From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Karl =?iso-8859-1?Q?Hasselstr=F6m?= Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-svn: handle changed svn command-line syntax Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 11:06:17 +0200 Message-ID: <20070922090617.GA6817@diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk> 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> <20070921082348.GA5152@mayonaise> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Sam Vilain , git@vger.kernel.org To: Eric Wong X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Sep 22 11:06:45 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 1IZ0wm-0001b8-RO for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 11:06:45 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752109AbXIVJGi convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:06:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751584AbXIVJGi (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:06:38 -0400 Received: from diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk ([80.68.90.142]:2796 "EHLO diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750974AbXIVJGh (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:06:37 -0400 Received: from kha by diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1IZ0wL-0001sD-00; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 10:06:17 +0100 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070921082348.GA5152@mayonaise> X-Manual-Spam-Check: kha@treskal.com, clean User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On 2007-09-21 01:23:48 -0700, Eric Wong wrote: > The @REV and -rREV distinction/ambiguity has always confused me in sv= n, > too. It always seems that it needed to be one way sometimes, the oth= er > way at other times, and even _both_ at other times... -rREV specifies the operative revision, and @REV specifies the peg revision. See the clear but dreadfully long explanation here: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.4/svn.advanced.pegrevs.html In short, it's a way to manage the complexity that comes from considering files (and directories!) to have an identity that is preserved across copies and renames. --=20 Karl Hasselstr=F6m, kha@treskal.com www.treskal.com/kalle