Thanks a lot for the tip! I'll give this a shot and see if I can
make this work for me.
-zach
On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 12:21:19AM -0700, Chuck Rossi wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 01:55:15PM -0700, Chuck Rossi wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 03:03:01PM -0400, Larry Jones wrote:
> > > Zachary M. Smith writes:
> > > >
> > > > i am getting errors similar to this:
> > > >
> > > > cvs log -N -rr011860:r011870
> > > >
> > > > cvs server: warning: no revision `r011860' in
>`/source/module/Attic/something.c,v'
> > >
> > > Then that's what I said: if either of the tags doesn't exist, you get
> > > the entire revision history.
> >
> > ......for that file. Many of the past threads mention this problem
> > clearly.
> >
> > I have read the various threads about "cvs log" and "cvs rlog" not doing
> > what one expects when run with "-rtag1:tag2". I think I'm seeing a
> > problem - or not understanding something:
> >
> > I have two tags on the same branch ("rel2"). 'cvs rdiff' does the
> > correct thing when I ask it what changed between two tags on that branch:
> >
> >
> > % cvs -q rdiff -kk -s -rbuild-1261 -rbuild-1263 tree3
> > File tree3/apps/uninst/myuninst/myuninst.cpp changed from revision 1.7 to 1.7.4.1
> > File tree3/lib/mycontrol/mycontrolmy.c changed from revision 1.91.8.3 to 1.91.8.4
> > File tree3/ui/data/htmlhelp/desktop/mytt.hhp changed from revision 1.7 to 1.7.10.1
> >
> > However, 'cvs [r]log' gives back the last log entry for _every_ file in the tree:
> >
> > % cvs -q rlog -N -rbuild-1261:build-1263 tree3
> >
> > This is with cvs 1.11.1p1 on the client and server.
> >
> > This is what I did to work around it:
> >
> > % cvs -q log -N -rrel2 `cvs -q rdiff -s -rbuild-1261 -rbuild-1263 tree3 | sed
>-e's/^File tree3\///' -e's/ changed.*$//' -e'/^$/d' -e'/ /d'`
>
>
> Actually, after talking to David Taylor, this would be better:
>
> % cvs -q log -N -rbuild-1261 -rbuild-1263 `cvs -q rdiff -s -rbuild-1261
>-rbuild-1263 tree3 | awk '{print $2}'`
>
>
> chuckr
>
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