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Re: 'svn merge' terminology

From: Brian Denny <brian_at_briandenny.net>
Date: 2003-03-11 17:52:41 CET

On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 10:41:21AM -0800, Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> Brian Denny <brian@briandenny.net> writes:
>
> > The word 'target' does kind of make sense as a way of describing either
> > argument, but i think that it makes more sense for PATH; thus, I propose
> > that the 'svn help merge' output be changed to:
> > 2. svn merge -r X:Y SOURCE [PATH]
> >
> > in any case, i'd like to see the terminology made consistent. i'm happy
> > to submit a patch if i get a thumbs-up from the list.
>
> +1. I absolutely agree. When people are confused by the merge
> syntax, I always say: "it's very simple: you must provide two
> sources and a target."
 
ok.

these changes affect the ones in my #785 patch (or vice versa), so
i'll wait until 785 gets approved/committed and then submit a patch
against that.

-brian

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