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On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 15:19, Oliver Giesen wrote: > Matt Schuckmann wrote: > > > 1. There is a --brief option for the diff command that gives a small > > amount of information on the differing files, i.e. Repository file > > name, revisions and some useless text about some temporary files. > > Yes, the mentioning of temp files has definitely degraded the > usefulness of the command. It wasn't always this way. > > > > It doesn't appear that this option is in the documentation but I > > could have missed it, it's definatly not documented in the online > > help. Also it appears that this option doesn't work for the rdiff > > command which is too bad, perhaps this is a known bug. > In the cvshome cvs: "cvs -H diff" documents the --brief option. For "cvs rdiff" the -s gives a one-liner for each file. See cvs -H rdiff". > I'm pretty sure this used to work at some point. > > > > > 2. Apparently in the past CVS users have been advised to apply a both > > a branch point tag and a branch tag whenever a branch is made, just to > > facilitate this type of operation. > > Is this still the case? > > If so that's disappointing considering all the wonderful work that > > has been done with mergepoints it seems that identifying the branch > > point would be extreamly simple. > > > > Is there a reason why CVSNT can't identify the branch point for you? > > While we're at it, here's my feature suggestion: > Introduce some kind of shorthand notation for referring to > branchpoints, something like > > cvs up -r\branch > > i.e. use a backslash or whatever other character seems sensible here as > prefix to the branch name. > > Cheers, -- Charles L. Farbstein Titan Corp. Tactical Services Division 7436 Mission Valley Road San Diego, CA 92108 Phone: (619) 278-2053 Fax: (619) 278-2070 E-mail: charlie.farbstein at titan.com