CVS output

This page, part of the Development of CVS pages, is about getting data out of CVS (cvs status, cvs log, &c). Also see the "Analysis and reporting tools" section of the triggers and logging page.

Date formats

cvs log -r

Without this patch, there is no way to show log entries corresponding to changes from tag "foo" to tag "bar" ("cvs log -rfoo:bar" doesn't cut it, because it erroneously shows the changes associated with the change from the revision before foo to foo). (In case it helps with identification, this issue is #182 in the TODO file). This patch adds a "cvs log -rfoo::bar" syntax with the correct behavior.

Here's a fairly detailed report concerning "cvs log -r" on a branch.

Brief status display

This patch provides a brief status display (generally similar functionality as "cvs -nq update").

annotate

Here is a patch so that CVS annotate looks both forward and backward, rather than just backward.

Here is a bugfix to prevent an "internal error" message in certain cases.