Essential CVS

Name

update — Synonyms: up, upd

Synopsis

cvs [cvs-options] update  [-ACdflpPR] [-D date] [-I ignore] [-j revision [:date]] 
[-j revision2 [:date2]] [-k mode] [-r revision] [-W wrapper] [files...]

Downloads changes from the repository to an existing sandbox.

See also checkout and export.

Command options

-A

Clear sticky tags, dates, and keyword-expansion modes and replace the current files in a sandbox with the head of the trunk.

-C

Replace any file that has been changed locally with the revision from the repository that the local file was based on. The modified local file is saved as .#file.revision in its local sandbox directory.

-d

Create any directories that are in the repository but not in the sandbox. By default, update works only on the directories that are currently in the sandbox and ignores any new directories.

-D date

Check out the latest revision of each file that is as old as or older than the date or time specified by date. This produces a sticky date on the new sandbox.

-f

Use the latest (HEAD) revision on the current branch or trunk if no revision matches the date, time, tag, or revision number. This applies only if -r or -D are used.

-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.

-j revision[:date]

Determine the changes between the revision the files in the sandbox are based on and the specified revision and merge the changes to the sandbox.

If two -j options are ...