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From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/cvs/contrib easy-import.perl
To: joerg@freefall.cdrom.com (Joerg Wunsch)
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 1995 14:50:48 -0800 (PST)
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In-Reply-To: <199503262156.XAA29531@freefall.cdrom.com> from "Joerg Wunsch" at Mar 26, 95 11:56:36 pm
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> 
> joerg       95/03/26 23:56:34
> 
>   Modified:    gnu/usr.bin/cvs/contrib easy-import.perl
>   Log:
>   Made this script a bit more fool-proof, so people like me can better
>   use it. :-)
>   
>   It now explicitly requires the specification of a directory to import
>   from, either as an argument to the script, or by asking the user about
>   it.  (Previously, it implicitly used `.', like cvs import does.)
>   
>   Also implemented an option `-n', which does essentially the same like
>   the overall CVS option `-n': show only what would have been done,
>   don't do any commitment.  Note that since the modules' database is
>   checked out in place (and not commited back), it will erroneously be
>   reported as to be imported, too:
>   
>   cvs import: Importing /home/ncvs/ports/foobar/foo/modules
>   I ports/foobar/foo/modules/CVS
>   N ports/foobar/foo/modules/modules
>
>   This is an unwanted side-effect, but gives the user the option to see
>   if the `ed' magic did the right thing when editing modules/modules.
>   

Humm.. this scares me into thinking that after folks run easy_import -n
they well end up running easy_import and actually importing this stuff
into there collection :-(.

>   Rod, can you please check the function ``checktag'' in the script if it
>   will be restritctive enough?

Yes, it looks fine to me.


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