On Wed, Dec 14, 2011, at 06:36, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > Daniel Shahaf <d...@daniel.shahaf.name>: > > Replace requires a node to already exist at the target path. > > > > Add requires a node to not already exist. > > OK, when you say "require", what do you mean? Just that if these conditions > fail the node should not be modified? >
If these condition fail I believe 'svnadmin load' aborts without committing the revision they appear in (but with prior revisions having already abeen commited) > > (container == node) > > I see what you mean, but I think this is misleading terminology. The thing > you are calling a "container" is a history containing a sequence of actions > each one of which is *described* by a node. > Sorry, no. I said "node"; what you call a "node" is termed "node- revision" in the FS. See subversion/libsvn_fs_base/notes/ > IMO the term "container" isn't a win either; it doesn't convey a > strong enough sense of continuity over time. > > In the draft I'm working on, I've used the term "flow", and defined a > flow as a sequence of actions on a path.
