cvsdelete [download]

#!/bin/sh
# $Revision: 1.8 $
# $Date: 2007-06-06 02:57:30 $
# Luis Mondesi <lemsx1@gmail.com>
# DESCRIPTION: Use this to delete a file from CVS in one shot!
# USAGE: cvsdelete <filename> [filename2 ...]
# LICENSE: GPL
# BUGS: 
# - can't cope with files that has spaces in their name. tries
#   to do one file with space in their name at a time.

rm_file ()
{
    if [ -f "${1}" ]; then
        echo "Removing ${1} from current tree"
        /bin/rm "${1}"
        cvs delete "${1}"
        cvs commit -m "file deleted from current tree" "${1}"
        if [ $? = 0 ]; then
            return 0
        fi
    fi

    echo "File not found: ${1}"
    return 1
}

if [ -f "$1" -o -f "$*" ]; then
    if [ -f "$*" ]; then
        rm_file "$*" 
    else
        for file in $*
        do
            if  [ -f "${file}" ]; then
                rm_file "${file}"
            fi
        done
    fi
else
    echo "Usage: cvsdelete <filename> [filename2 ... filenameN]"
fi