CVSDELTA(1)							  cvsdelta 1.7.0						       CVSDELTA(1)

NAME

       cvsdelta - Manage and summarize the differences between a CVS project and local files.

SYNOPSIS

       cvsdelta [options] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION

       Manages and summarizes the differences between a CVS project and local files, showing the changes of the files themselves and of their con-
       tents. Added, changed, and deleted files are denoted with `+', `*', and `-' respectively. The number of lines are displayed.

OPTIONS

       -a, --adds
	   Display the files that were added. This is done by default.

       -A, --no-adds
	   Do not display the files that were added. The default is to show the added files.

       --banner, --no-banner
	   Whether to show the banner, i.e., the header and footer of the output table. By default, the banner is displayed.

       -c, --changes
	   Display the files that were changed. This is done by default.

       -C, --no-changes, --nodiff
	   Do not compare files that exist locally and in CVS. This executes significantly faster, and is useful for when one only wants to add
	   and remove files, without getting the summary of the changes. It is also helpful for dealing with situations where CVS seems to hang
	   after producing diff output, although changing the compression level can help with this. The default is to show the changed files.

       -d, --deletes
	   Display the files that were deleted. This is done by default.

       -D, --no-deletes
	   Do not display the files that were deleted. The default is to show the files that were deleted.

       -e, --execute
	   Execute the associated CVS commands ("add" and "remove") for the added and deleted files.

       -f DATE, --from-date DATE
	   Compare the files to their version as of the given date, rather than their current version in CVS. The date is expected to be in CVS
	   format, for example, 2002/12/31.

       -F REVISION, --from-revision REVISION
	   Compare the files to their version as of the given revision, rather than their current version in CVS.

       -h, --help
	   Display a help message.

       -i, --confirm
	   Interactively confirm deleted files with the user before removing them from CVS.  The default is simply to execute the remove command
	   for relevant files. This option is valid only with the --execute option.

       --progress, --no-progress
	   Whether to show the progress meter as the program is working with CVS. By default, this is not shown.

       -q, --quiet
	   Run with minimum output. In quiet mode, the progress meter is not displayed.

       -s, --skip-unknown-directories
	   Skip directories that are not in CVS. The default behavior is to process all subdirectories.

       -t DATE, --to-date DATE
	   Compare the files to their version as of the given date, rather than to the local files. The date is expected to be in CVS format, for
	   example, 2001/08/21.  This option is valid only with the --from-date or --from-revision options.

       -T REVISION, --to-revision REVISION
	   Compare the files to their version as of the given revision, rather than to the local files. This is valid only with the --from-date or
	   --from-revision options.

       -v, --version
	   Display the version and exit.

       -V, --verbose
	   Run with maximum output, which is written to standard error.

       -z [LEVEL], ---compression [LEVEL]
	   Set the compression to the given level for net traffic. This can be useful if the CVS server seems to hang. The default level is 3; 0
	   and 9 work well.

ARGUMENTS

       Arguments may be either files or directories.

       File
	   If a file is provided, it is compared against the equivalent in CVS, if any. The .cvsignore files are applied, so that although the
	   file was explicitly provided, it may be ignored.

       Directory
	   Directories are processed recursively for files that are not filtered out by .cvsignore files.

EXAMPLES

	   % cvsdelta

       Lists the changed files.

	   % cvsdelta --execute

       Lists the changed files, and executes the associated add and remove commands.

	   % cvsdelta --compression 9 --execute --confirm --no-changes

       Run with the maximum compression level. Add and remove the appropriate files, but get confirmation from the user before removing any files.
       Do not compare files that exist both locally and in CVS.

ENVIRONMENT

       $HOME/.cvsdeltarc, .../project/.cvsdeltarc
	   Resource files containing name/value pairs, separated by either ':' or '='. The valid fields of a .cvsdeltarc file are as follows, with
	   their default values:

	       quiet:			 false
	       verbose: 		 false
	       execute: 		 false
	       confirm: 		 false
	       diff:			 true
	       compression:		 3
	       adds:			 true
	       changes: 		 true
	       deletes: 		 true
	       skip-unknown-directories: false
	       banner:			 true

	   "yes" and "on" are synonymnous with "true". "no" and "off" signify "false".

	   The values in the project .cvsdeltarc file will override those in the user's .cvsdeltarc file. The project .cvsdeltarc is assumed to be
	   at the topmost directory in the local file hierarchy.

       CVSDELTAOPTS
	   A string of whitespace-delimited options, the same as listed above. These values override those of the resource files.

NOTES

       If a file exists in the CVS project but not locally, it is assumed that the file has been deleted, not that it may have been recently added
       by another user. The --confirm option can be used to deal with this situation.

AUTHOR

       Jeff Pace <jpace@incava.org>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2002, Jeff Pace.

       All Rights Reserved. This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed and/or modified under the terms of the Lesser GNU Public
       License. See http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html for more information.

cvsdelta 1.7.0							    2004-04-08							       CVSDELTA(1)