Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Fri, 25 Aug 2000 17:07:34 +0900
From:      "Akinori -Aki- MUSHA" <knu@idaemons.org>
To:        Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>
Cc:        Bill Fenner <fenner@research.att.com>, joe@pavilion.net, bright@wintelcom.net, doug@gorean.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvsweb links in cvs commit messages
Message-ID:  <86k8d53gs9.wl@archon.local.idaemons.org>
In-Reply-To: In your message of "Fri, 25 Aug 2000 08:31:22 %2B1200" <200008242031.IAA28601@ducky.nz.freebsd.org>
References:  <200008242022.NAA06781@windsor.research.att.com> <200008242031.IAA28601@ducky.nz.freebsd.org>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hi,

At Fri, 25 Aug 2000 08:31:22 +1200,
Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> wrote:
> On 24 Aug 2000, at 13:22, Bill Fenner wrote:
> 
> > I thought ?rev=. and ?rev=HEAD worked, but I guess not.
> 
> Correct, it doesn't work.
> 
> http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/textproc/sgmltools-lite/Makefile?rev=HEAD
> 
> Error: Malformed query "rev=HEAD" 

Ok, I'll commit the fix that allows one to use a tag name for rev.

> > Prepending the magic value ~checkout~/ to the path works.
> > 
> > http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/bin/chmod/chmod.1

Thanks for the tip, Bill!  This is hacky but a workaround for now.

> My use of ~checkout~/ doesn't give what I would expect:
> 
> ###
> http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/ports/textproc/sgmltools-lite/Makefile
> 
> Error: Unexpected output from cvs co: 
(snip)
> ###

Is it intentional to request a file that does not exist?  The file
ports/textproc/sgmltools-lite/Makefile is removed at HEAD.


I have to admit that cvsweb needs more error checks.  It is a problem
to be solved in the future.

-- 
                           /
                          /__  __       
                         / )  )  ) )  /
Akinori -Aki- MUSHA aka / (_ /  ( (__(  @ idaemons.org / FreeBSD.org

"We're only at home when we're on the run, on the wing, on the fly"


To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?86k8d53gs9.wl>