On Mon, 21 Jan 2008, Greg Larkin wrote:
> cvs -q -d /home/ncvs update -d
>
> The -d option given to the update subcommand builds directories the way cvs
> checkout does. Without it, update will only operate on directories that are
> already in your sandbox.
In principle you only need to specify the first "-d" when you check out, after
that if you are working in the sandbox it remembers what you last used (for
some approximation of "used"). I like to use "-P" in the second set of flags
since it will remove empty directories which are a result of CVS tracking the
history only of files, not directories.
Example checkout:
cd /usr ; cvs -d /home/ncvs co -r RELENG_7 -P src
Example update:
cd /usr/src ; cvs update -dP
If you are running as a user other than the owner of /home/ncvs, "-R" is quite
useful as it skips locking. Finally, I also like "-q" to make CVS a bit less
chatty.
Robert N M Watson
Computer Laboratory
University of Cambridge
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