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Re: Does CVS has a easy way to compare file with its previous version?

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Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
Date
Jul 3, 2009, 06:39 UTC
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On 07/02/2009 08:04 PM, Eric Raible wrote:
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> Isn't the first one incorrect because<file>  needs to be inside the backticks?
> git diff `git log -2 --pretty=format:%h<file>` --<file>
>
> And isn't the replacement incorrect also (the diffs are backwards)?
> git log --no-merges -p -R -1<file>
Yes and no.
Paolo
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  3. Jakub NarebskiJun 30, 2009
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  5. Linus TorvaldsJul 1, 2009
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