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NAME

       tla - arch command line client tool

SYNOPSIS

       tla command [ command_options ]
       tla command [-h|--help|-H]
       tla [-h|--help|-H|-V|--version]

DESCRIPTION

       tla is an implementation of arch .

       arch  is  a  version  control  system,  which allows you to keep old versions of files and
       directories (usually source code), keep a log of who,  when,  and  why  changes  occurred,
       etc., like SVN, CVS, or RCS.

       arch has a number of advantages compared to competing systems. Among these are:

   Works on Whole Trees
       arch  keeps track of whole trees -- not just individual files.  For example, if you change
       many files in a tree, arch can record  all  of  those  changes  as  a  group  rather  than
       file-by-file;  if  you  rename  files  or  reorganize  a  tree, arch can record those tree
       arrangements along with your changes to file contents.

   Changeset Oriented
       arch doesn´t simply "snapshot" your project trees.  Instead, arch associates each revision
       with  a  particular  changeset:  a description of exactly what has changed.  arch provides
       changeset oriented commands to  help  you  review  changesets,  merge  trees  by  applying
       changesets,  examine  the history of a tree by asking what changesets have been applied to
       it, and so forth.

   Fully Distributed
       arch doesn´t rely on a central repository.  For example, there is no need  to  give  write
       access  to  a project´s archive to all significant contributors. Instead, each contributor
       can have their own archive for  their  work.   arch  seamlessly  operates  across  archive
       boundaries.

COMMAND OVERVIEW

   Help
       tla help [options]
              provide help with arch

   User Commands
       tla my-id [options] [id]
              print or change your id

       tla my-default-archive [options] [archive]
              print or change your default archive

       tla register-archive [options] [archive] location
              change an archive location registration

       tla whereis-archive [options] archive
              print an archive location registration

       tla archives [options] [search regular expression]
              report registered archives and their locations

   Project Tree Commands
       tla init-tree [options] [[archive]/version]
              initialize a new project tree

       tla tree-root [options] [dir]
              find and print the root of a project tree

       tla tree-version [options] [dir]
              print the default version for a project tree

       tla tree-id [options] [dir]
              Print the tree identifier for a project tree

       tla tree-revision [options] [dir]
              Print the tree identifier for a project tree

       tla set-tree-version [options] [archive]/version
              set the default version for a project tree

       tla undo [options] [revision]
              undo and save changes in a project tree

       tla redo [options] [changeset]
              redo changes in project tree

       tla changes [options] [revision] [-- limit...]
              report about local changes in a project tree

       tla file-diff [options] file [revision]
              show local changes to a file

       tla diff [options] [revision] [-- files...]
              report about local changes in a project tree

       tla export [options] [revision] dir
              export all or some of a tree revision

   Project Tree Inventory Commands
       tla inventory [options] [--] [dir]*
              inventory a source tree

       tla tree-lint [options] [dir]
              audit a source tree

       tla lint [options] [dir]
              audit a source tree

       tla id [options] file ...
              report the inventory id for a file

       tla id-tagging-method [options] [method]
              print or change a project tree id tagging method

       tla add [options] file ...
              add an explicit inventory id

       tla add-id [options] file ...
              add an explicit inventory id

       tla delete-id [options] file ...
              remove an explicit inventory id

       tla move-id [options] from to
              move an explicit inventory id

       tla touch [options] file ...
              add an explicit inventory id, touching the file.

       tla rm [options] file...
              remove a file (or dir, or symlink) and its explicit inventory tag

       tla mv [options] from to   OR   from1 from2 ... dir
              move a file (or dir, or symlink) and its explicit inventory tag

       tla explicit-default [options] [TAG-PREFIX]
              print or modify default ids

       tla default-id [options] [TAG-PREFIX]
              print or modify default ids

       tla id-tagging-defaults [options]
              print the default =tagging-method contents

   Patch Set Commands
       tla changeset [options] ORIG MOD DEST [files]
              compute a whole-tree changeset

       tla mkpatch [options] ORIG MOD DEST [files]
              compute a whole-tree changeset

       tla apply-changeset [options] CHANGESET [TARGET]
              apply a whole-tree changeset

       tla dopatch [options] CHANGESET [TARGET]
              apply a whole-tree changeset

       tla show-changeset [options] [dir]
              generate a report from a changeset

   Archive Transaction Commands
       tla make-archive [options] [name] location
              create a new archive directory

       tla archive-setup [options] [version ...]
              create new categories, branches and versions

       tla make-category [options] category
              create a new archive category

       tla make-branch [options] branch
              create a new archive branch

       tla make-version [options] version
              create a new archive version

       tla import [options] [[archive]/version]
              archive a full-source base-0 revision

       tla commit [options] [[archive]/version] [-- file ...]
              archive a changeset-based revision

       tla get [options] revision [dir]
              construct a project tree for a revision

       tla get-changeset [options] revision [dir]
              retrieve a changeset from an archive

       tla lock-revision [options] revision
              lock (or unlock) an archive revision

       tla archive-mirror [options] [from [to] [limit]]
              update an archive mirror

   Archive Commands
       tla abrowse [options] [limit]
              print an outline describing archive contents

       tla rbrowse [options] [[ARCHIVE_NAME/]LIMIT_REGEX]
              print an outline describing an archive´s contents

       tla categories [options] [archive]
              list the categories in an archive

       tla branches [options] [category]
              list the branches in an archive category

       tla versions [options] [branch]
              list the versions in an archive branch

       tla revisions [options] [version]
              list the revisions in an archive version

       tla ancestry [options] [revision]
              display the ancestory of a revision

       tla ancestry-graph [options] [revision]
              display the ancestory of a revision

       tla cat-archive-log [options] revision
              print the contents of an archived log entry

       tla cacherev [options] [revision]
              cache a full source tree in an archive

       tla cachedrevs [options] [version]
              list cached revisions in an archive

       tla uncacherev [options] revision [dir]
              remove a cached full source tree from an archive

       tla archive-meta-info [options] item-name
              report meta-info from an archive

       tla archive-snapshot [options] dir [limit]
              update an archive snapshot

       tla archive-version [options]
              list the archive-version in an archive

       tla archive-fixup [options]
              fix ancillary files in an archive

   Patch Log Commands
       tla make-log [options] [version]
              initialize a new log file entry

       tla log-versions [options]
              list patch log versions in a project tree

       tla add-log-version [options] [archive]/version
              add a patch log version to a project tree

       tla remove-log-version [options] [archive]/version
              remove a version´s patch log from a project tree

       tla logs [options] [[archive]/version ...]
              list patch logs for a version in a project tree

       tla cat-log [options] revision-spec
              print the contents of a project tree log entry

       tla changelog [options] [[archive]/version]
              generate a ChangeLog from a patch log

       tla log-for-merge [options] [[archive]/version]
              generate a log entry body for a merge

       tla merges [options] INTO [FROM]
              report where two branches have been merged

       tla new-merges [options] [[archive]/version]
              list tree patches new to a version

   Multi-project Configuration Commands
       tla build-config [options] config
              instantiate a multi-project config

       tla cat-config [options] config
              output information about a multi-project config

   Commands for Branching and Merging
       tla tag [options] SOURCE-REVISION TAG-VERSION
              create a continuation revision

       tla branch [options] [SOURCE] BRANCH
              create a continuation revision

       tla switch [options] [package]
              change the working trees version

       tla update [options] [version/revision]
              update a project tree

       tla replay [options] [version/revision...]
              apply revision changesets to a project tree

       tla star-merge [options] [FROM]
              merge mutually merged branches

       tla apply-delta [options] FROM(REVISION|DIR) TO(REVISION|DIR)
              compute  a  changeset  between any two trees or revisions and apply it to a project
              tree

       tla missing [options] [version]
              print patches missing from a project tree

       tla join-branch [options] version
              add a version as an ancestor of a project tree

       tla sync-tree [options] revision
              unify a project tree´s patch-log with a given revision

       tla delta [options] (REVISION|TREE)-A (REVISION|TREE)-B [DESTDIR]
              compute a changeset (or diff) between any two trees or revisions

   Local Cache Commands
       tla changes [options] [revision] [-- limit...]
              report about local changes in a project tree

       tla file-diff [options] file [revision]
              show local changes to a file

       tla file-find [options] file [revision]
              find given version of file

       tla pristines [options] [limit]
              list pristine trees in a project tree

       tla lock-pristine [options] revision
              lock (or unlock) a pristine tree

       tla add-pristine [options] revision
              ensure that a project tree has a particular pristine revision

       tla find-pristine [options] revision
              find and print the path to a pristine revision

   Revision Library Commands
       tla my-revision-library [options] [dir]
              print or change your revision library path

       tla library-config [options] library-dir
              configure parameters of a revision library

       tla library-find [options] revision
              find and print the location of a revision in the revision library

       tla library-add [options] revision
              add a revision to the revision library

       tla library-remove [options] revision
              remove a revision from the revision library

       tla library-archives [options]
              list the archives in your revision library

       tla library-categories [options] [archive]
              list the categories in your revision library

       tla library-branches [options] [category]
              list the branches in a library category

       tla library-versions [options] [branch]
              list the versions in a library branch

       tla library-revisions [options] [version]
              list the revisions in a library version

       tla library-log [options] revision
              output a log message from the revision library

       tla library-file [options] file revision
              find a file in a revision library

   Published Revisions Commands
       tla grab [options] location
              grab a published revision

   Miscellaneous Scripting Support
       tla parse-package-name [options] name
              parse a package name

       tla valid-package-name [options] name
              test a package name for validity

       tla escape [--unescaped] string
              print strings in escaped or unescaped form

HELP

   tla help
       provide help with arch

       Usage: tla help [options]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -b, --basic    Display basic commands only
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.

