Daniel Shahaf: > Yes, this feature won't happen unless someone invests time in > making it happen -- but let's not discourage people from > discussing feature ideas even if they may not personally have > time to implement them. Discussions are just as useful a > contribution as patches.
It is true that I was not prepared to implement this feature myself when I proposed it. Not having any knowledge of bash or Python, I would have to use SVN from C, which will take me considerable time. I am only learing SVN and giving my feedback about what I think are obvious inefficiencies of its user interface. I had already written about an extension of the caret syntax to take the current working directory into account, so that, being in svn/trunk/project/xml/ , one does not have to type svn cp ^/trunk/project/xml/1.xml ^/trunk/project/xml/2.xml but can simply say: svn cp ~~/1.xml ~~/2.xml or svn cp --remote 1.xml 2.xml or something else to the same effect, so as not to repeat the paths from the repository root. I use SVN at work, so what I ask here is a personal and egoistical request to make my professional life better, but I hope that other users find the proposal convenient too. In return, I am contributing to other free and open-source projects, but not, currently, to SVN. -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ http://preview.tinyurl.com/qcy6mjc [archived]
