[cvsnt] Re: Latest updates

[Mark Levedahl]

Tony,

Something is incomplete in CVS: when I compile using fresh checkout I 
get a missing file:

cvsnt fatal error C1083: Cannot open source file: 
'.\windows-NT\cvscom_i.c': No such file or directory

Mark Levedahl

Tony Hoyle wrote:
> cvsnt 2.0.61 (experimental)
> 
> Just to prove I am actually still alive :) This version has a number of 
> experimental features, and is basically a snapshot of what I've been 
> working on so far.
> 
> * Utf8 server - the main cvsnt binary is now compiled as a Unicode app, 
> which allows us to do some nice tricks with the codepage translation. 
> The server can act as if it is running in utf8 (as the Unix servers 
> often do) which will allow you to commit mixed languages and have it 
> stored correctly on the server side. Requires a 2.0.58d/2.0.6x client 
> (or Unix client in UTF8) to work transparently.
> * The lockserver is multithreaded, so should handle better under heavy 
> load.
> * Add -B flag to update so you can branch merge by bug - this option 
> allows you to selectively merge bug fixes between branches. It's not 
> perfect (since it's merging out of context and is likely to create more 
> conflicts than a normal merge) but is a useful shortcut.
> * Server side external diff support (xdiff). Allows you do define 
> external command processors (in cvswrappers) that can diff arbitrary 
> file types.
> 
> There's lots of other fixes... Rename is still to do (it requires a 
> solid week to work on, and I haven't got that at the moment).
> 
> Tony