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index 623c4b7bbdf4f5f84f343e3e290ec84dd9503c61..e0d9b4cce48138ce8d7b62fecb5c81d357a33be8 100644 (file)
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
  *
  * \author Lars Gullik Bjønnes
+ * \author Pavel Sanda
  *
  * Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS.
  */
 
 #include "VCBackend.h"
 #include "Buffer.h"
-#include "LyXFunc.h"
+#include "DispatchResult.h"
+#include "LyX.h"
 #include "FuncRequest.h"
 
 #include "frontends/alert.h"
 #include "frontends/Application.h"
 
+#include "support/convert.h"
 #include "support/debug.h"
 #include "support/filetools.h"
 #include "support/gettext.h"
 #include "support/lstrings.h"
-#include "support/Path.h"
+#include "support/PathChanger.h"
 #include "support/Systemcall.h"
-
-#include <boost/regex.hpp>
+#include "support/regex.h"
+#include "support/TempFile.h"
 
 #include <fstream>
 
 using namespace std;
 using namespace lyx::support;
 
-using boost::regex;
-using boost::regex_match;
-using boost::smatch;
 
 namespace lyx {
 
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ int VCS::doVCCommandCall(string const & cmd, FileName const & path)
        LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "doVCCommandCall: " << cmd);
        Systemcall one;
        support::PathChanger p(path);
-       return one.startscript(Systemcall::Wait, cmd, false);
+       return one.startscript(Systemcall::Wait, cmd, string(), string(), false);
 }
 
 
-int VCS::doVCCommand(string const & cmd, FileName const & path)
+int VCS::doVCCommand(string const & cmd, FileName const & path, bool reportError)
 {
        if (owner_)
                owner_->setBusy(true);
@@ -57,23 +57,74 @@ int VCS::doVCCommand(string const & cmd, FileName const & path)
 
        if (owner_)
                owner_->setBusy(false);
-       if (ret)
+       if (ret && reportError)
                frontend::Alert::error(_("Revision control error."),
-                       bformat(_("Some problem occured while running the command:\n"
+                       bformat(_("Some problem occurred while running the command:\n"
                                  "'%1$s'."),
                        from_utf8(cmd)));
        return ret;
 }
 
 
+bool VCS::makeRCSRevision(string const &version, string &revis) const
+{
+       string rev = revis;
+
+       if (isStrInt(rev)) {
+               int back = convert<int>(rev);
+               // if positive use as the last number in the whole revision string
+               if (back > 0) {
+                       string base;
+                       rsplit(version, base , '.');
+                       rev = base + '.' + rev;
+               }
+               if (back == 0)
+                       rev = version;
+               // we care about the last number from revision string
+               // in case of backward indexing
+               if (back < 0) {
+                       string cur, base;
+                       cur = rsplit(version, base , '.');
+                       if (!isStrInt(cur))
+                               return false;
+                       int want = convert<int>(cur) + back;
+                       if (want <= 0)
+                               return false;
+
+                       rev = base + '.' + convert<string>(want);
+               }
+       }
+
+       revis = rev;
+       return true;
+}
+
+
+bool VCS::checkparentdirs(FileName const & file, std::string const & vcsdir)
+{
+       FileName dirname = file.onlyPath();
+       do {
+               FileName tocheck = FileName(addName(dirname.absFileName(), vcsdir));
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "check file: " << tocheck.absFileName());
+               if (tocheck.exists())
+                       return true;
+               //this construct because of #8295
+               dirname = FileName(dirname.absFileName()).parentPath();
+       } while (!dirname.empty());
+       return false;
+}
+
+
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
 // RCS
 //
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-RCS::RCS(FileName const & m)
+RCS::RCS(FileName const & m, Buffer * b) : VCS(b)
 {
+       // Here we know that the buffer file is either already in RCS or
+       // about to be registered
        master_ = m;
        scanMaster();
 }
@@ -82,7 +133,7 @@ RCS::RCS(FileName const & m)
 FileName const RCS::findFile(FileName const & file)
 {
        // Check if *,v exists.
-       FileName tmp(file.absFilename() + ",v");
+       FileName tmp(file.absFileName() + ",v");
        LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "LyXVC: Checking if file is under rcs: " << tmp);
        if (tmp.isReadableFile()) {
                LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Yes, " << file << " is under rcs.");
@@ -90,7 +141,7 @@ FileName const RCS::findFile(FileName const & file)
        }
 
        // Check if RCS/*,v exists.
-       tmp = FileName(addName(addPath(onlyPath(file.absFilename()), "RCS"), file.absFilename()) + ",v");
+       tmp = FileName(addName(addPath(onlyPath(file.absFileName()), "RCS"), file.absFileName()) + ",v");
        LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "LyXVC: Checking if file is under rcs: " << tmp);
        if (tmp.isReadableFile()) {
                LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Yes, " << file << " is under rcs.");
@@ -101,11 +152,12 @@ FileName const RCS::findFile(FileName const & file)
 }
 
 
-void RCS::retrieve(FileName const & file)
+bool RCS::retrieve(FileName const & file)
 {
        LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "LyXVC::RCS: retrieve.\n\t" << file);
-       doVCCommandCall("co -q -r " + quoteName(file.toFilesystemEncoding()),
-                        FileName());
+       // The caller ensures that file does not exist, so no need to check that.
+       return doVCCommandCall("co -q -r " + quoteName(file.toFilesystemEncoding()),
+                              FileName()) == 0;
 }
 
 
@@ -177,17 +229,55 @@ void RCS::registrer(string const & msg)
        string cmd = "ci -q -u -i -t-\"";
        cmd += msg;
        cmd += "\" ";
-       cmd += quoteName(onlyFilename(owner_->absFileName()));
+       cmd += quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName()));
        doVCCommand(cmd, FileName(owner_->filePath()));
 }
 
 
-string RCS::checkIn(string const & msg)
+bool RCS::renameEnabled()
+{
+       return false;
+}
+
+
+string RCS::rename(support::FileName const & /*newFile*/, string const & /*msg*/)
+{
+       // not implemented, since a left-over file.lyx,v would be confusing.
+       return string();
+}
+
+
+bool RCS::copyEnabled()
+{
+       return true;
+}
+
+
+string RCS::copy(support::FileName const & newFile, string const & msg)
+{
+       // RCS has no real copy command, so we create a poor mans version
+       support::FileName const oldFile(owner_->absFileName());
+       if (!oldFile.copyTo(newFile))
+               return string();
+       FileName path(oldFile.onlyPath());
+       string relFile(to_utf8(newFile.relPath(path.absFileName())));
+       string cmd = "ci -q -u -i -t-\"";
+       cmd += msg;
+       cmd += "\" ";
+       cmd += quoteName(relFile);
+       return doVCCommand(cmd, path) ? string() : "RCS: Proceeded";
+}
+
+
+LyXVC::CommandResult RCS::checkIn(string const & msg, string & log)
 {
        int ret = doVCCommand("ci -q -u -m\"" + msg + "\" "
-                   + quoteName(onlyFilename(owner_->absFileName())),
+                   + quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName())),
                    FileName(owner_->filePath()));
-       return ret ? string() : "RCS: Proceeded";
+       if (ret)
+               return LyXVC::ErrorCommand;
+       log = "RCS: Proceeded";
+       return LyXVC::VCSuccess;
 }
 
 
@@ -197,10 +287,37 @@ bool RCS::checkInEnabled()
 }
 
 
+bool RCS::isCheckInWithConfirmation()
+{
+       // FIXME one day common getDiff for all backends
+       // docstring diff;
+       // if (getDiff(file, diff) && diff.empty())
+       //      return false;
+
+       TempFile tempfile("lyxvcout");
+       FileName tmpf = tempfile.name();
+       if (tmpf.empty()) {
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Could not generate logfile " << tmpf);
+               return true;
+       }
+
+       doVCCommandCall("rcsdiff " + quoteName(owner_->absFileName())
+                   + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
+               FileName(owner_->filePath()));
+
+       docstring diff = tmpf.fileContents("UTF-8");
+
+       if (diff.empty())
+               return false;
+
+       return true;
+}
+
+
 string RCS::checkOut()
 {
        owner_->markClean();
-       int ret = doVCCommand("co -q -l " + quoteName(onlyFilename(owner_->absFileName())),
+       int ret = doVCCommand("co -q -l " + quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName())),
                    FileName(owner_->filePath()));
        return ret ? string() : "RCS: Proceeded";
 }
@@ -227,6 +344,9 @@ bool RCS::repoUpdateEnabled()
 
 string RCS::lockingToggle()
 {
+       //FIXME this might be actually possible, study rcs -U, rcs -L.
+       //State should be easy to get inside scanMaster.
+       //It would fix #4370 and make rcs/svn usage even more closer.
        lyxerr << "Sorry, not implemented." << endl;
        return string();
 }
@@ -238,21 +358,30 @@ bool RCS::lockingToggleEnabled()
 }
 
 
-void RCS::revert()
+bool RCS::revert()
 {
-       doVCCommand("co -f -u" + version() + " "
-                   + quoteName(onlyFilename(owner_->absFileName())),
-                   FileName(owner_->filePath()));
+       if (doVCCommand("co -f -u" + version_ + ' '
+                   + quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName())),
+                   FileName(owner_->filePath())))
+               return false;
        // We ignore changes and just reload!
        owner_->markClean();
+       return true;
+}
+
+
+bool RCS::isRevertWithConfirmation()
+{
+       //FIXME owner && diff ?
+       return true;
 }
 
 
 void RCS::undoLast()
 {
        LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "LyXVC: undoLast");
-       doVCCommand("rcs -o" + version() + " "
-                   + quoteName(onlyFilename(owner_->absFileName())),
+       doVCCommand("rcs -o" + version_ + ' '
+                   + quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName())),
                    FileName(owner_->filePath()));
 }
 
