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1 This "contrib" directory is a place holder for code/scripts sent to me
2 by contributors around the world. This README file will be kept
3 up-to-date from release to release. BUT, we must point out that these
4 contributions are really, REALLY UNSUPPORTED. In fact, we probably
5 don't even know what some of them really do. We certainly do not
6 guarantee to have tried them, or ported them to work with this CVS
7 distribution. If you have questions, your best bet is to contact the
8 original author, but you should not necessarily expect a reply, since
9 the author may not be available at the address given.
11 USE AT YOUR OWN RISK -- and all that stuff.
13 "Unsupported" also means that no one has volunteered to accept and check
14 in changes to this directory. So submissions for new scripts to add
15 here are unlikely to be accepted. Suggested changes to the existing
16 scripts here conceivably might, but that isn't clear either, unless of
17 course they come from the original author of the script.
19 If you have some software that works with CVS that you wish to offer it
20 is suggested that you make it available by FTP or HTTP and then announce
21 it on the info-cvs mailing list.
23 There is a web page of software related to CVS at the following URL which
24 would presumably be willing to list your software.
26 http://www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs-index.html
28 An attempt at a table of Contents for this directory:
30 README This file.
31 log A perl script suitable for including in your
32 $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/loginfo file for logging commit
33 changes. Includes the RCS revision of the change
34 as part of the log.
35 Contributed by Kevin Samborn <samborn@sunrise.com>.
36 commit_prep A perl script, to be combined with log_accum.pl, to
37 log_accum provide for a way to combine the individual log
38 messages of a multi-directory "commit" into a
39 single log message, and mail the result somewhere.
40 Can also do other checks for $Id and that you are
41 committing the correct revision of the file.
42 Read the comments carefully.
43 Contributed by David Hampton <hampton@cisco.com>.
44 mfpipe Another perl script for logging. Allows you to
45 pipe the log message to a file and/or send mail
46 to some alias.
47 Contributed by John Clyne <clyne@niwot.scd.ucar.edu>.
48 rcs-to-cvs Script to import sources that may have been under
49 RCS control already.
50 Contributed by Per Cederqvist <ceder@lysator.liu.se>.
51 cvscheck Identifies files added, changed, or removed in a
52 cvscheck.man checked out CVS tree; also notices unknown files.
53 Contributed by Lowell Skoog <fluke!lowell@uunet.uu.net>
54 cvshelp.man An introductory manual page written by Lowell Skoog
55 <fluke!lowell@uunet.uu.net>. It is most likely
56 out-of-date relative to CVS 1.3, but still may be
57 useful.
58 dirfns A shar file which contains some code that might
59 help your system support opendir/readdir/closedir,
60 if it does not already.
61 Copied from the C-News distribution.
62 rcslock A perl script that can be added to your commitinfo
63 file that tries to determine if your RCS file is
64 currently locked by someone else, as might be the
65 case for a binary file.
66 Contributed by John Rouillard <rouilj@cs.umb.edu>.
67 cvs_acls A perl script that implements Access Control Lists
68 by using the "commitinfo" hook provided with the
69 "cvs commit" command.
70 Contributed by David G. Grubbs <dgg@ksr.com>.
71 descend A shell script that can be used to recursively
72 descend.man descend through a directory. In CVS 1.2, this was
73 very useful, since many of the commands were not
74 recursive. In CVS 1.3 (and later), however, most of
75 the commands are recursive. However, this may still
76 come in handy.
77 Contributed by Lowell Skoog <fluke!lowell@uunet.uu.net>
78 cln_hist A perl script to compress your
79 $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/history file, as it can grow quite
80 large after extended use.
81 Contributed by David G. Grubbs <dgg@ksr.com>
82 sccs2rcs A C-shell script that can convert (some) SCCS files
83 into RCS files, retaining the info contained in the
84 SCCS file (like dates, author, and log message).
85 Contributed by Ken Cox <kenstir@viewlogic.com>.
86 intro.doc A user's view of what you need to know to get
87 started with CVS.
88 Contributed by <Steven.Pemberton@cwi.nl>.
89 rcs2sccs A shell script to convert simple RCS files into
90 SCCS files, originally gleaned off the network
91 somewhere (originally by "kenc") and modified by
92 Jerry Jelinek <jerry@rmtc.Central.Sun.COM> and
93 Brian Berliner <berliner@sun.com> to increase
94 robustness and add support for one-level of branches.
95 rcs2log A shell script to create a ChangeLog-format file
96 given only a set of RCS files.
97 Contributed by Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>.
98 clmerge A perl script to handle merge conflicts in GNU
99 style ChangeLog files .
100 Contributed by Tom Tromey <tromey@busco.lanl.gov>.
101 cvs2vendor A shell script to move changes from a repository
102 that was started without a vendor branch to one
103 that has a vendor branch.
104 Contributed by Greg A. Woods <woods@planix.com>