From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Wong Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-svn: handle changed svn command-line syntax Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:23:48 -0700 Message-ID: <20070921082348.GA5152@mayonaise> References: <1190340155146-git-send-email-sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz> <11903401551014-git-send-email-sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz> <11903401551812-git-send-email-sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz> <11903401552164-git-send-email-sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz> <46F33734.3080408@vilain.net> <46F33A05.2000906@vilain.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Sam Vilain X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Sep 21 10:24:02 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IYdnp-00023F-FO for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:23:57 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753859AbXIUIXw (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:23:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752994AbXIUIXv (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:23:51 -0400 Received: from hand.yhbt.net ([66.150.188.102]:54442 "EHLO hand.yhbt.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752953AbXIUIXu (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:23:50 -0400 Received: from hand.yhbt.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hand.yhbt.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 1A2F17DC029; Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:23:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by hand.yhbt.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:23:48 -0700 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46F33A05.2000906@vilain.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Sam Vilain 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