Re: Add -c option to merge

Garrett Rooney <rooneg@electricjellyfish.net> writes:

> On 10/25/05, Daniel Berlin <dberlin@dberlin.org> wrote:
> > This adds an option "-c" (long form --change) that is shorthand for
> > "<rev -1>:<rev>", to merge.
> >
> > The only thing i'm a little iffy on is whether we should add more state
> > just so we can tell the user they specified both "-r" and "-c", instead
> > of just saying we found multiple revision arguments (which could pop up
> > from multiple -c's, multiple -r's, or mixing -c and -r)
> >
> > The -c option was discussed a while ago, and nobody seemed to object to
> > it. They only objected to allowing the same formats that svk allows,
> > instead of just the single revision form.
> >
> > I'll wait a few days for objections or ideas or whatever before
> > committing.
>
> +1 in concept, I'd love to have this option available, it would make
> reviewing changes and merging them WAY easier. You'll probably want
> to make 'svn diff' accept the option as well as merge though.

Why, again, was it considered more desirable to introduce -c than to
simply start allowing -rM to mean -rM-1:M ?

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C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato@collab.net>
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