Re: [Monotone-devel] mtn log with -b?

[Nathaniel Smith]

On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 01:37:01PM +1000, William Uther wrote:
> Well, yes and no.  You've solved the immediate problem, but I still  
> think the question is a valid one:  Why isn't a -b <branch> argument  
> to mtn log a synonym for -r h:<branch>?

Because -b consistently means something else (i.e., pretends that the
current workspace is actually in branch <whatever> for purposes of the
current command). However, this is stupid, because everyone always
expects it to mean different particular things for every command
(checkout, log, diff, etc. etc.).  This is why I keep arguing for
tearing it out entirely... :-)

-- Nathaniel

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