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Chuck,
> In short, someone decided that any sort of build stuff
> in your source tree should be ignored.
To clarify: IMPORT does not import anything with a file extension listed by "cvs info cvsignore". It is unrelated to "build stuff" and was a design decision in CVS years and years ago (way before CVSNT).
> As far as I can tell, it stems from the fact that cvsNT builds into
> its source tree
Tony doesn't use import, probably never has used it since he doesn't like vendor branches and it was only in the past few years that CVSNT developed a way to import without creating a branch, and he hasn't imported anything since then.
> I've tried the -I! solution, and I think it will work on an import,
> though for most commands it does not work as you want
You can ALWAYS "cvs add" a file or "cvs status" a file regardless of whether it is in the cvsignore file or a part of the cvsignore defaults.
Is there a page in the manual that says the -I option is available for ANY command other than import?
http://www.cvsnt.org/manual/html/import.html#import-options
> (and is not supported on cvs stat).
Err, no - or any other command other than import, because import operates on files that are not in the repository and status (without a parameter) operates on files that ARE in the repository. So if I have hello.java (in the repository) and hello.class (that is the result of a compile in place):
05/08/2007 15:47 6 hello.class
31/07/2007 02:07 16 hello.java
2 File(s) 22 bytes
If I issue a cvs status it miraculously doesn't list the hello.class file even though I do not specify a -Iclass option:
cvs server: Examining .
===================================================================
File: hello.java Status: Up-to-date
Working revision: 1.1.2.1
Repository revision: 1.1.2.1 /invoicing/hello.java,v
Expansion option: kv
Commit Identifier: d9446ae7dfe7f8c
Sticky Tag: Intrepid_2 (branch: 1.1.2)
Sticky Date: (none)
Sticky Options: (none)
Merge From: (none)
If I specify * then I get the status of both listed:
===================================================================
File: hello.class Status: Unknown
Working revision: No entry for hello.class
Repository revision: No revision control file
===================================================================
File: hello.java Status: Up-to-date
Working revision: 1.1.2.1
Repository revision: 1.1.2.1 /tnzi/intrepid/invoicing/hello.java,v
Expansion option: kv
Commit Identifier: d9446ae7dfe7f8c
Sticky Tag: Intrepid_2 (branch: 1.1.2)
Sticky Date: (none)
Sticky Options: (none)
Merge From: (none)
> The only other thing I can recommend is recompiling cvsNT
> without all the stuff Arthur mentions.
You could try recommending my suggestion and just change the configuration file, it's a lot easier than compiling.
The original poster was asking a question specifically about import and your reply appears to be a repeat request for an option on "cvs status" that will list files not in the repository.
Features get added when:
1) people submit patches, or
2) commercial customers pay for the changes or
3) if March Hare Software identify that a large portion of the community/public is looking for a feature and we have the time/resources to perform the work gratis (eg: audit, change sets, eclipse compatibility etc).
Since you are the only one asking for this feature then 3 does not apply. As always if someone submits a patch I'll be happy to accept it.
Regards,
Arthur Barrett