Nomenclature

[Gustavo Niemeyer]

> >Same case.. either branch.get_revision_history() and
> >branch.get_revision(), or branch.revision_history() and
> >branch.revision().
> 
> Actually, there is a very significant difference here.
> branch.revision_history() is give me the revision history of this 
> branch. (A property of this branch).
> branch.revision() would say to me tell me what the revision of this 
> branch is. But really branch.get_revision() is giving you some 
> information about a particular revision.
>
> The issue is that some functions are attributes of branch, and some are 
> coming from the data that branch stores.

So you mean that branch.common_ancestor() will give you
the common ancestor this branch, and that branch.get_parent()
will give you the parent of a particular revision?

;-)

> >>>* branch.get_rev_id() vs. branch.revision_id_to_revno() vs. *.id2*()
> >>
> >>get_rev_id translates the above revno into a revision_id. 
> >>revision_id_to_revno is the opposite translation.
> >
> >
> >Same case. If they are exactly the opposite of each other, why one
> >is named get_rev_id() and the other revision_id_to_revno()? :-)
> 
> I'm guessing because one is used far more than the other. :)

Ouch :-)

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