[ANN] DVS rev. 1.28

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Sat Oct 19 05:14:53 UTC 2002


Quoting danielv at netvision.net.il:

> Avi Bryant <avi at beta4.com> wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 danielv at netvision.net.il wrote:
> > 
> > > How do I see the differences between the image version and the file
> > > version (which I understood is the whole point)?
> > 
> > Well, the point for me is more to fileIn the changes than to look at them
> > - I tend to know what the changes are from the commit log.  So I don't
> A commit log is a CVS feature, right? remember that people using DVS for
> the logical modules without using CVS for concurrent development (like
> me), will not have a commit log, just files with various versions...

Daniel, if you're keeping multiple versions around, I strongly recommend using 
CVS (or some other SCM).  But that's somewhat beside the point.

> > Something else I'd like to add is a "change log" option, that'll show
> > what the image has that the disk doesn't (instead of the other way
> > around), and help in producing those commit logs I just mentioned.
> Um. sure, but don't the two displays contain the same information (the
> differences)? I think I'm missing something here...

Well, yes, if you don't mind reading the diffs "backwards" (removed means added 
and vice versa).  But I'm actually thinking of something that produces, say, a 
text file in a standard ChangeLog format.

> I agree completely that your solution is much nicer, cleaner code in
> DVS, and keeping the fileouts strictly declarative is nicer than adding
> do-its. But mine gives what this lazy user wants ;-) Please find a
> better design for my requested feature...

Request acknowledged.  I'll see what I can come up with.

Cheers,
Avi




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