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Mark A. Flacy wrote:
| On 03/17/2008 10:01:18 AM, Sam Steingold wrote:
|> Mark A. Flacy wrote:
|> | Since there will be no reason to change your current behavior, I
|> don't
|> | see how it will help with the transition.
|>
|> setting dvc-status-no-selection-action to 'error makes the user
|> eminently aware of the differences between dvc & pcl-cvs and makes him
|> change his behavior to specify _strictly_ what files he wants to
|> operate on.
|
| Excuse me?  I don't see the change in your behavior to
| changeset-oriented version control.

I expect Emacs/dvc to remind me about the differences between bzr/hg/git
& cvs, not assume that I magically remember it.

as far as I am concerned, yes:

| I see you treating bzr/hg/git as a
| different implementation of cvs.

bzr/hg/git/cvs/svn are just version control tools.
they are useful, but they should not obstruct the actual work.
so far I find bzr/hg/git to be less convenient than cvs, and I hope that
dvc will simplify my life.

|> an alternative is to learn from "hg revert" which refuses to operate
|> on
|> the whole repo unless --all is specified in a start contrast with "hg
|> commit" which does not require --all to operate on the whole
|> repository.
|
| And there's a good reason for that behavior.

of course.

|> specifically, when there is no selection, dvc should ask for
|> confirmation before operating on the whole repository.
|> this, of course, could be implemented by the 'confirm value of
|> dvc-status-no-selection-action.
|
| I would argue strongly against this feature; I
| would expect helper tools such as DVC to aid me in using the tools in
| the fashion they are meant to be used and to steer me away from using
| them in a sub-optimal way.

dvc should help use the tools in a way convenient to the users.
the variable I am asking about would make my life easier without
affecting you at all.
what are you opposed to?
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