[PATCH 0 of 2] Make init command require a destination directory

[Goffredo Baroncelli]

On Wednesday 06 July 2005 18:20, Bryan O'Sullivan wrote:
> These patches modify the init command so that it requires a destination
                                                   ^^^^^^^^ 
> directory, which it creates.
> 
> It is thus no longer necessary to do this:
> 
>         mkdir foo
>         cd foo
>         hg init
> 
> Instead, you do this:
> 
>         hg init foo
> 

I don't like the patch for three reasons:
1) the old init behaviour was very different: if a second parameters was passed, the
command cloned the directory pointed by the parameter itself. Now the behaviour introduced by
this patch is very different: it may introduce confusion for the user
2) I don't like the idea that a command ( as mercurial ) do anything which can be better done 
with _the dedicated_ command ( mkdir has a lot of option which is not in "hg init", as the
-p switch ):
  - it is redundant
  - is not the unix way: make _simple_ tools which can work togheter
3) I don't see the reason why 'hg init' should _require_ a second parameters; if it is passed,
hg can make the directory, but if not passed the command should work as the current 
behaviour.

My 2¢....

Goffredo

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