs.texi(,13197) @c user/sysadmin to understand it and set it up.
+cvs.texi(,13198)
+cvs.texi(,13199) The way to do this is by having loginfo invoke
+cvs.texi(,13200) @code{cvs update}. Doing so in the naive way will
+cvs.texi(,13201) cause a problem with locks, so the @code{cvs update}
+cvs.texi(,13202) must be run in the background.
+cvs.texi(,13203) @c Should we try to describe the problem with locks?
+cvs.texi(,13204) @c It seems like a digression for someone who just
+cvs.texi(,13205) @c wants to know how to make it work.
+cvs.texi(,13206) @c Another choice which might work for a single file
+cvs.texi(,13207) @c is to use "cvs -n update -p" which doesn't take
+cvs.texi(,13208) @c out locks (I think) but I don't see many advantages
+cvs.texi(,13209) @c of that and we might as well document something which
+cvs.texi(,13210) @c works for multiple files.
+cvs.texi(,13211) Here is an example for unix (this should all be on one line):
+cvs.texi(,13212)
+cvs.texi(,13213) @example
+cvs.texi(,13214) ^cyclic-pages (date; cat; (sleep 2; cd
/u/www/local-docs;
+cvs.texi(,13215) cvs -q update -d) &) >> $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/updatelog 2>&1
+cvs.texi(,13216) @end example
+cvs.texi(,13217)
+cvs.texi(,13218) This will cause checkins to repository directories
+cvs.texi(,13219) starting with @code{cyclic-pages} to update the checked
+cvs.texi(,13220) out tree in @file{/u/www/local-docs}.
+cvs.texi(,13221) @c More info on some of the details? The "sleep 2" is
+cvs.texi(,13222) @c so if we are lucky the lock will be gone by the time
+cvs.texi(,13223) @c we start and we can wait 2 seconds instead of 30.
+cvs.texi(,13224)
+cvs.texi(,13225) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,13226) @node rcsinfo
+cvs.texi(,13227) @appendixsec Rcsinfo
+cvs.texi(,13228) @cindex rcsinfo (admin file)
+cvs.texi(,13229) @cindex Form for log message
+cvs.texi(,13230) @cindex Log message template
+cvs.texi(,13231) @cindex Template for log message
+cvs.texi(,13232)
+cvs.texi(,13233) The @file{rcsinfo} file can be used to specify a form to
+cvs.texi(,13234) edit when filling out the commit log. The
+cvs.texi(,13235) @file{rcsinfo} file has a syntax similar to the
+cvs.texi(,13236) @file{verifymsg}, @file{commitinfo} and @file{loginfo}
+cvs.texi(,13237) files. @xref{syntax}. Unlike the other files the second
+cvs.texi(,13238) part is @emph{not} a command-line template. Instead,
+cvs.texi(,13239) the part after the regular expression should be a full
pathname to
+cvs.texi(,13240) a file containing the log message template.
+cvs.texi(,13241)
+cvs.texi(,13242) If the repository name does not match any of the
+cvs.texi(,13243) regular expressions in this file, the @samp{DEFAULT}
+cvs.texi(,13244) line is used, if it is specified.
+cvs.texi(,13245)
+cvs.texi(,13246) All occurrences of the name @samp{ALL} appearing as a
+cvs.texi(,13247) regular expression are used in addition to the first
+cvs.texi(,13248) matching regular expression or @samp{DEFAULT}.
+cvs.texi(,13249)
+cvs.texi(,13250) @c FIXME: should be offering advice, somewhere around
+cvs.texi(,13251) @c here, about where to put the template file. The
+cvs.texi(,13252) @c verifymsg example uses /usr/cvssupport but doesn't
+cvs.texi(,13253) @c say anything about what that directory is for or
+cvs.texi(,13254) @c whether it is hardwired into CVS or who creates
+cvs.texi(,13255) @c it or anything. In particular we should say
+cvs.texi(,13256) @c how to version control the template file. A
+cvs.texi(,13257) @c probably better answer than the /usr/cvssupport
+cvs.texi(,13258) @c stuff is to use checkoutlist (with xref to the
+cvs.texi(,13259) @c checkoutlist doc).
+cvs.texi(,13260) @c Also I am starting to see a connection between
+cvs.texi(,13261) @c this and the Keeping a checked out copy node.
+cvs.texi(,13262) @c Probably want to say something about that.
+cvs.texi(,13263) The log message template will be used as a default log
+cvs.texi(,13264) message. If you specify a log message with @samp{cvs
+cvs.texi(,13265) commit -m @var{message}} or @samp{cvs commit -f
+cvs.texi(,13266) @var{file}} that log message will override the
+cvs.texi(,13267) template.
+cvs.texi(,13268)
+cvs.texi(,13269) @xref{verifymsg}, for an example @file{rcsinfo}
+cvs.texi(,13270) file.
+cvs.texi(,13271)
+cvs.texi(,13272) When @sc{cvs} is accessing a remote repository,
+cvs.texi(,13273) the contents of @file{rcsinfo} at the time a directory
+cvs.texi(,13274) is first checked out will specify a template. This
+cvs.texi(,13275) template will be updated on all @samp{cvs update}
+cvs.texi(,13276) commands. It will also be added to new directories
+cvs.texi(,13277) added with a @samp{cvs add new-directry} command.
+cvs.texi(,13278) In versions of @sc{cvs} prior to version 1.12, the
+cvs.texi(,13279) @file{CVS/Template} file was not updated. If the
+cvs.texi(,13280) @sc{cvs} server is at version 1.12 or higher an older
+cvs.texi(,13281) client may be used and the @file{CVS/Template} will
+cvs.texi(,13282) be updated from the server.
+cvs.texi(,13283)
+cvs.texi(,13284) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,13285) @node cvsignore
+cvs.texi(,13286) @appendixsec Ignoring files via cvsignore
+cvs.texi(,13287) @cindex cvsignore (admin file), global
+cvs.texi(,13288) @cindex Global cvsignore
+cvs.texi(,13289) @cindex Ignoring files
+cvs.texi(,13290) @c -- This chapter should maybe be moved to the
+cvs.texi(,13291) @c tutorial part of the manual?
+cvs.texi(,13292)
+cvs.texi(,13293) There are certain file names that frequently occur
+cvs.texi(,13294) inside your working copy, but that you don't want to
+cvs.texi(,13295) put under @sc{cvs} control. Examples are all the object
+cvs.texi(,13296) files that you get while you compile your sources.
+cvs.texi(,13297) Normally, when you run @samp{cvs update}, it prints a
+cvs.texi(,13298) line for each file it encounters that it doesn't know
+cvs.texi(,13299) about (@pxref{update output}).
cvs.texi(,13300)
-cvs.texi(,13301) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,13302) @item
-cvs.texi(,13303) The list is initialized to include certain file name
-cvs.texi(,13304) patterns: names associated with @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,13305) administration, or with other common source control
-cvs.texi(,13306) systems; common names for patch files, object files,
-cvs.texi(,13307) archive files, and editor backup files; and other names
-cvs.texi(,13308) that are usually artifacts of assorted utilities.
-cvs.texi(,13309) Currently, the default list of ignored file name
-cvs.texi(,13310) patterns is:
-cvs.texi(,13311)
-cvs.texi(,13312) @cindex Ignored files
-cvs.texi(,13313) @cindex Automatically ignored files
-cvs.texi(,13314) @example
-cvs.texi(,13315) RCS SCCS CVS CVS.adm
-cvs.texi(,13316) RCSLOG cvslog.*
-cvs.texi(,13317) tags TAGS
-cvs.texi(,13318) .make.state .nse_depinfo
-cvs.texi(,13319) *~ #* .#* ,* _$* *$
-cvs.texi(,13320) *.old *.bak *.BAK *.orig *.rej .del-*
-cvs.texi(,13321) *.a *.olb *.o *.obj *.so *.exe
-cvs.texi(,13322) *.Z *.elc *.ln
-cvs.texi(,13323) core
-cvs.texi(,13324) @end example
-cvs.texi(,13325)
-cvs.texi(,13326) @item
-cvs.texi(,13327) The per-repository list in
-cvs.texi(,13328) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/cvsignore} is appended to
-cvs.texi(,13329) the list, if that file exists.
-cvs.texi(,13330)
-cvs.texi(,13331) @item
-cvs.texi(,13332) The per-user list in @file{.cvsignore} in your home
-cvs.texi(,13333) directory is appended to the list, if it exists.
-cvs.texi(,13334)
-cvs.texi(,13335) @item
-cvs.texi(,13336) Any entries in the environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13337) @code{$CVSIGNORE} is appended to the list.
-cvs.texi(,13338)
-cvs.texi(,13339) @item
-cvs.texi(,13340) Any @samp{-I} options given to @sc{cvs} is appended.
-cvs.texi(,13341)
-cvs.texi(,13342) @item
-cvs.texi(,13343) As @sc{cvs} traverses through your directories, the contents
-cvs.texi(,13344) of any @file{.cvsignore} will be appended to the list.
-cvs.texi(,13345) The patterns found in @file{.cvsignore} are only valid
-cvs.texi(,13346) for the directory that contains them, not for
-cvs.texi(,13347) any sub-directories.
-cvs.texi(,13348) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,13349)
-cvs.texi(,13350) In any of the 5 places listed above, a single
-cvs.texi(,13351) exclamation mark (@samp{!}) clears the ignore list.
-cvs.texi(,13352) This can be used if you want to store any file which
-cvs.texi(,13353) normally is ignored by @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,13354)
-cvs.texi(,13355) Specifying @samp{-I !} to @code{cvs import} will import
-cvs.texi(,13356) everything, which is generally what you want to do if
-cvs.texi(,13357) you are importing files from a pristine distribution or
-cvs.texi(,13358) any other source which is known to not contain any
-cvs.texi(,13359) extraneous files. However, looking at the rules above
-cvs.texi(,13360) you will see there is a fly in the ointment; if the
-cvs.texi(,13361) distribution contains any @file{.cvsignore} files, then
-cvs.texi(,13362) the patterns from those files will be processed even if
-cvs.texi(,13363) @samp{-I !} is specified. The only workaround is to
-cvs.texi(,13364) remove the @file{.cvsignore} files in order to do the
-cvs.texi(,13365) import. Because this is awkward, in the future
-cvs.texi(,13366) @samp{-I !} might be modified to override
-cvs.texi(,13367) @file{.cvsignore} files in each directory.
-cvs.texi(,13368)
-cvs.texi(,13369) Note that the syntax of the ignore files consists of a
-cvs.texi(,13370) series of lines, each of which contains a space
-cvs.texi(,13371) separated list of filenames. This offers no clean way
-cvs.texi(,13372) to specify filenames which contain spaces, but you can
-cvs.texi(,13373) use a workaround like @file{foo?bar} to match a file
-cvs.texi(,13374) named @file{foo bar} (it also matches @file{fooxbar}
-cvs.texi(,13375) and the like). Also note that there is currently no
-cvs.texi(,13376) way to specify comments.
-cvs.texi(,13377) @c FIXCVS? I don't _like_ this syntax at all, but
-cvs.texi(,13378) @c changing it raises all the usual compatibility
-cvs.texi(,13379) @c issues and I'm also not sure what to change it to.
-cvs.texi(,13380)
-cvs.texi(,13381) @node checkoutlist
-cvs.texi(,13382) @appendixsec The checkoutlist file
-cvs.texi(,13383) @cindex checkoutlist
-cvs.texi(,13384)
-cvs.texi(,13385) It may be helpful to use @sc{cvs} to maintain your own
-cvs.texi(,13386) files in the @file{CVSROOT} directory. For example,
-cvs.texi(,13387) suppose that you have a script @file{logcommit.pl}
-cvs.texi(,13388) which you run by including the following line in the
-cvs.texi(,13389) @file{commitinfo} administrative file:
+cvs.texi(,13301) @sc{cvs} has a list of files (or sh(1) file name patterns)
+cvs.texi(,13302) that it should ignore while running @code{update},
+cvs.texi(,13303) @code{import} and @code{release}.
+cvs.texi(,13304) @c -- Are those the only three commands affected?
+cvs.texi(,13305) This list is constructed in the following way.
+cvs.texi(,13306)
+cvs.texi(,13307) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,13308) @item
+cvs.texi(,13309) The list is initialized to include certain file name
+cvs.texi(,13310) patterns: names associated with @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,13311) administration, or with other common source control
+cvs.texi(,13312) systems; common names for patch files, object files,
+cvs.texi(,13313) archive files, and editor backup files; and other names
+cvs.texi(,13314) that are usually artifacts of assorted utilities.
+cvs.texi(,13315) Currently, the default list of ignored file name
+cvs.texi(,13316) patterns is:
+cvs.texi(,13317)
+cvs.texi(,13318) @cindex Ignored files
+cvs.texi(,13319) @cindex Automatically ignored files
+cvs.texi(,13320) @example
+cvs.texi(,13321) RCS SCCS CVS CVS.adm
+cvs.texi(,13322) RCSLOG cvslog.*
+cvs.texi(,13323) tags TAGS
+cvs.texi(,13324) .make.state .nse_depinfo
+cvs.texi(,13325) *~ #* .#* ,* _$* *$
+cvs.texi(,13326) *.old *.bak *.BAK *.orig *.rej .del-*
+cvs.texi(,13327) *.a *.olb *.o *.obj *.so *.exe
+cvs.texi(,13328) *.Z *.elc *.ln
+cvs.texi(,13329) core
+cvs.texi(,13330) @end example
+cvs.texi(,13331)
+cvs.texi(,13332) @item
+cvs.texi(,13333) The per-repository list in
+cvs.texi(,13334) @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/cvsignore} is appended to
+cvs.texi(,13335) the list, if that file exists.
+cvs.texi(,13336)
+cvs.texi(,13337) @item
+cvs.texi(,13338) The per-user list in @file{.cvsignore} in your home
+cvs.texi(,13339) directory is appended to the list, if it exists.
+cvs.texi(,13340)
+cvs.texi(,13341) @item
+cvs.texi(,13342) Any entries in the environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13343) @code{$CVSIGNORE} is appended to the list.
+cvs.texi(,13344)
+cvs.texi(,13345) @item
+cvs.texi(,13346) Any @samp{-I} options given to @sc{cvs} is appended.
+cvs.texi(,13347)
+cvs.texi(,13348) @item
+cvs.texi(,13349) As @sc{cvs} traverses through your directories, the contents
+cvs.texi(,13350) of any @file{.cvsignore} will be appended to the list.
+cvs.texi(,13351) The patterns found in @file{.cvsignore} are only valid
+cvs.texi(,13352) for the directory that contains them, not for
+cvs.texi(,13353) any sub-directories.
+cvs.texi(,13354) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,13355)
+cvs.texi(,13356) In any of the 5 places listed above, a single
+cvs.texi(,13357) exclamation mark (@samp{!}) clears the ignore list.
+cvs.texi(,13358) This can be used if you want to store any file which
+cvs.texi(,13359) normally is ignored by @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,13360)
+cvs.texi(,13361) Specifying @samp{-I !} to @code{cvs import} will import
+cvs.texi(,13362) everything, which is generally what you want to do if
+cvs.texi(,13363) you are importing files from a pristine distribution or
+cvs.texi(,13364) any other source which is known to not contain any
+cvs.texi(,13365) extraneous files. However, looking at the rules above
+cvs.texi(,13366) you will see there is a fly in the ointment; if the
+cvs.texi(,13367) distribution contains any @file{.cvsignore} files, then
+cvs.texi(,13368) the patterns from those files will be processed even if
+cvs.texi(,13369) @samp{-I !} is specified. The only workaround is to
+cvs.texi(,13370) remove the @file{.cvsignore} files in order to do the
+cvs.texi(,13371) import. Because this is awkward, in the future
+cvs.texi(,13372) @samp{-I !} might be modified to override
+cvs.texi(,13373) @file{.cvsignore} files in each directory.
+cvs.texi(,13374)
+cvs.texi(,13375) Note that the syntax of the ignore files consists of a
+cvs.texi(,13376) series of lines, each of which contains a space
+cvs.texi(,13377) separated list of filenames. This offers no clean way
+cvs.texi(,13378) to specify filenames which contain spaces, but you can
+cvs.texi(,13379) use a workaround like @file{foo?bar} to match a file
+cvs.texi(,13380) named @file{foo bar} (it also matches @file{fooxbar}
+cvs.texi(,13381) and the like). Also note that there is currently no
+cvs.texi(,13382) way to specify comments.
+cvs.texi(,13383) @c FIXCVS? I don't _like_ this syntax at all, but
+cvs.texi(,13384) @c changing it raises all the usual compatibility
+cvs.texi(,13385) @c issues and I'm also not sure what to change it to.
+cvs.texi(,13386)
+cvs.texi(,13387) @node checkoutlist
+cvs.texi(,13388) @appendixsec The checkoutlist file
+cvs.texi(,13389) @cindex checkoutlist
cvs.texi(,13390)
-cvs.texi(,13391) @example
-cvs.texi(,13392) ALL $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/logcommit.pl
-cvs.texi(,13393) @end example
-cvs.texi(,13394)
-cvs.texi(,13395) To maintain @file{logcommit.pl} with @sc{cvs} you would
-cvs.texi(,13396) add the following line to the @file{checkoutlist}
-cvs.texi(,13397) administrative file:
-cvs.texi(,13398)
-cvs.texi(,13399) @example
-cvs.texi(,13400) logcommit.pl
-cvs.texi(,13401) @end example
-cvs.texi(,13402)
-cvs.texi(,13403) The format of @file{checkoutlist} is one line for each
-cvs.texi(,13404) file that you want to maintain using @sc{cvs}, giving
-cvs.texi(,13405) the name of the file.
-cvs.texi(,13406)
-cvs.texi(,13407) After setting up @file{checkoutlist} in this fashion,
-cvs.texi(,13408) the files listed there will function just like
-cvs.texi(,13409) @sc{cvs}'s built-in administrative files. For example,
-cvs.texi(,13410) when checking in one of the files you should get a
-cvs.texi(,13411) message such as:
+cvs.texi(,13391) It may be helpful to use @sc{cvs} to maintain your own
+cvs.texi(,13392) files in the @file{CVSROOT} directory. For example,
+cvs.texi(,13393) suppose that you have a script @file{logcommit.pl}
+cvs.texi(,13394) which you run by including the following line in the
+cvs.texi(,13395) @file{commitinfo} administrative file:
+cvs.texi(,13396)
+cvs.texi(,13397) @example
+cvs.texi(,13398) ALL $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/logcommit.pl
+cvs.texi(,13399) @end example
+cvs.texi(,13400)
+cvs.texi(,13401) To maintain @file{logcommit.pl} with @sc{cvs} you would
+cvs.texi(,13402) add the following line to the @file{checkoutlist}
+cvs.texi(,13403) administrative file:
+cvs.texi(,13404)
+cvs.texi(,13405) @example
+cvs.texi(,13406) logcommit.pl
+cvs.texi(,13407) @end example
+cvs.texi(,13408)
+cvs.texi(,13409) The format of @file{checkoutlist} is one line for each
+cvs.texi(,13410) file that you want to maintain using @sc{cvs}, giving
+cvs.texi(,13411) the name of the file.
cvs.texi(,13412)
-cvs.texi(,13413) @example
-cvs.texi(,13414) cvs commit: Rebuilding administrative file database
-cvs.texi(,13415) @end example
-cvs.texi(,13416)
-cvs.texi(,13417) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,13418) and the checked out copy in the @file{CVSROOT}
-cvs.texi(,13419) directory should be updated.
-cvs.texi(,13420)
-cvs.texi(,13421) Note that listing @file{passwd} (@pxref{Password
-cvs.texi(,13422) authentication server}) in @file{checkoutlist} is not
-cvs.texi(,13423) recommended for security reasons.
-cvs.texi(,13424)
-cvs.texi(,13425) For information about keeping a checkout out copy in a
-cvs.texi(,13426) more general context than the one provided by
-cvs.texi(,13427) @file{checkoutlist}, see @ref{Keeping a checked out
-cvs.texi(,13428) copy}.
-cvs.texi(,13429)
-cvs.texi(,13430) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
-cvs.texi(,13431) @node history file
-cvs.texi(,13432) @appendixsec The history file
-cvs.texi(,13433) @cindex History file
-cvs.texi(,13434) @cindex Log information, saving
+cvs.texi(,13413) After setting up @file{checkoutlist} in this fashion,
+cvs.texi(,13414) the files listed there will function just like
+cvs.texi(,13415) @sc{cvs}'s built-in administrative files. For example,
+cvs.texi(,13416) when checking in one of the files you should get a
+cvs.texi(,13417) message such as:
+cvs.texi(,13418)
+cvs.texi(,13419) @example
+cvs.texi(,13420) cvs commit: Rebuilding administrative file database
+cvs.texi(,13421) @end example
+cvs.texi(,13422)
+cvs.texi(,13423) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,13424) and the checked out copy in the @file{CVSROOT}
+cvs.texi(,13425) directory should be updated.
+cvs.texi(,13426)
+cvs.texi(,13427) Note that listing @file{passwd} (@pxref{Password
+cvs.texi(,13428) authentication server}) in @file{checkoutlist} is not
+cvs.texi(,13429) recommended for security reasons.
+cvs.texi(,13430)
+cvs.texi(,13431) For information about keeping a checkout out copy in a
+cvs.texi(,13432) more general context than the one provided by
+cvs.texi(,13433) @file{checkoutlist}, see @ref{Keeping a checked out
+cvs.texi(,13434) copy}.
cvs.texi(,13435)
-cvs.texi(,13436) The file @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/history} is used
-cvs.texi(,13437) to log information for the @code{history} command
-cvs.texi(,13438) (@pxref{history}). This file must be created to turn
-cvs.texi(,13439) on logging. This is done automatically if the
-cvs.texi(,13440) @code{cvs init} command is used to set up the
-cvs.texi(,13441) repository (@pxref{Creating a repository}).
-cvs.texi(,13442)
-cvs.texi(,13443) The file format of the @file{history} file is
-cvs.texi(,13444) documented only in comments in the @sc{cvs} source
-cvs.texi(,13445) code, but generally programs should use the @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,13446) history} command to access it anyway, in case the
-cvs.texi(,13447) format changes with future releases of @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,13436) @c - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
+cvs.texi(,13437) @node history file
+cvs.texi(,13438) @appendixsec The history file
+cvs.texi(,13439) @cindex History file
+cvs.texi(,13440) @cindex Log information, saving
+cvs.texi(,13441)
+cvs.texi(,13442) The file @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/history} is used
+cvs.texi(,13443) to log information for the @code{history} command
+cvs.texi(,13444) (@pxref{history}). This file must be created to turn
+cvs.texi(,13445) on logging. This is done automatically if the
+cvs.texi(,13446) @code{cvs init} command is used to set up the
+cvs.texi(,13447) repository (@pxref{Creating a repository}).
cvs.texi(,13448)
-cvs.texi(,13449) @node Variables
-cvs.texi(,13450) @appendixsec Expansions in administrative files
-cvs.texi(,13451) @cindex Internal variables
-cvs.texi(,13452) @cindex Variables
-cvs.texi(,13453)
-cvs.texi(,13454) Sometimes in writing an administrative file, you might
-cvs.texi(,13455) want the file to be able to know various things based
-cvs.texi(,13456) on environment @sc{cvs} is running in. There are
-cvs.texi(,13457) several mechanisms to do that.
