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Re: annotate vs blame

From: Brandon Ehle <azverkan_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 2002-08-29 23:08:08 CEST

Dave Cridland wrote:

>On Thu, 2002-08-29 at 18:17, Greg Hudson wrote:
>
>
>> * It's more descriptive. ("annotate" is counter-intuitive, really; it
>> sounds like a command to attach a note to a revision, or something.)
>>
>>
>
>Indeed, that's what I thought it was. The use of "svn blame" didn't help
>me in that misconception, since I assumed you were simply annotating to
>attach blame.
>
>I'd have called it "trace", really, but that's probably (as usual) just
>me.
>
>
I'm +1 for "svn whodunit"

On a serious note, I also feel that "svn blame" is just as
non-descriptive as "svn annotate". The database isn't really blaming
someone. "history" might be the best word, but that's a CVS word that
meant something completely different.

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