modules/versioncontrol_cvs/versioncontrol_cvs.module

<?php
// $Id: versioncontrol_cvs.module,v 1.46 2009/03/21 00:54:40 jpetso Exp $
/**
 * @file
 * CVS backend for Version Control API - Provides CVS commit information and
 * account management as a pluggable backend.
 *
 * Copyright 2005 by Kjartan Mannes ("Kjartan", http://drupal.org/user/2)
 * Copyright 2006, 2007 by Derek Wright ("dww", http://drupal.org/user/46549)
 * Copyright 2007, 2008, 2009 by Jakob Petsovits ("jpetso", http://drupal.org/user/56020)
 */

// Update methods.
define('VERSIONCONTROL_CVS_UPDATE_CRON', 0);
define('VERSIONCONTROL_CVS_UPDATE_XCVS', 1);

// The admin and user edit pages.
include_once(drupal_get_path('module', 'versioncontrol_cvs') .'/versioncontrol_cvs.admin.inc');

/**
 * Implementation of hook_versioncontrol_backends().
 */
function versioncontrol_cvs_versioncontrol_backends() {
  return array(
    // The array key is up to 8 characters long, and used as unique identifier
    // for this VCS, in functions, URLs and in the database.
    'cvs' => array(
      // The user-visible name of the VCS.
      'name' => 'CVS',

      // A short description of the VCS, if possible not longer than one or two sentences.
      'description' => t('CVS (Concurrent Versions System) is a slightly older code management system that supports file revisions, tags and branches, but lacks atomic commits, advanced merge functionality and support for renaming items.'),

      // A list of optional capabilities, in addition to the required retrieval
      // of detailed commit information.
      'capabilities' => array(
        // Able to cancel commits if the committer lacks permissions
        // to commit to specific paths and/or branches.
        VERSIONCONTROL_CAPABILITY_COMMIT_RESTRICTIONS,
        // Able to cancel branch or tag assignments if the committer lacks
        // permissions to create/update/delete those.
        VERSIONCONTROL_CAPABILITY_BRANCH_TAG_RESTRICTIONS,
      ),

      // An array listing which tables should be managed by Version Control API
      // instead of doing it manually in the backend.
      'flags' => array(
        // versioncontrol_insert_repository() will automatically insert
        // array elements from $repository['cvs_specific'] into
        // {versioncontrol_cvs_repositories} and versioncontrol_get_repositories()
        // will automatically fetch it from there.
        VERSIONCONTROL_FLAG_AUTOADD_REPOSITORIES,
      ),
    ),
  );
}

/**
 * Implementation of hook_menu().
 */
function versioncontrol_cvs_menu() {
  global $user;
  $items = array();

  $items['admin/project/versioncontrol-repositories/update/cvs/%versioncontrol_repository'] = array(
    'title' => 'Fetch log',
    'page callback' => 'versioncontrol_cvs_update_repository_callback',
    'page arguments' => array(5),
    'access callback' => 'versioncontrol_admin_access',
    'type' => MENU_CALLBACK,
  );
  return $items;
}

/**
 * Implementation of hook_cron():
 * Update repositories that have log fetching enabled.
 */
function versioncontrol_cvs_cron() {
  $result = db_query("SELECT repo_id FROM {versioncontrol_cvs_repositories}
                      WHERE update_method = %d", VERSIONCONTROL_CVS_UPDATE_CRON);

  // Set timeout limit to 3600 seconds as it can take a long time to process
  // the log initially. (And hook_cron() might be called by poormanscron.)
  if (!ini_get('safe_mode')) {
    set_time_limit(3600);
  }
  while ($repo = db_fetch_object($result)) {
    $repository = versioncontrol_get_repository($repo->repo_id);
    if (isset($repository)) {
      _versioncontrol_cvs_update_repository($repository);
    }
  }
}

/**
 * Include the cvslib.inc helper library so that its functions can be called.
 */
function _versioncontrol_cvs_init_cvslib() {
  include_once(drupal_get_path('module', 'versioncontrol_cvs') .'/cvslib/cvslib.inc');
}


/**
 * Implementation of [versioncontrol_backend]_get_item():
 * Try to retrieve a given item in a repository.
 */
function versioncontrol_cvs_get_item($repository, $path, $constraints = array()) {
  _versioncontrol_cvs_init_cvslib();

  $label = !empty($constraints['label']) ? $constraints['label'] : array(
    'name' => 'HEAD',
    'type' => VERSIONCONTROL_OPERATION_BRANCH,
  );
  $directory_item = array(
    'path' => $path,
    'revision' => '',
    'type' => VERSIONCONTROL_ITEM_DIRECTORY,
  );

