Log Command Arguments
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Use the Log command to view a full list of a file's revisions, tags, and commit
history. The log information is displayed in a tab in the Source Editor. You
can also view revision history for a file in the Versioning window by right-clicking
the file and choosing Show Versions.
You can run this command by right-clicking any file or directory in a VCS filesystem
and choosing CVS
History
Log.
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If you do not see all of these options, your CVS
filesystem is not set to display advanced command options. Go to the filesystem's
property sheet and set the Advanced Options property to True, or hold down
the Control key while choosing the Add command. |
You can specify the following arguments:
- Do Not Restrict Output. Prints out all available information
about the file.
- Only Print Name of RCS File. Invokes the -R option to only
print out the name of the RCS file.
- Only Print Header. Invokes the -h option to list only
the header information of a file. The header information includes the file
name, working directory, head revision, default branch, access list, locks,
symbolic names (tags), and the file default keyword substitution mode.
- Only Print Header and Descriptive Text. Invokes the -t
option to list the header information and file description.
- Only List Revisions on the Default Branch. Invokes the -b
option to print the log information of the default branch only without printing
the log messages of the side branches.
- Do Not List Tags. Invokes the -N option to omit the
list of symbolic names (tags) from the header.
- States. Invokes the -s option to select
the state attribute that matches the state listed in the text box.
- Revisions. Invokes the -r option to show the log
information of the revision that you specify in the text box. If you do not
specify a revision, then the latest revision of the default branch is shown.
- Dates. Invokes the -d option to print the log information
for the revision before the date specified in the text box. You can request
a range of dates,such as D1 < D2. For example, you can specify
2004-01-01 < 2004-07-01.
- Users. Invokes the -w option to select
the revisions of the user you specify in the text box. If you do not specify
a revision, the username of the person running the log is used.
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The dialog box also includes a Global
Options tab in which you can set global CVS command options. |
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