Re: Making import syntax more consistant (Was Re: making repositories)

Karl Fogel <kfogel@newton.ch.collab.net> writes:
> "B. W. Fitzpatrick" <fitz@red-bean.com> writes:
> > +1 on Peter's suggestion.
> >
> > However, I always assumed that the 'svn import' syntax was so odd
> > because the client has no wc, so can't tell where the repos begins in
> > the URL. Is there a valid technical reason for the current syntax or
> > is it just hysterical raisins?
>
> Even when a client has a working copy, it can't tell where the repos
> begins without contacting the server -- see issue #926 :-).
>
> So no, that wasn't the reason.

Excellent!

Let's make this happen. Shall we ask Peter to toss this into the
issues db as a bite-sized task?

-Fitz

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Received on Mon Oct 14 22:06:43 2002