Wording on "nothing to add" dialog

If you right-click on a folder and select TortoiseSVN | Add, and there
are no items to add, a dialog is displayed with this wording:

"All files are already under version control. There's nothing to add!"

The first sentence is not entirely correct. The files are either under
version control, or they match one of the patterns of the svn:exclude
property on their containing folder, or they match a global
exclude/ignore configuration. Since TSVN provides no visual feedback in
the Windows Explorer for excluded files and folders, the inaccuracy of
this statement has lead to confusion and lost time.

Additionally, files and folders are the subject of the add operation,
not just files.

While we're looking at the wording of this dialog, I am not a fan of
gratuitous exclamation marks in user interfaces.

Let me propose new wording for this dialog to address these issues:

"There is nothing to add. All the files and folders are either under
version control or have been excluded using the svn:exclude property or
the global exclude configuration setting."

Thanks for your consideration.

Cheers,
Stuart

Stuart Celarier | Corillian Corporation

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Received on Sun Nov 20 02:38:52 2005