[svn.haxx.se] · SVN Dev · SVN Users · SVN Org · TSVN Dev · TSVN Users · Subclipse Dev · Subclipse Users · this month's index

Re: Enhancement of user experience when using the recycle bin

From: Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:18:36 +0100

On 09.12.2011 20:41, Tobias Schaefer wrote:
> Currently, TortoiseSVN uses the recycle bin of windows to backup user
> modified files when revert, resolving, .... This default behaviour can
> be deactivated in the settings of TortoiseSVN.
>
> Unfortunately, not all users know that a recycle bin containing many
> files can seriously slow down TortoiseSVN (and other applications as
> well). This week a colleague had TortoiseSVN freezing for 10 minutes
> (!) while a 10kb file was being resolved.
>
> Therefore I propose the following improvement.
>
> If TortoiseSVN notices that a "send item to recycle bin" operation takes
> longer than 5 seconds, it pops up the following dialog after the operation:
>
> TortoiseSVN detected a serious slowdown due to a recycle bin containing
> to many (nnn) items.
> [Clean] - cleans the recycle bin once.
> [Deactivate] - configure TortoiseSVN to not use the recycle bin
> [Ignore once] - don't do anything
> [Ignore] ignore and don't ask again
>
> What do you think?

Seems doable.
Can you open an issue for this please?

Stefan

-- 
        ___
   oo  // \\      "De Chelonian Mobile"
  (_,\/ \_/ \     TortoiseSVN
    \ \_/_\_/>    The coolest Interface to (Sub)Version Control
    /_/   \_\     http://tortoisesvn.net
------------------------------------------------------
http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=757&dsMessageId=2891980
To unsubscribe from this discussion, e-mail: [dev-unsubscribe_at_tortoisesvn.tigris.org].
Received on 2011-12-09 23:18:44 CET

This is an archived mail posted to the TortoiseSVN Dev mailing list.

This site is subject to the Apache Privacy Policy and the Apache Public Forum Archive Policy.