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NAME
bk revtool − BitKeeper graphical history browser
SYNOPSIS
bk revtool [−llocal]
[−rremote] file
bk revtool [−rrev]
[−/string/] [+number]
[file]
DESCRIPTION
bk revtool is one of the primary tools used when doing
code reviews, tracking down bugs, and when following the
progress of a project.
bk revtool shows checkin comments and the graph history of a project or file. bk revtool may be used to view any revision controlled file, including the ChangeSet file. When no filename is given, the entire package history is shown.
bk revtool has an upper window which shows the graph of revision history and a lower window which can show either the checkin comments or differences between versions.
HISTORY AND
DIFFERENCES
Upon startup, the bottom window displays the recent revision
history for the file or project. If a line number
(+number) or search string
(−/string/) is specified on the command
line along with a file name an annotated listing of the
filename will be displayed instead.
If a search string is given, the first occurrence of the search string on or after the given line number will be highlighted and the text will be scrolled so that it is in view; if no line number is given the search begins with the first line. If a line number is given without a search string, that line will be highlighted and centered on the screen.
To view the comments for just one revision, left click once on that revision in the graph.
To see the differences between two revisions, left click the older revision and right click on the newer revision. The differences will be displayed in the lower text window. You can right click on another revision and diff again. The default diff format is −u (unified diffs). The text shown for the file is annotated with the user name, the latest revision that modified the line and the revision (if any) that deleted or excluded the line in the other version. This helps to isolate which revision in a range removed a line.
To see the contents of a file, double click the left mouse button on the revision node in the graph. The text shown for the file is annotated with the user name and the latest revision that modified the line. The file text is generated with the bk annotate −Aur command.
Once the annotated file listing is shown, you can then click on the text to view the checkin comments associated with the chosen line. Double clicking on an annotated line brings up bk csettool and shows all of the other files that were modified in the same changeset as the selected line.
To get a side-by-side view of the differences, select the two revisions and click on the Diff tool button.
CHANGESETS
When operating on the ChangeSet file, the behavior is
slightly different. Double-clicking a revision displays the
revision history of the changeset and the history of the
changes to each file contained in that changeset.
If you click left/right on a range of changesets, you will get the history of the entire range of changesets. To see the history and the differences in detail, you can click on the View changeset button to bring up the changeset browser tool, bk csettool. Typical usage is to browse the ChangeSet file with bk revtool and drill down using bk csettool.
When viewing the ChangeSet file, nodes that have a tag associated with them will have a colored outline around them. See bk config-gui for more information.
BINDINGS
The scrollbars can be used to orient the view of either
window. In addition, there are the following keyboard
bindings:
LeftArrow Scroll graph window left 1 line.
RightArrow Scroll graph window right 1 line.
Shift−LeftArrow Scroll graph window left 1 screen.
Shift−RightArrow Scroll graph window right 1
screen.
Shift−UpArrow Scroll graph window up 1 line.
Shift−DownArrow Scroll graph window down 1 line
Shift−PageUp Scroll graph window up 1 screen.
Shift−PageDown Scroll graph window down 1 screen.
Shift−Home Scroll graph window to the first
revision.
Shift−End Scroll graph window to the last
revision.
UpArrow Scroll text window up 1 line (also
Control-y).
DownArrow Scroll text window down 1 line (also
Control-e).
PageUp Scroll text window up 1 screen (also
Control-b).
PageDown Scroll text window down 1 screen (also
Control-f).
Home Scroll text window to the top.
End Scroll text window to the bottom.
s Show the raw SCCS file.
a Show an annotated listing of the selected node.
C Run bk csettool. If the selected node in the
graph is for a changeset, that changeset will be displayed.
If the selected node is a file, the changeset that
introduces the selected version of the file will be
displayed. If no node is selected this will do nothing.
c Show an annotated listing of all versions of the file.
The data shown is the union of all lines ever added to the
file in any version, deletes are ignored. Lines which were
created at a particular spot in the file tend to be grouped
together. If the line is not in the tip revision, this will
also list which revision deleted or exclude the line.
d Show the differences between the selected item and its
parent. If a graph node is selected, the difference between
it and its parent are shown. However, if a line within the
annotated file listing is selected, the difference between
the selected revision and its parent are shown.
h Show the entire revision history comments.
t Show only csets that have a tag associated with them.
/ Search the text window for a string.
? Reverse search.
n Search for the next occurrence of the string.
Control-q Quit bk revtool.
SEE ALSO
bk-Basics-Overview, bk-config-gui
CATEGORY
Common
GUI-tools
Repository