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Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/cvs/src/fileattr.h')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/cvs/src/fileattr.h b/contrib/cvs/src/fileattr.h index 7e02b3a..046b975 100644 --- a/contrib/cvs/src/fileattr.h +++ b/contrib/cvs/src/fileattr.h @@ -12,28 +12,24 @@ #ifndef FILEATTR_H -/* File containing per-file attributes. Format is a series of entries: +/* File containing per-file attributes. The format of this file is in + cvs.texinfo but here is a quick summary. The file contains a + series of entries: ENT-TYPE FILENAME <tab> ATTRNAME = ATTRVAL {; ATTRNAME = ATTRVAL} <linefeed> - ENT-TYPE is 'F' for a file, in which case the entry specifies the - attributes for that file. + ENT-TYPE is 'F' for a file. - ENT-TYPE is 'D', and FILENAME empty, to specify default attributes - to be used for newly added files. + ENT-TYPE is 'D', and FILENAME empty, for default attributes. - Other ENT-TYPE are reserved for future expansion. CVS 1.9 and older - will delete them any time it writes file attributes. Current versions - of CVS will preserve them. + Other ENT-TYPE are reserved for future expansion. Note that the order of the line is not significant; CVS is free to rearrange them at its convenience. - There is currently no way of quoting tabs or linefeeds in the - filename, '=' in ATTRNAME, ';' in ATTRVAL, etc. I'm not sure - whether I think we need one. Note: the current implementation also - doesn't handle '\0' in any of the fields. + FIXME: this implementation doesn't handle '\0' in any of the + fields. We are encouraged to fix this (by cvs.texinfo). By convention, ATTRNAME starting with '_' is for an attribute given special meaning by CVS; other ATTRNAMEs are for user-defined attributes |
