Re: [PROPOSAL] Yet another revert option

> I think having the user select all the revisions from HEAD to the one he
> wants to go back isn't that bad. After all, that avoids big trouble if
> the user accidentally clicks on the "Revert to this revision" entry.

Well, for a non-technical user, it's confusing. Do I select back to the entry I want to revert to? or do I select back to the entry before the one I want to revert to? (off the top of my head, I don't even know the answer to this).

Having a simple menu option that makes a previous revision the HEAD solves this and is much easier to understand and less error prone.

Please understand that sometimes we're dealing with people that doing not understand the underlying concepts of VC. They are simply committing changes and want to revert back. The goal of any good UI is to make things simple to understand and discover.

Ron

Stefan Küng wrote:
> Simon Large wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> As this same question has come up on the list several times, I wonder
>> if it merits a new context menu entry in the log dialog.
>>
>> "Revert to this revision"
>>
>> When revision 'N' is selected, does a merge HEAD:N, thereby making rev
>> N the new HEAD when committed.
>>
>> Disabled when multiple revisions selected.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>
> I think having the user select all the revisions from HEAD to the one he
> wants to go back isn't that bad. After all, that avoids big trouble if
> the user accidentally clicks on the "Revert to this revision" entry.
>
> Stefan
>

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Received on Sat Jan 28 18:44:50 2006