RE: Merging trunk changes into a branch

[Pyatt, Scott]

>From John Daniel Doucette:
> According to CVS documentation, "Karl Fogel", red-bean.com, 'HEAD' 
> can be used anywheres a revision is required.   However, I have found that

> it doesn't always work if used as a revision parameter to the 'cvs diff' 
> command.

I've read a couple of times now that "HEAD" does not work consistantly with
"cvs diff".  However, I have yet to hear anyone describe when it works, when
it doesn't and what behavior it exhibits when it doesn't work.  Can you
elaborate?

Thanks,
-Scott