robert@infotility.com wrote:
> Quoting "Gale, David" <David.Gale@Hypertherm.com>:
>
>> Perhaps we could satisfy all of our former CVS-acolytes (myself
>> included) with a "svn alias" command (or some such), which would
>> assign a human-readable name to a specific revision. HEAD, PREV,
>> and the like already exist, but there's currently no way to assign
>> one of the user's own creation. I'd propose something like:
>>
>> svn alias [-force] [-r 21134] NEW_LABEL [path-to-repos]
>>
>> If the command is run within a working copy, the path to the
>> repository should be picked up from that. If no revision is
>> specified, HEAD should be assumed. If the NEW_LABEL alias already
>> exists, an error should be thrown unless -force is specified
>> (matches CVS's behavior). This doesn't change the working copy; it
>> creates a versionless alias on the repository, which would then be
>> available for future "-r <alias>" commands. I'd also suggest a "svn
>> alias -list" command, which would list all of the aliases in the
>> repository and the revisions they point to.
>
> I think all of this is right on the mark.
>
> Since we know already that symbolic aliases are useful
> (HEAD, BASE, etc) why not set up a mechanism to allow
> users to make new ones?
>
> Various correspondents have suggested workarounds or
> hacks of various kinds. Thanks guys, but if there's
> evidence that there is widespread desire for this feature
> (namely that it has been solved multiple times by
> multiple persons) why not just build it into the standard release?
>
> Thanks a lot to everyone who has responded.
> I appreciate your help.
>
> Robert Dodier
Any thoughts from the dev list, before I add this to the issue tracker?
Yes, I'm trying to follow the buddy system. :-)
-David (not subscribed to dev; please CC)
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Received on Fri Feb 24 18:21:14 2006