> I have found Sling -> FS auto syncing useful for several reasons. > 1. The IDE lets me know if files in the repo are being changed, with the > message, '....do you want to reload this file.' > 2. When I do a svn status, or git status I know I am looking at an exact > copy of what I just tested. > 3. Because of 1 and 2 I can be certain that what I am editing is what I am > testing and the repo: > a) Hasn't mysteriously branched. > b) Hasn't overwritten the change I just made with one of its own. (try one > way sync to experience this, its very frustrating until you work out whats > happening) > 4. I can load things into the repo and have them appear in the IDE. > > But I dont want to steer this thread if the intention was for tooling that > would only work if everything is done in the IDE.
I agree that we must allow developers to sync repository -> IDE workspace. I believe that this must be under the developer's control all the time nevertheless. A visual paradigm that Eclipse uses is the Synchronize view [1] , which is something we can build upon. For IntelliJ we should use what makes most sense in its visual paradigm. IMO this action should be manually triggered. Robert [1]: http://imgur.com/Zht175G
