On 1/19/2011 1:25 PM, Brett Cannon wrote: > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:10,<skip at pobox.com> wrote: >> >> Antoine> Ok, thank you but... are you suggesting something or not? >> >> Yes. Keep the vcs command recommendations simple. At least mention idioms >> which likely to apply across a wider range of version control systems. > > I was hoping this would flame out, but two days of discussion suggests > otherwise. > > I am of the opinion of always listing how to use the CVS to its > fullest. It is the thing you will have to interact with the most when > doing work on Python, so trying to avoid it is not doing anyone any > favours. > > That being said, I am not opposed to someone (other than me as I am > not going to bother) **adding** a not about `patch -R`, but it should > not replace the `svn revert` explanation. As a neophyte vcs user, I like specific commands that can only do what I want, and not screw up with a wrong flag, so I agree with this. The most important thing is being clear about which data will have which effect on which other data. -- Terry Jan Reedy
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