Re: multi-line commit messages from command-line

[Matt Riechers]

"Harig, Mark A." wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know if there is a means for submitting a multi-line
> 'commit' message (or 'add' message, etc.) using the '-m' command-line
> option?  What I am hoping for is something like:
> 
>    $ cvs commit -m "line 1 of my message \n line 2 of my message \n etc"
> my_file.c
> 
> Ideally, this would produce a message in the CVS log file in the
> following format:
> 
>    line 1 of my message
>    line 2 of my message
>    etc

If you trim the space after each newline you should get what you want. Have you
seen different results?

-Matt