Philip Martin wrote:
> Julian Foad <julian.foad_at_wandisco.com> writes:
>
> >> > > $ svn diff ^/repo/branches/foo ^/repo/branches/bar --repos=[URL|WC]
> >> >
> >> > But that's much harder to type.
> >
> > Yup. :-) But not if you configure it somewhere so you don't have to type
> > it.
>
> So your solution is I should define an alias that allows me to type
> 'svndiff ^/foo ^/bar wc' to run 'svn diff ^/foo ^/bar --repos=wc'.
I didn't say that.
> I'd prefer to fix the client.
>
> >> Also the new syntax is consistent
> >> > with most of the other commands that use '.' as a default, if one
> >> > doesn't want to use '.' one specifies the path explicitly:
> >
> > No, hardly any commands take a WC argument which they only use to
> > identify the repository. They nearly all focus their behaviour onto the
> > particular path you specify.
>
> Off the top of my head:
>
> $ svn log -rNNN
> $ svn list ^/branches
> $ svn diff -cNNN
>
> all will fail if wc is not a working copy and all will succeed if I
> add a wc path.
Sure, but they will produce output that relates to the WC path you
specify, not just use it to find a repository and ignore it otherwise.
> Comparing two branches in a repository is not an obscure operation.
> We should make it easy to invoke.
Sure. I agree.
Can you come on IRC #svn-dev where we can discuss more easily? (Actually
I must go get some lunch and put dinner in the oven now, but in an hour
or so?)
- Julian
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Received on 2009-12-03 14:37:48 CET