  // Special casing the root directory, because it's always the same.
  if ($path == '/') {
    return array('item' => $directory_item, 'selected_label' => $label);
  }

  // Use ls to see whether the item is a directory.
  $ls_constraints = array(
    'show_dead_files' => TRUE,
    'show_empty_dirs' => TRUE,
  );
  if (!empty($constraints['revision'])) {
    $ls_constraints['revision'] = $constraints['revision'];
  }
  if (!isset($ls_constraints['revision'])) {
    $ls_constraints['revision'] = $label['name'];
  }
  if (!empty($label['date'])) {
    $ls_constraints['date'] = $label['date'];
  }
  $contents = cvslib_ls($repository['root'], dirname($path), $ls_constraints);

  if (!isset($contents[$path])) {
    return NULL; // does not exist (at least not at the given revision)
  }
  else if ($contents[$path]->directory) {
    return array('item' => $directory_item, 'selected_label' => $label);
  }
  else {
    // The item exists and is a file. We want more info (dead or not, label)
    // so let's retrieve further info with cvs log.
    $file_revisions = cvslib_log($repository['root'], $path, array(
      'revision' => $contents[$path]->revision,
      'recursive' => FALSE,
      'show_dead_files' => TRUE,
    ));
    if ($file_revisions === FALSE || empty($file_revisions)) {
      return NULL;
    }
    $file_revision = reset($file_revisions); // first array element

    if ($file_revision->path != $path) {
      // Should not happen, but let's avoid subtle bugs and race conditions.
      return NULL;
    }

    $item = array(
      'path' => $file_revision->path,
      'revision' => $file_revision->revision,
      'type' => $file_revision->dead
                ? VERSIONCONTROL_ITEM_FILE_DELETED
                : VERSIONCONTROL_ITEM_FILE,
    );
    if (!empty($constraints['label'])) {
      $label = $constraints['label'];
    }
    elseif (empty($file_revision->branch)) {
      $label = NULL; // should not happen except in unknown edge cases
    }
    else {
      $label['name'] = $file_revision->branch;
    }
    return array('item' => $item, 'selected_label' => $label);
  }
}

/**
 * Implementation of [versioncontrol_backend]_get_parallel_items():
 * Given an item in a repository, retrieve related versions of that item on all
 * different branches and/or tags where the item exists.
 */
function versioncontrol_cvs_get_parallel_items($repository, $item, $label_type_filter = NULL) {
  _versioncontrol_cvs_init_cvslib();

  $file_revisions = cvslib_log($repository['root'], $item['path'], array(
    // Fetching only the latest HEAD version still retrieves all labels.
    'revision' => 'HEAD.',
    // If the item is a directory, only consider its direct children.
    // (Think of querying d.o's "/contributions" recursively. ... ...right.)
    'recursive' => FALSE,
  ));
  if ($file_revisions === FALSE) {
    return NULL;
  }
  $labels = array(
    VERSIONCONTROL_OPERATION_BRANCH => array('HEAD'),
    VERSIONCONTROL_OPERATION_TAG => array(),
  );
  $is_directory_item = TRUE;

  foreach ($file_revisions as $file_revision) {
    // For directory items, the file children will be retrieved, so we can tell
    // by comparing the given and the resulting path which kind of item it is.
    if ($is_directory_item && $item['path'] == $file_revision->path) {
      $is_directory_item = FALSE;
    }
    $labels[VERSIONCONTROL_OPERATION_BRANCH] = array_unique(array_merge(
      $labels[VERSIONCONTROL_OPERATION_BRANCH], $file_revision->all_branches
    ));
    $labels[VERSIONCONTROL_OPERATION_TAG] = array_unique(array_merge(
      $labels[VERSIONCONTROL_OPERATION_TAG], $file_revision->all_tags
    ));
  }
  if (isset($label_type_filter)) {
    unset($labels[$label_type_filter]);
  }

  // Construct the list of parallel items.
  // Slightly different depending on the item type.
  if ($is_directory_item) {
    $parallel_item = array(
      'path' => $item['path'],
      'revision' => '',
      'type' => VERSIONCONTROL_ITEM_DIRECTORY,
    );
  }
  $parallel_items = array();

  foreach ($labels as $label_type => $label_names) {
    foreach ($label_names as $label_name) {
      if (!$is_directory_item) {
        $parallel_item = _versioncontrol_cvs_file_item_from_cvslib_ls(
          $repository, $item['path'], $label_name
        );
        if (!isset($parallel_item)) {
          continue; // should not happen expect in unknown edge cases
        }
      }
      $label = array(
        'type' => $label_type,
        'name' => $label_name,
      );
      $parallel_items[] = array('item' => $parallel_item, 'selected_label' => $label);
    }
  }
  return $parallel_items;
}

