CVSUTILS(1)CVSUTILS(1)NAMEcvsutils - CVS utilities for use in working directories
SYNOPSIS
cvsu [options]
cvsco [ options ]
cvsdiscard [ options ]
cvspurge [ options ]
cvstrim [ options ]
cvschroot [ options ]
cvsrmadm [ options ]
cvsdo [ options ]
DESCRIPTION
The idea of cvsutils is to facilitate working with the files in the
working directory of a developer using CVS (Concurrent Versions Sys‐
tem).
From the point of view of CVS, working directories have low value,
since they can easily be recreated using the cvs checkout command.
Also the cvs update command will show the status of the files, i.e.
whether they have been modified, added or removed.
CVS in it's current state is a client-server system that does most of
its work on the server side. CVS provides only few (if any) means for
managing the working directory without communicating with the server.
There are, however, several reasons why such means are necessary:
* There is enough information on the client side to create fast
tools for sorting and purging the working directory without con‐
tacting the CVS server.
* Checking out a big module over a slow line can take too much
time.
* There should be support for disconnected operations.
* CVS poses certain unnecessary restrictions on read-only users,
e.g. cvs add command doesn't work for them.
CVSU
cvsu is "cvs update offline". It lists the files found in the current
directory (or in the directories which you specify). Following is taken
into account:
* Attributes of the file.
* Information about the file in CVS/Entries.
* Timestamp of the file compared to the timestamp stored in
CVS/Entries.
Run cvsu --help to see supported command line options. The options can
be abbreviated. This functionality is provided by Perl, and can vary
from one machine to another.
CVSCO
cvsco is a "cruel checkout". In other words, it removes results of com‐
pilation and discards local changes. It deletes all the files except
listed unmodified ones and checks out everything which seems to be
missing. Please note, that cvsco doesn't update files which haven't
been modified locally. It only reloads missing files and files which it
erases.
CVSDISCARD
cvsdiscard is "discard my changes". In other words, it discards local
changes but keeps results of compilation. It works like cvsco, but it
only deletes files which are likely to cause merge conflicts.
CVSPURGE
cvspurge is cvs-based "make maintainer-clean". In other words, it
removes results of compilation but keeps local changes intact. It
removes unknown files, but keeps changes in the files known to CVS.
Unknown directories are also kept.
CVSTRIM
cvstrim removes files and directories unknown to CVS. Files listed in
.cvsignore are not removed. The idea is to remove the files that are
not resulted from the normal build process - backups, coredumps etc.
cvstrim relies on .cvsignore files being correct. Note that the backups
for modified files are removed.
CVSCHROOT
cvschroot makes it possible to change CVS/Root in all subdirectories to
the given value. Currently the only argument accepted is the new CVS‐
ROOT value. Old-style CVS/Repository files that contain the full path
to the repository are updated to reflect the change. New-style
CVS/Repository don't need to be changed. If the environment variable
CVSROOT is defined, it overrides the contents of CVS/Root. In other
words, it is treated as the old CVS root.
CVSRMADM
cvsrmadm removes all CVS directories in the project. It is safer if you
occasionally make mistakes in the "find" commands.
CVSDO
cvsdo simulates some of the CVS commands (currently add, remove and
diff) without any access to the CVS server. Using cvsdo add and cvsdo
remove allows you to create diffs with cvs diff -N, and all removed and
added files will appear in the diff correctly, as if you had used cvs
add and cvs remove respectively.
cvsdo diff tries to locate the backup copies of the modified files. If
they can be found, they are compared with the current version using
diff. Only those backup copies are used that have the modification
date equal the date listed in CVS/Entries for the modified file. cvsdo
diff patches the diff output to make it more robust to apply. An excep‐
tion is made for files named "ChangeLog" - in this case diff will be
instructed to omit all context lines, so that the patch can be applied
even if other changes have been written to the ChangeLog. Also the
added files are handled properly. The header of the diff output is
patched in such way that at least GNU patch will create a new file when
the resulting patch is applied and remove that file when the patch is
reverted.
BUGS
Please report any bugs you find to Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>.
LICENCEcvsutils is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL).
SEE ALSOcvs(1), cvs2cl(1).
AUTHOR
Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
This manual page was written by Uwe Hermann <uwe@debian.org>, for the
Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
February 27, 2002 CVSUTILS(1)