RE: merge updates from HEAD into branch by date

[Chris Nicol]

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> From: Jim Hyslop [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: 09 September 2013 18:12
> To: Chris Nicol
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: merge updates from HEAD into branch by date
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> On 13-09-09 5:09 AM, Chris Nicol wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm having trouble figuring out the correct syntax for what I want to
> > do.
> [...]
> 
> > I have a checked-out copy of 'branch1' and  from its root I have run
> >
> > cvs update -P "-jHEAD:6/9/11 9:00" "-jHEAD:6/9/11 11:00" and cvs
> > update -P "-jtag11:6/9/11 9:00" "-jtag12:6/9/11 11:00" and many other
> > variants.
> 
> Specify *either* a tag *or* a date, not both:
> 
> cvs update -P -jtag11 -jtag12
> 
> or
> 
> cvs update -P "-j6/9/11 9:00" "-j6/9/11 11:00"


Jim,

Thanks for the reply but the date-only option gets this result:
cvs [update aborted]: Numeric join tag 6/9/11 9:00 may not contain a date 
specifier

The required format seems to be 
-jSymbolic_Tag:Date_Specifier

Regards,
Chris Nicol

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