[SVN-2481] make meaning of -r consistent

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: trunk
• Fix Version/s: 2.0-consider
• Component/s: cmdline client
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Subversion Importer
• Created: 18/Jan/06 20:15
• Updated: 13/May/11 18:15

Description

Now that -c/--change has been introduced (r17054), it has been noted
that it is now possible to make the meaning of -r consistent.
Currently, -r sometimes means "change" and sometimes means "revision".
Some usage may be better supplanted by -c.

Julian's first message of this thread has a good summary of the issue:
  http://svn.haxx.se/dev/archive-2005-10/1334.shtml 

These threads have related opinions and ideas
  http://svn.haxx.se/dev/archive-2005-10/1199.shtml 
  http://svn.haxx.se/dev/archive-2005-10/1324.shtml

Original issue reported by lomew