Chucks’ approach works, but it has the disadvantage that the comments count format is then hardcoded ie. before you could use
comments_number('No Comments','1 Comment', '% Comments')
Now it is simply “0”,”1″,”2″, whatever arguments you give.
I think I am having a similar problem. I have requested a plugin, then got the email with the SVN address. I have uploaded the plugin’s files to the SVN/trunk, but it’s not showing up in the directory. Am I doing something wrong?