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Import of slightly trimmed cvs-1.8 distribution. Generated files and non-unix code has been left out.
1996-08-20 23:46:10 +00:00
Wed May 1 15:38:26 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (Tags): Document un-revision of all-uppercase tag
names.
Wed Apr 24 08:41:51 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (Password authentication security): Rewrite sentence
on complex and unknown security bugs to clarify that it is
referring to people who have been give access to cvs, not to holes
in the authentication method (which is relatively simple).
Tue Apr 23 09:31:29 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (Wrappers): Talk about what -m does (and does not
do). Other minor edits.
Wed Apr 17 15:27:03 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (rcsinfo): Rewrite paragraph concerning remote CVS.
* cvsclient.texi (Responses): Document Template response.
Sun Apr 14 16:01:39 1996 Karl Fogel <kfogel@floss.red-bean.com>
* .cvsignore: added CVSvn.texi.
Wed Apr 10 16:56:21 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (~/.cvsrc): Mention setting global options with "cvs".
* cvs.texinfo (release): Change "modules" to "directories".
Release does not take module names as arguments.
* cvs.texinfo (Creating a branch): Add comments about how we
should better document tagging the branchpoint.
Tue Apr 9 19:59:45 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (Top): Use @value{CVSVN}, not a vague refenece to 1.4.
* cvs.texinfo (From other version control systems): New node.
Mon Apr 8 15:59:37 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvsclient.texi (Connection and Authentication): Revise kerberos
and pserver sections to reflect the fact that port 2401 is now
officially registered.
Thu Mar 28 09:51:13 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (History browsing): Reinstate this node. Try to get
it into some minimally useful state (it still needs a lot of
work).
(annotate): New node, subnode of History browing.
* cvsclient.texi (Requests): Add annotate request.
Tue Mar 26 08:46:39 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo: In various examples, change tag names to avoid tag
names reserved to CVS.
* cvs.texinfo (Tags): Document what is a valid tag name.
* cvs.texinfo (Substitution modes): Try to describe how the
various keyword expansion settings interract.
(Binary files): Suggest cvs update -A, not removing file and then
updating it, to get effect of new keyword expansion options.
* cvs.texinfo (admin options): Mention CVS's use of `dead' state.
Thu Mar 21 08:25:17 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (Environment variables): Expand introduction to RCS
environment variables. Expand and correct CVS_SERVER_SLEEP.
* cvs.texinfo (Environment variables): Remove POSIXLY_CORRECT; cvs
requires options to precede arguments regardless of it.
Thu Mar 21 08:18:42 1996 Norbert Kiesel <nk@col.sw-ley.de>
* cvs.texinfo: Remove paragrahps about a forthcoming CVS
newsgroup and about sending patches to think.com.
(Environment): Document some more (all?) used environment
variables.
Wed Mar 20 09:44:21 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvsclient.texi (Introduction): New node.
* Makefile.in: Add cruft to reflect fact that cvsclient.texi now
uses CVSvn.texi.
Mon Mar 18 14:43:53 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvsclient.texi (Requests): Add Case request.
Wed Mar 13 16:01:47 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvsclient.texi (Connection and Authentication): New node.
* cvsclient.texi (Requests): Expand discussion of Root a bit.
* cvs.texinfo (Setting up): Don't refer to INSTALL file; revise to
reflect some information which had been in the INSTALL file.
* cvs.texinfo (history file): Update to reflect cvsinit -> cvs
init. Adjust discussion of whether history file format is
documented.
(Setting up): Update to reflect cvsinit -> cvs init.
* cvsclient.texi (Requests): Document init request.
Thu Feb 29 10:08:31 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (loginfo example): Adjust example to reflect the way
that CVS actually works. Add comments questioning whether that is
the best behavior.
* cvs.texinfo (cvsignore): Document additions to default ignore list.
Mon Feb 26 13:48:01 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvsclient.texi (Filenames): New node, documents / vs \, etc.
Wed Feb 24 1996 Marcus Daniels <marcus@sayre.sysc.pdx.edu>
* cvs.texinfo (Password authentication server): Mention
support for imaginary usernames.
Thu Feb 15 16:34:56 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (Variables): Add new internal variable $USER.
Wed Feb 14 22:52:58 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (export, admin): Document -k option to cvs export.
* cvs.texinfo (admin options): Mention using -l, -u, -L, and -U in
conjunction with rcslock.pl.
Mon Feb 12 16:38:41 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo: Remove references to mkmodules.
Sun Feb 11 12:31:36 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvsclient.texi: Add Set request.
* cvs.texinfo (Variables): Rewrite to reflect user variables
replacing environment variables; motivate the discussion better.
(Global options): Add -s option.
