RE: cvs history with -r

[Jim.Hyslop]

Murugaiyan, Natarajan [IT] wrote:
> I want to get a report which lists all files and revisions that were
> committed 
> on a branch since the branch was branched.
Whoa, deja vu. I thought I answered this question just a week ago.

Hey, I did - isn't it amazing what searching the archives will turn up?

> The cvs command I am using is
>       cvs history -c -p btec -a -r S8PHASE1
> 
> This command lists revisions committed on branch S8PHASE1 on 
> module btec,
> but also lists revisions committed on the trunk.
> 
> Is something wrong with my command or is this a CVS problem?
The problem is, -r has a different meaning for "history" than it does for
other commands. So, you're issuing the wrong commands.

Use the log command.

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Jim Hyslop 
Senior Software Designer 
Leitch Technology International Inc. (<http://www.leitch.com/>) 
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal (<http://www.cuj.com/experts>)