Re: Re: Re: toroiseproc commit hangs

2009/7/1 Michael Corr <michael_at_aduratech.com>:
> Ahh. Ok. I see that there are two separate dialog windows, now. So, the second window can be automatically closed, but not the first.
>
> Doesn't really seem to be worth the effort of offering an auto dialog close at all, if you still have to manually close the first window. I don't see the point in offering any automated steps if you don't offer complete automation.

The first dialog is the one where you choose what to commit and write
a message. Since this is the whole point if a GUI app there seems no
point in bypassing this. If you don't need any GUI input then script
with a command line program.

The second dialog is a simple progress/status dialog which you have to
click through at the end. Since many people don't like click throughs
there are options to close it automatically if nothing untoward has
happened.

> I've done plenty of windows programming - it shouldn't be too hard to grab a handle to the first commit dialog window and automatically press the 'ok' button once the list of commits fills in.
>
> I guess I'm still confused as to why the /closeonend option is even offered - if it doesn't fully automate - and from reading through some other posts, you seem to be strongly suggesting to users to use a command line svn client for automation.

For full automation without any user input then yes, the svn client is
the one to use. For partial automation where the initial setup is
automated and the user has to make the final selections then a GUI app
is appropriate.

> I use Tortoise because I really like the user interface and the ease of immediate visibility to see the status of all my files. It would be nice to continue to just use Tortoise for all my needs, and not have to support two separate tools.
>

Nice for you, but a load of work for the developers of TSVN and a lot
more maintenance, and all so that you can avoid installing another
program?

Simon

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