1 <sect1 id="ch03-commit">
2 <title>cvs commit/ci</title>
3 <?dbhtml filename="commit.html" dir="chapter03"?>
5 <para><userinput>cvs commit</userinput> or <userinput>cvs ci</userinput>.
6 This command recursively sends your changes to the CVS server. It will
7 commit changed files, added files and deleted files. The -m option can be
8 used to pass a log message to the command. If you don't specify a
9 <emphasis>-m "MESSAGE"</emphasis>, then it will open the default editor and
10 ask you to type in a log. Please don't use empty log messages (see later in
11 this document on the policy which governs them).</para>