log messages and --file-list (was: Re: raises hand for bite-sized issue #604)

On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 10:27:00AM -0600, cmpilato@collab.net wrote:
> Mark Benedetto King <bking@answerfriend.com> writes:
> > > On the other hand... I don't see why Karl is so paranoid about parsing
> > > the log message and letting people remove parts of the commit. It
> > > doesn't feel like a rat's nest to me.
> >
> > Me neither, but I'm willing to settle for the "--file-list" command-line
> > argument. I'm also willing to provide a patch.
>
> As for parsing the log message, c'mon. When you run a command, say
> what you mean, and mean what you say.

What the heck are you saying here?

By "parse the log message", I think we should strip the line that start with
"SVN:", just like CVS does. And like CVS, we put the file list into lines
with that prefix.

Nothing fancy or cute.

> +1 on the "--file-list" argument though.

+1 here. (of course, since I suggested it :-); the Win32 limits make me
          think it is almost a requirement for that platform)

Cheers,
-g

-- 
Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/
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