Re: hook into cvs AFTER tag?

[Mark D. Baushke]

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Michael Muller <address@hidden> writes:

> I have a "staging" sandbox that I would like to keep up-to-date with
> the versions of my files tagged as "release candidates" (tag name:
> "RC").
> 
> My original plan was to put a command in the .taginfo file that does a
> "cvs update" in the staging sandbox (which was checked out with "-r
> RC").  This plan was foiled by the fact that .taginfo is called BEFORE
> the tagging occurs.
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestion as to how I can perform some action
> server-side AFTER the tagging occcurs?
> 
> I've had two ideas, both of which I don't like:
> 
> 1) have .taginfo run something in the background that sleeps for some
> period that is longer than my tag command could ever take and then
> wakes up and updates the sandbox
> 
> 2) have a cron job that updates the sandbox periodically
> 
> I don't like either of these options because there's a delay and there
> is no user feedback when it's done.
> 
> Does anyone have any better ideas?

If you can move from cvs 1.11.x (STABLE) to cvs 1.12.12 (FEATURE), then
you could make use of the "posttag" trigger.

I urge you to look very carefully at the administrative differences
between cvs 1.11.x and cvs 1.12.x releases and do lots of testing before
you make the choice. Although we try very hard to make both STABLE and
FEATURE work properly on all platforms, it is possible that you may find
problems that you need to address with your configuration and use of
CVS.

> Thanks in advance,
> 
>    -- Mike
> 
> -- 
> Michael Muller
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