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=== history&mdash;Show status of files and users ===
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* Synopsis:     history <nowiki>[</nowiki>-report<nowiki>]</nowiki> <nowiki>[</nowiki>-flags<nowiki>]</nowiki> <nowiki>[</nowiki>-options args<nowiki>]</nowiki> <nowiki>[</nowiki>files&hellip;<nowiki>]</nowiki>

* Requires: the file &lsquo;<tt>$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/history</tt>&rsquo;

* Changes: nothing.

<small>CVS</small> can keep a history file that tracks each use of the
<code>checkout</code>, <code>commit</code>, <code>rtag</code>,
<code>update</code>, and <code>release</code> commands.  You can
use <code>history</code> to display this information in
various formats.

Logging must be enabled by creating the file
&lsquo;<tt>$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/history</tt>&rsquo;.

'''Note: <code>history</code> uses &lsquo;<code>-f</code>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<code>-l</code>&rsquo;,
&lsquo;<code>-n</code>&rsquo;, and &lsquo;<code>-p</code>&rsquo; in ways that conflict with the
normal use inside <small>CVS</small> (see [[cvs: Common command options#Common command options|Common options]]).'''

 [[cvs: history options#history options|&bull; history options]]::             history options

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