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

Karl Fogel <kfogel@newton.ch.collab.net> writes:

> But this case is different. This file is our only record of
> the user's log message. In a complex commit, it could
> represent a few hours of work. /tmp is the wrong place for
> important data like that.

They can set TMPDIR to /var/tmp. Aside from that, i have never
heard complaints about losing log messages with cvs. When
something goes wrong it prints a message to the effect of "Your
log message has been saved in /tmp/foo" and the user can then
retrieve it. I have done this on a number of occasions, and so
have the incompetent users i have to support (and just ask
Sussman how stupid i often say they are).

> I'm also curious what's wrong with Eric's Subversion; I've
> never had a tmpfile cluttering problem in my working copy
> either.

I doubt anyone has unless there was a bug in svn's tmpfile
handling in the wc. In the wc, svn just use .svn/tmp. The
problem is for all those operations done without a wc. I get the
feeling that you guys don't do that very often.

--
Eric Gillespie <*> epg@pretzelnet.org

Build a fire for a man, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on
fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. -Terry Pratchett

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Received on Wed Nov 13 22:49:12 2002