Re: cvs -n update -r TAG <- Can I get the version?

[Jim Hyslop]

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Peter Toft wrote:
> Often I use "cvs -n update -r TAG" to see which files will be updated
> when I update from the current version of my files to the release tag "TAG".
> What I do need also are the version numbers of the files.
[...]
> Any clues on how to get near my wish?

'cvs di -r TAG --brief' will give the revisions used:

$ cvs di -rHEAD --brief
Index: test.txt
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/cvs-test/test.txt,v
retrieving revision 1.12
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u --brief -r1.12 -r1.11
Files /tmp/cvsOhGtSK and /tmp/cvsrSlA6W differ

You may want to write a script to make the output more concise.

Note that TAG should be a branch tag or HEAD in order for this to work
properly.

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