2012-04-24 04:48 AEST by Glen Starrett - I'm trying to set up a sample modules2 module to get a filter working based on
file -- starting with a "find all jpg files" type like the example before trying
to reverse it, but it's not working.

Am I doing something wrong here?

I started with an existing test module "testcvs" and added a new folder under
it, with some dummy files:
                md unfiltered
                cvs add unfiltered
                cd unfiltered
                echo hi > a.txt
                copy a.txt a.jpg
                copy a.txt a.xls
                copy a.txt a.doc
                cvs add *.*
                cvs ci -m "Added files"

So far so good.  Then I created a modules2 section and committed it (syntax is
just like the example in the modules2 file, but I also tried "(^\.jpg$)":

                [test-filtered]
                / = testcvs/unfiltered (^jpg$)

Neither will filter any files.  I just get a full listing of what's in
unfiltered when I run this.

C:\Users\Glen Starrett\Documents\test\stanley-test2\CVSROOT>cvs ls testcvs/unfil
tered
Listing module: testcvs/unfiltered

a.doc
a.jpg
a.txt
a.xls

C:\Users\Glen Starrett\Documents\test\stanley-test2\CVSROOT>cvs ls test-filtered

Listing module: test-filtered

a.doc
a.jpg
a.txt
a.xls

I also tried this, just to see if it would "break" it, but it produced the same
result:

                [test-filtered]
                / = testcvs/unfiltered (ddpg)


System details:
C:\Users\Glen Starrett\Documents\test\stanley-test2\CVSROOT>cvs ver
Client: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.8.01 (Soolin) Build 4395
(client/server)
Server: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.8.01 (Soolin) Build 4377
(client/server)

Server is my Linux (Fedora something-or-other).  I also tried it on Win7 server
(4395, local server to client) but got a worse result:

C:\Users\Glen Starrett\Documents\test\europa\cvsroot>cvs ci -m "Testing filter"
cvs commit: Examining .
? just_testing.bat
? ci.out.txt
Checking in modules2;
/myrepo/cvsroot/modules2,v  <--  modules2
new revision: 1.2; previous revision: 1.1
done
cvsntsrv server: Rebuilding administrative file database

C:\Users\Glen Starrett\Documents\test\europa\cvsroot>cvs rls samp
Listing module: samp

hi.doc
hi1.txt
hi2.txt
hi3.txt
arg
foo
icotest
promo
samp

C:\Users\Glen Starrett\Documents\test\europa\cvsroot>cvs rls testfilt
cvsntsrv server: cannot find module `testfilt' - ignored

C:\Users\Glen Starrett\Documents\test\europa\cvsroot>cvs rls
Listing modules on server

CVSROOT
JazzBand
MHtest2
deeptest
fubar
samp
cvsntsrv [server aborted]: Couldn't open RCS file /myrepo/samp (^*doc$))/.direct
ory_history,v: Invalid argument

Here's the modules2 entry I used:

                [testfilt]
                / = samp (^*doc$))

2012-04-24 04:50 AEST by Glen Starrett - Created an attachment (id=2357)
Linux server LS of modules2 module ignoring filter

2012-04-24 04:53 AEST by Glen Starrett - Created an attachment (id=2358)
Windows server rls test of modules2 module with error message

This one tries to open "C:/PROGRA~3/MARCHH~1/myrepo/samp
(^*doc$))/.directory_history,v" where the Linux server did not try this.  Note
that Linux server was a different build (but still fairly recent).

2012-04-25 01:46 AEST by Glen Starrett - OK, there was a typo in the Windows server case that caused that error message.
 However, correcting it results in the same behavior as on Linux -- the server
just ignores the filter entirely.

2012-04-25 01:48 AEST by Glen Starrett - Created an attachment (id=2360)
RLS debug output for modules2 on Windows server ignoring filter

2012-04-25 04:41 AEST by Glen Starrett - Found out that it's RLS / LS that is ignoring the file filter.  Checkout works
properly.  The following filter will checkout the subset of files that do NOT
include "txt":

[testfilt2]
/ = testing (^((?!txt).)*$)

Note that this will require further refinement to remove only *.txt files, this
will get rid of any with "txt" anywhere within the string.

2017-02-13 10:33 AEST by Arthur Barrett - *** Bug 7103 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***