Combine "st" and "out"

[reinout]

Originally from https://bitbucket.org/reinout/checkoutmanager/issues/16/simplify-commands by @jendrikseipp:

"Currently I can use out and st for dvcs, but only st for svn. If I want to see what the difference to the remote dvcs repo is, I have to use out plus st. I think it would be much easier if the output of the two commands was unified and there was only a single st command for all types of vcs."

[reinout]

I worry a bit about the extra time it might take. "checkoutmanager st" is very quick for me now that I almost exclusively use git. Connecting to the server would take lots of extra time.

Alternative would be a config option in the ini file. "check-for-remote-changes = true" or something like that.

I'm open to ideas!

[jendrikseipp]

Instead of a ini file option I would prefer having a --remote commandline option for the checkoutmanager st command. This would mimic hg sum --remote and can easily be turned on and off for each call.

[reinout]

So --remote would make checkoutmanager st check not only the local status but also the "remote status"? I like that terminology. Sounds good!

[jendrikseipp]

Exactly.