Listing the current changes to an RCS file
Listing the current changes to an RCS file |
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When you check in a file after changing it, RCS will ask you to
type in a description of what you've done. There is a way to
review your changes on a line-by-line basis. Use the rcsdiff
command to generate a complete list of all the changed lines.
For example, if you have changed a file named foo since
it was locked, you can get the list of changes with this command:
% rcsdiff foo
The output of this command shows the old versions of each line
prefaced with a "<" character and the new versions
prefaced with a ">" character, along with lines that
tell what line number was affected. This output is similar to that
of the diff command; see the
man page for diff.
Once you have reviewed the changes you've made, you are ready to proceed to the next topic: `Checking in a new revision under RCS'.