Chris Edgington wrote:
>
> The CVS client documentation talks about the meaning of various letters returned
> on an update command, like U for update, M for merge, C for conflict, but the
> doc does not mention what the P stands for. Looking at the source, it looks like
> it stands for patch. What does it mean to the end user - is there any different
> between the effects of an Update or Marge versus a Patch?
>
Actually, M doesn't stand for Merged in the update output, but
rather Modified. If you change a file and update the directory,
it will show up as M even if there are no changes in the repository.
There is no difference to the user between U and P, it being
internal to CVS. Having different letters here is (I think)
something of a wart. AFAIK, U means the whole file was sent
from the repository, and P means a patch was sent.
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