cvs

[James W Brunt]

I promise if elected to continue to maintain the FAQ into the future as 
long as I get good feedback from all of you. I also promise not to raise 
taxes, BT corn or obnoxious children.

James

Matt Jones wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> I'd like to nominate James Brunt for project membership in the EML 
> project.  The FAQ is a substantial contribution.  This would grant him 
> write access to the CVS repository.  Voting rules are explained at:
> 
> http://www.ecoinformatics.org/charter.html
> 
> Could I get a vote from the current project members ASAP, reply to the 
> list and I'll tally the votes.
> 
> Project member      Vote (Approve, Disapprove, Whatever)
> --------------      -------------------------------------
> jones               approve
> berkley
> higgins
> schild
> cjones
> mccartne
> gries
> brooke
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Matt
> 
> James W Brunt wrote:
> 
>> Matt -
>>
>> I need permission to commit the FAQ file to the cvs server - I 
>> currently have insufficient karma (brunt|eml)
>>
>> James
>>
>>
>> Matt Jones wrote:
>>
>>> Hi James,
>>>
>>> There are two steps: adding the file, and then committing it.  Adding 
>>> it registers it with CVS, committing it actually transfers the file.  
>>> Here are the commands:
>>>
>>> Once you have a working copy of the repository (from "cvs checkout 
>>> eml"), then do the following from the directory in which the file 
>>> resides:
>>>
>>> if it is a text file of some sort:
>>>    cvs add newfile.xml
>>>
>>> but if it is binary then add it this way:
>>>    cvs add -kb newfile.doc
>>>
>>> Once its added, commit it:
>>>    cvs commit newfile.xml
>>>
>>> You'll be prompted for a log message -- please write a reasonably 
>>> detailed account of the changes you're making to the repository.  If 
>>> you are committing changes to multiple files you can leave off the 
>>> filename from the commit command and it will search for all modified 
>>> files and commit them all with a single transaction.
>>>
>>> That's it,
>>> Matt
>>>
>>>
>>> James W Brunt wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Matt -
>>>>
>>>> Can you give me instructions on submitting a new document to the CVS 
>>>> via the command line - I can see how to check out and submit things 
>>>> that are already there but it's not obvious to me how to do 
>>>> something new. I don't have the CVS client installed and didn't 
>>>> really want to for just one document when I can easily work via the 
>>>> command line.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> James
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
> 
> 
> 

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James W. Brunt
Associate Director for Information Management
Long Term Ecological Research Network Office
Department of Biology
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-1091
505 272 7085
jbrunt at lternet.edu