How to specify revision for the 'ann' command?

[rmashal]

I want to write a utility that uses 'cm ann' command, which does the following:

1. Display output of the annotate command.
2. Let the user choose a line.
3. Get the parent changeset of that line.
4. Continue to 1 with the file's revision from the parent changeset.

My question is: How should I specify the revision for the 'ann' command?

 

I tried the following:

• Taking the {rev} field from the annotate output:
  cm ann MyFile#br:/master#26935
  This results with: Incorrect object specification MyFile#br:/master#26935
  Sometimes I get: Error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   
• Using the cs number from the {rev} field:
  cm ann MyFile#cs:26935
  The result is: MyFile#cs:26935 does not exist.
   
• Using the cs number from the {rev} field on the 'cat' command:
  cm cat MyFile#cs:26935
  This works! The file is listed on the console.
   
• Using annotate from the GUI on that file's version works too.

I'm using version 5.0.44.519 

 

Thanks,

Ronen Mashal

[manu]

I'm sorry the annotate command is only aware of local paths so you can't query for a certain revision as you do with the cat command.

 

Please add this to our user voice system if you would like to have it implemented -> plasticscm.uservoice.com/forums/15467-general

There's no technical reason to have it not implemented, we just didn't notice it....