Re: Question on loginfo.

[Mark D. Baushke]

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David Tyler <address@hidden> writes:

> Background information:
> 
> Version of cvs: Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.11.20 (client/server)
> System: Linux 2.4.21-4.ELsmp
> 
> My current loginfo script currently logs
> information on commits to a file and sends
> e-mail to specified users. I have been asked to
> create a separate log file in addition to the
> current one that includes date, time, user id,
> file name, and branch in a format that can be
> read by another program. Now everything except
> the branch tag is fairly straight forward.
> Currently the branch tag (If it is not a trunk
> commit) is contained in the log message, but to
> my knowledge is not associated with a variable.
> 
> 
> The question:
> "Is there a better way of obtaining the branch
> tag name from within a loginfo script without
> parsing the actual log message for this
> information?"

br=`cvs -Qn status filename 2>/dev/null |\
   grep 'Sticky Tag:' | awk '{print $3}'`

        -- Mark
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