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Confusing situation regarding revisions and changes

From: Erik Huelsmann <ehuels_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2007-09-20 11:43:19 CEST

Merge tracking has started using revisions differently from how we did
before: we used to say r30:35 which would mean "The difference between
the states in revision 30 and 35". Merge tracking talks about
revisions as r30-35 which means "The difference between the states in
revision 29 and 35".

I find this utterly confusing and even though several people have
argued that users think of revisions as changes, I don't think it's a
reason for us to start conflating the two.

Fortunately, we already have a 'change' concept: the 'c' option. If
we were to extend the syntax of the 'c' option to accept '-c30-35', I
would say the situation becomes less confusing, because then, the user
can enter commands exactly the way the command line client generates
its output.

bye,

Erik.
PS: I second C Mike's argument that we are currently giving confusing
output; maybe changing 'revision' to 'change' with revision number
arguments 'cX-Y' would be the best solution...

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