[fossil-users] How to save typing when checking out branches with long names?

2012-08-27 Thread vuk
I have a fossil repository where I keep my vim settings in different branches. Here is an example output of branch listing: $ fossil branch * trunk vim-7.3.000-i486-1-custom vim-7.3.000-i486-1-default vim-7.3.154-x86_64-1-custom-big Now, to checkout the last branch in this list, I have to

Re: [fossil-users] How to save typing when checking out branches with long names?

2012-08-27 Thread Stephan Beal
On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 6:07 PM, v...@lavabit.com wrote: I'd be very happy if I could just type: $ fossil co vim-7.3.154 I'd be even happier if I could just type: $ fossil co 154 Not to sound too pessimistic, but... How is fossil supposed to be able to know that 154 is supposed to mean

Re: [fossil-users] How to save typing when checking out branches with long names?

2012-08-27 Thread Richard Hipp
On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Stephan Beal sgb...@googlemail.comwrote: On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 6:07 PM, v...@lavabit.com wrote: I'd be very happy if I could just type: $ fossil co vim-7.3.154 I'd be even happier if I could just type: $ fossil co 154 Not to sound too pessimistic,

Re: [fossil-users] How to save typing when checking out branches with long names?

2012-08-27 Thread Bill Burdick
This sounds like something you could put in a shell script wrapper -- just use fossil sqlite3. On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 11:07 AM, v...@lavabit.com wrote: I have a fossil repository where I keep my vim settings in different branches. Here is an example output of branch listing: $ fossil

Re: [fossil-users] How to save typing when checking out branches with long names?

2012-08-27 Thread Scott Robison
Just throwing out a couple of ideas: fossil globco 154 Or perhaps slightly less bad: fossil co --glob 154 Though I'm not personally looking for this functionality myself so not having it as an official feature doesn't bother me. SDR On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Richard Hipp

Re: [fossil-users] How to save typing when checking out branches with long names?

2012-08-27 Thread Stephan Beal
On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 7:18 PM, Scott Robison sc...@scottrobison.uswrote: fossil co --glob 154 Though I'm not personally looking for this functionality myself so not having it as an official feature doesn't bother me. FWIW: as Richard said, it's _technically_ easy, but brings with it both

Re: [fossil-users] How to save typing when checking out branches with long names?

2012-08-27 Thread Scott Robison
The essence of my suggestion was to not do it by default but to provide a simple way for the user to say yes, I really want you to search for this substring anywhere rather than forcing it on everyone. SDR On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Stephan Beal sgb...@googlemail.comwrote: On Mon, Aug

[fossil-users] Is there a way to make the web server follow symlinks?

2012-08-27 Thread Stuart Rackham
Hi I'm displaying documentation using the Embedded Documentation feature, the web server returns the contents of symlinks, is there a way to make the web server follow symlinks? Cheers, Stuart ___ fossil-users mailing list

Re: [fossil-users] How to save typing when checking out branches with long names?

2012-08-27 Thread Peter Spjuth
On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 6:07 PM, v...@lavabit.com wrote: I have a fossil repository where I keep my vim settings in different branches. Here is an example output of branch listing: $ fossil branch * trunk vim-7.3.000-i486-1-custom vim-7.3.000-i486-1-default

Re: [fossil-users] How to save typing when checking out branches with long names?

2012-08-27 Thread vuk
On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Stephan Beal sgb...@googlemail.comwrote: On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 6:07 PM, v...@lavabit.com wrote: I'd be very happy if I could just type: $ fossil co vim-7.3.154 I'd be even happier if I could just type: $ fossil co 154 Not to sound too pessimistic,

Re: [fossil-users] How to save typing when checking out branches with long names?

2012-08-27 Thread Stephan Beal
On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 10:19 PM, Peter Spjuth peter.spj...@gmail.comwrote: Expanding on the bash completion script previously published in this list by Stuart Rackham, this would give you tab completion on branch names: +1! Very cool :). -- - stephan beal