Re: [Issue 964] Changed - Temporary file created for $EDITOR is added to repository on import.

On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 09:44:10AM -0600, Karl Fogel wrote:
> Note that others have pointed out a directly conflicting itch, which
> is to have the tmpfile in their local directory. This is not only so
> it's conveniently available, but also so one will know it cannot be
> lost due to system sweep (sometimes an automated process sweeps /tmp
> of files older than X weeks or whatever).
>
> For example, suppose you commit using $EDITOR and then walk out the
> door to go on vacation. The commit fails. You come back three weeks
> later, see the error message on your screen, and go looking for the
> log message file. Whups, sorry, svn put it in /tmp, so now it's gone,
> and you have to rewrite it.

Maybe that kind of thing could be solved by outputting the attempted log
message after a failed commit?

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Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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