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Re: Add -c option to merge

From: John Belmonte <john_at_neggie.net>
Date: 2005-10-31 03:26:09 CET

Daniel Berlin 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.

Please consider using your shell to resolve issues like this instead of
adding new options to the svn client. E.g. in bash:

  $ function rchange { echo "-r$(($1-1)):$1"; }
  $ rchange 500
  -r499:500
  $ svn merge $(rchange 500) $REPO .
  ...

--John

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