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NAME

       aefstate - aegis file state file

SYNOPSIS

       project/info/change/[0-9]/[0-9][0-9][0-9].fs

DESCRIPTION

       A file state file is used to store information about the files in a
       transaction.  These files are created and maintained by aegis.  These
       files should not be edited by humans.  These files is owned by the
       project owner and group.

CONTENTS

       src = [ { ... }, ... ];
               This field is a list of all the files in the change.  The
               records have the form

               file_name = string;
                       This file names the file.  The name is relative to the
                       root of the baseline directory tree.

               uuid = string;
                       This field uniquely identifies the file for its entire
                       lifetime.  This field remains constant across file
                       renames.  The value of this field shall be formatted as
                       a valid UUID, all in lower case.

               action = (create, modify, remove, insulate, transparent);
                       This field describes what is being done with the file.

                       create  The file is being created.  Once integrated,
                               the edit fields record the file version created
                               and stored in the history.

                       modify  The file is being created.  Once integrated,
                               the edit fields record the file version stored
                               in the history.

                       remove  The file is being created.  The edit field is
                               only informational, and describes the file
                               version at the time it was removed from the
                               repository.

                       insulate
                               The file is insulating a development directory
                               from changes to the baseline, it shall be
                               uncopied before development may end.  This
                               action shall only be present in changes.  It
                               shall never  be present in branch change state
                               files.

                       transparent
                               The file wasonce present in the branch, however
                               it is desired that the ancestor version "show
                               through".  This is the equivalent of "uncopy"
                               for branches.  When the branch is integrated,
                               this file will be omitted.

               edit = { ... };
                       For a project or an active branch, this field records
                       the head revision of the file.  For a completed change
                       or branch, this field records the revision number after
                       integrate pass.

                       revision = string;
                               This is the edit number, as reported by the
                               history_get_command in the project config file
                               at integrate pass time.

                       encoding = (none, quoted_printable, base64);
                               This field records the encoding used when the
                               file was added to the history at integrate pass
                               time, as configured by one of the history_put_
                               command or history_get_command and history_
                               content_limitation fields of the project config
                               file.

                               none    No encoding was applied to the file.
                                       Either it had no binary characters, or
                                       the history tool is able to cope with
                                       binary files.

                               quoted_printable
                                       The MIME Quoted Printable encoding (see
                                       RFC 1521) has been used to escape the
                                       binary characters of the file content.

                               base64  The MIME Base 64 encoding (see RFC
                                       1521) has been used to encode the file
                                       content.

                               The history_content_limitation field of the
                               project config file is used to determine which
                               files need encoding.  The size of the encoded
                               file is compared to determine which of quoted
                               printable and base 64 encodings is used; the
                               smaller is chosen.

               edit_number = string;
                       This field is obsolescent.  It is only present for
                       backwards compatibility.  It has been replaced by the
                       edit field.

               edit_origin = { ... };
                       This field records the edit number of the file when it
                       was added to the change or branch.  In changes, this
                       field is not present for new files.  (A change file is
                       out of date if it’s edit number_origin field does not
                       equal the edit_number field in the project.)

                       It has the same fields, with the same meaning, as the
                       edit field, above.

               edit_number_origin = string;
                       This field is obsolescent.  It is only present for
                       backwards compatibility.  It has been replaced by the
                       edit_origin field.

               edit_origin_new = { ... };
                       This field records the edit number of the file to
                       replace the edit_number_origin field in the branch at
                       integrate pass time.  This is used to perform cross
                       branch merging.  This field cleared at integrate pass
                       time.

                       It has the same fields, with the same meaning, as the
                       edit field, above.

               edit_number_origin_new = string;
                       This field is obsolescent.  It is only present for
                       backwards compatibility.  It has been replaced by the
                       edit_origin_new field.

               usage = (source, config, build, test, manual_test);
                       This field describes what function the file serves.

               file_fp = fingerprint;
                       This field records the last time modified of the source
                       file.  It is only present between the being_developed
                       and being_integrated states, inclusive (for both
                       changes and branches).  It is not present for files
                       which are being deleted.  This field is used to
                       determine if a difference has been done, or a test has
                       been done if the source file is a test, and if the file
                       has been tampered with before state transitions.

