bzr svn propedit equivalent

[Jari Aalto]

Kent Gibson <warthog618 at gmail.com> writes:
> To me that sounds more like an argument for shareable aliases or tab
> completion, not for builtin aliases.

Again, those "tab completions" need to be installed
separately. Shareable aliases too. Keep in mind that The "su" may have
nothing to do with your account.

>> This will not help scripts and error checking. It is better to require
>>
>>     bzr config get --all
>>
>> And with
>>
>>     bzr config get
>>
>> print reasonable error message for missing parameter.
>>
> I don't get the point about scripts and error checking.
> I've seen it in other threads and I still don't get it.

I suppose that you're somewhat familiar with shell scripting, so you
know these:
    
    make && make install

The second command is executed only when the first succeeds. On error, 
the statements "do not chain". Similarly for bzr commands in scription
case:

    bzr ... && bzr ...

If there is a call:

    config get variable "$options"

And $options is empty, for whatever reasons, from shell's point of view, the
commands reads:

    config set variable

If program has some defaults when *no* *arguments* are given, this gives
surprising results. Therefore the above will and should print error and
not assume e.g. "" empty value.

Similarly for all other ocmmands. Like requiring "--all" to catch the
missing intentions.

> Forcing me to type the --all seems redundant.

As you mentioned, if you find typing this frequently, you can make
alias for it. The programs' consistent behavior is more important than
convenience.

Jari