NAME

       rcs-checkin - check files into RCS

SYNOPSIS

       rcs-checkin [FILE...]

DESCRIPTION

       rcs-checkin is a helper script for checking files into RCS.  This program is distributed with GNU Emacs.

       This  program  converts  files  with an old Emacs-style version history for use with the Emacs 19 version
       control interface VC, which likes to use RCS as its back end.

       For each file to be processed, the script looks for Emacs version files related to it.  These  files  are
       checked  in  as deltas, oldest first, so that the contents of the file itself becomes the latest revision
       in the master.

       The first line of each file is used as its description.  The file itself is not deleted, as under VC with
       vc-keep-workfiles at its default of t, but all the version files are.

       If an argument file is already version-controlled under RCS, any version files are added to the  list  of
       deltas  and  deleted,  and then the workfile is checked in again as the latest version.  This is probably
       not quite what was wanted, and is the main reason VC doesn't simply call this to do checkins.

       In order to make it easier to use rcs-checkin *, files which are  detectably  either  RCS  masters  (with
       names ending in ,v) or Emacs version files (with names containing ~) are ignored.

OPTIONS

       The program accepts no options.

SEE ALSO

       The  Emacs  version control interface is documented in the GNU Emacs manual, which  you  can  read  using
       Info, either from Emacs or as a standalone program.

AUTHORS

       rcs-checkin was originally written by Paul Eggert.  It was revised for use with GNU Emacs VC by  Eric  S.
       Raymond.

COPYING

       Copyright (C) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

       Permission  is  granted  to  make  and distribute verbatim copies of this document provided the copyright
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       verbatim  copying,  provided  that  the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a
       permission notice identical to this one.

       Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this document into another  language,  under
       the  above  conditions  for  modified  versions,  except  that  this permission notice may be stated in a
       translation approved by the Free Software Foundation.

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