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CVS-SWITCHROOT(1) BSD General Commands Manual CVS-SWITCHROOT(1)

📛 NAME

cvs-switchroot — change repository or tag in a cvs working copy

🚀 Quick Reference

Use Case	Command	Description
Change repository root of current sandbox	cvs-switchroot /cvs .	🔁 Replace all CVS/Root entries with /cvs
Set roots to match parent directory	cvs-switchroot - .. .	📂 Copy Root from parent of . to all subdirs
Sync sticky tags between trees	cvs-switchroot -T - . . /usr/ports	🏷️ Hardlink Tag info between current dir and /usr/ports
Change sticky tag explicitly	cvs-switchroot -T newtag file	🎯 Operate on Tag instead of Root

📋 SYNOPSIS

cvs-switchroot [-T] newroot [file ...]

cvs-switchroot [-T] - srcpath [file ...]

📝 DESCRIPTION

The cvs-switchroot utility manipulates a CVS working copy directly, modifying the information stored in the administrative subdirectory and saving space by hardlinking if possible.

If the -T option is given, the sticky tag is operated on 🏷️, otherwise, the repository path (CVSROOT) 🔄.

The information (Tag or Root) is set to the same as in srcpath if the first non-option argument newroot is a sole dash (‘-’), the literal value newroot otherwise.

💡 EXAMPLES

Change all Root information in the current sandbox to /cvs:

$ cvs-switchroot /cvs .

Set all roots in the current working directory and all its subdirectories to the Root of the parent directory:

$ cvs-switchroot - .. .

Hardlink the Tag information in the current working directory, for example /usr/src, and /usr/ports with each other:

$ cvs-switchroot -T - . . /usr/ports

🔗 SEE ALSO

cvs(1)

📜 HISTORY

cvs-switchroot has existed in the MirBSD source tree since 2005. It was added to Debian's cvs package in 2011.

⚠️ CAVEATS

cvs-switchroot depends on mksh.

BSD June 10, 2011 BSD

📛 NAME 🚀 Quick Reference 📋 SYNOPSIS 📝 DESCRIPTION 💡 EXAMPLES 🔗 SEE ALSO 📜 HISTORY ⚠️ CAVEATS