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- From: adb@geac.com (Anthony DeBoer)
- Subject: RCS logfile usage
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.150301.23707@geac.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 15:03:01 GMT
- Organization: Geac Computer Corporation
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- I'm currently in the process of setting up RCS, and after having tried
- out various options and various test cases, I'm wondering about the
- usefulness of the comments log feature versus just keying in change notes
- in the source directly while editing.
-
- Direct keying lets you note the changes as you make them, while they're
- fresh in your mind, as opposed to having to remember a summary of what
- you did, to type in at checkin time. Using the log feature, on the other
- hand, seems to gain only that the rlog command will list the log
- comments. A third choice might be keeping the current change notes in a
- separate file and doing "ci foo.c < foo.notes", but that requires editing
- multiple files.
-
- Using either feature gives you the comment changes during an rcsdiff, so
- there's no difference there, and you can always see who changed what and
- when. Using $Log$ in the source does NOT buy you any log integrity;
- other than adding the most current comment at checkout time, it does not
- verify that previous comments are already there or that they haven't been
- altered or damaged during later editing at some point.
-
- What do other RCS users do, and why? I'd be interested in hearing your
- comments. Thanks in advance.
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