NAME
aegis make transparent - make branch file transparent
SYNOPSIS
aegis -Make_Transparent [ option... ] filename...
aegis -List [ option... ]
aegis -Help
aegis -VERSion
DESCRIPTION
The aegis -Make_Transparent command is used to add a file to the change
which will result in the named file being made transparent in the
branch when the change is integrated. The version of the project file
from the deeper branch will then show through.
You may name a directory to make all files in that directory tree
transparent. It is an error if there are no relevant files.
Branch vs Change
The aecpu(1) command may only be applied to a change. If you wish to
perform the same operation on a branch, use the aemt(1) command,
through the agency of a change.
File Name Interpretation
The aegis program will attempt to determine the project file names from
the file names given on the command line. All file names are stored
within aegis projects as relative to the root of the baseline directory
tree. The development directory and the integration directory are
shadows of this baseline directory, and so these relative names apply
here, too. Files named on the command line are first converted to
absolute paths if necessary. They are then compared with the baseline
path, the development directory path, and the integration directory
path, to determine a baseline-relative name. It is an error if the
file named is outside one of these directory trees.
The -BAse_RElative option may be used to cause relative filenames to be
interpreted as relative to the baseline path; absolute filenames will
still be compared with the various paths in order to determine a
baseline-relative name.
The relative_filename_preference in the user configuration file may be
used to modify this default behavior. See aeuconf(5) for more
information.
Process Side Effects
This command will cancel any build or test registrations, because
changing the change file list logically invalidates them.
Notification
The make_transparent_command in the project configuration file is run,
if set. The project_file_command is also run, if set, and if there has
been an integration recently. See aepconf(5) for more information.
OPTIONS
The following options are understood:
-BAse_RElative
This option may be used to cause relative filenames to be
considered relative to the base of the source tree. See
aeuconf(5) for the corresponding user preference.
-CUrrent_RElative
This option may be used to cause relative filenames to be
considered relative to the current directory. This is usually
the default. See aeuconf(5) for the corresponding user
preference.
-Change number
This option may be used to specify a particular change within a
project. See aegis(1) for a complete description of this
option.
-Help
This option may be used to obtain more information about how to
use the aegis program.
-List
This option may be used to obtain a list of suitable subjects
for this command. The list may be more general than expected.
-Project name
This option may be used to select the project of interest.
When no -Project option is specified, the AEGIS_PROJECT
environment variable is consulted. If that does not exist, the
user’s $HOME/.aegisrc file is examined for a default project
field (see aeuconf(5) for more information). If that does not
exist, when the user is only working on changes within a single
project, the project name defaults to that project. Otherwise,
it is an error.
-TERse
This option may be used to cause listings to produce the bare
minimum of information. It is usually useful for shell
scripts.
-UNChanged
Examine the named files to see if they are unchanged. Only
remove the unchanged files from the branch, and leave the files
which have changed. If no files are named on the command line
all branch files are checked.
-Verbose
This option may be used to cause aegis to produce more output.
By default aegis only produces output on errors. When used
with the -List option this option causes column headings to be
added.
-Wait This 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_preference if not specified, see
aeuconf(5) for more information.
-No_Wait
This 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_preference if not specified,
see aeuconf(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 aemt ’aegis -mt \!* -v’
sh$ aemt(){aegis -mt "$@" -v}
This command is dedicated to my wife, Mary-Therese. When I was trying
to explain what this command did, she said "I had one of those on my
bicycle when I was young, but it fell off".
ERRORS
It is an error if the change is not in the being developed state.
It is an error if the change is not assigned to the current user.
It is an error if the file is not present in the immediate branch.
It is an error if the file is present in the immediate branch, but is
not also present in a deeper branch.
It is an error if the file is only present in the trunk branch.
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
aecpu(1)
uncopy copy files from a change
aemtu(1)
cease making branch files transparent
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/