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Re: beginning manpage alterations

From: David Waite <mass_at_akuma.org>
Date: 2002-08-06 02:47:00 CEST

I'd love to devise a system where the manpage was generated from
contents of the handbook, but I cannot think of any such system which
doesn't require something like docbook-xml :-)

-David Waite

Karl Fogel wrote:

>David Waite <mass@akuma.org> writes:
>
>
>>Attached is a new manpage for the 'svn' application. The commands and
>>command-line arguments are documented, but there is still quite a bit
>>of cleanup, additional documenting of commands, datespec, command-line
>>arguments accepted by each command, svn-understood properties and
>>environment variables.
>>
>>However, since I'm going to take a break from working on the manpage
>>for right now, I figure I would send it back upstream to make sure it
>>isn't lost
>>
>>
>
>Ah, thanks. Okay: is anyone else interested in maintaining the man
>page? If so, can you take a look at this update, make sure it's not
>missing anything major, and follow up here?
>
>I'd like to get this checked in; but even more, I'd like to know that
>it's not going to go stale again :-)...
>
>-K
>
>
>
>>.\" You can view this file with:
>>.\" nroff -man [filename]
>>.\"
>>.TH svn 1 "27 Jul 2002" "svn 0.14.0" "Subversion Command Line Tool"
>>.SH NAME
>>svn \- Subversion command line tool
>>.SH SYNOPSIS
>>
>>.B svn
>>.I command
>>[
>>.I options
>>] [
>>.I args
>>]
>>
>>.SH NOTE
>>This manpage covers all the features of the
>>.B svn
>>command line tool.
>>
>>.SH OVERVIEW
>>.B Subversion
>>is a version control system, which allows you to keep old versions of files
>>(usually source code), keep a log of who, when, and why changes occurred,
>>etc., like
>>.BR "cvs(1)" ", " "rcs(1)" ", or " "sccs(1)" "."
>>.B Subversion
>>keeps a single copy of the master sources. This copy is called the source
>>``repository''; it contains all the information to permit extracting previous
>>software releases at any time. More about
>>.B Subversion
>>as a general version control system is documented elsewhere.
>>
>>.SH OPTIONS
>>The options available to different subversion commands. Note that only some
>>of these options are valid with each command.
>>.TP
>>.BR -h " or " --help " or " -?
>>show help on a subcommand
>>.TP
>>.BR -v " or " --version
>>print client version info
>>.TP
>>.BR -q " or " --quiet
>>print as little as possible
>>.TP
>>.BR -v " or " --verbose
>>print extra information
>>.TP
>>.BR -V " or " --very-verbose
>>print maxmimum information
>>.TP
>>\fB-D\fP or \fB--date\fP \fIDATESPEC\fP
>>specify a date corresponding to
>>.I DATESPEC
>>(instead of a revision.)
>>.TP
>>\fB-r\fP or \fB--revision\fP \fIREVSPEC\fP
>>specify revision or range of revisions corresponding to
>>.IR REVSPEC .
>>.TP
>>.BR -R " or " --recursive
>>descend recursively
>>.TP
>>.BR -N " or " --nonrecursive
>>operate on single directory only
>>.TP
>>.B --force
>>force operation to run
>>.TP
>>\fB-m\fP or \fB--message\fP \fImessage\fP
>>specify commit message
>>.I message
>>.TP
>>\fB-F\fP or \fB--file\fP \fIfile\fP
>>read data from file
>>.I file
>>.TP
>>.BI --xml-file " file
>>read/write xml to specified file
>>.I file
>>.TP
>>.BI --message-encoding " encoding
>>take log message in charset encoding
>>.I encoding
>>.TP
>>.BI --targets " file
>>pass contents of file
>>.I file
>>as additional args
>>.TP
>>.BI --username " name
>>specify a username
>>.TP
>>.BI --password " password
>>specify a password
>>.TP
>>\fB-x\fP or \fB--extensions\fP \fIarguments\fP
>>pass
>>.I arguments
>>as bundled options to underlying diff util
>>.TP
>>.B --xml
>>output in XML
>>.TP
>>.B --strict
>>use strict semantics
>>.SH COMMANDS
>>svn has many options. Remember to run "
