rvi 1.1 2006/02/09

rvi is a shell script that can give you an easy way of integrating RCS with your existing vim/vi work environment.

Simply use "rvi filename" instead of "vim filename", and the file will automatically be checked into revision control, and the changes you made after the edit will be displayed each time you finish editing.

Ever wanted to see what has changed to a configuration file?
Ever wanted to go back to where you where before some big change?
Ever wondered who changed your configuration files, and in what way?
Ever wanted the safety of knowing you can undo whatever changes you make to a config file?
Ever wanted to edit files in multi user environments without unknowingly overwriting others work?

rvi is a wrapper script which gives you an easy way of integrating RCS with your existing vim/vi work environment.

Simply use rvi filename instead of vim filename and the file will automatically be checked into revision control, and the changes you made after the edit will be displayed each time you finish editing. Eg:

reenen@tux$ rvi index.html
RCS/index.html,v --> index.html
revision 1.1 (locked)
done

... you edit the file here, and once done:

"index.html" 25L, 916C written
===================================================================
RCS file: RCS/index.html,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -u -r1.1 index.html
--- index.html 2006/02/09 09:59:14 1.1
+++ index.html 2006/02/09 10:00:57
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@



+



RCS/index.html,v <-- index.html
new revision: 1.2; previous revision: 1.1
enter log message, terminated with single . or end of file:
>> added title.
>> .
done

... the changes are displayed and the new revision checked in.