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NAME

       CVSps - create patchset information from CVS

SYNOPSIS

       cvsps  [-h]  [-x]  [-u]  [-z  <fuzz>]  [-g]  [-s <patchset>] [-a <author>] [-f <file>] [-d
       <date1> [-d <date2>]] [-l <text>] [-b <branch>] [-r <tag>  [-r  <tag>]]  [-p  <directory>]
       [-v]   [-t]  [--norc]  [--summary-first]  [--test-log  <filename>]  [--bkcvs]  [--no-rlog]
       [--diff-opts <option string>] [--cvs-direct]  [--debuglvl  <bitmask>]  [-Z  <compression>]
       [--root <cvsroot>] [-q] [-A] [<repository>]

DESCRIPTION

       CVSps  is  a  program  for  generating  'patchset'  information  from a CVS repository.  A
       patchset in this case is defined as a set of changes made to a collection  of  files,  and
       all committed at the same time (using a single 'cvs commit' command).  This information is
       valuable to seeing the big picture of the evolution of a cvs project.   While  cvs  tracks
       revision information, it is often difficult to see what changes were committed

OPTIONS

       -h     display usage summary

       -x     ignore (and rebuild) ~/.cvsps/cvsps.cache file

       -u     update ~/.cvsps/cvsps.cache file

       -z <fuzz>
              set the timestamp fuzz factor for identifying patch sets

       -g     generate diffs of the selected patch sets

       -s <patchset>[-[<patchset>]][,<patchset>...]
              generate a diff for a given patchsets and patchset ranges

       -a <author>
              restrict output to patchsets created by author

       -f <file>
              restrict output to patchsets involving file

       -d <date1> -d <date2>
              if  just  one  date  specified,  show  revisions  newer  than  date1.  If two dates
              specified, show revisions between two dates.

       -l <regex>
              restrict output to patchsets matching regex in log message

       -b <branch>
              restrict output to patchsets affecting history of branch.  If you want to  restrict
              to the main branch, use a branch of 'HEAD'.

       -r <tag1> -r <tag2>
              if  just  one tag specified, show revisions since tag1. If two tags specified, show
              revisions between the two tags.

       -p <dir>
              output individual patchsets as files in <dir> as <dir>/<patchset>.patch

       -v     show very verbose parsing messages

       -t     show some brief memory usage statistics

       --norc when invoking cvs, ignore the .cvsrc file

       --summary-first
              when multiple patchset diffs are being generated, put the patchset summary for  all
              patchsets at the beginning of the output.

       --test-log <captured cvs log file>
              for  testing  changes,  you  can  capture  cvs  log  output, then test against this
              captured file instead of hammering some poor CVS server

       --bkcvs
              (see note below) for use in parsing  the  BK->CVS  tree  log  formats  only.   This
              enables some hacks which are not generally applicable.

       --no-rlog
              disable  the  use  of  rlog internally.  Note: rlog is required for stable PatchSet
              numbering.  Use with care.

       --diff-opts <option string>
              send a custom set of options to diff, for example to increase the number of context
              lines, or change the diff format.

       --cvs-direct (--no-cvs-direct)
              enable  (disable)  built-in  cvs  client  code.  This  enables  the 'pipelining' of
              multiple requests over a single client, reducing the overhead  of  handshaking  and
              authentication to one per PatchSet instead of one per file.

       --debuglvl <bitmask>
              enable various debug output channels.

       -Z <compression>
              A  value  1-9  which  specifies  amount  of  compression.   A  value  of 0 disables
              compression.

       --root <cvsroot>
              Override the setting of CVSROOT (overrides  working  dir.  and  environment).   For
              --cvs-direct only.

       -q     Be quiet about warnings.  -A Show ancestor branch when a new branch is found.

       <repository>
              Operate on the specified repository (overrides working dir.)

NOTE ON TAG HANDLING

       Tags are fundamentally 'file at a time' in cvs, but like everything else, it would be nice
       to imagine that they are 'repository at a time.'  The approach cvsps takes is that  a  tag
       is  assigned  to  a  patchset.   The  meaning  of  this is that after this patchset, every
       revision of every file is after the tag (and conversely, before this  patchset,  at  least
       one  file  is  still  before  the  tag).  However, there are two kinds of inconsistent (or
       'funky') tags that can be created, even when following best practices for cvs.

