Provided by: aegis_4.24.3-3_amd64 
NAME
aegis new project - create a new project
SYNOPSIS
aegis -New_PRoject project-name [ option... ]
aegis -New_PRoject -List [ option... ]
aegis -New_PRoject -Help
DESCRIPTION
The aegis -New_PRoject command is used to create a new project. The project is created as an empty
directory structure with no staff except the administrator, no changes, and branches to implement the
version specified.
Please note: unless you specify a version (see the -version option, below) this command will default to
creating branches to support version 1.0. If you discovered this too late, all is not lost: you can use
the aenbru(1) command to get rid of the branches you didn't want.
Directory
The project directory, under which the project baseline and history and state and change data are kept,
will be created at this time. If the -DIRectory option is not given, the project directory will be
created in the directory specified by the default_project_directory field of aeuconf(5), or if not set
in current user's home directory; in either case with the same name as the project.
Staff
The project is created with the current user and group as the owning user and group. The current user
is an administrator for the project. The project has no developers, reviewers, integrators or other
administrators. The project's umask is derived from the current user's umask, but guaranteeing that
group members will have access and that only the project owner will have write access.
Pointer
The project pointer will be added to the first element of the search path, or /var/lib/aegis if no path
is set. If this is inappropriate, use the -LIBrary option to explicitly set the desired location. See
the -LIBrary option for more information.
Version
You may specify the project version in two ways:
1. The version number may be implicit in the project name, in which case the version numbers will be
stripped off. For example, “aenpr example.1.2” will create a project called “example” with branch
number 1 created, and sub-branch 2 of branch 1 created.
2. The version number may be stated explicitly, in which case it will be subdivided for branch numbers.
For example, “aenpr example -version 1.2” will create a project called “example” with branch number 1
created, and sub-branch 2 of branch 1 created.
In each case, these branches may be named wherever a project name may be given, such as “-p example.1”
and “-p example-1.2”. The actual punctuation character is unimportant.
You may have any depth of version numbers you like. Both methods of specifying version numbers may be
used, and they will be combined. If you want no version numbers at all, use -version with a single dash
as the argument, as in “-version -”
If no version number is given, either explicitly or implicitly, version 1.0 is used.
Project Directory Location
Please Note: Aegis also consults the underlying file system, to determine its notion of maximum file
size. Where the file system's maximum file size is less than maximum_filename_length, the filesystem
wins. This can happen, for example, when you are using the Linux UMSDOS file system, or when you have
an NFS mounted an ancient V7 filesystem. Setting maximum_filename_length to 255 in these cases does not
alter the fact that the underlying file systems limits are far smaller (12 and 14, respectively).
If your development directories (or your whole project) is on filesystems with filename limitations, or
a portion of the heterogeneous builds take place in such an environment, it helps to tell Aegis what
they are (using the project config file's fields) so that you don't run into the situation where the
project builds on the more permissive environments, but fails with mysterious errors in the more limited
environments.
If your development directories are routinely on a Linux UMSDOS filesystem, you would probably be better
off setting dos_filename_required = true, and also changing the development_directory_template field.
Heterogeneous development with various Windows environments may also require this.
OPTIONS
The following options are understood:
-DIRectory path
This option may be used to specify which directory is to be used. It is an error if the current
user does not have appropriate permissions to create the directory path given. This must be an
absolute path.
Caution: If you are using an automounter do not use `pwd` to make an absolute path, it usually
gives the wrong answer.
-Edit
Edit the attributes with a text editor, this is usually more convenient than supplying a text
file. The VISUAL and then EDITOR environment variables are consulted for the name of the editor
to use; defaults to vi(1) if neither is set. See the visual_command and editor_command fields
in aeuconf(1) for how to override this specifically for Aegis.
Warning: Aegis tries to be well behaved when faced with errors, so the temporary file is left in
your home directory where you can edit it further and re-use it with a -file option.
The -edit option may not be used in the background, or when the standard input is not a
terminal.
-Edit_BackGround
Edit the attributes with a dumb text editor, this is most often desired when edit commands are
being piped into the editor via the standard input. Only the EDITOR environment variable is
consulted for the name of the editor to use; it is a fatal error if it is not set. See the
editor_command field in aeuconf(1) for how to override this specifically for Aegis.
-File filename
Take the attributes from the specified file. The filename `-' is understood to mean the
standard input.
-Help
This option may be used to obtain more information about how to use the aegis program.
-Keep This option may be used to re-attach a project detached using aermpr -keep and possibly moved by
the system administrator.
-LIBrary abspath
This option may be used to specify a directory to be searched for global state files and user
state files. (See aegstate(5) and aeustate(5) for more information.) Several library options
may be present on the command line, and are search in the order given. Appended to this
explicit search path are the directories specified by the AEGIS_PATH environment variable (colon
separated), and finally, /usr/local/lib/aegis is always searched. All paths specified, either
on the command line or in the AEGIS_PATH environment variable, must be absolute.
-List
This option may be used to obtain a list of suitable subjects for this command. The list may be
more general than expected.
-TERse
This option may be used to cause listings to produce the bare minimum of information. It is
usually useful for shell scripts.
-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.
-VERSion number
This option may be used to specify the version number for the project. Version numbers are
implemented as branches. Use a single dash (“-”) as the argument if you want no version
branches created.
-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.
RECOMMENDED ALIAS
The recommended alias for this command is
csh% alias aenpr 'aegis -npr \!* -v'
sh$ aenpr(){aegis -npr "$@" -v}
ERRORS
It is an error if the project name already exists.
It is an error if the project directory already exists.
It is an error if the current user does not have sufficient permissions to create the directory
specified with the -DIRectory option.
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
aena(1) add a new administrator to a project aenbru(1) Remove a new branch. This can often be useful if aenpr(1) created some default branches for you, and now you want to get rid of them. aenc(1) add a new change to a project aend(1) add a new developer to a project aenrls(1) create a new project from an existing project aenrv(1) add a new reviewer to a project aermpr(1) remove project aeuconf(5) user configuration file format
COPYRIGHT
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/