Re: Cleanup dialog

On 27.01.2012 14:36, Simon Large wrote:
> Hi Stefan,
>
> The cleanup dialog contains 6 items:
>
> * Clean up working copy status
> * Revert all changes recursively
> * Delete unversioned files and folders
> * Delete ignored files and folders
> * Refresh shell overlays
>
> * Include externals
>
> Of these, several are dangerous in that they can destroy work you have
> done, and the one other safe option (refresh overlays) is at the
> bottom of the list. I would prefer to see the dangerous ones grouped
> separately and refresh overlays moved to the top and checked by
> default (in 1.6 a cleanup always refreshed overlays without asking).
> So the revised list might look like this:
>
> * Clean up working copy status
> * Refresh shell overlays
>
> * Include externals
>
> * Delete ignored files and folders
> * Delete unversioned files and folders
> * Revert all changes recursively
>
> I'm not even sure that revert should be there at all. The manual says
> that we advise against using it here as there is no option to see what
> will be reverted. Is it here by specific request? If it needs to be
> there maybe it could be replaced with a "Revert..." button which
> brings up the revert dialog.

Yes, revert was requested. That way the cleanup dialog can bring a
working copy back to a really clean state as it would be after a fresh
checkout. Without the revert option, that wouldn't be possible.

But I'll rearrange the controls as you suggested it.

Stefan

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