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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/cvs/cvs.1')
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diff --git a/usr.bin/cvs/cvs.1 b/usr.bin/cvs/cvs.1 index 7439e069956..818111f41bd 100644 --- a/usr.bin/cvs/cvs.1 +++ b/usr.bin/cvs/cvs.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: cvs.1,v 1.6 2004/11/16 20:15:48 jfb Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: cvs.1,v 1.7 2004/11/26 16:14:12 jfb Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2004 Jean-Francois Brousseau <jfb@openbsd.org> .\" All rights reserved. @@ -46,6 +46,32 @@ Although it is more commonly used to track changes in source code, there are no real limitations to the type of files that you can store in a repository. .Pp +Unless the +.Fl f +option is specified, +.Nm +reads its startup configuration file +.Pa .cvsrc +from the home directory of the user who invoked it. +This file is used to specify implicit options passed to +.Nm +or one of its commands whenever it is invoked. +Each command should be specified on a separate line along with the arguments. +For example, the following two lines: +.Pp +.Bl -item -compact -offset indent +.It +cvs -q +.It +diff -u +.El +.Pp +specify that +.Nm +should always run in quiet mode and the +.Sy diff +command should always produce unified output. +.Pp The following options are supported: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl d Ar root @@ -59,7 +85,7 @@ Use the program whenever editing log information. This option overrides the environment variables CVSEDITOR, VISUAL and EDITOR. .It Fl f -Do not read the contents of the user's .cvsrc file on startup. +Do not read the user's configuration file on startup. .It Fl l Suppress logging of history information. .It Fl Q @@ -73,20 +99,37 @@ Display version information and exit. .Sh COMMANDS The following commands are supported by .Nm . -.Bl -tag -width "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" +.Bl -tag -width "xxxxxxxxxxxx" .It Xo Sy add Op Fl m Ar msg .Ar file Op ... .Xc +.Pp Before a file is known to CVS, it must be added to the repository using this command. Adding a file does not actually publish the contents of the -file, so you must commit the first revision in order to let other users -see the file with the +file, so you must +.Sy commit +the first revision in order to let other users see the file with the .Sy update or .Sy checkout commands. .Pp +Although adding a file does not involve a log message, it is possible to +specify one to include with the action, using the +.Fl m +option. +.Pp +.It Xo Sy checkout +.Op Fl c +.Op Ar module ... +.Xc +.Pp +The +.Sy checkout +command is used to create a local copy of one or more modules present on the +target CVS repository. +.Pp .It Xo Sy commit .Op Fl flnR .Op Fl m Ar msg @@ -94,6 +137,7 @@ commands. .Op Fl r Ar rev .Op Ar file ... .Xc +.Pp The .Sy commit command is used to send local changes back to the server and update the @@ -104,6 +148,7 @@ repository's information to reflect the changes. .Op Fl r Ar rev .Op Ar file ... .Xc +.Pp The .Sy diff command is very similar to the @@ -114,6 +159,7 @@ between local or remote revisions of files stored in the CVS repository. .Op Fl ACdP .Op Ar file ... .Xc +.Pp The .Sy update command is used to merge any of the changes that have occured on the remote |