Re: Determining which files have changed from one set of tagged files to another

[David Taylor]

Rob Helmer wrote:

>
> Anyone know how to get output like :
>
> cvs rdiff -s -r tag1 -r tag2 modulename
>
> except with commit msgs for every revision that falls
> between tag1 and tag2?
>
> I could use the output of the above command and "cvs log"
> to do this for me ( I just want this for info between releases,
> it doesn't need to be quick :), has anyone done this?
>

cvs rlog -rtag1 -rtag2 `cvs -q rdiff -rtag1 -rtag2 modulename | awk '/^Index:/ 
{print $2}'`

Details are at http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/info-cvs/2001-June/016732.html

Caveats:
- rdiff fails on binary files
- The number of changed files may exceed your command interpreter's argument 
limit. If so,
you'll need to loop.

dtayl