-cvs.texi(,13458)
-cvs.texi(,13459) To find the home directory of the user running @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,13460) (from the @code{HOME} environment variable), use
-cvs.texi(,13461) @samp{~} followed by @samp{/} or the end of the line.
-cvs.texi(,13462) Likewise for the home directory of @var{user}, use
-cvs.texi(,13463) @address@hidden These variables are expanded on
-cvs.texi(,13464) the server machine, and don't get any reasonable
-cvs.texi(,13465) expansion if pserver (@pxref{Password authenticated})
-cvs.texi(,13466) is in use; therefore user variables (see below) may be
-cvs.texi(,13467) a better choice to customize behavior based on the user
-cvs.texi(,13468) running @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,13469) @c Based on these limitations, should we deprecate ~?
-cvs.texi(,13470) @c What is it good for? Are people using it?
-cvs.texi(,13471)
-cvs.texi(,13472) One may want to know about various pieces of
-cvs.texi(,13473) information internal to @sc{cvs}. A @sc{cvs} internal
-cvs.texi(,13474) variable has the syntax @address@hidden@address@hidden,
-cvs.texi(,13475) where @var{variable} starts with a letter and consists
-cvs.texi(,13476) of alphanumeric characters and @samp{_}. If the
-cvs.texi(,13477) character following @var{variable} is a
-cvs.texi(,13478) non-alphanumeric character other than @samp{_}, the
-cvs.texi(,13479) @address@hidden and @address@hidden can be omitted. The
@sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,13480) internal variables are:
-cvs.texi(,13481)
-cvs.texi(,13482) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,13483) @item CVSROOT
-cvs.texi(,13484) @cindex CVSROOT, internal variable
-cvs.texi(,13485) This is the absolute path to the current @sc{cvs} root
directory.
-cvs.texi(,13486) @xref{Repository}, for a description of the various
-cvs.texi(,13487) ways to specify this, but note that the internal
-cvs.texi(,13488) variable contains just the directory and not any
-cvs.texi(,13489) of the access method information.
-cvs.texi(,13490)
-cvs.texi(,13491) @item RCSBIN
-cvs.texi(,13492) @cindex RCSBIN, internal variable
-cvs.texi(,13493) In @sc{cvs} 1.9.18 and older, this specified the
-cvs.texi(,13494) directory where @sc{cvs} was looking for @sc{rcs}
-cvs.texi(,13495) programs. Because @sc{cvs} no longer runs @sc{rcs}
-cvs.texi(,13496) programs, specifying this internal variable is now an
-cvs.texi(,13497) error.
-cvs.texi(,13498)
-cvs.texi(,13499) @item CVSEDITOR
-cvs.texi(,13500) @cindex CVSEDITOR, internal variable
-cvs.texi(,13501) @itemx EDITOR
-cvs.texi(,13502) @cindex EDITOR, internal variable
-cvs.texi(,13503) @itemx VISUAL
-cvs.texi(,13504) @cindex VISUAL, internal variable
-cvs.texi(,13505) These all expand to the same value, which is the editor
-cvs.texi(,13506) that @sc{cvs} is using. @xref{Global options}, for how
-cvs.texi(,13507) to specify this.
-cvs.texi(,13508)
-cvs.texi(,13509) @item USER
-cvs.texi(,13510) @cindex USER, internal variable
-cvs.texi(,13511) Username of the user running @sc{cvs} (on the @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,13512) server machine).
-cvs.texi(,13513) When using pserver, this is the user specified in the
repository
-cvs.texi(,13514) specification which need not be the same as the username the
-cvs.texi(,13515) server is running as (@pxref{Password authentication server}).
-cvs.texi(,13516) Do not confuse this with the environment variable of the same
name.
-cvs.texi(,13517) @end table
-cvs.texi(,13518)
-cvs.texi(,13519) If you want to pass a value to the administrative files
-cvs.texi(,13520) which the user who is running @sc{cvs} can specify,
-cvs.texi(,13521) use a user variable.
-cvs.texi(,13522) @cindex User variables
-cvs.texi(,13523) To expand a user variable, the
-cvs.texi(,13524) administrative file contains
-cvs.texi(,13525) @address@hidden@address@hidden To set a user variable,
-cvs.texi(,13526) specify the global option @samp{-s} to @sc{cvs}, with
-cvs.texi(,13527) argument @address@hidden@var{value}}. It may be
-cvs.texi(,13528) particularly useful to specify this option via
-cvs.texi(,13529) @file{.cvsrc} (@pxref{~/.cvsrc}).
-cvs.texi(,13530)
-cvs.texi(,13531) For example, if you want the administrative file to
-cvs.texi(,13532) refer to a test directory you might create a user
-cvs.texi(,13533) variable @code{TESTDIR}. Then if @sc{cvs} is invoked
-cvs.texi(,13534) as
-cvs.texi(,13535)
-cvs.texi(,13536) @example
-cvs.texi(,13537) cvs -s TESTDIR=/work/local/tests
-cvs.texi(,13538) @end example
-cvs.texi(,13539)
-cvs.texi(,13540) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,13541) and the
-cvs.texi(,13542) administrative file contains @code{sh
-cvs.texi(,13543) address@hidden@}/runtests}, then that string is expanded
-cvs.texi(,13544) to @code{sh /work/local/tests/runtests}.
+cvs.texi(,13449) The file format of the @file{history} file is
+cvs.texi(,13450) documented only in comments in the @sc{cvs} source
+cvs.texi(,13451) code, but generally programs should use the @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,13452) history} command to access it anyway, in case the
+cvs.texi(,13453) format changes with future releases of @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,13454)
+cvs.texi(,13455) @node Variables
+cvs.texi(,13456) @appendixsec Expansions in administrative files
+cvs.texi(,13457) @cindex Internal variables
+cvs.texi(,13458) @cindex Variables
+cvs.texi(,13459)
+cvs.texi(,13460) Sometimes in writing an administrative file, you might
+cvs.texi(,13461) want the file to be able to know various things based
+cvs.texi(,13462) on environment @sc{cvs} is running in. There are
+cvs.texi(,13463) several mechanisms to do that.
+cvs.texi(,13464)
+cvs.texi(,13465) To find the home directory of the user running @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,13466) (from the @code{HOME} environment variable), use
+cvs.texi(,13467) @samp{~} followed by @samp{/} or the end of the line.
+cvs.texi(,13468) Likewise for the home directory of @var{user}, use
+cvs.texi(,13469) @address@hidden These variables are expanded on
+cvs.texi(,13470) the server machine, and don't get any reasonable
+cvs.texi(,13471) expansion if pserver (@pxref{Password authenticated})
+cvs.texi(,13472) is in use; therefore user variables (see below) may be
+cvs.texi(,13473) a better choice to customize behavior based on the user
+cvs.texi(,13474) running @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,13475) @c Based on these limitations, should we deprecate ~?
+cvs.texi(,13476) @c What is it good for? Are people using it?
+cvs.texi(,13477)
+cvs.texi(,13478) One may want to know about various pieces of
+cvs.texi(,13479) information internal to @sc{cvs}. A @sc{cvs} internal
+cvs.texi(,13480) variable has the syntax @address@hidden@address@hidden,
+cvs.texi(,13481) where @var{variable} starts with a letter and consists
+cvs.texi(,13482) of alphanumeric characters and @samp{_}. If the
+cvs.texi(,13483) character following @var{variable} is a
+cvs.texi(,13484) non-alphanumeric character other than @samp{_}, the
+cvs.texi(,13485) @address@hidden and @address@hidden can be omitted. The
@sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,13486) internal variables are:
+cvs.texi(,13487)
+cvs.texi(,13488) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,13489) @item CVSROOT
+cvs.texi(,13490) @cindex CVSROOT, internal variable
+cvs.texi(,13491) This is the absolute path to the current @sc{cvs} root
directory.
+cvs.texi(,13492) @xref{Repository}, for a description of the various
+cvs.texi(,13493) ways to specify this, but note that the internal
+cvs.texi(,13494) variable contains just the directory and not any
+cvs.texi(,13495) of the access method information.
+cvs.texi(,13496)
+cvs.texi(,13497) @item RCSBIN
+cvs.texi(,13498) @cindex RCSBIN, internal variable
+cvs.texi(,13499) In @sc{cvs} 1.9.18 and older, this specified the
+cvs.texi(,13500) directory where @sc{cvs} was looking for @sc{rcs}
+cvs.texi(,13501) programs. Because @sc{cvs} no longer runs @sc{rcs}
+cvs.texi(,13502) programs, specifying this internal variable is now an
+cvs.texi(,13503) error.
+cvs.texi(,13504)
+cvs.texi(,13505) @item CVSEDITOR
+cvs.texi(,13506) @cindex CVSEDITOR, internal variable
+cvs.texi(,13507) @itemx EDITOR
+cvs.texi(,13508) @cindex EDITOR, internal variable
+cvs.texi(,13509) @itemx VISUAL
+cvs.texi(,13510) @cindex VISUAL, internal variable
+cvs.texi(,13511) These all expand to the same value, which is the editor
+cvs.texi(,13512) that @sc{cvs} is using. @xref{Global options}, for how
+cvs.texi(,13513) to specify this.
+cvs.texi(,13514)
+cvs.texi(,13515) @item USER
+cvs.texi(,13516) @cindex USER, internal variable
+cvs.texi(,13517) Username of the user running @sc{cvs} (on the @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,13518) server machine).
+cvs.texi(,13519) When using pserver, this is the user specified in the
repository
+cvs.texi(,13520) specification which need not be the same as the username the
+cvs.texi(,13521) server is running as (@pxref{Password authentication server}).
+cvs.texi(,13522) Do not confuse this with the environment variable of the same
name.
+cvs.texi(,13523) @end table
+cvs.texi(,13524)
+cvs.texi(,13525) If you want to pass a value to the administrative files
+cvs.texi(,13526) which the user who is running @sc{cvs} can specify,
+cvs.texi(,13527) use a user variable.
+cvs.texi(,13528) @cindex User variables
+cvs.texi(,13529) To expand a user variable, the
+cvs.texi(,13530) administrative file contains
+cvs.texi(,13531) @address@hidden@address@hidden To set a user variable,
+cvs.texi(,13532) specify the global option @samp{-s} to @sc{cvs}, with
+cvs.texi(,13533) argument @address@hidden@var{value}}. It may be
+cvs.texi(,13534) particularly useful to specify this option via
+cvs.texi(,13535) @file{.cvsrc} (@pxref{~/.cvsrc}).
+cvs.texi(,13536)
+cvs.texi(,13537) For example, if you want the administrative file to
+cvs.texi(,13538) refer to a test directory you might create a user
+cvs.texi(,13539) variable @code{TESTDIR}. Then if @sc{cvs} is invoked
+cvs.texi(,13540) as
+cvs.texi(,13541)
+cvs.texi(,13542) @example
+cvs.texi(,13543) cvs -s TESTDIR=/work/local/tests
+cvs.texi(,13544) @end example
cvs.texi(,13545)
-cvs.texi(,13546) All other strings containing @samp{$} are reserved;
-cvs.texi(,13547) there is no way to quote a @samp{$} character so that
-cvs.texi(,13548) @samp{$} represents itself.
-cvs.texi(,13549)
-cvs.texi(,13550) Environment variables passed to administrative files are:
+cvs.texi(,13546) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,13547) and the
+cvs.texi(,13548) administrative file contains @code{sh
+cvs.texi(,13549) address@hidden@}/runtests}, then that string is expanded
+cvs.texi(,13550) to @code{sh /work/local/tests/runtests}.
cvs.texi(,13551)
-cvs.texi(,13552) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,13553) @cindex environment variables, passed to administrative files
-cvs.texi(,13554)
-cvs.texi(,13555) @item CVS_USER
-cvs.texi(,13556) @cindex CVS_USER, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13557) The @sc{cvs}-specific username provided by the user, if it
-cvs.texi(,13558) can be provided (currently just for the pserver access
-cvs.texi(,13559) method), and to the empty string otherwise. (@code{CVS_USER}
-cvs.texi(,13560) and @code{USER} may differ when @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd}
-cvs.texi(,13561) is used to map @sc{cvs} usernames to system usernames.)
-cvs.texi(,13562)
-cvs.texi(,13563) @item LOGNAME
-cvs.texi(,13564) @cindex LOGNAME, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13565) The username of the system user.
-cvs.texi(,13566)
-cvs.texi(,13567) @item USER
-cvs.texi(,13568) @cindex USER, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13569) Same as @code{LOGNAME}.
-cvs.texi(,13570) Do not confuse this with the internal variable of the same
name.
-cvs.texi(,13571) @end table
+cvs.texi(,13552) All other strings containing @samp{$} are reserved;
+cvs.texi(,13553) there is no way to quote a @samp{$} character so that
+cvs.texi(,13554) @samp{$} represents itself.
+cvs.texi(,13555)
+cvs.texi(,13556) Environment variables passed to administrative files are:
+cvs.texi(,13557)
+cvs.texi(,13558) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,13559) @cindex environment variables, passed to administrative files
+cvs.texi(,13560)
+cvs.texi(,13561) @item CVS_USER
+cvs.texi(,13562) @cindex CVS_USER, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13563) The @sc{cvs}-specific username provided by the user, if it
+cvs.texi(,13564) can be provided (currently just for the pserver access
+cvs.texi(,13565) method), and to the empty string otherwise. (@code{CVS_USER}
+cvs.texi(,13566) and @code{USER} may differ when @file{$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd}
+cvs.texi(,13567) is used to map @sc{cvs} usernames to system usernames.)
+cvs.texi(,13568)
+cvs.texi(,13569) @item LOGNAME
+cvs.texi(,13570) @cindex LOGNAME, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13571) The username of the system user.
cvs.texi(,13572)
-cvs.texi(,13573) @node config
-cvs.texi(,13574) @appendixsec The CVSROOT/config configuration file
-cvs.texi(,13575)
-cvs.texi(,13576) @cindex config, in CVSROOT
-cvs.texi(,13577) @cindex CVSROOT/config
+cvs.texi(,13573) @item USER
+cvs.texi(,13574) @cindex USER, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13575) Same as @code{LOGNAME}.
+cvs.texi(,13576) Do not confuse this with the internal variable of the same
name.
+cvs.texi(,13577) @end table
cvs.texi(,13578)
-cvs.texi(,13579) The administrative file @file{config} contains various
-cvs.texi(,13580) miscellaneous settings which affect the behavior of
-cvs.texi(,13581) @sc{cvs}. The syntax is slightly different from the
-cvs.texi(,13582) other administrative files. Variables are not
-cvs.texi(,13583) expanded. Lines which start with @samp{#} are
-cvs.texi(,13584) considered comments.
-cvs.texi(,13585) @c FIXME: where do we define comments for the other
-cvs.texi(,13586) @c administrative files.
-cvs.texi(,13587) Other lines consist of a keyword, @samp{=}, and a
-cvs.texi(,13588) value. Note that this syntax is very strict.
-cvs.texi(,13589) Extraneous spaces or tabs are not permitted.
-cvs.texi(,13590) @c See comments in parseinfo.c:parse_config for more
-cvs.texi(,13591) @c discussion of this strictness.
-cvs.texi(,13592)
-cvs.texi(,13593) Currently defined keywords are:
-cvs.texi(,13594)
-cvs.texi(,13595) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,13596) @cindex RCSBIN, in CVSROOT/config
-cvs.texi(,13597) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,13598) For @sc{cvs} 1.9.12 through 1.9.18, this setting told
-cvs.texi(,13599) @sc{cvs} to look for @sc{rcs} programs in the
-cvs.texi(,13600) @var{bindir} directory. Current versions of @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,13601) do not run @sc{rcs} programs; for compatibility this
-cvs.texi(,13602) setting is accepted, but it does nothing.
-cvs.texi(,13603)
-cvs.texi(,13604) @cindex SystemAuth, in CVSROOT/config
-cvs.texi(,13605) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,13606) If @var{value} is @samp{yes}, then pserver should check
-cvs.texi(,13607) for users in the system's user database if not found in
-cvs.texi(,13608) @file{CVSROOT/passwd}. If it is @samp{no}, then all
-cvs.texi(,13609) pserver users must exist in @file{CVSROOT/passwd}.
-cvs.texi(,13610) The default is @samp{yes}. For more on pserver, see
-cvs.texi(,13611) @ref{Password authenticated}.
-cvs.texi(,13612)
-cvs.texi(,13622)
-cvs.texi(,13623) @cindex TopLevelAdmin, in CVSROOT/config
-cvs.texi(,13624) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,13625) Modify the @samp{checkout} command to create a
-cvs.texi(,13626) @samp{CVS} directory at the top level of the new
-cvs.texi(,13627) working directory, in addition to @samp{CVS}
-cvs.texi(,13628) directories created within checked-out directories.
-cvs.texi(,13629) The default value is @samp{no}.
-cvs.texi(,13630)
-cvs.texi(,13631) This option is useful if you find yourself performing
-cvs.texi(,13632) many commands at the top level of your working
-cvs.texi(,13633) directory, rather than in one of the checked out
-cvs.texi(,13634) subdirectories. The @file{CVS} directory created there
-cvs.texi(,13635) will mean you don't have to specify @code{CVSROOT} for
-cvs.texi(,13636) each command. It also provides a place for the
-cvs.texi(,13637) @file{CVS/Template} file (@pxref{Working directory
-cvs.texi(,13638) storage}).
-cvs.texi(,13639)
-cvs.texi(,13640) @cindex LockDir, in CVSROOT/config
-cvs.texi(,13641) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,13642) Put @sc{cvs} lock files in @var{directory} rather than
-cvs.texi(,13643) directly in the repository. This is useful if you want
-cvs.texi(,13644) to let users read from the repository while giving them
-cvs.texi(,13645) write access only to @var{directory}, not to the
-cvs.texi(,13646) repository.
-cvs.texi(,13647) It can also be used to put the locks on a very fast
-cvs.texi(,13648) in-memory file system to speed up locking and unlocking
-cvs.texi(,13649) the repository.
-cvs.texi(,13650) You need to create @var{directory}, but
-cvs.texi(,13651) @sc{cvs} will create subdirectories of @var{directory} as it
-cvs.texi(,13652) needs them. For information on @sc{cvs} locks, see
-cvs.texi(,13653) @ref{Concurrency}.
-cvs.texi(,13654)
-cvs.texi(,13655) @c Mention this in Compatibility section?
-cvs.texi(,13656) Before enabling the LockDir option, make sure that you
-cvs.texi(,13657) have tracked down and removed any copies of @sc{cvs} 1.9 or
-cvs.texi(,13658) older. Such versions neither support LockDir, nor will
-cvs.texi(,13659) give an error indicating that they don't support it.
-cvs.texi(,13660) The result, if this is allowed to happen, is that some
-cvs.texi(,13661) @sc{cvs} users will put the locks one place, and others will
-cvs.texi(,13662) put them another place, and therefore the repository
-cvs.texi(,13663) could become corrupted. @sc{cvs} 1.10 does not support
-cvs.texi(,13664) LockDir but it will print a warning if run on a
-cvs.texi(,13665) repository with LockDir enabled.
-cvs.texi(,13666)
-cvs.texi(,13667) @cindex LogHistory, in CVSROOT/config
-cvs.texi(,13668) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,13669) Control what is logged to the @file{CVSROOT/history} file
(@pxref{history}).
-cvs.texi(,13670) Default of @samp{TOEFWUCGMAR} (or simply @samp{all}) will log
-cvs.texi(,13671) all transactions. Any subset of the default is
-cvs.texi(,13672) legal. (For example, to only log transactions that modify the
-cvs.texi(,13673) @file{*,v} files, use @samp{LogHistory=TMAR}.)
-cvs.texi(,13674)
-cvs.texi(,13675) @cindex RereadLogAfterVerify, in CVSROOT/config
-cvs.texi(,13676) @cindex @file{verifymsg}, changing the log message
-cvs.texi(,13677) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,13678) Modify the @samp{commit} command such that CVS will reread the
-cvs.texi(,13679) log message after running the program specified by
@file{verifymsg}.
-cvs.texi(,13680) @var{value} may be one of @samp{yes} or @samp{always},
indicating that
-cvs.texi(,13681) the log message should always be reread; @samp{no}
-cvs.texi(,13682) or @samp{never}, indicating that it should never be
-cvs.texi(,13683) reread; or @var{value} may be @samp{stat}, indicating
-cvs.texi(,13684) that the file should be checked with the filesystem
-cvs.texi(,13685) @samp{stat()} function to see if it has changed (see warning
below)
-cvs.texi(,13686) before rereading. The default value is @samp{always}.
-cvs.texi(,13687)
-cvs.texi(,13688) @strong{Note: the `stat' mode can cause CVS to pause for up to
-cvs.texi(,13689) one extra second per directory committed. This can be less
IO and
-cvs.texi(,13690) CPU intensive but is not recommended for use with large
repositories}
-cvs.texi(,13691)
-cvs.texi(,13692) @xref{verifymsg}, for more information on how verifymsg
-cvs.texi(,13693) may be used.
-cvs.texi(,13694)
-cvs.texi(,13695) @cindex UserAdminOptions, in CVSROOT/config
-cvs.texi(,13696) @item address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,13697) Control what options will be allowed with the @code{cvs admin}
-cvs.texi(,13698) command (@pxref{admin}) for users not in the @code{cvsadmin}
group.
-cvs.texi(,13699) The @var{value} string is a list of single character options
-cvs.texi(,13700) which should be allowed. If a user who is not a member of the
-cvs.texi(,13701) @code{cvsadmin} group tries to execute any @code{cvs admin}
-cvs.texi(,13702) option which is not listed they will will receive an error
message
-cvs.texi(,13703) reporting that the option is restricted.
-cvs.texi(,13704)
-cvs.texi(,13705) If no @code{cvsadmin} group exists on the server, @sc{cvs}
will
-cvs.texi(,13706) ignore the @code{UserAdminOptions} keyword (@pxref{admin}).
-cvs.texi(,13707)
-cvs.texi(,13708) When not specified, @code{UserAdminOptions} defaults to
-cvs.texi(,13709) @samp{k}. In other words, it defaults to allowing
-cvs.texi(,13710) users outside of the @code{cvsadmin} group to use the
-cvs.texi(,13711) @code{cvs admin} command only to change the default keyword
-cvs.texi(,13712) expansion mode for files.
+cvs.texi(,13579) @node config
+cvs.texi(,13580) @appendixsec The CVSROOT/config configuration file
+cvs.texi(,13581)
+cvs.texi(,13582) @cindex config, in CVSROOT
+cvs.texi(,13583) @cindex CVSROOT/config
+cvs.texi(,13584)
+cvs.texi(,13585) The administrative file @file{config} contains various
+cvs.texi(,13586) miscellaneous settings which affect the behavior of
+cvs.texi(,13587) @sc{cvs}. The syntax is slightly different from the
+cvs.texi(,13588) other administrative files. Variables are not
+cvs.texi(,13589) expanded. Lines which start with @samp{#} are
+cvs.texi(,13590) considered comments.
+cvs.texi(,13591) @c FIXME: where do we define comments for the other
+cvs.texi(,13592) @c administrative files.
+cvs.texi(,13593) Other lines consist of a keyword, @samp{=}, and a
+cvs.texi(,13594) value. Note that this syntax is very strict.
+cvs.texi(,13595) Extraneous spaces or tabs are not permitted.
