Re: svn commit: rev 7551 - trunk/subversion/libsvn_client

Julian Foad wrote:
> philip@tigris.org wrote:
>
>> Author: philip
>> Date: Tue Oct 28 17:00:06 2003
>> New Revision: 7551
...
>> Log:
>> Don't refer to the --force command line argument in library error
>> messages.
>
> Why? Oh, I think I know: we shouldn't refer to anything that is
> specific to our command-line client, because it is not the only client.
>
> It is useful if log messages always indicate _why_ the change was made,
> because although it is usually obvious to the committer at the time, it
> is less obvious to other people and at future times.

Sorry - it was a bit harsh of me to pick you up on a rather small thing like that, and I probably need to take my own advice just as often.

- Julian

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Received on Wed Oct 29 23:48:16 2003