timestamp of the latest change to the repository

[ittay . dror]

Hi,

I want to get a timestamp of when was the last change (commit) to the
repository, by branch (meaning, for each branch get the timestamp of
when a file was committed in it). basically i want to put it in some
file so when someone reports a bug, i can checkout from the cvs so that
it matches exactly the user's code.

I don't know how to do that from the client side (aside from hacking
'cvs history'), esp. not in a fast way.

I think on the server side i can use commitinfo, and change some file
(say VERSION,v) to contain the current $(date). however, how do i
change the file so the timestamp changes for only the branch in which
the commit has been made? how do i prevent conflicts when merging two
branches?

thanx,
ittay