Re: cvs <-> arch mirroring scripts

["Rajesh Vaidheeswarran" <rv@gnu.org>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Stallman" <rms@gnu.org>
To: "Miles Bader" <miles@gnu.org>
Cc: <arch-users@lists.fifthvision.net>; <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: cvs <-> arch mirroring scripts


>     This generates CVS log entries like this:
>
>        ----------------------------
>        revision 1.43
>        date: 2003/08/14 09:05:44;  author: miles;  state: Exp;  lines:
+2 -2
>        Revision: emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-14
>        Archive: miles@gnu.org--gnu-2003
>        Creator: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
>        Summary: Avoid .arch-ids dirs when making autoloads
>        Modified-files: ./lisp/Makefile.in
>        New-patches: miles@gnu.org--gnu-2003/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-14
>
> That is 6 lines longer than normal.  The extra lines will make it
> harder to scan the CVS log for relevant information.  Can you make
> that any more compact?  Is all of it really necessary?

Another possibility would require a change to the cvs command line (harder
to justify to the wide world), but might be useful.

Adding a -L (long listing, since -l is already taken) flag to `cvs log' to
list lines that are marked as extensions.