On 09 Aug 2015 11:31, Marc Schiffbauer wrote:
> * Michael Weber schrieb am 09.08.15 um 11:00 Uhr:
> > On 08/09/2015 07:36 AM, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> > > I'm only 90% sure that everything works, but I've spent almost the 
> > > entire day on it, and there's more to go tomorrow.
> > Thanks a lot!
> > 
> > use case: my cvs tree had uncommitted ebuild work (yes, you caught me
> > actually doing something).
> > now `cvs diff` no longer works, how can i track down my local changes?
> > besides diffing against git tree, brain memory aka shell history and
> > find -newer?
> 
> I'd say: 
> 
> - tar your *.ebuild and files/* stuff away
> - then "git clone" the new git repo.
> - untar your files in the new git repo
> - use "git diff"

there will be a ton of cvs keyword noise in there though.  need to run
a sed on the files to clear it out.

it also will include noise where your local checkout was behind the latest
tree, so it'll only really work if you ran `cvs up` in the whole tree just
before it was shutdown.
-mike

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