Re: usability snag

Gunnlaugur Þór Briem wrote:

Hello,

> In the commit dialog, I tend to go down the list right-clicking each
> file and doing "Compare with Base" to see what I'm about to commit. I
> right-click and select the first option in the context menu, and
> this motion becomes semi-automatic.
> But for files that are "added", not "modified", the first option in
> the context menu is Revert.

Did you notice that "Compare with Base" is in bold letters while
"Revert" is not? That tries to tell you that "Compare with Base" is
the default action for modified files, while revert is not for
added files.

So I suggest you double click the selected file to diff it or
use the cursor keys to select one and Enter to diff it. This is
both faster than right-clicking and safer.

> That risk would be lessened if the first option in the context menu were
> something non-destructive, such as "Show log" ... or a "Compare" that is
> greyed out or that compares against an empty file like diff -N.

With 1.4.x, added files are diffed agains an empty file on double click or
enter, although the context menu stays the same. Maybe it would be a good
idea for right-clickers to have a "Compare" entry there, too.

Kind regards

Sven

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Received on Wed Aug 2 21:00:36 2006