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Re: Command-line multi-line messages for commit


From: Mark D. Baushke
Subject: Re: Command-line multi-line messages for commit
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 01:13:13 -0700

Stephen Biggs <address@hidden> writes:

> Greetings all,
> 
> How do I enter in multi-line log messages when I want to commit?

There are two typical ways to do this. Use either

 cat <<EOF > logmessage
 This
 is 
 a 
 multiline
 log message.
 EOF
 cvs commit -F logmessage

or

 cvs commit -m 'This
 is
 a
 multiline
 log message.'

to do your commit.

> I tried using "\n", "\\n", "^L" in the quoted text string for the "-m"
> option but no go; all are on the same line with the quoted string in the
> log message.  Running bash on Linux, Redhat 8.0.  I tried embedding for
> bash using $'\n' but this whole string gets put into the log.

Just use multiple lines in bash with your string broken across multiple
lines.
 
> Basically how do I embed 0xa characters directly into the command line
> for the commit command?  This might be more related to straight Linux
> command line usage, and if this is off-topic, please excuse.  Any
> assistance would be appreciated.

        Enjoy!
        -- Mark




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