Re: files modified in a branch

[Dennis Jones]

"FP" <address@hidden> wrote in message 
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>
> Thank you for your kind reply.
>
> Stuart Cooper ha scritto:
>>> I'd like to know which files were modified in a branch since it's
>>> creation.... is it possible with a single command ?
>>
>> Good branch creation policy is to tag the project before a branch is 
>> created.
>
> Yes, I always do this.
>
>> If your project has done that, you can
>> $ cvs diff -r name_of_that_tag
>> from within a checked out, up to date branch
>
>
> I haven't tried yet but I need to have one more information: since I have 
> merged from trunk and committed, the diff command will list also the files 
> not modified in the branch but in the trunk and merged....
>
> If, let's say, I merged from trunk at DAY01 (I may have also a tag but I'm 
> not sure), is it possible to do a diff from "name_of_that_tag" to DAY01 - 
> 1 ?
>
> If yes, how ?

A "cvs -H diff" tells you how -- use two -r switches.  Two -r switches will 
tell you the difference between any two reivions of any file/tag.  For 
example:

cvs di -r name_of_that_tag -r DAY01

- Dennis