/**
 * Create a Version Control API file item by calling cvslib_ls() on a path and
 * revision that is known to exist. The item label cannot reliably retrieved
 * with cvslib_ls(), so you need to call cvslib_log() on the specific file
 * revision if you want that too.
 *
 * @return
 *   An item array if the file could be retrieved, or NULL in case of an error.
 */
function _versioncontrol_cvs_file_item_from_cvslib_ls($repository, $path, $revision = NULL) {
  $constraints = array(
    'revision' => empty($revision) ? 'HEAD' : $revision,
    'recursive' => FALSE,
    'show_dead_files' => FALSE,
  );
  $file_is_dead = FALSE;
  $file_revisions = cvslib_ls($repository['root'], $path, $constraints);

  if (is_array($file_revisions) && empty($file_revisions)) {
    $constraints['show_dead_files'] = TRUE;
    $file_is_dead = TRUE;
    $file_revisions = cvslib_ls($repository['root'], $path, $constraints);
  }
  if ($file_revisions === FALSE || empty($file_revisions)) {
    return NULL;
  }
  $file_revision = reset($file_revisions); // first array element

  if ($file_revision->path != $path) {
    // Should not happen, but let's avoid subtle bugs and race conditions.
    return NULL;
  }

  return array(
    'path' => $file_revision->path,
    'revision' => $file_revision->revision,
    'type' => $file_is_dead
              ? VERSIONCONTROL_ITEM_FILE_DELETED
              : VERSIONCONTROL_ITEM_FILE,
  );
}

/**
 * Implementation of [versioncontrol_backend]_get_directory_contents():
 * Retrieve the set of files and directories that exist at a specified revision
 * in the given directory inside the repository.
 */
function versioncontrol_cvs_get_directory_contents($repository, $directory_item, $recursive = FALSE) {
  _versioncontrol_cvs_init_cvslib();

  $selected_label = versioncontrol_get_item_selected_label($repository, $directory_item);
  $label_name = empty($selected_label) ? 'HEAD' : $selected_label['name'];

  $contents = cvslib_ls($repository['root'], $directory_item['path'], array(
    'revision' => $label_name,
    'recursive' => $recursive,
  ));
  if ($contents === FALSE) {
    return NULL;
  }
  $items = array();

  foreach ($contents as $path => $item_info) {
    $items[$path] = array(
      'item' => array(
        'path' => $item_info->path,
        'revision' => ($item_info->directory) ? '' : $item_info->revision,
        'type' => ($item_info->directory)
                  ? VERSIONCONTROL_ITEM_DIRECTORY
                  : VERSIONCONTROL_ITEM_FILE,
      ),
      'selected_label' => array(
        'type' => empty($selected_label)
                  ? VERSIONCONTROL_OPERATION_BRANCH
                  : $selected_label['type'],
        'name' => $label_name,
      ),
    );
  }
  return $items;
}

/**
 * Implementation of [versioncontrol_backend]_export_file():
 * Retrieve a copy of the contents of a given item in the repository.
 */
function versioncontrol_cvs_export_file($repository, $file_item, $destination) {
  _versioncontrol_cvs_init_cvslib();

  $success = cvslib_cat($destination, $repository['root'], $file_item['path'],
                        array('revision' => $file_item['revision']));
  return $success;
}

/**
 * Implementation of [versioncontrol_backend]_export_directory():
 * Retrieve a copy of the given directory item in the repository.
 */
function versioncontrol_cvs_export_directory($repository, $directory_item, $destination_dirpath) {
  _versioncontrol_cvs_init_cvslib();

  $selected_label = versioncontrol_get_item_selected_label($repository, $directory_item);
  $constraints = array(
    'revision' => empty($selected_label) ? 'HEAD' : $selected_label['name'],
  );
  if (!empty($selected_label['date'])) {
    $constraints['date'] = $selected_label['date'];
  }

  $success = cvslib_export($destination_dirpath, $repository['root'],
                           $directory_item['path'], $constraints);
  return $success;
}

