Re: Draft v1.5.0 release notes

From: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date: Jan 2, 2007, 08:23 UTC
Message-ID: <20070102082306.GE27690@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To: <87vejp7v0m.fsf@morpheus.local>

David K?gedal <davidk@lysator.liu.se> wrote:

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> Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:
> 
> > * Foreign SCM interfaces
> > 
> >   - git-svn now requires the Perl SVN:: libraries, the
> >     command-line backend was too slow and limited.
> > 
> >   - the 'commit' command has been renamed to 'set-tree', and
> >     'dcommit' is the recommended replacement for day-to-day
> >     work.
> 
> The second item in this list is misleading.  It states that the
> "comit" subcommand has been renamed.  But I don't believe it's the
> "commit" subcommand of the "git" command.  So what is it a subcommand
> to?

git-svn.  As in `git svn commit` is now `git svn set-tree`.

I agree with your point though. My early readings of the above quoted section just assumed git-svn, as I knew that was what Junio was talking about. Now that I read it again, I have to agree that it is not quite as clear as I had originally thought.

-- 
Shawn.