On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 10:44:28PM -0600, B. W. Fitzpatrick wrote:
> > You may not like this one either then...
> >
> > Log Message:
> > Changed occurrences of "revision control system' to 'version control
> > system' in the book, as specified in the HACKING file.
>
> I *love* this one. Please resend it with the whole log message (run
> svn log to see how you should list each file with a short summary).
You mean like this?:
Log Message:
Changed occurrences of 'revision control system' to 'version control
system' in the book, as specified in the HACKING file. Patch from Zack
Brown <zbrown@tumblerings.org>
* doc/book/book/ch01.xml: changed 'revision control system' to 'version
control system'
* doc/book/book/ch03.xml: changed 'revision control system' to 'version
control system'
* doc/book/book/ch04.xml: changed 'revision control system' to 'version
control system'
Index: doc/book/book/ch01.xml
===================================================================
--- doc/book/book/ch01.xml
+++ doc/book/book/ch01.xml 2002-10-30 20:28:00.000000000 -0800
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
<title>Target audience</title>
<para>The intended audience of this book is anyone who has used a
- revision control system before, although perhaps not Subversion
+ version control system before, although perhaps not Subversion
or CVS. It assumes that the reader is computer-literate, and
reasonably comfortable at a Unix command-line.</para>
@@ -48,17 +48,17 @@
<title>History of Revision Control</title>
- <para>Subversion is a free/open-source <firstterm>revision
+ <para>Subversion is a free/open-source <firstterm>version
control system</firstterm>. That is, Subversion manages
files over time. The files are placed into a central
<firstterm>repository</firstterm>. The repository is much
like an ordinary file server, except that it remembers every
change ever made to your files. This allows you to recover
older versions of your files, or browse the history of how
- your files changed. Many people think of a revision control
+ your files changed. Many people think of a version control
system as a sort of ``time machine.''</para>
- <para>Some revision control systems are also <firstterm>software
+ <para>Some version control systems are also <firstterm>software
configuration management</firstterm> (SCM) systems. These
systems are specifically tailored to manage trees of source
code, and have many features that are specific to software
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
can find more information about CVS at <systemitem
class="url">http://www.cvshome.org/</systemitem>.</para>
- <para>At the time of writing, CVS is the standard Free revision
+ <para>At the time of writing, CVS is the standard Free version
control system used by the open-source community. It has a
hard-earned, well-deserved reputation as stable and useful
software, and has a design that makes it perfect for
Index: doc/book/book/ch03.xml
===================================================================
--- doc/book/book/ch03.xml
+++ doc/book/book/ch03.xml 2002-10-30 20:30:26.000000000 -0800
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
<varlistentry>
<term>File changes</term>
<listitem>
- <para>This is the simplest sort of change. Unlike other revision control
+ <para>This is the simplest sort of change. Unlike other version control
systems, you don't need to tell Subversion that you intend to change a
file; just do it. Later on, Subversion will be able to automatically
detect which files have been changed.</para>
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>The file or directory
<filename>file_or_dir</filename> indicates that this file
- or directory is not under revision control. You can
+ or directory is not under version control. You can
silence the question marks by either passing the
<option>--quiet</option> (<option>-q</option>)
switch to <command>svn status</command>, or by setting the
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@
<term><computeroutput>! file_or_dir</computeroutput></term>
<listitem>
<para>The file or directory
- <filename>file_or_dir</filename> is under revision
+ <filename>file_or_dir</filename> is under version
control but the working copy is missing. This happens
if the file or directory is removed using a
non-Subversion command. A quick <command>svn
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@
<term><computeroutput>~ file_or_dir</computeroutput></term>
<listitem>
<para>The file or directory
- <filename>file_or_dir</filename> is under revision control
+ <filename>file_or_dir</filename> is under version control
as one kind of object, but what's actually on disk is some
other kind. For example, Subversion might be expecting a
file, but the user has removed the file and created a
Index: doc/book/book/ch04.xml
===================================================================
--- doc/book/book/ch04.xml
+++ doc/book/book/ch04.xml 2002-10-30 20:30:58.000000000 -0800
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
<simplesect>
<para>Branches and tags are general concepts common to almost all
- revision control systems. If you're not familiar with these
+ version control systems. If you're not familiar with these
ideas, you can find a good introductory explanation in Karl
Fogel's free CVS book: <systemitem
class="url">http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/cvsbook.html#Branching_Basics</systemitem></para><!--
>
> :)
>
> -Fitz
--
Zack Brown
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Received on Thu Oct 31 06:43:36 2002