Re: [Monotone-devel] Updated Issue 209 - support drop/modified conflict (monotone)

[Stephen Leake]

Markus Wanner <address@hidden> writes:

> Stephen,
>
> On 06/13/2012 03:20 PM, Stephen Leake wrote:
>> The user deleted a file by mistake. mtn has no clean mechanism for
>> undoing that, but it does have a reasonable workaround. I think you are
>> saying that using that workaround 'obscures die-die-die behavior'. Ok,
>> that's true. Why is that a problem? It is consistent with mtn in
>> general, and it is what the user wants. More importantly, it is not new;
>> it has been in mtn all along.
>> 
>> The 'keep' resolution in nvm.issue-209 is just the workaround formalized
>> and made easy.
>
> That's exactly what I'm opposing to: it's still a work-around. It has
> its gotchas. And while it's certainly true that it's been with mtn so
> far, I don't consider that an argument for making the work-around less
> visible to the user; working behind the scenes - only to trap him later on.
>
> That being said, a warning in case the user chooses the keep-work-around
> might already suffice to mitigate my point. That should at least help
> making the user aware that the "keep resolution" isn't really a
> (re)solution, but just what it has always been: a work-around, now made
> easier to apply.

Ok, that makes sense. I did wonder whether to include something like
"history will be lost; see user guide" in the conflict resolution
message.

Can you suggest an appropriate warning?

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-- Stephe