new

    Cvs = new Cvs ["workdir"] [key => "value" [, ...]];

    my $obj = new Cvs "workdir";

    my $obj = new Cvs "workdir", cvsroot => "/path/to/cvsroot";

    my $obj = new Cvs cvsroot => ":pserver:user\@host:/path/to/cvs";

Create a new Cvs object for the repository given in argument. Note that the working directory doesn't need to already exist.

Allowed parameters are:

workdir

Path to the working directory. You don't need it if you plan to use only remote commands like rdiff or rtag.

cvsroot

Address of the cvsroot. See the Cvs::Cvsroot module documentation for more information on supported CVSROOT. Note that if you don't supply a cvs root but a working directory, Cvs will try to guess the CVSROOT value. You still need to supply password and others authentication values. If Cvs can't determine the CVSROOT value, an error will be thrown and the object will not be created.

password, passphrase, ...

All options supported by Cvs::Cvsroot are supported here. Please see Cvs::Cvsroot documentation for more details.

checkout

    Cvs::Result::Checkout = $obj->checkout("module", {key => "value"});

Checkout the module "module" in the repository (the one that served to create the Cvs object) from the cvsroot given in parameter.

Allowed parameters are:

reset

Boolean value used to reset any sticky tags, dates or options (See the -A cvs checkout option).

revision

Specify the revision to checkout the module (See the -r cvs checkout option).

date

Specify the date from when to checkout the module (See the -D cvs checkout option).

Cvs::Result::Checkout.

update

    Cvs::Result::Update = $cvs->update();

Cvs::Result::Update.

status

    Cvs::Result::StatusItem = $cvs->status("file");

    Cvs::Result::StatusList =
        $cvs->status("file1", "file2", {multiple => 1});

Get the status of one of more files.

Allowed parameters are:

multiple

Boolean value that specify the type of object returned. If true, a Cvs::Result::StatusList object is returned, and status on more than one files can be handled. If false, a Cvs::Result::StatusItem object is return and only one file status can be handled (the first one if several).

recursive

If a directory is supplied, process it recursively (Default true).

Cvs::Result::StatusItem, Cvs::Result::StatusList

diff

    Cvs::Result::DiffItem = $cvs->diff();

    Cvs::Result::DiffList = $cvs->diff({multiple => 1});

Cvs::Result::DiffItem, Cvs::Result::DiffList.

rdiff

    Cvs::Result::RdiffList =
      $cvs->rdiff("module", {from_revision => $rev});

Cvs::Result::RdiffList.

log

    Cvs::Result::Log = $cvs->log();

Cvs::Result::Log.

tag

    Cvs::Result::Tag = $cvs->tag("tag");

Cvs::Result::Tag.

rtag

    Cvs::Result::Tag = $cvs->rtag("module", "tag");

Cvs::Result::Rtag.

release

    Cvs::Result::Release = $cvs->release();

    Cvs::Result::Release = $cvs->release('module', ..., {force => 1});

Call the release command.

If call with no directories to release, self repository will be released.

force

Boolean value that activate a forced directory release even if some files was not committed. Defaults to false.

delete_after

Boolean value that activate directory removal after a release. Default to false.

Cvs::Result::Release

export

    Cvs::Result::Export = $obj->export("module", {key => "value"});

Checkout the module "module" in the repository (the one that served to create the Cvs object) from the cvsroot given in parameter, but without the CVS administrative directories.

Allowed parameters are the same as for checkout. However, one of the options 'revision' or 'date' must be specified.

module_list

  my @modules = $cvs->module_list();

Returns the list of all modules which can be riched on the CVSROOT. This method do something that cvs doesn't implement by itself, we use a little trick to get this list, and this perhaps not work with all cvs versions.

Do not mix up this method with the "-c" argument of the cvs' checkout sub-command.

cvsroot

working_directory