>>.B "svn help"
>>to display a list of all commands, and to request a help text for a particular
>>command, run
>>.B "svn help command"
>>.
>>.TP
>>\fBadd\fP [ \fIoptions\fP ] [ \fItarget\|.\|.\|.\fP ]
>>Put files and directories under revision control, scheduling them for addition
>>to repository. They will be added in next commit.
>>
>>.B example:
>>svn add foo.c bar.h baz/ bat/*.m
>>.P
>>.
>>
>>.TP
>>\fBcheckout|co\fP [ \fIoptions\fP ] \fIrepository\fP [ \fIdestination\fP ]
>>Check out a working copy from a repository, into a subdirectory named either
>>based on the last portion of the repository path, or the optional
>>.I destination
>>
>>A necessary preliminary for most Subversion work: creates your private copy of
>>the source for \fIrepository\fP (the repository must be identified with a valid
>>URL string). You can work with this copy without interfering with others'
>>work. At least one subdirectory level is always created.
>>.P
>>.
>>
>>.TP
>>\fBcleanup\fP [ \fItarget\|.\|.\|.\fP ]
>>Recursively clean up the working copy, removing locks, resuming unfinished
>>operations, etc.
>>.TP
>>\fBcommit|ci\fP [ \fIoptions\fP ] [ \fItarget\|.\|.\|.\fP ]
>>Use this command when you wish to ``post'' your changes to other
>>developers, by incorporating them into the source repository.
>>.TP
>>\fBcopy|cp\fP [ \fIoptions\fP ] \fIsource destination\fP
>>.RI Where " source " and " destination
>>can be directories or files, referenced locally by path and within a
>>repository by URL. `copy' is used where you want to make a copy of
>>.I source
>>so that
>>.I destination
>>will share ancestry of
>>.IR source .
>>Unless it is a directory,
>>.I destination
>>must not exist (like traditional UNIX
>>.BR cp(1) ,
>>.I source
>>will be placed inside of a directory of
>>.IR destination .)
>>
>>.TP
>>\fBdelete|del|remove|rm\fP [ \fIoptions\fP ] ( \fItarget\|.\|.\|.\fP | \fIURL\fP )
>>Mark the given files/directories for deletion upon commit. When you
>>commit, the entries will be removed from the head revision in the
>>repository, and deleted from your working copy.
>>
>>If given a URL, the specified file is deleted with an immediate commit
>>
>>\fBexample:\fP svn delete foo.c bar.h
>>
>>.TP
>>\fBdiff\fP [ \fIoptions\fP ] ( \fItarget\|.\|.\|.\fP | \fIURL\fP[@\fIrev\fP] \fIURL\fP[@\fIrev\fP] )
>>Display file changes as contextual diffs. The target can be a
>>directory, in which it operates recursively. The target can be an URL,
>>although this is only useful if two revisions are also given.
>>
>>\fBexample:\fP svn diff README
>>
>>Compares the working copy version of the file with current repository
>>version.
>>
>>\fBexample:\fP svn diff -rHEAD README
>>
>>Compares the working copy with most recent repository version.
>>
>>\fBexample:\fP svn diff -r123:456 README
>>
>>Compares revisions 123 and 456 of the file in the repository.
>>
>>\fBexample:\fP
>> svn diff -r123:456 http://rep.com/repo/README
>>
>>Compare revisions 123 and 456 of the file in the repository without
>>the need for a working copy.
>>
>>.TP
>>\fBexport\fP [ \fIoptions\fP ] ( \fIURL\fP [ \fIdestination\fP ]| \fIpath1\fP \fIpath2\fP )
>>exports a clean working version into a directory. If a URL is specified,
>>the latest version (or specified revision) is checked out either into
>>.I destination
>>or into a directory named after the last path component of the URL if
>>.I destination
>>was not specified.
>>
>>If two local paths were specified,
>>.I path2
>>gets a clean copy of the contents of
>>.IR path1 ,
>>preserving local changes but not copying files not under source control.
>>.TP
>>.BI help|h|? " [command]
>>Without a given command argument, this prints generic help, including a
