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Re: [RFC] svn patch --patch-cmd

From: Greg Stein <gstein_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:59:52 +0200

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 19:04, David Glasser <glasser_at_davidglasser.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Greg Stein <gstein_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 14:55, Stefan Sperling <stsp_at_elego.de> wrote:
>>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:37:44AM +0200, Greg Stein wrote:
>>>...
>>>> --editor-cmd should be removed. I have no idea what that is, and it is
>>>> not used anyways.
>>>
>>> It's probably the editor to be used when picking the (e)dit option
>>> during interactive conflict resolution?
>>
>> "... it is not used ..."
>>
>> So, no. It is NOT used for interactive conflict resolution.
>>
>> Torch the sucker. It isn't used. Dunno what it is for. Nobody has said
>> what it is for. Bye bye.
>
> Uh, isn't it an ancient argument that is (along with
> .subversion/config, $EDITOR, etc) used to select an editor for commit
> messages and stuff?  Are we just randomly deleting options that we
> don't like these days without regards to backwards compatibility?

Ha! No...

I just flubbed my grep. Yeah... --editor-cmd is for cmdline
specification of the external editor. Dunno how I missed it, but yah.
That needs to stick around :-)

Cheers,
-g

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