Re: [PATCH] Add "copied" subcommand to svnlook

On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 00:26 -0400, Paul Dugas wrote:
> On Thu, September 22, 2005 11:03 pm, Christopher Ness wrote:
> > I'm not sure if a new sub-command is needed or if this information
> > should be added to the "changed" sub-command.
>
> Not sure either but I didn't get much back (other than your comments) on
> the user list so I figured I'd throw southing out to be picked at.

It will come - sometimes there is just a wind-up time.

> > The output of the new command isn't very computer friendly for parsing.
>
> Agreed. I like your pipe suggestion but I still wonder if someone's going

--8<- snip --8<-

> Would it be too much to expect people to interpret something with multiple
> lines? Something like so:
>
> C tags/project1/1.0/
> from r1 of /trunk/

Yes. I would also like to to stay with single lines.

What you have above seems to be the standard, minus the added
information about the "copy from" and the revision. Is that information
necessary in the output?

> Seems like a judgement call from the big-picture guys is needed.

Agreed, I'm sure some of those guys will chime in soon enough.

> PS: should the leading slash in the copyfrom_name be removed in this output?

Is copyfrom needed at all?

Cheers,
Chris

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