/**
 * Implementation of [versioncontrol_backend]_get_selected_label_from_operation():
 * Retrieve the tag or branch that applied to that item during the given
 * operation. The result of this function will be used for the selected label
 * property of each item, which is necessary to provide a starting point for
 * branch and tag navigation.
 */
function versioncontrol_cvs_get_selected_label_from_operation($operation, $target_item) {
  // Tag renames are represented by two labels, "added" and "deleted".)
  // In that case, make sure that the "added" label will be selected.
  if (count($operation['labels'] > 1)) {
    foreach ($operation['labels'] as $label) {
      if ($label['action'] == VERSIONCONTROL_ACTION_ADDED) {
        return $label;
      }
    }
  }
  // Otherwise, each operation by the CVS backend has exactly one branch or tag
  // assigned, so we can just return that one for all items in any operation.
  // NOTE: That might change though, in case the CVS backend gets functionality
  //       to add branches to commits later - because when another branch is
  //       forked off, all previous commits to a file are now both in the
  //       original branch *and* in the new branch. Very low priority, though.
  return $operation['labels'][0];
}

/**
 * Implementation of [versioncontrol_backend]_get_selected_label_from_other_item():
 * Retrieve a valid label (tag or branch) for a new @p $target_item that is
 * (hopefully) similar or related to that of the given @p $other_item which
 * already has a selected label assigned. If the backend cannot find a related
 * label, return any valid label. The result of this function will be used for
 * the selected label property of each item, which is necessary to preserve the
 * item state throughout navigational API functions.
 */
function versioncontrol_cvs_get_selected_label_from_other_item($repository, $target_item, &$other_item, $other_item_tags = array()) {
  // First up, optimizations - maybe we can do without the generic
  // "label transfer" code from further down and use assumptions instead.

  // A directory can always have the same tag name as another item, in the
  // worst case a directory content listing just won't list any files.
  if (versioncontrol_is_directory_item($target_item)) {
    return versioncontrol_get_item_selected_label($repository, $other_item);
  }

  // Each source item is also available on the same branch as its successor.
  // That means we can take the label as is - if it's actually a branch.
  if ($other_item == 'successor_item') {
    $label = versioncontrol_get_item_selected_label($repository, $other_item);

    if (isset($label['type']) && $label['type'] == VERSIONCONTROL_OPERATION_BRANCH) {
      return $label;
    }
  }

  // Otherwise we can't really figure out a label for this item -
  // it's a tag label array or NULL - so we either have to query CVS itself
  // (most correct solution except when invoking CVS fails for any reason),
  // or look up in the database if we know the commit associated to this item
  // revision (correct solution if the commit has been recorded and the
  // database has captured all branch/tag renames correctly). In case both
  // of those don't work, we can only return NULL - which is not really a nice
  // thing to do, as normally the CVS backend always provides a branch.
  // But that's how it goes, I guess.

  // Try 1 (more performant than process invocation):
  // Look if the database contains the associated commit.
  if (versioncontrol_fetch_item_revision_id($repository, $target_item)) {
    $constraints = array(
      'item_revision_id' => array($target_item['item_revision_id']),
    );
    $commit_operations = versioncontrol_get_commit_operations($constraints);

    if (!empty($commit_operations)) { // yo, found the associated commit!
      $commit_operation = reset($commit_operations); // first (only) element
      return $commit_operation['labels'][0];
    }
  }

  // Hm, didn't work, so...
  // Try 2: Get the information directly from the CVS process.
  // TODO: implement? or just leave it at that as "good enough"?

  // No label could be retrieved by looking at the other item, sorry.
  return NULL;
}


/**
 * CVS tells us that the file was modified (has a previous revision) even if
 * it has been deleted before. Technically that's correct, but we'd like to
 * have it show up as "added", so this function tries to be smart and alters
 * an operation items array accordingly if the database tells us that the
 * previous revision of a file was dead.
 */
function _versioncontrol_cvs_fix_commit_operation_items($operation, &$operation_items) {
  foreach ($operation_items as $path => $item) {
    if ($item['action'] != VERSIONCONTROL_ACTION_MODIFIED) {
      continue;
    }
    $repo_id = isset($operation['repository'])
               ? $operation['repository']['repo_id']
               : $operation['repo_id'];
    $count = db_result(db_query(
      "SELECT COUNT(*)
        FROM {versioncontrol_item_revisions} ir
          INNER JOIN {versioncontrol_operation_items} opitem
            ON ir.item_revision_id = opitem.item_revision_id
          INNER JOIN {versioncontrol_operations} op
            ON opitem.vc_op_id = op.vc_op_id
        WHERE op.repo_id = %d AND op.type = %d
          AND ir.type = %d AND ir.path = '%s' AND ir.revision = '%s'",
      $repo_id, VERSIONCONTROL_OPERATION_COMMIT,
      VERSIONCONTROL_ITEM_FILE_DELETED, $path,
      $action['source_items'][0]['revision']
    ));
    if ($count > 0) {
      $operation_items[$path]['action'] = VERSIONCONTROL_ACTION_ADDED;
      $operation_items[$path]['source_items'] = array();
    }
  }
}