@@ -265,7 +394,7 @@ bool RCS::undoLastEnabled()
 
 void RCS::getLog(FileName const & tmpf)
 {
-       doVCCommand("rlog " + quoteName(onlyFilename(owner_->absFileName()))
+       doVCCommand("rlog " + quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName()))
                    + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
                    FileName(owner_->filePath()));
 }
@@ -281,16 +410,118 @@ bool RCS::toggleReadOnlyEnabled()
 }
 
 
+string RCS::revisionInfo(LyXVC::RevisionInfo const info)
+{
+       if (info == LyXVC::File)
+               return version_;
+       // fill the rest of the attributes for a single file
+       if (rev_date_cache_.empty())
+               if (!getRevisionInfo())
+                       return string();
+
+       switch (info) {
+               case LyXVC::Author:
+                       return rev_author_cache_;
+               case LyXVC::Date:
+                       return rev_date_cache_;
+               case LyXVC::Time:
+                       return rev_time_cache_;
+               default: ;
+       }
+
+       return string();
+}
+
+
+bool RCS::getRevisionInfo()
+{
+       TempFile tempfile("lyxvcout");
+       FileName tmpf = tempfile.name();
+       if (tmpf.empty()) {
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Could not generate logfile " << tmpf);
+               return false;
+       }
+       doVCCommand("rlog -r " + quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName()))
+               + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
+               FileName(owner_->filePath()));
+
+       if (tmpf.empty())
+               return false;
+
+       ifstream ifs(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding().c_str());
+       string line;
+
+       // we reached to the entry, i.e. after initial log message
+       bool entry=false;
+       // line with critical info, e.g:
+       //"date: 2011/07/02 11:02:54;  author: sanda;  state: Exp;  lines: +17 -2"
+       string result;
+
+       while (ifs) {
+               getline(ifs, line);
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, line);
+               if (entry && prefixIs(line, "date:")) {
+                       result = line;
+                       break;
+               }
+               if (prefixIs(line, "revision"))
+                       entry = true;
+       }
+       if (result.empty())
+               return false;
+
+       rev_date_cache_ = token(result, ' ', 1);
+       rev_time_cache_ = rtrim(token(result, ' ', 2), ";");
+       rev_author_cache_ = trim(token(token(result, ';', 1), ':', 1));
+
+       return !rev_author_cache_.empty();
+}
+
+bool RCS::prepareFileRevision(string const &revis, string & f)
+{
+       string rev = revis;
+       if (!VCS::makeRCSRevision(version_, rev))
+               return false;
+
+       TempFile tempfile("lyxvcrev_" + rev + '_');
+       tempfile.setAutoRemove(false);
+       FileName tmpf = tempfile.name();
+       if (tmpf.empty()) {
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Could not generate logfile " << tmpf);
+               return false;
+       }
+
+       doVCCommand("co -p" + rev + ' '
+                     + quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName()))
+                     + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
+               FileName(owner_->filePath()));
+       tmpf.refresh();
+       if (tmpf.isFileEmpty())
+               return false;
+
+       f = tmpf.absFileName();
+       return true;
+}
+
+
+bool RCS::prepareFileRevisionEnabled()
+{
+       return true;
+}
+
+
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
 // CVS
 //
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-CVS::CVS(FileName const & m, FileName const & f)
+CVS::CVS(FileName const & m, Buffer * b) : VCS(b)
 {
+       // Here we know that the buffer file is either already in CVS or
+       // about to be registered
        master_ = m;
-       file_ = f;
+       have_rev_info_ = false;
        scanMaster();
 }
 
@@ -299,8 +530,8 @@ FileName const CVS::findFile(FileName const & file)
 {
        // First we look for the CVS/Entries in the same dir
        // where we have file.
-       FileName const entries(onlyPath(file.absFilename()) + "/CVS/Entries");
-       string const tmpf = '/' + onlyFilename(file.absFilename()) + '/';
+       FileName const entries(onlyPath(file.absFileName()) + "/CVS/Entries");
+       string const tmpf = '/' + onlyFileName(file.absFileName()) + '/';
        LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "LyXVC: Checking if file is under cvs in `" << entries
                             << "' for `" << tmpf << '\'');
        if (entries.isReadableFile()) {
@@ -324,7 +555,8 @@ void CVS::scanMaster()
        LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "LyXVC::CVS: scanMaster. \n     Checking: " << master_);
        // Ok now we do the real scan...
        ifstream ifs(master_.toFilesystemEncoding().c_str());
-       string tmpf = '/' + onlyFilename(file_.absFilename()) + '/';
+       string name = onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName());
+       string tmpf = '/' + name + '/';
        LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "\tlooking for `" << tmpf << '\'');
        string line;
        static regex const reg("/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/(.*)");
@@ -343,21 +575,23 @@ void CVS::scanMaster()
 
                        //sm[4]; // options
                        //sm[5]; // tag or tagdate
-                       // FIXME: must double check file is stattable/existing
-                       time_t mod = file_.lastModified();
-                       string mod_date = rtrim(asctime(gmtime(&mod)), "\n");
-                       LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Date in Entries: `" << file_date
-                               << "'\nModification date of file: `" << mod_date << '\'');
-                       //FIXME this whole locking bussiness is not working under cvs and the machinery
-                       // conforms to the ci usage, not cvs.
-                       if (file_date == mod_date) {
-                               locker_ = "Unlocked";
-                               vcstatus = UNLOCKED;
+                       FileName file(owner_->absFileName());
+                       if (file.isReadableFile()) {
+                               time_t mod = file.lastModified();
+                               string mod_date = rtrim(asctime(gmtime(&mod)), "\n");
+                               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Date in Entries: `" << file_date
+                                       << "'\nModification date of file: `" << mod_date << '\'');
+                               if (file.isReadOnly()) {
+                                       // readonly checkout is unlocked
+                                       vcstatus = UNLOCKED;
+                               } else {
+                                       FileName bdir(addPath(master_.onlyPath().absFileName(),"Base"));
+                                       FileName base(addName(bdir.absFileName(),name));
+                                       // if base version is existent "cvs edit" was used to lock
+                                       vcstatus = base.isReadableFile() ? LOCKED : NOLOCKING;
+                               }
                        } else {
-                               // Here we should also to some more checking
-                               // to see if there are conflicts or not.
-                               locker_ = "Locked";
-                               vcstatus = LOCKED;
+                               vcstatus = NOLOCKING;
                        }
                        break;
                }
@@ -365,263 +599,1416 @@ void CVS::scanMaster()
 }
 
 
-void CVS::registrer(string const & msg)
+bool CVS::retrieve(FileName const & file)
 {
-       doVCCommand("cvs -q add -m \"" + msg + "\" "
-                   + quoteName(onlyFilename(owner_->absFileName())),
-                   FileName(owner_->filePath()));
+       LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "LyXVC::CVS: retrieve.\n\t" << file);
+       // The caller ensures that file does not exist, so no need to check that.
+       return doVCCommandCall("cvs -q update " + quoteName(file.toFilesystemEncoding()),
+                              file.onlyPath()) == 0;
 }
 
 
-string CVS::checkIn(string const & msg)
+string const CVS::getTarget(OperationMode opmode) const
 {
-       int ret = doVCCommand("cvs -q commit -m \"" + msg + "\" "
-                   + quoteName(onlyFilename(owner_->absFileName())),
-                   FileName(owner_->filePath()));
-       return ret ? string() : "CVS: Proceeded";
+       switch(opmode) {
+       case Directory:
+               // in client server mode CVS does not like full path operand for directory operation
+               // since LyX switches to the repo dir "." is good enough as target
+               return ".";
+       case File:
+               return quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName()));
+       }
+       return string();
 }
 
 
-bool CVS::checkInEnabled()
+docstring CVS::toString(CvsStatus status) const
 {
-       return true;
+       switch (status) {
+       case UpToDate:
+               return _("Up-to-date");
+       case LocallyModified:
+               return _("Locally Modified");
+       case LocallyAdded:
+               return _("Locally Added");
+       case NeedsMerge:
+               return _("Needs Merge");
+       case NeedsCheckout:
+               return _("Needs Checkout");
+       case NoCvsFile:
+               return _("No CVS file");
+       case StatusError:
+               return _("Cannot retrieve CVS status");
+       }
+       return docstring();
 }
 
 
-string CVS::checkOut()
+int CVS::doVCCommandWithOutput(string const & cmd, FileName const & path,
+       FileName const & output, bool reportError)
 {
-       // cvs update or perhaps for cvs this should be a noop
-       // we need to detect conflict (eg "C" in output)
-       // before we can do this.
-       lyxerr << "Sorry, not implemented." << endl;
-       return string();
+       string redirection = output.empty() ? "" : " > " + quoteName(output.toFilesystemEncoding());
+       return doVCCommand(cmd + redirection, path, reportError);
 }
 
