Name
rdiff — Synonyms: pa
, patch
Synopsis
cvs [cvs-options
] rdiff [-flR] [-c|-u] [-s|-t] {-rrevision
|-Ddate
} [-rrevision2
| -Ddate2
] [-Vversion
]projects
...
Creates output that can be redirected into a file and used with the
GNU (or equivalent) patch
program. The output
goes to the standard output (stdout
).
rdiff
operates directly from the repository and
does not need to be used from a sandbox. It does require a filename,
directory name, or module name as an argument, and you must specify
one or two revisions or dates. If you specify one revision or date,
rdiff
calculates the differences between that
date and the current (HEAD
) revision. If two
dates are specified, rdiff calculates the
differences between the two.
See also diff
.
Tip
Most people use rdiff
to make a file to use with
patch
. If you’re using a
patch
file that was created over more than one
directory, you may need to use the -p
option to
patch
, so it can find all the appropriate
directories.
Command options
-
-c
Use
context
output format, with three lines of context around each change. This is the default format.- -D date
Display the differences between the current sandbox copy of a file and the latest revision as of the date or time specified by date.
-
-f
Use the latest (
HEAD
) revision of a file on the current branch or trunk if no revision matches the date or revision number. This option applies only if-r
or-D
is used.-
-l
Run
rdiff
on files in the local directory only. (Do not recurse down subdirectories.)See also
-R
.- -r ...
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