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4 rcs-checkin \- check files into RCS
10 is a helper script for checking files into RCS. This program is
14 This program converts files with an old
16 version history for use with the
18 version control interface
20 which likes to use RCS as its back end.
22 For each file to be processed, the script looks for
24 version files related to it. These files are checked in as deltas,
25 oldest first, so that the contents of the file itself becomes the
26 latest revision in the master.
28 The first line of each file is used as its description. The file
29 itself is not deleted, as under
35 but all the version files are.
37 If an argument file is already version-controlled under RCS, any
38 version files are added to the list of deltas and deleted, and then
39 the workfile is checked in again as the latest version. This is
40 probably not quite what was wanted, and is the main reason VC doesn't
41 simply call this to do checkins.
43 In order to make it easier to use
45 files which are detectably either RCS masters (with names ending in
47 or Emacs version files (with names containing
53 The program accepts no options.
56 The Emacs version control interface is documented in the GNU Emacs manual,
57 which you can read using
59 either from Emacs or as a standalone program.
63 was originally written by Paul Eggert. It was revised for use with
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