On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 1:15 PM, C. Michael Pilato <cmpil...@collab.net> wrote: > On 04/18/2011 02:05 PM, Hyrum K Wright wrote: >> The issue is a bit sparse on details, so before I go changing this >> behavior, I'd like to have a bit more information. Other than simple >> storage mechanisms, what other considerations came into the decision >> not to allow changelists on directories? Was there some bikeshed >> which just never got painted the right color? > > First thing that comes to mind is pretty straightforward: > > $ svn cl my-changelist dir > $ svn pset my-prop my-value dir > $ cat "New line of text." >> dir/file > $ svn ci --cl my-changelist > > Do we, or do we not, commit dir/file?
My gut reaction would be changelists should act like a built-in list of targets, similar to using the '--targets' option. Putting something in a changelist should simply be shorthand for specifying it on the command line. I don't think there is any ambiguity about: $ svn ci dir nor: $ echo 'dir' > targets $ svn ci --targets targets But this could just be my simplistic, cli-centric, anglophile brain talking here. If there is a simple solution, let's do it. If we need to make a relatively simple decision, let'd make it. If we need to debate it for a while (which I'm not opposed to, if needed), let's table it and I'll work on more important stuff. -Hyrum
