cvsknit (cvs-knit)

• What is cvsknit?
• Where can I see a demo (via WWW)?
• Please explain "with their original release dates".
• Please explain "You'll need a VM or a destructable machine for a safety time trip.".
• Where's the general usage?
• How to knit an CVS Repository?

• How to remove files in this checkout tree recursively?
• How to remove "CVS" special directories recursively?
• How to "cvs add" new ones / "cvs remove" removed ones recursively?
• How to log the changes before commit?
• How to make file moving sure before commit?
• How to add binary and ascii files as suffixes says.

• You have non-CVS-managed packages and want to start revision management with CVS
• You want to figure out when the file had been added / edited / removed
• You want to browse source diffs / annotate between packages via WWW interface

Please explain "You'll need a VM or a destructable machine for a safety time trip.". ^

Cvsknit now implements commit-date modification by modifying the pc's system date. So you may need Virtual Machine or a destructable macine because your pc may explore several era at several times and this kind of trick will confuse your proper system X-)

NOTE:

• If you don't want this feature, just run without root / sudo permission (privileges for 'date' and 'ntpdate' commands).
• You can also set ntp-server's IP and 'cvsknit time reset' command for reset your pc's system date.
• CvsKnit is tested in FreeBSD 4.5 on VMware 3.

Usage:

   ck|cvsknit [options] command [command-options-and-arguments]
   
Options:

   -h    Show grobal help or command help
   -v    Show version and copyright notice
   -q    Quick and Quiet
   --cvs|--specialcmd 'cmd'
         Change special-command  name  instead of 'cvs'
   --CVS|--specialdir 'dir'
         Change special-directory name instead of 'CVS'

Commands:

   auto    Knit it up automatically
   init    Create CVSROOT and modules in one line
           'cvsroot' Create individual CVSROOT and modules
           'cvsmod'  Create modules in specified repository   
   verify  Verify the checkout tree functionality
           'dir'   if they all are just directories and have
                   correct permission for you
           'cvs'   if they all have 'CVS' directories and
                   'CVS/{[Rr]oot|[Rr]epository|[Ee]ntries}' files
           'local' if their CVSROOT are ':local:' or not
   clean   Keep the checkout tree clean
           (default)     Remove files except CVS special ones
           '--hide'      Hide   CVS special files
           '--unhide'    Unhide CVS special files
           '--disinfect' Disinfect CVS file injection
                         (Remove CVS special files except
                          hidden ones, then '--rmdir')
           '--rmdir'     Remove empty CVS directries
           '--delete'    Delete directories if they are just
                         CVS directories.
   update  Cast 'cvs add / cvs remove' recursively
   log     Create 'cvs up' log, and transition log
           'cvsu|cvsuplog'      Logging "cvs up" log
           'transd|transdetect' Detect file transition by file name
   time    Modify the system date before commit
           'get'   Shows date
           'set'   Tweak the system date into date
           'reset' Reset the system date via NTP
   yarn    CVS Tag dying and feeding
           'dye'     Modify and validate string as a CVS tag
           'tagcast' Cast / Delete multiple tag with shorter log
           'commit'  Commit with shorter log
           'swing'   Swing to the specific branch, tag, or revision
   admin   Cast administrative effects
           'bin|binary' Change attributes as binary files
           'asc|ascii'  Change attributes as text files
   case    Run user-defined script for each case
      (Query) 'package' / 'branch' / 'tag' / 'time'
      (Phase) 'init' / loop 'pre' / 'clean' / 'extract' /
              'modify' / 'update' / 'analysis' / 'commit' /
              loop 'post' / 'close'

  Please check our tutorial. http://cvsknit.sourceforge.net/

  Thanks

    $ ck clean .

    $ ck clean --disinf .

    $ ck update .

    NOTE: All files are added with '-kb'(binary) by default.

    $ ck log cvsuplog
    $ less CVSUPLOG.txt

    $ ck log cvsuplog
    $ ck log transd
    $ rm -f CVSUPLOG.txt

	1.
	  $ ck_update -I "*.html" -I "*.txt" .
	  $ ck_update --ascii .

	2.
	  $ ck_update .
	  $ ck_admin --entries null html/*.html text/*.txt

	3.
	  $ ck_update --dir .
	  $ cvs add html/*.html text/*.txt
	  $ cvs add -kb images/*.gif images/*.jpg
	  $ cvs rm
	  $ cvs -nq up  # Check

 

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