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Cvs(3pm)              User Contributed Perl Documentation             Cvs(3pm)



NAME

       Cvs - Object oriented interface to the CVS command

SYNOPSIS

           use Cvs;

           my $cvs = new Cvs
             (
               '/path/to/repository/for/module',
               cvsroot => ':pserver:user@host:/path/to/cvs',
               password => 'secret'
             ) or die $Cvs::ERROR;

           $cvs->checkout('module');

           ...

           my $status = $cvs->status('file');
           if($status->is_modified)
           {
               $cvs->commit('file');
           }

           $cvs->release({delete_after => 1});
           $cvs->logout();

DESCRIPTION

       bla bla

LEGACY CVS METHODS

       new

           Cvs = new Cvs ["workdir"] [key => "value" [, ...]];

           my $obj = new Cvs "workdir";

           my $obj = new Cvs "workdir", cvsroot => "/path/to/cvsroot";

           my $obj = new Cvs cvsroot => ":pserver:user\@host:/path/to/cvs";

       Create a new Cvs object for the repository given in argument. Note that
       the working directory doesn't need to already exist.

       Allowed parameters are:

       workdir
           Path to the working directory. You don't need it if you plan to use
           only remote commands like rdiff or rtag.

       cvsroot
           Address of the cvsroot. See the Cvs::Cvsroot module documentation
           for more information on supported CVSROOT. Note that if you don't
           supply a cvs root but a working directory, Cvs will try to guess
           the CVSROOT value. You still need to supply password and others
           authentication values. If Cvs can't determine the CVSROOT value, an
           error will be thrown and the object will not be created.

       password, passphrase, ...
           All options supported by Cvs::Cvsroot are supported here. Please
           see Cvs::Cvsroot documentation for more details.

       checkout

           Cvs::Result::Checkout = $obj->checkout("module", {key => "value"});

       Checkout the module "module" in the repository (the one that served to
       create the Cvs object) from the cvsroot given in parameter.

       Allowed parameters are:

       reset
           Boolean value used to reset any sticky tags, dates or options (See
           the -A cvs checkout option).

       revision
           Specify the revision to checkout the module (See the -r cvs check-
           out option).

       date
           Specify the date from when to checkout the module (See the -D cvs
           checkout option).

       Cvs::Result::Checkout.

       update

           Cvs::Result::Update = $cvs->update();

       Cvs::Result::Update.

       status

           Cvs::Result::StatusItem = $cvs->status("file");

           Cvs::Result::StatusList =
               $cvs->status("file1", "file2", {multiple => 1});

       Get the status of one of more files.

       Allowed parameters are:

       multiple
           Boolean value that specify the type of object returned. If true, a
           Cvs::Result::StatusList object is returned, and status on more than
           one files can be handled. If false, a Cvs::Result::StatusItem
           object is return and only one file status can be handled (the first
           one if several).

       recursive
           If a directory is supplied, process it recursively (Default true).

       Cvs::Result::StatusItem, Cvs::Result::StatusList

       diff

           Cvs::Result::DiffItem = $cvs->diff();

           Cvs::Result::DiffList = $cvs->diff({multiple => 1});

       Cvs::Result::DiffItem, Cvs::Result::DiffList.

       rdiff

           Cvs::Result::RdiffList =
             $cvs->rdiff("module", {from_revision => $rev});

       Cvs::Result::RdiffList.

       log

           Cvs::Result::Log = $cvs->log();

       Cvs::Result::Log.

       tag

           Cvs::Result::Tag = $cvs->tag("tag");

       Cvs::Result::Tag.

       rtag

           Cvs::Result::Tag = $cvs->rtag("module", "tag");

       Cvs::Result::Rtag.

       release

           Cvs::Result::Release = $cvs->release();

           Cvs::Result::Release = $cvs->release('module', ..., {force => 1});

       Call the release command.

       If call with no directories to release, self repository will be
       released.

       force
           Boolean value that activate a forced directory release even if some
           files was not committed.  Defaults to false.

       delete_after
           Boolean value that activate directory removal after a release.
           Default to false.

       Cvs::Result::Release

       export

           Cvs::Result::Export = $obj->export("module", {key => "value"});

       Checkout the module "module" in the repository (the one that served to
       create the Cvs object) from the cvsroot given in parameter, but without
       the CVS administrative directories.

       Allowed parameters are the same as for checkout.  However, one of the
       options 'revision' or 'date' must be specified.

OTHERS METHODS

       module_list

         my @modules = $cvs->module_list();

       Returns the list of all modules which can be riched on the CVSROOT.
       This method do something that cvs doesn't implement by itself, we use a
       little trick to get this list, and this perhaps not work with all cvs
       versions.

       Do not mix up this method with the "-c" argument of the cvs' checkout
       sub-command.

ACCESSORS

       cvsroot

       Returns the Cvs::Cvsroot object.

       working_directory

       Returns the full path of the working directory

LICENCE

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
       by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
       (at your option) any later version.

       This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
       WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MER-
       CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser
       General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
       License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
       Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2003 - Olivier Poitrey



perl v5.8.7                       2004-12-08                          Cvs(3pm)

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