I personally use 'variant' as a one-word placeholder for an instance of
a trunk/tag/branch.
Tony.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Schmidt [mailto:subversion-2009b_at_ryandesign.com]
> Sent: 18 August 2009 14:10
> To: Les Mikesell
> Cc: Bolstridge, Andrew; B. Smith-Mannschott;
> users_at_subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: Re: looking for one word to encompass trunk, tag and branch
>
> On Aug 18, 2009, at 07:41, Les Mikesell wrote:
>
> > Bolstridge, Andrew wrote:
> >>
> >>> Good naming, they tell us programmers, is important.
> >>>
> >>> Trunks, tags and branches are all pretty much the same thing in
> >>> subversion. The trunk is just a specially named branch
> not located
> >>> in the branches folder. Tags are just branches that don't get
> >>> edited. And even branches are just a convention.
> >>>
> >>> I'm writing some scripts to automate certain repetitive
> subversion
> >>> tasks and am trying to come up with a term to encompass
> trunk, tag
> >>> or branch. For example:
> >>>
> >>> svn://foo/trunk/a/b/c -- is some folder inside the trunk.
> The trunk
> >>> is at svn://foo/trunk svn://foo/branches/1.x/a/b/c -- the
> branch is
> >>> at
> >> svn://foo/branches/1.x
> >>> svn://foo/tags/1.0/a/b/c -- the tag is at svn://foo/tags/1.0
> >>>
> >>> I'd like to be able, in all three cases to say the
> *mumble* of <url>
> >>> is at <shorter-url>.
> >>>
> >>> What should I use in place of *mumble*? Things I've considered.
> >>
> >> How about:
> >> Base (or Basis);
> >> Foundation;
> >> Source;
> >> Root (not keen on this one)
> >> Top;
> >> Terminus.
> >>
> >> I like Foundation best, "...go to the project foundation
> and click on
> >> tags to see..."
> >
> > Why not just call it the project?
>
> He's not looking for a word for the project. He's looking for
> a word that can be used to describe the trunk, or any branch,
> or any tag, of the project.
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