+cvs.texi(,13596) @c See comments in parseinfo.c:parse_config for more
+cvs.texi(,13597) @c discussion of this strictness.
+cvs.texi(,13598)
+cvs.texi(,13599) Currently defined keywords are:
+cvs.texi(,13600)
+cvs.texi(,13601) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,13602) @cindex RCSBIN, in CVSROOT/config
+cvs.texi(,13603) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,13604) For @sc{cvs} 1.9.12 through 1.9.18, this setting told
+cvs.texi(,13605) @sc{cvs} to look for @sc{rcs} programs in the
+cvs.texi(,13606) @var{bindir} directory. Current versions of @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,13607) do not run @sc{rcs} programs; for compatibility this
+cvs.texi(,13608) setting is accepted, but it does nothing.
+cvs.texi(,13609)
+cvs.texi(,13610) @cindex SystemAuth, in CVSROOT/config
+cvs.texi(,13611) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,13612) If @var{value} is @samp{yes}, then pserver should check
+cvs.texi(,13613) for users in the system's user database if not found in
+cvs.texi(,13614) @file{CVSROOT/passwd}. If it is @samp{no}, then all
+cvs.texi(,13615) pserver users must exist in @file{CVSROOT/passwd}.
+cvs.texi(,13616) The default is @samp{yes}. For more on pserver, see
+cvs.texi(,13617) @ref{Password authenticated}.
+cvs.texi(,13618)
+cvs.texi(,13628)
+cvs.texi(,13629) @cindex TopLevelAdmin, in CVSROOT/config
+cvs.texi(,13630) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,13631) Modify the @samp{checkout} command to create a
+cvs.texi(,13632) @samp{CVS} directory at the top level of the new
+cvs.texi(,13633) working directory, in addition to @samp{CVS}
+cvs.texi(,13634) directories created within checked-out directories.
+cvs.texi(,13635) The default value is @samp{no}.
+cvs.texi(,13636)
+cvs.texi(,13637) This option is useful if you find yourself performing
+cvs.texi(,13638) many commands at the top level of your working
+cvs.texi(,13639) directory, rather than in one of the checked out
+cvs.texi(,13640) subdirectories. The @file{CVS} directory created there
+cvs.texi(,13641) will mean you don't have to specify @code{CVSROOT} for
+cvs.texi(,13642) each command. It also provides a place for the
+cvs.texi(,13643) @file{CVS/Template} file (@pxref{Working directory
+cvs.texi(,13644) storage}).
+cvs.texi(,13645)
+cvs.texi(,13646) @cindex LockDir, in CVSROOT/config
+cvs.texi(,13647) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,13648) Put @sc{cvs} lock files in @var{directory} rather than
+cvs.texi(,13649) directly in the repository. This is useful if you want
+cvs.texi(,13650) to let users read from the repository while giving them
+cvs.texi(,13651) write access only to @var{directory}, not to the
+cvs.texi(,13652) repository.
+cvs.texi(,13653) It can also be used to put the locks on a very fast
+cvs.texi(,13654) in-memory file system to speed up locking and unlocking
+cvs.texi(,13655) the repository.
+cvs.texi(,13656) You need to create @var{directory}, but
+cvs.texi(,13657) @sc{cvs} will create subdirectories of @var{directory} as it
+cvs.texi(,13658) needs them. For information on @sc{cvs} locks, see
+cvs.texi(,13659) @ref{Concurrency}.
+cvs.texi(,13660)
+cvs.texi(,13661) @c Mention this in Compatibility section?
+cvs.texi(,13662) Before enabling the LockDir option, make sure that you
+cvs.texi(,13663) have tracked down and removed any copies of @sc{cvs} 1.9 or
+cvs.texi(,13664) older. Such versions neither support LockDir, nor will
+cvs.texi(,13665) give an error indicating that they don't support it.
+cvs.texi(,13666) The result, if this is allowed to happen, is that some
+cvs.texi(,13667) @sc{cvs} users will put the locks one place, and others will
+cvs.texi(,13668) put them another place, and therefore the repository
+cvs.texi(,13669) could become corrupted. @sc{cvs} 1.10 does not support
+cvs.texi(,13670) LockDir but it will print a warning if run on a
+cvs.texi(,13671) repository with LockDir enabled.
+cvs.texi(,13672)
+cvs.texi(,13673) @cindex LogHistory, in CVSROOT/config
+cvs.texi(,13674) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,13675) Control what is logged to the @file{CVSROOT/history} file
(@pxref{history}).
+cvs.texi(,13676) Default of @samp{TOEFWUCGMAR} (or simply @samp{all}) will log
+cvs.texi(,13677) all transactions. Any subset of the default is
+cvs.texi(,13678) legal. (For example, to only log transactions that modify the
+cvs.texi(,13679) @file{*,v} files, use @samp{LogHistory=TMAR}.)
+cvs.texi(,13680)
+cvs.texi(,13681) @cindex RereadLogAfterVerify, in CVSROOT/config
+cvs.texi(,13682) @cindex @file{verifymsg}, changing the log message
+cvs.texi(,13683) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,13684) Modify the @samp{commit} command such that CVS will reread the
+cvs.texi(,13685) log message after running the program specified by
@file{verifymsg}.
+cvs.texi(,13686) @var{value} may be one of @samp{yes} or @samp{always},
indicating that
+cvs.texi(,13687) the log message should always be reread; @samp{no}
+cvs.texi(,13688) or @samp{never}, indicating that it should never be
+cvs.texi(,13689) reread; or @var{value} may be @samp{stat}, indicating
+cvs.texi(,13690) that the file should be checked with the filesystem
+cvs.texi(,13691) @samp{stat()} function to see if it has changed (see warning
below)
+cvs.texi(,13692) before rereading. The default value is @samp{always}.
+cvs.texi(,13693)
+cvs.texi(,13694) @strong{Note: the `stat' mode can cause CVS to pause for up to
+cvs.texi(,13695) one extra second per directory committed. This can be less
IO and
+cvs.texi(,13696) CPU intensive but is not recommended for use with large
repositories}
+cvs.texi(,13697)
+cvs.texi(,13698) @xref{verifymsg}, for more information on how verifymsg
+cvs.texi(,13699) may be used.
+cvs.texi(,13700)
+cvs.texi(,13701) @cindex UserAdminOptions, in CVSROOT/config
+cvs.texi(,13702) @item address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,13703) Control what options will be allowed with the @code{cvs admin}
+cvs.texi(,13704) command (@pxref{admin}) for users not in the @code{cvsadmin}
group.
+cvs.texi(,13705) The @var{value} string is a list of single character options
+cvs.texi(,13706) which should be allowed. If a user who is not a member of the
+cvs.texi(,13707) @code{cvsadmin} group tries to execute any @code{cvs admin}
+cvs.texi(,13708) option which is not listed they will will receive an error
message
+cvs.texi(,13709) reporting that the option is restricted.
+cvs.texi(,13710)
+cvs.texi(,13711) If no @code{cvsadmin} group exists on the server, @sc{cvs}
will
+cvs.texi(,13712) ignore the @code{UserAdminOptions} keyword (@pxref{admin}).
cvs.texi(,13713)
-cvs.texi(,13714) As an example, to restrict users not in the @code{cvsadmin}
-cvs.texi(,13715) group to using @code{cvs admin} to change the default keyword
-cvs.texi(,13716) substitution mode, lock revisions, unlock revisions, and
-cvs.texi(,13717) replace the log message, use @samp{UserAdminOptions=klum}.
-cvs.texi(,13718) @end table
+cvs.texi(,13714) When not specified, @code{UserAdminOptions} defaults to
+cvs.texi(,13715) @samp{k}. In other words, it defaults to allowing
+cvs.texi(,13716) users outside of the @code{cvsadmin} group to use the
+cvs.texi(,13717) @code{cvs admin} command only to change the default keyword
+cvs.texi(,13718) expansion mode for files.
cvs.texi(,13719)
-cvs.texi(,13720) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,13721) @node Environment variables
-cvs.texi(,13722) @appendix All environment variables which affect CVS
-cvs.texi(,13723) @cindex Environment variables
-cvs.texi(,13724) @cindex Reference manual for variables
+cvs.texi(,13720) As an example, to restrict users not in the @code{cvsadmin}
+cvs.texi(,13721) group to using @code{cvs admin} to change the default keyword
+cvs.texi(,13722) substitution mode, lock revisions, unlock revisions, and
+cvs.texi(,13723) replace the log message, use @samp{UserAdminOptions=klum}.
+cvs.texi(,13724) @end table
cvs.texi(,13725)
-cvs.texi(,13726) This is a complete list of all environment variables
-cvs.texi(,13727) that affect @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,13728)
-cvs.texi(,13729) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,13730) @cindex CVSIGNORE, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13731) @item $CVSIGNORE
-cvs.texi(,13732) A whitespace-separated list of file name patterns that
-cvs.texi(,13733) @sc{cvs} should ignore. @xref{cvsignore}.
+cvs.texi(,13726) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,13727) @node Environment variables
+cvs.texi(,13728) @appendix All environment variables which affect CVS
+cvs.texi(,13729) @cindex Environment variables
+cvs.texi(,13730) @cindex Reference manual for variables
+cvs.texi(,13731)
+cvs.texi(,13732) This is a complete list of all environment variables
+cvs.texi(,13733) that affect @sc{cvs}.
cvs.texi(,13734)
-cvs.texi(,13735) @cindex CVSWRAPPERS, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13736) @item $CVSWRAPPERS
-cvs.texi(,13737) A whitespace-separated list of file name patterns that
-cvs.texi(,13738) @sc{cvs} should treat as wrappers. @xref{Wrappers}.
-cvs.texi(,13739)
-cvs.texi(,13740) @cindex CVSREAD, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13741) @cindex Read-only files, and CVSREAD
-cvs.texi(,13742) @item $CVSREAD
-cvs.texi(,13743) If this is set, @code{checkout} and @code{update} will
-cvs.texi(,13744) try hard to make the files in your working directory
-cvs.texi(,13745) read-only. When this is not set, the default behavior
-cvs.texi(,13746) is to permit modification of your working files.
-cvs.texi(,13747)
-cvs.texi(,13748) @cindex CVSREADONLYFS, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13749) @item $CVSREADONLYFS
-cvs.texi(,13750) Turns on read-only repository mode. This allows one to
-cvs.texi(,13751) check out from a read-only repository, such as within
-cvs.texi(,13752) an anoncvs server, or from a CDROM repository.
+cvs.texi(,13735) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,13736) @cindex CVSIGNORE, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13737) @item $CVSIGNORE
+cvs.texi(,13738) A whitespace-separated list of file name patterns that
+cvs.texi(,13739) @sc{cvs} should ignore. @xref{cvsignore}.
+cvs.texi(,13740)
+cvs.texi(,13741) @cindex CVSWRAPPERS, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13742) @item $CVSWRAPPERS
+cvs.texi(,13743) A whitespace-separated list of file name patterns that
+cvs.texi(,13744) @sc{cvs} should treat as wrappers. @xref{Wrappers}.
+cvs.texi(,13745)
+cvs.texi(,13746) @cindex CVSREAD, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13747) @cindex Read-only files, and CVSREAD
+cvs.texi(,13748) @item $CVSREAD
+cvs.texi(,13749) If this is set, @code{checkout} and @code{update} will
+cvs.texi(,13750) try hard to make the files in your working directory
+cvs.texi(,13751) read-only. When this is not set, the default behavior
+cvs.texi(,13752) is to permit modification of your working files.
cvs.texi(,13753)
-cvs.texi(,13754) It has the same effect as if the @samp{-R} command-line
-cvs.texi(,13755) option is used. This can also allow the use of
-cvs.texi(,13756) read-only NFS repositories.
-cvs.texi(,13757)
-cvs.texi(,13758) @item $CVSUMASK
-cvs.texi(,13759) Controls permissions of files in the repository. See
-cvs.texi(,13760) @ref{File permissions}.
-cvs.texi(,13761)
-cvs.texi(,13762) @item $CVSROOT
-cvs.texi(,13763) Should contain the full pathname to the root of the @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,13764) source repository (where the @sc{rcs} files are
-cvs.texi(,13765) kept). This information must be available to @sc{cvs} for
-cvs.texi(,13766) most commands to execute; if @code{$CVSROOT} is not set,
-cvs.texi(,13767) or if you wish to override it for one invocation, you
-cvs.texi(,13768) can supply it on the command line: @samp{cvs -d cvsroot
-cvs.texi(,13769) address@hidden Once you have checked out a working
-cvs.texi(,13770) directory, @sc{cvs} stores the appropriate root (in
-cvs.texi(,13771) the file @file{CVS/Root}), so normally you only need to
-cvs.texi(,13772) worry about this when initially checking out a working
-cvs.texi(,13773) directory.
-cvs.texi(,13774)
-cvs.texi(,13775) @item $CVSEDITOR
-cvs.texi(,13776) @cindex CVSEDITOR, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13777) @itemx $EDITOR
-cvs.texi(,13778) @cindex EDITOR, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13779) @itemx $VISUAL
-cvs.texi(,13780) @cindex VISUAL, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13781) Specifies the program to use for recording log messages
-cvs.texi(,13782) during commit. @code{$CVSEDITOR} overrides
-cvs.texi(,13783) @code{$EDITOR}, which overrides @code{$VISUAL}.
-cvs.texi(,13784) See @ref{Committing your changes} for more or
-cvs.texi(,13785) @ref{Global options} for alternative ways of specifying a
-cvs.texi(,13786) log editor.
-cvs.texi(,13787)
-cvs.texi(,13788) @cindex PATH, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13789) @item $PATH
-cvs.texi(,13790) If @code{$RCSBIN} is not set, and no path is compiled
-cvs.texi(,13791) into @sc{cvs}, it will use @code{$PATH} to try to find all
-cvs.texi(,13792) programs it uses.
+cvs.texi(,13754) @cindex CVSREADONLYFS, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13755) @item $CVSREADONLYFS
+cvs.texi(,13756) Turns on read-only repository mode. This allows one to
+cvs.texi(,13757) check out from a read-only repository, such as within
+cvs.texi(,13758) an anoncvs server, or from a CDROM repository.
+cvs.texi(,13759)
+cvs.texi(,13760) It has the same effect as if the @samp{-R} command-line
+cvs.texi(,13761) option is used. This can also allow the use of
+cvs.texi(,13762) read-only NFS repositories.
+cvs.texi(,13763)
+cvs.texi(,13764) @item $CVSUMASK
+cvs.texi(,13765) Controls permissions of files in the repository. See
+cvs.texi(,13766) @ref{File permissions}.
+cvs.texi(,13767)
+cvs.texi(,13768) @item $CVSROOT
+cvs.texi(,13769) Should contain the full pathname to the root of the @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,13770) source repository (where the @sc{rcs} files are
+cvs.texi(,13771) kept). This information must be available to @sc{cvs} for
+cvs.texi(,13772) most commands to execute; if @code{$CVSROOT} is not set,
+cvs.texi(,13773) or if you wish to override it for one invocation, you
+cvs.texi(,13774) can supply it on the command line: @samp{cvs -d cvsroot
+cvs.texi(,13775) address@hidden Once you have checked out a working
+cvs.texi(,13776) directory, @sc{cvs} stores the appropriate root (in
+cvs.texi(,13777) the file @file{CVS/Root}), so normally you only need to
+cvs.texi(,13778) worry about this when initially checking out a working
+cvs.texi(,13779) directory.
+cvs.texi(,13780)
+cvs.texi(,13781) @item $CVSEDITOR
+cvs.texi(,13782) @cindex CVSEDITOR, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13783) @itemx $EDITOR
+cvs.texi(,13784) @cindex EDITOR, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13785) @itemx $VISUAL
+cvs.texi(,13786) @cindex VISUAL, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13787) Specifies the program to use for recording log messages
+cvs.texi(,13788) during commit. @code{$CVSEDITOR} overrides
+cvs.texi(,13789) @code{$EDITOR}, which overrides @code{$VISUAL}.
+cvs.texi(,13790) See @ref{Committing your changes} for more or
+cvs.texi(,13791) @ref{Global options} for alternative ways of specifying a
+cvs.texi(,13792) log editor.
cvs.texi(,13793)
-cvs.texi(,13794) @cindex HOME, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13795) @item $HOME
-cvs.texi(,13796) @cindex HOMEPATH, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13797) @item $HOMEPATH
-cvs.texi(,13798) @cindex HOMEDRIVE, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13799) @item $HOMEDRIVE
-cvs.texi(,13800) Used to locate the directory where the @file{.cvsrc}
-cvs.texi(,13801) file, and other such files, are searched. On Unix, @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,13802) just checks for @code{HOME}. On Windows NT, the system will
-cvs.texi(,13803) set @code{HOMEDRIVE}, for example to @samp{d:} and
@code{HOMEPATH},
-cvs.texi(,13804) for example to @file{\joe}. On Windows 95, you'll
-cvs.texi(,13805) probably need to set @code{HOMEDRIVE} and @code{HOMEPATH}
yourself.
-cvs.texi(,13806) @c We are being vague about whether HOME works on
-cvs.texi(,13807) @c Windows; see long comment in windows-NT/filesubr.c.
-cvs.texi(,13808)
-cvs.texi(,13809) @cindex CVS_RSH, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13810) @item $CVS_RSH
-cvs.texi(,13811) Specifies the external program which @sc{cvs} connects with,
-cvs.texi(,13812) when @code{:ext:} access method is specified.
-cvs.texi(,13813) @pxref{Connecting via rsh}.
+cvs.texi(,13794) @cindex PATH, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13795) @item $PATH
+cvs.texi(,13796) If @code{$RCSBIN} is not set, and no path is compiled
+cvs.texi(,13797) into @sc{cvs}, it will use @code{$PATH} to try to find all
+cvs.texi(,13798) programs it uses.
+cvs.texi(,13799)
+cvs.texi(,13800) @cindex HOME, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13801) @item $HOME
+cvs.texi(,13802) @cindex HOMEPATH, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13803) @item $HOMEPATH
+cvs.texi(,13804) @cindex HOMEDRIVE, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13805) @item $HOMEDRIVE
+cvs.texi(,13806) Used to locate the directory where the @file{.cvsrc}
+cvs.texi(,13807) file, and other such files, are searched. On Unix, @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,13808) just checks for @code{HOME}. On Windows NT, the system will
+cvs.texi(,13809) set @code{HOMEDRIVE}, for example to @samp{d:} and
@code{HOMEPATH},
+cvs.texi(,13810) for example to @file{\joe}. On Windows 95, you'll
+cvs.texi(,13811) probably need to set @code{HOMEDRIVE} and @code{HOMEPATH}
yourself.
+cvs.texi(,13812) @c We are being vague about whether HOME works on
+cvs.texi(,13813) @c Windows; see long comment in windows-NT/filesubr.c.
cvs.texi(,13814)
-cvs.texi(,13815) @item $CVS_SERVER
-cvs.texi(,13816) Used in client-server mode when accessing a remote
-cvs.texi(,13817) repository using @sc{rsh}. It specifies the name of
-cvs.texi(,13818) the program to start on the server side (and any
-cvs.texi(,13819) necessary arguments) when accessing a remote repository
-cvs.texi(,13820) using the @code{:ext:}, @code{:fork:}, or @code{:server:}
access methods.
-cvs.texi(,13821) The default value for @code{:ext:} and @code{:server:} is
@code{cvs};
-cvs.texi(,13822) the default value for @code{:fork:} is the name used to run
the client.
-cvs.texi(,13823) @pxref{Connecting via rsh}
-cvs.texi(,13824)
-cvs.texi(,13825) @item $CVS_PASSFILE
-cvs.texi(,13826) Used in client-server mode when accessing the @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,13827) login server}. Default value is @file{$HOME/.cvspass}.
-cvs.texi(,13828) @pxref{Password authentication client}
-cvs.texi(,13829)
-cvs.texi(,13830) @item $CVS_CLIENT_PORT
-cvs.texi(,13831) Used in client-server mode to set the port to use when
accessing the server
-cvs.texi(,13832) via Kerberos, GSSAPI, or @sc{cvs}'s password authentication
protocol
-cvs.texi(,13833) if the port is not specified in the CVSROOT.
-cvs.texi(,13834) @pxref{Remote repositories}
+cvs.texi(,13815) @cindex CVS_RSH, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13816) @item $CVS_RSH
+cvs.texi(,13817) Specifies the external program which @sc{cvs} connects with,
+cvs.texi(,13818) when @code{:ext:} access method is specified.
+cvs.texi(,13819) @pxref{Connecting via rsh}.
+cvs.texi(,13820)
+cvs.texi(,13821) @item $CVS_SERVER
+cvs.texi(,13822) Used in client-server mode when accessing a remote
+cvs.texi(,13823) repository using @sc{rsh}. It specifies the name of
+cvs.texi(,13824) the program to start on the server side (and any
+cvs.texi(,13825) necessary arguments) when accessing a remote repository
+cvs.texi(,13826) using the @code{:ext:}, @code{:fork:}, or @code{:server:}
access methods.
+cvs.texi(,13827) The default value for @code{:ext:} and @code{:server:} is
@code{cvs};
+cvs.texi(,13828) the default value for @code{:fork:} is the name used to run
the client.
+cvs.texi(,13829) @pxref{Connecting via rsh}
+cvs.texi(,13830)
+cvs.texi(,13831) @item $CVS_PASSFILE
+cvs.texi(,13832) Used in client-server mode when accessing the @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,13833) login server}. Default value is @file{$HOME/.cvspass}.
+cvs.texi(,13834) @pxref{Password authentication client}
cvs.texi(,13835)
-cvs.texi(,13836) @cindex CVS_RCMD_PORT, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13837) @item $CVS_RCMD_PORT
-cvs.texi(,13838) Used in client-server mode. If set, specifies the port
-cvs.texi(,13839) number to be used when accessing the @sc{rcmd} demon on
-cvs.texi(,13840) the server side. (Currently not used for Unix clients).
+cvs.texi(,13836) @item $CVS_CLIENT_PORT
+cvs.texi(,13837) Used in client-server mode to set the port to use when
accessing the server
+cvs.texi(,13838) via Kerberos, GSSAPI, or @sc{cvs}'s password authentication
protocol
+cvs.texi(,13839) if the port is not specified in the CVSROOT.
+cvs.texi(,13840) @pxref{Remote repositories}
cvs.texi(,13841)
-cvs.texi(,13842) @cindex CVS_CLIENT_LOG, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13843) @item $CVS_CLIENT_LOG
-cvs.texi(,13844) Used for debugging only in client-server
-cvs.texi(,13845) mode. If set, everything sent to the server is logged
-cvs.texi(,13846) into @address@hidden and everything
-cvs.texi(,13847) sent from the server is logged into
-cvs.texi(,13848) @address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,13849)
-cvs.texi(,13850) @cindex CVS_SERVER_SLEEP, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13851) @item $CVS_SERVER_SLEEP
-cvs.texi(,13852) Used only for debugging the server side in
-cvs.texi(,13853) client-server mode. If set, delays the start of the
-cvs.texi(,13854) server child process the specified amount of
-cvs.texi(,13855) seconds so that you can attach to it with a debugger.
-cvs.texi(,13856)
-cvs.texi(,13857) @cindex CVS_IGNORE_REMOTE_ROOT, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13858) @item $CVS_IGNORE_REMOTE_ROOT
-cvs.texi(,13859) For @sc{cvs} 1.10 and older, setting this variable
-cvs.texi(,13860) prevents @sc{cvs} from overwriting the @file{CVS/Root}
-cvs.texi(,13861) file when the @samp{-d} global option is specified.
