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Essential CVS
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Essential CVS

by Jennifer Vesperman
June 2003
Intermediate to advanced
336 pages
9h 49m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

commit — Synonyms: ci, com

Synopsis

cvs [cvs-options] commit [-flnR] [-m message | -F logfile] [-r revision] [files...]

Commits changes in a sandbox to the repository.

Command options

-f

Force CVS to commit a file even if there have been no changes to the file. This option implies the -l option.

-F logfile

Read a log message from the specified logfile rather than calling an editor.

-l

Run commit on the files in the local directory only. (Do not recurse down subdirectories.)

See also -R.

-m message

Use the message when committing a file. CVS does not call the editor.

-n

Do not run any program listed in the modules file (in the repository’s CVSROOT directory) for this directory.

-r revision

Commit any changes to the specified revision number. The revision number must be higher than any current revision number for the file or files.

If revision is a branch tag or a revision number on a branch, commit to the head of the branch.

-R

Run commit on the files in the local directory and all subdirectories and recurse down the subdirectories. This option is the default.

See also -l.

Description

The cvs commit command uploads changes in a sandbox to the repository. Until a commit is run, changes such as modified, new, or removed files are not reflected in the repository. If no files are listed as arguments, CVS uploads all changes in the current sandbox.

Unless you use either the -m or -F options, commit calls an editor to request a log message.

If there have been changes in the repository version ...

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