> > No, cvs diff still won't diff the file -- it says "new file". > > Hm, you're right. I'm sure I had it working, but it doesn't work now. Odd. I > guess Barry got hit by the same oddity (see other reply to my msg ;) Barry posted the right solution: cvs diff -c -N. The -N option treats absent files as empty. I'll use this in the future! > > (I have no idea what the rest of this thread is about. Dinkytoy > > attitude??? I played with tpy cars called dinky toys, but I don't see > > the connection. What SF FAQ are we talking about anyway?) > > The thread started by Paul asking why his question wasn't in the FAQ :) As > for 'dinkytoy attitude': it's a great, wonderful toy, but you can't use it > for real. A bit harsh, I guess, but I've been hitting the CVS constraints > many times in the last two weeks. (Moving files, moving directories, > removing directories 'for real', moving between different repositories in > which some files/directories (or just their names) overlap, making diffs > with new files in them ;) etc.) Note that at least *some* of the constraints have to do with issues inherent in version control. And cvs diff -N works. :-) --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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