 
-bool CVS::checkOutEnabled()
+int CVS::doVCCommandCallWithOutput(std::string const & cmd,
+       support::FileName const & path,
+       support::FileName const & output)
 {
-       return false;
+       string redirection = output.empty() ? "" : " > " + quoteName(output.toFilesystemEncoding());
+       return doVCCommandCall(cmd + redirection, path);
 }
 
 
-string CVS::repoUpdate()
+CVS::CvsStatus CVS::getStatus()
 {
-       lyxerr << "Sorry, not implemented." << endl;
-       return string();
-}
+       TempFile tempfile("lyxvout");
+       FileName tmpf = tempfile.name();
+       if (tmpf.empty()) {
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Could not generate logfile " << tmpf);
+               return StatusError;
+       }
 
+       if (doVCCommandCallWithOutput("cvs status " + getTarget(File),
+               FileName(owner_->filePath()), tmpf)) {
+               return StatusError;
+       }
 
-bool CVS::repoUpdateEnabled()
-{
-       return false;
-}
+       ifstream ifs(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding().c_str());
+       CvsStatus status = NoCvsFile;
 
+       while (ifs) {
+               string line;
+               getline(ifs, line);
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, line << '\n');
+               if (prefixIs(line, "File:")) {
+                       if (contains(line, "Up-to-date"))
+                               status = UpToDate;
+                       else if (contains(line, "Locally Modified"))
+                               status = LocallyModified;
+                       else if (contains(line, "Locally Added"))
+                               status = LocallyAdded;
+                       else if (contains(line, "Needs Merge"))
+                               status = NeedsMerge;
+                       else if (contains(line, "Needs Checkout"))
+                               status = NeedsCheckout;
+               }
+       }
+       return status;
+}
 
-string CVS::lockingToggle()
+void CVS::getRevisionInfo()
 {
-       lyxerr << "Sorry, not implemented." << endl;
-       return string();
-}
+       if (have_rev_info_)
+               return;
+       have_rev_info_ = true;
+       TempFile tempfile("lyxvout");
+       FileName tmpf = tempfile.name();
+       if (tmpf.empty()) {
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Could not generate logfile " << tmpf);
+               return;
+       }
 
+       int rc = doVCCommandCallWithOutput("cvs log -r" + version_
+               + ' ' + getTarget(File),
+               FileName(owner_->filePath()), tmpf);
+       if (rc) {
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "cvs log failed with exit code " << rc);
+               return;
+       }
 
-bool CVS::lockingToggleEnabled()
-{
-       return false;
+       ifstream ifs(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding().c_str());
+       static regex const reg("date: (.*) (.*) (.*);  author: (.*);  state: (.*);(.*)");
+
+       while (ifs) {
+               string line;
+               getline(ifs, line);
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, line << '\n');
+               if (prefixIs(line, "date:")) {
+                       smatch sm;
+                       regex_match(line, sm, reg);
+                       //sm[0]; // whole matched string
+                       rev_date_cache_ = sm[1];
+                       rev_time_cache_ = sm[2];
+                       //sm[3]; // GMT offset
+                       rev_author_cache_ = sm[4];
+                       break;
+               }
+       }
+       if (rev_author_cache_.empty())
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC,
+                  "Could not retrieve revision info for " << version_ <<
+                  " of " << getTarget(File));
 }
 
 
-void CVS::revert()
+void CVS::registrer(string const & msg)
 {
-       // Reverts to the version in CVS repository and
-       // gets the updated version from the repository.
-       string const fil = quoteName(onlyFilename(owner_->absFileName()));
-       // This is sensitive operation, so at lest some check about
-       // existence of cvs program and its file
-       if (doVCCommand("cvs log "+ fil, FileName(owner_->filePath())))
-               return;
-       FileName f(owner_->absFileName());
-       f.removeFile();
-       doVCCommand("cvs update " + fil,
-                   FileName(owner_->filePath()));
-       owner_->markClean();
+       doVCCommand("cvs -q add -m \"" + msg + "\" "
+               + getTarget(File),
+               FileName(owner_->filePath()));
 }
 
 
-void CVS::undoLast()
+bool CVS::renameEnabled()
 {
-       // merge the current with the previous version
-       // in a reverse patch kind of way, so that the
-       // result is to revert the last changes.
-       lyxerr << "Sorry, not implemented." << endl;
+       return true;
 }
 
 
-bool CVS::undoLastEnabled()
+string CVS::rename(support::FileName const & newFile, string const & msg)
 {
-       return false;
+       // CVS has no real rename command, so we create a poor mans version
+       support::FileName const oldFile(owner_->absFileName());
+       string ret = copy(newFile, msg);
+       if (ret.empty())
+               return ret;
+       string cmd = "cvs -q remove -m \"" + msg + "\" " +
+               quoteName(oldFile.onlyFileName());
+       FileName path(oldFile.onlyPath());
+       return doVCCommand(cmd, path) ? string() : ret;
 }
 
 
-void CVS::getLog(FileName const & tmpf)
+bool CVS::copyEnabled()
 {
-       doVCCommand("cvs log " + quoteName(onlyFilename(owner_->absFileName()))
-                   + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
-                   FileName(owner_->filePath()));
+       return true;
 }
 
 
-bool CVS::toggleReadOnlyEnabled()
+string CVS::copy(support::FileName const & newFile, string const & msg)
 {
-       return false;
+       // CVS has no real copy command, so we create a poor mans version
+       support::FileName const oldFile(owner_->absFileName());
+       if (!oldFile.copyTo(newFile))
+               return string();
+       FileName path(oldFile.onlyPath());
+       string relFile(to_utf8(newFile.relPath(path.absFileName())));
+       string cmd("cvs -q add -m \"" + msg + "\" " + quoteName(relFile));
+       return doVCCommand(cmd, path) ? string() : "CVS: Proceeded";
 }
 
-/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//
-// SVN
-//
-/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-SVN::SVN(FileName const & m, FileName const & f)
+void CVS::getDiff(OperationMode opmode, FileName const & tmpf)
 {
-       owner_ = 0;
-       master_ = m;
-       file_ = f;
-       locked_mode_ = 0;
-       scanMaster();
+       doVCCommandWithOutput("cvs diff " + getTarget(opmode),
+               FileName(owner_->filePath()), tmpf, false);
 }
 
 
-FileName const SVN::findFile(FileName const & file)
+int CVS::edit()
 {
-       // First we look for the .svn/entries in the same dir
-       // where we have file.
-       FileName const entries(onlyPath(file.absFilename()) + "/.svn/entries");
-       string const tmpf = onlyFilename(file.absFilename());
-       LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "LyXVC: Checking if file is under svn in `" << entries
-                            << "' for `" << tmpf << '\'');
-       if (entries.isReadableFile()) {
-               // Ok we are at least in a SVN dir. Parse the .svn/entries
-               // and see if we can find this file. We do a fast and
-               // dirty parse here.
-               ifstream ifs(entries.toFilesystemEncoding().c_str());
-               string line, oldline;
-               while (getline(ifs, line)) {
-                       if (line == "dir" || line == "file")
-                               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "\tEntries: " << oldline);
-                       if (oldline == tmpf && line == "file")
-                               return entries;
-                       oldline = line;
-               }
-       }
-       return FileName();
+       vcstatus = LOCKED;
+       return doVCCommand("cvs -q edit " + getTarget(File),
+               FileName(owner_->filePath()));
 }
 
 
-void SVN::scanMaster()
+int CVS::unedit()
 {
-       locker_.clear();
-       // vcstatus code is somewhat superflous, until we want
-       // to implement read-only toggle for svn.
-       vcstatus = NOLOCKING;
-       if (checkLockMode()) {
-               if (isLocked()) {
-                       locker_ = "Locked";
-                       vcstatus = LOCKED;
-               } else {
-                       locker_ = "Unlocked";
-                       vcstatus = UNLOCKED;
-               }
-       }
+       vcstatus = UNLOCKED;
+       return doVCCommand("cvs -q unedit " + getTarget(File),
+               FileName(owner_->filePath()));
 }
 
 
-bool SVN::checkLockMode()
+int CVS::update(OperationMode opmode, FileName const & tmpf)
 {
-       FileName tmpf = FileName::tempName("lyxvcout");
-       if (tmpf.empty()){
-               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Could not generate logfile " << tmpf);
-               return N_("Error: Could not generate logfile.");
-       }
+       return doVCCommandWithOutput("cvs -q update "
+               + getTarget(opmode),
+               FileName(owner_->filePath()), tmpf, false);
+}
 
-       LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Detecting locking mode...");
-       if (doVCCommandCall("svn proplist " + quoteName(file_.onlyFileName())
-                   + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
-                   file_.onlyPath()))
-               return false;
 
-       ifstream ifs(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding().c_str());
-       string line;
-       bool ret = false;
+string CVS::scanLogFile(FileName const & f, string & status)
+{
+       ifstream ifs(f.toFilesystemEncoding().c_str());
 
        while (ifs) {
+               string line;
                getline(ifs, line);
-               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, line);
-               if (contains(line, "svn:needs-lock"))
-                       ret = true;
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, line << '\n');
+               if (!line.empty())
+                       status += line + "; ";
+               if (prefixIs(line, "C ")) {
+                       ifs.close();
+                       return line;
+               }
        }
-       LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Locking enabled: " << ret);
        ifs.close();
-       locked_mode_ = ret;
-       return ret;
-
+       return string();
 }
 
