Re: [fossil-users] _FOSSIL_ vs. .fos Was: New features for merging
On 13 August 2011 07:31, Joerg Sonnenberger jo...@britannica.bec.de wrote: (if you can figure out how to mark _FOSSIL_ as hidden on Windows, that would be good too). The ATTRIB command isn't working for you? -- Perhaps people don't believe this, but throughout all of the discussions of entering China our focus has really been what's best for the Chinese people. It's not been about our revenue or profit or whatnot. --Sergey Brin, demonstrating the emptiness of the don't be evil mantra. ___ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
Re: [fossil-users] _FOSSIL_ vs. .fos Was: New features for merging
On Aug 13, 2011, at 00:42 , Richard Hipp wrote: Most notably shell's glob ignores dotfiles, what makes them mostly a non-issue for me... And I find the _FOSSIL_ string particularly disturbing on listings. You know you can rename _FOSSIL_ as .fos, right? mv _FOSSIL_ .fos Should I make .fos the default? I'd go with .fossil as default on Unix (there is really no good reason to limit ourselves to 3 letters here) and hidden _FOSSIL_ on Windows. Kind regards, Remigiusz Modrzejewski ___ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
Re: [fossil-users] _FOSSIL_ vs. .fos Was: New features for merging
On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 03:46:18PM +0800, Michael Richter wrote: On 13 August 2011 07:31, Joerg Sonnenberger jo...@britannica.bec.de wrote: (if you can figure out how to mark _FOSSIL_ as hidden on Windows, that would be good too). The ATTRIB command isn't working for you? Let me add: without calling an external program Joerg ___ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
[fossil-users] _FOSSIL_ vs. .fos Was: New features for merging
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Remigiusz Modrzejewski l...@maxnet.org.plwrote: On Aug 12, 2011, at 22:28 , Ben Summers wrote: If it has to be in the file system, I'd prefer one file to many. At the very least, change the name of the directory to something that starts with __FOSSIL__ to make it easier to tweak commands to deal with the names. More tools hide names beginning with a dot than they do _FOSSIL_. Most notably shell's glob ignores dotfiles, what makes them mostly a non-issue for me... And I find the _FOSSIL_ string particularly disturbing on listings. You know you can rename _FOSSIL_ as .fos, right? mv _FOSSIL_ .fos Should I make .fos the default? Kind regards, Remigiusz Modrzejewski ___ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users -- D. Richard Hipp d...@sqlite.org ___ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
Re: [fossil-users] _FOSSIL_ vs. .fos Was: New features for merging
On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 12:42 AM, Richard Hipp d...@sqlite.org wrote: You know you can rename _FOSSIL_ as .fos, right? mv _FOSSIL_ .fos Should I make .fos the default While i'm all for Unix-style names, i think the name .fos might confuse more people than it would help, whereas _FOSSIL_ clearly has something to do with fossil, and the unconventional _ at the start and end clearly mean that there's something special about it (i.e. don't touch it). (At least i've always found it intuitive enough.) Might there not be a documentation impact (i.e., invalidating lots of older docs) if this particular default is changed? PS: i didn't know it could be renamed. -- - stephan beal http://wanderinghorse.net/home/stephan/ ___ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
Re: [fossil-users] _FOSSIL_ vs. .fos Was: New features for merging
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Richard Hipp d...@sqlite.org wrote: On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Remigiusz Modrzejewski l...@maxnet.org.pl wrote: On Aug 12, 2011, at 22:28 , Ben Summers wrote: If it has to be in the file system, I'd prefer one file to many. At the very least, change the name of the directory to something that starts with __FOSSIL__ to make it easier to tweak commands to deal with the names. More tools hide names beginning with a dot than they do _FOSSIL_. Most notably shell's glob ignores dotfiles, what makes them mostly a non-issue for me... And I find the _FOSSIL_ string particularly disturbing on listings. You know you can rename _FOSSIL_ as .fos, right? mv _FOSSIL_ .fos Should I make .fos the default? Yes! If I had thought that was a possibility, I would have asked for it instead. mike ___ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
Re: [fossil-users] _FOSSIL_ vs. .fos Was: New features for merging
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 06:42:23PM -0400, Richard Hipp wrote: You know you can rename _FOSSIL_ as .fos, right? mv _FOSSIL_ .fos Should I make .fos the default? I think .fos is too random / short. .fossil would be fine as default on UNIX (if you can figure out how to mark _FOSSIL_ as hidden on Windows, that would be good too). Joerg ___ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
Re: [fossil-users] _FOSSIL_ vs. .fos Was: New features for merging
+1 - Original Message - From: Joerg Sonnenberger Sent: 08/13/11 05:01 AM To: fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org Subject: Re: [fossil-users] _FOSSIL_ vs. .fos Was: New features for merging On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 06:42:23PM -0400, Richard Hipp wrote: You know you can rename _FOSSIL_ as .fos, right? mv _FOSSIL_ .fos Should I make .fos the default? I think .fos is too random / short. .fossil would be fine as default on UNIX (if you can figure out how to mark _FOSSIL_ as hidden on Windows, that would be good too). Joerg ___ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users ___ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