-cvs.texi(,13862) Later versions of @sc{cvs} do not rewrite
-cvs.texi(,13863) @file{CVS/Root}, so @code{CVS_IGNORE_REMOTE_ROOT} has no
-cvs.texi(,13864) effect.
-cvs.texi(,13865)
-cvs.texi(,13866) @cindex CVS_LOCAL_BRANCH_NUM, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13867) @item $CVS_LOCAL_BRANCH_NUM
-cvs.texi(,13868) Setting this variable allows some control over the
-cvs.texi(,13869) branch number that is assigned. This is specifically to
-cvs.texi(,13870) support the local commit feature of CVSup. If one sets
-cvs.texi(,13871) @code{CVS_LOCAL_BRANCH_NUM} to (say) 1000 then branches
-cvs.texi(,13872) the local repository, the revision numbers will look
-cvs.texi(,13873) like 1.66.1000.xx. There is almost a dead-set certainty
-cvs.texi(,13874) that there will be no conflicts with version numbers.
-cvs.texi(,13875)
-cvs.texi(,13876) @cindex COMSPEC, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13877) @item $COMSPEC
-cvs.texi(,13878) Used under OS/2 only. It specifies the name of the
-cvs.texi(,13879) command interpreter and defaults to @sc{cmd.exe}.
-cvs.texi(,13880)
-cvs.texi(,13881) @cindex TMPDIR, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13882) @item $TMPDIR
-cvs.texi(,13883) @cindex TMP, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13884) @itemx $TMP
-cvs.texi(,13885) @cindex TEMP, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13886) @itemx $TEMP
-cvs.texi(,13887) @cindex Temporary files, location of
-cvs.texi(,13888) @c This is quite nuts. We don't talk about tempnam
-cvs.texi(,13889) @c or mkstemp which we sometimes use. The discussion
-cvs.texi(,13890) @c of "Global options" is semi-incoherent.
-cvs.texi(,13891) @c I'm not even sure those are the only inaccuracies.
-cvs.texi(,13892) @c Furthermore, the conventions are
-cvs.texi(,13893) @c pretty crazy and they should be simplified.
-cvs.texi(,13894) Directory in which temporary files are located.
-cvs.texi(,13895) The @sc{cvs} server uses
-cvs.texi(,13896) @code{TMPDIR}. @xref{Global options}, for a
-cvs.texi(,13897) description of how to specify this.
-cvs.texi(,13898) Some parts of @sc{cvs} will always use @file{/tmp} (via
-cvs.texi(,13899) the @code{tmpnam} function provided by the system).
-cvs.texi(,13900)
-cvs.texi(,13901) On Windows NT, @code{TMP} is used (via the @code{_tempnam}
-cvs.texi(,13902) function provided by the system).
-cvs.texi(,13903)
-cvs.texi(,13904) The @code{patch} program which is used by the @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,13905) client uses @code{TMPDIR}, and if it is not set, uses
-cvs.texi(,13906) @file{/tmp} (at least with GNU patch 2.1). Note that
-cvs.texi(,13907) if your server and client are both running @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,13908) 1.9.10 or later, @sc{cvs} will not invoke an external
-cvs.texi(,13909) @code{patch} program.
-cvs.texi(,13910)
-cvs.texi(,13911) @cindex CVS_PID, environment variable
-cvs.texi(,13912) @item $CVS_PID
-cvs.texi(,13913) This is the process identification (aka pid) number of
-cvs.texi(,13914) the @sc{cvs} process. It is often useful in the
-cvs.texi(,13915) programs and/or scripts specified by the
-cvs.texi(,13916) @file{commitinfo}, @file{verifymsg}, @file{loginfo}
-cvs.texi(,13917) files.
-cvs.texi(,13918) @end table
-cvs.texi(,13919)
-cvs.texi(,13920) @node Compatibility
-cvs.texi(,13921) @appendix Compatibility between CVS Versions
-cvs.texi(,13922)
-cvs.texi(,13923) @cindex CVS, versions of
-cvs.texi(,13924) @cindex Versions, of CVS
-cvs.texi(,13925) @cindex Compatibility, between CVS versions
-cvs.texi(,13926) @c We don't mention versions older than CVS 1.3
-cvs.texi(,13927) @c on the theory that it would clutter it up for the vast
-cvs.texi(,13928) @c majority of people, who don't have anything that old.
-cvs.texi(,13929) @c
-cvs.texi(,13930) The repository format is compatible going back to
-cvs.texi(,13931) @sc{cvs} 1.3. But see @ref{Watches Compatibility}, if
-cvs.texi(,13932) you have copies of @sc{cvs} 1.6 or older and you want
-cvs.texi(,13933) to use the optional developer communication features.
-cvs.texi(,13934) @c If you "cvs rm" and commit using 1.3, then you'll
-cvs.texi(,13935) @c want to run "rcs -sdead <file,v>" on each of the
-cvs.texi(,13936) @c files in the Attic if you then want 1.5 and
-cvs.texi(,13937) @c later to recognize those files as dead (I think the
-cvs.texi(,13938) @c symptom if this is not done is that files reappear
-cvs.texi(,13939) @c in joins). (Wait: the above will work but really to
-cvs.texi(,13940) @c be strictly correct we should suggest checking
-cvs.texi(,13941) @c in a new revision rather than just changing the
-cvs.texi(,13942) @c state of the head revision, shouldn't we?).
-cvs.texi(,13943) @c The old convert.sh script was for this, but it never
-cvs.texi(,13944) @c did get updated to reflect use of the RCS "dead"
-cvs.texi(,13945) @c state.
-cvs.texi(,13946) @c Note: this is tricky to document without confusing
-cvs.texi(,13947) @c people--need to carefully say what CVS version we
-cvs.texi(,13948) @c are talking about and keep in mind the distinction
-cvs.texi(,13949) @c between a
-cvs.texi(,13950) @c repository created with 1.3 and on which one now
-cvs.texi(,13951) @c uses 1.5+, and a repository on which one wants to
-cvs.texi(,13952) @c use both versions side by side (e.g. during a
-cvs.texi(,13953) @c transition period).
-cvs.texi(,13954) @c Wait, can't CVS just detect the case in which a file
-cvs.texi(,13955) @c is in the Attic but the head revision is not dead?
-cvs.texi(,13956) @c Not sure whether this should produce a warning or
-cvs.texi(,13957) @c something, and probably needs further thought, but
-cvs.texi(,13958) @c it would appear that the situation can be detected.
-cvs.texi(,13959) @c
-cvs.texi(,13960) @c We might want to separate out the 1.3 compatibility
-cvs.texi(,13961) @c section (for repository & working directory) from the
-cvs.texi(,13962) @c rest--that might help avoid confusing people who
-cvs.texi(,13963) @c are upgrading (for example) from 1.6 to 1.8.
-cvs.texi(,13964) @c
-cvs.texi(,13965) @c A minor incompatibility is if a current version of CVS
-cvs.texi(,13966) @c puts "Nfoo" into CVS/Tag, then CVS 1.9 or older will
-cvs.texi(,13967) @c see this as if there is no tag. Seems to me this is
-cvs.texi(,13968) @c too obscure to mention.
-cvs.texi(,13969)
-cvs.texi(,13970) The working directory format is compatible going back
-cvs.texi(,13971) to @sc{cvs} 1.5. It did change between @sc{cvs} 1.3
-cvs.texi(,13972) and @sc{cvs} 1.5. If you run @sc{cvs} 1.5 or newer on
-cvs.texi(,13973) a working directory checked out with @sc{cvs} 1.3,
-cvs.texi(,13974) @sc{cvs} will convert it, but to go back to @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,13975) 1.3 you need to check out a new working directory with
-cvs.texi(,13976) @sc{cvs} 1.3.
-cvs.texi(,13977)
-cvs.texi(,13978) The remote protocol is interoperable going back to @sc{cvs}
1.5, but no
-cvs.texi(,13979) further (1.5 was the first official release with the remote
protocol,
-cvs.texi(,13980) but some older versions might still be floating around). In
many
-cvs.texi(,13981) cases you need to upgrade both the client and the server to
take
-cvs.texi(,13982) advantage of new features and bugfixes, however.
+cvs.texi(,13842) @cindex CVS_RCMD_PORT, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13843) @item $CVS_RCMD_PORT
+cvs.texi(,13844) Used in client-server mode. If set, specifies the port
+cvs.texi(,13845) number to be used when accessing the @sc{rcmd} demon on
+cvs.texi(,13846) the server side. (Currently not used for Unix clients).
+cvs.texi(,13847)
+cvs.texi(,13848) @cindex CVS_CLIENT_LOG, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13849) @item $CVS_CLIENT_LOG
+cvs.texi(,13850) Used for debugging only in client-server
+cvs.texi(,13851) mode. If set, everything sent to the server is logged
+cvs.texi(,13852) into @address@hidden and everything
+cvs.texi(,13853) sent from the server is logged into
+cvs.texi(,13854) @address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,13855)
+cvs.texi(,13856) @cindex CVS_SERVER_SLEEP, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13857) @item $CVS_SERVER_SLEEP
+cvs.texi(,13858) Used only for debugging the server side in
+cvs.texi(,13859) client-server mode. If set, delays the start of the
+cvs.texi(,13860) server child process the specified amount of
+cvs.texi(,13861) seconds so that you can attach to it with a debugger.
+cvs.texi(,13862)
+cvs.texi(,13863) @cindex CVS_IGNORE_REMOTE_ROOT, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13864) @item $CVS_IGNORE_REMOTE_ROOT
+cvs.texi(,13865) For @sc{cvs} 1.10 and older, setting this variable
+cvs.texi(,13866) prevents @sc{cvs} from overwriting the @file{CVS/Root}
+cvs.texi(,13867) file when the @samp{-d} global option is specified.
+cvs.texi(,13868) Later versions of @sc{cvs} do not rewrite
+cvs.texi(,13869) @file{CVS/Root}, so @code{CVS_IGNORE_REMOTE_ROOT} has no
+cvs.texi(,13870) effect.
+cvs.texi(,13871)
+cvs.texi(,13872) @cindex CVS_LOCAL_BRANCH_NUM, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13873) @item $CVS_LOCAL_BRANCH_NUM
+cvs.texi(,13874) Setting this variable allows some control over the
+cvs.texi(,13875) branch number that is assigned. This is specifically to
+cvs.texi(,13876) support the local commit feature of CVSup. If one sets
+cvs.texi(,13877) @code{CVS_LOCAL_BRANCH_NUM} to (say) 1000 then branches
+cvs.texi(,13878) the local repository, the revision numbers will look
+cvs.texi(,13879) like 1.66.1000.xx. There is almost a dead-set certainty
+cvs.texi(,13880) that there will be no conflicts with version numbers.
+cvs.texi(,13881)
+cvs.texi(,13882) @cindex COMSPEC, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13883) @item $COMSPEC
+cvs.texi(,13884) Used under OS/2 only. It specifies the name of the
+cvs.texi(,13885) command interpreter and defaults to @sc{cmd.exe}.
+cvs.texi(,13886)
+cvs.texi(,13887) @cindex TMPDIR, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13888) @item $TMPDIR
+cvs.texi(,13889) @cindex TMP, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13890) @itemx $TMP
+cvs.texi(,13891) @cindex TEMP, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13892) @itemx $TEMP
+cvs.texi(,13893) @cindex Temporary files, location of
+cvs.texi(,13894) @c This is quite nuts. We don't talk about tempnam
+cvs.texi(,13895) @c or mkstemp which we sometimes use. The discussion
+cvs.texi(,13896) @c of "Global options" is semi-incoherent.
+cvs.texi(,13897) @c I'm not even sure those are the only inaccuracies.
+cvs.texi(,13898) @c Furthermore, the conventions are
+cvs.texi(,13899) @c pretty crazy and they should be simplified.
+cvs.texi(,13900) Directory in which temporary files are located.
+cvs.texi(,13901) The @sc{cvs} server uses
+cvs.texi(,13902) @code{TMPDIR}. @xref{Global options}, for a
+cvs.texi(,13903) description of how to specify this.
+cvs.texi(,13904) Some parts of @sc{cvs} will always use @file{/tmp} (via
+cvs.texi(,13905) the @code{tmpnam} function provided by the system).
+cvs.texi(,13906)
+cvs.texi(,13907) On Windows NT, @code{TMP} is used (via the @code{_tempnam}
+cvs.texi(,13908) function provided by the system).
+cvs.texi(,13909)
+cvs.texi(,13910) The @code{patch} program which is used by the @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,13911) client uses @code{TMPDIR}, and if it is not set, uses
+cvs.texi(,13912) @file{/tmp} (at least with GNU patch 2.1). Note that
+cvs.texi(,13913) if your server and client are both running @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,13914) 1.9.10 or later, @sc{cvs} will not invoke an external
+cvs.texi(,13915) @code{patch} program.
+cvs.texi(,13916)
+cvs.texi(,13917) @cindex CVS_PID, environment variable
+cvs.texi(,13918) @item $CVS_PID
+cvs.texi(,13919) This is the process identification (aka pid) number of
+cvs.texi(,13920) the @sc{cvs} process. It is often useful in the
+cvs.texi(,13921) programs and/or scripts specified by the
+cvs.texi(,13922) @file{commitinfo}, @file{verifymsg}, @file{loginfo}
+cvs.texi(,13923) files.
+cvs.texi(,13924) @end table
+cvs.texi(,13925)
+cvs.texi(,13926) @node Compatibility
+cvs.texi(,13927) @appendix Compatibility between CVS Versions
+cvs.texi(,13928)
+cvs.texi(,13929) @cindex CVS, versions of
+cvs.texi(,13930) @cindex Versions, of CVS
+cvs.texi(,13931) @cindex Compatibility, between CVS versions
+cvs.texi(,13932) @c We don't mention versions older than CVS 1.3
+cvs.texi(,13933) @c on the theory that it would clutter it up for the vast
+cvs.texi(,13934) @c majority of people, who don't have anything that old.
+cvs.texi(,13935) @c
+cvs.texi(,13936) The repository format is compatible going back to
+cvs.texi(,13937) @sc{cvs} 1.3. But see @ref{Watches Compatibility}, if
+cvs.texi(,13938) you have copies of @sc{cvs} 1.6 or older and you want
+cvs.texi(,13939) to use the optional developer communication features.
+cvs.texi(,13940) @c If you "cvs rm" and commit using 1.3, then you'll
+cvs.texi(,13941) @c want to run "rcs -sdead <file,v>" on each of the
+cvs.texi(,13942) @c files in the Attic if you then want 1.5 and
+cvs.texi(,13943) @c later to recognize those files as dead (I think the
+cvs.texi(,13944) @c symptom if this is not done is that files reappear
+cvs.texi(,13945) @c in joins). (Wait: the above will work but really to
+cvs.texi(,13946) @c be strictly correct we should suggest checking
+cvs.texi(,13947) @c in a new revision rather than just changing the
+cvs.texi(,13948) @c state of the head revision, shouldn't we?).
+cvs.texi(,13949) @c The old convert.sh script was for this, but it never
+cvs.texi(,13950) @c did get updated to reflect use of the RCS "dead"
+cvs.texi(,13951) @c state.
+cvs.texi(,13952) @c Note: this is tricky to document without confusing
+cvs.texi(,13953) @c people--need to carefully say what CVS version we
+cvs.texi(,13954) @c are talking about and keep in mind the distinction
+cvs.texi(,13955) @c between a
+cvs.texi(,13956) @c repository created with 1.3 and on which one now
+cvs.texi(,13957) @c uses 1.5+, and a repository on which one wants to
+cvs.texi(,13958) @c use both versions side by side (e.g. during a
+cvs.texi(,13959) @c transition period).
+cvs.texi(,13960) @c Wait, can't CVS just detect the case in which a file
+cvs.texi(,13961) @c is in the Attic but the head revision is not dead?
+cvs.texi(,13962) @c Not sure whether this should produce a warning or
+cvs.texi(,13963) @c something, and probably needs further thought, but
+cvs.texi(,13964) @c it would appear that the situation can be detected.
+cvs.texi(,13965) @c
+cvs.texi(,13966) @c We might want to separate out the 1.3 compatibility
+cvs.texi(,13967) @c section (for repository & working directory) from the
+cvs.texi(,13968) @c rest--that might help avoid confusing people who
+cvs.texi(,13969) @c are upgrading (for example) from 1.6 to 1.8.
+cvs.texi(,13970) @c
+cvs.texi(,13971) @c A minor incompatibility is if a current version of CVS
+cvs.texi(,13972) @c puts "Nfoo" into CVS/Tag, then CVS 1.9 or older will
+cvs.texi(,13973) @c see this as if there is no tag. Seems to me this is
+cvs.texi(,13974) @c too obscure to mention.
+cvs.texi(,13975)
+cvs.texi(,13976) The working directory format is compatible going back
+cvs.texi(,13977) to @sc{cvs} 1.5. It did change between @sc{cvs} 1.3
+cvs.texi(,13978) and @sc{cvs} 1.5. If you run @sc{cvs} 1.5 or newer on
+cvs.texi(,13979) a working directory checked out with @sc{cvs} 1.3,
+cvs.texi(,13980) @sc{cvs} will convert it, but to go back to @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,13981) 1.3 you need to check out a new working directory with
+cvs.texi(,13982) @sc{cvs} 1.3.
cvs.texi(,13983)
-cvs.texi(,13984) @c Perhaps should be saying something here about the
-cvs.texi(,13985) @c "D" lines in Entries (written by CVS 1.9; 1.8 and
-cvs.texi(,13986) @c older don't use them). These are supposed to be
-cvs.texi(,13987) @c compatible in both directions, but I'm not sure
-cvs.texi(,13988) @c they quite are 100%. One common gripe is if you
-cvs.texi(,13989) @c "rm -r" a directory and 1.9 gets confused, as it
-cvs.texi(,13990) @c still sees it in Entries. That one is fixed in
-cvs.texi(,13991) @c (say) 1.9.6. Someone else reported problems with
-cvs.texi(,13992) @c starting with a directory which was checked out with
-cvs.texi(,13993) @c an old version, and then using a new version, and
-cvs.texi(,13994) @c some "D" lines appeared, but not for every
-cvs.texi(,13995) @c directory, causing some directories to be skipped.
-cvs.texi(,13996) @c They weren't sure how to reproduce this, though.
-cvs.texi(,13997)
-cvs.texi(,13998) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,13999) @node Troubleshooting
-cvs.texi(,14000) @appendix Troubleshooting
-cvs.texi(,14001)
-cvs.texi(,14002) If you are having trouble with @sc{cvs}, this appendix
-cvs.texi(,14003) may help. If there is a particular error message which
-cvs.texi(,14004) you are seeing, then you can look up the message
-cvs.texi(,14005) alphabetically. If not, you can look through the
-cvs.texi(,14006) section on other problems to see if your problem is
-cvs.texi(,14007) mentioned there.
-cvs.texi(,14008)
-cvs.texi(,14009) @menu
-cvs.texi(,14010) * Error messages:: Partial list of CVS errors
-cvs.texi(,14011) * Connection:: Trouble making a connection
to a CVS server
-cvs.texi(,14012) * Other problems:: Problems not readily listed
by error message
-cvs.texi(,14013) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,13984) The remote protocol is interoperable going back to @sc{cvs}
1.5, but no
+cvs.texi(,13985) further (1.5 was the first official release with the remote
protocol,
+cvs.texi(,13986) but some older versions might still be floating around). In
many
+cvs.texi(,13987) cases you need to upgrade both the client and the server to
take
+cvs.texi(,13988) advantage of new features and bugfixes, however.
+cvs.texi(,13989)
+cvs.texi(,13990) @c Perhaps should be saying something here about the
+cvs.texi(,13991) @c "D" lines in Entries (written by CVS 1.9; 1.8 and
+cvs.texi(,13992) @c older don't use them). These are supposed to be
+cvs.texi(,13993) @c compatible in both directions, but I'm not sure
+cvs.texi(,13994) @c they quite are 100%. One common gripe is if you
+cvs.texi(,13995) @c "rm -r" a directory and 1.9 gets confused, as it
+cvs.texi(,13996) @c still sees it in Entries. That one is fixed in
+cvs.texi(,13997) @c (say) 1.9.6. Someone else reported problems with
+cvs.texi(,13998) @c starting with a directory which was checked out with
+cvs.texi(,13999) @c an old version, and then using a new version, and
+cvs.texi(,14000) @c some "D" lines appeared, but not for every
+cvs.texi(,14001) @c directory, causing some directories to be skipped.
+cvs.texi(,14002) @c They weren't sure how to reproduce this, though.
+cvs.texi(,14003)
+cvs.texi(,14004) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,14005) @node Troubleshooting
+cvs.texi(,14006) @appendix Troubleshooting
+cvs.texi(,14007)
+cvs.texi(,14008) If you are having trouble with @sc{cvs}, this appendix
+cvs.texi(,14009) may help. If there is a particular error message which
+cvs.texi(,14010) you are seeing, then you can look up the message
+cvs.texi(,14011) alphabetically. If not, you can look through the
+cvs.texi(,14012) section on other problems to see if your problem is
+cvs.texi(,14013) mentioned there.
cvs.texi(,14014)
-cvs.texi(,14022)
-cvs.texi(,14023) @node Error messages
-cvs.texi(,14024) @appendixsec Partial list of error messages
-cvs.texi(,14025)
-cvs.texi(,14026) Here is a partial list of error messages that you may
-cvs.texi(,14027) see from @sc{cvs}. It is not a complete address@hidden
-cvs.texi(,14028) is capable of printing many, many error messages, often
-cvs.texi(,14029) with parts of them supplied by the operating system,
-cvs.texi(,14030) but the intention is to list the common and/or
-cvs.texi(,14031) potentially confusing error messages.
-cvs.texi(,14032)
-cvs.texi(,14033) The messages are alphabetical, but introductory text
-cvs.texi(,14034) such as @samp{cvs update: } is not considered in
-cvs.texi(,14035) ordering them.
-cvs.texi(,14036)
-cvs.texi(,14037) In some cases the list includes messages printed by old
-cvs.texi(,14038) versions of @sc{cvs} (partly because users may not be
-cvs.texi(,14039) sure which version of @sc{cvs} they are using at any
-cvs.texi(,14040) particular moment).
-cvs.texi(,14041) @c If we want to start retiring messages, perhaps we
-cvs.texi(,14042) @c should pick a cutoff version (for example, no more
-cvs.texi(,14043) @c messages which are specific to versions before 1.9)
-cvs.texi(,14044) @c and then move the old messages to an "old messages"
-cvs.texi(,14045) @c node rather than deleting them completely.
-cvs.texi(,14046)
-cvs.texi(,14047) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,14048) @c FIXME: What is the correct way to format a multiline
-cvs.texi(,14049) @c error message here? Maybe @table is the wrong
-cvs.texi(,14050) @c choice? Texinfo gurus?
-cvs.texi(,14051) @item @var{file}:@var{line}: Assertion '@var{text}' failed
-cvs.texi(,14052) The exact format of this message may vary depending on
-cvs.texi(,14053) your system. It indicates a bug in @sc{cvs}, which can
-cvs.texi(,14054) be handled as described in @ref{BUGS}.
