1rcs-checkin(1)              General Commands Manual             rcs-checkin(1)
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NAME

6       rcs-checkin - check files into RCS
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SYNOPSIS

9       rcs-checkin [FILE...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       rcs-checkin  is a helper script for checking files into RCS.  This pro‐
13       gram is distributed with GNU Emacs.
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15       This program converts files with an old Emacs-style version history for
16       use  with the Emacs 19 version control interface VC, which likes to use
17       RCS as its back end.
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19       For each file to be processed, the script looks for Emacs version files
20       related  to  it. These files are checked in as deltas, oldest first, so
21       that the contents of the file itself becomes the latest revision in the
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24       The  first  line  of  each  file  is used as its description.  The file
25       itself is not deleted,  as  under  VC  with  vc-keep-workfiles  at  its
26       default of t, but all the version files are.
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28       If  an  argument file is already version-controlled under RCS, any ver‐
29       sion files are added to the list of deltas and deleted,  and  then  the
30       workfile  is  checked in again as the latest version.  This is probably
31       not quite what was wanted, and is the main  reason  VC  doesn't  simply
32       call this to do checkins.
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34       In  order  to  make  it  easier  to  use rcs-checkin *, files which are
35       detectably either RCS masters (with names ending in ,v) or  Emacs  ver‐
36       sion files (with names containing ~) are ignored.
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OPTIONS

39       The program accepts no options.
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SEE ALSO

42       The Emacs version control interface is documented in the GNU Emacs man‐
43       ual, which  you  can  read  using Info,  either  from  Emacs  or  as  a
44       standalone program.
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AUTHORS

47       rcs-checkin  was originally written by Paul Eggert.  It was revised for
48       use with GNU Emacs VC by Eric S. Raymond.
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COPYING

51       Copyright (C) 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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53       Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim  copies  of  this
54       document  provided  the copyright notice and this permission notice are
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57       Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of  this
58       document  under  the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the
59       entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a  per‐
60       mission notice identical to this one.
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62       Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this docu‐
63       ment into another language, under the  above  conditions  for  modified
64       versions,  except that this permission notice may be stated in a trans‐
65       lation approved by the Free Software Foundation.
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