No, i need two commands, ls -l and svn st to find out if a file is modified and what its perms are.

Its like saying "there is no need for ack, as i can construct the same results from find, grep, and xargs." While it is doable, common cases warrant simplified tools so why not create them?

Right, perhaps I should simply take the habit of using svn status when in svn repositories. Still it would be cool to have it integrated with the regular "ls". Obviously, it's more of a nice-to-have than a must-have.