Hi, I should mention that I am using CVS
So I've explored the .cvsrc thingy. I made a mistake and the "-f" option is not the one I thought (I mistook it for the update option). I don't think I'm a fan of using ".cvsrc". While using cvs directly I observed differences in behavior that tells me it's using it. But I find it very sneaky. Even when I use cvs -t it doesn't explicitely mention the fact that cvs is (or isn't) loading the cvsrc. (Am I missing something?) I can foresee configuration hell. ~/.cvsrc content: cvs -z6 update -CdPR In order to spot the difference in behavior I modified the pom.xml file. 1. Using CVS directly cvs -f update => M pom.xml cvs update => U pom.xml 2. When used through maven though, It doesn't seem to take the .cvsrc into account, the behavior is the same A. ~/.scm/cvs-settings.xml <cvs-settings> <useCvsrc>false</useCvsrc> </cvs-settings> mvn -X scm:update log display: [INFO] [scm:update] [INFO] Executing: cvs -z3 -f -q update -d [INFO] Working directory: /home/infra/workspace/release/modules/unittesttools [DEBUG] Executing CVS command: update -d [DEBUG] [DEBUG] [DEBUG] [DEBUG] M pom.xml B. ~/.scm/cvs-settings.xml <cvs-settings> <useCvsrc>true</useCvsrc> </cvs-settings> mvn -X scm:update log display: [INFO] [scm:update] [INFO] Executing: cvs -z3 -q update -d [INFO] Working directory: /home/infra/workspace/release/modules/unittesttools [DEBUG] Executing CVS command: update -d [DEBUG] [DEBUG] [DEBUG] [DEBUG] M pom.xml So you see that it actually modify the displayed command (the -f is missing in the second example) but the result is the same (a merge) eventhough the option -C in the .cvsrc file. Also note that the debug information is misleading (assuming it's working). It displays " Executing CVS command: update -d" when it's actually supposed to be doing "update - CdPR" Note also that even though I added "cvs -z6" the debug line still displays "cvs -z3" - Am I screwing something up? - Can I pass command line arguments to the scm (cvs) through the pom ? regards
