Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [PATCH] tla revert

[Zack Brown]

On Sat, Sep 06, 2003 at 09:30:26PM -0400, Miles Bader wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 01:54:29AM +0100, Bruce Stephens wrote:
> > > Regarding this particular change: I wonder if it wouldn't be better
> > > to add support for limited-scope undo to the `undo' command
> > > (analogous to the '[-- file ...]' optional arguments to `commit')?
> > 
> > Maybe, but that seems overkill for many situations.  I imagine revert
> > is intended for when you decide that what you've done to the file just
> > isn't worth saving, and you want to forget all the changes.  undo
> > seems to have a broader role.
> 
> I disagree, undo seems almost perfect for this.  If it could be restricted
> to a certain file(s), it would have exactly the desired effect -- and has
> the further advantage of later being redoable if you realize those changes
> were desirable after all (some people might complain about the ,,undo-N
> droppings, but they're easy enough to delete; I tend to leave them sitting
> around until I've finished whatever task I'm working on, Just In Case).

So how about the case where a user makes changes and realizes they were the
wrong changes.  They run undo and the changes are gone. Then they make more
changes that they like, and submit a changeset up to the maintainer. Will
the maintainer see evidence of the work that was previously undone?

Be well,
Zack

> 
> -Miles
> -- 
> I'd rather be consing.
> 
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Zack Brown