Re: How to specify alternate CVSROOT in vc mode?

[Roy Smith]

In article <mailman.1948.1147879364.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
Kevin Rodgers  <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Roy Smith wrote:
>> Every once in a while, I'll be working in a cvs sandbox which I don't own 
>> and will want to do something (non-destructive) like see the cvs log of the 
>> file I'm viewing.  In the shell, you need to do "cvs -d $CVSROOT log file" 
>> to make this work.  Is there any way to similarly supply the -d argument 
>> inside of emacs vc mode?
>
>,----[ C-h v cvs-cvsroot RET ]
>| cvs-cvsroot is a variable defined in `pcvs-defs.el'.
>| Its value is nil
>|
>| Documentation:
>| *Specifies where the (current) cvs master repository is.
>| Overrides the environment variable $CVSROOT by sending " -d dir" to
>| all CVS commands. This switch is useful if you have multiple CVS
>| repositories. It can be set interactively with M-x cvs-change-cvsroot.
>| There is no need to set this if $CVSROOT is set to a correct value.
>|
>| [back]
>`----

Thanks!  That's exactly what I was looking for.