-cvs.texi(,14055)
-cvs.texi(,14056) @item cvs @var{command}: authorization failed: server
@var{host} rejected access
-cvs.texi(,14057) This is a generic response when trying to connect to a
-cvs.texi(,14058) pserver server which chooses not to provide a
-cvs.texi(,14059) specific reason for denying authorization. Check that
-cvs.texi(,14060) the username and password specified are correct and
-cvs.texi(,14061) that the @code{CVSROOT} specified is allowed by
@samp{--allow-root}
-cvs.texi(,14062) in @file{inetd.conf}. See @ref{Password authenticated}.
-cvs.texi(,14063)
-cvs.texi(,14064) @item cvs @var{command}: conflict: removed @var{file} was
modified by second party
-cvs.texi(,14065) This message indicates that you removed a file, and
-cvs.texi(,14066) someone else modified it. To resolve the conflict,
-cvs.texi(,14067) first run @samp{cvs add @var{file}}. If desired, look
-cvs.texi(,14068) at the other party's modification to decide whether you
-cvs.texi(,14069) still want to remove it. If you don't want to remove
-cvs.texi(,14070) it, stop here. If you do want to remove it, proceed
-cvs.texi(,14071) with @samp{cvs remove @var{file}} and commit your
-cvs.texi(,14072) removal.
-cvs.texi(,14073) @c Tests conflicts2-142b* in sanity.sh test for this.
-cvs.texi(,14074)
-cvs.texi(,14075) @item cannot change permissions on temporary directory
-cvs.texi(,14076) @example
-cvs.texi(,14077) Operation not permitted
-cvs.texi(,14078) @end example
-cvs.texi(,14079) This message has been happening in a non-reproducible,
-cvs.texi(,14080) occasional way when we run the client/server testsuite,
-cvs.texi(,14081) both on Red Hat Linux 3.0.3 and 4.1. We haven't been
-cvs.texi(,14082) able to figure out what causes it, nor is it known
-cvs.texi(,14083) whether it is specific to linux (or even to this
-cvs.texi(,14084) particular machine!). If the problem does occur on
-cvs.texi(,14085) other unices, @samp{Operation not permitted} would be
-cvs.texi(,14086) likely to read @samp{Not owner} or whatever the system
-cvs.texi(,14087) in question uses for the unix @code{EPERM} error. If
-cvs.texi(,14088) you have any information to add, please let us know as
-cvs.texi(,14089) described in @ref{BUGS}. If you experience this error
-cvs.texi(,14090) while using @sc{cvs}, retrying the operation which
-cvs.texi(,14091) produced it should work fine.
-cvs.texi(,14092) @c This has been seen in a variety of tests, including
-cvs.texi(,14093) @c multibranch-2, multibranch-5, and basic1-24-rm-rm,
-cvs.texi(,14094) @c so it doesn't seem particularly specific to any one
-cvs.texi(,14095) @c test.
-cvs.texi(,14096)
-cvs.texi(,14097) @item cvs [server aborted]: Cannot check out files into the
repository itself
-cvs.texi(,14098) The obvious cause for this message (especially for
-cvs.texi(,14099) non-client/server @sc{cvs}) is that the @sc{cvs} root
-cvs.texi(,14100) is, for example, @file{/usr/local/cvsroot} and you try
-cvs.texi(,14101) to check out files when you are in a subdirectory, such
-cvs.texi(,14102) as @file{/usr/local/cvsroot/test}. However, there is a
-cvs.texi(,14103) more subtle cause, which is that the temporary
-cvs.texi(,14104) directory on the server is set to a subdirectory of the
-cvs.texi(,14105) root (which is also not allowed). If this is the
-cvs.texi(,14106) problem, set the temporary directory to somewhere else,
-cvs.texi(,14107) for example @file{/var/tmp}; see @code{TMPDIR} in
-cvs.texi(,14108) @ref{Environment variables}, for how to set the
-cvs.texi(,14109) temporary directory.
-cvs.texi(,14110)
-cvs.texi(,14111) @item cannot commit files as 'root'
-cvs.texi(,14112) See @samp{'root' is not allowed to commit files}.
-cvs.texi(,14113)
-cvs.texi(,14114) @c For one example see basica-1a10 in the testsuite
-cvs.texi(,14115) @c For another example, "cvs co ." on NT; see comment
-cvs.texi(,14116) @c at windows-NT/filesubr.c (expand_wild).
-cvs.texi(,14117) @c For another example, "cvs co foo/bar" where foo exists.
-cvs.texi(,14118) @item cannot open CVS/Entries for reading: No such file or
directory
-cvs.texi(,14119) This generally indicates a @sc{cvs} internal error, and
-cvs.texi(,14120) can be handled as with other @sc{cvs} bugs
-cvs.texi(,14121) (@pxref{BUGS}). Usually there is a workaround---the
-cvs.texi(,14122) exact nature of which would depend on the situation but
-cvs.texi(,14123) which hopefully could be figured out.
-cvs.texi(,14124)
-cvs.texi(,14125) @c This is more obscure than it might sound; it only
-cvs.texi(,14126) @c happens if you run "cvs init" from a directory which
-cvs.texi(,14127) @c contains a CVS/Root file at the start.
-cvs.texi(,14128) @item cvs [init aborted]: cannot open CVS/Root: No such file
or directory
-cvs.texi(,14129) This message is harmless. Provided it is not
-cvs.texi(,14130) accompanied by other errors, the operation has
-cvs.texi(,14131) completed successfully. This message should not occur
-cvs.texi(,14132) with current versions of @sc{cvs}, but it is documented
-cvs.texi(,14133) here for the benefit of @sc{cvs} 1.9 and older.
-cvs.texi(,14134)
-cvs.texi(,14135) @item cvs server: cannot open /root/.cvsignore: Permission
denied
-cvs.texi(,14136) @itemx cvs [server aborted]: can't chdir(/root): Permission
denied
-cvs.texi(,14137) See @ref{Connection}.
-cvs.texi(,14138)
-cvs.texi(,14139) @item cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot rename file @var{file}
to CVS/,,@var{file}: Invalid argument
-cvs.texi(,14140) This message has been reported as intermittently
-cvs.texi(,14141) happening with @sc{cvs} 1.9 on Solaris 2.5. The cause is
-cvs.texi(,14142) unknown; if you know more about what causes it, let us
-cvs.texi(,14143) know as described in @ref{BUGS}.
+cvs.texi(,14015) @menu
+cvs.texi(,14016) * Error messages:: Partial list of CVS errors
+cvs.texi(,14017) * Connection:: Trouble making a connection
to a CVS server
+cvs.texi(,14018) * Other problems:: Problems not readily listed
by error message
+cvs.texi(,14019) @end menu
+cvs.texi(,14020)
+cvs.texi(,14028)
+cvs.texi(,14029) @node Error messages
+cvs.texi(,14030) @appendixsec Partial list of error messages
+cvs.texi(,14031)
+cvs.texi(,14032) Here is a partial list of error messages that you may
+cvs.texi(,14033) see from @sc{cvs}. It is not a complete address@hidden
+cvs.texi(,14034) is capable of printing many, many error messages, often
+cvs.texi(,14035) with parts of them supplied by the operating system,
+cvs.texi(,14036) but the intention is to list the common and/or
+cvs.texi(,14037) potentially confusing error messages.
+cvs.texi(,14038)
+cvs.texi(,14039) The messages are alphabetical, but introductory text
+cvs.texi(,14040) such as @samp{cvs update: } is not considered in
+cvs.texi(,14041) ordering them.
+cvs.texi(,14042)
+cvs.texi(,14043) In some cases the list includes messages printed by old
+cvs.texi(,14044) versions of @sc{cvs} (partly because users may not be
+cvs.texi(,14045) sure which version of @sc{cvs} they are using at any
+cvs.texi(,14046) particular moment).
+cvs.texi(,14047) @c If we want to start retiring messages, perhaps we
+cvs.texi(,14048) @c should pick a cutoff version (for example, no more
+cvs.texi(,14049) @c messages which are specific to versions before 1.9)
+cvs.texi(,14050) @c and then move the old messages to an "old messages"
+cvs.texi(,14051) @c node rather than deleting them completely.
+cvs.texi(,14052)
+cvs.texi(,14053) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,14054) @c FIXME: What is the correct way to format a multiline
+cvs.texi(,14055) @c error message here? Maybe @table is the wrong
+cvs.texi(,14056) @c choice? Texinfo gurus?
+cvs.texi(,14057) @item @var{file}:@var{line}: Assertion '@var{text}' failed
+cvs.texi(,14058) The exact format of this message may vary depending on
+cvs.texi(,14059) your system. It indicates a bug in @sc{cvs}, which can
+cvs.texi(,14060) be handled as described in @ref{BUGS}.
+cvs.texi(,14061)
+cvs.texi(,14062) @item cvs @var{command}: authorization failed: server
@var{host} rejected access
+cvs.texi(,14063) This is a generic response when trying to connect to a
+cvs.texi(,14064) pserver server which chooses not to provide a
+cvs.texi(,14065) specific reason for denying authorization. Check that
+cvs.texi(,14066) the username and password specified are correct and
+cvs.texi(,14067) that the @code{CVSROOT} specified is allowed by
@samp{--allow-root}
+cvs.texi(,14068) in @file{inetd.conf}. See @ref{Password authenticated}.
+cvs.texi(,14069)
+cvs.texi(,14070) @item cvs @var{command}: conflict: removed @var{file} was
modified by second party
+cvs.texi(,14071) This message indicates that you removed a file, and
+cvs.texi(,14072) someone else modified it. To resolve the conflict,
+cvs.texi(,14073) first run @samp{cvs add @var{file}}. If desired, look
+cvs.texi(,14074) at the other party's modification to decide whether you
+cvs.texi(,14075) still want to remove it. If you don't want to remove
+cvs.texi(,14076) it, stop here. If you do want to remove it, proceed
+cvs.texi(,14077) with @samp{cvs remove @var{file}} and commit your
+cvs.texi(,14078) removal.
+cvs.texi(,14079) @c Tests conflicts2-142b* in sanity.sh test for this.
+cvs.texi(,14080)
+cvs.texi(,14081) @item cannot change permissions on temporary directory
+cvs.texi(,14082) @example
+cvs.texi(,14083) Operation not permitted
+cvs.texi(,14084) @end example
+cvs.texi(,14085) This message has been happening in a non-reproducible,
+cvs.texi(,14086) occasional way when we run the client/server testsuite,
+cvs.texi(,14087) both on Red Hat Linux 3.0.3 and 4.1. We haven't been
+cvs.texi(,14088) able to figure out what causes it, nor is it known
+cvs.texi(,14089) whether it is specific to linux (or even to this
+cvs.texi(,14090) particular machine!). If the problem does occur on
+cvs.texi(,14091) other unices, @samp{Operation not permitted} would be
+cvs.texi(,14092) likely to read @samp{Not owner} or whatever the system
+cvs.texi(,14093) in question uses for the unix @code{EPERM} error. If
+cvs.texi(,14094) you have any information to add, please let us know as
+cvs.texi(,14095) described in @ref{BUGS}. If you experience this error
+cvs.texi(,14096) while using @sc{cvs}, retrying the operation which
+cvs.texi(,14097) produced it should work fine.
+cvs.texi(,14098) @c This has been seen in a variety of tests, including
+cvs.texi(,14099) @c multibranch-2, multibranch-5, and basic1-24-rm-rm,
+cvs.texi(,14100) @c so it doesn't seem particularly specific to any one
+cvs.texi(,14101) @c test.
+cvs.texi(,14102)
+cvs.texi(,14103) @item cvs [server aborted]: Cannot check out files into the
repository itself
+cvs.texi(,14104) The obvious cause for this message (especially for
+cvs.texi(,14105) non-client/server @sc{cvs}) is that the @sc{cvs} root
+cvs.texi(,14106) is, for example, @file{/usr/local/cvsroot} and you try
+cvs.texi(,14107) to check out files when you are in a subdirectory, such
+cvs.texi(,14108) as @file{/usr/local/cvsroot/test}. However, there is a
+cvs.texi(,14109) more subtle cause, which is that the temporary
+cvs.texi(,14110) directory on the server is set to a subdirectory of the
+cvs.texi(,14111) root (which is also not allowed). If this is the
+cvs.texi(,14112) problem, set the temporary directory to somewhere else,
+cvs.texi(,14113) for example @file{/var/tmp}; see @code{TMPDIR} in
+cvs.texi(,14114) @ref{Environment variables}, for how to set the
+cvs.texi(,14115) temporary directory.
+cvs.texi(,14116)
+cvs.texi(,14117) @item cannot commit files as 'root'
+cvs.texi(,14118) See @samp{'root' is not allowed to commit files}.
+cvs.texi(,14119)
+cvs.texi(,14120) @c For one example see basica-1a10 in the testsuite
+cvs.texi(,14121) @c For another example, "cvs co ." on NT; see comment
+cvs.texi(,14122) @c at windows-NT/filesubr.c (expand_wild).
+cvs.texi(,14123) @c For another example, "cvs co foo/bar" where foo exists.
+cvs.texi(,14124) @item cannot open CVS/Entries for reading: No such file or
directory
+cvs.texi(,14125) This generally indicates a @sc{cvs} internal error, and
+cvs.texi(,14126) can be handled as with other @sc{cvs} bugs
+cvs.texi(,14127) (@pxref{BUGS}). Usually there is a workaround---the
+cvs.texi(,14128) exact nature of which would depend on the situation but
+cvs.texi(,14129) which hopefully could be figured out.
+cvs.texi(,14130)
+cvs.texi(,14131) @c This is more obscure than it might sound; it only
+cvs.texi(,14132) @c happens if you run "cvs init" from a directory which
+cvs.texi(,14133) @c contains a CVS/Root file at the start.
+cvs.texi(,14134) @item cvs [init aborted]: cannot open CVS/Root: No such file
or directory
+cvs.texi(,14135) This message is harmless. Provided it is not
+cvs.texi(,14136) accompanied by other errors, the operation has
+cvs.texi(,14137) completed successfully. This message should not occur
+cvs.texi(,14138) with current versions of @sc{cvs}, but it is documented
+cvs.texi(,14139) here for the benefit of @sc{cvs} 1.9 and older.
+cvs.texi(,14140)
+cvs.texi(,14141) @item cvs server: cannot open /root/.cvsignore: Permission
denied
+cvs.texi(,14142) @itemx cvs [server aborted]: can't chdir(/root): Permission
denied
+cvs.texi(,14143) See @ref{Connection}.
cvs.texi(,14144)
-cvs.texi(,14145) @item cvs address@hidden aborted]: cannot start server via
rcmd
-cvs.texi(,14146) This, unfortunately, is a rather nonspecific error
-cvs.texi(,14147) message which @sc{cvs} 1.9 will print if you are
-cvs.texi(,14148) running the @sc{cvs} client and it is having trouble
-cvs.texi(,14149) connecting to the server. Current versions of @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,14150) should print a much more specific error message. If
-cvs.texi(,14151) you get this message when you didn't mean to run the
-cvs.texi(,14152) client at all, you probably forgot to specify
-cvs.texi(,14153) @code{:local:}, as described in @ref{Repository}.
-cvs.texi(,14154)
-cvs.texi(,14155) @item ci: @var{file},v: bad diff output line: Binary files -
and /tmp/T2a22651 differ
-cvs.texi(,14156) @sc{cvs} 1.9 and older will print this message
-cvs.texi(,14157) when trying to check in a binary file if
-cvs.texi(,14158) @sc{rcs} is not correctly installed. Re-read the
-cvs.texi(,14159) instructions that came with your @sc{rcs} distribution
-cvs.texi(,14160) and the @sc{install} file in the @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,14161) distribution. Alternately, upgrade to a current
-cvs.texi(,14162) version of @sc{cvs}, which checks in files itself
-cvs.texi(,14163) rather than via @sc{rcs}.
-cvs.texi(,14164)
-cvs.texi(,14165) @item cvs checkout: could not check out @var{file}
-cvs.texi(,14166) With @sc{cvs} 1.9, this can mean that the @code{co} program
-cvs.texi(,14167) (part of @sc{rcs}) returned a failure. It should be
-cvs.texi(,14168) preceded by another error message, however it has been
-cvs.texi(,14169) observed without another error message and the cause is
-cvs.texi(,14170) not well-understood. With the current version of @sc{cvs},
-cvs.texi(,14171) which does not run @code{co}, if this message occurs
-cvs.texi(,14172) without another error message, it is definitely a @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,14173) bug (@pxref{BUGS}).
-cvs.texi(,14174) @c My current suspicion is that the RCS in the rcs (not
-cvs.texi(,14175) @c cvs/winnt/rcs57nt.zip) directory on the _Practical_
-cvs.texi(,14176) @c CD is bad (remains to be confirmed).
-cvs.texi(,14177) @c There is also a report of something which looks
-cvs.texi(,14178) @c very similar on SGI, Irix 5.2, so I dunno.
-cvs.texi(,14179)
-cvs.texi(,14180) @item cvs [login aborted]: could not find out home directory
-cvs.texi(,14181) This means that you need to set the environment
-cvs.texi(,14182) variables that @sc{cvs} uses to locate your home directory.
-cvs.texi(,14183) See the discussion of @code{HOME}, @code{HOMEDRIVE}, and
@code{HOMEPATH} in
-cvs.texi(,14184) @ref{Environment variables}.
+cvs.texi(,14145) @item cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot rename file @var{file}
to CVS/,,@var{file}: Invalid argument
+cvs.texi(,14146) This message has been reported as intermittently
+cvs.texi(,14147) happening with @sc{cvs} 1.9 on Solaris 2.5. The cause is
+cvs.texi(,14148) unknown; if you know more about what causes it, let us
+cvs.texi(,14149) know as described in @ref{BUGS}.
+cvs.texi(,14150)
+cvs.texi(,14151) @item cvs address@hidden aborted]: cannot start server via
rcmd
+cvs.texi(,14152) This, unfortunately, is a rather nonspecific error
+cvs.texi(,14153) message which @sc{cvs} 1.9 will print if you are
+cvs.texi(,14154) running the @sc{cvs} client and it is having trouble
+cvs.texi(,14155) connecting to the server. Current versions of @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,14156) should print a much more specific error message. If
+cvs.texi(,14157) you get this message when you didn't mean to run the
+cvs.texi(,14158) client at all, you probably forgot to specify
+cvs.texi(,14159) @code{:local:}, as described in @ref{Repository}.
+cvs.texi(,14160)
+cvs.texi(,14161) @item ci: @var{file},v: bad diff output line: Binary files -
and /tmp/T2a22651 differ
+cvs.texi(,14162) @sc{cvs} 1.9 and older will print this message
+cvs.texi(,14163) when trying to check in a binary file if
+cvs.texi(,14164) @sc{rcs} is not correctly installed. Re-read the
+cvs.texi(,14165) instructions that came with your @sc{rcs} distribution
+cvs.texi(,14166) and the @sc{install} file in the @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,14167) distribution. Alternately, upgrade to a current
+cvs.texi(,14168) version of @sc{cvs}, which checks in files itself
+cvs.texi(,14169) rather than via @sc{rcs}.
+cvs.texi(,14170)
+cvs.texi(,14171) @item cvs checkout: could not check out @var{file}
+cvs.texi(,14172) With @sc{cvs} 1.9, this can mean that the @code{co} program
+cvs.texi(,14173) (part of @sc{rcs}) returned a failure. It should be
+cvs.texi(,14174) preceded by another error message, however it has been
+cvs.texi(,14175) observed without another error message and the cause is
+cvs.texi(,14176) not well-understood. With the current version of @sc{cvs},
+cvs.texi(,14177) which does not run @code{co}, if this message occurs
+cvs.texi(,14178) without another error message, it is definitely a @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,14179) bug (@pxref{BUGS}).
+cvs.texi(,14180) @c My current suspicion is that the RCS in the rcs (not
+cvs.texi(,14181) @c cvs/winnt/rcs57nt.zip) directory on the _Practical_
+cvs.texi(,14182) @c CD is bad (remains to be confirmed).
+cvs.texi(,14183) @c There is also a report of something which looks
+cvs.texi(,14184) @c very similar on SGI, Irix 5.2, so I dunno.
cvs.texi(,14185)
-cvs.texi(,14186) @item cvs update: could not merge revision @var{rev} of
@var{file}: No such file or directory
-cvs.texi(,14187) @sc{cvs} 1.9 and older will print this message if there was
-cvs.texi(,14188) a problem finding the @code{rcsmerge} program. Make
-cvs.texi(,14189) sure that it is in your @code{PATH}, or upgrade to a
-cvs.texi(,14190) current version of @sc{cvs}, which does not require
-cvs.texi(,14191) an external @code{rcsmerge} program.
-cvs.texi(,14192)
-cvs.texi(,14193) @item cvs [update aborted]: could not patch @var{file}: No
such file or directory
-cvs.texi(,14194) This means that there was a problem finding the
-cvs.texi(,14195) @code{patch} program. Make sure that it is in your
-cvs.texi(,14196) @code{PATH}. Note that despite appearances the message
-cvs.texi(,14197) is @emph{not} referring to whether it can find @var{file}.
-cvs.texi(,14198) If both the client and the server are running a current
-cvs.texi(,14199) version of @sc{cvs}, then there is no need for an
-cvs.texi(,14200) external patch program and you should not see this
-cvs.texi(,14201) message. But if either client or server is running
-cvs.texi(,14202) @sc{cvs} 1.9, then you need @code{patch}.
-cvs.texi(,14203)
-cvs.texi(,14204) @item cvs update: could not patch @var{file}; will refetch
-cvs.texi(,14205) This means that for whatever reason the client was
-cvs.texi(,14206) unable to apply a patch that the server sent. The
-cvs.texi(,14207) message is nothing to be concerned about, because
-cvs.texi(,14208) inability to apply the patch only slows things down and
-cvs.texi(,14209) has no effect on what @sc{cvs} does.
-cvs.texi(,14210) @c xref to update output. Or File status?
-cvs.texi(,14211) @c Or some place else that
-cvs.texi(,14212) @c explains this whole "patch"/P/Needs Patch thing?
-cvs.texi(,14213)
-cvs.texi(,14214) @item dying gasps from @var{server} unexpected
-cvs.texi(,14215) There is a known bug in the server for @sc{cvs} 1.9.18
-cvs.texi(,14216) and older which can cause this. For me, this was
-cvs.texi(,14217) reproducible if I used the @samp{-t} global option. It
-cvs.texi(,14218) was fixed by Andy Piper's 14 Nov 1997 change to
-cvs.texi(,14219) src/filesubr.c, if anyone is curious.
-cvs.texi(,14220) If you see the message,
-cvs.texi(,14221) you probably can just retry the operation which failed,
-cvs.texi(,14222) or if you have discovered information concerning its
-cvs.texi(,14223) cause, please let us know as described in @ref{BUGS}.
-cvs.texi(,14224)
-cvs.texi(,14225) @item end of file from server (consult above messages if any)
-cvs.texi(,14226) The most common cause for this message is if you are
-cvs.texi(,14227) using an external @code{rsh} program and it exited with
-cvs.texi(,14228) an error. In this case the @code{rsh} program should
-cvs.texi(,14229) have printed a message, which will appear before the
-cvs.texi(,14230) above message. For more information on setting up a
-cvs.texi(,14231) @sc{cvs} client and server, see @ref{Remote repositories}.