 
-bool SVN::isLocked() const
+LyXVC::CommandResult CVS::checkIn(string const & msg, string & log)
 {
-       file_.refresh();
-       return !file_.isReadOnly();
+       CvsStatus status = getStatus();
+       switch (status) {
+       case UpToDate:
+               if (vcstatus != NOLOCKING)
+                       if (unedit())
+                               return LyXVC::ErrorCommand;
+               log = "CVS: Proceeded";
+               return LyXVC::VCSuccess;
+       case LocallyModified:
+       case LocallyAdded: {
+               int rc = doVCCommand("cvs -q commit -m \"" + msg + "\" "
+                       + getTarget(File),
+                   FileName(owner_->filePath()));
+               if (rc)
+                       return LyXVC::ErrorCommand;
+               log = "CVS: Proceeded";
+               return LyXVC::VCSuccess;
+       }
+       case NeedsMerge:
+       case NeedsCheckout:
+               frontend::Alert::error(_("Revision control error."),
+                       _("The repository version is newer then the current check out.\n"
+                         "You have to update from repository first or revert your changes.")) ;
+               break;
+       default:
+               frontend::Alert::error(_("Revision control error."),
+                       bformat(_("Bad status when checking in changes.\n"
+                                         "\n'%1$s'\n\n"),
+                               toString(status)));
+               break;
+       }
+       return LyXVC::ErrorBefore;
+}
+
+
+bool CVS::isLocked() const
+{
+       FileName fn(owner_->absFileName());
+       fn.refresh();
+       return !fn.isReadOnly();
+}
+
+
+bool CVS::checkInEnabled()
+{
+       if (vcstatus != NOLOCKING)
+               return isLocked();
+       else
+               return true;
+}
+
+
+bool CVS::isCheckInWithConfirmation()
+{
+       CvsStatus status = getStatus();
+       return status == LocallyModified || status == LocallyAdded;
+}
+
+
+string CVS::checkOut()
+{
+       if (vcstatus != NOLOCKING && edit())
+               return string();
+       TempFile tempfile("lyxvout");
+       FileName tmpf = tempfile.name();
+       if (tmpf.empty()) {
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Could not generate logfile " << tmpf);
+               return string();
+       }
+
+       int rc = update(File, tmpf);
+       string log;
+       string const res = scanLogFile(tmpf, log);
+       if (!res.empty()) {
+               frontend::Alert::error(_("Revision control error."),
+                       bformat(_("Error when updating from repository.\n"
+                               "You have to manually resolve the conflicts NOW!\n'%1$s'.\n\n"
+                               "After pressing OK, LyX will try to reopen the resolved document."),
+                               from_local8bit(res)));
+               rc = 0;
+       }
+
+       return rc ? string() : log.empty() ? "CVS: Proceeded" : "CVS: " + log;
+}
+
+
+bool CVS::checkOutEnabled()
+{
+       if (vcstatus != NOLOCKING)
+               return !isLocked();
+       else
+               return true;
+}
+
+
+string CVS::repoUpdate()
+{
+       TempFile tempfile("lyxvout");
+       FileName tmpf = tempfile.name();
+       if (tmpf.empty()) {
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Could not generate logfile " << tmpf);
+               return string();
+       }
+
+       getDiff(Directory, tmpf);
+       docstring res = tmpf.fileContents("UTF-8");
+       if (!res.empty()) {
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Diff detected:\n" << res);
+               docstring const file = from_utf8(owner_->filePath());
+               docstring text = bformat(_("There were detected changes "
+                               "in the working directory:\n%1$s\n\n"
+                               "Possible file conflicts must be then resolved manually "
+                               "or you will need to revert back to the repository version."), file);
+               int ret = frontend::Alert::prompt(_("Changes detected"),
+                               text, 0, 1, _("&Continue"), _("&Abort"), _("View &Log ..."));
+               if (ret == 2) {
+                       dispatch(FuncRequest(LFUN_DIALOG_SHOW, "file " + tmpf.absFileName()));
+                       ret = frontend::Alert::prompt(_("Changes detected"),
+                               text, 0, 1, _("&Continue"), _("&Abort"));
+                       hideDialogs("file", 0);
+               }
+               if (ret == 1)
+                       return string();
+       }
+
+       int rc = update(Directory, tmpf);
+       res += "Update log:\n" + tmpf.fileContents("UTF-8");
+       LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, res);
+
+       string log;
+       string sres = scanLogFile(tmpf, log);
+       if (!sres.empty()) {
+               docstring const file = owner_->fileName().displayName(20);
+               frontend::Alert::error(_("Revision control error."),
+                       bformat(_("Error when updating document %1$s from repository.\n"
+                                         "You have to manually resolve the conflicts NOW!\n'%2$s'.\n\n"
+                                         "After pressing OK, LyX will try to reopen the resolved document."),
+                               file, from_local8bit(sres)));
+               rc = 0;
+       }
+
+       return rc ? string() : log.empty() ? "CVS: Proceeded" : "CVS: " + log;
+}
+
+
+bool CVS::repoUpdateEnabled()
+{
+       return true;
+}
+
+
+string CVS::lockingToggle()
+{
+       lyxerr << "Sorry, not implemented." << endl;
+       return string();
+}
+
+
+bool CVS::lockingToggleEnabled()
+{
+       return false;
+}
+
+
+bool CVS::isRevertWithConfirmation()
+{
+       CvsStatus status = getStatus();
+       return !owner_->isClean() || status == LocallyModified || status == NeedsMerge;
+}
+
+
+bool CVS::revert()
+{
+       // Reverts to the version in CVS repository and
+       // gets the updated version from the repository.
+       CvsStatus status = getStatus();
+       switch (status) {
+       case UpToDate:
+               if (vcstatus != NOLOCKING)
+                       return 0 == unedit();
+               break;
+       case NeedsMerge:
+       case NeedsCheckout:
+       case LocallyModified: {
+               FileName f(owner_->absFileName());
+               f.removeFile();
+               update(File, FileName());
+               owner_->markClean();
+               break;
+       }
+       case LocallyAdded: {
+               docstring const file = owner_->fileName().displayName(20);
+               frontend::Alert::error(_("Revision control error."),
+                       bformat(_("The document %1$s is not in repository.\n"
+                                 "You have to check in the first revision before you can revert."),
+                               file)) ;
+               return false;
+       }
+       default: {
+               docstring const file = owner_->fileName().displayName(20);
+               frontend::Alert::error(_("Revision control error."),
+                       bformat(_("Cannot revert document %1$s to repository version.\n"
+                                 "The status '%2$s' is unexpected."),
+                               file, toString(status)));
+               return false;
+               }
+       }
+       return true;
+}
+
+
+void CVS::undoLast()
+{
+       // merge the current with the previous version
+       // in a reverse patch kind of way, so that the
+       // result is to revert the last changes.
+       lyxerr << "Sorry, not implemented." << endl;
+}
+
+
+bool CVS::undoLastEnabled()
+{
+       return false;
+}
+
+
+void CVS::getLog(FileName const & tmpf)
+{
+       doVCCommandWithOutput("cvs log " + getTarget(File),
+               FileName(owner_->filePath()),
+               tmpf);
+}
+
+
+bool CVS::toggleReadOnlyEnabled()
+{
+       return false;
+}
+
+
+string CVS::revisionInfo(LyXVC::RevisionInfo const info)
+{
+       if (!version_.empty()) {
+               getRevisionInfo();
+               switch (info) {
+               case LyXVC::File:
+                       return version_;
+               case LyXVC::Author:
+                       return rev_author_cache_;
+               case LyXVC::Date:
+                       return rev_date_cache_;
+               case LyXVC::Time:
+                       return rev_time_cache_;
+               default: ;
+               }
+       }
+       return string();
+}
+
+
+bool CVS::prepareFileRevision(string const & revis, string & f)
+{
+       string rev = revis;
+       if (!VCS::makeRCSRevision(version_, rev))
+               return false;
+
+       TempFile tempfile("lyxvcrev_" + rev + '_');
+       tempfile.setAutoRemove(false);
+       FileName tmpf = tempfile.name();
+       if (tmpf.empty()) {
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Could not generate logfile " << tmpf);
+               return false;
+       }
+
+       doVCCommandWithOutput("cvs update -p -r" + rev + ' '
+               + getTarget(File),
+               FileName(owner_->filePath()), tmpf);
+       tmpf.refresh();
+       if (tmpf.isFileEmpty())
+               return false;
+
+       f = tmpf.absFileName();
+       return true;
+}
+
+
+bool CVS::prepareFileRevisionEnabled()
+{
+       return true;
+}
+
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// SVN
+//
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+SVN::SVN(FileName const & m, Buffer * b) : VCS(b)
+{
+       // Here we know that the buffer file is either already in SVN or
+       // about to be registered
+       master_ = m;
+       locked_mode_ = 0;
+       scanMaster();
+}
+
+
+FileName const SVN::findFile(FileName const & file)
+{
+       // First we check the existence of repository meta data.
+       if (!VCS::checkparentdirs(file, ".svn")) {
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Cannot find SVN meta data for " << file);
+               return FileName();
+       }
+
+       // Now we check the status of the file.
+       TempFile tempfile("lyxvcout");
+       FileName tmpf = tempfile.name();
+       if (tmpf.empty()) {
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Could not generate logfile " << tmpf);
+               return FileName();
+       }
+
+       string const fname = onlyFileName(file.absFileName());
+       LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "LyXVC: Checking if file is under svn control for `" << fname << '\'');
+       bool found = 0 == doVCCommandCall("svn info " + quoteName(fname)
+                                               + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
+                                               file.onlyPath());
+       LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "SVN control: " << (found ? "enabled" : "disabled"));
+       return found ? file : FileName();
+}
+
+
+void SVN::scanMaster()
+{
+       // vcstatus code is somewhat superflous,
+       // until we want to implement read-only toggle for svn.
+       vcstatus = NOLOCKING;
+       if (checkLockMode()) {
+               if (isLocked())
+                       vcstatus = LOCKED;
+               else
+                       vcstatus = UNLOCKED;
+       }
+}
+
+
+bool SVN::checkLockMode()
+{
+       TempFile tempfile("lyxvcout");
+       FileName tmpf = tempfile.name();
+       if (tmpf.empty()){
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Could not generate logfile " << tmpf);
+               return false;
+       }
+
+       LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Detecting locking mode...");
+       if (doVCCommandCall("svn proplist " + quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName()))
+                   + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
+                   FileName(owner_->filePath())))
+               return false;
+
+       ifstream ifs(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding().c_str());
+       string line;
+       bool ret = false;
+
+       while (ifs && !ret) {
+               getline(ifs, line);
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, line);
+               if (contains(line, "svn:needs-lock"))
+                       ret = true;
+       }
+       LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Locking enabled: " << ret);
+       ifs.close();
+       locked_mode_ = ret;
+       return ret;
+
+}
+
+
+bool SVN::isLocked() const
+{
+       FileName file(owner_->absFileName());
+       file.refresh();
+       return !file.isReadOnly();
+}
+
+
+bool SVN::retrieve(FileName const & file)
+{
+       LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "LyXVC::SVN: retrieve.\n\t" << file);
+       // The caller ensures that file does not exist, so no need to check that.
+       return doVCCommandCall("svn update -q --non-interactive " + quoteName(file.onlyFileName()),
+                              file.onlyPath()) == 0;
+}
+
+
+void SVN::registrer(string const & /*msg*/)
+{
+       doVCCommand("svn add -q " + quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName())),
+                   FileName(owner_->filePath()));
+}
+
+
+bool SVN::renameEnabled()
+{
+       return true;
+}
+
+
+string SVN::rename(support::FileName const & newFile, string const & msg)
+{
+       // svn move does not require a log message, since it does not commit.
+       // In LyX we commit immediately afterwards, otherwise it could be
+       // confusing to the user to have two uncommitted files.
+       FileName path(owner_->filePath());
+       string relFile(to_utf8(newFile.relPath(path.absFileName())));
+       string cmd("svn move -q " + quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName())) +
+                  ' ' + quoteName(relFile));
+       if (doVCCommand(cmd, path)) {
+               cmd = "svn revert -q " +
+                       quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName())) + ' ' +
+                       quoteName(relFile);
+               doVCCommand(cmd, path);
+               if (newFile.exists())
+                       newFile.removeFile();
+               return string();
+       }
+       vector<support::FileName> f;
+       f.push_back(owner_->fileName());
+       f.push_back(newFile);
+       string log;
+       if (checkIn(f, msg, log) != LyXVC::VCSuccess) {
+               cmd = "svn revert -q " +
+                       quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName())) + ' ' +
+                       quoteName(relFile);
+               doVCCommand(cmd, path);
+               if (newFile.exists())
+                       newFile.removeFile();
+               return string();
+       }
+       return log;
+}
+
+
+bool SVN::copyEnabled()
+{
+       return true;
+}
+
+
+string SVN::copy(support::FileName const & newFile, string const & msg)
+{
+       // svn copy does not require a log message, since it does not commit.
+       // In LyX we commit immediately afterwards, otherwise it could be
+       // confusing to the user to have an uncommitted file.
+       FileName path(owner_->filePath());
+       string relFile(to_utf8(newFile.relPath(path.absFileName())));
+       string cmd("svn copy -q " + quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName())) +
+                  ' ' + quoteName(relFile));
+       if (doVCCommand(cmd, path))
+               return string();
+       vector<support::FileName> f(1, newFile);
+       string log;
+       if (checkIn(f, msg, log) == LyXVC::VCSuccess)
+               return log;
+       return string();
+}
+
+
+LyXVC::CommandResult SVN::checkIn(string const & msg, string & log)
+{
+       vector<support::FileName> f(1, owner_->fileName());
+       return checkIn(f, msg, log);
+}
+
+
+LyXVC::CommandResult
+SVN::checkIn(vector<support::FileName> const & f, string const & msg, string & log)
+{
+       TempFile tempfile("lyxvcout");
+       FileName tmpf = tempfile.name();
+       if (tmpf.empty()){
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Could not generate logfile " << tmpf);
+               log = N_("Error: Could not generate logfile.");
+               return LyXVC::ErrorBefore;
+       }
+
+       ostringstream os;
+       os << "svn commit -m \"" << msg << '"';
+       for (size_t i = 0; i < f.size(); ++i)
+               os << ' ' << quoteName(f[i].onlyFileName());
+       os << " > " << quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding());
+       LyXVC::CommandResult ret =
+               doVCCommand(os.str(), FileName(owner_->filePath())) ?
+                       LyXVC::ErrorCommand : LyXVC::VCSuccess;
+
+       string res = scanLogFile(tmpf, log);
+       if (!res.empty()) {
+               frontend::Alert::error(_("Revision control error."),
+                               _("Error when committing to repository.\n"
+                               "You have to manually resolve the problem.\n"
+                               "LyX will reopen the document after you press OK."));
+               ret = LyXVC::ErrorCommand;
+       }
+       else
+               if (!fileLock(false, tmpf, log))
+                       ret = LyXVC::ErrorCommand;
+
+       if (!log.empty())
+               log.insert(0, "SVN: ");
+       if (ret == LyXVC::VCSuccess && log.empty())
+               log = "SVN: Proceeded";