       This command prints a list of the available commands.

       To see just a list of the options to a particular command, use:

           tla $cmd -h

       (where $cmd is the name of the  command).    For  additional  explanation  about  a  given
       command, use:

           tla $cmd -H

USER COMMANDS

   tla my-id
       print or change your id

       Usage: tla my-id [options] [id]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -e, --errname  specify program name for errors
         -u, --uid      print only the UID portion of the ID

       With no argument print your arch id.

       With an argument, record ID-STRING as your id in ~/.arch-params/=id

       Your id is recorded in various archives and log messages as you use arch.  It must consist
       entirely of printable characters and fit on one line.  By convention, it should  have  the
       form of an email address, as in this example:

               Jane Hacker <jane.hacker@gnu.org>

       The  portion of an id string between < and > is called your uid.  arch sometimes uses your
       uid as a fragment when generating unique file names.

       The option -u (--uid) causes only the uid part of your id string to be printed.

   tla my-default-archive
       print or change your default archive

       Usage: tla my-default-archive [options] [archive]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´
         -e, --errname  specify program name for errors
         -d, --delete   unspecify your default archive
         -s, --silent   suppress reassuring messages

       With no argument, and without -d, print the name of your default archive.

       With    an    argument,    record    ARCHIVE    as     your     default     archive     in
       ~/.arch-params/=default-archive

       With  the  option  -d  (--delete)  and  no argument, ensure that you do not have a default
       archive set in ~/.arch-params.

       Your default archive is determined this way:

       If the option -A (--archive) is given and not empty, that archive is  the  default  (which
       makes this script useful for processing a -A argument that was passed to another script).

       If  -A  is not given, but ~/.arch-params/=default-archive exists and is not empty, that is
       your default archive.

       Otherwise, your default archive is the name of the local archive rooted at the argument to
       -R (--root) or specified in the environment variable ARCHROOT.

       If no default archive can be found by any of these means, the program exits with status 1,
       printing an error message unless the -s (--silent) option is given.

   tla register-archive
       change an archive location registration

       Usage: tla register-archive [options] [archive] location

         -h, --help        Display a help message and exit.
         -H                Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version     Display a release identifier string
                           and exit.
         -f, --force       overwrite existing location
         --present-ok      return 0 even if archive exists
         -d, --delete      delete archive registration

       Record the location of ARCHIVE.

       With -d, remove the registration of a previously registered archive.  When accompanied  by
       -f, override permissions on the registration file and don´t complain if the archive is not
       registered.

       A LOCATION should be either a directory name or a distant URL.

       When registering a new archive, if no ARCHIVE´s name is passed on the command  line,  then
       the archive´s name will be read automatically from the archive´s meta data.

       Archive locations are stored in ~/.arch-params/=locations.

       You  must  register  the  location  of  a  remote archive before you access it.  It is not
       strictly necessary to register the locations of local archives  (you  can  always  specify
       their location using command line arguments and/or environment variables), but registering
       local archive locations is recommend (for simplicity).

   tla whereis-archive
       print an archive location registration

       Usage: tla whereis-archive [options] archive

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.

       Print the registered location of an archive.

       Usually the archive must have been previously registered with "tla register-archive".

       As a special exception, the the archive is not registered, but is the name of the  archive
       rooted  at  the  location given with the option -R (--root) or in the environment variable
       ARCHROOT then print that root directory.

   tla archives
       report registered archives and their locations

       Usage: tla archives [options] [search regular expression]

         -h, --help            Display a help message and exit.
         -H                    Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version         Display a release identifier string
                               and exit.
         -n, --names           print archive names only
         -R, --exclude-remote  Exclude MIRROR and SOURCE archives.

       Print a list of registered archives and their locations

       If [search regex] is given then only archives with names that match [search regex] will be
       shown

PROJECT TREE COMMANDS

   tla init-tree
       initialize a new project tree

       Usage: tla init-tree [options] [[archive]/version]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´
         -d, --dir DIR  cd to DIR first
         --nested       initialize a nested project tree.

       Initialize DIR as a new project tree.

       An  empty  patch-log  for  VERSION  will  be created, and VERSION will be made the default
       location for check-ins.

   tla tree-root
       find and print the root of a project tree

       Usage: tla tree-root [options] [dir]

         -h, --help      Display a help message and exit.
         -H              Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version   Display a release identifier string
                         and exit.
         --accurate      error for mid-txn trees
         -s, --silent    exit status only

       Find and print the root of the project tree that contains DIR (or the current  directory).
       The option --accurate checks for three possibilities:

           1) The project tree was the subject of a commit that
              was killed before the log entry was added to the
              tree´s patch log.  It is unknown whether or not
              the commit took place in the archive.  The {arch}
              directory contains the log file as "++mid-commit".

           2) The project tree was the subject of a killed commit, but
              it is certain the commit took place.  The log file
              is stored as "++commit-definite".

           3) The project tree patch log is fully up-to-date (as far as
              arch knows).

       In case 1, exit with an error and error message.

       In case 2, install the log file before printing the tree root and exiting normally.

       In case 3, print the tree root and exit normally.

   tla tree-version
       print the default version for a project tree

       Usage: tla tree-version [options] [dir]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.

       Print the default version of project tree DIR (or the current directory).

   tla tree-id
       Print the tree identifier for a project tree

       Usage: tla tree-id [options] [dir]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.

       Print    the    patchset    identifier   that   represents   the   current   tree->   I.e.
       foo@example.com/demo--1.0--patch-4. Defaults to the tree the current directory is in.

   tla tree-revision
       Print the tree identifier for a project tree

       Usage: tla tree-revision [options] [dir]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.

       Print   the   patchset   identifier   that   represents   the    current    tree->    I.e.
       foo@example.com/demo--1.0--patch-4. Defaults to the tree the current directory is in.

   tla set-tree-version
       set the default version for a project tree

       Usage: tla set-tree-version [options] [archive]/version

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´
         -d, --dir DIR  cd to DIR first

       This operation sets the default version on which to check-in the source tree DIR (default:
       the current directory) during a commit.

       You can specify the archive  for  this  version  as  an  ordinary  command  line  argument
       (ARCHIVE/VERSION)  or via -R, -A and the environment as usual (try "tla my-default-archive
       --help").

   tla undo
       undo and save changes in a project tree

       Usage: tla undo [options] [revision]

         -h, --help              Display a help message and exit.
         -H                      Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version           Display a release identifier string
                                 and exit.
         -A, --archive           Override `my-default-archive´
         -d, --dir DIR           cd to DIR first
         -o, --output PATCH-DIR  save changeset in PATCH-DIR
         -n, --no-output         do not save the changeset
         -N, --forward           pass the --forward option to `patch´
         -q, --quiet             no progress reports while computing changeset
         --unescaped             show filenames in unescaped form

       Compute a patch set describing the changes from REVISION to the  project  tree  containing
       DIR.   Save  the  patch in PATCH-DIR (which must not already exist) and apply the patch in
       reverse to the project tree containing DIR.

       The effect is to remove local changes  in  the  DIR  project  tree  but  save  them  in  a
       convenient form.

       If  REVISION  is not specified, the latest ancestor of the default version of project tree
       is used.

       If REVISION is specified as a VERSION, the latest ancestor of the  project  tree  in  that
       VERSION is used.

       If DIR is not specified, "." is assumed.

       If PATCH-DIR is not specified, a temporary file-name of the matching ,,undo-* is used.

       If --no-output is specified, the patch set is not saved.

       See also "tla redo -H" and "tla changes -H".

   tla redo
       redo changes in project tree

       Usage: tla redo [options] [changeset]

         -h, --help       Display a help message and exit.
         -H               Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version    Display a release identifier string
                          and exit.
         -N, --forward    pass the --forward option to `patch´
         -k, --keep       do not delete the patch
         -q, --quiet      no progress reports while computing changeset
         -d, --dir DIR    Operate on project tree in DIR (default `.´)
         --unescaped      show filenames in unescaped form

       Apply CHANGESET to the project tree and then delete CHANGESET.

       If CHANGESET is not specified, the highest numbered ,,undo-N directory in the project tree
       root is used.

       If --keep is given, the changeset directory is not deleted.

       See also "tla undo --help" and "tla apply-changeset --help".

   tla changes
       report about local changes in a project tree

       Usage: tla changes [options] [revision] [-- limit...]

         -h, --help        Display a help message and exit.
         -H                Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version     Display a release identifier string and exit.
         -A, --archive     Override `my-default-archive´.
         -d, --dir DIR     Change to DIR first.
         -o, --output DIR  Save changeset in DIR (implies --keep).
         -v, --verbose     Verbose changeset report.
         -q, --quiet       Suppress progress information
         --diffs           Include diffs in the output.
         -k, --keep        Don´t remove the output directory on termination.
         --link            hardlink unchanged files to revision library
         --unescaped       show filenames in unescaped form

       Generate a patch report describing the differences between the project tree containing DIR
       (or the current directory) and REVISION.

       The default patch level for a given version is the latest level for which the project tree
       has a patch.  The default archive and version is as printed by "tla tree-version".

   tla file-diff
       show local changes to a file

       Usage: tla file-diff [options] file [revision]

         -h, --help      Display a help message and exit.
         -H              Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version   Display a release identifier string
                         and exit.
         -A, --archive   Override `my-default-archive´
         -N, --new-file  Treat missing file as empty

       Print diffs between FILE and the corresponding file in a cached copy of REVISION.

