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Re: annotate vs blame

From: Robert W Anderson <rwa_at_alumni.princeton.edu>
Date: 2002-08-30 05:56:45 CEST

cvs who

It's got that 3-letter vibe.

Bob

leif.eriksen@hpa.com.au wrote:

>What about "commentary". Better known then etiology, with connotations of
>analysis and blame/praise
>
>Leif Eriksen
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Noel Yap [mailto:yap_noel@yahoo.com]
>Sent: Friday, 30 August 2002 12:07
>To: Sander Striker; dev@subversion.tigris.org
>Subject: RE: annotate vs blame
>
>
>--- Sander Striker <striker@apache.org> wrote:
>
>
>>First off I'm close -0 (leaning towards -1) on
>>"annotate"
>>being used at all (even as an alias). To annotate
>>something
>>means to attach some comment/remarks to something in
>>my mind.
>>I bet newcomers to version control systems would
>>have the same.
>>That CVS or ClearCase use this term is wrong(tm) ;)
>>
>>
>
>Yeah, I'm getting there, too. I'd even sacrifice the
>CVS transitioning for an "annotate" that really does
>annotate like you say below.
>
>
>
>>"blame" is good IMO, since you can clearly find out
>>who to
>>blame for a change. "who" would be better since it
>>doesn't
>>have a negative (or positive) tone.
>>
>>
>
>I prefer "who" over blame. OTOH, it doesn't fully
>describe the functionality. IMHO, "etiology" and
>"analyze" do a much better job of this.
>
>
>
>>I would very much like to see if we can actually
>>implement
>>a true "annotate" subcommand later in the game,
>>which does
>>what it means ;)
>>
>>
>
>I'm starting to feel the same.
>
>Noel
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