Bug: svn revert annoys the user by behaving differently from all other commands

In particular it is not recursive and you need to tell it the target to
operate on explicitly. Everyone knows this.

This behaviour is a workaround for the fact, that users, who by mistake
revert, lose their local modifications. The thinking goes like this: If
I annoy the user with the unexpected behaviour of svn revert, he'll
think twice about it and won't issue reverts by mistake.

A real solution to this problem that does not involve annoying the user
is as follows:

Upon revert, store the local modifications in a hidden file. Offer a
command "unrevert" (or similar), to restore the local modifications.

Benefit:
 - revert behaves like the rest (implicit target, recursive by default)
 - therefore doesn't annoy the user
 - prevents data loss a lot better

Please share your thoughts.

Thanks

-- 
Markus Bertheau ☭ <twanger@bluetwanger.de>
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