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Reinstein, Shlomo |
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RE: How to find out the CVSROOT and location in the repository of a w orking directory |
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Mon, 24 Jun 2002 15:34:33 +0300 |
Hi,
In my question, I was referring ONLY to the CVSROOT (and repository
location) of a working directory. Inside a working directory, the
information is stored in the CVS/Root and CVS/Repository files, and the
CVSROOT environment variable is not at all interesting (because it is
overriden by the CVS/Root file).
Like I said, I could read the CVS/Root file, but I consider this file to be
"CVS internals", and thus reading it is not a clean solution (that is, I
would have to change my script if the implementation of CVS changed and this
file was renamed, for example).
I got another answer that said to run "cvs -t status" (use the global "-t"
option). The problem with this, as far as I'm concerned, is that the CVSROOT
information from the "-t" option goes to the standard error, rather than the
standard output.
Thanks,
Shlomo
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Subject: RE: How to find out the CVSROOT and location in the repository
of a w orking directory
Shlomo,
You could have your perl program check the environment for CVSROOT as shown
here:
my $CVSROOT = "$ENV{'CVSROOT'}";
if ($CVSROOT eq "") {
print "CVSROOT is not defined - aborting\n";
exit 1;
}
If you are using pserver you could remove the pserver information using:
$CVSROOT =~ s/^.*:(.*)$/$1/; # remove any pserver stuff
You could also check the CVS/Root file at the first directory in a work
area. The content of it should match CVSROOT.
Dale Miller
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reinstein, Shlomo [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 9:11 AM
> To: 'address@hidden'
> Subject: How to find out the CVSROOT and location in the
> repository of a w orking directory
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there a "clean" way to find out what is the CVSROOT of a working
> directory and where in the repository it is located? I need
> to find that out
> from within a Perl script, and by "clean" I mean that I
> prefer not to look
> into the CVS/Root and CVS/Repository files, because I
> consider them to be
> CVS internals that might change some day.
> I know that using "cvs status" I can find out the whole
> repository path, but
> there is no separation between the CVSROOT and the location inside the
> repository.
>
> To be more specific about what I need (maybe there's a way to
> do it without
> caring for the CVSROOT and location), I have a file in each
> module that has
> a fixed name and is used by my script to enable users to
> "lock" the module
> for a short time. Whenever a new branch is created for a
> module, this file
> should be "initialized" for that branch, to indicate that the
> branch is "not
> locked". To do this, the script should modify it and commit a
> new revision
> of it into the branch. (This is needed because the file might indicate
> "locked" state for the root of the branch.) In order to do
> this, I want to
> check-out a fresh copy of that file (okay, with its whole
> directory) to a
> temporary directory, and then do these things on the copy in
> the temporary
> directory. In order to check it out, I need the CVSROOT and
> location within
> the repository.
>
> Thanks,
> Shlomo
>
>
>
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- RE: How to find out the CVSROOT and location in the repository of a w orking directory, Dale . Miller, 2002/06/24
- RE: How to find out the CVSROOT and location in the repository of a w orking directory,
Reinstein, Shlomo <=
- RE: How to find out the CVSROOT and location in the repository of a w orking directory, Dale . Miller, 2002/06/24
- RE: How to find out the CVSROOT and location in the repository of a w orking directory, Reinstein, Shlomo, 2002/06/24
- RE: How to find out the CVSROOT and location in the repository of a w orking directory, Reinstein, Shlomo, 2002/06/25