Using RCS to control large file trees

If you have so many files that they are spread all over a large directory subtree (see `How to organize large collections of files', you can still use RCS for version control.

We recommend that you use the make system to help with this process, with a Makefile in the root node of the affected subtree that can help you perform RCS operations for the whole tree.

• It is necessary that group ownership and access be enforced throughout the subtree (see `Limiting file access to specific people'). All directories must be group-writeable, and all files must be in the group. Here is a sample Makefile target for doing this, assuming that the relevant group name is foo:

      permissions:
          find . -type d -exec chgrp foo '{}' ';'; \
          find . -type d -exec chmod 775 '{}' ';'; \
          find . -type f -exec chgrp foo '{}' ';'

  Use the command ``make permissions'' in the root directory to enforce permissions.
• To help you find files that you have checked out anywhere in directory subtree, add this Makefile target:

      anyout:
          find . -name '*,v' -exec rlog -R -L '{}' ';'

  The command ``make anyout'' in the root directory will then list all the files you have checked out at or below that directory.

Last updated: 1995/12/06 21:16:34 UT
URL: http://www.nmt.edu/tcc/help/tool/rcs/filetree.html