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Re: beginning manpage alterations

From: Karl Fogel <kfogel_at_newton.ch.collab.net>
Date: 2002-08-06 16:53:34 CEST

David Waite <mass@akuma.org> writes:
> 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 :-)

Switching the Handbook to docbook-xml is a possibility, actually, but
I'll leave that call to Ben and others who edit the Handbook most
frequently. There's been some talk about it here; do you know
docbook-xml and would you be able to help do that?

Keeping the two documents in sync is certainly a bear, yes.

-Karl

> 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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