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Re: Undo Add and lost work

From: Ulf Zibis <Ulf.Zibis_at_gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 13:03:37 +0200

Hi,

I second Hans-Emils opinion.

-Ulf

Am 23.10.2013 08:17, schrieb Hans-Emil Skogh:
>>> I would not assume that a command called "Undo Add..." ever under any
>>> circumstances would delete a file.
>>>
>>> Proposal: When using the "Undo Add"-command on a file with copy-from
>>> relations the behavior should be identically to when using it on a
>>> simply added file. That is, the SVN-status should become unversioned
>>> and otherwise the file should be untouched. Since the "Undo Add"
>>> command is using svn revert, I guess it would require TSVN to save and
>>> restore the file when the svn revert deletes it. But still I think it
>>> would be the sane thing to do, from a user perspective.
>> maybe the 'svn revert' command should change here as well? I'll ask on the svn mailing list...
>> $ svn cp file1 file1_copy
>> $ echo testline >> file1_copy
>> $ svn revert file1_copy
>> --> modifications are lost because file is gone
> Yes maybe. But still; when I use the "revert" command, I am prepared that work may be lost. That is after all what "revert" mostly does. It throws away my changes.
>
> When we call it "Undo Add" I would expect it to only, as stated, undo the "Add" operation. Nothing more. So in this case I think it would be best to either change how TSVN behaves when doing an "Undo Add", or change the name back to the more ambiguous and ominously sounding "Revert".
>
>>> Also; I would suggest to remove the "..." from the "Undo Add..."
>>> command in this case, since no confirmation dialog is shown.
>> It depends: if a folder is selected, the revert dialog is shown.
> Then I would suggest that the "..." is appended when a folder is selected, and not shown when only files are selected.
> If that's not feasible I would opt for not having the dots there at all. Better to surprise the user with a bonus confirmation dialog, than telling them "more choices will be coming up" and then just doing the (potentially work-losing) operation right away without any confirmation step.
>
> Hans-Emil
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