Dmitry Ivankov wrote:
>> - 3bba32e9 ("fast-import: allow top directory as an argument for some
>> commands"): I'm not sure what the motivation is --- is this just
>> about the principle of least surprise, or did it come up in practice
>> somewhere?
>
> (to ease one's reading, commands are ls, copy and move top directory)
>
> Haven't seen them in practice. It seemed possible with svn import: if there were
> no branches at start, and then someone did svn mv . trunk. But it
> turns out that my
> svn client doesn't allow such move. So more like a least surprise purpose.
With that information in mind, it sounds like a reasonable change in
principle (though I haven't looked over the code at all). Could you
propose a log message explaining it (both the original motivation and
the actual impact)?
Thanks,
Jonathan
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