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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/cvs')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/cvs/cvs.1 | 48 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/cvs/cvs.1 b/usr.bin/cvs/cvs.1 index 5bd948329a4..9cd2a5f4a77 100644 --- a/usr.bin/cvs/cvs.1 +++ b/usr.bin/cvs/cvs.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: cvs.1,v 1.96 2006/04/19 11:00:53 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: cvs.1,v 1.97 2006/04/27 12:46:56 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2004 Jean-Francois Brousseau <jfb@openbsd.org> .\" Copyright (c) 2004-2006 Xavier Santolaria <xsa@openbsd.org> @@ -170,6 +170,35 @@ version, watch, watchers. The commands are fully explained in this section. +.Pp +Files may be selected by +.Em revision +or, where no revision is specified, +the latest revision of the default branch is used. +Revisions are specified either by using the +.Fl r +option or +by appending the revision number to any option that supports it. +.Pp +.Nm +supports the notion of +.Em state . +The state is an arbitrary string of characters used to describe a file +(or a specific revision of a file). +States can be set or changed using the +.Fl s +option, for CVS tools which support it. +The state of a file/revision can be modified without having to +.Ic commit +a new file/revision. +The default state is +.Sq Exp +(Experimental). +Examples of states could be +.Sq Dev , +.Sq Reviewed , +or +.Sq Stab . .Ss add Before a file is known to .Nm , @@ -289,23 +318,6 @@ Quiet mode. .Ar state Ns Op : Ns Ar rev .Xc Change state of a revision. -If the revision is not specified, the last revision of the default -branch changes state. -The -.Ic state -is a string of characters of your choice. -The state of a revision can be modified without having to -.Ic commit -a new revision. -The default -.Ic state -is -.Sq Exp -(Experimental). -For instance, you could also use -.Sq Dev -or -.Sq Reviewed . .It Fl t Ar file \*(Ba Ar str Change the descriptive text. The descriptive text is taken from the |