Re: Undo Add/Revert does not allow selection of individual files

Hi,

sorry to bump this, but I'd like to hear your comments regarding this
one. Note that this is *not* the same issue I reported one day later.
This could be easier to implement/fix. And sorry for top-posting :)

Am 30.04.2011 16:17, schrieb Michael Geisinger:
> using the "Undo Add" or "Revert" function, it is not possible to remove
> individual files when their parent directory has also just been added to
> version control.
>
> This is not a bug report, but a feature request.
> Tested with TortoiseSVN 1.6.15 and 1.6.99 (linked against svn 1.7.0).
>
> The root of the problem in my eyes is that checking an *added* item in
> the "Revert" dialog automatically also checks all added *ancestors* up
> to the root of the working copy. It seems like this logic was inherited
> from the "Add" dialog, where this is perfectly OK. However, it is not OK
> for undo/revert actions. When manually setting the check mark on an
> added item in the "Revert" dialog, instead of automatically setting the
> check mark on all of its ancestors, all *child* items should have their
> check marks set.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> 1. Checkout a working copy (e.g., to D:\testwc)
> 2. In the root of the working copy, create a folder with a file inside:
> D:\testwc\dir contains file.txt
> 3. Add the newly added directory and file to version control
> (using "TortoiseSVN Add..." and making sure all 2 items are checked,
> namely "dir" and "dir/file.txt")
> 4. In the root directory of the working copy, select "TortoiseSVN ->
> Revert..."
> 5. In the "Revert" dialog, click the "Select / deselect all" check box
> to make sure no items are selected for revert.
> 6. Click on "dir/file.txt" to set its check mark.
>
> Expected result:
> Only "dir/file.txt" is marked for revert. Clicking "OK" just reverts
> "file.txt" (i.e., "dir" is still marked for addition).
>
> Actual result:
> "dir/file.txt" and "dir" are marked for revert. Clicking "OK" also
> reverts "dir". It is not possible to revert just the addition of the
> file from this dialog. Note that this is also not possible from the
> "Revert" dialog from within in the "dir" directory to just revert the file.
>
> Note that when "dir" contains two files (say "file.txt" and
> "file2.txt"), enabling the check mark for "file.txt" in the "Revert"
> dialog does not check "file2.txt" (as expected), which causes the
> operation to fail anyway. It would be more intuitive if "dir" would not
> be selected for revert.
>
> Workaround:
> It is possible to revert just "dir/file.txt" in the "Revert" dialog that
> appears when directly right-clicking on "file.txt" and choosing
> "TortoiseSVN -> Revert".
>
> Version information:
> -----
> TortoiseSVN 1.6.15, Build 21041 - 32 Bit , 2011/03/23 18:00:27
> Subversion 1.6.16
> apr 1.3.8
> apr-utils 1.3.9
> neon 0.29.5
> OpenSSL 1.0.0d 8 Feb 2011
> zlib 1.2.5
> -----
> TortoiseSVN 1.6.99, Build 21232 - 64 Bit -dev, 2011/04/28 01:49:13
> Subversion 1.7.0, -dev
> apr 1.4.2
> apr-utils 1.3.11
> neon 0.29.5
> OpenSSL 1.0.0d 8 Feb 2011
> zlib 1.2.5
> -----

-- 
Best regards,
Michael 'Sidewinder' Geisinger
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