You are viewing a plain text version of this content. The canonical link for it is here.
Posted to users@subversion.apache.org by David Corbin <dc...@machturtle.com> on 2006/03/26 16:40:01 UTC

request for "pretend" option

I'd dearly like a command line option that says "show me what you'd do, but 
don't do it".  This is often "-n" (rsync, make).  When doing repository 
operations (as opposed to working-copy operations), it would be nice to 
verify what's really happening before screwing up and recording it for all 
time. :)

Thanks
David

P.S. If there is one,  I haven't found it.	

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@subversion.tigris.org
For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@subversion.tigris.org

Re: request for "pretend" option

Posted by David Corbin <dc...@machturtle.com>.
On Tuesday 28 March 2006 01:19 pm, Gregory Margo wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 06:47:16PM -0500, David Corbin wrote:
> > On Sunday 26 March 2006 08:50 pm, Gregory Margo wrote:
> > > On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 02:23:48PM -0500, David Corbin wrote:
> > > > On Sunday 26 March 2006 12:29 pm, Craig White wrote:
> > > > > On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 11:40 -0500, David Corbin wrote:
> > > > > > I'd dearly like a command line option that says "show me what
> > > > > > you'd do, but don't do it".  This is often "-n" (rsync, make). 
> > > > > > When doing repository operations (as opposed to working-copy
> > > > > > operations), it would be nice to verify what's really happening
> > > > > > before screwing up and recording it for all time. :)
> > > > >
> > > > > ----
> > > > > some of the commands have a '--dry-run' option
> > > >
> > > > According to 1.3.0 help, only merge.  I would like to see it on
> > > > delete, copy, and import at the least.
> > >
> > > And "update".
> >
> > It's not in the help for the 1.3.
>
> I wasn't clear enough.  I didn't mean that "update" already had a
> dry run option.  I meant that I would like to see a dry run option
> added to the update command.  IMHO, that's a much more frequent
> operation than delete, copy, or import.

It is more frequent, but I'm far less worried about things that affect my 
working copy than those that affect my repository.

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@subversion.tigris.org
For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@subversion.tigris.org

Re: request for "pretend" option

Posted by Hans Anderson <wi...@gmail.com>.
What about "svn status -u" -- I'm a newbie, but needed this dry-run
feature and that has been doing the trick.

Re: request for "pretend" option

Posted by Gregory Margo <gm...@pacbell.net>.
On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 06:47:16PM -0500, David Corbin wrote:
> On Sunday 26 March 2006 08:50 pm, Gregory Margo wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 02:23:48PM -0500, David Corbin wrote:
> > > On Sunday 26 March 2006 12:29 pm, Craig White wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 11:40 -0500, David Corbin wrote:
> > > > > I'd dearly like a command line option that says "show me what you'd
> > > > > do, but don't do it".  This is often "-n" (rsync, make).  When doing
> > > > > repository operations (as opposed to working-copy operations), it
> > > > > would be nice to verify what's really happening before screwing up
> > > > > and recording it for all time. :)
> > > >
> > > > ----
> > > > some of the commands have a '--dry-run' option
> > >
> > > According to 1.3.0 help, only merge.  I would like to see it on delete,
> > > copy, and import at the least.
> >
> > And "update".
> 
> It's not in the help for the 1.3.

I wasn't clear enough.  I didn't mean that "update" already had a
dry run option.  I meant that I would like to see a dry run option
added to the update command.  IMHO, that's a much more frequent
operation than delete, copy, or import.

-- 
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Gregory H. Margo
gmargo at yahoo/com, gmail/com, pacbell/net; greg at margofamily/org

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@subversion.tigris.org
For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@subversion.tigris.org

Re: request for "pretend" option

Posted by David Corbin <dc...@machturtle.com>.
On Sunday 26 March 2006 08:50 pm, Gregory Margo wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 02:23:48PM -0500, David Corbin wrote:
> > On Sunday 26 March 2006 12:29 pm, Craig White wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 11:40 -0500, David Corbin wrote:
> > > > I'd dearly like a command line option that says "show me what you'd
> > > > do, but don't do it".  This is often "-n" (rsync, make).  When doing
> > > > repository operations (as opposed to working-copy operations), it
> > > > would be nice to verify what's really happening before screwing up
> > > > and recording it for all time. :)
> > >
> > > ----
> > > some of the commands have a '--dry-run' option
> >
> > According to 1.3.0 help, only merge.  I would like to see it on delete,
> > copy, and import at the least.
>
> And "update".

It's not in the help for the 1.3.

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@subversion.tigris.org
For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@subversion.tigris.org

Re: request for "pretend" option

Posted by Gregory Margo <gm...@pacbell.net>.
On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 02:23:48PM -0500, David Corbin wrote:
> On Sunday 26 March 2006 12:29 pm, Craig White wrote:
> > On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 11:40 -0500, David Corbin wrote:
> > > I'd dearly like a command line option that says "show me what you'd do,
> > > but don't do it".  This is often "-n" (rsync, make).  When doing
> > > repository operations (as opposed to working-copy operations), it would
> > > be nice to verify what's really happening before screwing up and
> > > recording it for all time. :)
> > ----
> > some of the commands have a '--dry-run' option
> 
> According to 1.3.0 help, only merge.  I would like to see it on delete, copy, 
> and import at the least.

And "update".

-- 
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Gregory H. Margo

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@subversion.tigris.org
For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@subversion.tigris.org

Re: request for "pretend" option

Posted by David Corbin <dc...@machturtle.com>.
On Sunday 26 March 2006 12:29 pm, Craig White wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 11:40 -0500, David Corbin wrote:
> > I'd dearly like a command line option that says "show me what you'd do,
> > but don't do it".  This is often "-n" (rsync, make).  When doing
> > repository operations (as opposed to working-copy operations), it would
> > be nice to verify what's really happening before screwing up and
> > recording it for all time. :)
> >
> > Thanks
> > David
> >
> > P.S. If there is one,  I haven't found it.
>
> ----
> some of the commands have a '--dry-run' option
>

According to 1.3.0 help, only merge.  I would like to see it on delete, copy, 
and import at the least.

David

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@subversion.tigris.org
For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@subversion.tigris.org

Re: request for "pretend" option

Posted by Craig White <cr...@azapple.com>.
On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 11:40 -0500, David Corbin wrote:
> I'd dearly like a command line option that says "show me what you'd do, but 
> don't do it".  This is often "-n" (rsync, make).  When doing repository 
> operations (as opposed to working-copy operations), it would be nice to 
> verify what's really happening before screwing up and recording it for all 
> time. :)
> 
> Thanks
> David
> 
> P.S. If there is one,  I haven't found it.	
----
some of the commands have a '--dry-run' option

Craig


---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@subversion.tigris.org
For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@subversion.tigris.org