Sat Feb 10 11:18:37 1996 Jim Blandy <jimb@totoro.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (Variables): Fix @table commands.
Fri Feb 9 17:31:18 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (Variables): New node.
* Makefile.in (CVSvn.texi): New rule.
(OBJDIR_DISTFILES): Add CVSvn.texi.
(cvs.dvi,cvs.info): Add cruft to deal with it being in build dir
or srcdir.
* cvs.texinfo: Include CVSvn.texi and use the version number from
it instead of a hardcoded version number and date.
Thu Feb 1 13:28:03 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (Sticky tags): Expand so it really documents the
features it is talking about rather than referring to "Appendix
A". Add example of how to restore the old version of a dead
file. In various other parts of the manual refer to this node, in
some cases deleting duplicative text. In the case of cvs admin
-b, mention vendor branch usage.
(Removing files): Discuss removing files (in user-visible terms,
not in terms of the Attic and such).
(remove): Remove node; merge contents into Removing files.
Tue Jan 30 17:52:06 1996 Jim Blandy <jimb@totoro.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo: Tweak @top node, to make file compatible with both
makeinfo and texinfo-format-buffer. Perhaps we should fix the
formatters to agree on what constitutes valid texinfo.
Mon Jan 29 16:38:33 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvsclient.texi (Requirements): New node, to talk about required
versus optional parts of the protocol.
Sun Jan 28 09:00:34 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvsclient.texi (Modes): Add discussion what what the mode really
means (across diverse operating systems).
Tue Jan 23 12:54:57 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo: Per mail from Per Cederqvist, change author to "Per
Cederqvist et al". Also remove sentence about Signum shipping
hardcopy manuals and add information on Cyclic. Change version
number to 1.6.87.
Fri Jan 12 15:29:39 1996 Vince Demarco <vdemarco@bou.shl.com>
* cvs.texinfo: Fix the documentation for the com/uncom change
to wrap/unwrap. make everything consistant
Wed Jan 10 16:11:54 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (Concurrency): Add index entries; minor clarification.
Tue Jan 9 16:03:39 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (Getting Notified): Document users file.
* cvs.texinfo (cvsignore): Add *.obj to list of ignored files.
Wed Jan 3 17:01:58 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (import): Adjust list of ignored files to match
recent change to CVS (CVS* -> CVS CVS.adm). Consolidate
discussion of ignored files in one place (with xrefs from others).
* cvsclient.texi: Remove How To node. It was out of date
(again!), and I am getting sick of trying to update it (internals
documentation should be in the comments, where it at least has a
fighting chance of staying up to date).
(Protocol): Say what \n and \t mean in this document.
Tue Jan 2 23:39:32 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (Wrappers): Change comb/uncom to wrap/unwrap.
Mon Jan 2 23:00:00 1996 Vince Demarco <vdemarco@bou.shl.com>
* cvs.texinfo: update the Wrappers documentation so it isn't
so NEXTSTEP centric. The wrappers code has alot of other
general uses. The new version of the documentation tryes
to show that to the reader.
Mon Jan 1 13:09:39 1996 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvsclient.texi (Responses): Clarify that Module-expansion is not
suitable for passing to co.
Sun Dec 31 10:53:47 1995 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (Password authentication server): Suggest specifying
-b in inetd.conf.
* cvs.texinfo (Password authentication): Variety of cleanups and
minor fixes, including shorter node names.
Sun Dec 24 02:37:51 1995 Karl Fogel <kfogel@floss.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (Using the client with password authentication):
tixed fypos.
Sun Dec 24 00:00:16 1995 Karl Fogel <kfogel@floss.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (Remote repositories): use @code{rsh} most places,
because it is the name of a program, and because I am a pedant.
Refer to new node "Password authenticated".
(Password authenticated): new node.
(Setting up the server for password authentication): new node.
(Using the client with password authentication): new node.
(Security considerations with password authentication): new node.
These are all really long node names, but it seems necessary that
they be descriptive in case they're referenced elsewhere. If you
can think of a way out of this, please change them.
Thu Dec 21 12:09:34 1995 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvsclient.texi (Requests): Add Questionable. Revise
documentation of export and update to explain role of -I option.
Tue Dec 19 16:44:18 1995 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo: Update binary files info for -kb.
Mon Dec 11 12:20:55 1995 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvsclient.texi (Responses): Add Notified and Mode.
(Requests): Add Notify, noop, watch-on, watch-off, watch-add,
watch-remove, watchers, and editors.
* cvs.texinfo (Watches): New node, to describe new developer
communication features.
Thu Nov 23 08:59:09 1995 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (admin options): In saying that cvs admin -o is not
such a good way to undo a change, refer to the section which
describes the preferred way.