>>list of acceptable commands . If a specific command is entered, a short
>>description on how to use that command is presented.
>>
>>.TP
>>\fBimport\fP [ \fIoptions\fP ] \fIURL\fP [ \fIpath\fP ] [ \fINew-Repository-Entry\fP ]
>>Import a file or tree into the repository.
>>
>>.TP
>>\fBinfo\fP [ \fItarget\|.\|.\|.\fP ]
>>Print info about a versioned resource.
>>
>>.TP
>>\fBlog\fP [ \fIoptions\fP ] [ \fIURL\fP ] [ \fItarget\|.\|.\|.\fP ]
>>Show log messages (and affected entities) for commits in which any of the
>>entities in question changed. If none were specified, then recursive
>>inclusion is the default. The set of messages can be further restricted
>>by a date or revision range specification (using -D or -r). A URL can also
>>be specific to retrieve logs from a remote repository. If the URL is
>>passed alone, then only that entry will be searched. If paths are also
>>supplied with the URL, then only those paths are searched, based at the
>>given URL.
>>
>>\fBexample:\fP svn log
>>
>>Recursively retrieve logs for all revision under "."
>>
>>\fBexample:\fP svn log README
>>
>>Retrieve logs for only those revisions where README was affected.
>>
>>\fBexample:\fP svn log http://rep.com/repo/README
>>
>>Retrieve logs for the file without the need for a local checkout of the
>>repository.
>>
>>\fBexample:\fP svn log README LICENSE
>>
>>Retrive logs for all revisions where both files were affected.
>>
>>\fBexample:\fP svn log http://rep.com/repo README LICENSE
>>
>>Retrieve logs for both files in the remote repository without the need for
>>a local checkout of the repository.
>>
>>.TP
>>\fBmerge\fI [ \fIoptions\fP ] \fIarguments\|.\|.\|.\fP [ \fItarget dir\fP ]
>>
>>apply the differences between two paths to a working copy path. If
>>.I target dir
>>is not specified, it is assumed to be ``.'', the current working directory.
>>.TP
>>.BI mkdir " [directory...]
>>Create the directory(ies), if they do not already exist. The directories can
>>be specified as a local directory name, or as a URL.
>>
>>.TP
>>.BI "move|mv " "[options] source destination"
>>Rename
>>.IR "source " "to or into" " destination" ". Both " "source " "and"
>>.I destination
>>can be specified either as a file path in the local repository or as a URL.
>>
>>.TP
>>.BI "propdel|pdel" "[options] propname [target\|.\|.\|.]"
>>Remove property
>>.I propname
>>on files and directories.
>>.TP
>>.BI "propedit|pedit|pe" "[options] propname [targets]"
>>Edit property
>>.IR propname " with
>>.B $EDITOR
>>on files and directories.
>>.TP
>>.BI "propget|pget|pg " "[options] propname [targets]"
>>Get the value of
>>.I propname
>>on files and directories.
>>.TP
>>.BI "proplist|plist|pl" " [options] [target\|.\|.\|.]"
>>List all properties for given files and directories.
>>.TP
>>.BI "propset|pset|ps ""[options] propname [value] [targets\|.\|.\|.]"
>>Set property
>>.I propname
>>to
>>.I value
>>on files and directories.
>>.TP
>>.BI "revert" " [options] [file\|.\|.\|.]"
>>Restore a pristine working copy version of file, undoing all local changes.
>>.TP
>>.BI "status|stat|st " "[options] [target\|.\|.\|.]"
>>Print the status of working copy files and directories.
>>
>>.TP
>>.BI "update|up " "[options] [file\|.\|.\|.]"
>>Execute this command from \fIwithin\fP your private source directory when you
>>wish to update your copies of source files from changes that other developers
>>have made to the source in the repository. Without a given argument, this
>>command will update everything, recursively.
>>
>>\fBexample:\fP svn update foo.c bar.h baz/ bat/*.m
>>.SH WWW
>>http://subversion.tigris.org
>>.SH HISTORY
>>.P
>>.IR 2002-07-25 :
>>Updated to 0.14.0 (Alpha) release. (David Waite)
>>.SH "SEE ALSO"
>>.BR svnadmin (1)
>>
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