+       return ret;
+}
+
+
+bool SVN::checkInEnabled()
+{
+       if (locked_mode_)
+               return isLocked();
+       else
+               return true;
+}
+
+
+bool SVN::isCheckInWithConfirmation()
+{
+       // FIXME one day common getDiff and perhaps OpMode for all backends
+
+       TempFile tempfile("lyxvcout");
+       FileName tmpf = tempfile.name();
+       if (tmpf.empty()) {
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Could not generate logfile " << tmpf);
+               return true;
+       }
+
+       doVCCommandCall("svn diff " + quoteName(owner_->absFileName())
+                   + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
+               FileName(owner_->filePath()));
+
+       docstring diff = tmpf.fileContents("UTF-8");
+
+       if (diff.empty())
+               return false;
+
+       return true;
+}
+
+
+// FIXME Correctly return code should be checked instead of this.
+// This would need another solution than just plain startscript.
+// Hint from Andre': QProcess::readAllStandardError()...
+string SVN::scanLogFile(FileName const & f, string & status)
+{
+       ifstream ifs(f.toFilesystemEncoding().c_str());
+       string line;
+
+       while (ifs) {
+               getline(ifs, line);
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, line << '\n');
+               if (!line.empty())
+                       status += line + "; ";
+               if (prefixIs(line, "C ") || prefixIs(line, "CU ")
+                                        || contains(line, "Commit failed")) {
+                       ifs.close();
+                       return line;
+               }
+               if (contains(line, "svn:needs-lock")) {
+                       ifs.close();
+                       return line;
+               }
+       }
+       ifs.close();
+       return string();
+}
+
+
+bool SVN::fileLock(bool lock, FileName const & tmpf, string &status)
+{
+       if (!locked_mode_ || (isLocked() == lock))
+               return true;
+
+       string const arg = lock ? "lock " : "unlock ";
+       doVCCommand("svn "+ arg + quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName()))
+                   + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
+                   FileName(owner_->filePath()));
+
+       // Lock error messages go unfortunately on stderr and are unreachible this way.
+       ifstream ifs(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding().c_str());
+       string line;
+       while (ifs) {
+               getline(ifs, line);
+               if (!line.empty()) status += line + "; ";
+       }
+       ifs.close();
+
+       if (isLocked() == lock)
+               return true;
+
+       if (lock)
+               frontend::Alert::error(_("Revision control error."),
+                       _("Error while acquiring write lock.\n"
+                       "Another user is most probably editing\n"
+                       "the current document now!\n"
+                       "Also check the access to the repository."));
+       else
+               frontend::Alert::error(_("Revision control error."),
+                       _("Error while releasing write lock.\n"
+                       "Check the access to the repository."));
+       return false;
+}
+
+
+string SVN::checkOut()
+{
+       TempFile tempfile("lyxvcout");
+       FileName tmpf = tempfile.name();
+       if (tmpf.empty()) {
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Could not generate logfile " << tmpf);
+               return N_("Error: Could not generate logfile.");
+       }
+
+       doVCCommand("svn update --non-interactive " + quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName()))
+                   + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
+                   FileName(owner_->filePath()));
+
+       string log;
+       string const res = scanLogFile(tmpf, log);
+       if (!res.empty())
+               frontend::Alert::error(_("Revision control error."),
+                       bformat(_("Error when updating from repository.\n"
+                               "You have to manually resolve the conflicts NOW!\n'%1$s'.\n\n"
+                               "After pressing OK, LyX will try to reopen the resolved document."),
+                       from_local8bit(res)));
+
+       fileLock(true, tmpf, log);
+
+       return log.empty() ? string() : "SVN: " + log;
+}
+
+
+bool SVN::checkOutEnabled()
+{
+       if (locked_mode_)
+               return !isLocked();
+       else
+               return true;
+}
+
+
+string SVN::repoUpdate()
+{
+       TempFile tempfile("lyxvcout");
+       FileName tmpf = tempfile.name();
+       if (tmpf.empty()) {
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Could not generate logfile " << tmpf);
+               return N_("Error: Could not generate logfile.");
+       }
+
+       doVCCommand("svn diff " + quoteName(owner_->filePath())
+                   + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
+               FileName(owner_->filePath()));
+       docstring res = tmpf.fileContents("UTF-8");
+       if (!res.empty()) {
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Diff detected:\n" << res);
+               docstring const file = from_utf8(owner_->filePath());
+               docstring text = bformat(_("There were detected changes "
+                               "in the working directory:\n%1$s\n\n"
+                               "In case of file conflict version of the local directory files "
+                               "will be preferred."
+                               "\n\nContinue?"), file);
+               int ret = frontend::Alert::prompt(_("Changes detected"),
+                               text, 0, 1, _("&Yes"), _("&No"), _("View &Log ..."));
+               if (ret == 2) {
+                       dispatch(FuncRequest(LFUN_DIALOG_SHOW, "file " + tmpf.absFileName()));
+                       ret = frontend::Alert::prompt(_("Changes detected"),
+                               text, 0, 1, _("&Yes"), _("&No"));
+                       hideDialogs("file", 0);
+               }
+               if (ret == 1)
+                       return string();
+       }
+
+       // Reverting looks too harsh, see bug #6255.
+       // doVCCommand("svn revert -R " + quoteName(owner_->filePath())
+       // + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
+       // FileName(owner_->filePath()));
+       // res = "Revert log:\n" + tmpf.fileContents("UTF-8");
+       doVCCommand("svn update --accept mine-full " + quoteName(owner_->filePath())
+               + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
+               FileName(owner_->filePath()));
+       res += "Update log:\n" + tmpf.fileContents("UTF-8");
+
+       LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, res);
+       return to_utf8(res);
+}
+
+
+bool SVN::repoUpdateEnabled()
+{
+       return true;
+}
+
+
+string SVN::lockingToggle()
+{
+       TempFile tempfile("lyxvcout");
+       FileName tmpf = tempfile.name();
+       if (tmpf.empty()) {
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Could not generate logfile " << tmpf);
+               return N_("Error: Could not generate logfile.");
+       }
+
+       int ret = doVCCommand("svn proplist " + quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName()))
+                   + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
+                   FileName(owner_->filePath()));
+       if (ret)
+               return string();
+
+       string log;
+       string res = scanLogFile(tmpf, log);
+       bool locking = contains(res, "svn:needs-lock");
+       if (!locking)
+               ret = doVCCommand("svn propset svn:needs-lock ON "
+                   + quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName()))
+                   + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
+                   FileName(owner_->filePath()));
+       else
+               ret = doVCCommand("svn propdel svn:needs-lock "
+                   + quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName()))
+                   + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
+                   FileName(owner_->filePath()));
+       if (ret)
+               return string();
+
+       frontend::Alert::warning(_("SVN File Locking"),
+               (locking ? _("Locking property unset.") : _("Locking property set.")) + '\n'
+               + _("Do not forget to commit the locking property into the repository."),
+               true);
+
+       return string("SVN: ") + (locking ?
+               N_("Locking property unset.") : N_("Locking property set."));
+}
+
+
+bool SVN::lockingToggleEnabled()
+{
+       return true;
+}
+
+
+bool SVN::revert()
+{
+       // Reverts to the version in SVN repository and
+       // gets the updated version from the repository.
+       string const fil = quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName()));
+
+       if (doVCCommand("svn revert -q " + fil,
+                   FileName(owner_->filePath())))
+               return false;
+       owner_->markClean();
+       return true;
+}
+
+
+bool SVN::isRevertWithConfirmation()
+{
+       //FIXME owner && diff
+       return true;
+}
+
+
+void SVN::undoLast()
+{
+       // merge the current with the previous version
+       // in a reverse patch kind of way, so that the
+       // result is to revert the last changes.
+       lyxerr << "Sorry, not implemented." << endl;
+}
+
+
+bool SVN::undoLastEnabled()
+{
+       return false;
+}
+
+
+string SVN::revisionInfo(LyXVC::RevisionInfo const info)
+{
+       if (info == LyXVC::Tree) {
+               if (rev_tree_cache_.empty())
+                       if (!getTreeRevisionInfo())
+                               rev_tree_cache_ = "?";
+               if (rev_tree_cache_ == "?")
+                       return string();
+
+               return rev_tree_cache_;
+       }
+
+       // fill the rest of the attributes for a single file
+       if (rev_file_cache_.empty())
+               if (!getFileRevisionInfo())
+                       rev_file_cache_ = "?";
+
+       switch (info) {
+               case LyXVC::File:
+                       if (rev_file_cache_ == "?")
+                               return string();
+                       return rev_file_cache_;
+               case LyXVC::Author:
+                       return rev_author_cache_;
+               case LyXVC::Date:
+                       return rev_date_cache_;
+               case LyXVC::Time:
+                       return rev_time_cache_;
+               default: ;
+
+       }
+
+       return string();
+}
+
+
+bool SVN::getFileRevisionInfo()
+{
+       TempFile tempfile("lyxvcout");
+       FileName tmpf = tempfile.name();
+       if (tmpf.empty()) {
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Could not generate logfile " << tmpf);
+               return false;
+       }
+
+       doVCCommand("svn info --xml " + quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName()))
+                   + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
+                   FileName(owner_->filePath()));
+
+       if (tmpf.empty())
+               return false;
+
+       ifstream ifs(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding().c_str());
+       string line;
+       // commit log part
+       bool c = false;
+       string rev;
+
+       while (ifs) {
+               getline(ifs, line);
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, line);
+               if (prefixIs(line, "<commit"))
+                       c = true;
+               if (c && prefixIs(line, "   revision=\"") && suffixIs(line, "\">")) {
+                       string l1 = subst(line, "revision=\"", "");
+                       string l2 = trim(subst(l1, "\">", ""));
+                       if (isStrInt(l2))
+                               rev_file_cache_ = rev = l2;
+               }
+               if (c && prefixIs(line, "<author>") && suffixIs(line, "</author>")) {
+                       string l1 = subst(line, "<author>", "");
+                       string l2 = subst(l1, "</author>", "");
+                       rev_author_cache_ = l2;
+               }
+               if (c && prefixIs(line, "<date>") && suffixIs(line, "</date>")) {
+                       string l1 = subst(line, "<date>", "");
+                       string l2 = subst(l1, "</date>", "");
+                       l2 = split(l2, l1, 'T');
+                       rev_date_cache_ = l1;
+                       l2 = split(l2, l1, '.');
+                       rev_time_cache_ = l1;
+               }
+       }
+
+       ifs.close();
+       return !rev.empty();
+}
+
+
+bool SVN::getTreeRevisionInfo()
+{
+       TempFile tempfile("lyxvcout");
+       FileName tmpf = tempfile.name();
+       if (tmpf.empty()) {
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Could not generate logfile " << tmpf);
+               return false;
+       }
+
+       doVCCommand("svnversion -n . > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
+                   FileName(owner_->filePath()));
+
+       if (tmpf.empty())
+               return false;
+
+       // only first line in case something bad happens.
+       ifstream ifs(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding().c_str());
+       string line;
+       getline(ifs, line);
+       ifs.close();
+
+       rev_tree_cache_ = line;
+       return !line.empty();
+}
+
+
+void SVN::getLog(FileName const & tmpf)
+{
+       doVCCommand("svn log " + quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName()))
+                   + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
+                   FileName(owner_->filePath()));
+}
+
+
+bool SVN::prepareFileRevision(string const & revis, string & f)
+{
+       if (!isStrInt(revis))
+               return false;
+
+       int rev = convert<int>(revis);
+       if (rev <= 0)
+               if (!getFileRevisionInfo())
+                       return false;
+       if (rev == 0)
+               rev = convert<int>(rev_file_cache_);
+       // go back for minus rev
+       else if (rev < 0) {
+               rev = rev + convert<int>(rev_file_cache_);
+               if (rev < 1)
+                       return false;
+       }
+
+       string revname = convert<string>(rev);
+       TempFile tempfile("lyxvcrev_" + revname + '_');
+       tempfile.setAutoRemove(false);
+       FileName tmpf = tempfile.name();
+       if (tmpf.empty()) {
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Could not generate logfile " << tmpf);
+               return false;
+       }
+
+       doVCCommand("svn cat -r " + revname + ' '
+                     + quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName()))
+                     + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
+               FileName(owner_->filePath()));
+       tmpf.refresh();
+       if (tmpf.isFileEmpty())
+               return false;
+
+       f = tmpf.absFileName();
+       return true;
+}
+
+
+bool SVN::prepareFileRevisionEnabled()
+{
+       return true;
+}
+
+
+
+bool SVN::toggleReadOnlyEnabled()
+{
+       return false;
+}
+
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// GIT
+//
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+GIT::GIT(FileName const & m, Buffer * b) : VCS(b)
+{
+       // Here we know that the buffer file is either already in GIT or
+       // about to be registered
+       master_ = m;
+       scanMaster();
+}
+
+
+FileName const GIT::findFile(FileName const & file)
+{
+       // First we check the existence of repository meta data.
+       if (!VCS::checkparentdirs(file, ".git")) {
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Cannot find GIT meta data for " << file);
+               return FileName();
+       }
+
+       // Now we check the status of the file.
+       TempFile tempfile("lyxvcout");
+       FileName tmpf = tempfile.name();
+       if (tmpf.empty()) {
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Could not generate logfile " << tmpf);
+               return FileName();
+       }
+
+       string const fname = onlyFileName(file.absFileName());
+       LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "LyXVC: Checking if file is under git control for `"
+                       << fname << '\'');
+       doVCCommandCall("git ls-files " +
+                       quoteName(fname) + " > " +
+                       quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
+                       file.onlyPath());
+       tmpf.refresh();
+       bool found = !tmpf.isFileEmpty();
+       LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "GIT control: " << (found ? "enabled" : "disabled"));
+       return found ? file : FileName();
+}
+
+
+void GIT::scanMaster()
+{
+       // vcstatus code is somewhat superflous,
+       // until we want to implement read-only toggle for git.
+       vcstatus = NOLOCKING;
+}
+
+
+bool GIT::retrieve(FileName const & file)
+{
+       LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "LyXVC::GIT: retrieve.\n\t" << file);
+       // The caller ensures that file does not exist, so no need to check that.
+       return doVCCommandCall("git checkout -q " + quoteName(file.onlyFileName()),
+                              file.onlyPath()) == 0;
 }
 
