Essential CVS

Name

unedit — Synonyms: none

Synopsis

cvs [cvs-options] unedit [-lR] [files...]

Notifies watchers that a file is no longer being edited, clears the temporary watch, sets the file as read-only, and restores the file to the repository revision that the sandbox copy was based on.

See also edit, editors, watch, and watchers.

Command options

-l

Run unedit on files in the local directory only. (Do not recurse down subdirectories.)

See also -R.

-R

Run unedit on files in the local directory and all subdirectories and recurse down the subdirectories. This option is the default.

See also -l.

Description

The cvs unedit command is used as part of the cvs watch family of commands. If a file is being watched, CVS writes it (when it is checked out) to the sandbox with read permissions but not write permissions. The edit command sets the sandbox file as writable, notifies any watchers that the file is being edited, and sets the user as a temporary watcher to be notified if certain actions are performed on the file by other users.

The unedit command notifies watchers that the file is no longer being edited, clears the temporary watch, sets the file as read-only, and restores the file to the repository revision that the sandbox copy was based on.

The script in the notify file in the repository’s CVSROOT directory is used to notify the user of changes.

Example

bash-2.05a$ cvs unedit Makefile
bash-2.05a$