Local; run only in current working directory.

Do not run any module program.

Commit directories recursively. This is on by default.

Commit to revision. revision must be either a branch, or a revision on the main trunk that is higher than any existing revision number (see Assigning revisions). You cannot commit to a specific revision on a branch.

Read the log message from file, instead of invoking an editor.

Note that this is not the standard behavior of the `-f' option as defined in Common options.

Force CVS to commit a new revision even if you haven't made any changes to the file. If the current revision of file is 1.7, then the following two commands are equivalent:

$ cvs commit -f file
$ cvs commit -r 1.8 file

The `-f' option disables recursion (i.e., it implies `-l'). To force CVS to commit a new revision for all files in all subdirectories, you must use `-f -R'.

Use message as the log message, instead of invoking an editor.