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log options

Only one option is interpreted by CVS and not passed on to rlog:

-l

Local; run only in current working directory. (Default is to run recursively).

By default, rlog prints all information that is available. All other options (including those that normally behave differently) are passed through to rlog and restrict the output. See rlog(1) for a complete description of options. This incomplete list (which is a slightly edited extract from rlog(1)) lists all options that are useful in conjunction with CVS.

Please note: There can be no space between the option and its argument, since rlog parses its options in a different way than CVS.

-b

Print information about the revisions on the default branch, normally the highest branch on the trunk.

-ddates

Print information about revisions with a checkin date/time in the range given by the semicolon-separated list of dates. The following table explains the available range formats:

d1<d2

d2>d1

Select the revisions that were deposited between d1 and d2 inclusive.

<d

d>

Select all revisions dated d or earlier.

d<

>d

Select all revisions dated d or later.

d

Select the single, latest revision dated d or earlier.

The date/time strings d, d1, and d2 are in the free format explained in co(1). Quoting is normally necessary, especially for < and >. Note that the separator is a semicolon (;).

-h Print only the RCS pathname, working pathname, head, default branch, access list, locks, symbolic names, and suffix.

-N Do not print the list of tags for this file. This option can be very useful when your site uses a lot of tags, so rather than "more"'ing over 3 pages of tag information, the log information is presented without tags at all.

-R Print only the name of the RCS history file.

-rrevisions Print information about revisions given in the comma-separated list revisions of revisions and ranges. The following table explains the available range formats:

rev1:rev2

Revisions rev1 to rev2 (which must be on the same branch).

:rev

Revisions from the beginning of the branch up to and including rev.

rev:

Revisions starting with rev to the end of the branch containing rev.

branch

An argument that is a branch means all revisions on that branch. You can unfortunately not specify a symbolic branch here. You must specify the numeric branch number. See section Magic branch numbers, for an explanation.

branch1:branch2

A range of branches means all revisions on the branches in that range.

branch.

The latest revision in branch.

A bare `-r' with no revisions means the latest revision on the default branch, normally the trunk.

-sstates Print information about revisions whose state attributes match one of the states given in the comma-separated list states.

-t Print the same as `-h', plus the descriptive text.

-wlogins Print information about revisions checked in by users with login names appearing in the comma-separated list logins. If logins is omitted, the user's login is assumed.

rlog prints the intersection of the revisions selected with the options `-d', `-l', `-s', and `-w', intersected with the union of the revisions selected by `-b' and `-r'.

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