       The first is what is called a FUNKY tag.  A funky tag is one  where  there  are  patchsets
       which  are chronologically (and thus by patchset id) earlier than the tag, but are tagwise
       after.  These tags will be marked as '**FUNKY**' in the Tag: section of the cvsps  output.
       When  a  funky  tag  is  specified  as one of the '-r' arguments, there are some number of
       patchsets which need to be considered out  of  sequence.   In  this  case,  the  patchsets
       themselves will be labeled FUNKY and will be processed correctly.

       The  second  is  called an INVALID tag.  An invalid tag is a tag where there are patchsets
       which are chronologically (and thus by patchset id) earlier than the tag, but  which  have
       members  which  are  tagwise  both before, and after the tag, in the same patchset.  If an
       INVALID tag is specified as one of the '-r' arguments, cvsps will flag each member of  the
       affected patchsets as before or after the tag and the patchset summary will indicate which
       members are which, and diffs will be generated accordingly.

NOTE ON CVS VERSIONS

       Among the different cvs subcommands used by cvsps is the 'rlog' command.  The rlog command
       is  used  to  get  revision  history  of  a  module, and it disregards the current working
       directory.  The important difference between 'rlog' and 'log' (from cvsps perspective)  is
       the  'rlog'  will  include  log  data for files not in the current working directory.  The
       impact of this is mainly when there are directories which at one time had files,  but  are
       now  empty,  and  have  been  pruned  from the working directory with the '-P' option.  If
       'rlog' is not used, these files logs will not be parsed, and the PatchSet  numbering  will
       be unstable.

       The  main  problem  with 'rlog' is that, until cvs version 1.11.1, 'rlog' was an alias for
       the 'log' command.  This means, for old versions of cvs, 'rlog'  has  different  semantics
       and  usage.   cvsps will attempt to work around this problem by detecting capable versions
       of cvs.  If an old version is detected, 'log' will be used instead of 'rlog', and YMMV.

NOTE ON GENERATED DIFFS

       Another important note  is  that  cvsps  will  attempt,  whenever  possible,  to  use  the
       r-commands  (rlog,  rdiff   and co) instead of the local commands (log, diff, and update).
       This is to allow cvsps to function without a completely checked out tree.   Because  these
       r-commands are used, the generated diffs will include the module directory in them, and it
       is recommended to apply them in the working directory with the -p1  option  to  the  patch
       command.   However,  if  the  --diff-opts option is specified (to change, for example, the
       lines of context), then rdiff  cannot  be  used,  because  it  doesn't  support  arbitrary
       options.   In this case, the patches will be generated without the module directory in the
       path, and -p0 will be required when applying the  patch.   When  diffs  are  generated  in
       cvs-direct mode (see below), however, they will always be -p1 style patches.

NOTE ON BKCVS

       The  --bkcvs  option is a special operating mode that should only be used when parsing the
       log files from the BK -> CVS exported linux kernel trees.  cvsps  uses  special  semantics
       for recreating the BK ChangeSet metadata that has been embedded in the log files for those
       trees.  The --bkcvs option should only be specified when the cache file is  being  created
       or updated (i.e. initial run of cvsps, or when -u and -x options are used).

NOTE ON CVS-DIRECT

       As  of  version  2.0b6 cvsps has a partial implementation of the cvs client code built in.
       This reduces the RTT and/or handshaking overhead from one per patchset member to  one  per
       patchset.  This dramatically increases the speed of generating diffs over a slow link, and
       improves the consistency of operation.  Currently the --cvs-direct option turns on the use
       of this code, but it very well may be default by the time 2.0 comes out.  The built-in cvs
       code attempts to be compatible with cvs, but may have problems, which should be  reported.
       It  honors  the  CVS_RSH  and  CVS_SERVER  environment  variables,  but does not parse the
       ~/.cvsrc file.

NOTE ON CVSPS RC FILE

       CVSps parses an rc file at startup.  This file should be located in ~/.cvsps/cvspsrc.  The
       file  should contain arguments, in the exact syntax as the command line, one per line.  If
       an argument takes a parameter, the parameter should be on the same line as the argument.

NOTE ON DATE FORMATS

       All dates are reported in localtime.  This can be  overridden  (as  usual)  using  the  TZ
       environment variable.  Dates as arguments must be in the format 'yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss'; for
       example,

           $ cvsps -d '2004/05/01 00:00:00' -d '2004/07/07 12:00:00'

SEE ALSO

       cvs(1), ci(1), co(1), cvs(5), cvsbug(8), diff(1), grep(1), patch(1),  rcs(1),  rcsdiff(1),
       rcsmerge(1), rlog(1).

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to "David Mansfield <cvsps@dm.cobite.com>"

BUGS

       No known bugs.

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