new status output

[Robey Pointer]

On 18 Oct 2005, at 15:02, Jan Hudec wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 13:36:12 -0700, Robey Pointer wrote:
>>
>> Just a reminder because this always makes me panic. :)
>>
>> Please don't use svn's cryptic
>>     F Q  something.c
>>      Z   foo.c
>>     CY   bar.c
>> notation.  We can afford to spell out words describing the status.
>>
>
> Subversion's notation is a bit cryptic, but it is mostly due to  
> it's reuse of
> the same characters in different columns to mean different things. And
> because it shows many things in status, that bzr does not.
>
> On the other hand, there are problems with spelling out full words:
>
> added foo.c
> modified foo.h
> added bar.c
> modified foo.h
>
> is rather unreadable. At least, the file names need to be aligned:
>
> added    foo.c
> modified foo.h
> added    bar.c
> modified bar.h

Yeah, when this came up before, the column format was proposed.  I  
just wanted to reiterate it because the mailing list keeps growing. :)


> Now someone's inevitably going to come with request to localize  
> those names:
>
> přidán foo.c
> změněn foo.h
> přidán bar.c
> změněn bar.h

Ahh, in fact, that's a great argument against using "A"/"G"/etc. :)  
When they're meaningful at all, they're only meaningful to someone  
well-versed in english.*  Whereas the full word "added" can be pasted  
into babelfish for an instant translation.

robey

* Actually I consider myself fluent in english (AMERICAN ENGLISH,  
sjr!) and I still haven't got a clue what "G" stands for...  
"gathered"? "grew"?