Re: Fwd: vcs-svn and friends

From: Dmitry Ivankov <divanorama@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 23, 2011, 13:29 UTC
Message-ID: <CA+gfSn_OVBB16pvyWtARzp_9=WPu+Q0WPM=h=4zEePH_WnW4pA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CA+gfSn8UeqiLu3trecPzzqSLsUr3eNT0yVN=-991sL6oJHar2g@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Dmitry Ivankov <divanorama@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Dmitry Ivankov <divanorama@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>  - 3bba32e9 ("fast-import: allow top directory as an argument for some
>>>   commands"): I'm not sure what the motivation is --- is this just
>>>   about the principle of least surprise, or did it come up in practice
>>>   somewhere?
>> (to ease one's reading, commands are ls, copy and move top directory)
>>
>> Haven't seen them in practice. It seemed possible with svn import: if there were
>> no branches at start, and then someone did svn mv . trunk. But it
>> turns out that my
>> svn client doesn't allow such move. So more like a least surprise purpose.
> I think now that this commit should go separately if at all.
> Especially considering
> my other activity on fast-import (and thus possible merge conflicts) that isn't
> strictly necessary for vcs-svn and friends.

And the same for 3bba32e9^ "fast-import: be saner with temporary trees", which is only needed for 3bba32e9.