cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@SERVER.cvs.moodle.org:/cvsroot/moodle co contrib
Also, what CVS command I can use to see the list of third-party modules in contrib?
What CVS command can I use to check out a single third-party module from contrib? The only example I can find checks out all of contrib.
Also, what CVS command I can use to see the list of third-party modules in contrib?
Also, what CVS command I can use to see the list of third-party modules in contrib?
To just browse the contrib it's probably easiest to go to the web interface at http://moodle.cvs.sourceforge.net/moodle/contrib/.
Then there is also the Modules and plugins page.
Anonymous CVS checkouts might now work for the moment (?), but in principle you can add the folders to the module name, for example instead of just "contrib" say "contrib/plugins/blocks/email" and you only get this folder.
Then there is also the Modules and plugins page.
Anonymous CVS checkouts might now work for the moment (?), but in principle you can add the folders to the module name, for example instead of just "contrib" say "contrib/plugins/blocks/email" and you only get this folder.
Hi Samuli,
Thank you for your answer. I was just about to delete my post after figuring it how to do it from the command line:
I didn't know about the CVS Web interface, but that will help in the future.
Thank you for your answer. I was just about to delete my post after figuring it how to do it from the command line:
cvs -z3 -d:SERVER:/cvsroot/moodle co contrib/plugins/mod/book
I didn't know about the CVS Web interface, but that will help in the future.
This is the first time I have used CVS for third-party modules and blocks, and I need to know the best way to merge the files extracted from CVS into the Moodle root directory. I want the third-party files to remain under CVS so that I can upgrade them using CVS.
For example, the book module in CVS has the path contrib/plugins/mod/book (relative to the directory in which the checkout is done), while the the equivalent path relative to to the Moodle root directory ($CFG->rootdir) is simply mod/book.
Should I do the checkout in some temp directory and then use the mv command to move the various directories into $CFG->dirroot, or is there a clever way of extracting directly in $CFG->dirroot?
For example, the book module in CVS has the path contrib/plugins/mod/book (relative to the directory in which the checkout is done), while the the equivalent path relative to to the Moodle root directory ($CFG->rootdir) is simply mod/book.
Should I do the checkout in some temp directory and then use the mv command to move the various directories into $CFG->dirroot, or is there a clever way of extracting directly in $CFG->dirroot?
If you originally checked out the code using
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@SERVER.cvs.moodle.org:/cvsroot/moodle co -r MOODLE_18_STABLE moodle
I think you can then check out a module from contrib using:
cd moodle
cvs co -r MOODLE_18_STABLE -d mod/CUSTOMMOD contrib/mod/CUSTOMMOD
Where you should change CUSTOMMOD to the name of the module you want (or change of the path if you wanted to check out a quesion type, say).
I have not actually tested this, I just know how it is supposed to work. If you try it and can confirm it works, please add this to http://docs.moodle.org/en/CVS_for_Administrators.
After you have checked out something like this, a single CVS update in the top level folder should update Moodle and all plugins.
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@SERVER.cvs.moodle.org:/cvsroot/moodle co -r MOODLE_18_STABLE moodle
I think you can then check out a module from contrib using:
cd moodle
cvs co -r MOODLE_18_STABLE -d mod/CUSTOMMOD contrib/mod/CUSTOMMOD
Where you should change CUSTOMMOD to the name of the module you want (or change of the path if you wanted to check out a quesion type, say).
I have not actually tested this, I just know how it is supposed to work. If you try it and can confirm it works, please add this to http://docs.moodle.org/en/CVS_for_Administrators.
After you have checked out something like this, a single CVS update in the top level folder should update Moodle and all plugins.
Thanks Tim. I will definitely try your suggestion and report back.