Re: Recommended UI tweaks for depth selection and filtering

On 9/28/07, Jack Repenning <jrepenning@collab.net> wrote:
> Despite the fact that I can't see much sense in a depth-limited
> 'status' on a deep working copy, I think the use case "make this
> working copy shallower" is very real. It also can be spelled "oh,
> no, not that crap!" Or even "done with that, now refocus on
> something else." So this ill-supported operation does interest me.
>
> Now it's true enough that, if you run ever farther down Mike's
> proposed road of making only checkout able to diddle depth, then you
> lose any chance to "shallow things up." But if, instead, you finish
> the path already started, things are not so bleak. The most natural
> command for "make this shallower" would be

Actually, I thought Mike's proposal was to let you use "checkout
--depth SomethingShallower" even on an existing wc...

--dave

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David Glasser | glasser_at_davidglasser.net | http://www.davidglasser.net/
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