Re: resolve conflict dialog is confusing

On Oct 14, 2011, at 1:32 PM, spongman wrote:
> Above you state that a merge is done between a "working copy and the
> repository", but isn't a working copy always associated with a
> repository (making the 'repository' term ambiguous)? if not, is that a
> common use-case? is it a common enough use-case that knowledge of it
> precludes understanding of a core user-interface element?

Well, yes, a working copy is *associated* with a repository, but I think the distinction between a working copy and a repository is still clear. If you're going to say two terms are confusingly similar simply because there's some sort of association between them, you're going to eliminate a lot of words from the language.

> Please ask yourself: "should the user interface only make sense to
> people who have read (or wrote) the help file?"

"should the user interface only make sense to people who have read the help file?" Yes. Some things are complex and take more than 3 words to explain. I see no problem whatsoever to make reading a section of the help file a prerequisite for using the software. "should the user interface only make sense to people who wrote the help file?" Of course not.

If you think the help file isn't clear enough, and you're still confused even after reading it, then I think the help file could use improvement and clarification. Please ask questions about what you don't understand, and/or offer suggestions for changes.

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