Re: What are the ",t" files under CVS directory

[Mark D. Baushke]

> From: Abhinandan Jain <address@hidden>
> Subject: What are the ",t" files under CVS directory
> Message-ID: <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue,  2 Apr 2002 17:23:36 -0800 (PST)
> 
> I could not find any explanation in the manual for the ",t' files that
> show up sometimes under the CVS/ directory. Could anyone shed some light
> on what these files are supposed to be?

When you do a 'cvs add' command, you may specifiy a 'message' There
are book-keeping place holders that are created when you do a 

  cvs add -m "my message" foo

command. The CVS/foo,t file will come into existence and will contain
the text "my message". This text is used to in the 'description' of
the added file. If you later do a 

    cvs commit foo
    cvs log foo

you will see the 'my message' text under the 'description:' keyword.
If no -m "my message" argument is used, the foo,t file will be of zero
length.

For more detailed information like this, it is wise to read the sources.
Look at the files src/add.c src/commit.c src/cvs.h src/remove.c to find
the CVSEXT_LOG macro and how it is used.

        Enjoy!
        -- Mark