> -----Original Message----- > From: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikes...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:53 PM > To: Andrew Reedick > Cc: Branko Čibej; users@subversion.apache.org > Subject: Re: Subversion Doesn't Have Branches aka Crossing the Streams > aka Branches as First Class Objects? > > > > The client should only see and work with "--project project1 --branch > 1.0", e.g. "svn co --project project1 --branch 1.0" to checkout a > branch. > > That's sort of like saying filesystems shouldn't have subdirectories so > users don't get confused... Some people might even believe that.
And there's a reason why 'pwd' returns '/home/userid' instead of '/dev/sda1/home/userid' or 'server-vol0.foo.net:/vol0/userid'. Or why 'cd ~' takes you to your home dir. > > > It's about presentation. Keep the superfluous dir components > internal and hidden from the average user. We've already seen a move > towards information hiding with the'^' syntax that hides the server > component. This would be the logical progression. > > It's about organization. And letting you arrange your own conventions > to match your processes. We'll have to agree to disagree. We're back at the low level "managing dirs" versus high-level "managing baselines" arguments/thinking/paradigms.
