Annotate command

Command: cvs annotate [-lf] [-r rev|-D date] files ...

For each file in files, print the head revision of the trunk, together with information on the last modification for each line. For example:

$ cvs annotate ssfile
Annotations for ssfile
***************
1.1          (mary     27-Mar-96): ssfile line 1
1.2          (joe      28-Mar-96): ssfile line 2

The file `ssfile' currently contains two lines. The ssfile line 1 line was checked in by mary on March 27. Then, on March 28, joe added a line ssfile line 2, without modifying the ssfile line 1 line. This report doesn't tell you anything about lines which have been deleted or replaced; you need to use cvs diff for that (see section diff--Run diffs between revisions).

These standard options are available with annotate (see section Common command options, for a complete description of them):

-D date

Annotate the most recent revision no later than date.

-f

Only useful with the `-D date' or `-r tag' flags. If no matching revision is found, annotate the most recent revision (instead of ignoring the file).

-l

Local; run only in current working directory. See section Recursive behavior.

-r tag

Annotate revision tag.

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