Thanks Larry. Sorry for forgetting to add a subject line to my email. I guess I misunderstood the function of cvswrapper file and now I know better. BTW, is there a repository of shell scripts and hooks for CVS somewhere? Thanks again.
Rez > Subject: Re: (no subject) > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:12:51 -0500 > CC: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > > Rez P writes: > > > > Our CVS server is running on Linux and users use CVS.exe or WinCVS on > > Windows client machines. Is there any way to block users from adding or > > committing certain files or file patterns to our CVS repository? > > There's no hook for add, but commitinfo is for pre-commit checks. (I > can't imagine why you thought cvswrappers was applicable -- it's for > specifying text vs. binary and whether automatic merges are allowed.) > > > I'm reading about the commitinfo file but there aren't ample examples > > except some vague references in the file using default or all or > > REGULAR_EXPRESSION [tab] PROGRAM_TO_RUN, whatever that means. > > All of the trigger scripts use the same basic format, so you can glean a > lot of information by looking at the examples for the other files. In > this case, you'll need to write a commitinfo script to check for bad > names, something like: > > #! /bin/sh > # > # commitinfo.sh repos file... > # > # Verifies that the file names are all acceptable > # > shift > for file > do > case "$file" in > [Tt][Hh][Uu][Mm][Bb][Ss].[Dd][Bb]) > echo "Disallowed file name: $file" > exit 1 > ;; > esac > done > exit 0 > > Then add a line to your commitinfo administrative file to call it. For > example, if you want it to apply to all the directories in your > repository, you could use: > > ALL $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/commitinfo.sh > -- > Larry Jones > > Why is it you always rip your pants on the day everyone has to > demonstrate a math problem at the chalkboard? -- Calvin _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222986/direct/01/
