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#!/bin/more
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
- rvs 0.6.3
+ rvs 0.8c r54
retroactive versioning system
a versioning system that allows you to check
in commit 2 before commit 1
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@
introduction
- The name is a little bit of a nod to RCS (revision control
- system), and even less to CVS. I'm not particularly fond of CVS,
- but recognize it's impact on the scm scene.
-
rvs is about being able to go back and edit *anything* that has
already been committed. Yes, some other SCMs do this, but fuck
things proper if someone else has a copy of the old version.
@@ -25,13 +21,13 @@ introduction
system requirements
Pretty much any *nix system should be able to run rvs. If you
- need to use a shell other than GNU bash, run ./configure with
+ need to use a shell other than /bin/sh, run ./configure with
the --SHELL=YOUR_SHELL option. rvs is not designed for Windows,
but should be able to run in bash if you have some *nix pack
installed.
- To my knowledge, this is the absolute requirements (all need to
- be in your PATH):
+ To my knowledge, this is the absolute requirements (all but the
+ shell need to be in your PATH):
* a POSIX shell (tested with dash, and GNU BASH)
* cat (included in GNU Core Utils)
* cp (included in GNU Core Utils)
@@ -53,10 +49,8 @@ building
# make install
It's generally considered good practice to build in another
- directory than the source directory. This is not nescessary in
- rvs , all the created file are put in another directory anyway.
- If you would still like to do this, it can be done in rvs-0.6.1
- and up.
+ directory than the source directory. If you would still like to do
+ this, it can be done in rvs-0.6.1 and up.
Configuration
@@ -69,7 +63,9 @@ building
name='rvs'
The name of the program. Note that unlike most
variables, you should NOT call this in Makefiles
- (`$(name)'), but use $(rvs) instead.
+ (`$(name)'), but use `$(rvs)'s instead.
+ CC='gcc'
+ The C language compiler to use.
RVS='$(bindir)/$(rvs)'
Where the exectuable will be. `$(rvs)' is the same as
`$(name)' (see above)