/**
 * Implementation of [versioncontrol_backend]_account():
 * Manage (insert, update or delete) additional CVS user account data
 * in the database.
 *
 * @param $op
 *   Either 'insert' when the account is in the process of being created,
 *   or 'update' when username or additional module data change,
 *   or 'delete' if it will be deleted after this function has been called.
 * @param $uid
 *   The Drupal user id corresponding to the VCS account.
 * @param $username
 *   The VCS specific username (a string).
 * @param $repository
 *   The repository where the user has its VCS account.
 * @param $additional_data
 *   An array of additional author information.
 */
function versioncontrol_cvs_account($op, $uid, $username, $repository, $additional_data = array()) {
  $cvs_specific = isset($additional_data['cvs_specific'])
    ? $additional_data['cvs_specific']
    : NULL;

  switch ($op) {
    case 'insert':
      if (!isset($cvs_specific) || !isset($cvs_specific['password'])) {
        drupal_set_message(t('Error: no CVS password given on account creation!'), 'error');
        return;
      }
      db_query("INSERT INTO {versioncontrol_cvs_accounts}
                (uid, repo_id, password)
                VALUES (%d, %d, '%s')",
                $uid, $repository['repo_id'], $cvs_specific['password']);
      break;

    case 'update':
      if (!isset($cvs_specific) || !isset($cvs_specific['password'])) {
        return; // the user didn't update the password in the process.
      }
      db_query("UPDATE {versioncontrol_cvs_accounts}
                SET password = '%s'
                WHERE uid = %d AND repo_id = %d",
                $cvs_specific['password'], $uid, $repository['repo_id']);

      if (!versioncontrol_admin_access()) {
        // Admins get "The account has been updated successfully" anyways.
        drupal_set_message(t('The CVS password has been updated successfully.'));
      }
      break;

    case 'delete':
      db_query('DELETE FROM {versioncontrol_cvs_accounts}
                WHERE uid = %d AND repo_id = %d',
                $uid, $repository['repo_id']);
      break;
  }
}

/**
 * Implementation of [vcs_backend]_import_accounts():
 * Import accounts into a repository, given text data from the accounts file.
 * No accounts are deleted, new accounts are inserted, and existing accounts
 * are updated with imported ones.
 *
 * @param $repository
 *   The repository where the accounts will be imported.
 * @param $data
 *   The contents of the "account data" text area where the user has to
 *   enter/copy the contents of the version control system's accounts file.
 */
function versioncontrol_cvs_import_accounts($repository, $data) {
  $lines = explode("\n", $data);
  $names = array();

  foreach ($lines as $line) {
    if (preg_match('/^\s*(#.*)?$/', $line)) { // filter out empty and commented lines
      continue;
    }
    // Extract the account information and create or update the user accounts.
    list($username, $password, $run_as_user) = explode(':', $line);
    if (!empty($username) && !empty($password)) {
      $additional_data = array(
        'cvs_specific' => array('password' => $password),
      );
      $uid = versioncontrol_get_account_uid_for_username($repository['repo_id'], $username, TRUE);

      if (isset($uid)) {
        versioncontrol_update_account($repository, $uid, $username, $additional_data);
        $names[] = t('updated !username', array('!username' => $username));
      }
      else {
        $uid = db_result(db_query("SELECT uid FROM {users} WHERE name = '%s'", $username));
        if ($uid) {
          versioncontrol_insert_account($repository, $uid, $username, $additional_data);
          $names[] = t('added !username', array('!username' => $username));
        }
        else {
          $names[] = t('didn\'t add !username (no matching Drupal username exists)',
                       array('!username' => $username));
        }
      }
    }
  }

  if (empty($names)) {
    drupal_set_message(t('Failed to import CVS accounts.'), 'error');
  }
  else {
    drupal_set_message(theme('item_list', $names, t('The import of CVS accounts has been completed successfully:')));
  }
}