       The default patch level for a given version is the latest level for which the project tree
       has a patch.  The default archive and version is as printed by "tla tree-version".

   tla diff
       report about local changes in a project tree

       Usage: tla diff [options] [revision] [-- files...]

         -h, --help          Display a help message and exit.
         -H                  Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version       Display a release identifier string and exit.
         -A, --archive       Override `my-default-archive´.
         -d, --dir DIR       Change to DIR first.
         -o, --output DIR    Save changeset in DIR.
         -v, --verbose       Verbose changeset report.
         -q, --quiet         Suppress progress information
         -s, --summary       Do not include diffs in the output.
         -k, --keep          Don´t remove the output directory on termination.
         -L, --latest        compare against the latest revision (HEAD) in branch
         --link              hardlink unchanged files to revision library
         --unescaped         show filenames in unescaped form
         --limit LIMITS      limit the diff to LIMITS
         -D, --diff-options  specify options for `diff´ (for display only)

       Generate a patch report describing the differences between the project tree containing DIR
       (or the current directory) and REVISION.

       The default patch level for a given version is the latest level for which the project tree
       has a patch.  The default archive and version is as printed by "tla tree-version".

   tla export
       export all or some of a tree revision

       Usage: tla export [options] [revision] dir

         -d, --dir DIR  Change to DIR first.
         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -s, --silent   no output

       Extract  REVISION from an archive, creating a new source tree with no control information.
       Note if export the local tree revision, local modifications  will  not  be  included;  the
       exported file will only be copies in the repository

PROJECT TREE INVENTORY COMMANDS

   tla inventory
       inventory a source tree

       Usage: tla inventory [options] [--] [dir]*

         -h, --help          display help
         -H                  Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version       display version info

         -s, --source        list source files
         -p, --precious      list precious files
         -b, --backups       list backup files
         -j, --junk          list junk files
         -u, --unrecognized  list unrecognized files
         -t, --trees         list roots of nested trees

         -d, --directories   list only directories
         -f, --files         list only non-directories
         -B, --both          list both dirs and files
         --kind              indicate file kinds

         --all               include arch control files
         --nested            include nested trees

         --ids               list with ids (source files only)
         --untagged          include files that are missing ids

         --explicit          use explicit file ids
         --implicit          permit implicit file ids
         --tagline           permit tagline file ids
         --names             use name-based file ids
         --unescaped         show filenames in unescaped form

       With no arguments, print a human-readable inventory report.

       With  category options (--source etc) limit the report to just those files.  With no other
       options, the report includes all sections and files.

       The options -d, -f, and -b cancel each other.

       If a directory is precious, junk, or unrecognized,  only  the  directory  name  itself  is
       printed -- its contents are not searched.

       Each  command  option  implies  the corresponding category option (e.g. "--source-command"
       implies "--source").  The exit status of the command is ignored.

   tla tree-lint
       (alias for lint)

       Usage: tla tree-lint [options] [dir]

         -h, --help                Display a help message and exit.
         -H                        Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version             Display a release identifier string
                                   and exit.
         -s, --broken-symlinks     Just list broken symlinks
         -u, --unrecognized-files  Just list files violating naming conventions
         -t, --untagged-files      Just list files lacking inventory ids
         -m, --missing-files       Just list inventory ids lacking corresponding files
         -d, --duplicate-ids       Just list duplicated ids
         --strict                  exit with non-0 status on _any_ oddity
         --unescaped               show filenames in unescaped form

       Audit a source tree for missing files,  untagged  files,  duplicate  ids,  and  files  not
       matching recognized naming conventions.

       The  default  is to list files failing any of those tests.  Enabling any of the `specific´
       tests disables the rest, unless they´re explicitly enabled on the command line. Therefore,
       "tla tree-lint" is equivalent to "tla tree-lint -sutmd"

   tla lint
       audit a source tree

       Usage: tla lint [options] [dir]

         -h, --help                Display a help message and exit.
         -H                        Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version             Display a release identifier string
                                   and exit.
         -s, --broken-symlinks     Just list broken symlinks
         -u, --unrecognized-files  Just list files violating naming conventions
         -t, --untagged-files      Just list files lacking inventory ids
         -m, --missing-files       Just list inventory ids lacking corresponding files
         -d, --duplicate-ids       Just list duplicated ids
         --strict                  exit with non-0 status on _any_ oddity
         --unescaped               show filenames in unescaped form

       Audit  a  source  tree  for  missing  files,  untagged files, duplicate ids, and files not
       matching recognized naming conventions.

       The default is to list files failing any of those tests.  Enabling any of  the  `specific´
       tests disables the rest, unless they´re explicitly enabled on the command line. Therefore,
       "tla tree-lint" is equivalent to "tla tree-lint -sutmd"

   tla id
       report the inventory id for a file

       Usage: tla id [options] file ...

         -h, --help       Display a help message and exit.
         -H               Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version    Display a release identifier string
                          and exit.
         --implicit       Use the implicit id tagging method.
         --tagline        Use the tagline id tagging method (default).
         --explicit       Use the explicit id tagging method.
         --names          Use the names id tagging method.
         --silent         No output -- exit status only.
         --unescaped      show filenames in unescaped form

       Print a file´s inventory id.

   tla id-tagging-method
       print or change a project tree id tagging method

       Usage: tla id-tagging-method [options] [method]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -d, --dir DIR  cd to DIR first
         --strict       exit with error if method not set

       Print or change the method by which source files are identified in  DIR  (or  the  current
       directory).

       When setting, METHOD must be one of:

               names           -- use naming conventions only
               implicit        -- use naming conventions but permit
                                  for inventory tags
               explicit        -- require explicit designation of source
               tagline         -- mix names, explicit and arch-tag: methods

       When  printing,  if --strict is provided but no id tagging method is explicitly set, print
       an error.

   tla add
       (alias for add-id)

       Usage: tla add [options] file ...

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -i, --id ID    Specify ID, instead of using auto-generated id.

       Create an explicit inventory id for FILE (which may be a regular file, symbolic  link,  or
       directory).

   tla add-id
       add an explicit inventory id

       Usage: tla add-id [options] file ...

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -i, --id ID    Specify ID, instead of using auto-generated id.

       Create  an  explicit inventory id for FILE (which may be a regular file, symbolic link, or
       directory).

   tla delete-id
       remove an explicit inventory id

       Usage: tla delete-id [options] file ...

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.

       Remove an explicit inventory id for FILE (which may be a regular file, symbolic  link,  or
       directory).

   tla move-id
       move an explicit inventory id

       Usage: tla move-id [options] from to

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.

       Move  an  explicit inventory id for FILE (which may be a regular file or symbolic link but
       which must not be a directory).

   tla touch
       add an explicit inventory id, touching the file.

       Usage: tla touch [options] file ...

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -i, --id ID    Specify ID, instead of using auto-generated id.

       Create an explicit inventory id for FILE (which may be a regular file, symbolic  link,  or
       directory). This command also sets the modification and access times of the file, creating
       it if necessary.

   tla rm
       remove a file (or dir, or symlink) and its explicit inventory tag

       Usage: tla rm [options] file...

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.

       This command is suitable as a replacement for rm(1) within any tla  tree  for  any  remove
       operation, regardless of id tagging method.

   tla mv
       move a file (or dir, or symlink) and its explicit inventory tag

       Usage: tla mv [options] from to   OR   from1 from2 ... dir

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.

       This  command  is  suitable  as  a  replacement for mv(1) within any tla tree for any move
       operation, regardless of id tagging method.

   tla explicit-default
       print or modify default ids

       Usage: tla explicit-default [options] [TAG-PREFIX]

         -h, --help       Display a help message and exit.
         -H               Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version    Display a release identifier string
                          and exit.
         -D, --dir DIR    cd to DIR first
         -d, --delete     remove the default
         -s, --strong     use the strong default (default)
         -w, --weak       use the weak default
         --dont-care      use the dont-care default

       For files in this directory, use:

            ID-PREFIX__BASENAME

       as the default explicit id for all files in this directory that do not  have  an  explicit
       explicit id.

       With no arguments, print the previously set ID-PREFIX.

       By  default, this command sets, prints or deletes a "strong default" -- a default explicit
       id which overrides implicit ids.

       With --weak, set (or print) a weak default id which is overridden by explicit ids.

       The --dont-care option sets (or with -d, clears) a flag for  that  directory  that  causes
       unidged files not to be reported as such in "tla tree-lint" reports.

   tla default-id
       (alias for explicit-default)

       Usage: tla default-id [options] [TAG-PREFIX]

         -h, --help       Display a help message and exit.
         -H               Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version    Display a release identifier string
                          and exit.
         -D, --dir DIR    cd to DIR first
         -d, --delete     remove the default
         -s, --strong     use the strong default (default)
         -w, --weak       use the weak default
         --dont-care      use the dont-care default

       For files in this directory, use:

            ID-PREFIX__BASENAME

       as  the  default  explicit id for all files in this directory that do not have an explicit
       explicit id.

       With no arguments, print the previously set ID-PREFIX.

       By default, this command sets, prints or deletes a "strong default" -- a default  explicit
       id which overrides implicit ids.

       With --weak, set (or print) a weak default id which is overridden by explicit ids.

       The  --dont-care  option  sets  (or with -d, clears) a flag for that directory that causes
       unidged files not to be reported as such in "tla tree-lint" reports.

   tla id-tagging-defaults
       print the default =tagging-method contents

       Usage: tla id-tagging-defaults [options]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.

