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Re: 'cvs log' for changes between revisions shows all revisions f or fil


From: Jones, Clinton A
Subject: Re: 'cvs log' for changes between revisions shows all revisions f or files that do not have the tag
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 10:25:58 -0700

After experimenting with cvs2cl.pl, I found that I could not get the log
information that I want.  The problem is not the script, but in how the cvs
log command works.

I'm trying to create a ChangeLog that shows only changes that occurred
between two releases, but if a file has been added to the project, and does
not contain the given tag, the log command displays a warning and then
continues to show all revisions for this file anyway.  The problem is that
now the output includes comments for a file that was never involved in the
latest release.

For example:
1. File 'A' in some_project has tags 'rel1' and 'rel2'.
2. A new file 'B' is added to some_project but the developer does not want
this file to be in the build yet, so the file has never been tagged as rel2.
3. I use the following command for all changes in some_project between rel1
and rel2:
cvs log -rrel1:rel2
4. For file 'A', the output shows all log messages that occurred between
'rel1' and 'rel2' as expected.
For file 'B', the log command does not find a 'rel2' revision.
Unfortunately the default behavior is to display all changes to the file
from the first revision up to the tip.  Now the log output is polluted with
changes made to a file that was not tagged for the build.

Is there some other way to get only the information that I need?


Thanks!

Clint Jones





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