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Re: Log message for import from a file?
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Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: Log message for import from a file? |
Date: |
Sat, 22 May 2004 19:30:08 -0400 (EDT) |
kj writes:
>
> I want to automate a 'cvs import' step in a bash script, but
> unfortunately the message is a long, multiline one. Unlike commit,
> import does not recognize an -F option, so I can't put the message
> in a file. Is there a way to give a multiline argument to the -m
> flag of import?
That is a shell question, not a CVS question. For reasonable shells,
all you have to do is quote the string:
cvs import -m"This is
a multiline
message" mymod vend rel
-Larry Jones
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