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30    <h1>FCM: User Guide: Annex: The FCM 1 Extract System</h1>
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36
37  <h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2>
38
39  <p><em>The FCM 1 extract system is deprecated. The documentation for the
40  current extract system can be found at <a href="make.html">FCM
41  Make</a>.</em></p>
42
43  <p>The extract system provides an interface between the revision control
44  system (currently Subversion) and the build system. Where appropriate, it
45  extracts code from the repository and other user-defined locations to a
46  directory tree suitable for feeding into the build system. In this chapter,
47  we shall use many examples to explain how to use the extract system. At the
48  end of this chapter, you will be able to extract code from the local file
49  system as well as from different branches of different repository URLs. You
50  will also learn how to mirror code to an alternate destination. Finally, you
51  will be given an introduction on how to specify configurations for the build
52  system via the extract configuration file. (For further information on the
53  build system, please see the next chapter <a href="build.html">The Build
54  System</a>.) The last section of the chapter tells you what you can do in the
55  case when Subversion is not available.</p>
56
57  <h2 id="command">The Extract Command</h2>
58
59  <p>To invoke the extract system, simply issue the command:</p>
60  <pre>
61fcm extract
62</pre>
63
64  <p>By default, the extract system searches for an extract configuration file
65  <samp>ext.cfg</samp> in <samp>$PWD</samp> and then <samp>$PWD/cfg</samp>. If
66  an extract configuration file is not found in these directories, the command
67  fails with an error. If an extract configuration file is found, the system
68  will use the configuration specified in the file to perform the current
69  extract.</p>
70
71  <p>If the destination of the extract does not exist, the system performs a
72  new full extract to the destination. If a previous extract already exists at
73  the destination, the system performs an incremental extract, updating any
74  modifications if necessary. If a full (fresh) extract is required for
75  whatever reason, you can invoke the extract system using the <code>-f</code>
76  option, (i.e. the command becomes <code>fcm extract -f</code>). If you simply
77  want to remove all the items generated by a previous extract in the
78  destination, you can invoke the extract system using the <code>--clean</code>
79  option.</p>
80
81  <p>For further information on the extract command, please see <a href=
82  "command_ref.html#fcm-extract">FCM Command Reference &gt; fcm extract</a>.</p>
83
84  <h2 id="simple">Simple Usage</h2>
85
86  <p>The extract configuration file is the main user interface of the extract
87  system. It is a line based text file. For a complete set of extract
88  configuration file declarations, please refer to the <a href=
89  "annex_ext_cfg.html">Annex: Declarations in FCM extract configuration
90  file</a>.</p>
91
92  <h3 id="simple_local">Extract from a local path</h3>
93
94  <p>A simple example of a basic extract configuration file is given below:</p>
95  <pre id="example_1">
96# Example 1
97# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
98cfg::type         ext       # line 1
99cfg::version      1.0       # line 2
100                            # line 3
101dest              $PWD      # line 4
102                            # line 5
103repos::var::user  $HOME/var # line 6
104                            # line 7
105expsrc::var::user code      # line 8
106</pre>
107
108  <p>The above demonstrates how to use the extract system to extract code from
109  a local user directory. Here is an explanation of what each line does:</p>
110
111  <ul>
112    <li><dfn>line 1</dfn>: the label <code>CFG::TYPE</code> declares the type
113    of the configuration file. The value <samp>ext</samp> tells the system that
114    it is an extract configuration file.</li>
115
116    <li><dfn>line 2</dfn>: the label <code>CFG::VERSION</code> declares the
117    version of the extract configuration file. The current default is
118    <samp>1.0</samp>. Although it is not currently used, if we have to change
119    the format of the configuration file at a later stage, we shall be able to
120    use this number to determine whether we are reading a file with an older
121    format or one with a newer format.</li>
122
123    <li><dfn>line 3</dfn>: a blank line or a line beginning with a
124    <code>#</code> is a comment, and is ignored by the interpreter.</li>
125
126    <li><dfn>line 4</dfn>: the label <code>DEST</code> declares the destination
127    root directory of this extract. The value <samp>$PWD</samp> expands to the
128    current working directory.</li>
129
130    <li><dfn>line 5</dfn>: comment line, ignored.</li>
131
132    <li><dfn>line 6</dfn>: the label
133    <code>REPOS::&lt;pck&gt;::&lt;branch&gt;</code> declares the top level URL
134    or path of a repository. The package name of the repository is given by
135    &lt;pck&gt;. In our example, we choose <samp>var</samp> as the name of the
136    package. (You can choose any name you like, however, it is usually sensible
137    to use a package name that matches the name of the project or system you
138    are working with.) The branch name in the repository is given by
139    &lt;branch&gt;. (Again, you can choose any name you like, however, it is
140    usually sensible to use a name such as <samp>base</samp>, <samp>user</samp>
141    or something that matches your branch name.) In our example, the word
142    <samp>user</samp> is normally used to denote a local user directory. Hence
143    the statement declares that the repository path for the <samp>var</samp>
144    package in the <samp>user</samp> branch can be found at
145    <samp>$HOME/var</samp>.</li>
146
147    <li><dfn>line 7</dfn>: comment line, ignored.</li>
148
149    <li><dfn>line 8</dfn>: the label
150    <code>EXPSRC::&lt;pck&gt;::&lt;branch&gt;</code> declares an
151    <em>expandable</em> source directory for the package &lt;pck&gt; in the
152    branch &lt;branch&gt;. In our example, the package name is
153    <samp>var</samp>, and the branch name is <samp>user</samp>. These match the
154    package and the branch names of the repository declaration in line 6. It
155    means that the source directory declaration is associated with the path
156    <samp>$HOME/var</samp>. The value of the declaration <samp>code</samp> is
157    therefore a sub-directory under <samp>$HOME/var</samp>. By declaring a
158    source directory using an <code>EXPSRC</code> label, the system
159    automatically searches for all sub-directories (recursively) under the
160    declared source directory.</li>
161  </ul>
162
