edit

Synopsis: edit [OPTIONS] [FILES]

• Alternate names – None
• Requires – Working copy, repository
• Changes – Permissions in working copy, watchlist in repository

Signals that you are about to begin editing a watched file or files. Also adds you as a temporary watcher to the file's watch list (you'll be removed when you do cvs unedit). (See also watch, watchers, unedit, and editors.)

Options:

• -a ACTIONS – Specifies for which actions you want to be a temporary watcher. ACTIONS should be either edit, unedit, commit, all, or none. (If you don't use -a, the temporary watch will be for all actions.)
• -l – Local. Signals editing for files in the current working directory only.
• -R – Recursive (this is the default). Opposite of b; you would only need to pass -R to counteract a -l in a .cvsrc file.