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Re: Enhancement request: Smarter checkout directory browser

From: Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:06:26 +0100

Glenn Carr wrote:
> When I right-click on a directory and choose Checkout…, the default
> value for ‘Checkout directory:’ suggests the path of the directory plus
> the last directory name of the repository path which was defaulted in
> the ‘URL of repository’.
>
>
>
> I can understand why this makes sense in some cases, but if I decide to
> tweak that suggested path with the help of the directory browser, the
> directory browser just comes up with a default location (under Vista64,
> my user home directory), and it takes me several clicks to get back to
> the approximate location I need.
>
>
>
> I.e., I usually just need to change the deepest portion of the path.
> Would I would prefer happen is that the directory browser set its
> default directory to as much of the ‘Checkout directory:’ as it can. I
> would think that the code would simply need to ‘rip off’ subdirectories
> from the suggested path until it found a valid path, at which it could
> use that to set the default directory… assuming there’s not an option to
> do that already in the API.

Done in r15436.

Stefan

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