new status output

[Scott James Remnant]

On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 08:50 +0200, Jan Hudec wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 15:37:06 -0700, Robey Pointer wrote:
>   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.
> > >
> > >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. :)
> 
> My problem with this is, that IMHO the single letters are faster to read
> and easier to spot anomalies. Ie. it's quite fast to scan a list of 'M's
> for 'C', while it's slower to scan a list of 'modified's for
> 'conflict's.
> 
That pre-supposes you know exactly what you're looking for ... I still
have to reach for the documentation every *damned* time I use subversion
because it manages to find some new character to throw at me, or move it
across one column to mean something magically different.

> > >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.
> 
> ... except you still need a machine parsable output, as this one is not.
> 
Sure it is, it's exactly as parseable as the C/M/G one ... because you
just look for the particular words.  You just make sure you stick
LC_MESSAGES=C before you parse, which is good practice when driving
software anyway.

Scott
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Scott James Remnant
scott at ubuntu.com
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