2008/7/23 paul bell <paul.bell_at_renesas.com>:
> Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>>
>> Alessandro wrote:
>> > I installed yesterday the 1.5.0, Build 13316.
>> > Today I found that the button [...] in the "branch tag" and "merge"
>> > dialogs, that should open the repository for browsing, opens a file
>> > browser dialog.
>> > The button is the one with three dots "..." near the URL pulldown
>> > menu.
>> > I think that the problem is generalized on all the buttons near such a
>> > menu.
>>
>> The [...] buttons work correctly:
>> if you have an URL filled in the corresponding edit box, the repository
>> browser opens up. If the edit box is empty, the folder-browser dialog
>> opens up so you can browse to a local repository.
>>
>> Stefan
>>
>
> I've just noticed this same "bug" and was about to report it. I'm glad I made
> the effort to read this list first! I understand the behaviour now.
>
> I think the problem that myself and the original poster saw was probably one of
> expectation. The first time I came to use the merge dialog the edit field was
> empty because I hadn't done a merge before (in 1.5 anyway). Consequently,
> (although our repo is actually on a server) the empty edit field meant a "Folder
> Browse" dialog came up and I couldn't actually use it to get the server URL.
>
> No big deal as the URL can just be copied+pasted from e.g. the repo-browser and
> from then on the button works as expected (because it now has a URL in the edit
> field). Just on the first use that it might catch someone out (i.e. me!).
There is no way to browse to a URL - Subversion does not support that.
However, this looks like confusing behaviour to me. The only time you
ever see this behaviour is on first use - after that there will be a
URL to browse to - so it will only be seen by newbies. I would rather
see the button greyed out when there is no URL there. Maybe it should
open a folder browser if the URL is simply "file://" or if it starts
with "file://" but the URL does not point to a local repository.
Simon
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Received on 2008-07-23 23:46:54 CEST