-cvs.texi(,14232)
-cvs.texi(,14233) @item cvs [update aborted]: EOF in key in RCS file
@var{file},v
-cvs.texi(,14234) @itemx cvs [checkout aborted]: EOF while looking for end of
string in RCS file @var{file},v
-cvs.texi(,14235) This means that there is a syntax error in the given
-cvs.texi(,14236) @sc{rcs} file. Note that this might be true even if @sc{rcs}
can
-cvs.texi(,14237) read the file OK; @sc{cvs} does more error checking of
-cvs.texi(,14238) errors in the RCS file. That is why you may see this
-cvs.texi(,14239) message when upgrading from @sc{cvs} 1.9 to @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,14240) 1.10. The likely cause for the original corruption is
-cvs.texi(,14241) hardware, the operating system, or the like. Of
-cvs.texi(,14242) course, if you find a case in which @sc{cvs} seems to
-cvs.texi(,14243) corrupting the file, by all means report it,
-cvs.texi(,14244) (@pxref{BUGS}).
-cvs.texi(,14245) There are quite a few variations of this error message,
-cvs.texi(,14246) depending on exactly where in the @sc{rcs} file @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,14247) finds the syntax error.
-cvs.texi(,14248)
-cvs.texi(,14249) @cindex mkmodules
-cvs.texi(,14250) @item cvs commit: Executing 'mkmodules'
-cvs.texi(,14251) This means that your repository is set up for a version
-cvs.texi(,14252) of @sc{cvs} prior to @sc{cvs} 1.8. When using @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,14253) 1.8 or later, the above message will be preceded by
+cvs.texi(,14186) @item cvs [login aborted]: could not find out home directory
+cvs.texi(,14187) This means that you need to set the environment
+cvs.texi(,14188) variables that @sc{cvs} uses to locate your home directory.
+cvs.texi(,14189) See the discussion of @code{HOME}, @code{HOMEDRIVE}, and
@code{HOMEPATH} in
+cvs.texi(,14190) @ref{Environment variables}.
+cvs.texi(,14191)
+cvs.texi(,14192) @item cvs update: could not merge revision @var{rev} of
@var{file}: No such file or directory
+cvs.texi(,14193) @sc{cvs} 1.9 and older will print this message if there was
+cvs.texi(,14194) a problem finding the @code{rcsmerge} program. Make
+cvs.texi(,14195) sure that it is in your @code{PATH}, or upgrade to a
+cvs.texi(,14196) current version of @sc{cvs}, which does not require
+cvs.texi(,14197) an external @code{rcsmerge} program.
+cvs.texi(,14198)
+cvs.texi(,14199) @item cvs [update aborted]: could not patch @var{file}: No
such file or directory
+cvs.texi(,14200) This means that there was a problem finding the
+cvs.texi(,14201) @code{patch} program. Make sure that it is in your
+cvs.texi(,14202) @code{PATH}. Note that despite appearances the message
+cvs.texi(,14203) is @emph{not} referring to whether it can find @var{file}.
+cvs.texi(,14204) If both the client and the server are running a current
+cvs.texi(,14205) version of @sc{cvs}, then there is no need for an
+cvs.texi(,14206) external patch program and you should not see this
+cvs.texi(,14207) message. But if either client or server is running
+cvs.texi(,14208) @sc{cvs} 1.9, then you need @code{patch}.
+cvs.texi(,14209)
+cvs.texi(,14210) @item cvs update: could not patch @var{file}; will refetch
+cvs.texi(,14211) This means that for whatever reason the client was
+cvs.texi(,14212) unable to apply a patch that the server sent. The
+cvs.texi(,14213) message is nothing to be concerned about, because
+cvs.texi(,14214) inability to apply the patch only slows things down and
+cvs.texi(,14215) has no effect on what @sc{cvs} does.
+cvs.texi(,14216) @c xref to update output. Or File status?
+cvs.texi(,14217) @c Or some place else that
+cvs.texi(,14218) @c explains this whole "patch"/P/Needs Patch thing?
+cvs.texi(,14219)
+cvs.texi(,14220) @item dying gasps from @var{server} unexpected
+cvs.texi(,14221) There is a known bug in the server for @sc{cvs} 1.9.18
+cvs.texi(,14222) and older which can cause this. For me, this was
+cvs.texi(,14223) reproducible if I used the @samp{-t} global option. It
+cvs.texi(,14224) was fixed by Andy Piper's 14 Nov 1997 change to
+cvs.texi(,14225) src/filesubr.c, if anyone is curious.
+cvs.texi(,14226) If you see the message,
+cvs.texi(,14227) you probably can just retry the operation which failed,
+cvs.texi(,14228) or if you have discovered information concerning its
+cvs.texi(,14229) cause, please let us know as described in @ref{BUGS}.
+cvs.texi(,14230)
+cvs.texi(,14231) @item end of file from server (consult above messages if any)
+cvs.texi(,14232) The most common cause for this message is if you are
+cvs.texi(,14233) using an external @code{rsh} program and it exited with
+cvs.texi(,14234) an error. In this case the @code{rsh} program should
+cvs.texi(,14235) have printed a message, which will appear before the
+cvs.texi(,14236) above message. For more information on setting up a
+cvs.texi(,14237) @sc{cvs} client and server, see @ref{Remote repositories}.
+cvs.texi(,14238)
+cvs.texi(,14239) @item cvs [update aborted]: EOF in key in RCS file
@var{file},v
+cvs.texi(,14240) @itemx cvs [checkout aborted]: EOF while looking for end of
string in RCS file @var{file},v
+cvs.texi(,14241) This means that there is a syntax error in the given
+cvs.texi(,14242) @sc{rcs} file. Note that this might be true even if @sc{rcs}
can
+cvs.texi(,14243) read the file OK; @sc{cvs} does more error checking of
+cvs.texi(,14244) errors in the RCS file. That is why you may see this
+cvs.texi(,14245) message when upgrading from @sc{cvs} 1.9 to @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,14246) 1.10. The likely cause for the original corruption is
+cvs.texi(,14247) hardware, the operating system, or the like. Of
+cvs.texi(,14248) course, if you find a case in which @sc{cvs} seems to
+cvs.texi(,14249) corrupting the file, by all means report it,
+cvs.texi(,14250) (@pxref{BUGS}).
+cvs.texi(,14251) There are quite a few variations of this error message,
+cvs.texi(,14252) depending on exactly where in the @sc{rcs} file @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,14253) finds the syntax error.
cvs.texi(,14254)
-cvs.texi(,14255) @example
-cvs.texi(,14256) cvs commit: Rebuilding administrative file database
-cvs.texi(,14257) @end example
-cvs.texi(,14258)
-cvs.texi(,14259) If you see both messages, the database is being rebuilt
-cvs.texi(,14260) twice, which is unnecessary but harmless. If you wish
-cvs.texi(,14261) to avoid the duplication, and you have no versions of
-cvs.texi(,14262) @sc{cvs} 1.7 or earlier in use, remove @code{-i mkmodules}
-cvs.texi(,14263) every place it appears in your @code{modules}
-cvs.texi(,14264) file. For more information on the @code{modules} file,
-cvs.texi(,14265) see @ref{modules}.
-cvs.texi(,14266)
-cvs.texi(,14267) @c This message comes from "co", and I believe is
-cvs.texi(,14268) @c possible only with older versions of CVS which call
-cvs.texi(,14269) @c co. The problem with being able to create the bogus
-cvs.texi(,14270) @c RCS file still exists, though (and I think maybe
-cvs.texi(,14271) @c there is a different symptom(s) now).
-cvs.texi(,14272) @c FIXME: Would be nice to have a more exact wording
-cvs.texi(,14273) @c for this message.
-cvs.texi(,14274) @item missing author
-cvs.texi(,14275) Typically this can happen if you created an RCS file
-cvs.texi(,14276) with your username set to empty. @sc{cvs} will, bogusly,
-cvs.texi(,14277) create an illegal RCS file with no value for the author
-cvs.texi(,14278) field. The solution is to make sure your username is
-cvs.texi(,14279) set to a non-empty value and re-create the RCS file.
-cvs.texi(,14280) @c "make sure your username is set" is complicated in
-cvs.texi(,14281) @c and of itself, as there are the environment
-cvs.texi(,14282) @c variables the system login name, &c, and it depends
-cvs.texi(,14283) @c on the version of CVS.
-cvs.texi(,14284)
-cvs.texi(,14285) @item cvs [checkout aborted]: no such tag @var{tag}
-cvs.texi(,14286) This message means that @sc{cvs} isn't familiar with
-cvs.texi(,14287) the tag @var{tag}. Usually this means that you have
-cvs.texi(,14288) mistyped a tag name; however there are (relatively
-cvs.texi(,14289) obscure) cases in which @sc{cvs} will require you to
-cvs.texi(,14290) @c Search sanity.sh for "no such tag" to see some of
-cvs.texi(,14291) @c the relatively obscure cases.
-cvs.texi(,14292) try a few other @sc{cvs} commands involving that tag,
-cvs.texi(,14293) before you find one which will cause @sc{cvs} to update
-cvs.texi(,14294) the @file{val-tags} file; see discussion of val-tags in
-cvs.texi(,14295) @ref{File permissions}. You only need to worry about
-cvs.texi(,14296) this once for a given tag; when a tag is listed in
-cvs.texi(,14297) @file{val-tags}, it stays there. Note that using
-cvs.texi(,14298) @samp{-f} to not require tag matches does not override
-cvs.texi(,14299) this check; see @ref{Common options}.
-cvs.texi(,14300)
-cvs.texi(,14301) @item *PANIC* administration files missing
-cvs.texi(,14302) This typically means that there is a directory named
-cvs.texi(,14303) @sc{cvs} but it does not contain the administrative files
-cvs.texi(,14304) which @sc{cvs} puts in a CVS directory. If the problem is
-cvs.texi(,14305) that you created a CVS directory via some mechanism
-cvs.texi(,14306) other than @sc{cvs}, then the answer is simple, use a name
-cvs.texi(,14307) other than @sc{cvs}. If not, it indicates a @sc{cvs} bug
-cvs.texi(,14308) (@pxref{BUGS}).
-cvs.texi(,14309)
-cvs.texi(,14310) @item rcs error: Unknown option: -x,v/
-cvs.texi(,14311) This message will be followed by a usage message for
-cvs.texi(,14312) @sc{rcs}. It means that you have an old version of
-cvs.texi(,14313) @sc{rcs} (probably supplied with your operating
-cvs.texi(,14314) system), as well as an old version of @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,14315) @sc{cvs} 1.9.18 and earlier only work with @sc{rcs} version 5
and
-cvs.texi(,14316) later; current versions of @sc{cvs} do not run @sc{rcs}
programs.
-cvs.texi(,14317) @c For more information on installing @sc{cvs}, see
-cvs.texi(,14318) @c (FIXME: where? it depends on whether you are
-cvs.texi(,14319) @c getting binaries or sources or what).
-cvs.texi(,14320) @c The message can also say "ci error" or something
-cvs.texi(,14321) @c instead of "rcs error", I suspect.
-cvs.texi(,14322)
-cvs.texi(,14323) @item cvs [server aborted]: received broken pipe signal
-cvs.texi(,14324) This message seems to be caused by a hard-to-track-down
-cvs.texi(,14325) bug in @sc{cvs} or the systems it runs on (we don't
-cvs.texi(,14326) know---we haven't tracked it down yet!). It seems to
-cvs.texi(,14327) happen only after a @sc{cvs} command has completed, and
-cvs.texi(,14328) you should be able to just ignore the message.
-cvs.texi(,14329) However, if you have discovered information concerning its
-cvs.texi(,14330) cause, please let us know as described in @ref{BUGS}.
-cvs.texi(,14331)
-cvs.texi(,14332) @item 'root' is not allowed to commit files
-cvs.texi(,14333) When committing a permanent change, @sc{cvs} makes a log
entry of
-cvs.texi(,14334) who committed the change. If you are committing the change
logged
-cvs.texi(,14335) in as "root" (not under "su" or other root-priv giving
program),
-cvs.texi(,14336) @sc{cvs} cannot determine who is actually making the change.
-cvs.texi(,14337) As such, by default, @sc{cvs} disallows changes to be
committed by users
-cvs.texi(,14338) logged in as "root". (You can disable this option by passing
the
-cvs.texi(,14339) @code{--enable-rootcommit} option to @file{configure} and
recompiling @sc{cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,14340) On some systems this means editing the appropriate
@file{config.h} file
-cvs.texi(,14341) before building @sc{cvs}.)
-cvs.texi(,14342)
-cvs.texi(,14343) @item Too many arguments!
-cvs.texi(,14344) This message is typically printed by the @file{log.pl}
-cvs.texi(,14345) script which is in the @file{contrib} directory in the
-cvs.texi(,14346) @sc{cvs} source distribution. In some versions of
-cvs.texi(,14347) @sc{cvs}, @file{log.pl} has been part of the default
-cvs.texi(,14348) @sc{cvs} installation. The @file{log.pl} script gets
-cvs.texi(,14349) called from the @file{loginfo} administrative file.
-cvs.texi(,14350) Check that the arguments passed in @file{loginfo} match
-cvs.texi(,14351) what your version of @file{log.pl} expects. In
-cvs.texi(,14352) particular, the @file{log.pl} from @sc{cvs} 1.3 and
-cvs.texi(,14353) older expects the logfile as an argument whereas the
-cvs.texi(,14354) @file{log.pl} from @sc{cvs} 1.5 and newer expects the
-cvs.texi(,14355) logfile to be specified with a @samp{-f} option. Of
-cvs.texi(,14356) course, if you don't need @file{log.pl} you can just
-cvs.texi(,14357) comment it out of @file{loginfo}.
-cvs.texi(,14358)
-cvs.texi(,14359) @item cvs [update aborted]: unexpected EOF reading
@var{file},v
-cvs.texi(,14360) See @samp{EOF in key in RCS file}.
-cvs.texi(,14361)
-cvs.texi(,14362) @item cvs [login aborted]: unrecognized auth response from
@var{server}
-cvs.texi(,14363) This message typically means that the server is not set
-cvs.texi(,14364) up properly. For example, if @file{inetd.conf} points
-cvs.texi(,14365) to a nonexistent cvs executable. To debug it further,
-cvs.texi(,14366) find the log file which inetd writes
-cvs.texi(,14367) (@file{/var/log/messages} or whatever inetd uses on
-cvs.texi(,14368) your system). For details, see @ref{Connection}, and
-cvs.texi(,14369) @ref{Password authentication server}.
-cvs.texi(,14370)
-cvs.texi(,14371) @item cvs commit: Up-to-date check failed for address@hidden'
-cvs.texi(,14372) This means that someone else has committed a change to
-cvs.texi(,14373) that file since the last time that you did a @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,14374) update}. So before proceeding with your @code{cvs
-cvs.texi(,14375) commit} you need to @code{cvs update}. @sc{cvs} will merge
-cvs.texi(,14376) the changes that you made and the changes that the
-cvs.texi(,14377) other person made. If it does not detect any conflicts
-cvs.texi(,14378) it will report @samp{M @var{file}} and you are ready
-cvs.texi(,14379) to @code{cvs commit}. If it detects conflicts it will
-cvs.texi(,14380) print a message saying so, will report @samp{C @var{file}},
-cvs.texi(,14381) and you need to manually resolve the
-cvs.texi(,14382) conflict. For more details on this process see
-cvs.texi(,14383) @ref{Conflicts example}.
-cvs.texi(,14384)
-cvs.texi(,14385) @item Usage: diff3 [-exEX3 [-i | -m] [-L label1 -L label3]]
file1 file2 file3
-cvs.texi(,14386) @example
-cvs.texi(,14387) Only one of [exEX3] allowed
-cvs.texi(,14388) @end example
-cvs.texi(,14389) This indicates a problem with the installation of
-cvs.texi(,14390) @code{diff3} and @code{rcsmerge}. Specifically
-cvs.texi(,14391) @code{rcsmerge} was compiled to look for GNU diff3, but
-cvs.texi(,14392) it is finding unix diff3 instead. The exact text of
-cvs.texi(,14393) the message will vary depending on the system. The
-cvs.texi(,14394) simplest solution is to upgrade to a current version of
-cvs.texi(,14395) @sc{cvs}, which does not rely on external
-cvs.texi(,14396) @code{rcsmerge} or @code{diff3} programs.
-cvs.texi(,14397)
-cvs.texi(,14398) @item warning: unrecognized response address@hidden' from cvs
server
-cvs.texi(,14399) If @var{text} contains a valid response (such as
-cvs.texi(,14400) @samp{ok}) followed by an extra carriage return
-cvs.texi(,14401) character (on many systems this will cause the second
-cvs.texi(,14402) part of the message to overwrite the first part), then
-cvs.texi(,14403) it probably means that you are using the @samp{:ext:}
-cvs.texi(,14404) access method with a version of rsh, such as most
-cvs.texi(,14405) non-unix rsh versions, which does not by default
-cvs.texi(,14406) provide a transparent data stream. In such cases you
-cvs.texi(,14407) probably want to try @samp{:server:} instead of
-cvs.texi(,14408) @samp{:ext:}. If @var{text} is something else, this
-cvs.texi(,14409) may signify a problem with your @sc{cvs} server.
-cvs.texi(,14410) Double-check your installation against the instructions
-cvs.texi(,14411) for setting up the @sc{cvs} server.
-cvs.texi(,14412) @c FIXCVS: should be printing CR as \r or \015 or some
-cvs.texi(,14413) @c such, probably.
-cvs.texi(,14414)
-cvs.texi(,14415) @item cvs commit: address@hidden waiting for @var{user}'s
lock in @var{directory}
-cvs.texi(,14416) This is a normal message, not an error. See
-cvs.texi(,14417) @ref{Concurrency}, for more details.
-cvs.texi(,14418)
-cvs.texi(,14419) @item cvs commit: warning: editor session failed
-cvs.texi(,14420) @cindex Exit status, of editor
-cvs.texi(,14421) This means that the editor which @sc{cvs} is using exits with
a nonzero
-cvs.texi(,14422) exit status. Some versions of vi will do this even when
there was not
-cvs.texi(,14423) a problem editing the file. If so, point the
-cvs.texi(,14424) @code{CVSEDITOR} environment variable to a small script
-cvs.texi(,14425) such as:
-cvs.texi(,14426)
-cvs.texi(,14427) @example
-cvs.texi(,14428) #!/bin/sh
-cvs.texi(,14429) vi $*
-cvs.texi(,14430) exit 0
-cvs.texi(,14431) @end example
+cvs.texi(,14255) @cindex mkmodules
+cvs.texi(,14256) @item cvs commit: Executing 'mkmodules'
+cvs.texi(,14257) This means that your repository is set up for a version
+cvs.texi(,14258) of @sc{cvs} prior to @sc{cvs} 1.8. When using @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,14259) 1.8 or later, the above message will be preceded by
+cvs.texi(,14260)
+cvs.texi(,14261) @example
+cvs.texi(,14262) cvs commit: Rebuilding administrative file database
+cvs.texi(,14263) @end example
+cvs.texi(,14264)
+cvs.texi(,14265) If you see both messages, the database is being rebuilt
+cvs.texi(,14266) twice, which is unnecessary but harmless. If you wish
+cvs.texi(,14267) to avoid the duplication, and you have no versions of
+cvs.texi(,14268) @sc{cvs} 1.7 or earlier in use, remove @code{-i mkmodules}
+cvs.texi(,14269) every place it appears in your @code{modules}
+cvs.texi(,14270) file. For more information on the @code{modules} file,
+cvs.texi(,14271) see @ref{modules}.
+cvs.texi(,14272)
+cvs.texi(,14273) @c This message comes from "co", and I believe is
+cvs.texi(,14274) @c possible only with older versions of CVS which call
+cvs.texi(,14275) @c co. The problem with being able to create the bogus
+cvs.texi(,14276) @c RCS file still exists, though (and I think maybe
+cvs.texi(,14277) @c there is a different symptom(s) now).
+cvs.texi(,14278) @c FIXME: Would be nice to have a more exact wording
+cvs.texi(,14279) @c for this message.
+cvs.texi(,14280) @item missing author
+cvs.texi(,14281) Typically this can happen if you created an RCS file
+cvs.texi(,14282) with your username set to empty. @sc{cvs} will, bogusly,
+cvs.texi(,14283) create an illegal RCS file with no value for the author
+cvs.texi(,14284) field. The solution is to make sure your username is
+cvs.texi(,14285) set to a non-empty value and re-create the RCS file.
+cvs.texi(,14286) @c "make sure your username is set" is complicated in
+cvs.texi(,14287) @c and of itself, as there are the environment
+cvs.texi(,14288) @c variables the system login name, &c, and it depends
+cvs.texi(,14289) @c on the version of CVS.
+cvs.texi(,14290)
+cvs.texi(,14291) @item cvs [checkout aborted]: no such tag @var{tag}
+cvs.texi(,14292) This message means that @sc{cvs} isn't familiar with
+cvs.texi(,14293) the tag @var{tag}. Usually this means that you have
+cvs.texi(,14294) mistyped a tag name; however there are (relatively
+cvs.texi(,14295) obscure) cases in which @sc{cvs} will require you to
+cvs.texi(,14296) @c Search sanity.sh for "no such tag" to see some of
+cvs.texi(,14297) @c the relatively obscure cases.
+cvs.texi(,14298) try a few other @sc{cvs} commands involving that tag,
+cvs.texi(,14299) before you find one which will cause @sc{cvs} to update
+cvs.texi(,14300) the @file{val-tags} file; see discussion of val-tags in
+cvs.texi(,14301) @ref{File permissions}. You only need to worry about
+cvs.texi(,14302) this once for a given tag; when a tag is listed in
+cvs.texi(,14303) @file{val-tags}, it stays there. Note that using
+cvs.texi(,14304) @samp{-f} to not require tag matches does not override
+cvs.texi(,14305) this check; see @ref{Common options}.
+cvs.texi(,14306)
+cvs.texi(,14307) @item *PANIC* administration files missing
+cvs.texi(,14308) This typically means that there is a directory named
+cvs.texi(,14309) @sc{cvs} but it does not contain the administrative files
+cvs.texi(,14310) which @sc{cvs} puts in a CVS directory. If the problem is
+cvs.texi(,14311) that you created a CVS directory via some mechanism
+cvs.texi(,14312) other than @sc{cvs}, then the answer is simple, use a name
+cvs.texi(,14313) other than @sc{cvs}. If not, it indicates a @sc{cvs} bug
+cvs.texi(,14314) (@pxref{BUGS}).
+cvs.texi(,14315)
+cvs.texi(,14316) @item rcs error: Unknown option: -x,v/
+cvs.texi(,14317) This message will be followed by a usage message for
+cvs.texi(,14318) @sc{rcs}. It means that you have an old version of
+cvs.texi(,14319) @sc{rcs} (probably supplied with your operating
+cvs.texi(,14320) system), as well as an old version of @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,14321) @sc{cvs} 1.9.18 and earlier only work with @sc{rcs} version 5
and
+cvs.texi(,14322) later; current versions of @sc{cvs} do not run @sc{rcs}
programs.
+cvs.texi(,14323) @c For more information on installing @sc{cvs}, see
+cvs.texi(,14324) @c (FIXME: where? it depends on whether you are
+cvs.texi(,14325) @c getting binaries or sources or what).