163  <p>Invoking the extract system using the above configuration file will
164  extract all sub-directories under <samp>$HOME/var/code</samp> to
165  <samp>$PWD/src/var/code</samp>. Note: the extract system ignores symbolic
166  links and hidden files, (i.e. file names beginning with a <samp>.</samp>). It
167  will write a build configuration file to <samp>$PWD/cfg/bld.cfg</samp>. The
168  configuration used for this extract will be written to the configuration file
169  at <samp>$PWD/cfg/ext.cfg</samp>.</p>
170
171  <dl>
172    <dt>Note - incremental extract</dt>
173
174    <dd>Suppose you have already performed an extract using the above
175    configuration file. At a later time, you have made some changes to some of
176    the files in the source directory. Re-running the extract system on the
177    same configuration will trigger an incremental extract. In an incremental
178    extract, the system will update only those files that are modified. If the
179    last modified time (or last commit revision) of a source file in the
180    current extract differs from that in the previous extract, the system will
181    attempt a content comparison. The system updates the destination only if
182    the content and/or file access permission of the source differs from that
183    of the destination.</dd>
184  </dl>
185
186  <h3 id="simple_url">Extract from a Subversion URL</h3>
187
188  <p>The next example demonstrates how to extract from a Subversion repository
189  URL:</p>
190  <pre id="example_2">
191# Example 2
192# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
193cfg::type           ext                    # line 1
194cfg::version        1.0                    # line 2
195                                           # line 3
196dest                $PWD                   # line 4
197                                           # line 5
198repos::var::base    svn://server/var/trunk # line 6
199revision::var::base 1234                   # line 7
200                                           # line 8
201expsrc::var::base   code                   # line 9
202</pre>
203
204  <ul>
205    <li><dfn>line 1-5</dfn>: same as <a href="#example_1">example 1</a>.</li>
206
207    <li><dfn>line 6</dfn>: the line declares the repository location of the
208    <samp>base</samp> branch of the <samp>var</samp> package to be the
209    Subversion URL <samp>svn://server/var/trunk</samp>.</li>
210
211    <li><dfn>line 7</dfn>: the label
212    <code>REVISION::&lt;pck&gt;::&lt;branch&gt;</code> declares the revision of
213    the repository associated with the package &lt;pck&gt; in the branch
214    &lt;branch&gt;. The current line tells the extract system to use revision
215    1234 of <samp>svn://server/var/trunk</samp>. It is worth noting that the
216    declared revision must be a revision when the declared branch exists. The
217    actual revision used is the last changed revision of the declared one. If
218    the revision is not declared, the default is to use the last changed
219    revision at the HEAD of the branch.</li>
220
221    <li><dfn>line 8</dfn>: comment line, ignored.</li>
222
223    <li><dfn>line 9</dfn>: the line declares an expandable source directory in
224    the repository <samp>svn://server/var/trunk</samp>.</li>
225  </ul>
226
227  <p>Invoking the extract system using the above configuration file will
228  extract all sub-directories under <samp>svn://server/var/trunk/code</samp> to
229  <samp>$PWD/src/var/code</samp>. It will write a build configuration file to
230  <samp>$PWD/cfg/bld.cfg</samp>. The configuration used for this extract will
231  be written to the configuration file at <samp>$PWD/cfg/ext.cfg</samp>.</p>
232
233  <dl>
234    <dt>EXPSRC or SRC?</dt>
235
236    <dd>
237      <p>So far, we have only declared source directories using the
238      <code>EXPSRC</code> statement, which stands for <em>expandable source
239      directory</em>. A source directory declared using this statement will
240      trigger the system to search recursively for any sub-directories under
241      the declared one. Any sub-directories containing regular source files
242      will be included in the extract. Symbolic links, hidden files and empty
243      directories (or those containing only symbolic links and/or hidden files)
244      are ignored.</p>
245
246      <p>If you do not want the system to search for sub-directories underneath
247      your declared source directory, you can declare your source directory
248      using the <code>SRC</code> statement. The <code>SRC</code> statement is
249      essentially the same as <code>EXPSRC</code> except that it does not
250      trigger the automatic recursive search for source directories. In fact,
251      the system implements the <code>EXPSRC</code> statement by expanding it
252      into a list of <code>SRC</code> statements.</p>
253    </dd>
254
255    <dt>Package and sub-package</dt>
256
257    <dd>
258      <p>The second field of a repository, revision or source directory
259      declaration label is the name of the container package. It is a name
260      selected by the user to identify the system or project he/she is working
261      on. (Therefore, it is often sensible to choose an identifier that matches
262      the name of the project or system.) The package name provides a unique
263      namespace for a file container. Source directories are automatically
264      arranged into sub-packages, using the names of the sub-directories as the
265      names of the sub-packages. For example, the declaration at line 9 in
266      <a href="#example_2">example 2</a> will put the source directory in the
267      <samp>var/code</samp> sub-package automatically.</p>
268
269      <p>Note that, in additional to slash <code>/</code>, double colon
270      <code>::</code> and double underscore <code>__</code> (internal only)
271      also act as delimiters for package names. Please avoid using them for
272      naming your files and directories.</p>
273
274      <p>You can declare a sub-package name explicitly in your source directory
275      statement. For example, the following two lines are equivalent:</p>
276      <pre>
277src::var::base                      code/VarMod_Surface
278src::var/code/VarMod_Surface::base  code/VarMod_Surface
279</pre>
280
281      <p>Explicit sub-package declaration should not be used normally, as it
282      requires a lot more typing (although there are some situations where it
283      can be useful, e.g. if you need to re-define the package name).</p>
284
285      <p>Currently, the extract system only supports non-space characters in
286      the package name, as the space character is used as a delimiter between
287      the declaration label and its value. If there are spaces in the path name
288      to a file or directory, you should explicity re-define the package name
289      of that path to a package name with no space using the above method.
