Re: Redesigh of the VC front end

[Paul R]

Dan Nicolaescu <address@hidden> writes:

> "Eric S. Raymond" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>   > Paul R <address@hidden>:
>   > > "Eric S. Raymond" <address@hidden> writes:
>   > > 
>   > > > Ah, that's good to know.  I know that SCCS and RCS don't do directory
>   > > > arguments at all, and I believe that Subversion and everything after
>   > > > handles them pretty well.
>   > > 
>   > > Mercurial does not manage directories at all, but it will not complain
>   > > if passed a directory as parameter where a file is expected. It will
>   > > silently do nothing.
>   > 
>   > Then I have to do filename expansion there, too.
>
> All evidence until now points to the contrary, nothing should be needed
> for mercurial.

Dan is right. For VC needs I can think of, mercurial can handle
directory itself and do "the right thing". My orignal post was to
point out that mercurial *infers* directories structure from the paths
of the files it handles. This seems compatible with VC usages.

-- 
      Paul