Automagic checkin (RCS - ci) before patch

[Francois Pinard]

In article <srp.675705482 at babar.mmwb.ucsf.edu> srp at babar.mmwb.ucsf.edu (Scott R. Presnell) writes:

   Does anyone have a script or patch to "patch" that does an automagic
   checkin/checkout (basically ci -l) on a file before applying a
   patch?

I think this should be another option to the patch program itself,
which already pays attention to backup creation in various ways.  My
main need would be to checkin the file, but only if it has never been
checked in yet.  A subsidiary need would be to check in a file
unconditionnaly before patching it.
--
Franc,ois Pinard          ``Vivement GNU!''         pinard at iro.umontreal.ca
(514) 588-4656    cp 886 L'Epiphanie (Qc) J0K 1J0    ...!uunet!iros1!pinard