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Chapter 13: The Concurrent Versions System (CVS)

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update

cvs [cvs-options] update [options] [files ...]

Download changes from the repository to an existing sandbox.

While doing this, update merges changes from the repository into

changed files in the sandbox. See also checkout and export.

If update cannot merge repository changes with sandbox changes

without losing data, it reports a conflict.

If update is not given any filenames or directory names as parame-

ters, it acts on the current sandbox.

Synonyms: up, upd

Standard subcommand options: -D, -f, -k, -l, -r, -R

Options

-A Clear sticky tags, dates, and keyword-expansion modes and

replace the current files in the sandbox with the head of the

trunk.

-C Replace any file that has been changed locally with the revi-

sion from the repository that the local file was based on. The

modified local file is saved as .#file.revision in its local

sandbox directory.

-d Create any directories that are in the repository but not in the

sandbox. By default, update works only on the directories that

are currently in the sandbox and ignores any new directories.

-I file

Ignore the named file when updating. -I can be used more

than once. Use -I ! to clear the list of ignored files.

-j revision[:date]

Determine the changes between the revision the files in the