Re: cvs scripts

[Robert Bresner]

Howdy --

I wrote a perl script sometime back that will format 
the output of a cvs status. It takes a bunch of +/! 
options to turn on or off the info you'd rather see
Depending on the method of execution, it will either
parse a 'cvs -n update' or cvs status (-F), or, it
will compare timestamps of files against the timestamps
reported in the CVS/Entries files (-B).

If there's any interest, I can post it as an attachment
to the list. 

To wit:
==============================================================
        >cvstat
        Sticky Tag     Status               File
                       Locally Modified     cdd.bat
                       Locally Modified     cvlog
                       Locally Modified     cvstat.bat
                       Needs Update         cvsu
                       Locally Modified     hmake.bat
                       *Needs Merge         make_release
                       Locally Modified     makelocal.bat
                       Locally Modified     mktemplate
                       Locally Modified     ophone.bat
                       Locally Modified     runolfscript

        > cvstat -h
        cvstat prints status and sticky tags from cvs.
                -r tag          report deviations from this tag (Also for 
Blazingly Fast Mode(tm) )
                -B              Blazingly Fast Mode(tm). It really is fast, ya 
know.
                -l              do not recurse
                -t|-tt          display start|finish time
                -c              hide tags column when not showing tags
                -L              display single-line file list at end for easy 
cut'n'paste 
                -F              Fast-Stat. WARNING: Does not report "needs 
first checkout" files
                -q              quiet-mode. Hide warnings, only show errors.
                -o              diplay filename info only, no tags, no headers, 
no status.
                -z#             passed on to CVS. Sets the compression level on 
communications with the server.
                -i              Ignore CVSTAT_ARGS
                -b              Do not display the branch revision when +T
                -d cvsroot      set CVSROOT to something other than its current 
value
                -R              use CVSROOT env var with -d
                -s VAR=VAL      set some other cvs var to a value
                -st             sort by TAG
                -ss             sort by STATUS
                -sf             sort by FILENAME
                -h              display this help message
        The following status options can be used in combinations
                !       turns off the following ...
                +       turns on the following ...
                U       display up-to-date files (default: Off)
                M       display locally modified files (default: On)
                A       display locally added files (default: On)
                R       display locally removed files (default: On)
                C       display files with conflicts (default: On)
                P       display files that need patch|checkout (default: On)
                T       display sticky tag info. (default: Off)
                Q       display files not in cvs repository (default: Off)
                !!      Turns off all everything. Useful first option.
                ++      Turns on everything. useful first option.
        Example useful commands:
           cvstat +TU !ARCMP    displays only files up-to-date and the sticky 
tags
           cvstat +MARC !P      displays files you want to check in
           cvstat !! +Q         show only the unknown files
           cvstat ++ !M         show everything except locally modified files
        When using -o option, only filenames are displayed (useful for shell 
scripts). Beware
          that all files matching the status options are displayed. When using 
-o is a good time
          to specify the status options.
        If sorting is turned on, the whole process takes a little longer, even 
with -F
        Command line args override CVSTAT_ARGS args
        Blazingly Fast Mode only reports locally modified files. It does not 
check against
         the repository, so cannot determine if a file is out-of-date.