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RE: Any ideas on how to create this CVS tool ?
From: |
Arthur Barrett |
Subject: |
RE: Any ideas on how to create this CVS tool ? |
Date: |
Thu, 4 Dec 2008 06:18:06 +1100 |
> steviekm3 writes:
> >
> > I would like to take a string of text that exists in a file, that is
> > under cvs source control, and find out what file version did this
> > string of text first appear in the file.
>
> Larry Jones writes:
> cvs annotate
No that will show you the file version that the *line* where that string
appears was most recently changed.
In particular if the string does not exist in the latest version then
the string will not appear at all.
I think that MXR and Glimpse do something like what is being asked for:
http://mxr.mozilla.org/search
Regards,
Arthur