Source Control Tasks

Ant's source control tasks enable you to manage Java source and related development files using systems like CVS.

Cvs Task

The cvs task name is based on the acronym for Concurent Versioning System. (CVS is a source control system; you can learn more about it at www.cvshome.org.) This task allows for the handling of CVS modules that contain source files.

Parameters

• command: CVS command to be executed, and parameters provided with that command.
• cvsRoot: Root directory of the remote CVS server.
• dest: Directory other than the project's root directory, where files are checked out locally.
• package: CVS module to check out.
• tag: Tag of the CVS module to check out.
• date: Date which the most recent version of the CVS module to be checked out must be equal to or earlier than.
• quiet: Boolean value of "true" or "false". When set to "true", prevents CVS information from printing out on the terminal. Defaults to "false".
• noexec: Boolean value of "true" or "false". When set to "true", only reports will be generated-no files will be modified. Defaults to "false".
• output: File to which the command's standard output should be output. Defaults to Ant's log MSG_INFO.
• error: File to which the command's standard error should be output. Defaults to Ant's log MSG_WARN.

Get Task

The get task downloads a file from a URL.

Parameters

• src*: URL from which to download a file.
• dest*: File name and location to write the file to.
• verbose: Boolean value of "on" or "off". When set to "on", messages will be suppressed. Defaults to "off".
• ignoreerrors: Boolean value of "true" or "false". When set to "true", the build will not fail when errors occur. Defaults to "false".
• usetimestamp: Boolean value of "true" or "false". When set to "true", the file time and date are compared. If the file is newer than a file specified in the dest parameter, it will be downloaded.

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