Unix in a Nutshell, 4th Edition

Name

checkout

Synopsis

cvs [cvs-options] checkout [options] projects ...

Create a new sandbox in the current working directory. This command can also be used to update an existing sandbox. See also export and update.

The projects argument to checkout may be one or more paths to directories within the repository, paths to files within the repository, or module names as specified in the modules file in the repository’s CVSROOT directory. These paths must be separated by spaces.

When creating a new sandbox, the repository path must be specified by using the -d repository_path CVS option or the CVSROOT environment variable.

If you are creating a new sandbox inside an existing sandbox, the CVS/Root file of the current directory in the existing sandbox can provide a repository path. In most cases, having a sandbox inside a sandbox is needlessly confusing.

Synonyms: co, get.

Standard subcommand options: -d, -D, -f, -k, -l, -n, -N, -r, -R.

Options

-A

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

-c

Display the contents of the modules file in the repository’s CVSROOT directory. This option lists the modules in the current repository and the options applicable to those modules. See also -s.

Tip

checkout -c lists only those projects that have entries in the modules file.

-j revision [: date ]

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