Re: NEW FEATURE REQ: ability to specify/use aliases for repository URLs

On 2004-03-25 15:59 +0300, Dmitry S. Radzevich wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Sometimes it is tedious and error-prone to constantly type in full URLs for
> repository access (for instance, for copying / moving files and dirs in
> repository, merging, etc.).
>
> I guess it would help, if users could define shortcuts / aliases that would
> be substituted when mentioned in URLs.
> A possible working scenario follows:
> 1) define a shortcut: myrepo=http://my_host/path/to/repo/Project/trunk
> 2) use it in URLs: svn mv alias:myrepo/doc/test.txt
> alias:myrepo/old_docs/test_old.txt
> ('alias' - is a new schema prefix to distiguish aliases / shortcuts)
>
> The mappings for shortcuts/aliases can be defined in the config file in
> runtime configuration area.

Why don't you use the features already available in your shell?

$ MYREPO=http://my_host/path/to/repo/Project/trunk
$ svn co $MYREPO

or

$ MYREPO=http://my_host/path/to/repo
$ svn co $MYREPO/Project/trunk

<snip/>

Regards,

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