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These standard options are supported by checkout
(see section Common command options, for a complete description of
them):
-D date
- Use the most recent revision no later than date.
This option is sticky, and implies `-P'.
-f
- Only useful with the `-D date' or `-r
tag' flags. If no matching revision is found,
retrieve the most recent revision (instead of ignoring
the file).
-k kflag
- Process RCS keywords according to kflag. See
co(1). This option is sticky; future updates of
this file in this working directory will use the same
kflag. The
status command can be viewed
to see the sticky options. See section status--Status info on the revisions.
-l
- Local; run only in current working directory.
-n
- Do not run any checkout program (as specified
with the `-o' option in the modules file;
see section The modules file).
-P
- Prune empty directories.
-p
- Pipe files to the standard output.
-Q
- Really quiet.
-q
- Somewhat quiet.
-r tag
- Use revision tag. This option is sticky, and implies `-P'.
In addition to those, you can use these special command
options with checkout:
-A
- Reset any sticky tags, dates, or `-k' options.
(If you get a working file using one of the `-r',
`-D', or `-k' options, CVS remembers the
corresponding tag, date, or kflag and continues using
it for future updates; use the `-A' option to make
CVS forget these specifications, and retrieve the
`head' revision of the file).
-c
- Copy the module file, sorted, to the standard output,
instead of creating or modifying any files or
directories in your working directory.
-d dir
- Create a directory called dir for the working
files, instead of using the module name. Unless you
also use `-N', the paths created under dir
will be as short as possible.
-j tag
- Merge the changes made between the resulting revision
and the revision that it is based on (e.g., if
tag refers to a branch, CVS will merge all
changes made on that branch into your working file).
With two `-j tag' options, CVS will merge in the
changes between the two respective revisions. This can
be used to undo changes made between two revisions
(see section Merging differences between any two revisions) in your working copy,
or to move changes between different branches.
In addition, each -j option can contain an optional
date specification which, when used with branches, can
limit the chosen revision to one within a specific
date. An optional date is specified by adding a colon
(:) to the tag. An example might be what import
tells you to do when you have just imported sources
that have conflicts with local changes:
$ cvs checkout -jTAG:yesterday -jTAG module
-N
- Only useful together with `-d dir'. With this
option, CVS will not shorten module paths in your
working directory. (Normally, CVS shortens paths as
much as possible when you specify an explicit target
directory).
-s
- Like `-c', but include the status of all modules,
and sort it by the status string. See section The modules file, for
info about the `-s' option that is used inside the
modules file to set the module status.
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