Re: Question about convenient and automated committing

[Hans Schwaebli]

I must be talking Chinese.

 

"Denniston, Todd A CIV NAVSURFWARCENDIV Crane, Code 6067" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hans Schwaebli wrote, On 08/15/2007 09:14 AM:
> > Am I misunderstanding you or are you misunderstanding me?
> > Please try to get out of your CVS implementation thinking and open your mind to this:
> > There is a directory with subdirectories and files which has been previously checked in. 
> {rearrange block}
> > Assume I DON'T know what has been changed in this directory, 
> > or if anything at all has been changed. 
> > My skript runs at night, automatically and unattended. 
> > It is stupid. It does not know what has been changed.
> It needs an education, it (according to your requirements below) is required 
> to learn a few things.
>
> Assume either
>  you can do this under Unix, Cygwin or get working tools for windows.
> > Now imagine some random changes afterwards in this directory like:
> > - subdirectories have been added
> d1 now contains new directory
>
> cd d1
> if ! grep new CVS/Entries >> /dev/null
> then
> cvs add new
> fi
>
> > - some subdirectories have been deleted, which have been previously checked in
>
> http://cvsnt.org/manual/html/Removing-directories.html
> your process now needs to have folks/programs run `cvs remove -f file` only, 
> and let .cvsrc and `cvs update` take care of deleting subdirectories.
> > - some files have been modified
> the cvs commit at the end should take care of that if you did not blow away 
> the CVS control directory.
> > - some files have been added
> cd d1
> if ! grep filename CVS/Entries >> /dev/null
> then
> #Hope you never have binary files or compile products just laying about.
> cvs add
>  filename
> fi
>
>
> > - some files have been deleted, which have been previously checked in
> if they were deleted with `cvs remove -f file` then they will be cleaned up 
> with a `cvs commit`.
>
> > The requirement is that this nightly script commits every change in this directory, 
> > unattended, automatically, by force if there are any conflicts. Thats the 
> requirement.
> > How do I solve this with CVS?
> > What do you mean with "and the 'cvs checkout' commands into your .cvsrc"? I don't understand how this can help me for my question. Or any other answer you gave me.
> > If it does not work with CVS, just say so, PLEASE, so that I understand it clearly.
> > 
> > 
>
>
> -- 
> Todd Denniston
> Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
> Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter

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