RE: branch tip revision

Using the name of the branch tag in the cvs diff command references the
tip of the branch, not the branch point.

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Rick Genter
Principal Engineer
Silverlink Communications
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 
> On Behalf Of lucillek4
> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 6:01 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [cvsgui] branch tip revision
> 
> Our setup:
> client: Windows - W2K, XP, or Win 2003 server. 
> WinCVS 2.0.3.1 (Build 1)
> cvs.exe is CVSNT 2.0.51d
> 
> server: Centos 2.6.11
> CVS 1.12.13
> 
> Using pserver connection.
> 
> Question: Is there a way to get the branch tip revision without 
> doing a checkout?
> 
> We use Apache, with viewcvs.cgi, which will return just the revisions 
> on a given branch, so I think there must be a way to get the tip or 
> last revision on a given branch.
> 
> Using native rcs on the server I can:
> rlog <file> | grep <branch>
> get first two numeric fields
> rlog <file> | grep <first_two_fields>
> the last "revision <revision_number>" is the revision on the tip of 
> the branch.
> 
> Is there a more straightfoward way to get it?
> 
> I want to be get "cvs diff" between two branches (processing all 
> files in a module), but "cvs diff" requires revision numbers. Branch 
> names will only give the branch point. Once I have the diff, there 
> is further processing to determine lines of code changes.
> 
> Thanks for any input.
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 


 
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