How can I list files CVS without an initial checkout?
In subversion I can simply do "svn ls http://svn.svn.com" in CVS how can I do this?
For example I've got this CVS connection:
pserver:anonymous@evocms.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/evocms
How can I list all files in it?
UPDATE:
I'm doing this:
c:\>set CVSROOT=pserver:anonymous@evocms.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/evocms
c:\>cvs -list ---> doesn't work, prints out the help screen
If it's a one-off operation you don't need to set the CVSROOT
environment variable. Just use the -d
argument for ad-hoc repository specification.
If your version of CVS/CVSNT is not too old (to be exact you'd need either CVS 1.12.8 or higher or CVSNT) then, as others have said, after having logged in
cvs ls
should work just fine.
If your version of CVS/CVSNT does not support the ls
command then you can try
cvs checkout -c
which will only dump the list of predefined modules.
If your version of CVS/CVSNT is old enough you might get lucky with the following hack (does not work with more recent versions of CVSNT unless compatibility mode has been enabled on the server):
First check out the root of the repository to some temp location , so we have the necessary metadata:
cvs -d[your CVSROOT string] co -l -dTemp .
Then simulate an update (with directories) of that folder:
cd Temp
cvs -n up -d
This will emit (almost) the same output as an actual checkout without actually getting the files from the server.
If you're on Windows and using a fairly recent version of CVSNT as the client then cvs ls
will actually automatically fall back to this mechanism when it detects a server that does not support ls
itself.
Oh yes, and AFAICT there is no such thing as cvs -list
. It's not even valid CVS command line syntax: -list
would have to be a global argument rather than a command as it follows directly after the cvs
and there is no actual command specified. But then again, all multi-letter arguments (such as --help
) would have to start with a double dash, e.g. cvs --version
. Were you all maybe thinking of cvs list
which would be a mere alias for cvs ls
?
cvs -d $CVSROOT rls
hope this helps (cvs ver. 1.12.13)
You need to do a login first, like this:
cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@evocms.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/evocms login
Then, as others have said, use the ls command.
For background, see a discussion of remote repositories
This is what I use. msolorzano is my login, and password, and "Deployer" is the module:
cvs -d :pserver:msolorzano:password@gtess-cvs:/cvsdata/data1 rlog -R Deployer
...as a matter of fact, you can vet a cvs list of files in a "clean way" if you are executing commands in a UNIX/Linux environment, like this:
cvs -d :pserver:msolorzano:password@gtess-cvs:/cvsdata/data1 rlog Deployer | grep ',v' | sed 's/RCS file: //g' | sed s/,v//g
there is a similiar command in cvs
Usage: cvs lscvs -list to list modules, ls to list contents of modules.
EDIT: They are right, the commands list and ls are the same, I´m sorry for that.
well I don´t really see how to list a cvs dir without actually checking it out. Does the repo your are trying to access have a cvsweb access?
All,
Here is a comprehensive way to do it:
- Fire up the command prompt
- Copy this cvs -d CVSROOT login (or, whatever your corresponding CVSROOT is)
- Type in your password and press enter when prompted. It may take a while, but after that is done, a new prompt will be available.
- Type in cvs –d cvs -d CVSROOT ls
- BAM! There's your listing
Keep in mind, if you don't have CVSROOT defined, you can just copy and paste your own CVSROOT here.
cvs -d [CVS_ROOT] rlog {module_name}
来源:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/889378/how-can-i-list-files-in-cvs-without-an-initial-checkout