Can I do a cvs commit using a file for the cvs comments?

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I would like to be able to do a cvs commit, but provide multi-line comments from a file instead of letting cvs invoke the editor. Is this even possible?

Did you mean `cvs update` or `cvs commit`? – Arialdo Martini Apr 13 '12 at 15:22 — Arialdo Martini, Apr 13 '12 at 15:22
@ArialdoMartini Thanks, you're right. Edited accordingly. – Sasha Apr 13 '12 at 17:55 — Sasha, Apr 13 '12 at 17:55

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 14 '12 at 14:04

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Use the -F flag thus:

cvs commit -F file <files to commit>

edited Apr 14 '12 at 14:04

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answered Apr 13 '12 at 15:27

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KARASZI István · Answer 2 · 2012-04-13T15:35:54.147

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This probably do the job:

cvs commit -m "$(cat file)" modified_file.c

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answered Apr 13 '12 at 15:21

KARASZI István

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This relies on bash to cat the file, it won't necessarily work with other shells (e.g. csh) – ADW Apr 13 '12 at 15:33
@ADW `cat` is a binary not a bash built-in – KARASZI István Apr 13 '12 at 15:34
Sorry, badly worded comment, I meant that the use of "$(command)" is a bash thing. – ADW Apr 13 '12 at 15:36

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 13 '12 at 15:27

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Supposing you did mean commit, not update, which does not require comments, you could do

cvs commit -m `cat file_containing_multiline_comments` file_to_commit

answered Apr 13 '12 at 15:27

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Doesn't work if the commit message contains spaces as the backticks will expand each word in the file to a separate argument to cvs. – ADW Apr 13 '12 at 15:31

Can I do a cvs commit using a file for the cvs comments?

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