290      However, we recommend that only non-space characters are used for naming
291      directories and files to make life simpler.</p>
292    </dd>
293  </dl>
294
295  <dl>
296    <dt>The expanded extract configuration file</dt>
297
298    <dd>
299      <p>At the end of a successful extract, the configuration used by the
300      current extract is written in <samp>cfg/ext.cfg</samp> under the extract
301      destination root. This file is an <em>expanded</em> version of the
302      original, with changes in the following declarations:</p>
303
304      <ul>
305        <li>All revision keywords are converted into revision numbers.</li>
306
307        <li>If a revision is not defined for a repository, it is set to the
308        corresponding revision number of the HEAD revision.</li>
309
310        <li>All URL keywords are converted into the full URLs.</li>
311
312        <li>All <code>EXPSRC</code> declarations are expanded into
313        <code>SRC</code> declarations.</li>
314
315        <li>All other variables are expanded.</li>
316      </ul>
317
318      <p>With this file, it should be possible for a later extract to re-create
319      the current configuration even if the contents of the repository have
320      changed. (This applies only to code stored in the repository.)</p>
321    </dd>
322  </dl>
323
324  <h3 id="simple_mirror">Mirror code to an alternate location</h3>
325
326  <p>The next example demonstrates how to extract from a repository and mirror
327  the code to an alternate location. It is essentially the same as <a href=
328  "#example_2">example 2</a>, except that it has three new lines to describe
329  how the system can mirror the extracted code to an alternate location.</p>
330  <pre id="example_3">
331# Example 3
332# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
333cfg::type           ext
334cfg::version        1.0
335
336dest                $PWD
337
338rdest::machine      tx01                           # line 6
339rdest::logname      frva                           # line 7
340rdest               /scratch/frva/extract/example3 # line 8
341
342repos::var::base    svn://server/var/trunk
343revision::var::base 1234
344
345expsrc::var::base   code
346</pre>
347
348  <p>Here is an explanation of what each line does:</p>
349
350  <ul>
351    <li><dfn>line 6</dfn>: <code>RDEST::MACHINE</code> declares the target
352    machine to which the code will be mirrored. The example mirrors the code to
353    the machine named <samp>tx01</samp>.</li>
354
355    <li><dfn>line 7</dfn>: <code>RDEST::LOGNAME</code> declares the user name
356    of the target machine, to which the user has login access. If this is not
357    declared, the system uses the login name of the current user on the local
358    machine.</li>
359
360    <li><dfn>line 8</dfn>: <code>RDEST</code> declares the root directory of
361    the alternate destination, where the mirror version of the extract will be
362    sent.</li>
363  </ul>
364
365  <p>Invoking the extract system on the above configuration will trigger an
366  extract similar to that given in <a href="#example_2">example 2</a>, but it
367  will also attempt to mirror the contents at <samp>$PWD/src/var/code</samp> to
368  <samp>/scratch/frva/extract/example3/src</samp> on the alternate destination.
369  It will also mirror the expanded extract configuration file
370  <samp>$PWD/cfg/ext.cfg</samp> to
371  <samp>/scratch/frva/extract/example3/cfg/ext.cfg</samp> and
372  <samp>$PWD/cfg/bld.cfg</samp> to
373  <samp>/scratch/frva/extract/example3/cfg/bld.cfg</samp>. It is also worth
374  noting that the content of the build configuration file will be slightly
375  different, since it will include directory names appropriate for the
376  alternate destination.</p>
377
378  <dl>
379    <dt>Note - mirroring command</dt>
380
381    <dd>
382      <p>The extract system currently supports <code>rdist</code> and
383      <code>rsync</code> as its mirroring tool. The default is
384      <code>rsync</code>. To use <code>rdist</code> instead of
385      <code>rsync</code>, add the following line to your extract configuration
386      file:</p>
387      <pre>
388rdest::mirror_cmd  rdist
389</pre>
390
391      <p>If <code>rsync</code> is used to mirror an extract, the system needs to
392      issue a separate remote shell command to create the container directory of
393      the mirror destination. The default is to issue a shell command in the
394      form <samp>ssh -n -oBatchMode=yes LOGNAME@MACHINE mkdir -p DEST</samp>.
395      The following declarations can be used to modify the command:</p>
396      <pre>
397# Examples using the default settings:
398rdest::rsh_mkdir_rsh         ssh
399rdest::rsh_mkdir_rshflags    -n -oBatchMode=yes
400rdest::rsh_mkdir_mkdir       mkdir
401rdest::rsh_mkdir_mkdirflags  -p
402</pre>
403
404      <p>In addition, the default <code>rsync</code> shell command is
405      <samp>rsync -a --exclude='.*' --delete-excluded --timeout=900 --rsh='ssh
406      -oBatchMode=yes' SOURCE DEST</samp>. The following declarations can be
407      used to modify the command:</p>
408      <pre>
409# Examples using the default settings:
410rdest::rsync       rsync
411rdest::rsyncflags  -a --exclude='.*' --delete-excluded --timeout=900 \
412                   --rsh='ssh -oBatchMode=yes'
413</pre>
414    </dd>
415  </dl>
416
417  <h2 id="advanced">Advanced Usage</h2>
418
419  <h3 id="advanced_multi">Extract from multiple repositories</h3>
420
421  <p>So far, we have only extracted from a single location. The extract system
422  is not much use if that is the only thing it can do. In fact, the extract
423  system supports extract of multiple source directories from multiple branches
424  in multiple repositories. The following configuration file is an example of
425  how to extract from multiple repositories:</p>
426  <pre id="example_4">
427# Example 4
428# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
429cfg::type           ext
430cfg::version        1.0
431
432dest                $PWD
433
434repos::var::base    fcm:var_tr              # line 6
435repos::ops::base    fcm:ops_tr              # line 7
436repos::gen::base    fcm:gen_tr              # line 8
437
438revision::gen::base 2468                    # line 10
439
440expsrc::var::base   src/code                    # line 12
441expsrc::var::base   src/scripts                 # line 13
442expsrc::ops::base   src/code                    # line 14
443src::gen::base      src/code/GenMod_Constants   # line 15
444src::gen::base      src/code/GenMod_Control     # line 16
445src::gen::base      src/code/GenMod_FortranIO   # line 17
446src::gen::base      src/code/GenMod_GetEnv      # line 18
447src::gen::base      src/code/GenMod_ModelIO     # line 19
448src::gen::base      src/code/GenMod_ObsInfo     # line 20
449src::gen::base      src/code/GenMod_Platform    # line 21
450src::gen::base      src/code/GenMod_Reporting   # line 22
451src::gen::base      src/code/GenMod_Trace       # line 23
452src::gen::base      src/code/GenMod_UMConstants # line 24
453src::gen::base      src/code/GenMod_Utilities   # line 25
454</pre>
455
456  <p>Here is an explanation of what each line does:</p>
457
458  <ul>
459    <li><dfn>line 6-8</dfn>: these lines declare the repositories for the
460    <samp>base</samp> branches of the <samp>var</samp>, <samp>ops</samp> and
461    <samp>gen</samp> packages respectively. It is worth noting that the values
462    of the declarations are no longer Subversion URLs but are FCM URL keywords.
