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Re: "Revert" warnings

From: Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2006-01-10 18:46:47 CET

Jan Normann Nielsen wrote:

> When reverting changes from a file, this message is presented:
>
> "Are you sure you want to revert? You will lose <b>all</b> changes since
> the last update!"
>
> This message is fine for most uses, but I don't think it makes sense if
> you're reverting a file that is missing from the file system.
>
> A removed file is often (in my case) not "a change" but a side-effect of
> some non-subversion aware tool or me renaming the file. The message
>
> "Are you sure you want to revert?"
>
> would be better in case of a missing file that is reverted.

Sure, we could change the message in case of missing files. But is it
worth the effort? I mean the message still applies if only *one* of all
the files selected for reverting isn't missing but actually modified.

Stefan

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