On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Michai Ramakers <m.ramak...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > I was searching for a way to close a leaf from the command-line, and > didn't find it. (The new 'check-in-edit' branch can do this using > 'amend --close'.) > > Is there a way using legacy commands? > Kind of, but this might not be what you are looking for: http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/help/commit see the --close option. > Also, I notice there are generally questions on this list of the form > 'where is command XYZ to do PQR', just like this very post. As the set > of command-line commands and options grows, it becomes more difficult > to find how to do something; some functionality exists as a separate > command, some other exists as option to a command. (I had expected the > 'branch' command to have a 'close' subcommand, for instance.) > fwiw, that's where i just looked for it, too ;). Is it an idea to have an 'apropos(1)'-like subcommand or option to the... In my case, I knew I needed/wanted something that CLOSEs something, so > I would have keyword-searched for 'close'. > > I'm happy with the 'amend' command btw. And I guess that as I become > more familiar with fossil's internals or philosophy, it becomes easier > to guess the command that provides a wanted behaviour. > Sounds like a reasonable suggestion to me, but not sure how bothersome it would be to maintain the apropos mappings (maybe via extra internal tags in the help text blocks). -- ----- stephan beal http://wanderinghorse.net/home/stephan/ http://gplus.to/sgbeal "Freedom is sloppy. But since tyranny's the only guaranteed byproduct of those who insist on a perfect world, freedom will have to do." -- Bigby Wolf
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