Re: rlog: How to get log messages *after* one tag up to another tag

[David Carson]

address@hidden (Larry Jones) wrote in message news:<address@hidden>...
> David Carson writes:
> > 
> > I'm sure there is some complication involved, but it is apparently
> > possible.  The "cvs rdiff -r<revA> -r<revB>" syntax handles this
> > problem correctly, going from <revA> to <revB> even if from trunk to
> > branch.  As long as point A is an ancestor of point B, then there is
> > only one way to get to B from A.
> 
> But rdiff doesn't care whether A is an ancestor of B or not, it compares
> *any* two revisions.  The complication is determining whether A is an
> ancestor of B, B is an ancestor of A, or neither is an ancestor of the
> other.

Granted.  I agree that the problem is not trivial.  But, are you
saying that it is not possible with CVS?  I would reiterate my earlier
assertion that a version control system must be able to perform this
function to call itself fully functional.

David