ViewCVS Help: Classic Log View

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The log view displays the revision history of the selected source file. For each revision the following information is displayed:

• the revision number (clickable to download it)
• a link to view this revision annotated
• a link to select this revision for diffs (see below)
• the date and age of this change
• and the author of this modification.
• The CVS branch (usually MAIN, if not on a branch).
• Possibly a list of CVS tags bound to this revision (if any).
• The size of this change measured in added and removed lines of code.
• Links to view Diffs to the previous revision or possibly to an arbitrary selected revision (if any, see above).
• And last but not least, the commit log message which should tell about the reason for this change.

At the bottom of such a page you will find a form which allows to request diffs between arbitrary revisions.