Sebastien Cevey wrote:
>On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 09:40:00AM -0800, Kevin Pilch-Bisson wrote:
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>>>>Keep in mind that 'cat' is fairly unix centric.
>>>>
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>>>Heh, so is 'svn ls'. Maybe we should create a 'dir' alias for it. :-)
>>>
>>>
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>>Good point, I've never actually used svn ls yet, so it hasn't bothered me.
>>Plus, I'm used to switching between Unix and windows[1], but I think if we're
>>going to name commands after shell tools, they should have aliases for the
>>equivalent tools in unix and windows shells.
>>
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>Well actually I think there are far more linux developpers using
>shells (thus cat, ls, & friends) than windows developpers using
>... DOS ? (thus copy, dir, & friends).
>
>I'm convinced some not-too-old windows developpers have never even
>used (at least not as much as linux people use command line) shells
>under windows.
>
Oh foo. Those people can just keep on like that, and use a Subversion GUI.
People, ler's relax, eh? We're providing specific functionality, not a
unix/windows/foobar shell replacement. Otherwise we'll start seeing
requests for "svn pip/li", an absolute must for those of us who still
fondly remember RT-11.
>Having dozens of aliases like ls/dir etc would rather confuse the
>people using svn rather than helping them, I think. By keeping the
>number of action small (and this is the topic of the discussion about
>'cat'), you ensure that it's easier to learn.
>
Bravo, exactly my point.
>I think it's not harder for people to learn "svn ls" than to learn
>"svn blame", i.e.
>
Especially if they learn "svn list", which people seem to have forgotten
is the full name of that command.
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Brane Čibej <brane_at_xbc.nu> http://www.xbc.nu/brane/
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Received on Wed Nov 6 20:57:43 2002