"patch" like tool

[Pascal]

please let me explain the situation.

we're a software developement company, with about 30 people coding in C
under MS Visual C++ Studio. We have a source file system (Telelogic CM
Synergy, basicaly identical to cvs) that handle all the different versions
(it's a very huge tree)

Of course, we have very often the problem to report some modifications done
on a file to many other versions. This job is actually done manualy.

We tried to save time using the diff / patch pair, but it works only in half
of the cases. Explanations :

diff / patch works fine when you are on the same branch, linear sequence of
the same file, applying diff/patch to move from one version to the next one.

BUT, when you try to add a piece of code within a procedure where some lines
were also removed, patch failed to locate where to insert the new code.

Am I clear enought ?

Do you know an other way to proceed ?

Thanks for your help.
--
Pascal R.

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[Mark Odell]

Pascal wrote:

please let me explain the situation.

we're a software developement company, with about 30 people coding in C
under MS Visual C++ Studio. We have a source file system (Telelogic CM
Synergy, basicaly identical to cvs) that handle all the different versions
(it's a very huge tree)

Of course, we have very often the problem to report some modifications done
on a file to many other versions. This job is actually done manualy.

We tried to save time using the diff / patch pair, but it works only in half
of the cases. Explanations :

diff / patch works fine when you are on the same branch, linear sequence of
the same file, applying diff/patch to move from one version to the next one.

BUT, when you try to add a piece of code within a procedure where some lines
were also removed, patch failed to locate where to insert the new code.

Am I clear enought ?
Yes.
Do you know an other way to proceed ?

No. What is your question about the C language?

[Stan Milam]

Pascal wrote:

please let me explain the situation.

we're a software developement company, with about 30 people coding in C
under MS Visual C++ Studio.
Well, there is your first mistake. A big one, too.

We have a source file system (Telelogic CM Synergy, basicaly identical to cvs) that handle all the different versions
(it's a very huge tree)
Another big mistake. Version control software can only help you so
much. The rest is up to you and how disciplined you are. If you have
so many branches it would be better to just manage them as seperate
projects.

Now, what does any of this have to do with the C language?
Am I clear enought ?
Absolutely. And I will tell you I've seen career's ruined because of
just these situations.
Do you know an other way to proceed ?

I just told you. Seperate projects.

[Daniel Haude]

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 03:49:33 GMT,
Stan Milam <st*****@swbell.net> wrote
in Msg. <hN*****************@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com>

I just told you. Seperate projects.

And go to a programmer's newgroup.

--Daniel