RE: Patch for preserving edit on files when checking out

[Darren Bowles]

> Please find attached my CVS patch for preserving editor flag upon
> multiple checkouts.
> 
> The issue is : development projects frequently have developers working
> on more than 1 branch at the same time.  For instance, they may be
> working on forthcoming development work, in addition to fixing live
> support issues.
> 
> The current code will overwrite a users edit flag if they check out
> the source code again.  There is a comment in update.c that suggests
> it would be better to do this instead of by user, by work area; which
> makes more sense.
> 
> When I get a spare couple of days, I will code / implement this
> feature as it will be very useful.
> 
> This patch adds a new ./configure option called --enable-keep-editing
> which will preserve a users edit upon checkout.
> 
> I grant permission to distribute this patch under
> the terms of the GNU Public License
> 
>  << File: cvs.patch >> 
> 
Index: config.h.in
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RCS file: /cvs/ccvs/config.h.in,v
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diff -r1.163 config.h.in
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> /* Define if you want CVS to be able to preserve your edits on
multiple
>    checkouts. */
> #undef KEEP_EDITING
> 
Index: configure
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RCS file: /cvs/ccvs/configure,v
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diff -r1.376 configure
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>   --enable-keep-editing   Allow a user to keep their file edits, when
checking
>                           out another copy of a repository.
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> # check whether --enable-keep-editing was given
> if test "${enable_keep_editing+set}" = set; then
>   enableval="$enable_keep_editing"
> else
>   enable_keep_editing=no
> fi;
> 
> if test no != "$enable_keep_editing"; then
> cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
> #define KEEP_EDITING 1
> _ACEOF
> fi;
Index: configure.in
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RCS file: /cvs/ccvs/configure.in,v
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diff -r1.345 configure.in
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> dnl
> dnl begin --enable-keep-editing
> dnl
> 
> dnl 
> dnl If you are using the edit facility and you checkout in more than
> dnl one directory, you will lose you edit.  This option enables you to
> dnl keep editing.
> dnl
> 
> AC_ARG_ENABLE(
>   [keep-editing],
>   AC_HELP_STRING(
>     [--enable-keep-editing],
>     [Include code for preserving edits on multiple checkouts
(default)]), ,
>   [enable_keep_editing=no])
> 
> if test yes = "$enable_keep_editing"; then
>   AC_DEFINE(
>     [KEEP_EDITING], [1],
>     [Define if you want CVS to be able to preserve your edits on
multiple checkouts.])
> 
> dnl
> dnl end --enable-keep-editing
> dnl
> 
Index: src/update.c
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RCS file: /cvs/ccvs/src/update.c,v
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diff -r1.252 update.c
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> /* If we don't want to keep edits from a previous checkout */
> #ifndef KEEP_EDITING
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< 
---
> #endif