Re: determining the creation time of a branch

[Derek Price]

Jim Hyslop wrote:

> Samuel R. Niles Peretz wrote:
>
>> Is there any way to query CVS to find out the exact date/time that a
>> given branch was created, or that a tag was added?
>>  
>> Please send replies via e-mail.
>
>
> If the tag was added using the rtag command (not tag), and if CVS
> history is enabled, then 'cvs history -T' will indicate what you want.
> Otherwise, no.
>

You could install a logging hook off the taginfo or posttag triggers for
tag commands, if you wished.  I've written scripts to do that in the
past, but it was for an employer and not GPL'd.

Incidentally, all the information you might wish to log should available
on feature, but not stable.

Regards,

Derek

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