Re: Determining origin of branch

Might I ask why this has never been properly addressed (to my knowledge)?

We have the situation discussed by Derek Mahar where a rename causes the --stop-on-copy option to be short-circuited, such that "svn log ..." alone cannot be used to determine the origin of a branch (without eyeballing it).

Moreover, even in the simple case, to get the information isolated requires "svn log ..." plus some parsing of the output to get what is really of interest, namely URL:revision.

Why not solve both of these issues by simply adding a new command: "svn origin"

1. The new command would return URL:revision, and nothing else. No parsing of the log output necessary.

2. The new command would always return the real origin of the branch, not a copy that might or might not be the original copy.

If #2 is not possible presently, then simply add this information to the repository's schema, so that it is available.

I feel that this particular piece of information is so important, it warrants a new command, or some definitive way of retrieving it. What do others think?

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Received on 2009-08-19 00:40:57 CEST