Re: small user request: confirm before commit

Faheem Mitha <faheem@email.unc.edu> writes:

> However, would it not be better to not commit the change if you
> realise while you are writing the log message in the editor (say)
> that you don't want to commit?

Then quit the editor abnormally without saving changes; svn gives you
a chance to abort the commit. Someone just pointed that out.

> Let me just ask, what is the downside to my suggestion? As I said
> already, this could be made a configurable option, so experts and such
> who don't want to bother with it don't have to.

Greg Hudson sent a mail over the weekend that very eloquently
explained that there's no such thing as "just another option". Adding
options is expensive, especially in terms of supporting and
debugging. That's the downside.

Furthermore, I agree with Florin's comment: if 'svn commit' always
requires that you type "y, enter", then users simply habituate to
that. The entire key sequence becomes a single "action" after a short
time. So I don't believe this behavior will be effective in
preventing accidental commits.

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Received on Tue May 27 22:00:40 2003