       Print the boilerplate contents that are used to initialize new =tagging-method files.

PATCH SET COMMANDS

   tla changeset
       compute a whole-tree changeset

       Usage: tla changeset [options] ORIG MOD DEST [files]

         -h, --help             Display a help message and exit.
         -H                     Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version          Display a release identifier string
                                and exit.
         --file-list FILES      record only diffs of selected files
         --unescaped            show filenames in unescaped form

       Create the output directory DESTINATION (it must not already exist).

       Compare source trees ORIGINAL and MODIFIED.  Create a changeset tree in DESTINATION

       See also "tla apply-changeset -H".

   tla mkpatch
       (alias for changeset)

       Usage: tla mkpatch [options] ORIG MOD DEST [files]

         -h, --help             Display a help message and exit.
         -H                     Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version          Display a release identifier string
                                and exit.
         --file-list FILES      record only diffs of selected files
         --unescaped            show filenames in unescaped form

       Create the output directory DESTINATION (it must not already exist).

       Compare source trees ORIGINAL and MODIFIED.  Create a changeset tree in DESTINATION

       See also "tla apply-changeset -H".

   tla apply-changeset
       apply a whole-tree changeset

       Usage: tla apply-changeset [options] CHANGESET [TARGET]

         -h, --help       Display a help message and exit.
         -H               Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version    Display a release identifier string
                          and exit.
         -N, --forward    pass the --forward option to `patch´
         -r, --reverse    Apply the changeset in reverse
         --unescaped      show filenames in unescaped form

       Apply the changeset CHANGESET to the source tree TARGET (default `.´).

       See also "tla changeset -H".

   tla dopatch
       (alias for apply-changeset)

       Usage: tla dopatch [options] CHANGESET [TARGET]

         -h, --help       Display a help message and exit.
         -H               Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version    Display a release identifier string
                          and exit.
         -N, --forward    pass the --forward option to `patch´
         -r, --reverse    Apply the changeset in reverse
         --unescaped      show filenames in unescaped form

       Apply the changeset CHANGESET to the source tree TARGET (default `.´).

       See also "tla changeset -H".

   tla show-changeset
       generate a report from a changeset

       Usage: tla show-changeset [options] [dir]

         -h, --help       Display a help message and exit.
         -H               Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version    Display a release identifier string
                          and exit.
         --diffs          include diff output
         --unescaped      show filenames in unescaped form

       Produce a human-readable summary of a changeset.

ARCHIVE TRANSACTION COMMANDS

   tla make-archive
       create a new archive directory

       Usage: tla make-archive [options] [name] location

         -h, --help                       Display a help message and exit.
         -H                               Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version                    Display a release identifier string
                                          and exit.
         -m, --mirror MASTER              create mirror of specified archive
         -M, --mirror-from MASTER-SOURCE  create pull-based mirror of specified archive
         -l, --listing                    Keep .listing files up-to-date in this archive.
         -t, --tla                        Create a tla format archive.
         -b, --baz                        Create a baz format archive (the default).
         -s, --signed                     GPG sign the contents of this archive.

       NAME is the global name for the archive.  It  must  be  an  email  address  with  a  fully
       qualified  domain  name,  optionally  followed  by  "--"  and a string of letters, digits,
       periods and dashes.

       With --mirror, label the new archive as a mirror of MASTER. Ordinary commits  can  not  be
       made to a mirror archive, however the command "tla archive-mirror" can write to a mirror.

       Two special forms of this command are available:

          tla make-archive --mirror MASTER LOCATION

       is equivalent to:

          tla make-archive --mirror MASTER MASTER-MIRROR LOCATION

       and  thus  "tla  archive-mirror MASTER" will push changes from MASTER to the newly created
       mirror.

          tla make-archive --mirror-from MASTER-SOURCE LOCATION

       is equivalent to:

          tla make-archive --mirror MASTER-SOURCE MASTER LOCATION

       and thus "tla archive-mirror MASTER" will pull changes from  MASTER-SOURCE  to  the  newly
       created mirror.

       The  first of these two special forms is especially handy when creating a remote mirror in
       which to publish a local repository.

       The second special form is handy when creating a local mirror of a remote archive, locally
       bound to the remote archive´s name.

       The --tla option creates a tla format archive, the default is  to create a Bazaar archive.

   tla archive-setup
       create new categories, branches and versions

       Usage: tla archive-setup [options] [version ...]

         -h, --help       Display a help message and exit.
         -H               Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version    Display a release identifier string
                          and exit.
         -A, --archive    Override `my-default-archive´
         -f, --file FILE  read the list of desired versions from FILE
         -b, --branches   make base-0 tags
         -c, --cache      archive cache when creating base-0 tags

       Given  a  list  of  categories,  branches,  and  versions,  ensure that these exist in the
       appropriate archive.

       For example, starting with an empty archive,:

           % tla archive-setup  proja--devo--1.0 projb

       creates a category, branch, and version for project A, and a category for project B

       When the --file option is used, the list of items to create is read from a file  (use  "-"
       to indicate standard input).

       With  the  --file  option, the option --branches may be provided.  In this case, the input
       should have two items per line:  a target version (to create), and  a  source  version  to
       build a tag from.   For example, given an input file containg:

           proja--devo--1.0  his@foo.com/proja--devo--1.0

       with --branches, archive-setup creates a proja version in your default archive, and adds a
       base-0 revision to that project which is a tag of the  latest  revision  in  his@foo.com´s
       archive.   (This  can  make  it quite easy to set-up a new archive which contains branches
       from existing archives, for example.)

       If --branches is used, the --cache option may also be used.   It causes  each  new  base-0
       revision to be archive-cached (see "tla cacherev -H")

   tla make-category
       create a new archive category

       Usage: tla make-category [options] category

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´

       Create  CATEGORY  as  a  category  in the indicated archive. The category must not already
       exist.

   tla make-branch
       create a new archive branch

       Usage: tla make-branch [options] branch

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´

       Create BRANCH as a branch in the indicated archive.

       The category containing the branch must already exist.

   tla make-version
       create a new archive version

       Usage: tla make-version [options] version

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´

       Create VERSION as a version in the indicated archive. The branch for this version must not
       already exist.

   tla import
       archive a full-source base-0 revision

       Usage: tla import [options] [[archive]/version]

         -h, --help              Display a help message and exit.
         -H                      Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version           Display a release identifier string
                                 and exit.
         -A, --archive           Override `my-default-archive´.
         -d, --dir DIR           Change to DIR first.
         -l, --log FILE          Commit with log file FILE.
         -s, --summary TEXT      log with summary TEXT plus log-for-merge output
         -L, --log-message TEXT  log with TEXT
         -S, --setup             Use `archive-setup´ if necessary; implied by default.
         --no-setup              Do not use `archive-setup´ even if necessary.
         --unescaped             show filenames in unescaped form

       Archive  a  from-scratch  base revision of the project tree containing DIR (or the current
       directory).  Use this command to create the first revision of a new project.

       If --log-message is specified without --summary, then TEXT is used both as the summary and
       the first line of the log body.

   tla commit
       archive a changeset-based revision

       Usage: tla commit [options] [[archive]/version] [-- file ...]

         -h, --help                               Display a help message and exit.
         -H                                       Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version                            Display a release identifier string
                                                  and exit.
         -A, --archive                            Override `my-default-archive´
         -d, --dir DIR                            cd to DIR first
         -l, --log FILE                           commit with log file FILE
         -s, --summary TEXT                       log with summary TEXT plus log-for-merge output
         -L, --log-message TEXT                   log with TEXT plus log-for-merge output
         --strict                                 strict tree-lint
         --seal                                   create a version-0 revision
         --fix                                    create a versionfix revision
         --out-of-date-ok                         commit even if out of date
         --file-list FILE                         commit only changes to files listed in FILE
         --write-revision  REVISION_FILE_SPEC       write  the  new tree id to REVISION_FILE_SPEC
       before committing
         --unescaped                              show filenames in unescaped form

       Archive a revision of the project tree containing DIR (or the current directory)

       If there are any automated ChangeLog files, update them before computing the patch set.

       If --log-message is specified without --summary, then TEXT is used both as the summary and
       the first line of the log body.

   tla get
       construct a project tree for a revision

       Usage: tla get [options] revision [dir]

         -h, --help           Display a help message and exit.
         -H                   Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version        Display a release identifier string
                              and exit.
         -A, --archive        Override `my-default-archive´
         --cache DIR          cache root for trees with pristines
         --no-pristine        don´t save a pristine copy
         --link               hardlink files to revision library instead of copying
         --library            ensure the revision is in a revision library
         --sparse             add library entries sparsely (--link, --library)
         --non-sparse         add library entries densely (--link, --library)
         -s, --silent         no output
         --no-greedy-add      do not allow greedy libraries to add revisions
         --unescaped          show filenames in unescaped form

       Extract  REVISION  from  an  archive,  creating  the new project tree DIR.   If DIR is not
       specified, store the working copy in a subdirectory of the current  directory,  giving  it
       the  name  of  the  revision.  CAUTION:  when  using  the  links  option  be  sure  to use
       copy-on-write on your editor or the revision library will be corrupted.  Either  way,  the
       project tree must not already exist.

   tla get-changeset
       retrieve a changeset from an archive

       Usage: tla get-changeset [options] revision [dir]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´

       Retrieve  the  changeset  for  REVISION  and store it in the directory DIR (or a directory
       named REVISION.patches).  DIR must not already exist.

   tla lock-revision
       lock (or unlock) an archive revision

       Usage: tla lock-revision [options] revision

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´
         -u, --unlock   release a lock owned by you
         -b, --break    break any existing lock

       Acquire the lock needed to create REVISION.

