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cvswrappers
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Specifies certain filtering behaviors based on file name.  Each line has
a file-globbing pattern (that is, a file name or file wildcards),
followed by an option indicating the filter type and an argument for the
option.

Options:

   * -m - Specifies an update method.  Possible arguments are MERGE,
     which means to merge changes into working files automatically, and
     COPY, which means don't try to automerge but present the user with
     both versions of the file and let them work it out.  MERGE is the
     default, except for binary files (those whose keyword substitution
     mode is -kb).  (See the Note: Keyword Substitution (RCS
     Keywords) section in this chapter.)  Files marked as binary
     automatically use the COPY method, so there is no need to make a
     -m COPY wrapper for them.

   * -k - Specifies a keyword substitution mode.  All of the usual
     modes are possible.  (See the Note: Keyword Substitution (RCS
     Keywords) section in this chapter for a complete list.)


Here is an example cvswrappers file:

     *.blob    -m COPY
     *.blink   -k o

This cvswrappers file says to not attempt merges on files ending in
`.blob' and suppress keyword substitution for files ending in `.blink'.
(See also the file `.cvswrappers' in the Note: Working Copy Files
section in this chapter.)