"Is a date" checkbox in diff dialog
"kirillmueller" <[email protected]> Sat, 09 Dec 2006 22:36:43 -0000
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Hi all,
I did a few diffs against previous dates recently, and I almost always
forgot checking the corresponding "Is a date" checkbox. Which resulted
in cvs telling me something like "Numeric tag 12:00 contains
characters other than digits and '.'".
WinCvs could check if the text field contains invalid characters and
tick (and disable) the checkbox automatically in this case. Entering a
valid tag string would re-enable the checkbox, restoring its original
value. Something stupid like checking if the string contains only
digits, colons, dashes, dots and spaces would do as a primer. Or do we
already have portable code that tells if a given string forms a valid
date (especially for Windows)? (Note that "yesterday" and "1 hour ago"
is considered a valid date.)
Related to this is the following question: Is it possible to diff a
file against a specific time of a specific branch? If so, it would be
an option to re-design the dialog similar to the update dialog.
Regards,
Kirill
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<p>Hi all,<br>
<br>
I did a few diffs against previous dates recently, and I almost always<br>
forgot checking the corresponding "Is a date" checkbox. Which resulted<br>
in cvs telling me something like "Numeric tag 12:00 contains<br>
characters other than digits and '.'".<br>
<br>
WinCvs could check if the text field contains invalid characters and<br>
tick (and disable) the checkbox automatically in this case. Entering a<br>
valid tag string would re-enable the checkbox, restoring its original<br>
value. Something stupid like checking if the string contains only<br>
digits, colons, dashes, dots and spaces would do as a primer. Or do we<br>
already have portable code that tells if a given string forms a valid<br>
date (especially for Windows)? (Note that "yesterday" and "1 hour ago"<br>
is considered a valid date.)<br>
<br>
Related to this is the following question: Is it possible to diff a<br>
file against a specific time of a specific branch? If so, it would be<br>
an option to re-design the dialog similar to the update dialog.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Kirill<br>
<br>
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