 
-void SVN::registrer(string const & /*msg*/)
+void GIT::registrer(string const & /*msg*/)
 {
-       doVCCommand("svn add -q " + quoteName(onlyFilename(owner_->absFileName())),
+       doVCCommand("git add " + quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName())),
                    FileName(owner_->filePath()));
 }
 
 
-string SVN::checkIn(string const & msg)
+bool GIT::renameEnabled()
+{
+       return true;
+}
+
+
+string GIT::rename(support::FileName const & newFile, string const & msg)
+{
+       // git mv does not require a log message, since it does not commit.
+       // In LyX we commit immediately afterwards, otherwise it could be
+       // confusing to the user to have two uncommitted files.
+       FileName path(owner_->filePath());
+       string relFile(to_utf8(newFile.relPath(path.absFileName())));
+       string cmd("git mv " + quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName())) +
+                  ' ' + quoteName(relFile));
+       if (doVCCommand(cmd, path)) {
+               cmd = "git checkout -q " +
+                       quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName())) + ' ' +
+                       quoteName(relFile);
+               doVCCommand(cmd, path);
+               if (newFile.exists())
+                       newFile.removeFile();
+               return string();
+       }
+       vector<support::FileName> f;
+       f.push_back(owner_->fileName());
+       f.push_back(newFile);
+       string log;
+       if (checkIn(f, msg, log) != LyXVC::VCSuccess) {
+               cmd = "git checkout -q " +
+                       quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName())) + ' ' +
+                       quoteName(relFile);
+               doVCCommand(cmd, path);
+               if (newFile.exists())
+                       newFile.removeFile();
+               return string();
+       }
+       return log;
+}
+
+
+bool GIT::copyEnabled()
+{
+       return false;
+}
+
+
+string GIT::copy(support::FileName const & /*newFile*/, string const & /*msg*/)
+{
+       // git does not support copy with history preservation
+       return string();
+}
+
+
+LyXVC::CommandResult GIT::checkIn(string const & msg, string & log)
+{
+       vector<support::FileName> f(1, owner_->fileName());
+       return checkIn(f, msg, log);
+}
+
+
+LyXVC::CommandResult
+GIT::checkIn(vector<support::FileName> const & f, string const & msg, string & log)
 {
-       FileName tmpf = FileName::tempName("lyxvcout");
+       TempFile tempfile("lyxvcout");
+       FileName tmpf = tempfile.name();
        if (tmpf.empty()){
                LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Could not generate logfile " << tmpf);
-               return N_("Error: Could not generate logfile.");
+               log = N_("Error: Could not generate logfile.");
+               return LyXVC::ErrorBefore;
        }
 