463    These keywords are normally declared in the central configuration file of
464    the FCM system, and will be expanded into the corresponding Subversion URLs
465    by the FCM system. For further information on URL keywords, please see
466    <a href="code_management.html#svn_basic_keywords">Code Management System
467    &gt; Using Subversion &gt; Basic Command Line Usage &gt; Repository &amp;
468    Revision Keywords</a>.</li>
469
470    <li><dfn>line 10</dfn>: this line declares the revision number for the
471    <samp>base</samp> branch of the <samp>gen</samp> package, i.e. for the
472    <samp>fcm:gen_tr</samp> repository. It is worth noting that the revision
473    numbers for the <samp>var</samp> and <samp>ops</samp> packages have not
474    been declared. By default, their revision numbers will be set to the last
475    changed revision at the HEAD.</li>
476
477    <li><dfn>line 12-14</dfn>: these line declares the source directories for
478    the <samp>base</samp> branches of the <samp>var</samp> and <samp>ops</samp>
479    packages. For the <samp>var</samp> package, we are extracting everything
480    from the <samp>code</samp> and the <samp>scripts</samp> sub-directory. For
481    the <samp>ops</samp> package, we are extracting everything from the
482    <samp>code</samp> directory.</li>
483
484    <li><dfn>line 15-25</dfn>: these line declares the source directories for
485    the <samp>base</samp> branch of the <samp>gen</samp> package. The source
486    directories declared will not be searched for sub-directories underneath
487    the declared directories.</li>
488  </ul>
489
490  <p>We shall end up with a directory tree such as:</p>
491  <pre>
492$PWD
493   |
494   |--- cfg
495   |      |
496   |      |--- bld.cfg
497   |      |--- ext.cfg
498   |
499   |--- src
500          |
501          |--- gen
502          |      |
503          |      |--- code
504          |              |
505          |              |--- GenMod_Constants
506          |              |--- GenMod_Control
507          |              |--- GenMod_FortranIO
508          |              |--- GenMod_GetEnv
509          |              |--- GenMod_ModelIO
510          |              |--- GenMod_ObsInfo
511          |              |--- GenMod_Platform
512          |              |--- GenMod_Reporting
513          |              |--- GenMod_Trace
514          |              |--- GenMod_UMConstants
515          |              |--- GenMod_Utilities
516          |
517          |--- ops
518          |      |
519          |      |--- code
520          |              |
521          |              |--- ...
522          |
523          |--- var
524                 |
525                 |--- code
526                 |       |
527                 |       |--- ...
528                 |
529                 |--- scripts
530                         |
531                         |--- ...
532</pre>
533
534  <dl>
535    <dt>Note - revision number</dt>
536
537    <dd>
538      <p>As seen in the above example, if a revision number is not specified
539      for a repository URL, it defaults to the last changed revision at the
540      HEAD of the branch. The revision number can also be declared in other
541      ways:</p>
542
543      <ul>
544        <li>Any revision arguments acceptable by Subversion are allowed. You
545        can use a valid revision number, a date between a pair of curly
546        brackets (e.g. <samp>{2005-05-01T12:00}</samp>) or the keyword HEAD.
547        However, please do not use the keywords BASE, COMMITTED or PREV as
548        these are reserved for working copy only.</li>
549
550        <li>FCM revision keywords are allowed. These must be defined for the
551        corresponding repository URLs in either the central or the user FCM
552        configuration file. For further information on revision keywords,
553        please see <a href="code_management.html#svn_basic_keywords">Code
554        Management &gt; Using Subversion &gt; Basic Command Line Usage &gt;
555        Repository &amp; Revision Keywords</a>.</li>
556
557        <li>Do not use the keyword USER, as it is used internally by the
558        extract system.</li>
559      </ul>
560
561      <p>If a revision number is specified for a branch, the actual revision
562      used by the extract system is the last changed revision of the branch,
563      which may differ from the declared revision. While this behaviour is
564      useful in most situations, some users may find it confusing to work with.
