Comment 2 for bug 180107

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Robert Collins (lifeless) wrote : Re: [Bug 180107] `bzr ls` should gain --modified and --added?

On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 16:45 +0000, Aaron Bentley wrote:
> Adeodato Simó wrote:
> > Public bug reported:
> >
> > I remember some core dev saying that `bzr ls` was to be preferred over
> > commands like `bzr unknowns`. There are still commands whose functionality
> > is not covered by `bzr ls`, like `bzr modified`, and `bzr added`.
>
> The idea, as I understood it, was to put filters on existing behavior,
> not introduce new behavior. So I think --modified belongs on `status`,
> not `ls`.

Actually, I was saying that ls is a better interface for scripting; so
we should extend it to allow more purely interactive-ui style commands
to change their output as desired.

-Rob
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