Re: Generating patches by diff'ing the current repository state with a

[Larry Jones]

Tate Austin writes:
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> Hey, I have a CVS server we are trying to  do is to specialize a release
> a bit, have the repository find the difference between what is currently
> on it and what the last version tag was. Then generate a patch based on
> that? So the idea being that every time we perform a release, it marks
> that release in CVS and so the next release it finds the difference
> between the current files and the state the files were in at the last
> tag in the cvs repository?  Is this something cvs is capable of doing by
> default?  (i'm new to using it beyond a distant file repository purpose)

It won't do it by itself, but it's quite easy to do:

        cvs rtag V1 mystuff

        (work on stuff for next release)

        cvs rtag V2 mystuff
        cvs patch -rV1 -rV2 mystuff >mystuff_V2.patch

        (work on stuff for next release)

        cvs rtag V3 mystuff
        cvs patch -rV2 -rV3 mystuff >mystuff_V3.patch

        (etc.)

-Larry Jones

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