Re: branch tip revision

Thanks Rick for your reply.  Yes, cvs diff references the tip of the 
branch, but this seems to only work if the files are checked out, 
correct?

I want to run the script on the server side without checking out if 
possible.  I've realized that you can't just use the first 2 fields 
to identify a branch..  Multiple branches could have been created at 
the same branch point.  Haven't figured out how to traverse a branch 
(from branch point to tip) yet.

Maybe I'll just have to checkout..  would make it simplier.
Lucille Hughes
SCM
CQG, Inc.

--- In [email protected], "Rick Genter" <rgenter@...> wrote:
>
> Using the name of the branch tag in the cvs diff command references 
the
> tip of the branch, not the branch point.
> 
> --
> Rick Genter
> Principal Engineer
> Silverlink Communications
> <mailto:rgenter@...>
> (781) 425-5763
> 
> > -----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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