Name
import — Synonyms: im
, imp
Synopsis
cvs [cvs-options
] import [-bbranch
] [-d] [-Iignore
] [-kmode
] [-mmessage
] [-Wwrapper
]project-name vendor-tag release-tag
Creates a new project in the repository or manages vendor
branches
.
Command options
- -
b branch
Import to the specified vendor branch. If you have more than one external supplier for a project, you may need to use two or more distinct vendor branches to manage the project. If you are using multiple vendor branches, use the
-b
option to specify which branch you are importing to.branch
must be the branch number, not a tag, and CVS does not check that the branch number given with the option and the symbolic tag provided as thevendor-tag
argument to the command correspond to the same branch.I strongly recommend that you read Section 7.1.3 in Chapter 7 before using this option.
-
-d
When setting the timestamp on each imported file, use each file’s last modification time rather than the current time.
-
-I ignore
Ignore the named file when updating.
-I
can be used more than once. Use-I !
to clear the list of ignored files. See Section 6.5.3.2 in Chapter 6.-
-k mode
Import the file or files with the designated keyword-expansion mode. This option also sets the default keyword mode for the file. If you forget to set the default keyword mode with
cvs import
, you can do it later withcvs admin
.The keyword-expansion modes are listed in Section 11.6 of Chapter 11.
-
-m message
Use the
message
when committing a file. CVS does not call the ...
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