Feature RFC: Delete dialog

Hi folks,

One of the things I find myself doing fairly frequently is deleting
and ignoring generated files which should never have been versioned in
the first place, and it is not as easy as it could be. First of all I
SVN delete the file, which is easy. But the file has disappeared so in
can't get a context menu to ignore it. The only way is to edit the
folder properties manually. Of course I could SVN->Delete (keep
local), but I never remember :-(

I also notice that users are not always aware of the SVN->Delete (keep
local) feature in the extended context menu.

My proposal is to add a lightweight delete dialog which has a checkbox
to keep local and a checkbox to add the file to the ignore list. There
is a cancel button so it serves as a confirmation dialog. It also has
a help button - currently there is no direct way to get help on
deletion. Maybe a bit of text to say "These items will be deleted from
HEAD when you commit your working copy".

Straight away I see a problem - do we offer to ignore the exact
item(s) selected, or ignore *.ext? What if there are multiple
extensions among the files selected? Possibly a drop down list would
work:
"Do not add to ignore list"
"Add xxx (or n items) to ignore list"
"Add *.ext (*.xxx, *.yyy) to ignore list"

A more complicated implementation gives a list of items to be deleted
(but no folder recursion) allowing you to right click and ignore, much
as you would in the commit or CfM dialog, and also to right click and
keep local.

Thoughts?

Simon

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