Installing commitlog.py on a Windows CVS Server

1. First you will need to install Python. You can get a simple Windows Python install from here:

   http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/

   You will also need a command line equivilant to UNIX "tail" in order for users to see the end of the commitlog easily. You can get these here:

   http://www.cmdtools.com/cmdpack.exe

2. After that, you will need setup the script as a CVS handler:

   > cvs co CVSROOT
   > cd CVSROOT
   > mkdir commitinfo
   > cvs add commitinfo
   > cvs commit -m "added commitinfo dir"
   

3. edit CVSROOT/loginfo and add the following line:

   ALL C:\py20\python.exe c:\py20\scripts\commitlog.py c:\my_cvs_dir\CVSROOT\commitinfo

4. Check in loginfo

   > cvs commit loginfo -m "adding commitlog.py script"
   

5. test it by checking in a file!