cmpilato@collab.net writes:
> Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU> writes:
>
> > > Ghudson, I think your proposal has some promise. But for those of us
> > > who are a bit slow-witted, can you demonstrate how your --old/--new
> > > diff syntax would be used to cover all five use-cases I outlined in
> > > the earlier mail? Humour me... :-)
> >
> > 1. show local mods in a working copy
> > svn diff
> > (or: svn diff file1 file2 ..., if only for some files/dirs)
> >
> > 2. compare a wc path with a different version of itself
> > svn diff -r M path
> > (or: svn diff --old=url[@REV] path, to compare against a branch)
> >
> > 3. compare two specific versions of a wc path
> > svn diff -r M:N path
> > (or: svn diff --old=url1[@REV] --new=url2[@REV] path, to compare
> > path in two different branches)
> >
> > 4. compare any two arbitrary repos paths/revs
> > svn diff --old=url1[@REV] --new=url2[@REV]
> >
> > 5. compare a wc path to an arbitrary repos path
> > svn diff --old=url1[@REV] --new=path
>
> You'll get my +1 if you can write a clear, concise usage message.
> You'll get another one if you get to codin'. :-)
Yeah, I have to say, I give it a +1 as well. This is definitely the
Least Evil solution of all that have been brought up.
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Received on Tue May 20 16:37:28 2003