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Patching and Releasing


From: Kent Henneuse
Subject: Patching and Releasing
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 15:08:08 -0700

I am currently struggling with some of the "administrative" duties of
CVS.  I
want to be able to determine the changes that have happend on a branch
between
two different dates.  This will then be used to make up a patch that can
be
added to fix defects.  Currently I have only been able to do some of
this
using Perl scripts and the CVS/Entries file.  When I have tried to use 
cvs diff with two -D args or -r and -D I get differences between the
branch
and HEAD.  I am sure there is a more logical command set to accomplish
this
task that can be done using cvs.

Ideas I have had are:
  Tag the branch with each patch that goes out.
  Create a branch for each defect fix
  Write out a file with a unique name statting the defect and the files 
    changed
  

Any ideas I can get on managing the "release" process, being able to
back
out defect fixes, create patches,...

If you can't tell I am creating a process from scratch so I am looking
for 
best practices.

    Thanks,

    -Kent



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