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Re: [RFC] Target aware commit message processing

From: Justin Erenkrantz <justin_at_erenkrantz.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:48:59 -0700

On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Karl Fogel <kfogel_at_red-bean.com> wrote:
> "Justin Erenkrantz" <justin_at_erenkrantz.com> writes:
> > If we do this (and it'd be cool, I think), I'd almost wonder if we
> > should prompt the user to confirm "yes" or "no" that SVN processed the
> > changed files correctly. This seems like a case where belt and
> > suspenders are good. -- justin
>
> No, users will just habituate to typing "yes", and stop checking. (It's
> possible to have yes/no prompts that users don't habituate to, but only
> when those prompts appear in exceptional cases -- if they appear for
> common cases, then they will inevitably be habituated to.)

Well, I'd only prompt when the stuff below the marker changes...so I
don't think the prompting would be *that* common. -- justin

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