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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'. See
section Sticky tags, for more information on sticky tags/dates.
-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 keywords according to kflag. See
section Keyword substitution.
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 Quick reference to CVS commands, for
more information on the status
command.
-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. See section Moving and renaming directories.
-p
-
Pipe files to the standard output.
-R
-
Checkout directories recursively. This option is on by default.
-r tag
-
Use revision tag. This option is sticky, and implies `-P'.
See section Sticky tags, for more information on sticky tags/dates.
In addition to those, you can use these special command
options with checkout
:
-A
-
Reset any sticky tags, dates, or `-k' options.
See section Sticky tags, for more information on sticky tags/dates.
-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. In general,
using this flag is equivalent to using `mkdir
dir; cd dir' followed by the checkout
command without the `-d' flag.
There is an important exception, however. It is very
convenient when checking out a single item to have the
output appear in a directory that doesn't contain empty
intermediate directories. In this case only,
CVS tries to "shorten" pathnames to avoid those empty
directories.
For example, given a module `foo' that contains
the file `bar.c', the command `cvs co -d dir
foo' will create directory `dir' and place
`bar.c' inside. Similarly, given a module
`bar' which has subdirectory `baz' wherein
there is a file `quux.c', the command `cvs -d
dir co bar/baz' will create directory `dir' and
place `quux.c' inside.
Using the `-N' flag will defeat this behavior.
Given the same module definitions above, `cvs co
-N -d dir foo' will create directories `dir/foo'
and place `bar.c' inside, while `cvs co -N -d
dir bar/baz' will create directories `dir/bar/baz'
and place `quux.c' inside.
-j tag
-
With two `-j' options, merge changes from the
revision specified with the first `-j' option to
the revision specified with the second `j' option,
into the working directory.
With one `-j' option, merge changes from the
ancestor revision to the revision specified with the
`-j' option, into the working directory. The
ancestor revision is the common ancestor of the
revision which the working directory is based on, and
the revision specified in the `-j' option.
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:
`-jSymbolic_Tag:Date_Specifier'.
See section Branching and merging.
-N
-
Only useful together with `-d dir'. With
this option, CVS will not "shorten" module paths
in your working directory when you check out a single
module. See the `-d' flag for examples and a
discussion.
-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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