Re: [PATCH] New feature: status --filter

[Eric Gillespie]
> People do use the svn command line on Windows, and we the
> Subversion project support that.

Still, Windows borrows the Unix concept of pipelines through which you
can filter commands, even if a lot of Windows users are not comfortable
using this. Windows, indeed, has a 'find' command which is a bit like
fgrep, and can be used for this purpose ('| find C') if you don't mind
a few false positives.

> Moreover, even on Unix,
>
> svn st --filter C
>
> is clearer than
>
> svn st | grep -E '^(C.)|(.C)'

    svn st | egrep ^.?C

...but in practice I never expect property conflicts, as I almost
always commit property changes immediately rather than as part of a
larger bout of hacking. So, for me:

    svn st | grep ^C

which seems very clear and concise. I think the proposed syntax for
covering all the possible options in --filter is in fact _harder_ to
get right, without RTFMing each time, than grep. Especially if you
want to support 'grep -v' functionality, which seems useful.

What's next, integrating 'sort'?

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Peter Samuelson | org-tld!p12n!peter | http://p12n.org/
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