Subcommand conventions WRT .svn directories

Before people finish working on a patch to keep Subversion metadata
outside of the working copy, I just wanted to remind folks about a few
conventions in the command line client that should (IMO) be adhered
to:

1. Option flags are global. That is, -r always means 'revision'.
2. Subcommands as a rule do not have subcommands of their own.

A Modest Proposal:

The functions of a possible 'svn wc' command don't really seem germane
to actual repository/version control actions--after all, they just
manage your working copy's connection with its metadata. So if
Subversion defaults to keeping metadata in the working copy as it
currently does (and I don't think that we should change this default),
people could possibly go their entire life without ever using the 'svn
wc' command. That said, maybe we would be better served by having a
'svnwc' command that does nothing but handle working copy
move/copy/find/remove type commands.

Anyway, I don't feel very strongly about 'svnwc', I just wanted to
throw it out there as I keep seeing mails go by talking about all
sorts of augmentations to the current svn command.

-Fitz

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Brian W. Fitzpatrick    <fitz_at_red-bean.com>   http://www.red-bean.com/fitz/
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