Eric Siegerman writes: > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 10:16:47AM -0500, Larry Jones wrote: > > You need to specify both the branch and the date. Unfortunately, not > > all CVS subcommands allow both -D and -r at the same time [...] > > Why not?
Existing inconsistency coupled with profound indecision over exactly how to best provide the capability. Some places in CVS allow you to specify a branch and a date in a single package, like update -j's branch:date syntax. Other places, like update, allow specifying -r and -D at the same time. Still other places, most notably diff, allow -r and -D at the same time, but interpret them as specifying two different revisions rather than jointly specifying a single revision. Trying to unify all that is a daunting task, particulary when you try to ensure that the result will be upward compatible (for all of clients, servers, and users). -Larry Jones That's one of the remarkable things about life. It's never so bad that it can't get worse. -- Calvin _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
