I ran an "Update" command on a folder with TortoiseCVS and one of the file statuses is "P". What does that mean? I see "U" which I m assuming means "Update" and "M" which I m assuming means "Merge". I tried to open the help file but I m just getting 404s, so I think the firewall at my office is blocking the help contents...
Here s a screenshot of what I m seeing:
(source: chomperstomp.com)
It s equivalent to a U , but CVS figured that sending a patch rather than the whole updated file would be smaller.
I couldn t quickly find a fuller explanation, but here s a table of codes.
P stands for patch. It means only a small update was made, so the whole file did not need to be sent.
According to various sources, P refers to a file patched individually rather than updated (U).
See http://www.gjt.org/mlist/jcvs/msg01480.html and a bunch of others except I m a new user so I can only post one link :-( for details.
I couldn t find any docs specifically for Tortoise CVS that explained this though.
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