PCL-CVS -- Emacs Front-End to CVS

PCL-CVS

This manual describes PCL-CVS, the GNU Emacs front-end to CVS. It is nowhere near complete, so you are advised to use M-x customize-group RET pcl-cvs <RET> and to look at the documentation strings of the various commands and major modes for further information.

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• About PCL-CVS: Credits, history, ...
• Getting started: An introduction with a walk-through example.
• Buffer contents: An explanation of the buffer contents.
• Selected files: To which files are commands applied.
• Commands: All commands, grouped by type.
• Log Edit Mode: Major mode to edit log messages.
• Log View Mode: Major mode to browse log changes.
• Customization: How you can tailor PCL-CVS to suit your needs.
• Bugs: Bugs (known and unknown).
• GNU Free Documentation License: The license for this documentation.
• Function and Variable Index: List of functions and variables.
• Concept Index: List of concepts.
• Key Index: List of keystrokes.

--- The Detailed Node Listing ---

About PCL-CVS

• Contributors: Contributors to PCL-CVS.

Commands

• Entering PCL-CVS: Commands to invoke PCL-CVS
• Setting flags: Setting flags for CVS commands
• Updating the buffer
• Movement commands: How to move up and down in the buffer
• Marking files: How to mark files that other commands will later operate on.
• Committing changes: Checking in your modifications to the CVS repository.
• Editing files: Loading files into Emacs.
• Getting info about files: Display the log and status of files.
• Adding and removing files: Adding and removing files
• Undoing changes: Undoing changes
• Removing handled entries: Uninteresting lines can easily be removed.
• Ignoring files: Telling CVS to ignore generated files.
• Viewing differences: Commands to ‘diff’ different versions.
• Invoking Ediff: Running ‘ediff’ from ‘*cvs*’ buffer.
• Updating files: Updating files that Need-update.
• Tagging files: Tagging files.
• Miscellaneous commands: Miscellaneous commands.

Customization

• Customizing Faces