Re: svn status shows ! on cwd

Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
>
> Blair Zajac <blair@orcaware.com> writes:
>
> > Has anybody seen this output before:
> >
> > % svn status -N .
> > ! .
> > C configure.in
> > ? configure.in.mine
> > ? configure.in.r237
> > ? configure.in.r241
> > ! data_gatherers
> >
> >
> > % ls
> > autogen.sh* configure.in.r237 HACKING packages/
> > CHANGES configure.in.r241 INSTALL patches/
> > COMMITTERS contrib/ lib/ README
> > config/ data_gatherers/ Makefile.in TODO
> > configure.in docs/ NEWS
> > configure.in.mine FAQ orca/
> >
> > Obviously, the current directory exists :) So does data_gatherers.
>
> Remember that '!' means a directory is "incomplete". Not just
> missing. A lot of people didn't like the fact that I overlapped those
> meanings. The idea was that '!' means "you have to run 'svn up'".

Maybe the output from 'svn help status' should be updated to say
'incomplete' for directories.

Best,
Blair

-- 
Blair Zajac <blair@orcaware.com>
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