RE: cvs admin option to modify file execute bit in repository

[Jim.Hyslop]

Mark D. Baushke wrote:
> This one is kind of old:
>   https://ccvs.cvshome.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=115
> 
> The requestor wants a way to change the execute bits on files so
> that when they are subsequently checked out they will default to
> the 'correct' value.
> 
> The following patch add a -Xchmod+t and -Xchmod-t option to the
> 'cvs admin' command to alter any files in the repository the user
> may desire in this manner.
> 
> I am not sure I like the option name.
It is a bit of a mouthful. What's the reasoning behind it?

How about:
 -X- and -X+
 -exec- -exec+

Or instead of a trailing + or -, sub-arguments such as 'on' and 'off', e.g.
  -X on
  -exec off

-- 
Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. ( http://www.leitch.com )
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal ( http://www.cuj.com/experts )