Re: cvs log -r

[Chuck Rossi]

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