Re: [fossil-users] close leaf from command-line, and 'apropos(1)'-like behaviour?
Thus said Michai Ramakers on Tue, 21 Jul 2015 11:06:31 +0200: Is there a way using legacy commands? You can always use fossil tag, however, using it requires more knowledge of internal mechanisms than you probably care to know. Andy -- TAI64 timestamp: 400055aec1d1 ___ 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] close leaf from command-line, and 'apropos(1)'-like behaviour?
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 ___ 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] close leaf from command-line, and 'apropos(1)'-like behaviour?
On 21 July 2015 at 11:12, Stephan Beal sgb...@googlemail.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Michai Ramakers m.ramak...@gmail.com wrote: Is it an idea to have an 'apropos(1)'-like subcommand or option to the... 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). Right; I somehow assumed the help-pages were generated (but didn't look yet). W.r.t. 'commit --close': thx, saw that, but that would be used with '--allow-empty' if I wanted to close after actually doing the last commit, right? I'm guessing 'amend' will find its way into trunk at some point. Michai ___ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
[fossil-users] close leaf from command-line, and 'apropos(1)'-like behaviour?
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? 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.) Is it an idea to have an 'apropos(1)'-like subcommand or option to the 'help' command? For those that don't know, the 'apropos' command on *nix does a keyword search accross all manual pages - or perhaps help-pages, in case of fossil. 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. Michai ___ 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] close leaf from command-line, and 'apropos(1)'-like behaviour?
On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Michai Ramakers m.ramak...@gmail.com wrote: W.r.t. 'commit --close': thx, saw that, but that would be used with '--allow-empty' if I wanted to close after actually doing the last commit, right? It could be used that way, but i've personally never tried --allow-empty. i assume everyone has been using the UI for closing branches or using merge --integrate (which closes the merged-in branch when the merge is committed). I'm guessing 'amend' will find its way into trunk at some point. i hope so :). -- - 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 ___ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
