Re: [PATCH] -cM-N command line syntax

2010-10-05 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Paul Burba] > We can certainly proceed with what you have so far (i.e. -cX-Y > support) and if anybody wants to take up the -cX:Y banner, let them. r1004727. Peter

Re: [PATCH] -cM-N command line syntax

2010-10-04 Thread Paul Burba
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Peter Samuelson wrote: >> On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Peter Samuelson wrote: >> > Hmmm, in tests/cmdline/log_tests.py XFail(log_chanage_range), I see >> > Lieven thought -c might someday take ranges with ":" instead of "-". >> > But since the output uses "-",

Re: [PATCH] -cM-N command line syntax

2010-10-04 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Paul Burba] > FWIW diff/merge gained -c in 1.4 and log got it in 1.5. Sounds right. > > The following patch allows "-c" on the command line to use the same > > range syntax as svn:mergeinfo.  Thus you can cut and paste those ranges > > from 'svn diff' output, into commands such as 'svn log' and

Re: [PATCH] -cM-N command line syntax

2010-10-04 Thread Julian Foad
On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 11:28 -0400, Paul Burba wrote: > On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Peter Samuelson wrote: [...] > > Hmmm, in tests/cmdline/log_tests.py XFail(log_chanage_range), I see > > Lieven thought -c might someday take ranges with ":" instead of "-". > > But since the output uses "-", I'

Re: [PATCH] -cM-N command line syntax

2010-10-04 Thread Paul Burba
On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Peter Samuelson wrote: > > So, in 1.3 or 1.4 we gained '-c' as a convenience for specifying > changesets as opposed to revision endpoints. Hi Peter, FWIW diff/merge gained -c in 1.4 and log got it in 1.5. > Then in 1.5 we got the > svn:mergeinfo property, which e

Re: [PATCH] -cM-N command line syntax

2010-10-03 Thread Gavin Beau Baumanis
Strictly from the view of the non-developer and user of SVN; I have only ever used the ":" for specifying a range. But I do see the sanity in having the input match the output too. If the ability to support both is indeed trivial - and if both cases are "expected" by users - then that would certai

Re: [PATCH] -cM-N command line syntax

2010-10-02 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Peter Samuelson] > Is this, then, a worthwhile feature addition? I don't want to add > syntax that nobody else wants. In particular, this patch highlights > the existing inconsistency of ":" vs. "-" as range operators. Hmmm, in tests/cmdline/log_tests.py XFail(log_chanage_range), I see Lieven