565      It is possible to alter this behaviour so that extract will fail if the
566      declared revision does not correspond to a changeset of the declared
567      branch. Make the following declaration to switch on this checking:</p>
568      <pre>
569revmatch  true
570</pre>
571    </dd>
572  </dl>
573
574  <h3 id="advanced_branches">Extract from multiple branches</h3>
575
576  <p>We have so far dealt with a single branch in any package. The extract
577  system can be used to <em>combine</em> changes from different branches of a
578  package. An example is given below:</p>
579  <pre id="example_5">
580# Example 5
581# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
582cfg::type               ext
583cfg::version            1.0
584 
585dest                    $PWD
586 
587repos::var::base        fcm:var_tr
588repos::ops::base        fcm:ops_tr
589repos::gen::base        fcm:gen_tr
590 
591revision::gen::base     2468
592 
593expsrc::var::base       src/code
594expsrc::var::base       src/scripts
595expsrc::ops::base       src/code
596src::gen::base          src/code/GenMod_Constants
597src::gen::base          src/code/GenMod_Control
598src::gen::base          src/code/GenMod_FortranIO
599src::gen::base          src/code/GenMod_GetEnv
600src::gen::base          src/code/GenMod_ModelIO
601src::gen::base          src/code/GenMod_ObsInfo
602src::gen::base          src/code/GenMod_Platform
603src::gen::base          src/code/GenMod_Reporting
604src::gen::base          src/code/GenMod_Trace
605src::gen::base          src/code/GenMod_UMConstants
606src::gen::base          src/code/GenMod_Utilities
607
608repos::var::branch1     fcm:var_br/frva/r1234_new_stuff   # line 27
609repos::var::branch2     fcm:var_br/frva/r1516_bug_fix     # line 28
610repos::ops::branch1     fcm:ops_br/opsrc/r3188_good_stuff # line 29
611</pre>
612
613  <p>The configuration file in <a href="#example_5">example 5</a> is similar to
614  that of <a href="#example_4">example 4</a> except for the last three lines.
615  Here is an explanation of what they do:</p>
616
617  <ul>
618    <li>
619      <dfn>line 27</dfn>: this line declares a repository URL for the
620      <samp>branch1</samp> branch of the <samp>var</samp> package. From the URL
621      of the branch, we know that the branch was created by the user
622      <samp>frva</samp> based on the trunk at revision at 1234. The description
623      of the branch is <samp>branch1</samp>. The following points are worth
624      noting:
625
626      <ul>
627        <li>By declaring a new branch with the same package name to a
628        previously declared branch, it is assumed that both branches reside in
629        the same Subversion repository.</li>
630
631        <li>No revision is declared for this URL, so the default is used which
632        is the last changed revision at the HEAD of the branch.</li>
633
634        <li>No source directory is declared for this URL. By default, if no
635        source directory is declared for a branch repository, it will attempt
636        to use the same set of source directories as the first declared branch
637        of the package. In this case, the source directories declared for the
638        <samp>base</samp> branch of the <samp>var</samp> package will be
639        used.</li>
640      </ul>
641    </li>
642
643    <li><dfn>line 28</dfn>: this line declares another branch called
644    <samp>branch2</samp> for the <samp>var</samp> package. No source directory
645    is declared for this URL either, so it will use the same set of source
646    directories declared for the <samp>base</samp> branch.</li>
647
648    <li><dfn>line 29</dfn>: this line declares a branch called
649    <samp>branch1</samp> for the <samp>ops</samp> package. It will use the same
650    set of source directories declared for the <samp>ops</samp> package
651    <samp>base</samp> branch.</li>
652  </ul>
653
654  <p>When we invoke the extract system, it will attempt to extract from the
655  first declared branch of a package, if the last changed revision of the
656  source directory is the same in all the branches. However, if the last
657  changed revision of the source directory differs for different branches, the
658  system will attempt to obtain an extract priority list for each source
659  directory, using the following logic:</p>
660
661  <ol>
662    <li>The system looks for source directory packages from the first declared
663    branch to the last declared branch.</li>
664
665    <li>The branch in which a source directory package is first declared is the
666    <samp>base</samp> branch of the source directory package.</li>
667
668    <li>The last changed revision of a source directory package in a
669    subsequently declared repository branch is compared with that of the base
670    branch. If the last changed revision is the same as that of the base
671    branch, the source directory of this branch is discarded. Otherwise, it is
672    placed at the end of the extract priority list.</li>
673  </ol>
674
675  <p>For the <samp>var</samp> package in the above example, let us assume that
676  we have three source directory packages X, Y and Z under <samp>code</samp>,
677  and their last changed revisions under <samp>base</samp> are 100. Let's say
678  we have committed some changes to X and Z in the <samp>branch1</samp> branch
679  at revision 102, and other changes to Y and Z in the <samp>branch2</samp>
680  branch at revision 104, the extract priority lists for X, Y and Z will look
681  like:</p>
682
683  <ul>
684    <li>X: base (100, base), branch1 (102), branch2 (100, discarded)</li>
685
686    <li>Y: base (100, base), branch1 (100, discarded), branch2 (104)</li>
687
688    <li>Z: base (100, base), branch1 (102), branch2 (104)</li>
689  </ul>
690
691  <p>Once we have an extract priority list for a source directory, we can begin
692  extracting source files in the source directory. The source directory of the
693  base branch is extracted first, followed by that in the subsequent branches.
