Re: cvs log (newbie)

[david]

> 
> Hiya
> 
> When using cvs log <filename> does anyone know where this function is called 
> from and when the actual log information is retrieved from.
>
The function exists within CVS, and it retrieves the log information from
the file in the repository.
 
> I know it has something to do with loginfo file in cvsroot/CVSROOT
> but cant see where it retrieves the log info from exactly.
>
It has nothing to do with loginfo.  The loginfo file is there to
provide processing after commit.
 
> Thanx
> 
> (this info)
> RCS file: C:\cvsproject/phpproject/login.php,v

OK, so now log into the server (if it isn't local), fire up your
favorite editor, and look at that file above.  You will find the
"cvs log" info directly in the file.  CVS just copies it out,
as far as I can tell offhand, without changing it in any way
(except to delete parts of it as requested by the options).

> Working file: login.php
> head: 1.2
> branch:
> locks: strict
> access list:
> symbolic names:
>       arelease: 1.1.1.1
>       avendor: 1.1.1

There is one oddity to notice here:  if you have a branch (like 
release_1), it will show up as something like 1.1.0.2 rather
than the more intuitive 1.1.2.

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