LATEXDIFF-CVS(1)

NAME
latexdiff-cvs - wrapper script that calls latexdiff for different versions of a file under CVS management

SYNOPSIS
latexdiff-cvs [ latexdiff-options ] [ --postscript | --pdf ] [ --force ] [-r rev1] [-r rev2] file.tex

 or

latexdiff-cvs [ latexdiff-options ] [ --postscript | --pdf ] [ --force ] old.tex new.tex

DESCRIPTION
latexdiff-cvs is a wrapper script that applies latexdiff to a file under CVS control, and optionally runs the sequence of "latex" and "dvips" or "pdflatex" commands necessary to produce pdf or postscript output of the difference tex file. It can also be used without CVS to automatise the generation of difference file in postscript or pdf format.

OPTIONS

-r rev or --revision=rev
    Choose revision (under CVS). Zero to two -r options can be specified, resulting in different behaviour:

    latexdiff-cvs file.tex
        compares file.tex with the most recent version checked into CVS.

    latexdiff-cvs -r rev1 file.tex
        compares file.tex with revision rev1.

    latexdiff-cvs -r rev1 -r rev2 file.tex
        compares revisions rev1 and rev2 of file.tex.

    latexdiff-cvs  old.tex new.tex
        compares two files.

    The name of the difference file is generated automatically and reported to stdout.

--ps or --postscript
    Generate postscript output from difference file. This will run the sequence "latex; latex; dvips" on the difference file (do not use this option in the rare cases, where three "latex" commands are required if you care about correct referencing). If the difference file contains a "\bibliography" tag, run the sequence "latex; bibtex; latex; latex; dvips".

--pdf
    Generate pdf output from difference file using "pdflatex". This will run the sequence "pdflatex; pdflatex" on the difference file, or "latex; bibtex; pdflatex; pdflatex" for files requiring bibtex.

--force
    Overwrite existing diff files without asking for confirmation. Default behaviour is to ask for confirmation before overwriting an existing difference file.

--help or -h
    Show help text

--version
    Show version number

All other options are passed on to "latexdiff".

SEE ALSO
latexdiff

PORTABILITY
latexdiff-cvs uses external commands and is therefore limited to Unix-like systems. It also requires the CVS version control system and latex to be installed on the system. Modules from Perl 5.8 or higher are required.

AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 2005 Frederik Tilmann

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 2