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Re: What does "P" stand for?


From: Todd Denniston
Subject: Re: What does "P" stand for?
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:32:28 -0400
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achint sethi wrote, On 09/02/2008 11:48 AM:
Hi

I just did a 'cvs update -Pd' command and got the list of updates. It had
letters like U (for Updated?) , M (for Merged?) . Similarly, it had "P" next
to most. Couldn't find anywhere what that is suppose to mean. Please help.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Cheers,
achint


short Summary: P is for 'P'atch, which is a fast way to 'U'pdate, so squint until P looks like U. :)


longer Summary:
When the folks who coded CVS did an optimization such that a PATCH was sent from server to client, instead of the whole file, they wanted to know the code was being tickled as expected and thus they output "P" for patch. Therefore P means U was done extra fast as a patch instead of the whole file. Unfortunately the P has confused _Users_ ever since.

Hope this helps.
--
Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter




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