[Bitkeeper-users] how to get list of changes for a specific tag

[Rick Smith]

Great.  Also take a look at 'bk help range'.

Rick

On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 09:43:07PM -0700, Ahmed A wrote:
> Hallelujah.....Just what I was looking for.  I have
> been wrecking my brains, along with a few other
> developers, for the past few hours.  And we could not
> figure it out from the help pages.
> 
> Thank you so much.
> 
> Regards,
> Ahmed.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- Rick Smith <rick at bitmover.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > What version of BK are you using.  If bk-4.0 or
> > newer,
> > you can say 'bk changes -r..TAGNAME' to get a list
> > of all changes that make up the repo as of TAGNAME,
> > and 'bk changes -rTAG1..TAG2' to get a list of
> > changes
> > that are in TAG2 but not in TAG1.
> > 
> > The '..' is a range, and the empty start of a range
> > means
> > to go back to the root of the history graph.
> > 
> > See 'bk help changes' for a list of the commands.
> > 
> > Rick
> > 
> > On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 09:26:16PM -0700, Ahmed A
> > wrote:
> > > Hi Larry,
> > > 
> > > Thank you for your response.  I will explain what
> > I am
> > > trying to achieve with an example.
> > > 
> > > Assume there are a few tags on the repo - T1, T2,
> > T3,
> > > T4, T5.   These tags are associated with
> > changesets
> > > associated to changes in a specific file
> > (version.h). 
> > > That way we can tell, T1 tag related to version 1,
> > T2
> > > to version 2, etc.
> > > 
> > > Assume there are a bunch of changesets - C1, C2,
> > C3,
> > > C4, C5, C6, C7, C8.
> > > 
> > > How can I tell, for example, which of these
> > changesets
> > > are associated with T3 (or for that matter T4).
> > > 
> > > Is T3 -> C1 C2 C3 C4
> > > or T3 -> C1 C2 C4 C5
> > > 
> > > Well, that all depends on the person that did the
> > > tagging, and the changesets pulled by that person
> > into
> > > his local repo before doing the tagging.
> > > 
> > > I would like to ask the repo -  "Based on tag t3,
> > > which changesets are part of it (in another words,
> > > What changesets did the tagger have on his local
> > repo
> > > when he did the tag)."
> > > 
> > > I cannot use timeline of Tags and changesets, as
> > those
> > > are all based on when they were created on the
> > users
> > > local repository (not when pushed into
> > repository).  A
> > > user could have created a changeset prior to a
> > tag,
> > > but pushed into the repo after the tag was
> > created.
> > > 
> > > For now, only way I can answer that question, is
> > to
> > > literally do a close of the repo with tag - T3,
> > then
> > > do a "bk changes" in it.  :(
> > > 
> > > Thank you,
> > > Aha.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- Larry McVoy <lm at bitmover.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I think that the "bk set" command is probably
> > what
> > > > you want but I can't
> > > > tell from you description.   Do a "bk help set"
> > and
> > > > play around with that
> > > > and see if that is what you need.  If not, you
> > can
> > > > send mail here or to
> > > > support at bitmover.com.
> > > > 
> > > > --lm
> > > > 
> > > > On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 08:50:30PM -0700, Ahmed
> > A
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > > 
> > > > > I have a very basic question, as I am learning
> > to
> > > > use
> > > > > BK.  How can one get the list of changesets
> > that
> > > > are
> > > > > part of a tag.  Allow me to explain.  Multiple
> > > > users
> > > > > have clones of the repository on their pc. 
> > Our
> > > > > release engineer decided to create a tag on
> > his
> > > > pc,
> > > > > and then push the tag onto the repository. 
> > Based
> > > > on
> > > > > just the timestamps it is "impossible" to tell
> > > > which
> > > > > changeset are part of that tag, all depends on
> > > > what
> > > > > changeset the release engineer had pulled into
> > his
> > > > > local repository before he did the tagging.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I have figured out the long way to achieve my
> > goal
> > > > > (Please let me know if I am wrong).  Clone the
> > > > repo
> > > > > with the specific tag.  Then "cd" to the
> > > > directory,
> > > > > and issue the command "changes" to get a
> > listing
> > > > of
> > > > > changesets.  Form the list, I can tell if a
> > > > specific
> > > > > changeset is part of that tag.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Is there a shorter way than having to clone
> > the
> > > > whole
> > > > > repo, just issue a command on the repo?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thank you,
> > > > > Aha.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > >      
> > > >
> > >
> >
> ____________________________________________________________________________________
> > > > > Park yourself in front of a world of choices
> > in
> > > > alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto
> > Green
> > > > Center.
> > > > > http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ 
> > > > >
> > _______________________________________________
> > > > > Bitkeeper-users mailing list
> > > > > Bitkeeper-users at bitmover.com
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://mail.bitmover.com/mailman/listinfo/bitkeeper-users
> > > > 
> > > > -- 
> > > > ---
> > > > Larry McVoy                lm at bitmover.com   
> >    
> > > >    http://www.bitkeeper.com
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >      
> >
> ____________________________________________________________________________________
> > > Park yourself in front of a world of choices in
> > alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green
> > Center.
> > > http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ 
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Bitkeeper-users mailing list
> > > Bitkeeper-users at bitmover.com
> > >
> >
> http://mail.bitmover.com/mailman/listinfo/bitkeeper-users
> > 
> 
> 
> 
>       ____________________________________________________________________________________
> Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect.  Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7