From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
To: Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-svn: handle changed svn command-line syntax
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:23:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070921082348.GA5152@mayonaise> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46F33A05.2000906@vilain.net>
Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net> wrote:
> Sam Vilain wrote:
> > Sam Vilain wrote:
> >> Previously, if you passed a revision and a path to svn, it meant to look
> >> back at that revision and select that path. New behaviour is to get the
> >> path then go back to the revision. The old syntax is selected with new
> >> syntax PATH@REV. This new syntax is not supported by the old tools, so we
> >> have to try both in turn.
> >
> > Blast, this analysis is wrong. Hold off, I'll see what's really going
> > on and re-submit.
>
> ok, figured it out :)
>
> I was close! I was just thrown off by 'svn ls PATH@REV'
>
> The patch is the same, just the description has changed.
>
> Subject: [PATCH] git-svn: handle changed svn cp command-line syntax
>
> Previously, if you passed a revision and a path to svn cp, it meant to look
> back at that revision and select that path. New behaviour is to get the
> path then go back to the revision (like other commands that accept @REV
> or -rREV do). The more consistent syntax is not supported by the old
> tools, so we have to try both in turn.
The @REV and -rREV distinction/ambiguity has always confused me in svn,
too. It always seems that it needed to be one way sometimes, the other
way at other times, and even _both_ at other times...
--
Eric Wong
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-09-21 8:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-09-21 2:02 [PATCH 0/3] git-svn: pass tests on svn trunk Sam Vilain
2007-09-21 2:02 ` [PATCH] git-svn: fix test for trunk svn (commit message not needed) Sam Vilain
2007-09-21 2:02 ` [PATCH] git-svn: fix test for trunk svn (transaction out of date) Sam Vilain
2007-09-21 2:02 ` [PATCH] git-svn: handle changed svn command-line syntax Sam Vilain
2007-09-21 3:15 ` Sam Vilain
2007-09-21 3:27 ` Sam Vilain
2007-09-21 8:23 ` Eric Wong [this message]
2007-09-22 9:06 ` Karl Hasselström
2007-09-21 8:27 ` [PATCH 0/3] git-svn: pass tests on svn trunk Eric Wong
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