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Re: svnmerge.py not using standard revision syntax

From: Kamesh Jayachandran <kamesh_at_collab.net>
Date: 2006-08-31 09:40:32 CEST

Blair Zajac wrote:
> Karl Fogel wrote:
>> kfogel@tigris.org writes:
>>> Log:
>>> Merged revisions 21307-21314 via svnmerge from
>>> http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk to the incomplete-directories
>>> branch.
>>
>> I sure wish that said "Merged r21307-r21314 via svnmerge..." instead.
>>
>> It's not a completely trivial change, because there are many other
>> similar constructed messages that would have to be changed as well,
>> and I have no intention of writing the patch right now. But just out
>> of curiosity: do y'all agree that it would be a good thing?
>
> <aside>
> Not directly related to your point, but I really don't like the r in
> front of the revision number. I do a lot of copy and pasting revision
> numbers between windows and having to select the revision number
> without the r instead of just double-clicking on it is a pain. Say
> you run a svn log and want the revision number for a merge or
> checkout, you just can't double click the rev number and paste it
> elsewhere.
> </aside>
>
> Maybe we change svnmerge.py to display the r's and also handle r's in
> revision numbers handed to svn? It would look ugly:
>
> svn merge -r r123:r456 http://....
May be just
-r 123:456 http://....

So that it can be pasted to 'svn
diff|merge|whichever_sub_command_which_can_understand_rev_range'

With regards
Kamesh Jayachandran

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