Confused by the quickstart example

[Ben Collins-Sussman]

Thanks!  I'll try to fix up this section to make it clearer.


On Jul 11, 2005, at 11:32 AM, Joachim Ziegler wrote:

> Hello,
>
> just to give you some feedback:
>
> I've just read and played with the quickstart example, and I was  
> quite confused by the way you use the term 'project' and the  
> corresponding folder of the same name in this example.
>
> Especially in the checkout command
>
> $ svn checkout file:///path/to/repos/trunk project
>
> it took me a long time to understand the connection between  
> 'project' and 'trunk'.
>
> The example, as given in the book, completely forgets about the  
> project folder called 'project' (which, anyway, is IMHO not a good  
> name to use in an example, see below).
>
> What I did not get here is that the 'project' folder used in the  
> checkout is just an arbitrary name, which happens by chance to be  
> the same name as in the import.
>
> I expected to read something like
>
> $svn checkout file:///path/to/repos/myProject/trunk sandbox/ 
> myProject/trunk
>
> and, before, an import like
>
> svn import /tmp/test/myProject/ file:///path/to/repos/myProject -m  
> "initial import"
>
> That way, it becomes much clearer the repository holds several  
> 'projects', all with their trunks, branches, and tags in them, and  
> that you can checkout to wherever you want.
>
>
> Moreover, 'project' is not a good name, because it is too general  
> in this example. Why don't you call it 'myProject' at least? Or  
> better use a concrete example: 'Editor', 'Calculator', ...
>
>
> Greetings,
> Joachim
>
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