[svnbook] r3907 committed - Finish issue #107 ("ch03: Revision specifiers may require quotes")....
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Tue Jul 12 13:24:31 CDT 2011
Revision: 3907
Author: cmpilato at gmail.com
Date: Tue Jul 12 11:23:54 2011
Log: Finish issue #107 ("ch03: Revision specifiers may require
quotes").
* src/en/book/ch03-advanced-topics.xml
(svn.tour.revs.dates): Use an admonishment block to point our the
need to escape or quote whitespace and, in some cases, curly
braces used in revision date specifiers.
http://code.google.com/p/svnbook/source/detail?r=3907
Modified:
/trunk/src/en/book/ch03-advanced-topics.xml
=======================================
--- /trunk/src/en/book/ch03-advanced-topics.xml Wed Jul 6 10:15:54 2011
+++ /trunk/src/en/book/ch03-advanced-topics.xml Tue Jul 12 11:23:54 2011
@@ -215,8 +215,7 @@
specifiers wrapped in curly braces (<literal>{</literal> and
<literal>}</literal>). Subversion accepts the standard
ISO-8601 date and time formats, plus a few others. Here are
- some examples. (Remember to use quotes around any date that
- contains spaces.)</para>
+ some examples./para>
<informalexample>
<screen>
@@ -234,7 +233,16 @@
…
</screen>
</informalexample>
-
+
+ <note>
+ <para>Keep in mind that most shells will require you to, at a
+ minimum, quote or otherwise escape any spaces that are
+ included as part of revision date specifiers. Certain
+ shells may also take issue with the unescaped use of curly
+ brances, too. Consult your shell's documentation for the
+ requirements specific to your environment.</para>
+ </note>
+
<para>When you specify a date, Subversion resolves that date to
the most recent revision of the repository as of that date,
and then continues to operate against that resolved revision
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