694  If a source file in a subsequent branch has the same content as the that in
695  the base branch, it is discarded. Otherwise, the following logic determines
696  the branch to use:</p>
697
698  <ol>
699    <li>If a source file is modified in only one subsequent branch, the source
700    file in that branch is extracted.</li>
701
702    <li>If a source file is modified in two or more subsequent branches, but
703    their modifications are the same, then the source file in the first
704    modification is used.</li>
705
706    <li>If a source file is modified in two or more subsequent branches and
707    their modifications differ, then the behaviour depends on the "conflict
708    mode" setting, which can be <code>fail</code>, <code>merge</code> (default)
709    and <code>override</code>. If the conflict mode is <code>fail</code>, the
710    extract fails. If the conflict mode is <code>merge</code>, the system will
711    attempt to merge the changes using a tool such as <code>diff3</code>. The
712    result of the merge will be used to update the destination. The extract
713    fails only if there are unresolved conflicts in the merge. (In which case,
714    the conflict should be resolved using the version control system before
715    re-running the extract system.) If the conflict mode is
716    <code>override</code>, the change in the latest declared branch takes
717    precedence, and the changes in all other branches will be ignored. The
718    conflict mode can be changed using the <code>CONFLICT</code> declaration in
719    the extract configuration file. E.g:
720      <pre>
721conflict  fail
722</pre>
723    </li>
724  </ol>
725
726  <p>Once the system has established which source files to use, it determines
727  whether the destination file is out of date or not. The destination file is
728  out of date if it does not exist or if its content differs from the version
729  of the source file we are using. The system only updates the destination if
730  it is considered to be out of date.</p>
731
732  <p>The extract system can also combine changes from branches in the Subversion
733  repository and the local file system. This is demonstrated in the next
734  example.</p>
735  <pre id="example_6">
736# Example 6
737# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
738cfg::type               ext
739cfg::version            1.0
740 
741dest                    $PWD
742 
743repos::var::base        fcm:var_tr
744repos::ops::base        fcm:ops_tr
745repos::gen::base        fcm:gen_tr
746 
747revision::gen::base     2468
748 
749expsrc::var::base       src/code
750expsrc::var::base       src/scripts
751expsrc::ops::base       src/code
752src::gen::base          src/code/GenMod_Constants
753src::gen::base          src/code/GenMod_Control
754src::gen::base          src/code/GenMod_FortranIO
755src::gen::base          src/code/GenMod_GetEnv
756src::gen::base          src/code/GenMod_ModelIO
757src::gen::base          src/code/GenMod_ObsInfo
758src::gen::base          src/code/GenMod_Platform
759src::gen::base          src/code/GenMod_Reporting
760src::gen::base          src/code/GenMod_Trace
761src::gen::base          src/code/GenMod_UMConstants
762src::gen::base          src/code/GenMod_Utilities
763
764repos::var::branch1     fcm:var_br/frva/r1234_new_stuff
765repos::var::branch2     fcm:var_br/frva/r1516_bug_fix
766repos::ops::branch1     fcm:ops_br/opsrc/r3188_good_stuff
767
768repos::var::user        $HOME/var                         # line 31
769repos::gen::user        $HOME/gen                         # line 32
770</pre>
771
772  <p><a href="#example_6">Example 6</a> is similar to <a href=
773  "#example_5">example 5</a> except that it is also extracting from local
774  directories. Here is an explanation of the lines:</p>
775
776  <ul>
777    <li><dfn>line 31-32</dfn>: these line declare the repositories for the
778    <samp>user</samp> branches of the <samp>var</samp> and <samp>gen</samp>
779    packages respectively. Both are local paths at the local file system. There
780    are no declarations for source directories for the <samp>user</samp>
781    branches, so they use the same set of source directories of the first
782    declared branches, the <samp>base</samp> branches in both cases.</li>
783  </ul>
784
785  <dl>
786    <dt>Note - the INC declaration</dt>
787
788    <dd>
789      You have probably realised that the above examples have many repeated
790      lines. To avoid having repeated lines in multiple extract configuration
791      files, you can use <code>INC</code> declarations to include other extract
792      configuration files. For example, if the configuration file of example 5
793      is stored in the file <samp>$HOME/example5/ext.cfg</samp>, line 1 to 29
794      of <a href="#example_6">example 6</a> can be replaced with an
795      <code>INC</code> declaration. <a href="#example_6">Example 6</a> can then
796      be written as:
797      <pre>
798inc                     $HOME/example5/ext.cfg
799
800repos::var::user        $HOME/var
801repos::gen::user        $HOME/gen
802</pre>
803
804      <p>Note: the <code>INC</code> declaration supports the special
805      environment variable <var>$HERE</var>. If this variable is already set in
806      the environment, it acts as a normal environment variable. However, if it
807      is not set, it will be expanded into the container directory of the
808      current extract configuration file. This feature is particularly useful
809      if you are including a hierarchy of extract configurations from files in
810      the same container directory in a repository.</p>
811    </dd>
812  </dl>
813
814  <h3 id="advanced_inherit">Inherit from a previous extract</h3>
815
816  <p>All the examples above dealt with standalone extract, that is, the current
817  extract is independent of any other extract. If a previous extract exists in
818  another location, the extract system can inherit from this previous extract
819  in your current extract. This works like a normal incremental extract, except
820  that your extract will only contain the changes you have specified (compared
821  with the inherited extract) instead of the full source directory tree. This
822  type of incremental extract is useful in several ways. For instance:</p>
823
824  <ul>
825    <li>It is fast, because you only have to extract and mirror files that you
826    have changed.</li>
827
828    <li>The subsequent build will also be fast, since it will use incremental
829    build.</li>
830
831    <li>You do not need write access to the original extract. A system
832    administrator can set up a stable version in a central account, which
833    developers can then inherit from.</li>
834
835    <li>You want an incremental extract, but you need to leave the original
836    extract unmodified.</li>
837  </ul>
838
839  <p>The following example is based on <a href="#example_4">example 4</a> and
840  <a href="#example_6">example 6</a>. The assumption is that an extract has
841  already been performed at the directory <samp>~frva/var/vn22.0</samp> based
842  on the configuration file in <a href="#example_4">example 4</a>.</p>
843  <pre id="example_7">
844# Example 7
845# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
846cfg::type               ext
847cfg::version            1.0
848 
849dest                    $PWD
850
851use                     ~frva/var/vn22.0                  # line 6
852
853repos::var::branch1     fcm:var_br/frva/r1234_new_stuff   # line 8
854repos::var::branch2     fcm:var_br/frva/r1516_bug_fix     # line 9
855repos::ops::branch1     fcm:ops_br/opsrc/r3188_good_stuff # line 10
856
857repos::var::user        $HOME/var                         # line 12
858repos::gen::user        $HOME/gen                         # line 13
859</pre>
860
861  <ul>
862    <li><dfn>line 6</dfn>: this line replaces line 1 to 25 of <a href=
863    "#example_6">example 6</a>. It declares that the current extract should
864    inherit from the previous extract located at
865    <samp>~frva/var/vn22.0</samp>.</li>
866  </ul>
867
868  <p>Running the extract system using the above configuration will trigger an
869  incremental extract, as if you are running an incremental extract having
870  modified the configuration file in <a href="#example_4">example 4</a> to that
871  of <a href="#example_6">example 6</a>. The only difference is that the
872  original extract using the <a href="#example_4">example 4</a> configuration
873  will be left untouched at <samp>~frva/var/vn22.0</samp>, and the new extract
874  will contain only the changes in the branches declared from line 8 to 13.</p>
875
876  <p>Note: extract inheritance allows you to add more branches to a package,
877  but you should not redefine the <code>REPOS</code>, <code>REVISION</code>,
878  <code>EXPSRC</code> or <code>SRC</code> declarations of a branch that is
879  already declared (and already extracted) in the inherited extract. Although
880  the system will not stop you from doing so, you may end up with an extract
881  that does not quite do what it is supposed to do. For example, if the
882  <samp>base</samp> branch in the <samp>foo</samp> package
883  (<tt>repos::foo::base</tt>) is already defined and extracted in an extract
884  you are inheriting from, you should not redefine any of the
885  <tt>*::foo::base</tt> declarations in your current extract. However, you are
886  free to add more branches for the same package with new labels (e.g.