       Revision must be the  next  patch-level  in  sequence,  however,  if  no  patch  level  is
       specified,  the  lock  is  taken  unconditionally.  If no version is specified, the latest
       version is locked.

   tla archive-mirror
       update an archive mirror

       Usage: tla archive-mirror [options] [from [to] [limit]]

         -h, --help         Display a help message and exit.
         -H                 Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version      Display a release identifier string
                            and exit.
         --no-cached        don´t copy cached revisions
         -s, --summary      print the summary of each patch
         --cached-tags      copy only cachedrevs for tags to other archives

       If no arguments are  given,  update  your  `my-default-archive´-MIRROR  archive  with  the
       contents of `my-default-archive´.

       If  a  [FROM]  archive is given, update the [FROM]-MIRROR archive with the contents of the
       [FROM] archive

       If both [FROM] and [TO] archives are specified, update [TO] with the contents of [FROM]

       If LIMIT is provided, it should be a category, branch, version, or revision  name.    Only
       the  indicated  part  of  FROM  will  be copied to TO. If LIMIT is a revision, then cached
       revisions will be copied and deleted to TO.

       (see "tla make-archive -H".).

ARCHIVE COMMANDS

   tla abrowse
       print an outline describing archive contents

       Usage: tla abrowse [options] [limit]

         -h, --help             Display a help message and exit.
         -H                     Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version          Display a release identifier string
                                and exit.
         -A, --archive          Override `my-default-archive´
         -r, --reverse          sort revisions from newest to oldest
         -s, --summary          print a summary of each patch
         -c, --creator          print the creator of each patch
         -D, --date             print the date of each patch
         -k, --kind             show each revision kind (import, changeset or id)
         -C, --cacherevs        show cached revisions
         -f, --full             print full patch level names
         --desc                 implies -s -c -D -k -C
         --local-merges         list merges from the same archive
         --foreign-merges       list merges from other archives
         --merges               list all merges
         --categories           show category names only
         --branches             show branch names only
         --versions             show version names only
         --omit-empty           omit empty or unchanged-since items
         --since SNAP-FILE      show revisions after those listed in SNAP-FILE
         --since-limits         limit output to items in the since file
         --snap SNAP-FILE       record the highest revisions shown
         --force                overwrite an existing snap-file

       Describe the contents of an archive in outline format.

       With LIMIT, look only that part of the archive.

       LIMIT may be a fully qualified name and may be an archive name.

   tla rbrowse
       print an outline describing an archive´s contents

       Usage: tla rbrowse [options] [[ARCHIVE_NAME/]LIMIT_REGEX]

         -h, --help               Display a help message and exit.
         -H                       Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version            Display a release identifier string
         --all                    Search all archives
         --since SNAP-FILE        Only show differences since SNAP-FILE
         --snap SNAP-FILE         Snap an archive
         -f, --snap-force         Force snap writing
         -r                       Reverse patch logs
         -s                       Print the summary of matching patches
         -c                       Print the creator of matching patches
         -D                       Print the date of matching patches
         --patch-regex REGEX      Only show revisions that contain [REGEX]
                                  (implies -s)
         -A, --archive            Use [archive] instead of default
         --show-sealed            Do not hide sealed branches

       an outline of an archive will be printed, showing the categories, branches  and  revisions
       of the specified archive if no archive is given then `my-default-archive` is used.

       If  [LIMIT  REGEX]  is  specified, revisions will only be shown if the category, branch or
       version matches [LIMIT REGEX]. If --patch-regex [REGEX]  is  given,  then  only  patchlogs
       matching [REGEX] will be given

   tla categories
       list the categories in an archive

       Usage: tla categories [options] [archive]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´

       Print a list of the categories present in an archive.

   tla branches
       list the branches in an archive category

       Usage: tla branches [options] [category]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´

       Print a list of the branches within CATEGORY

   tla versions
       list the versions in an archive branch

       Usage: tla versions [options] [branch]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´
         -r, --reverse  sort from newest to oldest

       Print a list of versions within an archive branch.

       The  list is ordinarily sorted from oldest to newest, but the order can be changed with -r
       (--reverse).

   tla revisions
       list the revisions in an archive version

       Usage: tla revisions [options] [version]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´
         -r, --reverse  sort from newest to oldest
         -f, --full     list fully qualified names
         -s, --summary  print a summary of each patch
         -c, --creator  print the creator of each patch
         -D, --date     print the date of each patch

       Print a list of revisions within an archive version.

       The list is ordinarily sorted from oldest to newest, but the order can be changed with  -r
       (--reverse).

       With  optional arguments specifying patches, list only those patches, if they exist.  If a
       listed patch does not exist, exit with status 1.  The -r (--reverse) flag  has  no  effect
       with optional arguments.

   tla ancestry
       display the ancestory of a revision

       Usage: tla ancestry [options] [revision]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´
         -d, --dir DIR  cd to DIR first
         -m, --merges   show merges into this development line
         -r, --reverse  list oldest to newest
         -s, --summary  print a summary of each patch
         -c, --creator  print the creator of each patch
         -D, --date     print the date of each patch

       Print the ancestry of a revision.

   tla ancestry-graph
       display the ancestory of a revision

       Usage: tla ancestry-graph [options] [revision]

         -h, --help       Display a help message and exit.
         -H               Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version    Display a release identifier string
                          and exit.
         -A, --archive    Override `my-default-archive´
         -d, --dir DIR    cd to DIR first
         -m, --merges     show merges into this development line
         -r, --reverse    list oldest to newest
         -i, --immediate  show only the immediate ancestor
         -p, --previous   show the (namespace) previous revision

       Print a list describing the ancestry of a revision.

   tla cat-archive-log
       print the contents of an archived log entry

       Usage: tla cat-archive-log [options] revision

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´
         --headers      show only log headers

       Retrieve and print the log message for the indicated revision from its archive.

   tla cacherev
       cache a full source tree in an archive

       Usage: tla cacherev [options] [revision]

         -h, --help       Display a help message and exit.
         -H               Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version    Display a release identifier string
                          and exit.
         -A, --archive    Override `my-default-archive´
         --cache DIR      cache root for trees with pristines

       Cache  a  full-text  copy  of  the  indicated revision in the archive.   This can speed up
       subsequent calls to "tla get" for that and subsequent revisions.

       If no revision is specified, but the command is run from within a project tree, cache  the
       latest revision in the default version of that tree.

   tla cachedrevs
       list cached revisions in an archive

       Usage: tla cachedrevs [options] [version]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´

       Report which revisions of VERSION have been cached as whole trees in the archive.

       See also "tla cacherev -H".

   tla uncacherev
       remove a cached full source tree from an archive

       Usage: tla uncacherev [options] revision [dir]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´

       Remove the cached form of REVISION from its archive.

       If  REVISION  is not specified, but the command is run from within a project tree, uncache
       the latest revision in the default version of that tree.

       Also see "tla cacherev -H".

   tla archive-meta-info
       report meta-info from an archive

       Usage: tla archive-meta-info [options] item-name

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´

       Print the contents of a meta-info file from an archive. For example,

           % tla archive-meta-info name

       prints the official name of your default archive.

   tla archive-snapshot
       update an archive snapshot

       Usage: tla archive-snapshot [options] dir [limit]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´

       Update the directory DIR with a "snapshot" of of an archive (or the part  of  the  archive
       indicated by LIMIT

       For each archive snapshotted, DIR will contain a file and subdirectory (where $ARCH is the
       name of the archive):

           ./$ARCH.added
           ./$ARCH/

       Similarly, for each category snapshotted, DIR will contain:

           ./$ARCH/$CAT.added
           ./$ARCH/$CAT/

       and so on, recursively, for branches and versions.

       For each revision, the snapshot contains:

           ./$ARCH/$CAT/$BRANCH/$VERSION/$REVISION.added

       and that file contains a copy of the patch log entry for that revision.

       Snapshots can be used in combination with other tools (´make´  is  suggested)  to  trigger
       one-time events in response to new additions to an archive.

   tla archive-version
       list the archive-version in an archive

       Usage: tla archive-version [options]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´

       Print the archive format identifier string of an arch archive.

   tla archive-fixup
       fix ancillary files in an archive

       Usage: tla archive-fixup [options]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´

       This  is a kind of "catch-all" command to fix the non-standard, non-transactional state of
       an archive.  Currently its sole function is to repair .listing files in archives that  use
       them.

PATCH LOG COMMANDS

   tla make-log
       initialize a new log file entry

       Usage: tla make-log [options] [version]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´
         -d, --dir DIR  cd to DIR first

       Create  (if  needed)  a log entry file in the root of the project tree containing DIR, for
       the indicated VERSION.

       The name of the new log file is printed to standard output.

   tla log-versions
       list patch log versions in a project tree

       Usage: tla log-versions [options]

         -h, --help               Display a help message and exit.
         -H                       Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version            Display a release identifier string
                                  and exit.
         -d, --dir DIR            cd to DIR first
         -a, --archive ARCHIVE    list only logs for ARCHIVE
         -c, --category CATEGORY  list only logs for CATEGORY
         -b, --branch BRANCH      list only logs for BRANCH
         -v, --vsn VERSION        list only logs for VERSION
         -r, --reverse            reverse the sort order

       Print the list of versions for which there are patch logs in the project  tree  containing
       DIR (or the current directory).

   tla add-log-version
       add a patch log version to a project tree

       Usage: tla add-log-version [options] [archive]/version

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´
         -d, --dir DIR  cd to DIR first

       Add  an  initially  empty list of patch log for VERSION to the project tree containing DIR
       (or the current directory).