-       doVCCommand("svn commit -m \"" + msg + "\" "
-                   + quoteName(onlyFilename(owner_->absFileName()))
-                   + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
-                   FileName(owner_->filePath()));
+       ostringstream os;
+       os << "git commit -m \"" << msg << '"';
+       for (size_t i = 0; i < f.size(); ++i)
+               os << ' ' << quoteName(f[i].onlyFileName());
+       os << " > " << quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding());
+       LyXVC::CommandResult ret =
+               doVCCommand(os.str(), FileName(owner_->filePath())) ?
+                       LyXVC::ErrorCommand : LyXVC::VCSuccess;
 
-       string log;
        string res = scanLogFile(tmpf, log);
-       if (!res.empty())
+       if (!res.empty()) {
                frontend::Alert::error(_("Revision control error."),
                                _("Error when committing to repository.\n"
                                "You have to manually resolve the problem.\n"
                                "LyX will reopen the document after you press OK."));
-       else
-               fileLock(false, tmpf, log);
+               ret = LyXVC::ErrorCommand;
+       }
 
-       tmpf.erase();
-       return log.empty() ? string() : "SVN: " + log;
+       if (!log.empty())
+               log.insert(0, "GIT: ");
+       if (ret == LyXVC::VCSuccess && log.empty())
+               log = "GIT: Proceeded";
+       return ret;
 }
 
 
-bool SVN::checkInEnabled()
+bool GIT::checkInEnabled()
 {
-       if (locked_mode_)
-               return isLocked();
-       else
+       return true;
+}
+
+
+bool GIT::isCheckInWithConfirmation()
+{
+       // FIXME one day common getDiff and perhaps OpMode for all backends
+
+       TempFile tempfile("lyxvcout");
+       FileName tmpf = tempfile.name();
+       if (tmpf.empty()) {
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Could not generate logfile " << tmpf);
                return true;
+       }
+
+       doVCCommandCall("git diff " + quoteName(owner_->absFileName())
+                   + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
+               FileName(owner_->filePath()));
+
+       docstring diff = tmpf.fileContents("UTF-8");
+
+       if (diff.empty())
+               return false;
+
+       return true;
 }
 
 
 // FIXME Correctly return code should be checked instead of this.
 // This would need another solution than just plain startscript.
 // Hint from Andre': QProcess::readAllStandardError()...
-string SVN::scanLogFile(FileName const & f, string & status)
+string GIT::scanLogFile(FileName const & f, string & status)
 {
        ifstream ifs(f.toFilesystemEncoding().c_str());
        string line;
@@ -629,232 +2016,245 @@ string SVN::scanLogFile(FileName const & f, string & status)
        while (ifs) {
                getline(ifs, line);
                LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, line << "\n");
-               if (!line.empty()) 
+               if (!line.empty())
                        status += line + "; ";
                if (prefixIs(line, "C ") || prefixIs(line, "CU ")
                                         || contains(line, "Commit failed")) {
                        ifs.close();
                        return line;
                }
-               if (contains(line, "svn:needs-lock")) {
-                       ifs.close();
-                       return line;
-               }
        }
        ifs.close();
        return string();
 }
 
 
-void SVN::fileLock(bool lock, FileName const & tmpf, string &status)
+string GIT::checkOut()
 {
-       if (!locked_mode_ || (isLocked() == lock))
-               return;
+       return string();
+}
 
-       string const arg = lock ? "lock " : "unlock ";
-       doVCCommand("svn "+ arg + quoteName(onlyFilename(owner_->absFileName()))
-                   + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
-                   FileName(owner_->filePath()));
 
-       // Lock error messages go unfortunately on stderr and are unreachible this way.
-       ifstream ifs(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding().c_str());
-       string line;
-       while (ifs) {
-               getline(ifs, line);
-               if (!line.empty()) status += line + "; ";
-       }
-       ifs.close();
+bool GIT::checkOutEnabled()
+{
+       return false;
+}
 
-       if (!isLocked() && lock)
-               frontend::Alert::error(_("Revision control error."),
-                       _("Error when acquiring write lock.\n"
-                       "Most probably another user is editing\n"
-                       "the current document now!\n"
-                       "Also check the access to the repository."));
-       if (isLocked() && !lock)
-               frontend::Alert::error(_("Revision control error."),
-                       _("Error when releasing write lock.\n"
-                       "Check the access to the repository."));
+
+string GIT::repoUpdate()
+{
+       return string();
 }
 
 
-string SVN::checkOut()
+bool GIT::repoUpdateEnabled()
 {
-       FileName tmpf = FileName::tempName("lyxvcout");
-       if (tmpf.empty()) {
-               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Could not generate logfile " << tmpf);
-               return N_("Error: Could not generate logfile.");
-       }
+       return false;
+}
 
-       doVCCommand("svn update " + quoteName(onlyFilename(owner_->absFileName()))
-                   + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
-                   FileName(owner_->filePath()));
 
-       string log;
-       string res = scanLogFile(tmpf, log);
-       if (!res.empty())
-               frontend::Alert::error(_("Revision control error."),
-                       bformat(_("Error when updating from repository.\n"
-                               "You have to manually resolve the conflicts NOW!\n'%1$s'.\n\n"
-                               "After pressing OK, LyX will try to reopen the resolved document."),
-                       from_local8bit(res)));
+string GIT::lockingToggle()
+{
+       return string();
+}
 
