[cvsnt] embedding newlines in the -m option. how?

[Lawson.Reed]

The silence is deafening. :-)
Does this mean "ya, we know. Who cares?"...?

WinCVS does it somehow for "cvs commit -m "foo\n foo"" right? Here is
an example: I check in three files and in the WinCVS comment box, I type:

-------------------------------------------8<--------------------------
Changing the policy on branching.
Using tags instead.
unless a branch is the only solution.
I refer to a doc about branching that is not checked in yet.
I'll work on that next.
-------------------------------------------8<--------------------------

I push OK, and this comes out in the WinCVS "shell":

-------------------------------------------8<--------------------------
cvs commit -m "Changing the policy on branching.\nUsing tags
instead.\nunless a branch is the onl..."
IGT_Development_Process_under_CVS.html tagdialog.gif tagxButton.gif (in
directory D:\ProjectWeb\CvsProject\)
Notice: commitinfo: ok

Notice: verifymsg: ok.

Checking in IGT_Development_Process_under_CVS.html;
/repo1/WebServer/ProjectWeb/CvsProject/IGT_Development_Process_under_CVS.htm
l,v  <--  IGT_Development_Process_under_CVS.html
new revision: 1.24; previous revision: 1.23
done
... etc ...
------------------------------------------8<----------------------------

It MUST be lying about the command line, right? It shows my comment which 
I purposely made really long is *truncated* with a "..." however, the
entire comment makes it into the log with the newlines intact! 
Here is the log:

------------------------------------------8<----------------------------
----------------------------
Revision : 1.24
Date : 2003/9/2 23:18:22
Author : 'reed'
State : 'Exp'
Lines : +766 -761
Keyword : 'kv'
CommitID : 'e583e55253c0000'
Description :
Changing the policy on branching.
Using tags instead.
unless a branch is the only solution.
I refer to a doc about branching that is not checked in yet.
I'll work on that next.

----------------------------
------------------------------------------8<----------------------------

So, it has got to be do-able. right? right? :-)

Thanks,

__________________________________
Reed Lawson
IGT Firmware Engineering
(775) 448-0755



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lawson.Reed 
> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 1:06 PM
> To: 'cvsnt at cvsnt.org'
> Subject: [cvsnt] embedding newlines in the -m option. how?
> 
> 
> Hi.
> 
> I'm trying to write a script to alter the comment in a 
> revision of a file using "cvs rcs -m<rev>:"comment" file.c"
> but I need to support multiple lines. How do you 
> properly embed newlines in the -m option?
> 
> I tried everything I know, and I can not seem to 
> find a successful way to do it. They keep coming out in
> the log looking like this:
> 
> "It is challenging trying to get multi-line\\ncomments 
> working from a script
> and the -m option\\nI can not figure out how to do it."
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> $ cvs version
> Client: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.0.2 (client/server)
> Server: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.0.5 (client/server)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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