Re: [rfc/patch] Fix issue 734, import should 'mkdir -p'

Jani Averbach <jaa@verso.st.jyu.fi> writes:

> On 6 May 2003 cmpilato@collab.net wrote:
>
> > Am I alone in thinking that it's ridiculous that import takes 3
> > arguments at all?
>
> Not. =) You could count at least me and Peter Davis in the same wagon:
>
> http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=933

Oh, well, there you have it.

> > I mean, in my ideal world, import would look like:
> >
> > svn import DESTINATION SOURCE [...]
> >
> > If destination didn't exist, it and all the intermediate directories
> > needed would be created. If there were multiple SOURCE(s), then
> > DESTINATION would be created as a directory, and each of the sources
> > added to it by their basenames.
>
> The issue suggested that source is optional, but I like it to be
> mandatory. It is too easy otherwise to import something that wasn't your
> intention.

I agree with this. I'd prefer SOURCE to be required.

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Received on Wed May 7 06:45:47 2003