Well, I see one problem with my patch already:
--- Stephen Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This part, from cvs.texinfo:
+
+ CAUTION: the special tag `HEAD' is interpreted by
+ the `cvs diff' command in a different way than it
+ is interpreted by any other cvs command. `cvs diff'
+ takes `-r HEAD' to mean the following, as nearly as
+ I can tell:
+
+ For `cvs diff', `HEAD' means the most recent revision
+ on the `current branch' (taking into account whatever
+ sticky tags are active in your working directory) unless
+ the particular file being diffed is not present on the
+ branch, in which case the head revision of the trunk is
+ taken. It is evident that there are at least some cases
+ for which this definition fails, that is, the wrong
+ revision may be found by `cvs diff' when used in combination
+ with `-r HEAD'. You may wish to use `.trunk' rather than
+ `HEAD'. The `.trunk' tag acts as a branch tag name for the
+ trunk.
+
is not correct nor consistent with this part:
/*
! * Special tags.
! * -rHEAD refers to the tip revision on the trunk, _except_ for
! * "cvs diff". "cvs diff" interprets -rHEAD to mean the tip
! * revision of the current branch, however, that behavior is
! * broken, because if the file has not been branched, that is,
! * the revision on the branch is the same one that's on the trunk
! * then the tip revision of the trunk is reported. Also, it's
! * not clear (to me) what happens in the instance of a sticky
! * non-branch tag what -rHEAD is supposed to mean. So, -rHEAD
! * is probably a lost cause, unless you redefine what it means.
! *
from cvs.h, which I think is more correct...
So I need to fix that.
-- steve
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