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Re: Show file sizes in "Show Log" window and similar

From: Felix Saphir <felix.saphir_at_kantarmedia.de>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:23:27 +0200

Stefan Wild schrieb:
> Am 12.07.2010 14:18, schrieb Stefan Küng:
>>> I've followed this discussion for a while and I wonder why it's
>>> always the *good* suggestions that are rejected. I think that
>>> would be a very useful feature since I missed it in some
>>> situations.
>> Useful for what? In what situation would that info had helped you
>> and in what way?
>>
> As Ralf said, it's sometimes useful to know if and how much size
> differs between revisions. So you can easily find out if it's a big
> or small change without having to use the diff tool. Unfortunately,
> some of my coworkers did *not* use the svn comment feature, so it's
> impossible to find out information that way. Besides, you can't even
> use the diff tool for binary data, which was the main reason for Ralf
> to submit this request.
>

Sorry, but I still don't understand how this information could be
useful. What exactly do you gain from knowing that the difference is
12.34 kB big? Why should your coworkers put that information in a comment?

Felix

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