more on ch 3

[Ben Collins-Sussman]

On Aug 5, 2005, at 7:38 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
>     CVS Users:  Hold That Update!
>
> - OK, maybe i just never figured this out but i've never used "cvs
>   update" to see what changes i made to my WC.  how would that show
>   me my changes?  wouldn't that just update my WC?  personally, i'd
>   run "cvs diff".  i'm confused by the contents of that box.
>
>

I think you're in a minority here.  Every CVS user I've met  
habitually runs 'cvs up' to see a list of M's next to filenames.   
They're not always interested in reviewing the changes in detail (a  
la 'cvs diff'), but rather, they just want to see a list of changed  
files.