I am using CVS. I checked in a file, then later tagged it. Is there any way to get the date when it was tagged? I tried running cvs log and I found the date when it was checked in, but not when it was tagged.
A:
The only suggestions I can make involve you having enabled history logging or setting up something to use taginfo. Maybe not of help to you but could be for someone else browsing the same problem or pre-empting it.
If you have the history logging enabled (existence of the CVSROOT/history file means it's enabled) you might be able to try using the following:
cvs history -a -T
This will show you the tagging that has occurred. However since this command it parsing a file it's O(n) with respect to the size of the repository history (i.e. number of files and activities). So it can get a bit slow. You can find out more here: http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/cvsbook.html#History%20--%20A%20Summary%20Of%20Repository%20Activity
If you think you can do better then you can add a hook into the CVSROOT/taginfo file. Here you can log your tagging activities however you like. Take a look here for more info: http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/cvsbook.html#The%20taginfo%20File
Tom Duckering
2010-03-08 02:29:04