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RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/rcs/rcs.1,v
retrieving revision 1.37
retrieving revision 1.38
diff -c -r1.37 -r1.38
*** src/usr.bin/rcs/rcs.1	2006/04/27 07:54:15	1.37
--- src/usr.bin/rcs/rcs.1	2006/04/27 09:48:34	1.38
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*** 1,4 ****
! .\"	$OpenBSD: rcs.1,v 1.37 2006/04/27 07:54:15 jmc Exp $
  .\"
  .\" Copyright (c) 2005 Jean-Francois Brousseau <jfb@openbsd.org>
  .\" Copyright (c) 2005 Xavier Santolaria <xsa@openbsd.org>
--- 1,4 ----
! .\"	$OpenBSD: rcs.1,v 1.38 2006/04/27 09:48:34 jmc Exp $
  .\"
  .\" Copyright (c) 2005 Jean-Francois Brousseau <jfb@openbsd.org>
  .\" Copyright (c) 2005 Xavier Santolaria <xsa@openbsd.org>
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  .Fl r
  option or
  by appending the revision number to any option that supports it.
+ .Pp
+ .Nm
+ supports the notion of
+ .Em state .
+ The state is an arbitrary string of characters used to describe a file
+ (or a specific revision of a file).
+ States can be set or changed using the
+ .Fl s
+ option, for RCS tools which support it.
+ The state of a file/revision can be modified without having to check in
+ a new file/revision.
+ The default state is
+ .Sq Exp
+ (Experimental).
+ Examples of states could be
+ .Sq Dev ,
+ .Sq Reviewed ,
+ or
+ .Sq Stab .
  .Pp
  .Nm
  also supports