Re: Finding out which tags exist

2004-03-20 Thread Rolf Leggewie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry Jones) writes: (What info page? Do you mean the man page?) I meant 'info cvs'. There apparently is no man page installed for cvs on Cygwin. It has no reference to the rlog command in the version I have, maybe this documentation bug has been fixed in a later

Re: Finding out which tags exist

2004-03-20 Thread Larry Jones
Rolf Leggewie writes: I meant 'info cvs'. There apparently is no man page installed for cvs on Cygwin. Ah, in that case rlog is included in the Invoking CVS node (Quick reference to CVS commands in the printed version). That section is the definitive reference for CVS commands. Is there

RE: Finding out which tags exist -- (man cvs - commands)

2004-03-19 Thread Miller Dale C Contr AFWA/SDHS
, logout, pserver, rannotate, rlog, server, unedit, version, watch and watchers -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 9:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Finding out which tags exist Rolf Leggewie writes

Re: Finding out which tags exist

2004-03-19 Thread Geoff Beier
Larry Jones wrote: The info page still says that I need a repository and a working directory for the log command. You do. (What info page? Do you mean the man page?) Isn't the GNU texinfo-formatted documentation in the doc directory generally referred to as the info page? It's what's

Re: Finding out which tags exist

2004-03-19 Thread Derek Robert Price
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Geoff Beier wrote: You do. (What info page? Do you mean the man page?) Isn't the GNU texinfo-formatted documentation in the doc directory generally referred to as the info page? It's what's displayed on my system when I type info cvs. If you

Re: Finding out which tags exist

2004-03-19 Thread Geoff Beier
Derek Robert Price wrote: If you have a binary GNU info installed but your local CVS manual isn't installed correctly, and you have a copy of the CVS source handy, you can access the info manual like so: info --directory=cvs-1.11.14/src --file=cvs.info With my build you have to do: info

Re: Finding out which tags exist

2004-03-19 Thread Derek Robert Price
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Geoff Beier wrote: Derek Robert Price wrote: If you have a binary GNU info installed but your local CVS manual isn't installed correctly, and you have a copy of the CVS source handy, you can access the info manual like so: info

Re: Finding out which tags exist

2004-03-19 Thread Todd Denniston
Derek Robert Price wrote: Geoff Beier wrote: Derek Robert Price wrote: If you have a binary GNU info installed but your local CVS manual isn't installed correctly, and you have a copy of the CVS source handy, you can access the info manual like so: info

Re: Finding out which tags exist -- (man cvs - commands)

2004-03-19 Thread Larry Jones
Miller Dale C Contr AFWA/SDHS writes: However, it does not include: annotate, edit, editors, login, logout, pserver, rannotate, rlog, server, unedit, version, watch and watchers Yes, the CVS man page is sadly out of date. If anyone is looking for a project, automatically generating the

Re: Finding out which tags exist

2004-03-18 Thread Rolf Leggewie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry Jones) writes: Update your server -- the long-deprecated rlog alias for log was replaced with a real rlog command in CVS 1.11.1 (the current release is 1.11.14). Thank you for that advice. I am a tad confused though. Do you really mean the *server*? I guess not.

Re: Finding out which tags exist

2004-03-18 Thread Larry Jones
Rolf Leggewie writes: Thank you for that advice. I am a tad confused though. Do you really mean the *server*? It could be client, server, or both. It seems I guessed wrong. :-) The info page still says that I need a repository and a working directory for the log command. You do.

Re: Finding out which tags exist

2004-03-17 Thread Rolf Leggewie
Hi Larry, thank you for the response. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry Jones) writes: Right, status requires a working directory. However, the rlog command does not require a working directory and it can also give you a list of tags for a file. Well, here is what I got: $ CVS -z3

Re: Finding out which tags exist

2004-03-17 Thread Larry Jones
Rolf Leggewie writes: $ CVS -z3 -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/noffle rlog ChangeLog CVS log: warning: the rlog command is deprecated CVS log: use the synonymous log command instead Update your server -- the long-deprecated rlog alias for log was replaced with a real rlog command in

Finding out which tags exist

2004-03-15 Thread Rolf Leggewie
Hi, as I am on a slow dial-up connection charged by the minute, I have become interested in using anonymous CVS to get diffs to the source code for a number of projects. I have found out that apparently this can be done with the rdiff command. What I have not yet figured out is how to find out

RE: Finding out which tags exist

2004-03-15 Thread Jim.Hyslop
Rolf Leggewie wrote: as I am on a slow dial-up connection charged by the minute, I have become interested in using anonymous CVS to get diffs to the source code for a number of projects. [...] status -v ChangeLog will not work unless I have a local working directory of CVS project files

Re: Finding out which tags exist

2004-03-15 Thread Larry Jones
Rolf Leggewie writes: One idea I had was to get the status for the file ChangeLog which probably exists in most repositories. But either I have done something wrong or what I think is more likely is that status -v ChangeLog will not work unless I have a local working directory of CVS