Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: mtn:// sync

[Nathaniel Smith]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 06:34:33AM -0500, Timothy Brownawell wrote:
> Yes, '&' and especially '!' aren't good characters for shells. I think
> I'll use the suggestions of '/' and '-' instead (still in the query
> string instead of the path, so it'll work with file:// and ssh:// sync).

There's one strong argument for sticking with standard URL syntax: the
quoting issues are already solved.  In particular, with the &include=
style there is a standard, obvious way to include branches that have
characters like "&" in them.  It's not a *pretty* way, exactly, but
existing deployment can beat purity.

Also in an ideal world, people wouldn't have reason to keep using
funky include/exclude patterns, so they would just set a string once
(when they first pull) and then never touch it again, and so shell
quoting issues wouldn't matter.  But we're not in the world, so eh.

-- Nathaniel

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