RE: Subversion Doesn't Have Branches aka Crossing the Streams aka Branches as First Class Objects?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikesell_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:53 PM
> To: Andrew Reedick
> Cc: Branko Čibej; users_at_subversion.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Subversion Doesn't Have Branches aka Crossing the Streams
> aka Branches as First Class Objects?
>
>
> > The client should only see and work with "--project project1 --branch
> 1.0", e.g. "svn co --project project1 --branch 1.0" to checkout a
> branch.
>
> That's sort of like saying filesystems shouldn't have subdirectories so
> users don't get confused... Some people might even believe that.

And there's a reason why 'pwd' returns '/home/userid' instead of '/dev/sda1/home/userid' or 'server-vol0.foo.net:/vol0/userid'. Or why 'cd ~' takes you to your home dir.

>
> > It's about presentation. Keep the superfluous dir components
> internal and hidden from the average user. We've already seen a move
> towards information hiding with the'^' syntax that hides the server
> component. This would be the logical progression.
>
> It's about organization. And letting you arrange your own conventions
> to match your processes.

We'll have to agree to disagree. We're back at the low level "managing dirs" versus high-level "managing baselines" arguments/thinking/paradigms.
Received on 2013-05-21 22:33:18 CEST