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NAME

       rancid-cvs - initialize CVS, Subversion or git and rancid group files and directories

SYNOPSIS

       rancid-cvs [-V] [-f config_file] [group [group ...]]

DESCRIPTION

       rancid-cvs  creates  the  directories  and  router.db(5)  for  each rancid group and handles the revision
       control system (CVS, Subversion or git) set-up in the location defined by the CVSROOT in  rancid.conf(5).
       It must be run after the initial installation and whenever a rancid group is added.  If CVSROOT is a URL,
       rancid-cvs will not initialize the repository, the user must do this themselves.

       rancid-cvs reads rancid.conf(5) to configure itself, then proceeds with the initialization.  First of the
       CVS,  Subversion  or  git  repository, if necessary, and then for each of the rancid groups listed on the
       command-line or those in the variable LIST_OF_GROUPS from rancid.conf(5), if the argument is omitted.

       Running rancid-cvs for groups which already exist will not cause  problems.   If  the  group's  directory
       already  exists,  the  import  into the revision control system will be skipped, and if it's router.db(5)
       already exists, it will not be altered.

       The command-line options are as follows:

       -V     Prints package name and version strings.

       -f group_config_file
              Specify an alternative rancid.conf.  The global rancid.conf file is read by rancid-run.

       The best method for adding groups is by adding the group name to LIST_OF_GROUPS in  rancid.conf(5),  then
       run rancid-cvs.  Do not create the directories manually, allow rancid-cvs to do it.

SEE ALSO

       cvs(1), git(1), rancid.conf(5), router.db(5), svn(1)

CAVEATS

       In  the  case of git, the groups are not exactly imported into the repository, rather a new repository is
       created for it, due to the way that git handles, what it calls, sparse checkouts.  Instead, each group is
       a separate repository under the CVSROOT directory.

                                                17 December 2014                                   rancid-cvs(1)