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Re: 'svn update --depth'

From: Ben Collins-Sussman <sussman_at_red-bean.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:01:30 -0600

I think --set-depth makes more sense than --new-depth. Fuschia.

On Jan 11, 2008 11:42 PM, David Glasser <glasser_at_davidglasser.net> wrote:
> On Jan 11, 2008 8:36 PM, C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato_at_collab.net> wrote:
> > Karl and I have discussed a couple of times this week the weirdness of
> > having --depth be interpreted one way (as a limitation on the scope of an
> > operation) by all but one of our subcommands, and as another way (a way to
> > set a new sticky depth) for 'svn update'. We agreed together that our users
> > would probably be better served by having 'svn update' accept an explicit
> > and unique option, --new-depth, to serve this purpose.
> >
> > This change is a simple one, and I don't recall many folks getting involved
> > in previous discussions about this particular corner of our UI, so I'm
> > planning to just make the change.
> >
> > Respond here if you object and have better ideas. :-)
>
> *Please* do.
>
> --dave
>
>
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