/**
 * Implementation of [vcs_backend]_export_accounts():
 * Export accounts of a repository to text data that is suitable for
 * copying to the version control system's accounts file.
 *
 * @param $repository
 *   The repository whose accounts will be exported.
 * @param $accounts
 *   The list (array) of accounts that should be exported, given in the same
 *   format as the return value of versioncontrol_get_accounts().
 *   All accounts in this list are from the above repository.
 *
 * @return
 *   The exported textual representation of the account list.
 */
function versioncontrol_cvs_export_accounts($repository, $accounts) {
  if (empty($accounts)) {
    return '# '. t('no user accounts available to export');
  }

  $accounts_flat = array();
  $uid_constraints = array();
  $params = array($repository['repo_id']);

  foreach ($accounts as $uid => $usernames_per_repository) {
    foreach ($usernames_per_repository as $repo_id => $username) {
      $accounts_flat[$uid] = array('uid' => $uid, 'username' => $username);
      $uid_constraints[] = 'uid = %d';
      $params[] = $uid;
    }
  }

  $result = db_query('SELECT uid, password FROM {versioncontrol_cvs_accounts}
                      WHERE repo_id = %d
                       AND ('. implode(' OR ', $uid_constraints) .')',
                      $params);
  while ($account = db_fetch_object($result)) {
    $accounts_flat[$account->uid]['password'] = $account->password;
  }

  $run_as_user = '';
  if (!empty($repository['run_as_user'])) {
    $run_as_user = ':'. $repository['run_as_user'];
  }
  $data = '';
  foreach ($accounts_flat as $uid => $account) {
    $data .= '# '. url('user/'. $uid, array('absolute' => TRUE)) ."\n";
    $data .= $account['username'] .':'. $account['password'] . $run_as_user ."\n\n";
  }
  return $data;
}


/**
 * Menu callback for
 * 'admin/project/versioncontrol-repositories/update/cvs/%versioncontrol_repository':
 * Retrieve/validate the specified repository, fetch new commits, tags
 * and branches by invoking the cvs executable, output messages and
 * redirect back to the repository page.
 */
function versioncontrol_cvs_update_repository_callback($repository) {
  if ($repository['cvs_specific']['update_method'] == VERSIONCONTROL_CVS_UPDATE_CRON) {
    // Set timeout limit to 3600 seconds as it can take a long time
    // to process the log initially.
    if (!ini_get('safe_mode')) {
      set_time_limit(3600);
    }
    if (_versioncontrol_cvs_update_repository($repository)) {
      drupal_set_message(t('Fetched new log entries.'));
    }
  }
  else {
    drupal_set_message(t('Repository update method does not allow manual updates, did not fetch anything.'));
  }
  drupal_goto('admin/project/versioncontrol-repositories');
}

/**
 * Actually update the repository by fetching commits and other stuff
 * directly from the repository, invoking the cvs executable.
 *
 * @return
 *   TRUE if the logs were updated, or FALSE if fetching and updating the logs
 *   failed for whatever reason.
 */
function _versioncontrol_cvs_update_repository(&$repository) {
  include_once(drupal_get_path('module', 'versioncontrol_cvs') .'/versioncontrol_cvs.log.inc');
  return _versioncontrol_cvs_log_update_repository($repository);
}

/**
 * Calculate the previous revision number of file under version control,
 * given the current revision. This can be done in a purely programmatical way
 * because of the quite special numbering scheme of CVS (so no database queries
 * need to be done in order to get the result).
 *
 * @return
 *   The previous revision number (e.g. "1.1" for a given "1.2",
 *   or "1.3" for a given "1.3.2.1"), or NULL if $current_revision is "1.1"
 *   (which obviously means that there is no previous revision number).
 */
function versioncontrol_cvs_get_previous_revision_number($current_revision) {
  if ($current_revision === '1.1') {
    return NULL;
  }
  $parts = explode('.', $current_revision);
  $last_part = array_pop($parts);

  // For the first commit to a new branch, cut off the two rightmost parts
  // in order to get the previous revision number. (e.g. "1.3.4.1" is the
  // first commit on branch 1.3.0.4 which originated in "1.3" from HEAD.)
  if ($last_part === '1') {
    array_pop($parts); // e.g., removes the "2" from the example above
    return implode('.', $parts);
  }

  // If we don't have a "1" as last part, we can just decrease this by one
  // and implode it again to get the previous revision.
  $last_part = ((int) $last_part) - 1;
  $parts[] = (string) $last_part;
  return implode('.', $parts);
}