Re: How to diff branch sandbox against tip of trunk?

[Ted Stern]

On 04 Nov 2007 11:15:52 -0800, Nelson Bolyard wrote:
>
> A branch tag always unambiguously means "the tip of the named branch",
> even when you're in a sandox from the trunk or a different branch.
> Seems like there should likewise be a tag that always unambiguously 
> means "the tip of the trunk", regardless of what sandbox you're in.
>
> What are the chances that the CVS gods will consider creating such a tag?
>
> /Nelson

I just ran into this problem recently.

The solution is to use rdiff instead of diff.  In rdiff, HEAD means
what you think it ought to mean, the tip of the trunk.

For some reason, rdiff is not well documented on my cheat sheets and
reference cards, so until this came up, it escaped my notice that it
had this nice workaround property.

Ted
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