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Re: CVS update: subversion/subversion/client status.c trace-update.c

From: Branko Èibej <brane_at_xbc.nu>
Date: 2001-01-24 03:10:27 CET

kfogel@tigris.org wrote:

> User: kfogel
> Date: 01/01/23 13:49:44
>
> Modified: subversion/client status.c trace-update.c
> Log:
> Use underscore instead of hyphen to signify no-ops in status and
> update. The dash looked too much like a minus sign, as though it were
> negating whatever was to its right.

$ ls -l
-rw-r--r-- foo bar 13 15 Jan 00:00 bla

"Oh, I'm not allowed to read or write bla."

:-)

Seriously, I wonder if your argument is valid. Personally I'd prefer a
dash to an underscore, and it's much more visible, especially when you
can expect to have an uppercase letter in the next line.

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Brane �ibej
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