[MITgcm-devel] suggestion for http://mitgcm.org/public/source_code.html

[Dimitris Menemenlis]

OK, I have added to using_cvs.html and section 3.2.1, as suggested.
Hopefully manual will compile OK tonight.  If not I can fix tomorrow.

Also I just checked that "cvs login" is not needed.
The reason is that the password is specified right after the :pserver:
Password happens to be “cvsanon”, same as username, hence the repeat.

And for closing this thread, please note that the "<http://mitgcm.org>” in line
at very bottom of thread is not supposed to be there.  It was added
surreptitiously by mail program.  The correct command line should look like:
$ cvs -d :pserver:cvsanon:cvsanon at mitgcm.org:/u/gcmpack co -P MITgcm

This form of cvs command was convenient for me for a script that I was writing.
Maybe others will also find it useful.

Cheers, D.

> On Nov 20, 2015, at 10:27 AM, Jean-Michel Campin <jmc at ocean.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi Dimitris,
> 
> I am not sure that it's much more convenient for users to specify
> the pserver path within the cvs command itself. 
> Also I thinks the "cvs login" stage is still needed the first time
> (run into this issue last time I set-up an automatic testreport on a new
> platform where I did not use cvs before but use "cvs co" the same way as
> you suggest).
> And we would need to update the instructions (both in manual & on web-site)
> to reflect this change.
> 
> However, we could certainly mention this alternative way on the CVS web-site page 
> (http://mitgcm.org/public/using_cvs.html) and in the manual (section 3.2.1) as well.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jean-Michel
> 
> On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 02:36:39AM +0000, Menemenlis, Dimitris (329C) wrote:
>> would it make sense to replace:
>> 
>>  bash or sh shell:
>>    $ export CVSROOT=':pserver:cvsanon at mitgcm.org<http://mitgcm.org>:/u/gcmpack'
>>    $ cvs login
>>      ( enter the CVS password: "cvsanon" )
>>    $ cvs co -P MITgcm
>> 
>>  tcsh or csh shell:
>>    $ setenv CVSROOT ':pserver:cvsanon at mitgcm.org<http://mitgcm.org>:/u/gcmpack'
>>    $ cvs login
>>      ( enter the CVS password: "cvsanon" )
>>    $ cvs co -P MITgcm
>> 
>> 
>> with:
>> 
>>    $ cvs -d :pserver:cvsanon:cvsanon at mitgcm.org<http://mitgcm.org>:/u/gcmpack co -P MITgcm