NAME
aegis new branch - create a new branch
SYNOPSIS
aegis -New_BRanch [ number ][ option... ]
aegis -New_BRanch -Help
DESCRIPTION
The aegis -New_BRanch command is used to create a new branch. A branch
is very similar to a change, except that a branch may have changes (or
branches) of its own, and a change may not.
You may choose your own branch number, if you want. Zero and positives
are legal, but negatives are not. It is an error if that number has
already been used for a change or another branch. If you do not
specify a change number, the lowest available positive number (1 or
more) will be used.
The new branch will be a special sort of change. It will be in the
’being developed’ state, but the usual commands in that stat (build,
diff, etc) will not work. Instead, you must create changes on the
branch, and when those changes are integrated into the branch, this is
the equivalent of build, diff, etc, on the branch. Once the branch is
completed, the aede(1) command may be used to advance it to the being
reviewed state, and from then on it becomes a normal change. Should it
be returned to the being developed state for any reason, it will once
again require sub-changes to alter anything.
OPTIONS
The following options are understood:
-Help
This option may be used to obtain more information about how to
use the aegis program.
-Output filename
This option may be used to specify a filename which is to be
written with the automatically determined branch number.
Useful for writing scripts.
-REAson text
This 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.
-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.
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.
RECOMMENDED ALIAS
The recommended alias for this command is
csh% alias aenbr ’aegis -nbr \!* -v’
sh$ aenbr(){aegis -nbr "$@" -v}
SEE ALSO
aenbru(1)
remove a branch
aenc(1) create a new change
aede(1) develop end
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/