[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Question about CVS

[Raimar Falke <rf13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 06:40:04PM +0200, Christian Knoke wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 03:55:30PM +0200, Raimar Falke wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 02:26:42PM +0200, Christian Knoke wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 12:30:14PM +0200, Raimar Falke wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 11:35:00AM +0200, Christian Knoke wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > 
> > > > > how can I retrieve diffs for a file that has been moved to another
> > > > > location (I mean diffs against a revision _before_ the move)?
> > > > 
> ...
> 
> > > Hhm, I guess, it is not possible.
> > 
> > What?
> > 
> > Note that Makefile.in was removed from the CVS. And moving files
> > around means removing and adding them in the a different location.
> 
> I wanted a diff _across_ the move.

Only possible if you do it by hand:
 $ cvs up -r rev1 file1
 $ cvs up -r rev2 file2
 $ diff file1 file2

Note that you get sticky files this way.

        Raimar

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