Re: [TSVN] Re: Merge dialog, second attempt

At 09:22 26/01/2005 +1100, you wrote:

>It is an un-necessary distraction.
>If I want to merge the changes made in Rev 100, then I should just say 100
>If I want the changes from 90 to 100 then I should just say 90-100
>(inclusive implied)
>Perhaps if I want to a diff that may be different.
>diff and merger are different, so there is no reason merge cannot be a
>little easier.

I agree with most of this, however

>Just because the command line syntax is poor does not seem a good reason to
>continue to burden the GUI user.

And I would agree with that entirely, if it was *syntax* we were talking
about. But it's not, it's semantics really, and when it comes to that,
then we do have to be careful not to get too far away from SVN.

I haven't closely enough followed the SVN design process to denounce this
as merely 'broken', but even if I could, I think we're still stuck with it,
unfortunately.

Will

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Received on Tue Jan 25 23:36:42 2005