       A project tree patch log is a pre-requisite for checking the directory in on that version,
       or updating with patches from that version.

       Note  that  versions  recorded  for a project tree are recorded by fully qualified version
       names: an archive name plus the name of a version within that archive.

   tla remove-log-version
       remove a version´s patch log from a project tree

       Usage: tla remove-log-version [options] [archive]/version

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´
         -d, --dir DIR  cd to DIR first

       Remove the patch log for VERSION from the project tree  containing  DIR  (or  the  current
       directory).

       Use this command with caution -- it erases revision history from the project tree!

   tla logs
       list patch logs for a version in a project tree

       Usage: tla logs [options] [[archive]/version ...]

         -h, --help            Display a help message and exit.
         -H                    Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version         Display a release identifier string
                               and exit.
         -A, --archive         Override `my-default-archive´
         -d, --dir DIR         cd to DIR first
         -r, --reverse         sort from newest to oldest
         -s, --summary         print the summary of each patch
         -c, --creator         print the creator of each patch
         -D, --date            print the date of each patch
         --local-merges        list merges from the same archive
         --foreign-merges      list merges from other archives
         --merges              list all merges
         -f, --full            print full patch level names

       Print  the  list  of patches applied to a project tree DIR (or the current directory) from
       VERSION.

   tla cat-log
       print the contents of a project tree log entry

       Usage: tla cat-log [options] revision-spec

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´
         -d, --dir DIR  cd to DIR first

       Retrieve and print the patch log for the indicated revision from a project tree.

   tla changelog
       generate a ChangeLog from a patch log

       Usage: tla changelog [options] [[archive]/version]

         -h, --help                  Display a help message and exit.
         -H                          Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version               Display a release identifier string
                                     and exit.
         -A, --archive               Override `my-default-archive´
         -d, --dir DIR               cd to DIR first
         --no-files                  exclude file lists from ChangeLog
         --untagged                  don´t implicitly tag the output file
         --new-entry PATCH,FILE      make FILE the first (top) entry
                                       for patch level PATCH

       Generate a ChangeLog for VERSION from the patch log for DIR.

   tla log-for-merge
       generate a log entry body for a merge

       Usage: tla log-for-merge [options] [[archive]/version]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´
         -d, --dir DIR  cd to DIR first
         -r, --reverse  sort from newest to oldest

       Generate a log entry body describing a merge into VERSION.

   tla merges
       report where two branches have been merged

       Usage: tla merges [options] INTO [FROM]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´
         -d, --dir DIR  cd to DIR first
         -r, --reverse  sort from newest to oldest
         -f, --full     print full patch level names

       Print a list of pairs of patch level names:

               %s     %s   INTO-RVN  FROM-RVN

       where each pair indicates that at patch level  INTO-RVN  of  INTO,  the  patch  log  entry
       FROM-RVN was added.

       FROM  may  be  a branch name, version name, or revision name. If a branch or version name,
       all merges from that branch or version are reported.  If a revision name, only  the  merge
       points for that specific revision are reported.

       INTO  may  be a version name or revision name.  If a version name, all merge points within
       that version are printed.  If a revision name,  all  merge  points  at  that  revision  or
       earlier are printed.

       Output is sorted using patch-level ordering of the first column.

       Included  patches  are  listed  by full name unless FROM is a revision name.  If FROM is a
       revision, --full causes its full name to be printed.

   tla new-merges
       list tree patches new to a version

       Usage: tla new-merges [options] [[archive]/version]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´
         -d, --dir DIR  cd to DIR first
         -r, --reverse  sort from newest to oldest

       List all patch log entries in the tree containing DIR that have not  already  been  merged
       with VERSION.

MULTI-PROJECT CONFIGURATION COMMANDS

   tla build-config
       instantiate a multi-project config

       Usage: tla build-config [options] config

         -h, --help          Display a help message and exit.
         -H                  Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version       Display a release identifier string
                             and exit.
         -d, --dir DIR       cd to DIR first
         --no-pristines      don´t create pristine copies
         --link              hardlink files to revision library instead of copying
         --library           ensure revisions are in the revision library
         --sparse            add library entries sparsely (--link, --library)
         -r, --release-id    overwrite ./=RELEASE-ID for this config

       Build the named configuration.  See also "tla cat-config -H".

   tla cat-config
       output information about a multi-project config

       Usage: tla cat-config [options] config

         -h, --help        Display a help message and exit.
         -H                Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version     Display a release identifier string
                           and exit.
         -d, --dir DIR     cd to DIR first
         -o, --output CFG  write the output as config CFG
         -f, --force       overwrite an exiting config (with --output)
         -s, --snap        Show current patch levels of subtree packages.
         --unescaped       show filenames in unescaped form

       Parse and print the indicate config file from a project tree

       A  config  file  contains  blank  lines,  comment  lines  starting  with  "#",  and config
       specification lines.   The config file called  $NAME  is  stored  in  a  project  tree  as
       ./configs/$NAME or as ./$NAME.

       A  config  specification  line  contains  a  relative  path  within  a project tree, and a
       specification of the project or revision to store in that location.

       For example, the line:

          ./src/arch   lord@emf.net--2003b/arch--devo--1.0

       means that, when building the configuration, the latest revision of arch--devo--1.0 should
       be created within the tree as ./src/arch.

       The  project  specification  can  be a branch name, version name or the name of a specific
       revision.

       The option --snap says to examine  the  project  tree  to  find  out  which  revisions  of
       configured  project  are  printed, and generate a new config specification that references
       those specific revisions.   For example, the output for the line shown above might be:

           ./src/arch  lord@emf.net--2003b/arch--devo--1.0--patch-21

       The option --output causes  the  output  from  this  command  to  be  recorded  as  a  new
       configuration file (or to replace an existing file if --force is provided).

COMMANDS FOR BRANCHING AND MERGING

   tla tag
       create a continuation revision

       Usage: tla tag [options] SOURCE-REVISION TAG-VERSION

         -h, --help         Display a help message and exit.
         -H                 Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version      Display a release identifier string
                            and exit.
         -A, --archive      Override `my-default-archive´
         -l, --log FILE     commit with log file FILE
         --no-cacherev      Do not cacherev tag even if different archive
         --seal             create a version-0 revision
         --fix              create a versionfix revision
         -S, --setup        Use `archive-setup´ if necessary; implied by default.
         --no-setup         Do not use `archive-setup´ even if necessary.

       Create  the continuation revision TAG-VERSION (branch point or tag) which is equivalent to
       SOURCE-REVISION (plus a log entry).

       If no log entry is provided, a trivial log entry will be created.

   tla branch
       create a continuation revision

       Usage: tla branch [options] [SOURCE] BRANCH

         -h, --help         Display a help message and exit.
         -H                 Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version      Display a release identifier string
                            and exit.
         -A, --archive      Override `my-default-archive´
         -l, --log FILE     commit with log file FILE
         --no-cacherev      Do not cacherev tag even if different archive
         --seal             create a version-0 revision
         --fix              create a versionfix revision

       Create the continuation revision BRANCH (branch point  or  tag)  which  is  equivalent  to
       SOURCE  (plus  a  log  entry).  If  no  log entry is provided, a trivial log entry will be
       created.

       If SOURCE is not specified, the current project tree revision is used,   and  the  project
       tree is switched to BRANCH

   tla switch
       change the working trees version

       Usage: tla switch [options] [package]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´.
         -d, --dir DIR  Change to DIR first.
         -q, --quiet    Suppress progress information

       change  the  working  trees  version  to that of package, and make equivalent to revision.
       Preserves uncommitted changes.

       Note: tla automatically switches to the _latest_ revision in the supplied version.

   tla update
       update a project tree

       Usage: tla update [options] [version/revision]

         -h, --help       Display a help message and exit.
         -H               Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version    Display a release identifier string
                          and exit.
         -A, --archive    Override `my-default-archive´
         -d, --dir DIR    Update project tree in DIR (default `.´)
         -N, --forward    pass the --forward option to `patch´
         --dest DEST      Instead of modifying the project tree in-place,
                          make a copy of it to DEST and apply the result to that
         --unescaped      show filenames in unescaped form

       Update a project tree by getting the latest revision of VERSION (or the default version of
       the  project  tree)  and  then applying a patch set of the differences between the project
       tree and the highest revision with which it is up-to-date.

       If the merge involves conflicts, a warning message is printed, and the  new  project  tree
       will contain ".rej" files.

   tla replay
       apply revision changesets to a project tree

       Usage: tla replay [options] [version/revision...]

         -h, --help          Display a help message and exit.
         -H                  Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version       Display a release identifier string
                             and exit.
         -A, --archive       Override `my-default-archive´
         --list FILE         read a list of patches to apply
         --new               replay only new patches
         --reverse           reverse the named patch
         -N, --forward       pass the --forward option to `patch´
         -d, --dir DIR       Operate on project tree in DIR (default `.´)
         --dest DEST         Instead of modifying the project tree in-place,
                             make a copy of it to DEST and apply the result to that
         --skip-present      skip patches that contain 1 or more patch logs already in this tree
         --unescaped         show filenames in unescaped form

       The result is formed by applying patches in the latest revision of VERSION (or the default
       version of the project tree), stopping after the first patch that  causes  conflicts.   If
       multiple VERSIONs are specified, they are applied in turn.

