Synopsis
aegis -New_Change [number] -File attr-file [option...]
aegis -New_Change [number] -Edit [option...]
aegis -New_Change -List [option...]
aegis -New_Change -Help
DESCRIPTION
The
aegis
-New_Change
command is used to
add a new change to a project.
See
aecattr(5)
for information on the format of the
attr-file.
The change is created in the awaiting development state. The change is not assigned to any user. The change has no development directory.
You may choose your own change number if you want,
provided that it has not been used already.
If you do not specify a change number,
aegis will allocate the lowest unused change number.
The first few change numbers are reserved for
branches later in the project,
and so automatically allocated change
numbers will usually not start from 1.
See
aepa(1)
and
aepattr(5)
for more information.
You must give the -Project option, see below.
OPTIONS
The following options are understood:
-EditEdit the attributes with a text editor, this is usually more convenient than supplying a text file. The
VISUALand then EDITOR environment variables are consulted for the name of the editor to use; defaults to vi(1) if neither is set. See thevisual_commandandeditor_commandfields in aeuconf(1) for how to override this specifically for Aegis.Warning: Aegis tries to be well behaved when faced with errors, so the temporary file is left in your home directory where you can edit it further and re-use it with a
-fileoption.The
-editoption may not be used in the background, or when the standard input is not a terminal.-Edit_BackGroundEdit the attributes with a dumb text editor, this is most often desired when edit commands are being piped into the editor via the standard input. Only the EDITOR environment variable is consulted for the name of the editor to use; it is a fatal error if it is not set. See the
editor_commandfield in aeuconf(1) for how to override this specifically for Aegis.-FilefilenameTake the attributes from the specified file. The filename `-' is understood to mean the standard input.
-HelpThis option may be used to obtain more information about how to use the aegis program.
-ListThis option may be used to obtain a list of suitable subjects for this command. The list may be more general than expected.
-OutputfilenameThis option may be used to specify a filename which is to be written with the automatically determined change number. Useful for writing scripts.
-ProjectnameThis option is used to select the project for the new change.
You must supply the
-Projectoption to this command. Experience has shown that when a site has a number of active projects or several active branches on a project, new changes are frequently created against the wrong project or the wrong branch. Making the project explicit reduces this problem.-REAsontextThis option may be used to attach a comment to the change history generated by this command. You will need to use quotes to insulate the spaces from the shell.
-TERseThis option may be used to cause listings to produce the bare minimum of information. It is usually useful for shell scripts.
-VerboseThis option may be used to cause aegis to produce more output. By default aegis only produces output on errors. When used with the
-Listoption this option causes column headings to be added.-WaitThis option may be used to require Aegis commands to wait for access locks, if they cannot be obtained immediately. Defaults to the user's
lock_wait_preferenceif not specified, seeaeuconf(5) for more information.-No_WaitThis option may be used to require Aegis commands to emit a fatal error if access locks cannot be obtained immediately. Defaults to the user's
lock_wait_preferenceif not specified, seeaeuconf(5) for more information.
See also aegis(1) for options common to all aegis commands.
All options may be abbreviated; the abbreviation is documented as the upper case letters, all lower case letters and underscores (_) are optional. You must use consecutive sequences of optional letters.
All options are case insensitive, you may type them in upper case or lower case or a combination of both, case is not important.
For example:
the arguments "-project, "-PROJ" and "-p" are
all interpreted to mean the -Project option.
The argument "-prj" will not be understood,
because consecutive optional characters were not supplied.
Options and other command line arguments may be mixed arbitrarily on the command line, after the function selectors.
The GNU long option names are understood.
Since all option names for
aegis
are long,
this means ignoring the extra leading '-'.
The "--option=value" convention is also understood.
RECOMMENDED ALIAS
The recommended alias for this command is
csh% alias aenc 'aegis -nc \!* -v'
sh$ aenc(){aegis -nc "$@" -v}
ERRORS
It is an error if
the current user is not an administrator of the project.
(In some cases it is possible for developers of a project to create
changes,
see
aepattr(5)
for more information.)
EXIT STATUS
The aegis command will exit with a status of 1 on any error. The aegis command will only exit with a status of 0 if there are no errors.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See aegis(1) for a list of environment variables which may affect
this command.
See aepconf(5) for the project configuration file's
project_specific field for how to set environment variables for
all commands executed by Aegis.
SEE ALSO
- tkaenc(1)
GUI interface to the aenc(1) command.
- aeca(1)
modify the attributes of a change
- aedb(1)
begin development of a change
- aena(1)
add a new administrator to a project
- aencu(1)
remove a new change from a project
- aenpr(1)
create a new project
- aepa(1)
modify the attributes of a project
aecattr(5)change attributes file format
aepattr(5)project attributes file format
aeuconf(5)user configuration file format
COPYRIGHT
aegis version 4.22 Copyright (C) 1991-2006 Peter Miller; All rights reserved.
The aegis program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use the 'aegis -VERSion License' command. This is free software and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; for details use the 'aegis -VERSion License' command.