CvsShell

CvsShell is a console-based cvs-client written in Python. The current version is 0.5.1 (2003-05-06). Read the change log and the release notes.

Note: The CVS version contains many bugfixes and improvements. As I am very busy at the moment and installing cvsshell from CVS is not difficult, I suggest that you install cvsshell from CVS. A new "real" release is expected for october 2004.

Features:

• Convenient access to the following csv commands: add, checkout, commit, remove, diff, log, login, logout, status, update.
• CvsShell prompts you for all arguments needed for executing a command.
• Listing of all files and their status.
• Operations on files in the listing can be executed quickly, because those files can be accessed using a numerical ID instead of a (typically long) pathname.
• Aliases for different cvsroots.
• Shortcuts for cvs commands:
  • Commit is automatically executed after an add or delete command (if you want to).
  • The login command is executed automatically when needed.
  • Renaming files with cvs is lenghty: you have the rename the file in the local filesystem, remove the old file, add the new file and commit your changes. With CvsShell, this is done with a single command.
  • The steps to replace a file with an older revision are executed using a single command.

Resources:

• Readme
• License
• News
• Download
• Mailing lists
• Bug reports
• Feature requests
• Patches
• CVS access

You can view a screenshot here.

Release history:

• 0.5: 2003-04-26
• 0.4: 2002-11-29
• 0.3.1: 2002-08-16
• 0.3: 2002-08-15
• 0.2.1: 2002-06-02
• 0.2: 2002-05-27
• 0.1: 2002-03-16

Stefan Heimann ()