       If  one  or  more  specific  REVISIONs (including patch-levels) is specified instead, only
       those patch sets, and no others, will be applied.

       With the --list option, read a list of patches to apply from FILE (- for standard  input).
       Complete  revision  names  should  be listed, one per line.  replay will stop at the first
       patch in the list that causes a merge conflict, leaving behind files  with  names  of  the
       form:

          ,,replay.conflicts-in --  the name of the patch that caused conflicts

          ,,replay.remaining    --  the list of patches not yet applied

   tla star-merge
       merge mutually merged branches

       Usage: tla star-merge [options] [FROM]

         -h, --help               Display a help message and exit.
         -H                       Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version            Display a release identifier string
                                  and exit.
         -A, --archive            Override tree archive
         -c, --changes OUTPUT     Generate but don´t apply the changeset.
         -r, --reference VERSION  Set reference version (default: project tree version)
         -N, --forward            pass the --forward option to `patch´
         -t, --three-way          Perform a 3-way (diff3-style) merge.
         -d, --dir DIR            Operate on project tree in DIR (default `.´)
         --unescaped              show filenames in unescaped form

       Merge  changes  from  FROM  into  the  project  tree, considering common ancestry from the
       project tree reference version, REFERENCE (which defaults  to  the  tree  version  of  the
       project tree). If FROM is not given, it defaults to the tree revision.

       The  purpose  of this command is to merge changes between development lines which may have
       merged in both directions.   It uses merge history to attempt  to  minimize  the  spurious
       conflicts that can arise from `mutual merging´.

       FROM  indicates  a  revision (it may be specified as a version name, indicating the latest
       revision in that version).

       TREE is the project tree into which the merge will occur.

       Star-merge works by computing the most recent ANCESTOR revision of REFERENCE and FROM  and
       then applying the changeset:

                delta (ANCESTOR, FROM)

       to TREE.

       The "most recent ancestor" is defined as follows:

       MAYBE_ANCESTOR_1 is defined as the highest patch level of FROM in REFERENCE for which both
       TREE and FROM have a patch log. In other words, it is the  latest  REFERENCE  revision  of
       FROM´s version already merged into TREE.

       MAYBE_ANCESTOR_2  is  defined  as the highest patch level in REFERENCE for which both FROM
       and REFERENCE have a patch log.  In other words, it is the latest  revision  of  REFERENCE
       already merged into FROM.

       MAYBE_ANCESTOR_2,  if  it  is  not  "nil", was merged into FROM at some revision of FROM´s
       version, which we can call LAST_MERGE_INTO_FROM.

       If both MAYBE_ANCESTOR_1 or MAYBE_ANCESTOR_2 are nil, star-merge can do nothing.

       If just one of MAYBE_ANCESTOR_1 is MAYBE_ANCESTOR_2 is not nil, then that non-nil value is
       ANCESTOR.

       If  both  MAYBE_ANCESTOR_1 and MAYBE_ANCESTOR_2 are not nil, then LAST_MERGE_INTO_FROM and
       MAYBE_ANCESTOR_1 are compared (both are revisions in FROM´s version). If  MAYBE_ANCESTOR_1
       is  the  later revision, then MAYBE_ANCESTOR_1 is ANCESTOR, otherwise, MAYBE_ANCESTOR_2 is
       ANCESTOR.

   tla apply-delta
       compute a changeset between any two trees or revisions and apply it to a project tree

       Usage: tla apply-delta [options] FROM(REVISION|DIR) TO(REVISION|DIR)

         -h, --help       Display a help message and exit.
         -H               Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version    Display a release identifier string
                          and exit.
         -A, --archive    Override `my-default-archive´
         -N, --forward    pass the --forward option to `patch´
         --cache DIR      specify a cache root for pristine copies
         -d, --dir DIR    Operate on project tree in DIR (default `.´)
         --dest DEST      Instead of modifying the project tree in-place,
                          make a copy of it to DEST and apply the result to that
         --unescaped      show filenames in unescaped form

       A delta between A and B (both of which may be either a full revision or a project tree) is
       computed, and then applied to the project tree.

       Exit Status Codes:

           0  No conflict during patch
           1  Conflicts occurred during patch
           3  Internal Error

   tla missing
       print patches missing from a project tree

       Usage: tla missing [options] [version]

         -h, --help          Display a help message and exit.
         -H                  Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version       Display a release identifier string
                             and exit.
         -A, --archive       Override `my-default-archive´
         -q, --quiet         produce no ordinary output
         -x, --exit-status   exit non-0 if patches are missing
         -d, --dir DIR       cd to DIR first
         -r, --reverse       sort from newest to oldest
         -s, --summary       display a summary of each missing patch
         -c, --creator       display the creator of each missing patch
         -D, --date          display the date of each missing patch
         -f, --full          print full revision names
         --merges            print a merge list for each missing patch
         --skip-present      skip patches that contain 1 or more patch logs already in this tree

       Print  a  list  of  patches  missing  in  the  project tree containing DIR (or the current
       directory) for VERSION (or the default version. of the project tree).

       The flag --merges means, for each patch, to print the list  of  patches  included  in  the
       patch in two columns.  For example:

               PATCH-A        PATCH-A
               PATCH-A        PATCH-B
               PATCH-A        PATCH-C

       means that PATCH-A includes the changes from PATCH-B and PATCH-C. (Every patch includes at
       least itself.)

       With -x, if there are missing patches, the command exits with  status  1,  otherwise  with
       status 0.

       With -q, produce no output.

       WARNING:  At this time, some error conditions *also* exit with error status 1, however, in
       situations where the caller is not concerned with errors, the exit status is still useful.

   tla join-branch
       add a version as an ancestor of a project tree

       Usage: tla join-branch [options] version

         -h, --help       Display a help message and exit.
         -H               Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version    Display a release identifier string
                          and exit.
         -A, --archive    Override `my-default-archive´
         -d, --dir DIR    Operate on project tree in DIR (default `.´)
         --dest DEST      Instead of modifying the project tree in-place,
                          make a copy of it to DEST and apply the result to that
         --unescaped      show filenames in unescaped form

       VERSION--base-0 must be a continuation (e.g. tag). The command replays the  changeset  for
       VERSION--base-0 in the project tree, which has the effect of adding the log for the branch
       (making the tag an ancestor of the resulting tree).

   tla sync-tree
       unify a project tree´s patch-log with a given revision

       Usage: tla sync-tree [options] revision

         -h, --help       Display a help message and exit.
         -H               Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version    Display a release identifier string
                          and exit.
         -A, --archive    Override `my-default-archive´
         -d, --dir DIR    Operate on project tree in DIR (default `.´)
         --dest DEST      Instead of modifying the project tree in-place,
                          make a copy of it to DEST and apply the result to that
         --unescaped      show filenames in unescaped form

       The new project tree is formed by getting the REVISION and adding  all  patch-log  entries
       from REVISION.  No actual merging is performed -- only the patch-log is changed.

   tla delta
       compute a changeset (or diff) between any two trees or revisions

       Usage: tla delta [options] (REVISION|TREE)-A (REVISION|TREE)-B [DESTDIR]

         -h, --help          Display a help message and exit.
         -H                  Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version       Display a release identifier string
                             and exit.
         -A, --archive       Override `my-default-archive´
         --cache DIR         specify a cache root for pristine copies
         -n, --no-changeset  do not generate a changeset
         --diffs             print changeset report with diffs (implies -n)
         --unescaped         show filenames in unescaped form

       Given  (REVISION|TREE)-A  and (REVISION|TREE)-B, tla will build a changeset that comprises
       the changes between REVISION-A and REVISION-B

       Example:
         tla delta tla--devo--1.1--patch-6             tla--devo--1.1--patch-8 ,,changes

         Will pull patch-6 and patch-8 from tla--devo--1.1 and compute
         a changeset, which will be saved in a newly created ,,changes
         directory. If you would like a report instead,
         append the --diffs option

LOCAL CACHE COMMANDS

   tla changes
       report about local changes in a project tree

       Usage: tla changes [options] [revision] [-- limit...]

         -h, --help        Display a help message and exit.
         -H                Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version     Display a release identifier string and exit.
         -A, --archive     Override `my-default-archive´.
         -d, --dir DIR     Change to DIR first.
         -o, --output DIR  Save changeset in DIR (implies --keep).
         -v, --verbose     Verbose changeset report.
         -q, --quiet       Suppress progress information
         --diffs           Include diffs in the output.
         -k, --keep        Don´t remove the output directory on termination.
         --link            hardlink unchanged files to revision library
         --unescaped       show filenames in unescaped form

       Generate a patch report describing the differences between the project tree containing DIR
       (or the current directory) and REVISION.

       The default patch level for a given version is the latest level for which the project tree
       has a patch.  The default archive and version is as printed by "tla tree-version".

   tla file-diff
       show local changes to a file

       Usage: tla file-diff [options] file [revision]

         -h, --help      Display a help message and exit.
         -H              Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version   Display a release identifier string
                         and exit.
         -A, --archive   Override `my-default-archive´
         -N, --new-file  Treat missing file as empty

       Print diffs between FILE and the corresponding file in a cached copy of REVISION.

