[cvsnt] Feature Request for cvs diff

Andreas Tscharner andreas.tscharner at metromec.ch
Mon Aug 16 12:47:48 BST 2004


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Hello World,

During my work, I noticed something about cvs diff:

J:\Cm3.old>cvs version
Client: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.0.51c (client/server)
Server: Concurrent Versions System (CVSNT) 2.0.51c (client/server)

J:\Cm3.old>cvs -q diff -u .
Index: CC/CCMathServer.pas
===================================================================
RCS file: D:/CVSRepository/Cm3/CC/CCMathServer.pas,v
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.4 CCMathServer.pas
--- CC/CCMathServer.pas 24 May 2004 06:03:58 -0000      1.4
+++ CC/CCMathServer.pas 16 Aug 2004 09:30:42 -0000
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
  unit CCMathServer;
...
...


J:\Cm3.old>diff --version
diff (GNU diffutils) 2.8
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
You may redistribute copies of this program
under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING.

Written by Paul Eggert, Mike Haertel, David Hayes,
Richard Stallman, and Len Tower.

J:\Cm3.old>diff -u CC\CCMathServer.1.4.pas CC\CCMathServer.pas
--- CC\CCMathServer.1.4.pas     2004-05-24 08:03:58.000000000 +0000
+++ CC\CCMathServer.pas 2004-08-16 11:30:44.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
  unit CCMathServer;
...
...

Please note that cvs diff uses the (forward) slash as path delimiter, 
while diff uses the backslash. I don't mind, but the patch program does...

So my request: Could you please add an option to cvs diff saying "Use 
operating system's path delimiter" or something similar?
Thank you very much and best regards
	Andreas
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Andreas Tscharner                          andreas.tscharner at metromec.ch
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