Re: [PATCH] -cM-N command line syntax

On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 11:28 -0400, Paul Burba wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Peter Samuelson <peter_at_p12n.org> wrote:
[...]
> > Hmmm, in tests/cmdline/log_tests.py XFail(log_chanage_range), I see
> > Lieven thought -c might someday take ranges with ":" instead of "-".
> > But since the output uses "-", I'd argue the cut-and-paste utility of
> > sticking with that outweighs the consistency of ":". Unless perhaps we
> > should support both, which would be trivial.
>
> No objections to supporting both. Really all we are asking then is
> that users remember that -c'X-Y' is inclusive of X and '-cX:Y' is
> exclusive.

Except in 'svn log', where '-cX:Y' is inclusive.

- Julian

> Of course we may rapidly be approaching the point where -r
> and -c both support ':' and '-' and effectively become the same
> option.
Received on 2010-10-04 18:12:16 CEST