Re: Minor feature request: --dry-run for update

I'd counter and say that 'svn status -u' (aka --show-updates) should
learn to do that. No reason to add more switches :-)

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 01:03, Scott Palmer <swpalmer_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Analogous to the --dry-run option for merge, having the same option
> for update would allow scripts and tools to test for incoming changes
> (similar to the eighth column in 'status') and detect when conflicts
> would happen, without introducing the conflicts into the working
> copy.   This offers a means to give you a 'heads up' to potential
> problems and yet not force you to deal with conflict resolution
> immediately like a "real" update would.
>
> Scott
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