Thu Nov 13 16:39:03 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
* Makefile.in: Remove extraneous tab from empty line.
Mon Nov 13 15:00:26 1995 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (Concurrency): New node, to describe user-visible
behaviors associated with cvs locks.
* cvs.texinfo (Remote repositories): Add more details of how to
set things up (with rsh and kerberos).
Thu Nov 9 11:41:37 1995 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo: Remove -Q and -q options from command synopses.
Wed Nov 8 09:38:00 1995 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvsclient.texi (Notes): Revise paragraph on server memory use
problem.
Tue Nov 7 16:26:39 1995 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo: Document merging more than once from a branch;
miscellaneous cleanups.
Mon Oct 30 13:12:53 1995 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (modules): Document -e.
Thu Oct 26 11:15:40 1995 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (Tags): Update "version" vs. "revision" for CVS 1.5.
(Index,BUGS): Change bug reporting address from Per Cederqvist to
bug-cvs@prep.ai.mit.edu.
Wed Oct 25 15:37:05 1995 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo: Miscellaneous minor changes (clean up CVS/Root
stuff, don't say release requires a module entry, etc.).
Tue Oct 24 11:01:22 1995 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo: More precisely describe scope of document.
* cvsclient.texi: Describe scope of document
Thu Oct 12 11:25:40 1995 Karl Fogel <kfogel@totoro.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo: cover page now refers to CVS 1.6, and "last
updated" date has been upped to today.
Wed Oct 11 22:30:10 1995 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* Makefile.in (info): Look for *.info* either in build dir or in
srcdir.
Mon Oct 2 17:10:49 1995 Norbert Kiesel <nk@col.sw-ley.de>
* cvs.texinfo (admin): Describe usage of CVS_ADMIN_GROUP to
restrict usage of admin.
Fri Oct 6 21:17:50 1995 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (~/.cvsrc): Document change to command name matching.
Thu Oct 5 18:03:41 1995 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* Makefile.in (install-info): Add comment about srcdir.
Wed Sep 13 12:45:53 1995 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (Moving files): Rewrite "Outside" node to clarify
that history is still there and describe how to get it. Assorted
cleanups.
Tue Sep 12 19:02:47 1995 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (Removing files): Remove section on limitations
which are gone now that we have death support.
Wed Aug 30 12:32:29 1995 Karl Fogel <kfogel@floss.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo (Remote Repositories): new node, referred to from
`Basics' and `Repository'.
(Repository): documented new `-d' vs. `$CVSROOT' vs. `CVS/Root'
behavior.
(commitinfo): document client/server-case behavior.
(editinfo): document client/server-case behavior.
(loginfo): document client/server-case behavior.
(rcsinfo): document client/server-case behavior.
Mon Aug 21 00:23:45 1995 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvsclient.texi (How To): The way to force rsh is to set
CVS_CLIENT_PORT to -1, not to some bogus value.
Tue Aug 15 17:12:08 1995 Karl Fogel <kfogel@floss.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo
(Basic concepts): talk about remote repositories.
(Repository): same.
Mon Jul 24 19:09:12 1995 James Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* cvs.texinfo: Remove references to -q and -Q command options.
Fri Jul 21 10:33:07 1995 Vince DeMarco <vdemarco@bou.shl.com>
* cvs.texinfo: Changes for CVSEDITOR and wrappers.
Thu Jul 13 23:04:12 CDT 1995 Jim Meyering (meyering@comco.com)
* Makefile.in (cvs-paper.ps): *Never* redirect output directly to
the target (usu $@) of a rule. Instead, redirect to a temporary
file, and then move that temporary to the target. I chose to
name temporary files $@-t. Remember to be careful that the length
of the temporary file name not exceed the 14-character limit.
Sun Jul 9 19:03:00 1995 Greg A. Woods <woods@most.weird.com>
* doc/cvs.texinfo:
- document '-q' for 'cvs status'
- correction to regexp use in *info files
- correction to use of 'cvsinit' script
(from previous local changes)
Tue Jun 20 18:57:55 1995 James Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com>
* Makefile.in (dist-dir): Depend on $(OBJDIR_DISTFILES).
Fri Jun 16 21:56:16 1995 Karl Fogel <kfogel@cyclic.com>
and Jim Meyering <meyering@comco.com>
* update.c (update_file_proc): If noexec, just write 'C', don't merge.
Fri Jun 16 07:56:04 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cyclic.com)
* cvs-paper.ps: Added.
Sat May 27 08:46:00 1995 Jim Meyering (meyering@comco.com)
* Makefile.in (Makefile): Regenerate only Makefile in current
directory when Makefile.in is out of date. Depend on ../config.status.