+cvs.texi(,14326) @c The message can also say "ci error" or something
+cvs.texi(,14327) @c instead of "rcs error", I suspect.
+cvs.texi(,14328)
+cvs.texi(,14329) @item cvs [server aborted]: received broken pipe signal
+cvs.texi(,14330) This message seems to be caused by a hard-to-track-down
+cvs.texi(,14331) bug in @sc{cvs} or the systems it runs on (we don't
+cvs.texi(,14332) know---we haven't tracked it down yet!). It seems to
+cvs.texi(,14333) happen only after a @sc{cvs} command has completed, and
+cvs.texi(,14334) you should be able to just ignore the message.
+cvs.texi(,14335) However, if you have discovered information concerning its
+cvs.texi(,14336) cause, please let us know as described in @ref{BUGS}.
+cvs.texi(,14337)
+cvs.texi(,14338) @item 'root' is not allowed to commit files
+cvs.texi(,14339) When committing a permanent change, @sc{cvs} makes a log
entry of
+cvs.texi(,14340) who committed the change. If you are committing the change
logged
+cvs.texi(,14341) in as "root" (not under "su" or other root-priv giving
program),
+cvs.texi(,14342) @sc{cvs} cannot determine who is actually making the change.
+cvs.texi(,14343) As such, by default, @sc{cvs} disallows changes to be
committed by users
+cvs.texi(,14344) logged in as "root". (You can disable this option by passing
the
+cvs.texi(,14345) @code{--enable-rootcommit} option to @file{configure} and
recompiling @sc{cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,14346) On some systems this means editing the appropriate
@file{config.h} file
+cvs.texi(,14347) before building @sc{cvs}.)
+cvs.texi(,14348)
+cvs.texi(,14349) @item Too many arguments!
+cvs.texi(,14350) This message is typically printed by the @file{log.pl}
+cvs.texi(,14351) script which is in the @file{contrib} directory in the
+cvs.texi(,14352) @sc{cvs} source distribution. In some versions of
+cvs.texi(,14353) @sc{cvs}, @file{log.pl} has been part of the default
+cvs.texi(,14354) @sc{cvs} installation. The @file{log.pl} script gets
+cvs.texi(,14355) called from the @file{loginfo} administrative file.
+cvs.texi(,14356) Check that the arguments passed in @file{loginfo} match
+cvs.texi(,14357) what your version of @file{log.pl} expects. In
+cvs.texi(,14358) particular, the @file{log.pl} from @sc{cvs} 1.3 and
+cvs.texi(,14359) older expects the logfile as an argument whereas the
+cvs.texi(,14360) @file{log.pl} from @sc{cvs} 1.5 and newer expects the
+cvs.texi(,14361) logfile to be specified with a @samp{-f} option. Of
+cvs.texi(,14362) course, if you don't need @file{log.pl} you can just
+cvs.texi(,14363) comment it out of @file{loginfo}.
+cvs.texi(,14364)
+cvs.texi(,14365) @item cvs [update aborted]: unexpected EOF reading
@var{file},v
+cvs.texi(,14366) See @samp{EOF in key in RCS file}.
+cvs.texi(,14367)
+cvs.texi(,14368) @item cvs [login aborted]: unrecognized auth response from
@var{server}
+cvs.texi(,14369) This message typically means that the server is not set
+cvs.texi(,14370) up properly. For example, if @file{inetd.conf} points
+cvs.texi(,14371) to a nonexistent cvs executable. To debug it further,
+cvs.texi(,14372) find the log file which inetd writes
+cvs.texi(,14373) (@file{/var/log/messages} or whatever inetd uses on
+cvs.texi(,14374) your system). For details, see @ref{Connection}, and
+cvs.texi(,14375) @ref{Password authentication server}.
+cvs.texi(,14376)
+cvs.texi(,14377) @item cvs commit: Up-to-date check failed for address@hidden'
+cvs.texi(,14378) This means that someone else has committed a change to
+cvs.texi(,14379) that file since the last time that you did a @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,14380) update}. So before proceeding with your @code{cvs
+cvs.texi(,14381) commit} you need to @code{cvs update}. @sc{cvs} will merge
+cvs.texi(,14382) the changes that you made and the changes that the
+cvs.texi(,14383) other person made. If it does not detect any conflicts
+cvs.texi(,14384) it will report @samp{M @var{file}} and you are ready
+cvs.texi(,14385) to @code{cvs commit}. If it detects conflicts it will
+cvs.texi(,14386) print a message saying so, will report @samp{C @var{file}},
+cvs.texi(,14387) and you need to manually resolve the
+cvs.texi(,14388) conflict. For more details on this process see
+cvs.texi(,14389) @ref{Conflicts example}.
+cvs.texi(,14390)
+cvs.texi(,14391) @item Usage: diff3 [-exEX3 [-i | -m] [-L label1 -L label3]]
file1 file2 file3
+cvs.texi(,14392) @example
+cvs.texi(,14393) Only one of [exEX3] allowed
+cvs.texi(,14394) @end example
+cvs.texi(,14395) This indicates a problem with the installation of
+cvs.texi(,14396) @code{diff3} and @code{rcsmerge}. Specifically
+cvs.texi(,14397) @code{rcsmerge} was compiled to look for GNU diff3, but
+cvs.texi(,14398) it is finding unix diff3 instead. The exact text of
+cvs.texi(,14399) the message will vary depending on the system. The
+cvs.texi(,14400) simplest solution is to upgrade to a current version of
+cvs.texi(,14401) @sc{cvs}, which does not rely on external
+cvs.texi(,14402) @code{rcsmerge} or @code{diff3} programs.
+cvs.texi(,14403)
+cvs.texi(,14404) @item warning: unrecognized response address@hidden' from cvs
server
+cvs.texi(,14405) If @var{text} contains a valid response (such as
+cvs.texi(,14406) @samp{ok}) followed by an extra carriage return
+cvs.texi(,14407) character (on many systems this will cause the second
+cvs.texi(,14408) part of the message to overwrite the first part), then
+cvs.texi(,14409) it probably means that you are using the @samp{:ext:}
+cvs.texi(,14410) access method with a version of rsh, such as most
+cvs.texi(,14411) non-unix rsh versions, which does not by default
+cvs.texi(,14412) provide a transparent data stream. In such cases you
+cvs.texi(,14413) probably want to try @samp{:server:} instead of
+cvs.texi(,14414) @samp{:ext:}. If @var{text} is something else, this
+cvs.texi(,14415) may signify a problem with your @sc{cvs} server.
+cvs.texi(,14416) Double-check your installation against the instructions
+cvs.texi(,14417) for setting up the @sc{cvs} server.
+cvs.texi(,14418) @c FIXCVS: should be printing CR as \r or \015 or some
+cvs.texi(,14419) @c such, probably.
+cvs.texi(,14420)
+cvs.texi(,14421) @item cvs commit: address@hidden waiting for @var{user}'s
lock in @var{directory}
+cvs.texi(,14422) This is a normal message, not an error. See
+cvs.texi(,14423) @ref{Concurrency}, for more details.
+cvs.texi(,14424)
+cvs.texi(,14425) @item cvs commit: warning: editor session failed
+cvs.texi(,14426) @cindex Exit status, of editor
+cvs.texi(,14427) This means that the editor which @sc{cvs} is using exits with
a nonzero
+cvs.texi(,14428) exit status. Some versions of vi will do this even when
there was not
+cvs.texi(,14429) a problem editing the file. If so, point the
+cvs.texi(,14430) @code{CVSEDITOR} environment variable to a small script
+cvs.texi(,14431) such as:
cvs.texi(,14432)
-cvs.texi(,14433) @c "warning: foo was lost" and "no longer pertinent" (both
normal).
-cvs.texi(,14434) @c Would be nice to write these up--they are
-cvs.texi(,14435) @c potentially confusing for the new user.
-cvs.texi(,14436) @end table
-cvs.texi(,14437)
-cvs.texi(,14438) @node Connection
-cvs.texi(,14439) @appendixsec Trouble making a connection to a CVS server
-cvs.texi(,14440)
-cvs.texi(,14441) This section concerns what to do if you are having
-cvs.texi(,14442) trouble making a connection to a @sc{cvs} server. If
-cvs.texi(,14443) you are running the @sc{cvs} command line client
-cvs.texi(,14444) running on Windows, first upgrade the client to
-cvs.texi(,14445) @sc{cvs} 1.9.12 or later. The error reporting in
-cvs.texi(,14446) earlier versions provided much less information about
-cvs.texi(,14447) what the problem was. If the client is non-Windows,
-cvs.texi(,14448) @sc{cvs} 1.9 should be fine.
-cvs.texi(,14449)
-cvs.texi(,14450) If the error messages are not sufficient to track down
-cvs.texi(,14451) the problem, the next steps depend largely on which
-cvs.texi(,14452) access method you are using.
-cvs.texi(,14453)
-cvs.texi(,14454) @table @code
-cvs.texi(,14455) @cindex :ext:, troubleshooting
-cvs.texi(,14456) @item :ext:
-cvs.texi(,14457) Try running the rsh program from the command line. For
-cvs.texi(,14458) example: "rsh servername cvs -v" should print @sc{cvs}
-cvs.texi(,14459) version information. If this doesn't work, you need to
-cvs.texi(,14460) fix it before you can worry about @sc{cvs} problems.
-cvs.texi(,14461)
-cvs.texi(,14462) @cindex :server:, troubleshooting
-cvs.texi(,14463) @item :server:
-cvs.texi(,14464) You don't need a command line rsh program to use this
-cvs.texi(,14465) access method, but if you have an rsh program around,
-cvs.texi(,14466) it may be useful as a debugging tool. Follow the
-cvs.texi(,14467) directions given for :ext:.
-cvs.texi(,14468)
-cvs.texi(,14469) @cindex :pserver:, troubleshooting
-cvs.texi(,14470) @item :pserver:
-cvs.texi(,14471) Errors along the lines of "connection refused" typically
indicate
-cvs.texi(,14472) that inetd isn't even listening for connections on port 2401
-cvs.texi(,14473) whereas errors like "connection reset by peer",
-cvs.texi(,14474) "received broken pipe signal", "recv() from server: EOF",
-cvs.texi(,14475) or "end of file from server"
-cvs.texi(,14476) typically indicate that inetd is listening for
-cvs.texi(,14477) connections but is unable to start @sc{cvs} (this is
frequently
-cvs.texi(,14478) caused by having an incorrect path in @file{inetd.conf}
-cvs.texi(,14479) or by firewall software rejecting the connection).
-cvs.texi(,14480) "unrecognized auth response" errors are caused by a bad
command
-cvs.texi(,14481) line in @file{inetd.conf}, typically an invalid option or
forgetting
-cvs.texi(,14482) to put the @samp{pserver} command at the end of the line.
-cvs.texi(,14483) Another less common problem is invisible control characters
that
-cvs.texi(,14484) your editor "helpfully" added without you noticing.
-cvs.texi(,14485)
-cvs.texi(,14486) One good debugging tool is to "telnet servername
-cvs.texi(,14487) 2401". After connecting, send any text (for example
-cvs.texi(,14488) "foo" followed by return). If @sc{cvs} is working
-cvs.texi(,14489) correctly, it will respond with
-cvs.texi(,14490)
-cvs.texi(,14491) @example
-cvs.texi(,14492) cvs [pserver aborted]: bad auth protocol start: foo
-cvs.texi(,14493) @end example
-cvs.texi(,14494)
-cvs.texi(,14495) If instead you get:
+cvs.texi(,14433) @example
+cvs.texi(,14434) #!/bin/sh
+cvs.texi(,14435) vi $*
+cvs.texi(,14436) exit 0
+cvs.texi(,14437) @end example
+cvs.texi(,14438)
+cvs.texi(,14439) @c "warning: foo was lost" and "no longer pertinent" (both
normal).
+cvs.texi(,14440) @c Would be nice to write these up--they are
+cvs.texi(,14441) @c potentially confusing for the new user.
+cvs.texi(,14442) @end table
+cvs.texi(,14443)
+cvs.texi(,14444) @node Connection
+cvs.texi(,14445) @appendixsec Trouble making a connection to a CVS server
+cvs.texi(,14446)
+cvs.texi(,14447) This section concerns what to do if you are having
+cvs.texi(,14448) trouble making a connection to a @sc{cvs} server. If
+cvs.texi(,14449) you are running the @sc{cvs} command line client
+cvs.texi(,14450) running on Windows, first upgrade the client to
+cvs.texi(,14451) @sc{cvs} 1.9.12 or later. The error reporting in
+cvs.texi(,14452) earlier versions provided much less information about
+cvs.texi(,14453) what the problem was. If the client is non-Windows,
+cvs.texi(,14454) @sc{cvs} 1.9 should be fine.
+cvs.texi(,14455)
+cvs.texi(,14456) If the error messages are not sufficient to track down
+cvs.texi(,14457) the problem, the next steps depend largely on which
+cvs.texi(,14458) access method you are using.
+cvs.texi(,14459)
+cvs.texi(,14460) @table @code
+cvs.texi(,14461) @cindex :ext:, troubleshooting
+cvs.texi(,14462) @item :ext:
+cvs.texi(,14463) Try running the rsh program from the command line. For
+cvs.texi(,14464) example: "rsh servername cvs -v" should print @sc{cvs}
+cvs.texi(,14465) version information. If this doesn't work, you need to
+cvs.texi(,14466) fix it before you can worry about @sc{cvs} problems.
+cvs.texi(,14467)
+cvs.texi(,14468) @cindex :server:, troubleshooting
+cvs.texi(,14469) @item :server:
+cvs.texi(,14470) You don't need a command line rsh program to use this
+cvs.texi(,14471) access method, but if you have an rsh program around,
+cvs.texi(,14472) it may be useful as a debugging tool. Follow the
+cvs.texi(,14473) directions given for :ext:.
+cvs.texi(,14474)
+cvs.texi(,14475) @cindex :pserver:, troubleshooting
+cvs.texi(,14476) @item :pserver:
+cvs.texi(,14477) Errors along the lines of "connection refused" typically
indicate
+cvs.texi(,14478) that inetd isn't even listening for connections on port 2401
+cvs.texi(,14479) whereas errors like "connection reset by peer",
+cvs.texi(,14480) "received broken pipe signal", "recv() from server: EOF",
+cvs.texi(,14481) or "end of file from server"
+cvs.texi(,14482) typically indicate that inetd is listening for
+cvs.texi(,14483) connections but is unable to start @sc{cvs} (this is
frequently
+cvs.texi(,14484) caused by having an incorrect path in @file{inetd.conf}
+cvs.texi(,14485) or by firewall software rejecting the connection).
+cvs.texi(,14486) "unrecognized auth response" errors are caused by a bad
command
+cvs.texi(,14487) line in @file{inetd.conf}, typically an invalid option or
forgetting
+cvs.texi(,14488) to put the @samp{pserver} command at the end of the line.
+cvs.texi(,14489) Another less common problem is invisible control characters
that
+cvs.texi(,14490) your editor "helpfully" added without you noticing.
+cvs.texi(,14491)
+cvs.texi(,14492) One good debugging tool is to "telnet servername
+cvs.texi(,14493) 2401". After connecting, send any text (for example
+cvs.texi(,14494) "foo" followed by return). If @sc{cvs} is working
+cvs.texi(,14495) correctly, it will respond with
cvs.texi(,14496)
cvs.texi(,14497) @example
-cvs.texi(,14498) Usage: cvs [cvs-options] command
[command-options-and-arguments]
-cvs.texi(,14499) ...
-cvs.texi(,14500) @end example
-cvs.texi(,14501)
-cvs.texi(,14502) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,14503) then you're missing the @samp{pserver} command at the end of
the
-cvs.texi(,14504) line in @file{inetd.conf}; check to make sure that the entire
command
-cvs.texi(,14505) is on one line and that it's complete.
-cvs.texi(,14506)
-cvs.texi(,14507) Likewise, if you get something like:
-cvs.texi(,14508)
-cvs.texi(,14509) @example
-cvs.texi(,14510) Unknown command: `pserved'
-cvs.texi(,14511)
-cvs.texi(,14512) CVS commands are:
-cvs.texi(,14513) add Add a new file/directory to the
repository
-cvs.texi(,14514) ...
-cvs.texi(,14515) @end example
-cvs.texi(,14516)
-cvs.texi(,14517) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,14518) then you've misspelled @samp{pserver} in some way. If it
isn't
-cvs.texi(,14519) obvious, check for invisible control characters (particularly
-cvs.texi(,14520) carriage returns) in @file{inetd.conf}.
-cvs.texi(,14521)
-cvs.texi(,14522) If it fails to work at all, then make sure inetd is working
-cvs.texi(,14523) right. Change the invocation in @file{inetd.conf} to run the
-cvs.texi(,14524) echo program instead of cvs. For example:
-cvs.texi(,14525)
-cvs.texi(,14526) @example
-cvs.texi(,14527) 2401 stream tcp nowait root /bin/echo echo hello
-cvs.texi(,14528) @end example
-cvs.texi(,14529)
-cvs.texi(,14530) After making that change and instructing inetd to
-cvs.texi(,14531) re-read its configuration file, "telnet servername
-cvs.texi(,14532) 2401" should show you the text hello and then the
-cvs.texi(,14533) server should close the connection. If this doesn't
-cvs.texi(,14534) work, you need to fix it before you can worry about
-cvs.texi(,14535) @sc{cvs} problems.
-cvs.texi(,14536)
-cvs.texi(,14537) On AIX systems, the system will often have its own
-cvs.texi(,14538) program trying to use port 2401. This is AIX's problem
-cvs.texi(,14539) in the sense that port 2401 is registered for use with
-cvs.texi(,14540) @sc{cvs}. I hear that there is an AIX patch available
-cvs.texi(,14541) to address this problem.
+cvs.texi(,14498) cvs [pserver aborted]: bad auth protocol start: foo
+cvs.texi(,14499) @end example
+cvs.texi(,14500)
+cvs.texi(,14501) If instead you get:
+cvs.texi(,14502)
+cvs.texi(,14503) @example
+cvs.texi(,14504) Usage: cvs [cvs-options] command
[command-options-and-arguments]
+cvs.texi(,14505) ...
+cvs.texi(,14506) @end example
+cvs.texi(,14507)
+cvs.texi(,14508) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,14509) then you're missing the @samp{pserver} command at the end of
the
+cvs.texi(,14510) line in @file{inetd.conf}; check to make sure that the entire
command
+cvs.texi(,14511) is on one line and that it's complete.
+cvs.texi(,14512)
+cvs.texi(,14513) Likewise, if you get something like:
+cvs.texi(,14514)
+cvs.texi(,14515) @example
+cvs.texi(,14516) Unknown command: `pserved'
+cvs.texi(,14517)
+cvs.texi(,14518) CVS commands are:
+cvs.texi(,14519) add Add a new file/directory to the
repository
+cvs.texi(,14520) ...
+cvs.texi(,14521) @end example
+cvs.texi(,14522)
+cvs.texi(,14523) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,14524) then you've misspelled @samp{pserver} in some way. If it
isn't
+cvs.texi(,14525) obvious, check for invisible control characters (particularly
+cvs.texi(,14526) carriage returns) in @file{inetd.conf}.
+cvs.texi(,14527)
+cvs.texi(,14528) If it fails to work at all, then make sure inetd is working
+cvs.texi(,14529) right. Change the invocation in @file{inetd.conf} to run the
+cvs.texi(,14530) echo program instead of cvs. For example:
+cvs.texi(,14531)
+cvs.texi(,14532) @example
+cvs.texi(,14533) 2401 stream tcp nowait root /bin/echo echo hello
+cvs.texi(,14534) @end example
+cvs.texi(,14535)
+cvs.texi(,14536) After making that change and instructing inetd to
+cvs.texi(,14537) re-read its configuration file, "telnet servername
+cvs.texi(,14538) 2401" should show you the text hello and then the
+cvs.texi(,14539) server should close the connection. If this doesn't
+cvs.texi(,14540) work, you need to fix it before you can worry about
+cvs.texi(,14541) @sc{cvs} problems.
cvs.texi(,14542)
-cvs.texi(,14543) Another good debugging tool is the @samp{-d}
-cvs.texi(,14544) (debugging) option to inetd. Consult your system
-cvs.texi(,14545) documentation for more information.
-cvs.texi(,14546)
-cvs.texi(,14547) If you seem to be connecting but get errors like:
+cvs.texi(,14543) On AIX systems, the system will often have its own
+cvs.texi(,14544) program trying to use port 2401. This is AIX's problem
+cvs.texi(,14545) in the sense that port 2401 is registered for use with
+cvs.texi(,14546) @sc{cvs}. I hear that there is an AIX patch available
+cvs.texi(,14547) to address this problem.
cvs.texi(,14548)
-cvs.texi(,14549) @example
-cvs.texi(,14550) cvs server: cannot open /root/.cvsignore: Permission denied
-cvs.texi(,14551) cvs [server aborted]: can't chdir(/root): Permission denied
-cvs.texi(,14552) @end example
-cvs.texi(,14553)
-cvs.texi(,14554) @noindent
-cvs.texi(,14555) then you probably haven't specified @samp{-f} in
@file{inetd.conf}.
-cvs.texi(,14556) (In releases prior to @sc{cvs} 1.11.1, this problem can be
caused by
-cvs.texi(,14557) your system setting the @code{$HOME} environment variable
-cvs.texi(,14558) for programs being run by inetd. In this case, you can either
-cvs.texi(,14559) have inetd run a shell script that unsets @code{$HOME} and
then runs
-cvs.texi(,14560) @sc{cvs}, or you can use @code{env} to run @sc{cvs} with a
pristine
-cvs.texi(,14561) environment.)
-cvs.texi(,14562)
-cvs.texi(,14563) If you can connect successfully for a while but then can't,
-cvs.texi(,14564) you've probably hit inetd's rate limit.
-cvs.texi(,14565) (If inetd receives too many requests for the same service
-cvs.texi(,14566) in a short period of time, it assumes that something is wrong
-cvs.texi(,14567) and temporarily disables the service.)
-cvs.texi(,14568) Check your inetd documentation to find out how to adjust the
-cvs.texi(,14569) rate limit (some versions of inetd have a single rate limit,
-cvs.texi(,14570) others allow you to set the limit for each service
separately.)
-cvs.texi(,14571) @end table
-cvs.texi(,14572)
-cvs.texi(,14573) @node Other problems
-cvs.texi(,14574) @appendixsec Other common problems
-cvs.texi(,14575)
-cvs.texi(,14576) Here is a list of problems which do not fit into the
-cvs.texi(,14577) above categories. They are in no particular order.
+cvs.texi(,14549) Another good debugging tool is the @samp{-d}
+cvs.texi(,14550) (debugging) option to inetd. Consult your system
+cvs.texi(,14551) documentation for more information.
+cvs.texi(,14552)
+cvs.texi(,14553) If you seem to be connecting but get errors like:
+cvs.texi(,14554)
+cvs.texi(,14555) @example
+cvs.texi(,14556) cvs server: cannot open /root/.cvsignore: Permission denied
+cvs.texi(,14557) cvs [server aborted]: can't chdir(/root): Permission denied
+cvs.texi(,14558) @end example
+cvs.texi(,14559)
+cvs.texi(,14560) @noindent
+cvs.texi(,14561) then you probably haven't specified @samp{-f} in
@file{inetd.conf}.
