On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Greg Stein <gst...@gmail.com> wrote: > I do not see these adding any true utility to Subversion, and only > creating a mess of options. When we started Subversion, one of the > goals was to have a clear command line. People were absolutely > confused by the myriad options passed to CVS (global options vs > cmd-specific options). And in today's environment, we have things like > 'git' with a billion subcommands and options. > > I feel that a change, like below, is sending us down the same path of > creating a client with so many multitudes of options that it becomes > HARD to use. Not easier.
+1. Toss all of the new "short" options. A script can happily use the long options. It'll be clearer anyway. -- justin