[cvsnt] History file

[Max Bowsher]

Keith D. Zimmerman wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Kynaston [mailto:akynaston at novell.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 4:39 PM
> To: Keith D. Zimmerman
> Subject: RE: [cvsnt] History file
> 
> 
> Good question . .that might be a Tony Hoyle question . I think he's the
> cvsnt guy, and might know an awsner.

Or, just read the manual:
http://www.cvsnt.org/cvs.html#config

Max.

> You can generate reports:
> C:\>cvs history --help
> history: invalid option -- -
> Usage: cvs history [-report] [-flags] [-options args] [files...]
> 
>    Reports:
>         -T              Produce report on all TAGs
>         -c              Committed (Modified) files
>         -o              Checked out modules
>         -m <module>     Look for specified module (repeatable)
>         -x [TOEFWUCGMAR] Extract by record type
>         -e              Everything (same as -x, but all record types)
>    Flags:
>         -a              All users (Default is self)
>         -l              Last modified (committed or modified report)
>         -w              Working directory must match
>    Options:
>         -D <date>       Since date (Many formats)
>         -b <str>        Back to record with str in module/file/repos
> field
>         -f <file>       Specified file (same as command line)
> (repeatable)
>         -n <modulename> In module (repeatable)
>         -p <repos>      In repository (repeatable)
>         -r <rev/tag>    Since rev or tag (looks inside RCS files!)
>         -t <tag>        Since tag record placed in history file (by
> anyone).
>         -u <user>       For user name (repeatable)
>         -z <tz>         Output for time zone <tz> (e.g. -z -0700)
> 
> C:\>
> 
> 
> But  . .to not let those events go in in the first place . . .that
> might require nothing short of a pile of scripts to remove every line
> that doesn't start with a commit command . .(don't know what it is off
> hand.)
> 
> When you get your awsner though, would you mind posting it back on the
> list?
> 
> Aaron Kynaston
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>>>> "Keith D. Zimmerman" <kzimmerman at eshcom.com> 04/16/03 02:25PM >>>
> Any way to just knock certain actions out?  We are interested in
> commits, for example, but not in checkouts...
> 
> keith d. zimmerman, mcsd
> eagle solutions
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Kynaston [mailto:akynaston at novell.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 4:24 PM
> To: Keith D. Zimmerman
> Subject: Re: [cvsnt] History file
> 
> 
> Yes - The history file contains every action that was taken on the
> repository- each line records the action, the user, a time stamp, and
> some other data.
> 
> 
> 1.  Delete the history file (this will disable history logging)
> 2.  Periodically copy off the file (if you care about the data), and
> touch a new history file - 'touch history'.
> 
> Option #2 is how I 'prune' my history file.  If you're not interested
> in the history, you might as well delete it, CVS will simply stop
> logging it.
> 
> Aaron Kynaston
> akynaston at novell.com
> office: (801) 861-6709
> cell: (801) 368-8633
> fax: (801) 861-6778
> Novell Inc., The leading provider in net services software.
> www.novell.com
> 
>>>> "Keith D. Zimmerman" <kzimmerman at eshcom.com> 04/16/03 12:20PM >>>
> My CVSROOT/history file has grown from 11 MB to 390 MB in the last 9
> days...  I've had a script running against cvs during that time...
> What
> is all logged in the history file, and is there a way to prune it?
> 
> keith d. zimmerman, mcsd
> eagle solutions
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