Re: Date diff including too much

[Jim Hyslop]

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Richard Boehme wrote:
> Hi there. I'm trying to use CVS to get a diff of my project from
> 6/30/2006. Reading the manpage, I get:
> 
> cvs -q diff -r dev -D "2006-06-30"
> cvs -q diff -r dev -D "6 days ago"
> cvs -q diff -r dev -D "2006/06/30"
> 
> as likely things that should give me good results.
> 
> However, it tells me that nearly everything in my project has changed,
> which is obviously not true. (it includes several static library files).
> 
> Even
> 
> cvs -q diff -r dev -D "2 hours ago"
> 
> produces the same results.
> 
> Do I have the wrong syntax, or is cvs/diff going haywire on me. BTW, the
> CVS server is ahead a timezone (one hour).

Timezone shouldn't be a factor - CVS always uses UTC.

The command you've issued should show a difference between the tag 'dev'
and the date specified. So, if 'dev' was applied a long time ago, then
you'll get a lot of changes.

'cvs di -D "6 days ago" -r HEAD' should get you what you want.

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