-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Richard Boehme wrote: > Hi there. I'm trying to use CVS to get a diff of my project from > 6/30/2006. Reading the manpage, I get: > > cvs -q diff -r dev -D "2006-06-30" > cvs -q diff -r dev -D "6 days ago" > cvs -q diff -r dev -D "2006/06/30" > > as likely things that should give me good results. > > However, it tells me that nearly everything in my project has changed, > which is obviously not true. (it includes several static library files). > > Even > > cvs -q diff -r dev -D "2 hours ago" > > produces the same results. > > Do I have the wrong syntax, or is cvs/diff going haywire on me. BTW, the > CVS server is ahead a timezone (one hour).
Timezone shouldn't be a factor - CVS always uses UTC. The command you've issued should show a difference between the tag 'dev' and the date specified. So, if 'dev' was applied a long time ago, then you'll get a lot of changes. 'cvs di -D "6 days ago" -r HEAD' should get you what you want. - -- Jim Hyslop Dreampossible: Better software. Simply. http://www.dreampossible.ca Consulting * Mentoring * Training in C/C++ * OOD * SW Development & Practices * Version Management -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFErUkMLdDyDwyJw+MRAiQEAKD+6cTDhwatUzijBc1/UWIqrb1XqwCgis7r yvVX5XGf3SA3CaExpAOkvYU= =AgAD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ info-cvs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
