Well, I would argue a couple things here.
#1, svn:ignore is a special property. Its recognized and treated in a
special way by clients including rapid in the way it displays the tree.
Because its stored as other properties doesn't mean its exactly the same.
#2 Multi-step, non-obvious procedures tend to be forgotten. I set
'svn:ignore' last night on a directory, and I'd have to look up the process
again today just to be sure I was doing it right. Its a quesiton of
convenience.
#3 Having used tortoise and seen this feature in use, all other arguments
aside, its just nice to have. Also found (to some degree) on subclipse.
I won't argue that it *should* be there. That's a value judgement that I
don't want to imply. As a developer I can understand the clarity of
adhering to the basic functionalty of the tool. However, right-clicking and
selecting 'ignore' on a directory is a sweet feature. If somebody forked
the rapid source and added 'ignore', assuming the same version, given the
choise of rapid with and without that feature, I'd install the one with.
Personal preference.
On 4/14/06, Andrew Goodnough <Andrew.Goodnough@wicourts.gov> wrote:
>
>
> >>> On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 12:43 pm, in message
> <e7dad8010604141043k6a57c2f1h83b7f4cf4c7d18b6@mail.gmail.com>, "Kevin
> Galligan"
> <mailinglists@kgalligan.com> wrote:
> > For example, rapid's lack of a simple 'svn:ignore' property add.
> I've also
> > had some trouble with the menus, which I assume is due to a version
> issue
> > with wxWindows. Also, I built from source and bungled the ssl
> support, so I
> > can only use it local anyway.
>
> Who is to decide which svn properties deserve their own menu item? I
> appreciate RapidSVN's adherence to the CLI operations. This means you
> can learn how to set the svn:ignore property at the command line or in
> the GUI and the mental model hasn't changed. The current way will
> automatically work with new properties,etc.
>
> Andy
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