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From: | Res Pons |
Subject: | RE: Is there any way to tell CVS update to show file revisions |
Date: | Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:03:38 -0700 |
Thanks for all your help guys. > Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:40:39 -0400 > From: address@hidden > To: address@hidden > CC: address@hidden; address@hidden > Subject: Re: Is there any way to tell CVS update to show file revisions > > Arthur Barrett wrote, On 08/26/2008 11:17 PM: > > > >> I forgot to mention that we're a Windows shop and > >> use WinCVS and CVSNT mostly > > > > There are separate newsgroups for both CVSNT and WinCVS - check the web > > sites for the links or look at the bottom of this e-mail after my > > signature. Todd knows a lot about 'non-gnu CVS' but nothing much about > > CVSNT, > > I'm hurt ... you know me too well :). > Though pretty much everything the normal cvs does, CVSNT does as well, so in > general my answers (using cvs commands) should work. The problem comes when I > suggest running those commands inside of Unix scripts, which I did for my > previous answer. > > > and 'non-gnu CVS' is generally used on unix so the answers you > > get here will generally rely on CVS only commands and also rely on unix > > commands like grep and sed and awk. > > > >> , so when I do an update or pull based on a > >> label or tag, I get a very crude list of files > >> with no details and the detail is in WinCVS gui. > >> So I downloaded the free standing cvs.exe > > > > There is already a cvs.exe on your system before you downloaded another > > - you can even see WinCVS executing the cvs.exe commands in the command > > window. Cvs.exe is usually in the same folder as WinCVS (but does not > > need to be). > > > > IIRC, CVSNT (or wincvs) includes a copy of cvs2cl.py. I would suggest running > it with the options -r -t and see if it gives you _closer_ to what you want > with out having to write any other scripts (assuming some one on the CVSNT > list has not given you a CVSNT command to get the answers yet). If the person > who has been maintaining cvs2cl.py is keeping up with the perl version, you > may be able to have cvs2cl.py output an XML file that you can parse in MANY ways. > > > > >> and gnu command tools and I may be able to write > >> use your scripts to get what I need. > > > > Except you probably do not need those scripts - if you just ask on the > > correct newsgroup or read the cvsnt manual you will find that CVSNT will > > provide a list of file revisions very easily, eg (I haven't really > > looked at your question so this is just a guess and no substitute for > > asking in the correct place): > > > > cvs rls -lq path/on/server > > > -- > Todd Denniston > Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) > Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter Get ideas on sharing photos from people like you. Find new ways to share. Get Ideas Here! |
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