Re: Making import syntax consistant with mv, cp, export

Noel Yap wrote:

>--- Karl Fogel <kfogel@newton.ch.collab.net> wrote:
>
>
>>I'll tell you why I ask so suddenly. I just started
>>working on issue
>>#933, and pretty soon found all roads leading to
>>`import' simply being
>>a `cp' that works on non-versioned items.
>>
>>Before I go any farther, we need to figure out what
>>we want. I'm
>>beginning to think what we want is for 'svn cp' to
>>Do The Right Thing
>>when copying non-versioned data to a URL dest.
>>
>>
>
>If we're "making" people wrap svn to have "branch" and
>"label" commands, we might as well make them do the
>same for "import" and "export" commands.
>
>
Oh come on, we're not making people do anything; you're the one who
insists on forcing a ClearCase-like usage model onto Subversion.
Subversion is not ClearCase, it has a different metamodel, and it will
stay that way. Live with it.

-- 
Brane Čibej   <brane_at_xbc.nu>   http://www.xbc.nu/brane/
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