svn && ports, or the hen && egg

[Shane Ambler]

On 19/12/2013 08:04, Freddie Cash wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Matthias Apitz <guru at unixarea.de> wrote:

>> Ok, thanks; but see this:
>>
>> $ uname -a
>> FreeBSD tiny-r255948 10.0-ALPHA4 FreeBSD 10.0-ALPHA4 #1: Fri Oct 18
>> 12:10:57 CEST 2013 guru at aurora.Sisis.de:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC/i386
>> $ svnlite
>> Type 'svn help' for usage.
>> $ svn help
>> svn: not found
>>
> 
> ​And ... if you type "svnlite help" what happens?  The name of the command
> is svnlite, not svn, so you may have to mentally swap the terms in terminal
> messages.  :)​
> 
> 

That would work once you know you need to use svnlite. Most people will
try svn and after that fails look for a way to install it, rather than
looking for a renamed substitute.

Maybe a /bin/svn script could test if svn exists and exec it or svnlite
or display a message that svnlite is available until svn is installed.