On 22.12.2019 04:55, Daniel Shahaf wrote: > wuzhouhui wrote on Sun, 22 Dec 2019 03:29 +00:00: >> When I use >> >> svn log -q --diff >> >> to display only different of every revision, the svn report error: >> >> svn: E205000: Try 'svn help log' for more information >> svn: E205000: 'quiet' and 'diff' options are mutually exclusive >> >> I just don't understand why option --diff and -q are mutually exclusive? >> Can we remove this limitation? > I don't see any reason for this restriction either, and the combination > does seem to work, once the check is removed. Why should this > restriction be kept?
I don't think there's any good reason, except perhaps for considerations about documenting the behaviour. 'svn log -q -v' works ... by the principle of least surprise, 'svn log -q --diff' should work, too. At a glance, the help message doesn't need changing, either. -- Brane