Sat May 27 08:08:18 1995 Jim Meyering (meyering@comco.com)
* doc/Makefile.in (realclean): Remove more postscript and info files.
Fri Apr 28 22:44:06 1995 Jim Blandy <jimb@totoro.bio.indiana.edu>
* Makefile.in (DISTFILES): Updated.
(doc): Depend on cvsclient.ps too.
(cvs.aux, cvsclient.aux): Add target.
(cvsclient.dvi): Don't nuke the aux file. They're small and
helpful.
(cvsclient.ps): New target.
(dist-dir): Renamed from dist; changed to work with DISTDIR
variable from parent.
Sun Apr 23 22:13:18 1995 Noel Cragg <noel@vo.com>
* Makefile: Added more files to the `clean' target.
* .cvsignore: Added the same files.
Mon Nov 28 10:22:46 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
* cvsclient.texi (Notes): Remove item about commit options; now
fixed. Rewrite paragraph about server memory usage.
* cvsclient.texi (Responses): Add Set-checkin-prog and
Set-update-prog.
(Requests): Add Checkin-prog and Update-prog.
* cvsclient.texi (TODO): Remove last item (it is fixed) and node.
Fri Nov 18 16:51:36 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
* cvsclient.texi (Requests): Add Max-dotdot.
Thu Nov 3 07:04:24 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
* cvsclient.texi (Protocol): Add Directory request.
(TODO): Remove item about renaming directories.
(Protocol): Change @subheading to @node/@section.
Fri Oct 28 07:51:13 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
* cvsclient.texi (Protocol): Add expand-module request and
Module-expansion response.
(Protocol Notes, TODO): Remove items about cvs co funkiness.
Wed Oct 12 19:49:36 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
* cvsclient.texi (Protocol): Add Copy-file response.
* cvsclient.texi (How To): Correct item about where declaration
of cvs commands go.
* cvsclient.texi (Protocol): Add new commands. Merge description
of how commands work which was duplicated among the various
commands. Formatting cleanups.
(TODO): Remove item about bad error message on checking in a
nonexistent file; this works now (presumably fixed by the
Unchanged stuff).
(Notes): Remove thing about trying unsupported commands via NFS,
rdist, etc. Also remove item about some commands not being
supported. There are no unsupported commands anymore.
Tue Sep 13 13:28:52 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
* cvsclient.texi (Protocol): Document New-entry response.
Mon Sep 12 06:35:15 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
* cvsclient.texi (Protocol): Clarify that checksum is of patched
file, not patch itself. Fix typo (valid-requests -> Valid-requests).
* cvsclient.texi (Protocol): Document Sticky request and
Set-sticky and Clear-sticky responses.
(Notes): Remove sticky tags from todo list.
Thu Sep 8 14:23:58 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
* cvsclient.texi (Protocol): Document Static-directory requests
and Set-static-directory and Clear-static-directory responses.
(Notes): Remove Entries.Static support from todo list.
* cvsclient.texi (Protocol): Document Unchanged and UseUnchanged
requests. Update documentation of Entry and Lost accordingly.
Mon Aug 22 14:08:21 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
* cvsclient.texi (Goals): Remove mention of rsh.
(Protocol Notes, TODO): Remove compression item.
(Protocol): Document "status" request.
(TODO): Remove suggestion to add "cvs status".
Tue Jul 19 10:02:53 1994 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@sanguine.cygnus.com)
* Makefile.in (install-info): Do not depend upon installdirs.
Fri Jul 15 12:56:53 1994 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@sanguine.cygnus.com)
* Makefile.in (all): Do not depend upon info.
(install): Do not depend upon install-info.
Thu Jul 7 20:43:12 1994 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@sanguine.cygnus.com)
* cvsclient.texi (Protocol): Add Checksum response.
Thu Jun 30 15:16:50 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
* cvsclient.texi (Protocol): Add Global_option request.
Wed Jun 29 14:09:42 1994 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@sanguine.cygnus.com)
* cvsclient.texi: Describe sending patches, including the dummy
update-patches request and the Patched response. Mention Kerberos
authentication using ``cvs kserver''. Some other minor changes.
Tue Jun 28 15:21:06 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
* cvsclient.texi (Protocol Notes): Remove note about sending diffs
in Updated; Ian did it. Remove note about adding encryption to rsh.
Sat May 7 10:44:30 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
* cvsclient.texi (Protocol): Document Modified without Entry. Add
`add' and `remove' and `Remove-entry'. Formatting cleanups.
Tue Apr 19 01:29:04 1994 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
* cvsclient.texi: New node How To; cleanups throughout.
* Makefile.in: Add dependencies on cvsclient.texi.
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