Re: How do I diff from 'add' to rev 1.1?

[Todd Denniston]

address@hidden wrote:
> Hi
>
> I've created a little python script to produce patches from log
> messages - i.e.:
> patchmaker "Bug 123"
>
> But it breaks down when the revision is the very first revision.
> Usually it makes diffs like this:
> cmd = "cvs -q diff -u -r %s -r %s %s" % (self.prevrev, self.rev, fobj)
>
> e.g.:
> cvs -q diff -u -r 1.4.7.8 -r 1.4.7.7 somefile
>
> But there's no previous rev to the first rev - and you can't do
> cvs -q diff -u -r 0 -r 1.1 somefile
>
> Help appreciated!
how about when self.prevrev==0
cvs diff -u --new-file -D"1 Jan 1970" -r1.1 somefile

The trick is, the file was (probably) not put into CVS with a date before "1 
Jan 1970".


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Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
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