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Old 02-17-2009
CVS recursive diff -- how to exclude specific directories?
I think I've seen out there that there is a command to ignore specific files within a directory when doing a (-R) recursive diff. I've never used this so I was wondering if there was anyone who could provide an example how I would run this. My thoughts are something like:
cvs diff -i <fileName1> <fileName2>...
and then can I just enter every fileName I want to ignore and not do the diff? I also saw something like: `cvs-diff-ignore-marks'
that looks like it customizes some toggle or flag so it'll know which files to diff and which ones to ignore.
Is there anyone who could help with how I might go about this?
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Old 02-17-2009
thanks for moving this
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Old 03-26-2009
check if the -f option is helpful for you

from the manuals:
Code:
   -f

     When you specify a particular date or tag to cvs commands, they normally ignore files that do not contain the tag
     (or did not exist prior to the date) that you specified.  Use the -f option if you want files retrieved even when
     there is no match for the tag or date.  (The most recent revision of the file will be used).

     Note that even with -f, a tag that you specify must exist (that is, in some file, not necessary in  every  file).
     This is so that cvs will continue to give an error if you mistype a tag name.

     -f is available with these commands: annotate, checkout, export, rdiff, rtag, and update.

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