887  <tt>repos::foo::b1</tt>), and indeed new packages that are not already
888  defined in the inherited extract (e.g. <tt>repos::bar::base</tt>).</p>
889
890  <p>If you are setting up an extract to be inherited, you do not have to
891  perform a build. If you don't you will still gain the benefit of incremental
892  file extract, but you will be performing a full build of the code.</p>
893
894  <dl>
895    <dt>Note - inherit and mirror</dt>
896
897    <dd>
898      <p>It is worth bearing in mind that <tt>rdest::*</tt> settings are not
899      inherited. If mirroring is required in the inheriting extract, it will
900      require its own set of <tt>rdest::*</tt> declarations.</p>
901
902      <p>The system will, however, assume that a mirrored version of the
903      inherited extract is available for inheritance from the mirrored
904      destination of the current extract.</p>
905     
906      <p>E.g.: Consider an extract at <samp>/path/to/inherited/</samp> and an
907      inheriting extract at <samp>/path/to/current/</samp>. If the former does
908      not have a mirror, the latter should not have one either. If the former
909      mirrors to <samp>machine@/path/to/inherited/mirror/</samp> and the latter
910      mirrors to <samp>machine@/path/to/current/mirror/</samp>, the system will
911      assume that the subsequent build at
912      <samp>machine@/path/to/current/mirror/</samp> can inherit from the build
913      at <samp>machine@/path/to/inherited/mirror/</samp>. This is illustrated
914      below:</p>
915
916      <pre>
917/path/to/current/       =&gt; at machine: /path/to/current/mirror/
918use /path/to/inherited/ =&gt; at machine: use /path/to/inherited/mirror/
919</pre>
920    </dd>
921  </dl>
922
923  <h3 id="advanced_build">Extract - Build Configuration</h3>
924
925  <p>Configuration settings for feeding into the build system can be declared
926  through the extract configuration file using the <code>BLD::</code> prefix.
927  Any line in an extract configuration containing a label with such a prefix
928  will be considered a build system variable. At the end of a successful
929  extract, the system strips out the <code>BLD::</code> prefix before writing
930  these variables to the build configuration file. Some example entries are
931  given between line 17 and 22 in the following configuration file:</p>
932  <pre id="example_8">
933# Example 8
934# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
935cfg::type           ext
936cfg::version        1.0
937
938dest                $PWD
939
940repos::var::base    fcm:var_tr
941repos::ops::base    fcm:ops_tr
942repos::gen::base    fcm:gen_tr
943
944revision::gen::base 2468
945
946expsrc::var::base   src/code
947expsrc::var::base   src/scripts
948expsrc::ops::base   src/code
949src::gen::base      src/code/GenMod_Constants
950src::gen::base      src/code/GenMod_Control
951src::gen::base      src/code/GenMod_FortranIO
952src::gen::base      src/code/GenMod_GetEnv
953src::gen::base      src/code/GenMod_ModelIO
954src::gen::base      src/code/GenMod_ObsInfo
955src::gen::base      src/code/GenMod_Platform
956src::gen::base      src/code/GenMod_Reporting
957src::gen::base      src/code/GenMod_Trace
958src::gen::base      src/code/GenMod_UMConstants
959src::gen::base      src/code/GenMod_Utilities
960
961bld::target         VarProg_AnalysePF.exe   # line 27
962
963bld::tool::fc       sxmpif90                # line 29
964bld::tool::cc       sxmpic++                # line 30
965bld::tool::ld       sxmpif90                # line 31
966</pre>
967
968  <p>The above example is essentially the same as <a href="#example_4">example
969  4</a>, apart from the additional build configuration. The following is a
970  simple explanation of what the lines represent: (For detail of the build
971  system, please see the next chapter on <a href="build.html">The Build
972  System</a>.)</p>
973
974  <ul>
975    <li><dfn>line 27</dfn>: the line declares a default target of the
976    build.</li>
977
978    <li><dfn>line 29-31</dfn>: the lines declare the Fortran compiler, the C
979    compiler and the linker respectively.</li>
980  </ul>
981
982  <dl>
983    <dt>Note - use of variables</dt>
984
985    <dd>
986      <p>When you start using the extract system to define compiler flags for
987      the build system, you may end up having to make a lot of long and
988      repetitive declarations. In this case, you may want to define variables
989      to replace the repetitive parts of the declarations.</p>
990
991      <p>Environment variables whose names contain only upper case latin
992      alphabets, numbers and underscores can be referenced in a declaration
993      value via the syntax <code>$NAME</code> or <code>${NAME}</code>. For
994      example:</p>
995      <pre>
996repos::um::base    ${HOME}/svn-wc/um
997bld::tool::fflags  $MY_FFLAGS
998</pre>
999     
1000      <p>You can define a user variable by making a declaration with a label
1001      that begins with a percent sign <code>%</code>. The value of a user
1002      variable remains in memory until the end of the current file is reached.
