On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 5:22 PM, <fossil-users-requ...@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote: > > Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 13:33:11 -0700 > From: Warren Young <war...@etr-usa.com> > Subject: [fossil-users] Fossil-NG ideas > > There is one more thing Git really gets right compared to Fossil: > single-step clone-and-open. We should be able to do the same: > > $ fossil clone https://fossil-scm.org > > When the FILENAME parameter is not given, it produces a “Fossil” > subdirectory containing the contents of tip-of-trunk, with the directory > name coming from the project configuration under Admin. The SQLite repo > file is stored inside the subdirectory in a hidden file; I propose .fslrepo. >
While I like the idea of a "smart default" for the file name, I'd rather have an "--open" (or "-o") option to trigger the automatic "fossil open". 1. If the user actually wants to specify the name, the option would be needed, anyway. 2. By not requiring the option, it would be hiding one of Fossil's advantages over git and Hg: Multiple working copies without the overhead of multiple repository copies. (Granted, more likely SVN users migrating to Fossil will appreciate this, but I know some former git and Hg users that quickly learned to appreciate this.) 3. Adopting features from git is good, but let's not make Fossil too much like git.
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