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Re: BUG: Wrong merge range

From: Jean-Marc van Leerdam <j.m.van.leerdam_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:57:36 +0200

Hi Wolf,

On 25/09/2008, Wolf Peuker <peu_at_rekoba.de> wrote:
> Stefan Küng schrieb:
>> You're assuming that people are familiar with the command line client.
>> That assumption is completely wrong: most Windows users never ever even
>> tried the command line client and have no idea what an 'svn merge -r1:3'
>> would do.
>>
>>
> People begin often with *cool* guis like yours and come sooner or later
> to automation.
> Imagine the TSVN project without automation.

That is easy: I never use TSVN for automation, there's a subversion
command line client for that. With its own parameters and semantics.

> I think you (we) should discuss a further round as to find a better deal
> between maximum usability for beginners and
> maximum svn consistency for the experts.
>

Again: TSVN is for users, subversion command line client is for
automation. And if you are proficient enough in both, you will know
the different interpretations of the revision ranges you are
specifying in either tool.

-- 
Regards,
Jean-Marc
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