-       fileLock(true, tmpf, log);
 
-       tmpf.erase();
-       return log.empty() ? string() : "SVN: " + log;
+bool GIT::lockingToggleEnabled()
+{
+       return false;
 }
 
 
-bool SVN::checkOutEnabled()
+bool GIT::revert()
 {
-       if (locked_mode_)
-               return !isLocked();
-       else
-               return true;
+       // Reverts to the version in GIT repository and
+       // gets the updated version from the repository.
+       string const fil = quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName()));
+
+       if (doVCCommand("git checkout -q " + fil,
+                   FileName(owner_->filePath())))
+               return false;
+       owner_->markClean();
+       return true;
 }
 
 
-string SVN::repoUpdate()
+bool GIT::isRevertWithConfirmation()
 {
-       FileName tmpf = FileName::tempName("lyxvcout");
-       if (tmpf.empty()) {
-               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Could not generate logfile " << tmpf);
-               return N_("Error: Could not generate logfile.");
-       }
+       //FIXME owner && diff
+       return true;
+}
 
-       doVCCommand("svn diff " + quoteName(owner_->filePath())
-       + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
-       FileName(owner_->filePath()));
-       docstring res = tmpf.fileContents("UTF-8");
-       if (!res.empty()) {
-               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Diff detected:\n" << res);
-               docstring const file = from_utf8(owner_->filePath());
-               docstring text = bformat(_("There were detected changes "
-                               "in the working directory:\n%1$s\n\n"
-                               "In case of file conflict version of the local directory files "
-                               "will be preferred."
-                               "\n\nContinue?"), file);
-               int ret = frontend::Alert::prompt(_("Changes detected"),
-                               text, 0, 1, _("&Yes"), _("&No"), _("View &Log ..."));
-               if (ret == 2 ) {
-                       dispatch(FuncRequest(LFUN_DIALOG_SHOW, "file " + tmpf.absFilename()));
-                       ret = frontend::Alert::prompt(_("Changes detected"),
-                               text, 0, 1, _("&Yes"), _("&No"));
-                       hideDialogs("file", 0);
-               }
-               if (ret == 1 ) {
-                       tmpf.erase();
-                       return string();
-               }
-       }
 
-       // Reverting looks too harsh, see bug #6255.
-       // doVCCommand("svn revert -R " + quoteName(owner_->filePath())
-       // + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
-       // FileName(owner_->filePath()));
-       // res = "Revert log:\n" + tmpf.fileContents("UTF-8");
-       doVCCommand("svn update --accept mine-full " + quoteName(owner_->filePath())
-               + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
-       FileName(owner_->filePath()));
-       res += "Update log:\n" + tmpf.fileContents("UTF-8");
+void GIT::undoLast()
+{
+       // merge the current with the previous version
+       // in a reverse patch kind of way, so that the
+       // result is to revert the last changes.
+       lyxerr << "Sorry, not implemented." << endl;
+}
 
-       LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, res);
-       tmpf.erase();
-       return to_utf8(res);
+
+bool GIT::undoLastEnabled()
+{
+       return false;
 }
 
 
-bool SVN::repoUpdateEnabled()
+string GIT::revisionInfo(LyXVC::RevisionInfo const info)
 {
-       return true;
+       if (info == LyXVC::Tree) {
+               if (rev_tree_cache_.empty())
+                       if (!getTreeRevisionInfo())
+                               rev_tree_cache_ = "?";
+               if (rev_tree_cache_ == "?")
+                       return string();
+
+               return rev_tree_cache_;
+       }
+
+       // fill the rest of the attributes for a single file
+       if (rev_file_cache_.empty())
+               if (!getFileRevisionInfo())
+                       rev_file_cache_ = "?";
+
+       switch (info) {
+               case LyXVC::File:
+                       if (rev_file_cache_ == "?")
+                               return string();
+                       return rev_file_cache_;
+               case LyXVC::Author:
+                       return rev_author_cache_;
+               case LyXVC::Date:
+                       return rev_date_cache_;
+               case LyXVC::Time:
+                       return rev_time_cache_;
+               default: ;
+
+       }
+
+       return string();
 }
 
 
-string SVN::lockingToggle()
+bool GIT::getFileRevisionInfo()
 {
-       FileName tmpf = FileName::tempName("lyxvcout");
+       TempFile tempfile("lyxvcout");
+       FileName tmpf = tempfile.name();
        if (tmpf.empty()) {
                LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Could not generate logfile " << tmpf);
-               return N_("Error: Could not generate logfile.");
+               return false;
        }
 
-       int ret = doVCCommand("svn proplist " + quoteName(onlyFilename(owner_->absFileName()))
-                   + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
-                   FileName(owner_->filePath()));
-       if (ret)
-               return string();
-
-       string log;
-       string res = scanLogFile(tmpf, log);
-       bool locking = contains(res, "svn:needs-lock");
-       if (!locking)
-               ret = doVCCommand("svn propset svn:needs-lock ON "
-                   + quoteName(onlyFilename(owner_->absFileName()))
-                   + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
-                   FileName(owner_->filePath()));
-       else
-               ret = doVCCommand("svn propdel svn:needs-lock "
-                   + quoteName(onlyFilename(owner_->absFileName()))
+       doVCCommand("git log -n 1 --pretty=format:%H%n%an%n%ai " + quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName()))
                    + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
                    FileName(owner_->filePath()));
-       if (ret)
-               return string();
 
-       tmpf.erase();
-       frontend::Alert::warning(_("VCN File Locking"),
-               (locking ? _("Locking property unset.") : _("Locking property set.")) + "\n"
-               + _("Do not forget to commit the locking property into the repository."),
-               true);
+       if (tmpf.empty())
+               return false;
 
-       return string("SVN: ") +  N_("Locking property set.");
-}
+       ifstream ifs(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding().c_str());
 
+       if (ifs)
+               getline(ifs, rev_file_cache_);
+       if (ifs)
+               getline(ifs, rev_author_cache_);
+       if (ifs) {
+               string line;
+               getline(ifs, line);
+               rev_time_cache_ = split(line, rev_date_cache_, ' ');
+       }
 
-bool SVN::lockingToggleEnabled()
-{
-       return true;
+       ifs.close();
+       return !rev_file_cache_.empty();
 }
 
 
-void SVN::revert()
+bool GIT::getTreeRevisionInfo()
 {
-       // Reverts to the version in CVS repository and
-       // gets the updated version from the repository.
-       string const fil = quoteName(onlyFilename(owner_->absFileName()));
+       TempFile tempfile("lyxvcout");
+       FileName tmpf = tempfile.name();
+       if (tmpf.empty()) {
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Could not generate logfile " << tmpf);
+               return false;
+       }
 
-       doVCCommand("svn revert -q " + fil,
+       doVCCommand("git describe --abbrev --dirty --long > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
                    FileName(owner_->filePath()));
-       owner_->markClean();
+
+       if (tmpf.empty())
+               return false;
+
+       // only first line in case something bad happens.
+       ifstream ifs(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding().c_str());
+       getline(ifs, rev_tree_cache_);
+       ifs.close();
+
+       return !rev_tree_cache_.empty();
 }
 
 
-void SVN::undoLast()
+void GIT::getLog(FileName const & tmpf)
 {
-       // merge the current with the previous version
-       // in a reverse patch kind of way, so that the
-       // result is to revert the last changes.
-       lyxerr << "Sorry, not implemented." << endl;
+       doVCCommand("git log " + quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName()))
+                   + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
+                   FileName(owner_->filePath()));
 }
 
 
-bool SVN::undoLastEnabled()
+//at this moment we don't accept revision SHA, but just number of revision steps back
+//GUI and infrastucture needs to be changed first
+bool GIT::prepareFileRevision(string const & revis, string & f)
 {
-       return false;
+       // anything positive means we got hash, not "0" or minus revision
+       int rev = 1;
+
+       // hash is rarely number and should be long
+       if (isStrInt(revis) && revis.length()<20)
+               rev = convert<int>(revis);
+
+       // revision and filename
+       string pointer;
+
+       // go back for "minus" revisions
+       if (rev <= 0)
+               pointer = "HEAD~" + convert<string>(-rev);
+       // normal hash
+       else
+               pointer = revis;
+
+       pointer += ':';
+
+       TempFile tempfile("lyxvcrev_" + revis + '_');
+       tempfile.setAutoRemove(false);
+       FileName tmpf = tempfile.name();
+       if (tmpf.empty()) {
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Could not generate logfile " << tmpf);
+               return false;
+       }
+
+       doVCCommand("git show " + pointer + "./"
+                     + quoteName(onlyFileName(owner_->absFileName()))
+                     + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
+               FileName(owner_->filePath()));
+       tmpf.refresh();
+       if (tmpf.isFileEmpty())
+               return false;
+
+       f = tmpf.absFileName();
+       return true;
 }
 
 
-void SVN::getLog(FileName const & tmpf)
+bool GIT::prepareFileRevisionEnabled()
 {
-       doVCCommand("svn log " + quoteName(onlyFilename(owner_->absFileName()))
-                   + " > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
-                   FileName(owner_->filePath()));
+       return true;
 }
 
 
-bool SVN::toggleReadOnlyEnabled()
+bool GIT::toggleReadOnlyEnabled()
 {
-       return false;
+       return true;
 }