1003      You can reference a user variable in a declaration value via the syntax
1004      <code>%NAME</code> or <code>%{NAME}</code>. For example:</p>
1005      <pre>
1006# Declare a variable %fred
1007%fred                     -Cdebug -eC -Wf,-init heap=nan stack=nan
1008
1009bld::tool::fflags         %fred
1010# bld::tool::fflags       -Cdebug -eC -Wf,-init heap=nan stack=nan
1011
1012bld::tool::fflags::foo    %fred -f0
1013# bld::tool::fflags::foo  -Cdebug -eC -Wf,-init heap=nan stack=nan -f0
1014
1015bld::tool::fflags::bar    -w %fred
1016# bld::tool::fflags::bar  -w -Cdebug -eC -Wf,-init heap=nan stack=nan
1017</pre>
1018
1019      <p>Further to this, each declaration results in an internal variable of
1020      the same name and you can also refer to any of these internal variables in
1021      the same way. So, the example given above could also be written as
1022      follows:</p>
1023      <pre>
1024bld::tool::fflags         -Cdebug -eC -Wf,-init heap=nan stack=nan
1025bld::tool::fflags::foo    %bld::tool::fflags -f0
1026bld::tool::fflags::bar    -w %bld::tool::fflags
1027</pre>
1028    </dd>
1029
1030    <dt>Note - as-parsed configuration</dt>
1031
1032    <dd>
1033      <p>If you use a hierarchy of <code>INC</code> declarations or variables,
1034      you may end up with a configuration file that is difficult to understand.
1035      To help you with this, the extract system generates an as-parsed
1036      configuration file at <samp>cfg/parsed_ext.cfg</samp> of the destination.
1037      The content of the as-parsed configuration file is what the extract
1038      system actually reads. It should contain everything in your original
1039      extract configuration file, except that all <code>INC</code>
1040      declarations, environment variables and user/internal variables are
1041      expanded.</p>
1042    </dd>
1043  </dl>
1044
1045  <h2 id="verbose">Diagnostic verbose level</h2>
1046
1047  <p>The amount of diagnostic messages generated by the extract system is
1048  normally set to a level suitable for normal everyday operation. This is the
1049  default diagnostic verbose level 1. If you want a minimum amount of
1050  diagnostic messages, you should set the verbose level to 0. If you want more
1051  diagnostic messages, you can set the verbose level to 2 or 3. You can modify
1052  the verbose level in two ways. The first way is to set the environment
1053  variable <var>FCM_VERBOSE</var> to the desired verbose level. The second way
1054  is to invoke the extract system with the <code>-v &lt;level&gt;</code>
1055  option. (If set, the command line option overrides the environment
1056  variable.)</p>
1057
1058  <p>The following is a list of diagnostic output at each verbose level:</p>
1059
1060  <dl>
1061    <dt>Level 0</dt>
1062
1063    <dd>
1064      <ul>
1065        <li>Report the time taken to extract the code.</li>
1066
1067        <li>Report the time taken to mirror the code.</li>
1068
1069        <li>If <code>rdist</code> is used to mirror the code, run the command
1070        with the <code>-q</code> option.</li>
1071      </ul>
1072    </dd>
1073
1074    <dt>Level 1</dt>
1075
1076    <dd>
1077      <ul>
1078        <li>Everything at verbose level 0.</li>
1079
1080        <li>Report the name of the extract configuration file.</li>
1081
1082        <li>Report the location of the extract destination.</li>
1083
1084        <li>Report date/time at the beginning of the extract step.</li>
1085
1086        <li>If the revision specified for a repository branch is not its last
1087        changed revision, print an information statement to inform the user of
1088        the last changed revision of the branch.</li>
1089
1090        <li>Summarises the destination status and the source status.</li>
1091
1092        <li>Report date/time at the beginning of the mirror step.</li>
1093
1094        <li>Report the location of the alternate destination.</li>
1095
1096        <li>Report total time.</li>
1097      </ul>
1098    </dd>
1099
1100    <dt>Level 2</dt>
1101
1102    <dd>
1103      <ul>
1104        <li>Everything at verbose level 1.</li>
1105
1106        <li>If the revision specified for a repository branch is not current
1107        (i.e. the specified revision number is less than the revision number of
1108        the last commit revision), print an information statement to inform the
1109        user of the last commit revision of the branch.</li>
1110
1111        <li>Report the detail of each change in the destination.</li>
1112
1113        <li>If <code>rdist</code> is used to mirror the code, run the command
1114        without the <code>-q</code> option.</li>
1115      </ul>
1116    </dd>
1117
1118    <dt>Level 3</dt>
1119
1120    <dd>
1121      <ul>
1122        <li>Everything at verbose level 2.</li>
1123
1124        <li>Report all shell commands invoked by the extract system with
1125        timestamp.</li>
1126
1127        <li>If <code>rdist</code> is used to mirror the code, print the
1128        <samp>distfile</samp> supplied to the command.</li>
1129
1130        <li>If <code>rsync</code> is used to mirror the code, invoke the
1131        command with the <code>-v</code> option.</li>
1132      </ul>
1133    </dd>
1134  </dl>
1135
1136  <h2 id="nosvn">When Subversion Is Not Available</h2>
1137
1138  <p>The extract system can still be used if Subversion is not available.
1139  Clearly, you can only use local repositories. However, you can still do
1140  incremental extract, mirror an extract to an alternate location, or combine
1141  code from multiple local repositories.</p>
1142
1143  <p>If you are using Subversion but your server is down then clearly there is
1144  little you can do. However, if you already have an extract then you can
1145  re-run <code>fcm extract</code> as long as the extract configuration file
1146  only refers to fixed revisions. If this is not the case then you can always
1147  use the expanded extract configuration file which can be found in
1148  <samp>cfg/ext.cfg</samp> under the extract destination root. This means that
1149  you can continue to makes changes to local code and do incremental extracts
1150  even whilst your Subversion server is down.</p>
1151
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