                       The fingerprint consists of the following fields:

                       youngest = time;
                               The youngest time see for this file with this
                               fingerprint.

                       oldest = time;
                               The oldest time see for this file with this
                               fingerprint.

                       crypto = string;
                               This field records a cryptographically strong
                               fingerprint for the file.  There is no known
                               method of constructing a file to match a given
                               fingerprint, and there is less than 1 in 2**200
                               chance that two files will have the same
                               fingerprint.  Thus if the fingerprint is the
                               same, the file can reliably assumed to be the
                               same.

               diff_file_fp = fingerprint;
                       This field records the last time modified of the
                       difference file when the last aegis -DIFFerence command
                       was run.  It is only present between the
                       being_developed and being_integrated states, inclusive
                       (for both changes and branches).  This field is used to
                       determine if a difference has been done, and if the
                       difference file has been tampered with before state
                       transitions.

               idiff_file_fp = fingerprint;
                       This field records the last time modified of the
                       integration difference file when the last aegis
                       -DIFFerence command was run.  It is only present in the
                       being_integrated state.  This field is used to
                       determine if a difference has been done.

               architecture_times = [{ ... }];
                       This field records the time of various operations for
                       each variant named in the architecture field.  It is
                       only present in the being_developed and
                       being_integrated states.  This field is used to
                       determine if a test has been done, and thus optimize
                       test runs.

                       variant = string;
                               This field is one of the patterns named in the
                               architecture field.

                       test_time = time;
                               This field records the last time the last
                               successful aegis -Test command was run for this
                               specific pattern instance.

                       test_baseline_time = time;
                               This field records the last time the last
                               successful aegis -Test -BaseLine command was
                               run for this specific pattern instance.

               move = string;
                       To change the name of a file, a combination of deleting
                       the old name and creating the new name is used.  With
                       deleted files, this field is used to say where it went.
                       With new files, this field is used to say where it came
                       from.

               locked_by = integer;
                       The change which locked this file.
                       Caveat: this field is redundant, you can figure it out
                       by scanning all of he change files.  Having it here is
                       very convenient, even though it means multiple updates.

               about_to_be_created_by = integer;
                       The change which is about to create this file for the
                       first time.  Same caveat as above.

               about_to_be_copied_by = integer;
                       For each change file that is acting on a project file
                       from a deeper baseline than the immediate parent
                       project’s baseline, the file needs to be added to the
                       immediate parent project.  Note that this field says
                       that this file record is a place marker, so that it can
                       be deleted again should the change not be integrated
                       for some reason.

               deleted_by = integer;
                       The change which last deleted this file.  We never
                       throw them away, because (a) it may be created again,
                       and more important (b) we need it to recreate earlier
                       deltas.

       test = [ string ];
               This field is used to remember test correlations for source
               files.  This is used by aet(1) to suggest suitable tests.

       metrics = [ { ... } ];
               This field is used to describe various file metrics.  It is
               committed during aeipass(1), when the file is added to the
               history.  The name must be given, and exactly one value.

               name = string;
                       This is the name of the metric.  This field must be
                       set.

               value = real;
                       This is the value of the metric.  This field must be
                       set.  (If you have an integer-valued metric, just use
                       integers, Aegis will cope.  If you have a string-valued
                       metric, assign integers to the enumerands.)

       executable = boolean;
               This field is used to remember whether the source file had any
               executable permission bits set at develop end time.  This mode
               will be restored (taking the project umask into account) when
               the file is copied.

               This field is only meaningful for changes in the completed
               state, because this field is only set by aeip(1).  Until then,
               the mode if the file itself is the authority.

       attribute = [ { ... } ];
               This is a list of (name,value) pairs, defining user specified
               attributes.

               name = string;
                       The name of the attribute.  By convention, names which
                       start with an upper-case letter will appear in
                       listings, and lower-case will not.  Attribute names are
                       case-insensitive.

               value = string;
                       The value of the attribute.

               Arguably, most file properties which may be altered by the user
               (and some that can’t) should be of this form.  Due to an
               accident of history, this is not the case.

WRITING REPORT SCRIPTS

       When attempting to access these fields from within the report
       generator, you need a code fragment similar to the following:
              auto ps, pfs;
              ps = project[project_name()].state;
              fps = ps.src["somefile"];
              auto cs, cfs;
              cs = ps.branch.change[change_number()];
              cfs = cs.src["somefile"];
       Notice that the top-level fields of the file state are not available,
       but instead are mapped onto the relevant project file and change file
       src arrays.

       All of the src member fields mentioned in the man page can now be
       accessed as members of the pfs or cfs variables.

SEE ALSO

       aegis(5)
               aegis file format syntax

COPYRIGHT

       aegis version 4.24.3.D001
       Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
       2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Peter
       Miller

       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.

AUTHOR

       Peter Miller   E-Mail:   millerp@canb.auug.org.au
       /\/\*             WWW:   http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/