+cvs.texi(,14562) (In releases prior to @sc{cvs} 1.11.1, this problem can be
caused by
+cvs.texi(,14563) your system setting the @code{$HOME} environment variable
+cvs.texi(,14564) for programs being run by inetd. In this case, you can either
+cvs.texi(,14565) have inetd run a shell script that unsets @code{$HOME} and
then runs
+cvs.texi(,14566) @sc{cvs}, or you can use @code{env} to run @sc{cvs} with a
pristine
+cvs.texi(,14567) environment.)
+cvs.texi(,14568)
+cvs.texi(,14569) If you can connect successfully for a while but then can't,
+cvs.texi(,14570) you've probably hit inetd's rate limit.
+cvs.texi(,14571) (If inetd receives too many requests for the same service
+cvs.texi(,14572) in a short period of time, it assumes that something is wrong
+cvs.texi(,14573) and temporarily disables the service.)
+cvs.texi(,14574) Check your inetd documentation to find out how to adjust the
+cvs.texi(,14575) rate limit (some versions of inetd have a single rate limit,
+cvs.texi(,14576) others allow you to set the limit for each service
separately.)
+cvs.texi(,14577) @end table
cvs.texi(,14578)
-cvs.texi(,14579) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,14580) @item
-cvs.texi(,14581) On Windows, if there is a 30 second or so delay when
-cvs.texi(,14582) you run a @sc{cvs} command, it may mean that you have
-cvs.texi(,14583) your home directory set to @file{C:/}, for example (see
-cvs.texi(,14584) @code{HOMEDRIVE} and @code{HOMEPATH} in
-cvs.texi(,14585) @ref{Environment variables}). @sc{cvs} expects the home
-cvs.texi(,14586) directory to not end in a slash, for example @file{C:}
-cvs.texi(,14587) or @file{C:\cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,14588) @c FIXCVS: CVS should at least detect this and print an
-cvs.texi(,14589) @c error, presumably.
-cvs.texi(,14590)
-cvs.texi(,14591) @item
-cvs.texi(,14592) If you are running @sc{cvs} 1.9.18 or older, and
-cvs.texi(,14593) @code{cvs update} finds a conflict and tries to
-cvs.texi(,14594) merge, as described in @ref{Conflicts example}, but
-cvs.texi(,14595) doesn't tell you there were conflicts, then you may
-cvs.texi(,14596) have an old version of @sc{rcs}. The easiest solution
-cvs.texi(,14597) probably is to upgrade to a current version of
-cvs.texi(,14598) @sc{cvs}, which does not rely on external @sc{rcs}
-cvs.texi(,14599) programs.
-cvs.texi(,14600) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,14601)
-cvs.texi(,14602) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,14603) @node Credits
-cvs.texi(,14604) @appendix Credits
-cvs.texi(,14605)
-cvs.texi(,14606) @cindex Contributors (manual)
-cvs.texi(,14607) @cindex Credits (manual)
-cvs.texi(,14608) Roland Pesch, then of Cygnus Support <@t{roland@@wrs.com}>
-cvs.texi(,14609) wrote the manual pages which were distributed with
-cvs.texi(,14610) @sc{cvs} 1.3. Much of their text was copied into this
-cvs.texi(,14611) manual. He also read an early draft
-cvs.texi(,14612) of this manual and contributed many ideas and
-cvs.texi(,14613) corrections.
-cvs.texi(,14614)
-cvs.texi(,14615) The mailing-list @code{info-cvs} is sometimes
-cvs.texi(,14616) informative. I have included information from postings
-cvs.texi(,14617) made by the following persons:
-cvs.texi(,14618) David G. Grubbs <@t{dgg@@think.com}>.
-cvs.texi(,14619)
-cvs.texi(,14620) Some text has been extracted from the man pages for
-cvs.texi(,14621) @sc{rcs}.
-cvs.texi(,14622)
-cvs.texi(,14623) The @sc{cvs} @sc{faq} by David G. Grubbs has provided
-cvs.texi(,14624) useful material. The @sc{faq} is no longer maintained,
-cvs.texi(,14625) however, and this manual is about the closest thing there
-cvs.texi(,14626) is to a successor (with respect to documenting how to
-cvs.texi(,14627) use @sc{cvs}, at least).
+cvs.texi(,14579) @node Other problems
+cvs.texi(,14580) @appendixsec Other common problems
+cvs.texi(,14581)
+cvs.texi(,14582) Here is a list of problems which do not fit into the
+cvs.texi(,14583) above categories. They are in no particular order.
+cvs.texi(,14584)
+cvs.texi(,14585) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,14586) @item
+cvs.texi(,14587) On Windows, if there is a 30 second or so delay when
+cvs.texi(,14588) you run a @sc{cvs} command, it may mean that you have
+cvs.texi(,14589) your home directory set to @file{C:/}, for example (see
+cvs.texi(,14590) @code{HOMEDRIVE} and @code{HOMEPATH} in
+cvs.texi(,14591) @ref{Environment variables}). @sc{cvs} expects the home
+cvs.texi(,14592) directory to not end in a slash, for example @file{C:}
+cvs.texi(,14593) or @file{C:\cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,14594) @c FIXCVS: CVS should at least detect this and print an
+cvs.texi(,14595) @c error, presumably.
+cvs.texi(,14596)
+cvs.texi(,14597) @item
+cvs.texi(,14598) If you are running @sc{cvs} 1.9.18 or older, and
+cvs.texi(,14599) @code{cvs update} finds a conflict and tries to
+cvs.texi(,14600) merge, as described in @ref{Conflicts example}, but
+cvs.texi(,14601) doesn't tell you there were conflicts, then you may
+cvs.texi(,14602) have an old version of @sc{rcs}. The easiest solution
+cvs.texi(,14603) probably is to upgrade to a current version of
+cvs.texi(,14604) @sc{cvs}, which does not rely on external @sc{rcs}
+cvs.texi(,14605) programs.
+cvs.texi(,14606) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,14607)
+cvs.texi(,14608) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,14609) @node Credits
+cvs.texi(,14610) @appendix Credits
+cvs.texi(,14611)
+cvs.texi(,14612) @cindex Contributors (manual)
+cvs.texi(,14613) @cindex Credits (manual)
+cvs.texi(,14614) Roland Pesch, then of Cygnus Support <@t{roland@@wrs.com}>
+cvs.texi(,14615) wrote the manual pages which were distributed with
+cvs.texi(,14616) @sc{cvs} 1.3. Much of their text was copied into this
+cvs.texi(,14617) manual. He also read an early draft
+cvs.texi(,14618) of this manual and contributed many ideas and
+cvs.texi(,14619) corrections.
+cvs.texi(,14620)
+cvs.texi(,14621) The mailing-list @code{info-cvs} is sometimes
+cvs.texi(,14622) informative. I have included information from postings
+cvs.texi(,14623) made by the following persons:
+cvs.texi(,14624) David G. Grubbs <@t{dgg@@think.com}>.
+cvs.texi(,14625)
+cvs.texi(,14626) Some text has been extracted from the man pages for
+cvs.texi(,14627) @sc{rcs}.
cvs.texi(,14628)
-cvs.texi(,14629) In addition, the following persons have helped by
-cvs.texi(,14630) telling me about mistakes I've made:
-cvs.texi(,14631)
-cvs.texi(,14632) @display
-cvs.texi(,14633) Roxanne Brunskill <@t{rbrunski@@datap.ca}>,
-cvs.texi(,14634) Kathy Dyer <@t{dyer@@phoenix.ocf.llnl.gov}>,
-cvs.texi(,14635) Karl Pingle <@t{pingle@@acuson.com}>,
-cvs.texi(,14636) Thomas A Peterson <@t{tap@@src.honeywell.com}>,
-cvs.texi(,14637) Inge Wallin <@t{ingwa@@signum.se}>,
-cvs.texi(,14638) Dirk Koschuetzki <@t{koschuet@@fmi.uni-passau.de}>
-cvs.texi(,14639) and Michael Brown <@t{brown@@wi.extrel.com}>.
-cvs.texi(,14640) @end display
-cvs.texi(,14641)
-cvs.texi(,14642) The list of contributors here is not comprehensive; for a more
-cvs.texi(,14643) complete list of who has contributed to this manual see
-cvs.texi(,14644) the file @file{doc/ChangeLog} in the @sc{cvs} source
-cvs.texi(,14645) distribution.
-cvs.texi(,14646)
-cvs.texi(,14647) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,14648) @node BUGS
-cvs.texi(,14649) @appendix Dealing with bugs in CVS or this manual
-cvs.texi(,14650)
-cvs.texi(,14651) @cindex Bugs in this manual or CVS
-cvs.texi(,14652) Neither @sc{cvs} nor this manual is perfect, and they
-cvs.texi(,14653) probably never will be. If you are having trouble
-cvs.texi(,14654) using @sc{cvs}, or think you have found a bug, there
-cvs.texi(,14655) are a number of things you can do about it. Note that
-cvs.texi(,14656) if the manual is unclear, that can be considered a bug
-cvs.texi(,14657) in the manual, so these problems are often worth doing
-cvs.texi(,14658) something about as well as problems with @sc{cvs} itself.
-cvs.texi(,14659)
-cvs.texi(,14660) @cindex Reporting bugs
-cvs.texi(,14661) @cindex Bugs, reporting
-cvs.texi(,14662) @cindex Errors, reporting
-cvs.texi(,14663) @itemize @bullet
-cvs.texi(,14664) @item
-cvs.texi(,14665) If you want someone to help you and fix bugs that you
-cvs.texi(,14666) report, there are companies which will do that for a
-cvs.texi(,14667) fee. One such company is:
-cvs.texi(,14668)
-cvs.texi(,14669) @cindex Ximbiot
-cvs.texi(,14670) @cindex Support, getting CVS support
-cvs.texi(,14671) @example
-cvs.texi(,14672) Ximbiot
-cvs.texi(,14673) 319 S. River St.
-cvs.texi(,14674) Harrisburg, PA 17104-1657
-cvs.texi(,14675) USA
-cvs.texi(,14676) Email: info@@ximbiot.com
-cvs.texi(,14677) Phone: (717) 579-6168
-cvs.texi(,14678) Fax: (717) 234-3125
-cvs.texi(,14679) http://ximbiot.com/
-cvs.texi(,14680)
-cvs.texi(,14681) @end example
-cvs.texi(,14682)
-cvs.texi(,14683) @item
-cvs.texi(,14684) If you got @sc{cvs} through a distributor, such as an
-cvs.texi(,14685) operating system vendor or a vendor of freeware
-cvs.texi(,14686) @sc{cd-rom}s, you may wish to see whether the
-cvs.texi(,14687) distributor provides support. Often, they will provide
-cvs.texi(,14688) no support or minimal support, but this may vary from
-cvs.texi(,14689) distributor to distributor.
-cvs.texi(,14690)
-cvs.texi(,14691) @item
-cvs.texi(,14692) If you have the skills and time to do so, you may wish
-cvs.texi(,14693) to fix the bug yourself. If you wish to submit your
-cvs.texi(,14694) fix for inclusion in future releases of @sc{cvs}, see
-cvs.texi(,14695) the file @sc{hacking} in the @sc{cvs} source
-cvs.texi(,14696) distribution. It contains much more information on the
-cvs.texi(,14697) process of submitting fixes.
-cvs.texi(,14698)
-cvs.texi(,14699) @item
-cvs.texi(,14700) There may be resources on the net which can help. Two
-cvs.texi(,14701) good places to start are:
-cvs.texi(,14702)
-cvs.texi(,14703) @example
-cvs.texi(,14704) http://www.cvshome.org
-cvs.texi(,14705) http://www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs-index.html
-cvs.texi(,14706) @end example
-cvs.texi(,14707)
-cvs.texi(,14708) If you are so inspired, increasing the information
-cvs.texi(,14709) available on the net is likely to be appreciated. For
-cvs.texi(,14710) example, before the standard @sc{cvs} distribution
-cvs.texi(,14711) worked on Windows 95, there was a web page with some
-cvs.texi(,14712) explanation and patches for running @sc{cvs} on Windows
-cvs.texi(,14713) 95, and various people helped out by mentioning this
-cvs.texi(,14714) page on mailing lists or newsgroups when the subject
-cvs.texi(,14715) came up.
-cvs.texi(,14716)
-cvs.texi(,14717) @item
-cvs.texi(,14718) It is also possible to report bugs to @code{bug-cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,14719) Note that someone may or may not want to do anything
-cvs.texi(,14720) with your bug report---if you need a solution consider
-cvs.texi(,14721) one of the options mentioned above. People probably do
-cvs.texi(,14722) want to hear about bugs which are particularly severe
-cvs.texi(,14723) in consequences and/or easy to fix, however. You can
-cvs.texi(,14724) also increase your odds by being as clear as possible
-cvs.texi(,14725) about the exact nature of the bug and any other
-cvs.texi(,14726) relevant information. The way to report bugs is to
-cvs.texi(,14727) send email to @code{bug-cvs@@gnu.org}. Note
-cvs.texi(,14728) that submissions to @code{bug-cvs} may be distributed
-cvs.texi(,14729) under the terms of the @sc{gnu} Public License, so if
-cvs.texi(,14730) you don't like this, don't submit them. There is
-cvs.texi(,14731) usually no justification for sending mail directly to
-cvs.texi(,14732) one of the @sc{cvs} maintainers rather than to
-cvs.texi(,14733) @code{bug-cvs}; those maintainers who want to hear
-cvs.texi(,14734) about such bug reports read @code{bug-cvs}. Also note
-cvs.texi(,14735) that sending a bug report to other mailing lists or
-cvs.texi(,14736) newsgroups is @emph{not} a substitute for sending it to
-cvs.texi(,14737) @code{bug-cvs}. It is fine to discuss @sc{cvs} bugs on
-cvs.texi(,14738) whatever forum you prefer, but there are not
-cvs.texi(,14739) necessarily any maintainers reading bug reports sent
-cvs.texi(,14740) anywhere except @code{bug-cvs}.
-cvs.texi(,14741) @end itemize
-cvs.texi(,14742)
-cvs.texi(,14743) @cindex Known bugs in this manual or CVS
-cvs.texi(,14744) People often ask if there is a list of known bugs or
-cvs.texi(,14745) whether a particular bug is a known one. The file
-cvs.texi(,14746) @sc{bugs} in the @sc{cvs} source distribution is one
-cvs.texi(,14747) list of known bugs, but it doesn't necessarily try to
-cvs.texi(,14748) be comprehensive. Perhaps there will never be a
-cvs.texi(,14749) comprehensive, detailed list of known bugs.
-cvs.texi(,14750)
-cvs.texi(,14751) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-cvs.texi(,14752) @node Index
-cvs.texi(,14753) @unnumbered Index
-cvs.texi(,14754) @cindex Index
-cvs.texi(,14755)
-cvs.texi(,14756) @printindex cp
-cvs.texi(,14757)
-cvs.texi(,14758) @summarycontents
-cvs.texi(,14759)
-cvs.texi(,14760) @contents
+cvs.texi(,14629) The @sc{cvs} @sc{faq} by David G. Grubbs has provided
+cvs.texi(,14630) useful material. The @sc{faq} is no longer maintained,
+cvs.texi(,14631) however, and this manual is about the closest thing there
+cvs.texi(,14632) is to a successor (with respect to documenting how to
+cvs.texi(,14633) use @sc{cvs}, at least).
+cvs.texi(,14634)
+cvs.texi(,14635) In addition, the following persons have helped by
+cvs.texi(,14636) telling me about mistakes I've made:
+cvs.texi(,14637)
+cvs.texi(,14638) @display
+cvs.texi(,14639) Roxanne Brunskill <@t{rbrunski@@datap.ca}>,
+cvs.texi(,14640) Kathy Dyer <@t{dyer@@phoenix.ocf.llnl.gov}>,
+cvs.texi(,14641) Karl Pingle <@t{pingle@@acuson.com}>,
+cvs.texi(,14642) Thomas A Peterson <@t{tap@@src.honeywell.com}>,
+cvs.texi(,14643) Inge Wallin <@t{ingwa@@signum.se}>,
+cvs.texi(,14644) Dirk Koschuetzki <@t{koschuet@@fmi.uni-passau.de}>
+cvs.texi(,14645) and Michael Brown <@t{brown@@wi.extrel.com}>.
+cvs.texi(,14646) @end display
+cvs.texi(,14647)
+cvs.texi(,14648) The list of contributors here is not comprehensive; for a more
+cvs.texi(,14649) complete list of who has contributed to this manual see
+cvs.texi(,14650) the file @file{doc/ChangeLog} in the @sc{cvs} source
+cvs.texi(,14651) distribution.
+cvs.texi(,14652)
+cvs.texi(,14653) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,14654) @node BUGS
+cvs.texi(,14655) @appendix Dealing with bugs in CVS or this manual
+cvs.texi(,14656)
+cvs.texi(,14657) @cindex Bugs in this manual or CVS
+cvs.texi(,14658) Neither @sc{cvs} nor this manual is perfect, and they
+cvs.texi(,14659) probably never will be. If you are having trouble
+cvs.texi(,14660) using @sc{cvs}, or think you have found a bug, there
+cvs.texi(,14661) are a number of things you can do about it. Note that
+cvs.texi(,14662) if the manual is unclear, that can be considered a bug
+cvs.texi(,14663) in the manual, so these problems are often worth doing
+cvs.texi(,14664) something about as well as problems with @sc{cvs} itself.
+cvs.texi(,14665)
+cvs.texi(,14666) @cindex Reporting bugs
+cvs.texi(,14667) @cindex Bugs, reporting
+cvs.texi(,14668) @cindex Errors, reporting
+cvs.texi(,14669) @itemize @bullet
+cvs.texi(,14670) @item
+cvs.texi(,14671) If you want someone to help you and fix bugs that you
+cvs.texi(,14672) report, there are companies which will do that for a
+cvs.texi(,14673) fee. One such company is:
+cvs.texi(,14674)
+cvs.texi(,14675) @cindex Ximbiot
+cvs.texi(,14676) @cindex Support, getting CVS support
+cvs.texi(,14677) @example
+cvs.texi(,14678) Ximbiot
+cvs.texi(,14679) 319 S. River St.
+cvs.texi(,14680) Harrisburg, PA 17104-1657
+cvs.texi(,14681) USA
+cvs.texi(,14682) Email: info@@ximbiot.com
+cvs.texi(,14683) Phone: (717) 579-6168
+cvs.texi(,14684) Fax: (717) 234-3125
+cvs.texi(,14685) http://ximbiot.com/
+cvs.texi(,14686)
+cvs.texi(,14687) @end example
+cvs.texi(,14688)
+cvs.texi(,14689) @item
+cvs.texi(,14690) If you got @sc{cvs} through a distributor, such as an
+cvs.texi(,14691) operating system vendor or a vendor of freeware
+cvs.texi(,14692) @sc{cd-rom}s, you may wish to see whether the
+cvs.texi(,14693) distributor provides support. Often, they will provide
+cvs.texi(,14694) no support or minimal support, but this may vary from
+cvs.texi(,14695) distributor to distributor.
+cvs.texi(,14696)
+cvs.texi(,14697) @item
+cvs.texi(,14698) If you have the skills and time to do so, you may wish
+cvs.texi(,14699) to fix the bug yourself. If you wish to submit your
+cvs.texi(,14700) fix for inclusion in future releases of @sc{cvs}, see
+cvs.texi(,14701) the file @sc{hacking} in the @sc{cvs} source
+cvs.texi(,14702) distribution. It contains much more information on the
+cvs.texi(,14703) process of submitting fixes.
+cvs.texi(,14704)
+cvs.texi(,14705) @item
+cvs.texi(,14706) There may be resources on the net which can help. Two
+cvs.texi(,14707) good places to start are:
+cvs.texi(,14708)
+cvs.texi(,14709) @example
+cvs.texi(,14710) http://www.cvshome.org
+cvs.texi(,14711) http://www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs-index.html
+cvs.texi(,14712) @end example
+cvs.texi(,14713)
+cvs.texi(,14714) If you are so inspired, increasing the information
+cvs.texi(,14715) available on the net is likely to be appreciated. For
+cvs.texi(,14716) example, before the standard @sc{cvs} distribution
+cvs.texi(,14717) worked on Windows 95, there was a web page with some
+cvs.texi(,14718) explanation and patches for running @sc{cvs} on Windows
+cvs.texi(,14719) 95, and various people helped out by mentioning this
+cvs.texi(,14720) page on mailing lists or newsgroups when the subject
+cvs.texi(,14721) came up.
+cvs.texi(,14722)
+cvs.texi(,14723) @item
+cvs.texi(,14724) It is also possible to report bugs to @code{bug-cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,14725) Note that someone may or may not want to do anything
+cvs.texi(,14726) with your bug report---if you need a solution consider
+cvs.texi(,14727) one of the options mentioned above. People probably do
+cvs.texi(,14728) want to hear about bugs which are particularly severe
+cvs.texi(,14729) in consequences and/or easy to fix, however. You can
+cvs.texi(,14730) also increase your odds by being as clear as possible
+cvs.texi(,14731) about the exact nature of the bug and any other
+cvs.texi(,14732) relevant information. The way to report bugs is to
+cvs.texi(,14733) send email to @code{bug-cvs@@gnu.org}. Note
+cvs.texi(,14734) that submissions to @code{bug-cvs} may be distributed
+cvs.texi(,14735) under the terms of the @sc{gnu} Public License, so if
+cvs.texi(,14736) you don't like this, don't submit them. There is
+cvs.texi(,14737) usually no justification for sending mail directly to
+cvs.texi(,14738) one of the @sc{cvs} maintainers rather than to
+cvs.texi(,14739) @code{bug-cvs}; those maintainers who want to hear
+cvs.texi(,14740) about such bug reports read @code{bug-cvs}. Also note
+cvs.texi(,14741) that sending a bug report to other mailing lists or
+cvs.texi(,14742) newsgroups is @emph{not} a substitute for sending it to
+cvs.texi(,14743) @code{bug-cvs}. It is fine to discuss @sc{cvs} bugs on
+cvs.texi(,14744) whatever forum you prefer, but there are not
+cvs.texi(,14745) necessarily any maintainers reading bug reports sent
+cvs.texi(,14746) anywhere except @code{bug-cvs}.
+cvs.texi(,14747) @end itemize
+cvs.texi(,14748)
+cvs.texi(,14749) @cindex Known bugs in this manual or CVS
+cvs.texi(,14750) People often ask if there is a list of known bugs or
+cvs.texi(,14751) whether a particular bug is a known one. The file
+cvs.texi(,14752) @sc{bugs} in the @sc{cvs} source distribution is one
+cvs.texi(,14753) list of known bugs, but it doesn't necessarily try to
+cvs.texi(,14754) be comprehensive. Perhaps there will never be a
+cvs.texi(,14755) comprehensive, detailed list of known bugs.
+cvs.texi(,14756)
+cvs.texi(,14757) @c
---------------------------------------------------------------------
+cvs.texi(,14758) @node Index
+cvs.texi(,14759) @unnumbered Index
+cvs.texi(,14760) @cindex Index
cvs.texi(,14761)
-cvs.texi(,14762) @bye
+cvs.texi(,14762) @printindex cp
+cvs.texi(,14763)
+cvs.texi(,14764) @summarycontents
+cvs.texi(,14765)
+cvs.texi(,14766) @contents
+cvs.texi(,14767)
+cvs.texi(,14768) @bye
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