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Re: svn up -p

From: B. W. Fitzpatrick <fitz_at_red-bean.com>
Date: 2002-11-06 02:54:56 CET

Nuutti Kotivuori <naked@iki.fi> writes:
> Karl Fogel wrote:
> > Vladimir Prus <ghost@cs.msu.su> writes:
> >> > And don't call the option "-p". Short options are in short supply
> >> > :-), and I don't suppose this usage is common enough to warrant
> >> > :one.
> >>
> >> Actually, I've almost implemented this, and yes, I did not use "-p"
> >> option. It's "--print-only".
> >
> > I believe the "-p" in CVS stood for "pipe", as in "pipe to stdout".
> > Something involving "pipe" might be better; if you use
> > "--print-only", people are going to think it has something to do
> > with their printer.
>
> I think the important word here is 'stdout', not pipe. People need to
> realize that the file comes out of the standard output.
>
> But that's just me :-)

I agree. is --stdout too weird/unix centric?

-Fitz, feeling certain that Brane will let him know if it's too
       unixy. :)

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