1 $CVSid: @(#)README 1.12 94/09/25 $
3 This "contrib" directory is a place holder for code/scripts sent to
4 me by contributors around the world. This README file will be kept
5 up-to-date from release to release. BUT, I must point out that these
6 contributions are really, REALLY UNSUPPORTED. In fact, I probably
7 don't even know what they do. Nor do I guarantee to have tried them,
8 or ported them to work with this CVS distribution. If you have questions,
9 you might contact the author, but you should not necessarily expect
10 a reply. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK -- and all that stuff.
12 "Unsupported" also means that noone has volunteered to accept and
13 check in changes to this directory. So submissions for new scripts to
14 add here are unlikely to be accepted. Suggested changes to the
15 existing scripts here conceivably might, but that isn't clear either.
16 The exception is pcl-cvs; that is more actively maintained (see
17 pcl-cvs/README). If you have some software that works with CVS that
18 you wish to offer it is suggested that you make it available by FTP or
19 HTTP and then announce it on the info-cvs mailing list. There is also
20 a web page of software related to CVS at
21 http://www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs-index.html which would presumably be
22 willing to list your software.
24 Contents of this directory:
27 log A perl script suitable for including in your
28 $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/loginfo file for logging commit
29 changes. Includes the RCS revision of the change
31 Contributed by Kevin Samborn <samborn@sunrise.com>.
32 pcl-cvs A directory that contains GNU Emacs lisp code which
33 implements a CVS-mode for emacs.
34 Contributed by Per Cederqvist <ceder@lysator.liu.se>.
35 commit_prep A perl script, to be combined with log_accum.pl, to
36 log_accum provide for a way to combine the individual log
37 messages of a multi-directory "commit" into a
38 single log message, and mail the result somewhere.
39 Can also do other checks for $Id and that you are
40 committing the correct revision of the file.
41 Read the comments carefully.
42 Contributed by David Hampton <hampton@cisco.com>.
43 mfpipe Another perl script for logging. Allows you to
44 pipe the log message to a file and/or send mail
46 Contributed by John Clyne <clyne@niwot.scd.ucar.edu>.
47 rcs-to-cvs Script to import sources that may have been under
49 Contributed by Per Cederqvist <ceder@lysator.liu.se>.
50 cvscheck Identifies files added, changed, or removed in a
51 cvscheck.man checked out CVS tree; also notices unknown files.
52 Contributed by Lowell Skoog <fluke!lowell@uunet.uu.net>
53 cvshelp.man An introductory manual page written by Lowell Skoog
54 <fluke!lowell@uunet.uu.net>. It is most likely
55 out-of-date relative to CVS 1.3, but still may be
57 dirfns A shar file which contains some code that might
58 help your system support opendir/readdir/closedir,
59 if it does not already.
60 Copied from the C-News distribution.
61 rcslock A perl script that can be added to your commitinfo
62 file that tries to determine if your RCS file is
63 currently locked by someone else, as might be the
64 case for a binary file.
65 Contributed by John Rouillard <rouilj@cs.umb.edu>.
66 ccvs-rsh A Perl script which allows "rsh pipelines" to
67 be built in order to use Cyclic CVS from
68 behind some varieties of firewall.
69 cvs_acls A perl script that implements Access Control Lists
70 by using the "commitinfo" hook provided with the
72 Contributed by David G. Grubbs <dgg@ksr.com>.
73 descend A shell script that can be used to recursively
74 descend.man descend through a directory. In CVS 1.2, this was
75 very useful, since many of the commands were not
76 recursive. In CVS 1.3 (and later), however, most of
77 the commands are recursive. However, this may still
79 Contributed by Lowell Skoog <fluke!lowell@uunet.uu.net>
80 cln_hist A perl script to compress your
81 $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/history file, as it can grow quite
82 large after extended use.
83 Contributed by David G. Grubbs <dgg@ksr.com>
84 sccs2rcs A C-shell script that can convert (some) SCCS files
85 into RCS files, retaining the info contained in the
86 SCCS file (like dates, author, and log message).
87 Contributed by Ken Cox <kenstir@viewlogic.com>.
88 intro.doc A user's view of what you need to know to get
90 Contributed by <Steven.Pemberton@cwi.nl>.
91 rcs2sccs A shell script to convert simple RCS files into
92 SCCS files, originally gleaned off the network
93 somewhere (originally by "kenc") and modified by
94 Jerry Jelinek <jerry@rmtc.Central.Sun.COM> and
95 Brian Berliner <berliner@sun.com> to increase
96 robustness and add support for one-level of branches.
97 rcs2log A shell script to create a ChangeLog-format file
98 given only a set of RCS files.
99 Contributed by Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>.
100 clmerge A perl script to handle merge conflicts in GNU
101 style ChangeLog files .
102 Contributed by Tom Tromey <tromey@busco.lanl.gov>.
103 listener A program which listens to a TCP port, authenticates
104 by hostname, then runs a subprocess whose input/output
105 is redirected through the port.
106 Contributed by Benjamin J. Lee <benjamin@cyclic.com>