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What does a status of "P" mean during a Tortoise CVS Update operation?

I ran an "Update" command on a folder with TortoiseCVS and one of the file statuses is "P". What does that mean? I see "U" which I'm assuming means "Update" and "M" which I'm assuming means "Merge". I tried to open the help file but I'm just getting 404s, so I think the firewall at my office is blocking the help contents...

Here's a screenshot of what I'm seeing: alt text
(source: chomperstomp.com)

Solution

  • It's equivalent to a 'U', but CVS figured that sending a patch rather than the whole updated file would be smaller.

    I couldn't quickly find a fuller explanation, but here's a table of codes.