[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: Identifying base version-no of all files in a branch
From: |
Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: Identifying base version-no of all files in a branch |
Date: |
Fri, 3 Aug 2012 16:28:20 -0400 |
Arthur Barrett writes:
>
> It's EASY to obtain the base revision number - it's hardcoded in the
> branch number.
Exactly (which is why it's nothing like trying to intuit the date/time
the branch was created). For generality, you need to support normal RCS
branches in addition to CVS magic branches, but that's just a small
detail.
> but since mthread/rjkumr is writing an Eclipse extension, a
> list of version numbers is all that is needed isn't it?
Correct, and that's what there's no easy way to do, you have to parse
the output from ``status -v'' or ``log'', and that's not trivial.
--
Larry Jones
I like Mom to be impressed when I fulfill the least of my obligations.
-- Calvin