Re: Trimming old diffs to save space
Derek Robert Price <[email protected]>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Paul Eggert wrote: |Ed Avis <[email protected]> writes: | |>The suggestion of using rcs -o to outdate does sound better, except |>that it loses log messages. Would it be possible to change rcs -o so |>it pastes the logs for outdated revisions into the log for the next |>still-existing revision? | | |I wouldn't change 'rcs -o' itself, as too many people depend on its |behavior, but you could certainly add another 'rcs' option if you |like. | |Or you could run 'rlog' on the files, and save the log before you run |'rcs -o'. Then you wouldn't have to mess with RCS. As I think Larry Jones already pointed out, `cvs admin -m' (and rcs -m) allows for changing old log messages if the original poster still wants to append the old log messages to the first retained one as originally stated. Derek - -- ~ *8^) Email: [email protected] Get CVS support at <http://ximbiot.com>! - -- It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. - Thomas Jefferson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Netscape - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/QlIXLD1OTBfyMaQRAlf2AKDji1QWyflu1yI5lUf+rU2gXFfL3wCg9i8b euvMciTbw00WeOeggnfPDtA= =LwUQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----