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Re: Inconsistent log reporting between two machines on the same repo,same file

From: Zachary Mark <zmark_at_cleversafe.com>
Date: 2006-01-13 20:50:02 CET

Jody Shumaker wrote:

> Can you please explain to me how it takes an expert to realize that
> 'stop-on-copy/rename' means exactly what it says? It stops showing
> logs on the first copy/rename it reaches. You obviously know what a
> copy/rename is, and this checkbox says it stops on that. I really
> don't see how it takes a TortoiseSVN expert to understand what the
> checkbox does. Can you possibly suggest text for the checkbox that
> wouldn't appear cryptic to you?
>

I now understand why the feature text was listed that way, to correspond
with the command line client. I would rather it said something less
cryptic like "List revisions until last move/rename". What I felt was
cryptic was the words "stop on". It makes sense once you get an
explanation but someone who had never used that feature before (like me)
could potentially have a problem with figuring that out, like I did.

> I honestly can't remember what state it defaults to with a fresh
> install of TortoiseSVN, but possibly it should be defaulted to off if
> it currently isn't? I know I only turn it on for very specific cases
> where I only want to know what happened on the branch.

I know for a that I've never changed the state of that checkbox, and it
was on for me. It may or may not have been on by default in older
versions (my install was on top of a couple older revisions but the
problem persisted through a fresh install of 1.2.6).

And Rit Shriner, thanks for your explanation of the usage scenario, I
hadn't thought about it that way and I can see why such a feature exists
now.

-- Zach

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