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NAME

        aegis make transparent - make branch file transparent

SYNOPSIS

        aegis -Make_Transparent [ option...  ] filename...
        aegis -List [ option...  ]
        aegis -Help
        aegis -VERSion

DESCRIPTION

        The aegis -Make_Transparent command is used to add a file to the change which will result in the named
        file being made transparent in the branch when the change is integrated.  The version of the project
        file from the deeper branch will then show through.

        You may name a directory to make all files in that directory tree transparent.  It is an error if there
        are no relevant files.

   Branch vs Change
        The aecpu(1) command may only be applied to a change.  If you wish to perform the same operation on a
        branch, use the aemt(1) command, through the agency of a change.

   File Name Interpretation
        The aegis program will attempt to determine the project file names from the file names given on the
        command line.  All file names are stored within aegis projects as relative to the root of the baseline
        directory tree.  The development directory and the integration directory are shadows of this baseline
        directory, and so these relative names apply here, too.  Files named on the command line are first
        converted to absolute paths if necessary.  They are then compared with the baseline path, the
        development directory path, and the integration directory path, to determine a baseline-relative name.
        It is an error if the file named is outside one of these directory trees.

        The -BAse_RElative option may be used to cause relative filenames to be interpreted as relative to the
        baseline path; absolute filenames will still be compared with the various paths in order to determine a
        baseline-relative name.

        The relative_filename_preference in the user configuration file may be used to modify this default
        behavior.  See aeuconf(5) for more information.

   Process Side Effects
        This command will cancel any build or test registrations, because changing the change file list
        logically invalidates them.

   Notification
        The make_transparent_command in the project configuration file is run, if set.  The project_file_command
        is also run, if set, and if there has been an integration recently.  See aepconf(5) for more
        information.

OPTIONS

        The following options are understood:

        -BAse_RElative
                This option may be used to cause relative filenames to be considered relative to the base of the
                source tree.  See aeuconf(5) for the corresponding user preference.

        -CUrrent_RElative
                This option may be used to cause relative filenames to be considered relative to the current
                directory.  This is usually the default.  See aeuconf(5) for the corresponding user preference.

        -Change number
                This option may be used to specify a particular change within a project.  See aegis(1) for a
                complete description of this option.

        -Help
                This option may be used to obtain more information about how to use the aegis program.

        -List
                This option may be used to obtain a list of suitable subjects for this command.  The list may be
                more general than expected.

        -Project name
                This option may be used to select the project of interest.  When no -Project option is
                specified, the AEGIS_PROJECT environment variable is consulted.  If that does not exist, the
                user's $HOME/.aegisrc file is examined for a default project field (see aeuconf(5) for more
                information).  If that does not exist, when the user is only working on changes within a single
                project, the project name defaults to that project.  Otherwise, it is an error.

        -TERse
                This option may be used to cause listings to produce the bare minimum of information.  It is
                usually useful for shell scripts.

        -UNChanged
                Examine the named files to see if they are unchanged.  Only remove the unchanged files from the
                branch, and leave the files which have changed.  If no files are named on the command line all
                branch files are checked.

        -Verbose
                This option may be used to cause aegis to produce more output.  By default aegis only produces
                output on errors.  When used with the -List option this option causes column headings to be
                added.

        -Wait   This option may be used to require Aegis commands to wait for access locks, if they cannot be
                obtained immediately.  Defaults to the user's lock_wait_preference if not specified, see
                aeuconf(5) for more information.

        -No_Wait
                This option may be used to require Aegis commands to emit a fatal error if access locks cannot
                be obtained immediately.  Defaults to the user's lock_wait_preference if not specified, see
                aeuconf(5) for more information.

        See also aegis(1) for options common to all aegis commands.

        All options may be abbreviated; the abbreviation is documented as the upper case letters, all lower case
        letters and underscores (_) are optional.  You must use consecutive sequences of optional letters.

        All options are case insensitive, you may type them in upper case or lower case or a combination of
        both, case is not important.

        For example: the arguments "-project, "-PROJ" and "-p" are all interpreted to mean the -Project option.
        The argument "-prj" will not be understood, because consecutive optional characters were not supplied.

        Options and other command line arguments may be mixed arbitrarily on the command line, after the
        function selectors.

        The GNU long option names are understood.  Since all option names for aegis are long, this means
        ignoring the extra leading '-'.  The "--option=value" convention is also understood.

        The recommended alias for this command is
        csh%    alias aemt 'aegis -mt \!* -v'
        sh$     aemt(){aegis -mt "$@" -v}

        This command is dedicated to my wife, Mary-Therese.  When I was trying to explain what this command did,
        she said "I had one of those on my bicycle when I was young, but it fell off".

ERRORS

        It is an error if the change is not in the being developed state.
        It is an error if the change is not assigned to the current user.
        It is an error if the file is not present in the immediate branch.
        It is an error if the file is present in the immediate branch, but is not also present in a deeper
        branch.
        It is an error if the file is only present in the trunk branch.

EXIT STATUS

        The aegis command will exit with a status of 1 on any error.  The aegis command will only exit with a
        status of 0 if there are no errors.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

        See aegis(1) for a list of environment variables which may affect this command.  See aepconf(5) for the
        project configuration file's project_specific field for how to set environment variables for all
        commands executed by Aegis.

SEE ALSO

        aecpu(1)
                uncopy copy files from a change

        aemtu(1)
                cease making branch files transparent

        aegis version 4.24.3.D001
        Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
        2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Peter Miller

        The aegis program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use the 'aegis -VERSion License'
        command.  This is free software and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; for
        details use the 'aegis -VERSion License' command.

AUTHOR

        Peter Miller   E-Mail:   millerp@canb.auug.org.au
        /\/\*             WWW:   http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/