       The default patch level for a given version is the latest level for which the project tree
       has a patch.  The default archive and version is as printed by "tla tree-version".

   tla file-find
       find given version of file

       Usage: tla file-find [options] file [revision]

         -h, --help       Display a help message and exit.
         -H               Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version    Display a release identifier string
                          and exit.
         -A, --archive    Override `my-default-archive´
         -N, --new-file   Print missing file as `/dev/null´
         --unescaped      show filenames in unescaped form

       Print location of file corresponding to FILE in a cached copy of REVISION

       The default patch level for a given version is the latest level for which the project tree
       has a patch.  The default archive and version is as printed by "tla tree-version".

   tla pristines
       list pristine trees in a project tree

       Usage: tla pristines [options] [limit]

         -h, --help      Display a help message and exit.
         -H              Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version   Display a release identifier string
                         and exit.
         -d, --dir DIR   cd to DIR first
         -u, --unlocked  return only unlocked pristines
         -l, --locked    return only locked pristines
         -r, --reverse   reverse sort order

       Print the list  of  pristine  revisions  cached  in  project  tree  DIR  (or  the  current
       directory).

   tla lock-pristine
       lock (or unlock) a pristine tree

       Usage: tla lock-pristine [options] revision

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´
         -d, --dir DIR  cd to DIR first
         -u, --unlock   unlock, rather than lock

       Lock  the  indicated  pristine REVISION in the project tree containing DIR (or the current
       directory).  This prevents the revision from being automatically recycled.

   tla add-pristine
       ensure that a project tree has a particular pristine revision

       Usage: tla add-pristine [options] revision

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´
         -d, --dir DIR  cd to DIR first

       Extract REVISION from an archive, creating a pristine copy. Store that  pristine  copy  in
       the current directory´s project tree

   tla find-pristine
       find and print the path to a pristine revision

       Usage: tla find-pristine [options] revision

         -h, --help       Display a help message and exit.
         -H               Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version    Display a release identifier string
                          and exit.
         -A, --archive    Override `my-default-archive´
         -d, --dir DIR    cd to DIR first
         -u, --unlocked   return only an unlocked pristine
         -l, --locked     return only a locked pristine
         -t, --tree-only  search this tree only, not siblings
         -s, --silent     exit status only

       Print the location of a pristine copy of the indicated revision

REVISION LIBRARY COMMANDS

   tla my-revision-library
       print or change your revision library path

       Usage: tla my-revision-library [options] [dir]

         -h, --help         Display a help message and exit.
         -H                 Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version      Display a release identifier string
                            and exit.
         -e, --errname      specify program name for errors
         -d, --delete       unspecify your revision library
         -s, --silent       suppress reassuring messages
         --search           use the full search path
         --add              use the full add path
         --search-only      use the search-only path
         --add-only         use the add-only path
         --first            prepend to the path if setting (default appends)

       With no argument, and without -d, print the path to your revision library.

       With   an   argument,   record   DIR   as   the   path   to   your   revision  library  in
       ~/.arch-params/=revision-library

       With the option -d (--delete) and no argument, ensure that you  do  not  have  a  revision
       library path set in ~/.arch-params.

       If  no revision library is set, the program exits with status 1, printing an error message
       unless the -s (--silent) option is given.

   tla library-config
       configure parameters of a revision library

       Usage: tla library-config [options] library-dir

         -h, --help        Display a help message and exit.
         -H                Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version     Display a release identifier string
                           and exit.
         --greedy          make the library greedy
         --non-greedy      make the library not greedy
         --sparse          make the library sparse
         --non-sparse      make the library not sparse

       Set/show various parameters for a revision library.

   tla library-find
       find and print the location of a revision in the revision library

       Usage: tla library-find [options] revision

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´
         -e, --errname  specify program name for errors
         -s, --silent   suppress reassuring messages

       Find REVISION in your revision library and print its path. If the revision is not present,
       print an error message (unless --silent is specified) and exit with non-0 status.

   tla library-add
       add a revision to the revision library

       Usage: tla library-add [options] revision

         -h, --help            Display a help message and exit.
         -H                    Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version         Display a release identifier string
                               and exit.
         -A, --archive         Override `my-default-archive´
         -s, --sparse          Don´t fill in gaps in the library.
         --non-sparse          Fill in gaps in the library.
         -L, --library LIB     specify which library to add to
         --for-links PATH      require a lib on the same device as PATH
         --unescaped           show filenames in unescaped form

       Add REVISION to your revision library.

       This command has no effect and exits with status 0 if the indicated revision is already in
       the library.

   tla library-remove
       remove a revision from the revision library

       Usage: tla library-remove [options] revision

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´

       Remove REVISION from your revision library.

       If the revision is not present, print an error message and exit with non-0 status.

   tla library-archives
       list the archives in your revision library

       Usage: tla library-archives [options]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.

       List all archives with records in the revision library.

   tla library-categories
       list the categories in your revision library

       Usage: tla library-categories [options] [archive]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´

       List all categories within a given archive in the revision library.

   tla library-branches
       list the branches in a library category

       Usage: tla library-branches [options] [category]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´

       List all branches within CATEGORY in the revision library.

   tla library-versions
       list the versions in a library branch

       Usage: tla library-versions [options] [branch]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´
         -r, --reverse  sort from newest to oldest

       List all versions within a particular archive/branch with records in the revision library.

   tla library-revisions
       list the revisions in a library version

       Usage: tla library-revisions [options] [version]

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´
         -r, --reverse  sort from newest to oldest
         -f, --full     list fully qualified names
         -s, --summary  print a summary of each patch
         -c, --creator  print the creator of each patch
         -D, --date     print the date of each patch

       List all revisions within a  particular  archive/version  with  records  in  the  revision
       library.

   tla library-log
       output a log message from the revision library

       Usage: tla library-log [options] revision

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´
         -s, --silent   suppress reassuring messages

       Print the log message for REVISION from the library.

   tla library-file
       find a file in a revision library

       Usage: tla library-file [options] file revision

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.
         -A, --archive  Override `my-default-archive´
         --id           interpret FILE as an inventory id
         --this         interpret FILE as a file within a project tree

       Find FILE in REVISION in your revision library and print its path. If the revision or file
       is not present, print an error message and exit with non-0 status.

PUBLISHED REVISIONS COMMANDS

   tla grab
       grab a published revision

       Usage: tla grab [options] location

         -h, --help     Display a help message and exit.
         -H             Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version  Display a release identifier string
                        and exit.

       Grabs a published revision from LOCATION.

MISCELLANEOUS SCRIPTING SUPPORT

   tla parse-package-name
       parse a package name

       Usage: tla parse-package-name [options] name

         -h, --help             Display a help message and exit.
         -H                     Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version          Display a release identifier string
                                and exit.
         -A, --archive          Override `my-default-archive´
         -a, --arch             print the archive name
         --non-arch             print the non-archive part of the name
         -c, --category         print the category name
         -b, --branch           print the branch name
         -p, --package          print the package name
         -v, --vsn              print the version id
         --package-version      print the category--branch--version
         -l, --lvl              print the patch level
         --patch-level          synonym for --lvl

       Options -b, -B, -p, -v, and -l cancel each other.

       For -b, -v, and -l, just the id string is printed without "--".

       For -p, the output is "<basename>--<branch>".

   tla valid-package-name
       test a package name for validity

       Usage: tla valid-package-name [options] name

         -h, --help         Display a help message and exit.
         -H                 Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version      Display a release identifier string
                            and exit.
         -e, --errname      specify program name for errors
         --archive          require and explicit archive
         --no-archive       prohibit and explicit archive
         -c, --category     require a category
         -p, --package      require category, permit branch
         -v, --vsn          require a version number
         -l, --patch-level  require a patch level
         --lvl              synonym for --patch-level
         -t, --tolerant     tolerate more specific names

       Exit with status 0 if PACKAGE is a valid package name, status 1 otherwise.

       By default, require a basename or basename plus branch label.

       Options -v and -l cancel -b and vice versa.

       Option -l implies -v.

       If an error name is specified (-e or --errname), then invalid names cause an error message
       on stdout.  Otherwise, the exit status is the only output.

       By  default,  validation  is strict.  For example, -b checks for a valid basename and does
       not permit a branch label or version number.

       With -t, more specific names are permitted.  For example, -b will permit  a  branch  name,
       version number, and patch level.

   tla escape
       print strings in escaped or unescaped form

       Usage: tla escape [--unescaped] string

         -h, --help       Display a help message and exit.
         -H               Display a verbose help message and exit.
         -V, --version    Display a release identifier string
                          and exit.
         --unescaped      show filenames in unescaped form

       Using Pika escaping rules.

ENVIRONMENT

       EDITOR If $EDITOR is set, use its value as the path of the text editor arch is to run when
              asking the user for text input. If unset, log messages must be given on the command
              line using the `-L´ parameter or in the file created by `tla make-log´.

       HOME   User´s home directory, where arch looks for .arch-cache/ and .arch-params/ .

       http_proxy HTTP_PROXY
              If  $http_proxy  or $HTTP_PROXY is set, arch used its value as the URL of the proxy
              to use for WebDAV accesses.  $http_proxy has higher priority than $HTTP_PROXY.   If
              unset, no proxy is used.

       TMPDIR If  $TMPDIR is set, arch creates temporary files in the given directory. Otherwise,
              it uses `/tmp´.

FILES

       ${HOME}/.arch-cache/
              Directory where arch caches archive data

       ${HOME}/.arch-params/
              Directory where all the user´s settings are stored.

       ${HOME}/.arch-params/hook
              Hook script called after every execution of tla.

       ${HOME}/.arch-params/signing/
              Directory where the commands for signing and checking signatures are stored.

SEE ALSO

       http://gnuarch.org/, http://wiki.gnuarch.org/