Re: Automatic update & commit

> I would like to move the core automatic commit & update code to
> TSVN to make it available to a much larger user base.
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> What would be changed in TSVN UI?
> - New context menu entry (top level by default?)
> "Automatic mode"; icon symbolizes on / off

I'd like to propose to add a new TortoiseSVN project property to be able to disable this functionality on projects/repositories where it's not desirable to use it.

I imagine that an accidental activation of automatic mode followed by some enthusiastic moving & editing could wreak havoc on a project in very little time without the user understanding what is going on.

The property could be called "tsvn:automaticmode" and the states could be "on" (always enable automatic mode for this project), "off" (never allow automatic mode on this project) or not set (default) which would indicate user choice.

...

When I think about it I'd even go as far as saying that automatic mode should probably be better disabled by default and have to be explicitly enabled in the settings dialog. For users that should use automatic mode a system admin could enable the mode for them.
The risk of accidental activation and the headache that would follow for some projects (SVN lacking obliterate and all) is... not a pretty picture.
Perhaps the install dialog could provide the (non-default) choice to install with automatic-mode enabled.

Anyway, I think this needs some thought before TSVN with a little help by some user mistakes starts flooding repositories with automated commits...

Hans-Emil

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Received on 2012-05-23 09:25:28 CEST