Re: Split the functions of `cvs update'?

Karl and Ben have put together an `svn status' command which uses one
line per interesting file, the way `cvs status' always should have.
It looks great to me; I think it does what you want.

It would be nicer to have it be a straightforward extension of the
`cvs update' output format, but the filename does need to come at the
end (following ls's example).

In the future, of course, this will probably be refined not to waste
columns reserving space for large version numbers that don't appear
(hmm, or maybe fixed-width fields are better), to say "(r none)" in a
way that creates less noise to tell us nothing, etc. But those are
refinements.

One idea I had in my command-line notes was a "script" prefix for
commands --- it could be a global flag, too --- which adjusts the
syntax of the output for reliable parsing by scripts. Colon-separated
fields, simpler argument parsing, or whatever folks feel is useful.

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To: dev@subversion.tigris.org
Subject: `svn status' details
From: Ben Collins-Sussman <sussman@newton.collab.net>
Date: 24 Oct 2000 17:45:22 -0500
Message-ID: <86vguhamf1.fsf@newton.collab.net>

Implemented `svn status' command. Here are some details, especially
for people thinking about user interfaces. (Output is quite terse
right now, just as Karl likes it. :))

The output format is

<local_ver> (r <repos_ver>) <flag> <name>

...where <flag> is one of {A, D, M, -} if the dirent is marked for
(A)ddition, marked for (D)eletion, locally (M)odified or (-)
unchanged.

Here are some examples:

[sussman@newton:~]$ ./svn status t1/iota
1 (r none) - t1/iota

[sussman@newton:~]$ ./svn status t1/A/D/gamma
1 (r none) M t1/A/D/gamma

[sussman@newton:~]$ ./svn status t1/A/D
1 (r none) - t1/A/D

Notice in the last example that we're getting the status of a
*directory*. Yummy.
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