Re: P on Update?

[Matthew Riechers]

"David H. Thornley" wrote:
> 
> Chris Edgington wrote:
> >
> > The CVS client documentation talks about the meaning of various letters 
> > returned
> > on an update command, like U for update, M for merge, C for conflict, but 
> > the
> > doc does not mention what the P stands for. Looking at the source, it looks 
> > like
> > it stands for patch. What does it mean to the end user - is there any 
> > different
> > between the effects of an Update or Marge versus a Patch?
> >
> Actually, M doesn't stand for Merged in the update output, but
> rather Modified.  If you change a file and update the directory,
> it will show up as M even if there are no changes in the repository.
> 
> There is no difference to the user between U and P, it being
> internal to CVS.  Having different letters here is (I think)
> something of a wart.  AFAIK, U means the whole file was sent
> from the repository, and P means a patch was sent.
> 
> --
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According to http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_16.html#SEC150, 'M' means 
'modified' if you're copy has changed and
the repository is unmodifed, or 'merged' if you're copy has changed and the 
repository changes have been merged into
you're working copy.

- Matt