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>Peter Himmler wrote:
>>cvs co -r 1.72.2.115 win32.cpp
>That command doesn't make sense - win32.cpp is not a module.
Correct. But cvs sometimes surprise me so a tried it ;-)
> *> cvs co -r 1.72.2.115 cvsnt/windows-NT/win32.cpp
>Try win32.c. It's a renamed file and you're not checking out the
>directory (plus it has no chance as you're specifying a revision number
>- even the fixed version will only be able to do this correctly given a
>branch or tag name)... currently the way it works is you have to use the
>old name in that case.
If I get this right that means
1) With the future corrected rename support GUI clients like tortoiseCVS doesn't have a chance to checkout a certain file revision without the knowledge about past file renames and file renames could only recognised in the enhanced cvs log output ;-)
2) IMHO a rename support which is not transparent to the client will be a nightmare to document (in the manual)
Some samples for current support
> cvs diff -r 1.72.2.115 -r 1.72.2.119 win32.c
no error, no output
> cvs diff -r 1.72.2.115 -r 1.72.2.119 win32.cpp
Index: win32.cpp
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/cvs/cvsnt/windows-NT/win32.c,v
retrieving revision 1.72.2.118
retrieving revision 1.72.2.119
diff -r1.72.2.118 -r1.72.2.119
51a52,53
> static bool g_standalone;
>
275,278d276
< dwLen = sizeof(buffer);
< GetComputerNameA(buffer,&dwLen);
< *g_defaultdomain='\0';
<
306,308d303
< if(!*g_defaultdomain)
< strncpy(g_defaultdomain,buffer,sizeof(g_defaultdomain));
<
310a306,319
> else
> TRACE(3,"CVS Server is acting as standalone");
>
> dwLen = sizeof(buffer);
> GetComputerNameA(buffer,&dwLen);
> *g_defaultdomain='\0';
>
> if(!*g_defaultdomain)
> {
> g_standalone = true;
> strncpy(g_defaultdomain,buffer,sizeof(g_defaultdomain));
> }
> else
> g_standalone = false;
Interesting is the name of the rcs file (both revisions are commit with the renamed filename win32.cpp!)
> cvs log -r 1.72.2.115 win32.c
cvs server: nothing known about 1.72.2.115
cvs server: nothing known about win32.c
> cvs log -r 1.72.2.115 win32.cpp
Works. Maybe somewhat strange because I get details on revision 1.89 (latest on TRUNK) - but I'm not sure what should be the output...
-Peter