[lug] CVS logging question

[Nate Duehr]

That sounds like a job for "watches".

On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 11:58:07AM -0700, Scott A. Herod wrote:
> Hi Ken,
> 
> I basically want a global change log.  A couple of us, all located
> in different places, are working on a project.  I typically do
> a "cvs commit" every evening and "cvs update" every morning.
> It would be nice to have one file where I could check to see
> what has been logged as changed by the others.
> 
> (BTW, what does a "P" mean in the update output?  It's not 
> mentioned in the man page.)
> 
> Scott
> 
> Ken Weinert wrote:
> > 
> > I'm a bit confused - can you explain the purpose a bit more? Because
> > normally a file won't be checked back in if it hasn't changed.
> > 
> > And if it hasn't changed, what kind of things are you trying to get
> > logged?
> > 
> > * Scott A. Herod (herod at interact-tv.com) [010327 17:32]:
> > > A question for some CVS experts.
> > >
> > > Is there a way to automatically create a change log in CVS?
> > > Basically, I want something that always records the log message
> > > whenever any file is checked back in.  I know that there is a
> > > $Log: $ variable but it is only updated on the files that
> > > change.  I want something that acts as if it always needs to
> > > be updated.
> > 
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